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Hoon Moreau France
A tangible art, a work in which to blend, to establish our daily lives. An art that is rooted in the earth and floats in the universe. An art that projects the speed of change while freezing its beauty. The artist Hoon Moreau captures this movement of nature to merge it with humans. A graduate of Fine Arts from the prestigious Seoul National University, Hoon Moreau then began a Master’s degree at the Camondo School in Paris, giving her profile a Western dimension. After his training, his brilliant career in architecture, notably at Wilmotte & Associés, constituted the second step in his artistic creation. For 20 years, project team leader for museums, palaces, luxury hotels, and even private residences, Hoon Moreau devoted herself to interior architecture and furniture design. She sketches in her notebooks what will later come to life under her hands as a sculptor, works of art.
In 2014, with artistic audacity, Hoon Moreau delved into his inspiration to bring out a first series of works, functional sculptures which fit into our daily lives and let time leave its mark. Drawings, sketches, sketches and clay models, Hoon Moreau’s creative process is anchored in a reflection on time, relationships and the complementarity of the elements that constitute the world. In an individualistic globalized society that has been transformed by the Covid-19 pandemic, she makes us take a step back and delivers a message of hope through her luminous works. Since 2020, in Épernon, a small town in Val-de-Loire, in his spacious workshop, Hoon Moreau has been working with solid oak and different species of precious wood. She sculpts them, then gives them the depth of black Indian ink and adorns them with the delicacy of gold, bronze or crystal leaves. His creations take on a series of increasingly striking forms, materializing an artistic imagination that can permeate our daily lives. Immersed in nature, Hoon Moreau is inspired by her living environment that she inhabits, which inhabits her. As a contemporary sculptor of the 21st century, Hoon Moreau is part of this wave of artists whose concerns focus on raising questions around social behavior and relationships (the Diaphane, whose grip grasps the glass ceiling; the Shadow Threads, which offer intimacy in the age of social networks) in a world where the beauties of our planet need more than ever to be highlighted and appreciated (the Dolomites, with their Alpine reliefs). Hoon Moreau’s works are the materialization of our relationships with nature (the Enchanted, the Lianas, the Lake; The Earth and the Cosmos, positive energy to respond to the climate emergency), with others and ourselves and our hopes for the future (New Horizon, beyond confinement) subject to the forces of gravity, the dynamics of the universe and this meticulous and solid balance which governs time (the Rock in balance, Gravity, etc.).
Immersed in nature, the artist draws inspiration from it during her travels and on a daily basis. Large expanses, clear skies, full of anamorphic clouds, the undulation of the wind in the fields, the furtive touches of colorful flowers, the steep edge of a mountain range, the tall silhouette of a tree that the sun highlights disappearing into the horizon. Hoon Moreau immerses herself in this living nature that she inhabits, which inhabits her, and becomes her artistic accomplice. As a contemporary sculptor of the 21st century, Hoon Moreau is part of this wave of artists whose concerns raise questions around behavior and social relationships in a world where the beauties of our planet more than ever need to be showcased. valued and appreciated. Our relationships with nature, others and ourselves and our hopes for the future are subject to the forces of gravity, the dynamics of the universe and this careful and solid balance that is found everywhere. As demonstrated in the works of Hoon Moreau, “we are stardust” (Hubert Reeves).
Personal exhibitions (selection) :
2023 Les Voix du Silence, OAK Gallery, Toulouse 2022 Collectible Bruxelles, OAK Gallery, Toulouse 2020 “Parenthèse enchantée” & “Voyages”, OAK Gallery, Toulouse 2018, 2019 & 2020 Group exibition, “Haute facture”, Paris, Joyce Gallery 2019 Solo exibition, Cercle Munster, Luxembourg, Artskoco Gallery2019 Group exibition, ” Entre Art, Sculpture et Design” Galerie le French Design by VIA Paris 2019 Group exibition, ” La tête dans les nuages” OAK Gallery, Toulouse 2018Duo exibition « Peter Klasen & Hoon Moreau (l’Homme et la Nature) », Posco Museum , Séoul 2018 Solo exibition, “The inimitable ordinary”, Paris, BOA Gallery 2017Solo exibition, “Parenthèse enchantée”, Paris, Sandy Toupenet Gallery 2017 Masterpiece, London, Willy Huybrechts Gallery 2017 Solo exibition, “L’oeil du temps”, Paris, BOA Gallery 2017 PAD Fairs, Paris, Marcilhac Gallery 2016 Luxembourg Art Week, Luxembourg, Artskoco Gallery 2016 Marcilhac Gallery, Paris 2016 Masterpiece, London, Willy Huybrechts Gallery 2016 Femme(s), Carré Rive Gauche, Paris 2016 Sandy Toupenet Gallery, Paris 2015 The Salon Art + Design, New York, Marcilhac Gallery 2015 Révélations, Grand Palais, Paris
