Grand Prize Bae Yong-geun, Creative Award Choi Kwang-ho, Merit Award Park Chun-seong
Changwon Special City, Gyeongnam, held the 33rd Dongseo Art Awards ceremony on the 11th at Seongsan Art Hall Exhibition Room 1.
This year's grand prize winner was artist Bae Yong-geun (Western painting), the Creative Award went to artist Choi Kwang-ho (photography), and the Merit Award was given to artist Park Chun-sung (Western painting).
Artist Bae has been actively working as a local artist for over 20 years since his first solo exhibition in 1998 while working as an art teacher. Artist Choi is known for his originality, characterized by boldness that breaks existing frameworks and is uninfluenced by anyone. Artist Park was selected for his contributions to the development of local culture and arts through organizing early fundraising exhibitions for the Dongseo Art Awards and his regional and pastoral artistic activities.
Following this, the solo exhibition of the 32nd grand prize winner, artist Lim Deok-hyun, also attracted attention. Lim Deok-hyun’s exhibition, which mainly expresses beauty inspired by nature, will be held at Seongsan Art Hall Exhibition Room 1 until the 16th.
Hong Nam-pyo, Mayor of Changwon Special City, stated, “We will do our best to honor the achievements of the late Song In-sik and the spirit of this award, and to carry on its purpose to advance as a cultured and refined city.”
Meanwhile, the Dongseo Art Awards were established in 1990 by the late Song In-sik, director of Masan Dongseo Gallery, who donated 100 million won of his own funds, making it the first private art award in the province. Having enjoyed a golden age of local culture since its inception in 1990, the Dongseo Art Awards are now in their 33rd year. After being privately operated for 30 years, the awards have been presented by Changwon City since 2022 to honor Song In-sik’s achievements and to create a creative environment for talented artists.
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