Mohammed El Mourid

MINSOOK, JANG

Artist Biography

Minsook Jang is a Korean painter, and is widely known for her work consisting of colour field painting.

She began drawing at the age of fifteen. She did not enjoy the art class because the class was forcused on the university`s entrance exams. She studied Pshychology at Yongnam University in Daegu, Korea. After her greaduation, she realised that her real passion was in art.

She was greatly infulenced by Mark Rothko who was well known as abstrct expressionism, styles still seen in her works today. "It was a good study to see a lot of artworks which were a good teacher to me." And she added "I thought people could impress with colour along and feel defferent each his on.