Si On

Selected Works

Si On_opere singole_05 — Si On

Keep Your Lips Sealed
2024
oil and spray on canvas
160 × 120 cm (63 × 47 ¼ inches)

Si On_opere singole_01 — Si On

Karma
2024
oil and spray on canvas
134 × 125 cm (52 ¾ × 49 ¼ inches)

Si On

True or false
2022
oil and spray on canvas
460 × 270 cm (181 ⅛ × 106 ¼ inches)

Si On

Meaningless universe
2022
oil and spray on canvas
approx.: 400 × 270 cm (157 ½ × 106 ¼ inches)

Si On

Peel away lifeless face
2022
oil and spray on canvas
460 × 270 cm (181 ⅛ × 106 ¼ inches)

Si On_032 — Si On

How Beautiful, How Ugly
2022
oil and spray on canvas
180 × 155 × 4.5 cm (70 ⅞ × 61 × 1 ¾ inches)

Si On_Opere_25 — Si On

Born with a void 3 (Schoolgirl), 2023
2023
oil, ceramics, wood, canvas
48 3/8 × 23 5/8 × 16 1/2 inches

Si On_Opere_19 — Si On

Born with a void 4 (Boxer), 2023
2023
oil, ceramics, wood, canvas / olio, ceramica, legno, tela
48 7/8 × 24 3/8 × 17 3/8 inches

Si On_Opere_07 — Si On

Born with a void 5 (Nice), 2023
2023
oil, ceramics, wood, canvas
49 3/4 × 24 × 17 3/4 inches

Si On_Opere_01 — Si On

Born with a void 6 (Bikini), 2023
2023
oil, ceramics, wood, canvas
50 1/4 × 24 3/8 × 15 3/4 inches

Si On_Opere_12 — Si On

Born with a void 7 (Maid), 2023
2023
oil, ceramics, wood, canvas
5/8 × 24 3/8 × 16 1/2 inches

How Things Hold _Opere_22 — Si On

Fragile Heart with Spiked Soul
2022-2023
mixed media, acrylic, oil on panel
180 × 168 cm (70 7/8 × 66 1/8 inches)

How Things Hold _Opere_31 — Si On

Female Creature
2019
satin and mixed media on canvas
200 × 160 cm (78 3/4 × 63 inches)

000517209_20220114152940_SO-P 7791 — Si On

On Stunt
2021
oil on canvas
65 × 60 cm (25 ⅝ × 23 ⅝ inches)

000517206_20220114152701_SO-P 7944 — Si On

Long Goodbye to Summer
2021
oil on wooden panel
60.5 × 66.5 cm (23 ⅞ × 26 ⅛ inches)

000517208_20220114152911_SO-P 7945 — Simon Denny

Last Leaf
2021
oil, spray on canvas
60 × 70 cm (23 ⅝ × 27 ½ inches)

Si On,Conquer from within, 2021 — Si On

Conquer from within
2021
oil and spray on canvas
227 × 130.5 cm (89 ⅜ × 51 ⅜ inches)

Si On,Burial and Sowing, 2021 — Si On

Burial and Sowing
2021
mixed media
120 × 50 × 55 cm (47 ¼ × 19 ⅝ × 21 ⅝ inches), 120 × 80 × 100 cm (47 ¼ × 31 ½ × 39 ⅜ inches)

Si On,Break free, 2021 — Si On

Break free
2021
oil, spray on canvas
220 × 170 cm (86 ⅝ × 66 ⅞ inches)

Si On,Be where You Are, 2020 — Si On

Be where You Are
2020
mixed media
220 × 170 cm (86 ⅝ × 66 ⅞ inches)

Si On,Fragile, 2020 — Si On

Fragile
2020
oil, spray, jeans, styrofoam on canvas
172 × 150 × 8 cm (67 ¾ × 59 × 3 ⅛ inches)

Si On,Ha!, 2020 — Si On

Ha!
2020
oil on canvas
240 × 195 cm (94 ½ × 76 ¾ inches)

Si On,Wounded Heart, 2020 — Si On

Wounded Heart
2020
mixed media
200 × 165 × 125 cm (78 ¾ × 65 × 49 ¼ inches)

Si On,I lived well, 2020 — Si On

I lived well
2020
oil, spray on canvas
240 × 194 cm (94 ½ × 76 ⅜ inches)

Si On,The Night, 2020 — Si On

The Night
2020
oil, spray on canvas
155 × 180 cm (61 × 70 ⅞ inches)

000407476_20200330145021_SO-P 7143 — Si On

Untitled
2020
satin and mixed media on canvas
ø 40 cm (ø 15 ¾ inches)

Si On,40 Years Old, 2018-2021 — Si On

40 Years Old
2018-2021
bronze and mixed media
240 × 100 × 82 cm (94 ½ × 39 ⅜ × 32 ¼ inches)

Si On,MAM Project 028, 2020 — Si On

MAM Project 028
2020
Installation at Mori Art Museum, Tokyo

Video

Si On – Burial and Sowing

Biography

Si On (1979, Korea) after living in Japan and New York City she moved to Poland where she currently lives and works. In her practice she explores the many connections, depths, and richness of one's inner life, celebrating the idea that a person is a dynamic mix of experiences, emotions, and influences. She captures the complex interplay of internal conflicts and creates her art as a rich and intricate tapestry. Capturing everything - rubbish and tiny things as much as significant and meaningful items, she mixes the low and high, the obvious and the useless, welcoming and manipulating all elements. She is constantly reinventing, repainting, and rebuilding her works. This harmonious and constant transformation fosters continuous growth and rebirths, adapting to the fluid nature of creativity.

Gallery Exhibitions

Other Venues

Selected Press

Art Currently

Art & Korean Shamanism Converges in Si On’s New Show at James Fuentes

20.04.2021

EXIBART

Lato oscuro senza paura: intervista a Si On

08.03.2021

ATP DIARY

Si On, Burial and Sowing | T293, Roma

09.03.2019

THE QUIETUS

Love Is A Battlefield: The Brutal Visions Of Hyon Gyon

19.01.2019

THE GUARDIAN

Hyon Gyon; Beatrice Gibson: Crone Music review – trauma and catharsis

11.2017

THE ARTLING

An Interview with Hyon Gyon and Her Cruel World

05.2016

HYPERALLERGIC

For a World Losing Its Head, an Artist Proffers Shamanism as a Solution

Explore South Korean artist Si On in her studio in Krakow, Poland. The artist (previously known as Hyon Gyon) is interested in exploring the human condition, especially its oppressing and traumatic characters.

Explore

CV

"I usually make a huge mess when I work. It’s like a battlefield, like my life; it’s a complete mess. But it’s also the most beautiful moment of work, one that only I can experience, and it happens only when I’m alone. I can travel to different dimensions. I feel empathy for others and for other worlds, and I separate my emotions from my body. I meet many faces inside myself. And I reach the point where what I am no longer matters. I am nothing while I am everything. I am big and powerful, but at the same time, I am a small speck of dust. I feel nothing while I feel everything. Sad and happy, fearful and peaceful, in pain and healed, hate and love, curse and forgiveness, crying and laughing, angry and understanding, giving up and getting back up. Of course, it doesn’t happen every time, but during this process, I enter an indescribable state that I believe is called catharsis." SI On, Interview, Exibart, Burial And Sowing, T293, Roma, 2021

Education

2011

PhD in Painting Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto, Japan

2008

MA in Painting Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto, Japan

2002

BA Western Painting Mokwon University, Daejeon, Korea

Solo exhibitions

2024

‘Beasts and Blossoms’, T293, Rome

2023

Also on view: Si On ‘Born with a Void’, T293, Rome
‘I Am An Outcast From The World’, James Fuentes Gallery, New York
‘Si On: A Peace Brimming with Malice’, Edel Assanti, London

2022

‘Born with a Void’, Le Scalze, Naples

2021

‘Burial and Sowing’, T293, Rome

2020

‘Shaman Woman’, HOS Gallery, Warsaw gallery Weekend, Warsaw, Poland

‘MAM Project 028: Si On’, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
‘Si On: Female Creature’, Hunt Kastner, Prague

2019

‘Hyon Gyon’, Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art, London

2017

‘Cruel World’, Ben Brown Fine Arts, Hong Kong

2016

‘Emotional Drought’, Shin Gallery, New York

2015

‘Hyon Gyon and the Factory Chashama’, New York
‘No-Mad Nomad’, Pioneer Works, New York

2013

‘Phantoms on Parade’, Shin Gallery, New York
‘All Night Haps’, HAPS, Kyoto, Japan

2012

‘The Incarnation of The World’, Gallery Golmok, Seoul, Korea

2011

‘New incubation 3, On a Knife Edge’, Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto, Japan

2010

‘Giragira’, g3 gallery, Tokyo
‘Tamahuri’, g3 gallery, Tokyo

2009

‘lyoiyo’, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong

2008

‘Iyoiyo’, Magical ArtRoom, Tokyo
‘TWS-Emerging 099’, Awesome Wonder Site Hongo, Tokyo
‘Tokyo Wonder Wall’, Tokyo Metropolitan Government Tokyo

Group exhibitions

2024

‘Sciamani. Comunicare con l’invisibile’, Mart, Rovereto

2022

‘Uncombed, Unforeseen, Unconstrained’, Parasol unit, Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello, Venice

2019

‘Elements of Transcendence’, Ben Brown Fine Arts, Hong Kong
‘Paint, also known as blood. Woman, Affect, and Desire in Contemporary Painting’, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Poland
‘Trip’ (in collaboration with Jakub Julian Ziolkowski), BWA Wroclaw Galleries of Contemporary Art, Wroclaw, Poland

2018

‘Great Nobles of the Country’, BWA Tarnów, Poland
‘Holy Nothing’ (in collaboration with Jakub Julian Ziolkowski), Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland
‘Sue Coe, Eliza Douglas, Joseph Geagan, Hyon Gyon’, James Fuentes Gallery, New York

2017

‘Culture City of East Asia 2017’, Kyoto, Japan
‘The World is a Stage, but the Play is Badly Cast’, Batu Museum, New York
‘Naturalia’, Paul Kasmin, New York

2016

‘Art for Art’s Sake: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation’, Carnegie Art Museum, California, USA
‘BEYOND SECRETARY’, Mark Borghi Gallery, New York

2015

‘The Brooklyn Artists Ball’, Brooklyn Museum, New York

2013

‘KAWAI, CAMP – Contemporary Art Meeting Point’, Athens
‘Kyoto Artist Meeting 2013’, Antenna Media, Kyoto, Japan
‘Kyoto Studio’, @KCUA, Kyoto, Japan

2012

‘Phantoms of Asia’, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
‘Transmit Program #3 Metis’, @KCUA, Kyoto, Japan

2011

‘Tokyo Frontline’, 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo

2010

‘Tokyo Wonder Wall 10th Anniversary Museum of Contemporary Art’, Japan
‘Neoneo Part2 (girl) Neoneo Girls Open Iwato Personally’, Takahashi I collection, Tokyo

2009

‘Wakuwaku Joban-Kashiwa Proj-Ect’, TSCA, Kashiwa, Japan

Si On

Selected Works

Petal

Keep Your Lips Sealed

Karma

True or false

Meaningless universe

Peel away lifeless face

How Beautiful, How Ugly

Born with a void 3 (Schoolgirl), 2023

Born with a void 4 (Boxer), 2023

Born with a void 5 (Nice), 2023

Born with a void 6 (Bikini), 2023

Born with a void 7 (Maid), 2023

Fragile Heart with Spiked Soul

Female Creature

On Stunt

Long Goodbye to Summer

Last Leaf

Conquer from within

Burial and Sowing

Break free

Be where You Are

Fragile

Ha!

Wounded Heart

I lived well

The Night

Untitled

40 Years Old

MAM Project 028

Video

Biography

Gallery Exhibitions

Other Venues

Selected Press

From the Studio: Si On

Studio Visit

CV