Baek Jun-seung's Invitational Solo Exhibition, Lucky Box: Light and Silence - Between Light and Silence, a Box of the Heart Reunited
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Baek Jun-seung's first solo exhibition
Lucky Box: Light and Silence - Between Light and Silence, a Box of Hearts Reunited
October 14, 2025 - November 9, 2025
A small, shining story in the box before you
We open countless boxes every day: delivery boxes, digital screens, and even old boxes of memories. Inside, they contain unpredictable emotions and memories, and they shape who we are today.
Baek Jun-seung's "Lucky Box: Light and Silence" is a pictorial act of re-opening that box. Like the excitement of receiving a gift set during the holidays as a child, the artist rekindles the "emotion of waiting," not just an object but a feeling of anticipation. However, the protagonists inside the box are not people, but dolls we cherished in our childhood hearts.
For the author, dolls are not simply objects of play, but mediators of wishes and mirrors of emotions.
The dolls of our childhood remain with us even after we become adults, living as surrogates for loneliness and comfort. Baek Jun-seung revisits these forgotten emotional objects in contemporary language, creating a pictorial world that straddles the boundary between reality and fantasy.
His dolls are as elaborate as digital images, yet their expressions and postures are imbued with a warm lyricism. In an age where artificial intelligence and algorithms replace everyday emotions, they offer analogical comfort to humans. Through a device called the "Lucky Box," the artist explores the unchanging forms of emotion in a rapidly changing world.
Through this exhibition, Rubid's space presents a new encounter with the artist's paintings of memory and landscapes of emotion, within the philosophy of 'reconstruction of emptiness and sense.'
Inside the box where his dolls reside, light and silence still coexist.
There we pause for a moment and recall a question we had long forgotten.
"When was the last time you waited for some excitement?"
Author's Note
Lucky Box Series
The holiday gift sets I used to receive as a child weren't just simple boxes of cookies. They were "boxes of anticipation," filled with excitement and happiness. The thrill of opening the colorful wrapping paper, the familiar mix of sweets and unfamiliar flavors inside, filled with small surprises and joy.
Just as the famous line from the movie Forrest Gump goes, "Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get." Our lives are filled with a variety of unpredictable flavors. Each moment, sweet and bitter, is ultimately a gift of "being alive," and within it, we create our own stories.
The "LUCKY BOX" series, including "Light and Silence," pictorially reinterprets these facets of life, resonating with the pure sensibilities of childhood. The doll-like figure bathed in warm light within a quiet bookshelf symbolizes our inner alter ego and the peace of mind we've long forgotten.
The space within the work is a miniature world where reality and fantasy intersect. These scenes, rendered like miniatures on clouds, evoke the beauty of fleeting moments in everyday life, as well as the "thrill of anticipation."
Through the "LUCKY BOX" series, we hope that viewers will relive the emotions dormant in their memories and experience a moment of quiet happiness. At that moment, the box in front of you will also shine as a "Lucky Box."
Lucky Box Series
The assorted gift set we received during childhood holidays was more than just a box of snacks — it was a "box of anticipation," filled with excitement and happiness. The moment we peeled away the colorful wrapping, familiar and unfamiliar treats revealed themselves, each bringing small surprises and joy.
As the famous line from Forrest Gump says, "Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." Our lives, too, are filled with unexpected flavors — moments of sweetness and bitterness that together form the gift of being alive. Through them, we each create our own stories.
The LUCKY BOX series, including 〈Light and Silence〉, reinterprets these fragments of life through the lens of childhood innocence and imagination. The doll-like figure seated before the warm candlelight in a quiet library represents another self — a reflection of our inner calm and the serenity we often forget in the flow of daily life.
The space within the painting exists at the threshold between reality and dream — a miniature world floating above the clouds, where fleeting moments of beauty are softly illuminated. It invites viewers to rediscover the gentle thrill of anticipation and the simple joy that once filled their hearts.
Through the LUCKY BOX series, I hope each viewer finds a moment to reconnect with their own memories and experience a quiet happiness. At that moment, the box before you may also shine as your very own Lucky Box.
Junsung Back
Graduated from the Department of Western Painting at Suwon University
-Review and activities
Judge for the 1st IWS Korea Hamyang International Watercolor Biennale.
Judge for the 25th Gwanak Contemporary Art Competition
Judge for the 12th Korea Watercolor Painting Contest,
Judge for the 48th Gangwon Art Competition
2005 Sosabeol Art Exhibition Steering Committee
2021 Korean Fine Arts Association Art Education Center Instructor
2023 Budget Review Committee of the Korea Disabled Artists and Culture Institute
-Solo exhibition
2025 "Light and Silence" Baek Jun-seung Solo Exhibition / Levid Art & Lounge / Yongin
2025 "Looking" Baek Jun-seung Invitational Solo Exhibition / Sanri Gallery / Yangpyeong
2024 "Walking" AP Gallery Invitational Solo Exhibition / AP Gallery / Seoul
2021 Walking Through Time Baek Jun-seung Gallery Alice Invitational Exhibition / Gallery Alice / Gwangmyeong
2021 Seo Kyung Gallery Invitational Solo Exhibition / Seo Kyung Gallery / Seoul
2020 "WALKING" Baek Jun-seung Invitational Solo Exhibition / Seoul Gallery / Seoul
2020 Baek Jun-seung Solo Exhibition / JM Gallery / Seongnam
2018 Looking at Solo Exhibition / Lotus Museum / Yangpyeong,
2017 Sharing Light Solo Exhibition / Lotus Museum / Yangpyeong,
2017 Baek Jun-seung Solo Exhibition / Namyangju Art Center / Namyangju
2004 Baek Jun-seung Solo Exhibition / Pyeongtaek Art Center / Pyeongtaek
2001 Baek Jun-seung Solo Exhibition / Pyeongtaek Art Center / Pyeongtaek
-Major individual booth exhibition
2025 Seoul Art Fair / SETEC Exhibition Halls 1, 2, and 3 / Seoul
2025 AN Gallery Ilsan Opening Exhibition / AN Gallery / Ilsan
2025 Seoul Art Fair / SETEC Halls 1, 2, and 3 / Seoul
2024 Bank Art Fair SETEC / SETEC Halls 1, 2, and 3 / Seoul
2022 Incheon Korea Art Festival / Songdo Convention Center Exhibition Hall 2 / Incheon
2022 Seoul Modern Art Show / SFactory, Seoul
2022 Korea Art Fair / COEX Hall A / Seoul
2021 Manif Korea Figurative Art Festival / Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center / Seoul
2021 Gyeonggi Young Artists Invitational Exhibition / Suwon Art Center Gallery / Suwon
2019 Gangwon Art Fair / Chuncheon Culture and Arts Center / Chuncheon
2018 Artrooms Fair Seoul / Cheongdam Riviera Hotel / Seoul
2001 West Sea Art Fair / Pyeongtaek Art Center / Pyeongtaek
-Major art fairs, biennales, and group exhibitions
2025 Next Horizon Rubid Art & Lounge Opening Exhibition / Rubid Art & Lounge / Yongin
2025 Print Bakery Permanent Exhibition / Print Bakery (Lotte Tower Branch) / Seoul
2025 Incheon Contemporary Watercolor Festival / Gaon Gallery / Incheon
2025 Main Occupation: Between Everyday and Everyday Life / Gimpo Art Village Art Center / Gimpo
2025 Drawing a Circle: Portrait Exhibition / AN Gallery (Bundang) / Seongnam
2025 Present tense United Exhibition / United Gallery / Seoul
2024 Nine One Hannam Gallery 4th Avenue Opening Exhibition / Gallery 4th Avenue / Seoul
2024 Gallery 4th Avenue Year-End Three-Person Exhibition / Gallery 4th Avenue Daegu Branch / Daegu
2024 Print Bakery Baek Jun-seung and Kim Yong-il Two-person Exhibition / Print Bakery Gallery / Seoul
2024 “Relationship” Group Exhibition / Rochfort Gallery / Australia
2024 Art Gyeonggi Run Festival / Studio Kki / Paju
2024 65th Gapjajeon / Maru Art Center / Seoul
2024 Four Presents / Black Stone Gallery / Icheon
2024 Gallery Alice Special Exhibition / Gallery Alice / Gwangmyeong
2024 "Beyond the Canvas" Gallery Divine Opening Exhibition / Divine Gallery / Seoul
2023 Korea-China Arts Exchange Festival "The Beginning of a New Partnership" / Korea Arts Center, 1st Floor Exhibition Hall / Seoul
2023 IWS KOREA Hamyang International Watercolor Biennale / Hamyang Yongchu Art Valley / Hamyang
2023 Companion Exhibition / Sanlee Gallery / Yangpyeong
2023 Art Gaga Gallery October Special Invitational Exhibition / Art Gaga Gallery / Seoul
2023 National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Art Bank Collection Exhibition / Songpa-gu Yesong Art Museum / Seoul
2023 64th Gapjajeon / Maru Art Center / Seoul
2023 IWA Insa Art Week / Art Gaga Gallery / Seoul
2023 Eugene Gallery 'ARTCROSS' Collaboration / Eugene Gallery / Seoul
2023 YOON ART FESTA / YOON ART GALLERY / Incheon
2023 8th Incheon Contemporary Watercolor Festival / Gaon Gallery / Incheon
2023 Interburgo Art Collection / Hotel Interburgo Convention Hall / Wonju
2022 K Auction The Collection Exhibition / Hyundai Seoul B1F Agency Location / Seoul
2022 Migi Gallery Invitational Group Exhibition / Migi Gallery / Seoul
2022 NVIR WORLD COEXISTENCE / NVIR WORLD Gallery / Seoul
2022 Art Bull Special Exhibition "The Great Journey" / Raum Art Center / Seoul
2022 ABS Gallery Opening Commemorative Exhibition / ABS Gallery / Seoul
2022 2022 NET FAIR - ART DMZ: Art Competition Up↑/ Library Stay Support / Paju
2022 Art into the Future! / Gowoon Museum of Art / Suwon
2022 Yun Art Gallery Opening Exhibition / Yun Art Gallery / Incheon
2022 Affordable hongkong Art Fair/ Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center / Hong Kong
2022 Osaka Gallery Opening Exhibition / Osaka Gallery / Seoul
2022 United Gallery Project "Connected Memories" / United Gallery / Seoul
2022 Korean Art Association Invitational Exhibition / National Museum of Korea, Hall 1 / Seoul
2022 Incheon Contemporary Watercolor Festival / Gaon Gallery / Incheon
2022 Accompany and Share - World Vision Charity Auction Show / Studio Kki / Paju
2022 Gallery Boa Opening Commemorative Exhibition "The Center of Korean Art" / Gallery Boa / Seoul
2022 Gallery Alice Invitational Exhibition "Become the Light" / Gallery Alice / Gwangmyeong
2021 Korea Art 300 Artists Exhibition / Pyeongchon Art Hall / Anyang
2021 2nd International Art Festival "The World of High Watercolor" / Classical Photography Gallery / Russia 2021 Art DMZ Festival / Studio Kki / Paju
2021 Shinjang-dong Halloween Art Market / Hanchigak Co-working Space / Pyeongtaek
2021 Art CompetitionX Art Road 77 / Heyri Art Village Fairy Tale Gallery / Paju
2021 Art For UR Flex / Hyundai Department Store Jungdong Branch U-Flex 1F / Bucheon
2021 IWS KOREA Hamyang International Watercolor Biennale / Hamyang Yongchu Art Valley / Hamyang
2021 Square Pathos Exhibition / Namyangju Art Center / Namyangju
2021 Incheon Modern Watercolor Festival / Incheon Culture and Arts Center, Large, Medium, and Small Exhibition Halls / Incheon
2021 Asiaf Hidden Artist / Hongik University Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art / Seoul
2021 1st IWS Singapore International Watercolor Festival / Visual Arts Center / Singapore
2021 China International Top 100 Artist / China
2021 Korea Watercolor Artists Association Exhibition / Incheon Culture and Arts Center / Incheon
2021 Gyeonggi Young Artists Invitational Exhibition / Suwon Art Center Gallery / Suwon
2021 Gyeonggi Local Artists Invitational Exhibition / Seongnam Arts Center 808 Gallery / Seongnam
2021 21th International watercolor exhibition Japan 2021 / Niigata International museum/ Japan
2021 International Elite Watercolor Exhibition / IWS Hong Kong
2021 International Juried Exhibition "Brushstrokes of Harmony" / IWS California USA
2020 Incheon Modern Watercolor Festival / Incheon Culture and Arts Center, Large, Medium, and Small Exhibition Halls / Incheon
2020 1st International Biennale of watercolor art in Poland "Your identity through watercolor" 2020 / IWS Palac Lucja / Poland Poland
2020 Korea Watercolor Artists Association Exhibition / Insa Art Plaza Gallery / Seoul
2020 Fabriano In Acquarello 2020 / Watercolor Museum / Italy
2020 43rd INTERNATIONAL WATERMEDIA EXHIBITION / (IWE) WAS-H Gallery / USA
2019 Galleria Esde International Watercolor Exhibition / Galleria Esde / Italy
2019 Premio Tlaloc 2019 / Watercolor Museum of the State of Mexico / Mexico
2019 Art Festival INSIDE / Starfield / Goyang
2019 Nega Artlab Division Open Exhibition / Nega Art Gallery / Busan
2019 Incheon Contemporary Watercolor Festival / Incheon Arts Center / Incheon
2019 SWISS ART EXPO / SBB Eventhall Zurich Main Station / Switzerland
2019 OlympiArt 2019 - GENIUSES of WATERCOLOR / Gandhi National Centre for Art / India
2019 VIZart International Biennale 2019/ National Historical Museum/ Tirana, Albania
2019 CASTRA 2019 International Watercolor Biennale /Lokarjeva galerija /Slovenia
2019 VeniceLands Artprize. / CASA DEI MEZZADRI / Italy
2019 42nd INTERNATIONAL WATERMEDIA EXHIBITION / (IWE) WAS-H Gallery / USA
2019 Encountering Dreams Exhibition / Gallery Ilho / Seoul
2018 Artrooms Fair Seoul / Cheongdam Riviera Hotel / Seoul
2018 "Blue" 2018 Show / Colors of Humanity Art Gallery / USA
2018 Watercolor Village Exhibition / Woorim Gallery / Seoul
2017 Spring Comes to the Village Exhibition. Nowon Economic Support Center Gallery / Seoul
2004 Korea-China Exchange Invitational Exhibition. Pyeongtaek Lake Art Museum /
2002 Beijing Urban Art Exhibition./Aomori Contemporary Art Center, Japan/Japan
2001 New Light from the East. / Pyeongtaek Art Center / Pyeongtaek
2001 West Sea Art Fair / Pyeongtaek Art Center / Pyeongtaek
2001 New Artists' Speech Exhibition / Seoul Museum of Art / Seoul
2001 Pyeongtaek International Art Festival / Pyeongtaek Lake Art Museum / Pyeongtaek
2000 Korea-Japan Contemporary Art Today's Artist Exhibition / Mori Gallery, Tokyo, Japan / Japan
1999 Moving Force 21st Century Alternative Exhibition / Gowoon Art Museum
1999 Sharing in Space / Hyundai Gallery
1999 Mountain-2-2. / Eve Gallery / Seoul
And many other group exhibitions
2025 Art Gwangju 25 / Jeju International Art Fair / BANK ART FAIR / Home Deco X Busan International Blue Art Fair / Jeju International Blue Art Fair
2024 Home Table Deco Fair / Art Gwangju 24 / Daegu Art Festival / K-Art Fair Daejeon / Busan International Blue Art Fair / PLAS Art Show / Plastic Art Seoul / BAMA Busan International Gallery Art Fair / Queen Art Fair / Laonzena Hotel / Gwangju International Blue Art Fair / Art Future Taiwan Art Fair
2023 Whatz Art Fair-Singapore / Daejeon International Art Show / BAMA Busan International Hotel Art Fair / Art Gwangju 23 / Daegu International Blue Art Fair / Bank Art Fair / Jeju International Gallery Art Festival / Home Table Deco Fair / Art Fair Daegu Local Brand Fair / Korea Art Fair / NIGHT ART FAIR TAIPEI / THE MAISON Seoul / Daegu Art Festival / International Blue Art Fair / Bank Art Fair / BAMA Busan International Gallery Art Fair / Seoul International Art Expo / Queen Art Fair
2022 Seoul Art Show / Ulsan Art Fair / Affordable Singapore Art Fair / Signiel Busan International Blue Art Fair / London Affordable Art Fair Battersea - UK
2021 Daegu Art Fair / BAMA Busan International Gallery Art Fair
2020 Manif-Newsis Art Fair / Art Revolution Taipei / BAMA Busan International Gallery Art Fair
2019 COAF Cheonan Open Art Fair / Gangwon Art Fair / Artrooms Fair Roma - Italy
2018 Art Competition X Art Window
And many others
-Awards
2023 The "Water" 2023 show / Colors of Humanity Art Gallery / Best of Show winner (Grand Prize) / USA
2021 International Juried Exhibition "Brushstrokes of Harmony" /Second Prize / IWS USA
2021 International Elite Watercolor Exhibition / Silver prize / IWS Hong Kong
2021 China international top 100 artist / Top 100 winner awards / China
2020 International Biennale of Watercolor Art in Poland. The Best Portrait, 1st Place / Poland
2020 Patriotic Art Competition / Grand Prize / Patriotic Art Competition Organizing Committee / Korea
2020 1st Olympiad / 3rd Prize Winner / India
2020 Splash 22 Winners. / North Light Books / USA (The Best of Watercolor cover artist selected - first in East Asia)
2020 1st IWS SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL WATERCOLOR EXHIBITION & COMPETITION / Merit Award/Singapore
2019 GAWA international watercolor contest / Best Of The Show' Award (Grand Prize)
2019 Galleria Esde Awards / Hornorable Mantion / Italy
2019 9th Issue IWS Magazine / 3rd Winner / India
2019 International Watercolor Exhibition Tour/ 2nd Place (Portrait Part) 2nd Place in Portrait Painting/ Ukraine
2019 OlympiArt 2019 - GENIUSES of WATERCOLOR / Mention of honor Award / India
2019 ABU RAWASH PRIZE (3rd International Watercolor Contest) / Appreciation Award
2019 Korea Watercolor Painting Competition / Winsor & Newton Award
2019 CASTRA 2019 – AWARDS / Diplomas / Slovenia
2019 9th Annual "Animals. / Special Merit Award / Light Space & Time Gallery / USA
2018 "Blue" 2018 Art Show. Second Prize Winner, USA
2018 Splash 20 Winners. / North Light Books / USA ISBN-13: 978-1-44-3-5418-2
And many other awards
-Collection of works (institutions and companies)
2024 Black Stone Resort (Icheon), walking-goose (2024) Size 90.9x72.7cm
2024 Rochport Gallery, Australia
2023 Live in Art Sydney Gallery
2022 National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Ready to Fly (2021), Size 162x122cm
2022 EOEO Brush, Reason of light-Bipa, size 38x56cm.
2021 Seoul Shinmun, Lotus dalmatian (2018), size 73x50cm
2020 Seoul Metropolitan Government Museum, Reason of light -red (2019), size 91x73cm
2020 War Memorial (Army Headquarters), Pandemic - What I Want to Say (2020), Size 91x117cm
Shinhan Commerce, Reason of light 3 (2019), size 117X91cm
2019 Herendbrush, Reason of light-Violet (2019), size 91X117cm
2018 Herendbrush, Oman (2018), size 91X91cm
2017 Lotus Museum, Coexistence (2017), Size 117X51cm
Many other galleries and private collections
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