(1984- )
캔버스 속을 가득 채우는 현란한 색채들의 유영은 보는 이에게 시각적 유희를 선사함과 동시에 심리적 불안감을 준다. 프로이트(Sigmund Freud)는 사디즘이나 마조히즘 등의 이상 심리에서 사랑과 미움, 복종과 반항, 쾌와 고(苦)등 상반된 감정이 동시에 존재하는 것을 양향성이라고 한다. 아댈라 리는 이러한 양향성을 일으키며 아이들에게는 불량식품 같고 어른들에게는 마약 같은 작품 속에 보는 이를 점점 빠져들게 만든다.
Born in South Korea, Lives and works in NYC
Education
Master of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, 2011
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Hongik University, Seoul, South Korea, 2005
Solo Exhibition
“Nirvana”, ISE Culture Foundation Front Space , NY, NY, 2014
“Happy Nightmare”, ‘On the Go’ office gallery, NJ, 2011
Group Exhibition
“Borrowed Paths, Broken Rules” Gowanus Ballroom, Brooklyn, NY, 2015
“Today’s Salon”, Common Center, Seoul, South Korea, 2014
“World Emerging Artist” Affordable Art Fair, Superstudio Piu, Milan, Italy, 2014
“Off the Wall” at Affordable Art Fair, The Tunnel, NY, NY, 2013
“ISE NY Art Search”, ISE Cultural Foundation Gallery, NY, NY, 2013
Art-Bridge Spring Art Auction, NY, NY, 2013
“Not Circle”, Santiago, Chile, 2013
“Celebration Station”Sheila & Richard Riggs & Leid Galleries,Baltimore,MD,2012
“Window 3 Solo Projects” Rupert Ravens Contemporary, Newark, NJ,2012
“STATUS! STATUS! STATUS!” , AGWF, Brooklyn, NY, 2012
“Fragmentation” curated by Dan Cameron, Allegra LaViola Gallery, NY,NY, 2011
“Implied Virtue” curated by Alex Gartenfeld, Visual Arts Gallery, NY,NY, 2011
“Outsight Inn,” Rupert Ravens Contemporary, Newark, NJ, 2010
“Art Today In S. Korea,” New Mexico, 2010
“In Plain Site,” Public Art Project By Art Bridge, NY, NY, 2010~2012
“Between,” School of Visual Arts Westside Gallery, NY, NY, 2010
“Mere Complexities,” Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2010
“Dongguk Culture and Art Festival,” Gallery Dongguk, Seoul, South Korea, 2005
“Playground of Paper,” Kumho Museum, Seoul, South Korea, 2005