慶一秀
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.
