Bae Bien-u explained

Birth Date:

22 May 1950

Birth Place:

Yeosu, Jeollanam-do

Nationality:

South Korean

Occupation:

Photographer

Alma Mater:

Hongik University

Employer:

Seoul Institute of the Arts

Module:

Child:	yes
Hangul:	배병우
Hanja:	裵炳雨
Mr:	Pae Pyŏng'u
Rr:	Bae Byeong-u

Bae Bien-u (born May 22, 1950) is a South Korean photographer. He is a professor in Seoul Institute of the Arts.^[1]

Early life and career

Bae was born in Suncheon and grew up in Yeosu, Jeollanam-do in 1950, and graduated from Hongik University's College of Arts in 1974 and the graduate school of the same university in 1976.

Renowned as a professional photographer with themes especially concentrated on pine trees, he has become a representative photographer with the reputation of capturing the characteristic sentiments of Korea including the pine trees, oceans and mountains with his camera rather than a brush.^[2]

He became better-known outside of South Korea after selling one of his pine tree photographs to English singer Elton John in 2005.^[3] Former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak later gave a collection of Bae's pine tree photographs to U.S. president Barack Obama during a summit held in Washington.^[4]

He served as professor of the Department of Photography at Seoul Institute of the Arts.^[5]

Selected solo exhibitions

Some of his solo exhibitions are listed below:

2008: Sacred Wood, BOZAR - Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, Brussels^[6]
2009: Sacred Wood, Aando Fine Art, Berlin^[7]
2009: Sacred Wood, Galerie zur Stockeregg, Zurich^[8]
2009: Soul Garden, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Korea - Deoksugung, Seoul^[9]
2011: ConvexConcave, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Antwerpen^[10]
2012: Windscape, Aando Fine Art, Berlin^[11]
2012: Windscape, Christophe Guye Galerie, Zurich^[12]
2014: Counterbalance, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Antwerp^[13]
2015: Dans un forêt l’autre, Château de Chambord, Domain national de Chambord^[14]
2016: Bae Bien-U -分合 Part:Meet, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Hong Kong^[15]
2016: Bae Bien-U - L'Esprit du Lieu, Musée de la Mer, Cannes^[16]

Collections of photographs

To live in a thickly forested mountain (청산에 살어리랏다), 2005,
Changdeokgung (창덕궁), 2009,

External links

Notes and References

http://people.search.naver.com/search.naver?where=nexearch&query=%EB%B0%B0%EB%B3%91%EC%9A%B0&sm=tab_etc&ie=utf8&key=PeopleService&os=101077 네이버 인물검색<배병우>
http://w3.sbs.co.kr/news/newsEndPage.do?news_id=N1002022968 흑백 사진에 담긴 자연…배병우 개인전 ‘WINDSCAPE’
http://news.mk.co.kr/newsRead.php?year=2011&no=636414 사진작가 배병우, “자연스러운 소나무 곡선이 한국의 美”
http://media.daum.net/culture/art/newsview?newsid=20091002144506284 소나무 작가 배병우, 다음 사진은 '남해안'
http://www.seoul.co.kr/news/newsView.php?id=20120621027001 4개국서 동시 사진전 여는 배병우 사진작가
http://www.bozar.be/fr/activities/2292-bae-bien-u-sacred-wood Bae Bien u Sacred Wood
http://www.aandofineart.com/past.php?l=de&id=2 Sacred Wood
https://www.artslant.com/ny/events/show/54309-sacred-wood?tab=EVENT ArtSlant
http://www.mmca.go.kr/eng/exhibitions/exhibitionsDetail.do?menuId=1030000000&exhId=201012280000024 Exhibition detail
Web site: Exhibitions . 3 June 2023 .
http://www.aandofineart.com/db_news/BBU_Windscape_Pressetext_dt_pr_de_54.pdf Windscape Pressetext
Web site: Windscape .
Web site: Opening: Bae Bien-U - Counterbalance at Axel Vervoordt Gallery Antwerp . 2017-06-19 . 2016-04-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160406054218/http://axel-vervoordt.com/en/gallery/news/opening-bae-bien-u--counterbalance-at-axel-vervoordt-galle . dead .
Web site: Exposition : Bae Bien-U, d'une forêt l'autre, Domaine national de Chambord . 24 September 2015 .
Web site: Exhibitions . 3 June 2023 .
http://www.officiel-galeries-musees.com/musee-de-la-mer-1/article/bae-bien-u-l-esprit-du-lieu Bae Bien-U - L'Esprit du Lieu