Born 1994, Daejeon; lives and works in London. BA Fine Art, Goldsmiths, University of London (2018). Baek has spent more than half his life outside Korea, in India and Britain.
He uses soy sauce as both subject and dye, letting it soak into hanji and then preserving the sheet in wax on plywood. The Residue series (2026) keeps eight such sheets as panels. Painting, installation and performance.
Works
Three panels from the Residue series (2026) in (mean)while: hanji stained with soy sauce and preserved in wax on plywood. One large panel and two smaller ones.
Selected records
- Education
- BA Fine Art, Goldsmiths, University of London (2018)
- Practice
- Painting, installation and performance; a life spent between Korea, India and Britain; soy sauce as subject and dye on hanji, preserved in wax on plywood; the Residue series (2026) holds eight panels
- Recognition
- Listed by UK New Artists
Current exhibition
(mean)while
A group exhibition of four Korean artists, presented by KVAA and curated by Woori Ko. Dohyun Baek shows three works in the exhibition at St Marylebone Art Space, London. Exhibition page