BERLIN.- On 30 October the first solo show of young Korean artist Hyojun Hyun opens at House of Egorn. For Strange Days an entire body of new work will be centred around the paintingWarschauer Strasse, marking the artist’s arrival in Berlin, alongside a selection of recent works.

Born in South Korea, Hyojun Hyun lives and works in Berlin now, following recent residencies in the Netherlands and the UK, where his work attracted attention at Saatchi’s New Sensations. Heavily influenced by his surroundings, yet always working from memory, the artist’s detailed studies have been described as many layered snapshots of the artist’s mind, with hidden stories and psychological reflexions interwoven in the delicate textures. Warschauer Strasse, centrepiece of Strange Days, is one of the few paintings that gives away the location where its inspiration stems from. Other works are designed to leave the visitor guessing, using hints of familiar places, situations and urban codes to create an investigation into mind and memory of each viewer. Hyojun Hyun’s works invites the audience on a personal journey, addressing questions of identity and belonging, and highlighting the contingency of human life and personal experience.

Hyojun Hyun b. 1983, Mungyeong, South Korea; lives and works in Berlin. Selected exhibitions include Collection of Small Paintings, The Contemporary London, London (2015); Magical RISO, Jan Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht (2014); Anonymous Leftovers, Jan Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht (2014); The Bank of Scotland Awards, Bryce Hall, Edinburgh (2013); Elements, Kristin Hjellegjerde, London (2013); Marmite Prize for Painting IV, Drawing Room London, The Gallery Plymouth, Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge, Mackintosh Museum Glasgow, Central Art Gallery Ashton-under-Lyne, (all 2013), and Saatchi New Sensations, Victoria House, London (2012).