Bae Bien-u (born May 22, 1950) is a South Korean photographer. He is a professor in Seoul Institute of the Arts.네이버 인물검색<배병우> Naver people <Bae Bien-U>
Early life and career Bae was born in Suncheon and grew up in Yeosu, Jeollanam-do in 1950, and graduated from Hongik University's College of Arts in 1974 and the graduate school of the same university in 1976.
He was a professional photographer whose focused primarily on pine trees.흑백 사진에 담긴 자연…배병우 개인전 ‘WINDSCAPE’《SBS뉴스》2013년10월11일. Nature contained in black & white photograph, Personal exhibition by Bae Bien-U, ‘WINDSCAPE’ 《SBS News》
He became better-known outside of South Korea after selling one of his pine tree photographs to English singer Elton John in 2005.사진작가 배병우, “자연스러운 소나무 곡선이 한국의 美” 《매일경제》2011-10-02. Photographic Artist Bae Bien-U, “The natural curvatures of the pine tree illustrating the aesthetics of Korea” Former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak later gave a collection of Bae's pine tree photographs to U.S. president Barack Obama during a summit held in Washington.소나무 작가 배병우, 다음 사진은 '남해안' Pine tree professional photographer, Bae Bien-U. The next photograph is the 'Southern Coast of Korea'
He served as professor of the Department of Photography at Seoul Institute of the Arts.4개국서 동시 사진전 여는 배병우 사진작가 《서울신문》27면 2012-06-21. Professional photographer Bae Bien-U, holding simultaneous photographic exhibitions in 4 different countries 《Seoul Shinmun》
Selected solo exhibitions Some of his solo exhibitions are listed below: 2008: Sacred Wood, BOZAR - Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, BrusselsBae Bien u Sacred Wood bozar.be 2009: Sacred Wood, Aando Fine Art, BerlinSacred Wood aandofineart.com 2009: Sacred Wood, Galerie zur Stockeregg, ZurichArtSlant 2009: Soul Garden, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Korea - Deoksugung, SeoulExhibition detail mmca.go.kr 2011: ConvexConcave, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Antwerpen 2012: Windscape, Aando Fine Art, BerlinWindscape Pressetext aandofineart.com 2012: Windscape, Christophe Guye Galerie, Zurich 2014: Counterbalance, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Antwerp 2015: Dans un forêt l’autre, Château de Chambord, Domain national de Chambord 2016: Bae Bien-U -分合 Part:Meet, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Hong Kong 2016: Bae Bien-U - L'Esprit du Lieu, Musée de la Mer, CannesBae Bien-U - L'Esprit du Lieu officiel-galeries-musees.com
Collections of photographs To live in a thickly forested mountain (청산에 살어리랏다), 2005, Changdeokgung (창덕궁), 2009,
References
External links Korea Digital Archives for the Arts "Bae Bien-U (배병우)" "Bae Bien-u Exhibit" Naver