{"id":2676,"date":"2022-05-19T08:06:42","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T00:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.foxwood.sg\/?p=2676"},"modified":"2022-05-23T15:09:46","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T07:09:46","slug":"artist-spotlight-kim-jung-gi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foxwood.sg\/artist-spotlight-kim-jung-gi\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist Spotlight \u2013 Kim Jung Gi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kim Jung Gi a South Korean artist specialising in line-drawing and comic book illustration. He studied fine arts at the Dong-Eui University of Busan. Kim Jung Gi served in the military for 2 years during which that time he memorised a huge number of vehicles and weapons that would later often appear in his illustrations. Kim Jung Gi has the innate ability to mentally visualise his pictures before making a single mark. It is hard to believe he does not use any photographic references during the process of his art creation!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"
IG: @kimjunggius<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

1975, born in Goyang-si, South Korea, Kim Jung Gi developed an early age passion for comic books. This began with the first sketchbook he received when he was six years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2002, Kim\u2019s released his first publication, Funny Funny in the magazine Young Jump. Several short stories and a few exhibitions later, Kim started to teach manwha (Korean comic book) in various universities and private schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
\"\"
Comic strip by Kim Jung Gi \u2013 Young Jump<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n


2008-2010, Kim collaborated with Seung-Jin Park to draw six volumes for his comic. He began making a name for himself with the popular Naver Webtoon TLT (Tiger the Long Tail), born of his phenomenal drawing and writer Park Sung-jin\u2019s solid storytelling, the comic series was supported by a mania-level fan base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • \"\"<\/figure><\/li>
  • \"\"<\/figure><\/li><\/ul>
    Tiger the Long Tail Vol.6<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    2011, Kim\u2019s career took a major turn at the Bucheon International Animation Festival where he did a drawing completely from memory without any rough sketches and filling up his entire booth wall. The world was at awe at his genius talents, to see him instinctively and almost effortlessly transfer images from his mind\u2019s database through the tip of his pen. The utter precision and the multilateral understanding of space Kim demonstrated in his unparalleled live drawing was regarded by many to be beyond human.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \"\"
    Snippet of Kim\u2019s time-lapsed drawing at the Bucheon International Animation Festival<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    2012, Kim was invited to Strabulles, an animation festival in Strasbourg, eastern France, which became a trigger for a flurry of invitations for global events. He was invited for the Angouleme International Comics Festival, one of the biggest comics festivals in Europe. Kim’s been going around the globe for solo exhibitions, lectures, drawing shows and book signing events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    2014, Kim twice collaborated with the famous French comic writer, Jean-David Morvan; once for SpyGames, and in 2016 a book illustrating McCurry, NYC, 9\/11 is the first published biography of the world famous photographer and journalist Steve McCURRY \u2013 his work includes the iconic National Geographic cover of the Afghan Girl with the captivating green eyes \u2013 as he witnessed the unforgettable scenes of 9\/11 unfold before him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    • \"\"<\/figure><\/li>
    • \"\"<\/figure><\/li><\/ul>
      Spy Games<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      • \"\"<\/figure><\/li>
      • \"\"<\/figure><\/li><\/ul>
        McCurry, NYC, 9\/11 (book)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n


        2015, Kim\u2019s first solo exhibition held at Bastille Design Center in Paris brought in record-breaking visitors, making his first shot in Europe a smashing success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        • \"\"<\/figure><\/li>
        • \"\"<\/figure><\/li><\/ul>
          Kim\u2019s solo exhibition held at Bastille Design Center<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

          <\/p>\n\n\n\n

          In 2015, Kim Jung Gi also attempted the Guinness world record of the \u201clongest drawing by an individual for the Fisheye Art\u201d. He worked for 4 days, about 20 hours to create a huge fresque which depicts \u201cliving heritage of Penang\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          \"\"
          Kim\u2019s Guinness World Record Masterpiece<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n


          2018, Kim Jung Gi joins forces with Blizzard and created a massive painting of \u201cThe Siege of Lordaeron\u201d, from the video game Warcraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          \"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n


          2021, Thousands of Kim Jung Gi\u2019s drawings are being exhibited at the Lotte Museum of Art in Seoul and many Live Drawing events are being organized as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          <\/p>\n\n\n\n

          \"\"
          Kim Jung Gi\u2019s The Other Side exhibited at Lotte Museum of Art<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

          2022, Kim Jung Gi once again exhibited his freehand drawing in the Amulet_2022 Tiger Exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          \"\"
          Tiger is coming by Kim Jung Gi<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Kim Jung Gi a South Korean artist specialising in line-drawing and comic book illustration. He studied fine arts at the Dong-Eui University of Busan. Kim Jung Gi served in the military for 2 years during which that time he memorised a huge number of vehicles and weapons that would later often appear in his illustrations. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2677,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foxwood.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2676"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foxwood.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foxwood.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foxwood.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foxwood.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2676"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.foxwood.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2798,"href":"https:\/\/www.foxwood.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2676\/revisions\/2798"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foxwood.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foxwood.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foxwood.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foxwood.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}