Subin Son

Exploring the space between elements, Subin Son creates scenes by casting everyday objects and intangible materials to play the lead role. Through her meditative creation process, works can take the shape of ephemeral sculptures, site-specific installations, experimental paintings, and architecture-related interventions. They are often performative and transform in process of time.

The individual elements are often assembled like the pieces of a puzzle into a totality and create a metaphorical narrative.

After receiving her BA and MA from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, she continues to pursue her practice in relation to the theme of “gap”, stability and instability, tangible and intangible, and the finite and the infinite.

Subin Son currently lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium.

SUBIN SON

Date of birth: 1992
Place of birth: South Korea

Education:

2019-2020, MA:IN SITU3, ROYAL ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS ANTWERP, BELGIUM
2014-2019, BA:IN SITU3, ROYAL ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS ANTWERP, BELGIUM
2013-2014, FASHION DESIGN, STUDIO BERÇOT, FRANCE
2011, VISUAL DESIGN, HONG-IK UNIVERSITY, SOUTH KOREA

Selected exhibitions:

2022 FREE TOWN, THE CONSTANT NOW, ANTWERP, BELGIUM
2022 INSTALLATION COMMISSIONED BY STOCKMANS ART BOOKS, BALLROOM PROJECT, ANTWERP, BELGIUM
2021 EXHIBITION PRIX MÉDIATINE, LA MÉDIATINE, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
2020 GAP, CENTRE CULTUREL CORÉEN, PARIS, FRANCE
2020 IN-BETWEEN, TO BE ANTWERP, ANTWERP, BELGIUM
2020 OUT AND ABOUT, SIMONS PARK, FIVE INTERVENTIONS IN PUBLIC SPACE, ANTWERP, BELGIUM
2020 OOH SWEET ART YOU ARE TANTALIZING US, DE TEMPEL, ANTWERP, BELGIUM
2019 UNDERCURRENT, IN SITU3 STUDIO EXHIBITION SPACE, ANTWERP, BELGIUM
2019 KUNST OP DE CAMPUS, UA CAMPUS DRIE EIKEN, WILRIJK, BELGIUM
2018 YICCA PRIZE EXHIBITION, HERNANDEZ ART GALLERY, MILAN, ITALY
2017 EEN HOOFD VOL HAAR, BIBLIOTHEEK PERMEKE, ANTWERP, BELGIUM
2017 KUNST OP DE CAMPUS, UA CAMPUS DRIE EIKEN, WILRIJK, BELGIUM
2016 NOORDERLICHT, UA CAMPUS ANTWERP, ANTWERP, BELIGIUM

Awards:

2021 SELECTED ARITST, PRIX MÉDIATINE
2020 1st PLACE, HORLAIT-DAPSENS PRIZE
2018 2nd PLACE, YICCA INTERNATIONAL PRIZE OF CONTEMPORARY ART