School of Art

Contact Details

School of Art
Aberystwyth University
Buarth Mawr
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 1NG

Tel: +44 (0)1970 622460

Fax: +44 (0)1970 622461

Email: artschool@aber.ac.uk


Display artist/maker:

Chan-Hyo Bae

Born: 1975, South Korea, Busan

Photographer and costume designer. Born in Busan, South Korea and currently living and working in London. Graduated in 2003 with a BA in Photography from Kyung-Sung University, Korea, before moving to the UK and attending the Slade School of Fine Art, London, from 2004 – 2007. Bae’s most well-known work ‘Existing in Costume’ expresses the feelings of cultural and emotional estrangement he experienced upon his move to England. He does this by posing in a variety of traditional historical female costumes and inserting himself into a series of elaborately staged backgrounds. Every detail is researched meticulously, and the result is a beautiful and visually striking series of images that lead one to consider their own heritage and place in existence. Culture and identity remains a dominant theme in his work, with further series focusing on nationality and collective consciousness. His work has been exhibited in prestigious galleries worldwide and is also housed in many institutions across the globe.

Objects in the collections associated with this artist/maker

[Fairy tale] PH1425 Photography

[Fairy tale] PH1426 Photography

[Portrait] PH1422 Photography

[Portrait] PH1423 Photography

[Portrait] PH1424 Photography




 
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