David Youm, You with a happy shadow, Acrylic on canvas, 72.7x100.0cm, 2023

David Youm

• B.F.A. in Visual Communication Design, Hongik University, College of Fine Arts
• M.F.A., Hongik University Graduate School
• M.A., Kingston University, London, UK
• Ph.D. in Fine Arts, Hongik University Graduate School
• Current Member, Seoul Artists Association

Solo Exhibitions (12 times)

• 2025, 12th Solo Exhibition: Alice and Dave in Wonderland, Grand Opening Invitational, Gallery Balt
• 2025, 11th Solo Exhibition: You Are Special to Me, Invitational, mgfs100 Gallery
• 2024, 10th Solo Exhibition: Primordial Temporality, Invitational, Gallery Balt
• 2024, Stopping Time, Invitational, ART99 Gallery
  (and more)
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Group Exhibitions (8 times)

• 2025, FRIENDS Exhibition, mgfs100 Gallery
• 2024, Curated Exhibition, Gallery Balt
• 2024, Zambia Charity Special Exhibition, Gallery Balt
• 2024, Hwahang Yeonji, Sanri Gallery
  (and more)
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Art Fairs (11 times)

• 2025, LA Art Show
• 2024, Singapore Art Fair
• 2024, Seoul Art Show, COEX
• 2024, DIAF+ EXCO
  (and more)
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My work is representational, yet it evokes a great deal of imagination.
By leaning into a primordial sense of time, I depict visual experiences, long-held memories, and imagined characters. These paintings are both a confession and a record—fragments of fading memories from my formative years—and an attempt to share a sense of contemporaneous synchronicity with the viewer.

This shared synchronicity of primal time and objects seeks to retrieve peaceful memories embedded in our consciousness, offering a quiet means of healing from the pain of the present.
Although the expressions often reflect incomplete recollections and exaggerated records, the intent remains: to exchange simultaneous experiences and offer mutual solace.

These days, I find myself sending more off than waiting.
Even if I spend all day on the act of "pausing," time continues to pass just outside my door.

David Youm, Alice and Dave, Acrylic on canvas, 100.0x100.0cm, 2025

David Youm, A visible afternoon, Acrylic on canvas, 65.1x50.0cm, 2023

David Youm, I've lived a wonderful time with you, Acrylic on canvas, 91.0x91.0cm, 2023