The 11th Geumgang Nature Art Biennale will be a venue for exchange among nature artists around the world, introducing new encounters with nature alongside art.
The 2023-2024 Geumgang Nature Art Biennale aims to create a new discourse on ‘Nature Art’, and calls for artworks under the theme of ‘Shelter in the Forest II’.
The ‘Shelter in the Forest’ exhibition is a project in which nature artists create shelters on the forest of Yeonmisan Mountain. The first shelter project was held in 2018 and exhibited shelter works by 25 artists/teams from 16 countries. Some works are still available through the permanent exhibition at Yeonmisan Nature Art Park. Today, as attention of people around the world is focused on global change and environmental pollution continues to rise, discussions on nature and ecology have become more important. The Korean Nature Artist’s Association-YATOO, which has been pursuing the aesthetics of coexistence between nature and humans since its founding in 1981, wants to present the 2024 Geumgang Nature Art Biennale - ‘Shelter in the Forest II’ exhibition to present nature art in a broader range and explore the relationship among ‘Nature-Art-Human’. This exhibition, realised by the artistic imagination of nature artists, will serve as an artistic shelter that protects against the tempestuous rain and wind of the reality of today.
Artists are invited to submit model drawings for an exhibition from 26 August – 15 October 2023. A number of projects will then be selected for production at the 2024 Geumgang Nature Art Biennale.
The final selected artists will receive an artist fee of 3 million KRW (~2100 EUR), and a roundtrip ticket to the Biennale, with food and accommodation covered.
