This artist creates landscape artworks using black rubber plates found at a coal factory, placed in natural settings and photographed in black and white. The rubber plates take on organic forms based on their surroundings. The artist aims to express abstract forms and seek harmony, like an Oriental ink painting brought to life in real landscapes. By using a discarded material and monochrome palette, the artist explores the expressive qualities of the rubber and its ability to blend into different materials and environments.

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15. Artist statement
My artwork can be regarded close to Land Art or Earth Work since it is made of
natural objects in a natural space. The term 'Earth Work' is also called 'Land Art'
because it takes place on land of which its materials are natural objects themselves
with forms of earth, wood, and water, etc. My work are about a conjunction of
nature and artificiality; in other words, it captures moments of sculptural form us-
ing rubber plates, which is made of synthetic substance, with a camera as tool on
the natural space of land.
I pursue an Oriental painting-like work. work on a photographic paper
(which substitutes for a canvas) using the camera instead of brush,and by employ-
ing black and white color instead of 'muk' (Korean traditional black ink), I attempt
to express an object with abstract forms like one huge handwriting in real,natural
landscape/background, and seeking for a harmony and meaning in it.
First, I brought out the sculptural works and placed them in an appropriate
place. I used to work with full range of colors, but then, in the process of cap-
turing the one-day exhibit (or, installation ephemere) in photographs, my concern
was diverted from the color to the depth of black-and-white after I began to use
discarded rubbers that were found at a coal factory.
Then placed a rubber plate, which varies with its surroundings organically, in ap-
propriate places and took the pictures of it. I felt deep attachment to this rubber
plate which was dumped and collected at a coal factory. I began to work with it
by chance, and after that, it led my interest into the monochrome work rather
than the colored that I used to work on before. The rubber plate that has lost its
use was recognized as a property of matter- black colored, a variability changing
its form according to the surroundings. Indeed, it gave a strong impression that I
could imagine myself drawing one big stroke in the nature.
Situated in a place that reminds us of an Oriental ink-and-wash painting, the
flexibility of the substance of black rubber (changing its form according to where
it is placed,and assimilating itself into other materials such as water despite it does
not reflect its surroundings) conveys a great expressional charm itself.
Dohee Yoo

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20. EDUCATION
2003 Master’s degree in Formative Arts, University of ParisVIII, France
2000 Bachelor’s degree in Formative Arts, University of ParisVIII, France
1999 DNSEP ( Dipôme Nationale Supérieur d’Expression Plastique)
Fine Art College of Rouen, France
1997 DNAP ( Dipôme Nationale Arts Plastiques)
Fine Art College of Le Havre, France

21. SOLO EXHIBITION
2013 Invitation Exhibition 'Landscape' The K gallery, Seoul, Korea
2009 “ Anchor my hope” gallery Lux, Seoul, Korea
2004 "Track" gallery Gaia, Seoul, Korea
2000 L’Espace Saint Michel, Paris, France
WORK EXPERIENCE
2013 Exhibition of group " The marche of Kongjwi and Patjwi,Ami Art Museum,
Dang-jin. Chungnam, Korea
2012 Exhibition of group ‘Triangle’ Palais de Seoul, Seoul
Exhibition of Seoul Arts Association. Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
2011 Exhibition of group ‘After Paris 80… image’, Palais de Seoul, Seoul
Group invitational exhibition “Exhibition opening”,Ami Art Museum,
Dang-jin. Chungnam
Exhibition of Seoul Arts Association. Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
Exhibition of Seoul Arts association,‘Modern Art Show, China
2010 Exhibition of group “Decalge” gallery Cerestar, Seoul
Group invitational exhibition gallery Logos , Gwacheon city, Korea
2009 Exhibition of group “ Decalage horaire” galleryYang, Seoul
2008 Participation of opening perfomence in Gwangju biennal
2007 Interior design and display for store opening
2006 Exhibition of group ”Puzzle project” in Japan,England,USA
Prop Designer in a short film “ Morphine2006”
Costume director in a short film “ Save picture whit other name”
2005 Musical CARMEN, Prop Designer
Art department in a short film ‘Folding Paper’
Art director of opening party for ‘French Experimental Movie ` Festival’
2004 Grand store “Home Plus” open display
Exhibition of group “2004 Global Art In NewYork” in NY, USA
2003 Michael Lin’s assistant for the project “Flower Power” for The Consortium,
Lille, France.
1999 Exhibition of group, « Stamp », Rouen,France
Exhibition of group for Dipoma, Rouen,France
1998 Erasmus with Staatliche Academie der Bildenden Kûnste karlsruhe
` In Germany
Exhibition of group ¨Sculpture Photograph¨ , Rouen, France
“Tangram”, Rouen, France
“Erasmus – Stipendiaten”, Karlsruhe, Germany
1997 Workshop for ¨Sculpture Photograph¨, Harcourt, France
1991 – 1993 Display Artist of Apparel Shin- Han international Corporation, Seoul,Korea

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