Ilsoo Kyung
Ilsoo
Kyung MacLaurin was born in Korea. She emigrated to Canada in 1967. She
started painting early in 1997, and continued after retiring from her
nursing career in 2002. She graduated from University of British Columbia
Fine Art Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory. Many of her art
works are part of private collections in Korea, Australia, the United
States and Canada. She is member of South Delta Artists'Guild,and Delta
Arts Council.
Ilsoo
is a multi-media artist. She involved in numerous solo, group
exhibitions, her work involve personal identity and expression, as well
as themes within the context of Korea, and Canada.
In
recent work she addressing the question of cultural identity and in the
process, a new synthesis is emerging in her own individual practice of
painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, video, photography, digital
imagery, performing art and installation works. Ilsoo's works are ground
in the natural world, but looks beyond the scenic to search for symbols
and meaning in all that she encounters; her style is representational,
with special attention to colour, texture and form.
