An award-winning South Korean artist, Gam Seongbin, who won the Best Award at the National University Sculpture Competition, is a graduate of the Beijing Central Academy of Fine Arts.

Known for his expressive, Cubist-like works, Gam’s art explores grief, offering comfort through abstracted, geometric representations of loved ones.

Initially creating sculptures that depicted human emotions, Gam has recently expanded his focus to painting, paying particular attention to grief among human feelings and symbolising sadness through gestures.

His painting style is distinctive; he believed he could better express himself with oil on an oriental brush. The result is that the layers of oil colours resemble traditional oriental paintings or watercolours, while maintaining the depth typical of oil paints.

The frames are made of resin, but he first carves wooden moulds before casting. As he loves wood carving, he initially made wooden frames. While he appreciates the texture of wood, painting on it caused the colours to absorb into the surface, preventing him from achieving the desired shade. Therefore, he decided to carve the wood first and then cast it in resin. This method allows him to retain the wood's texture and accurately express the colours he intends.