woohnayoung

WOOH NAYOUNG, ILLUSTRATOR

Woohnayoung is a illustrator who works particularly on digital drawing of character wearing Hanbok (Korean traditional clothing).

Her most famous works are <Fairy Tale Series>.

The characters in the series have been reinterpreted as if they were based in Korea, and this work impressed lot of fans over the world.

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In 2019, received an award from Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for her work in popularizing Hanbok.

Also to celebrate 60th anniversary of Korea-Denmark diplomatic relations, Woohnayoung was invited as a key exhibitor of Animation Workshop held in Viborg, Denmark in 2019.

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Recent exhibition was in 2020, showing highlights of her work collections held in Lotte Hotel&Resort Gallery.

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Exhibitions

2013 <Alice, wearing Hanbok>, Individual Exhibition, Seoul, Korea

2015 <Imagine a New Era of Hanbok : Into Full Bloom>, Collaboration Exhibition, Seoul, Korea

2015 <Alice is>, Eric Carle Museum of Picture book Art, Massachusetts, United States

2016 <Woohnayoung Solo Exhibition>, Invitational Exhibition, Bibliothèque Václav Havel, Paris, France

2017 <Korean Folk Tales in Gyeongi>, Special Exhibition, Gyeongi-do, Korea

2018 <Fairy Tales with Hanbok>, Invitational Exhibition, Seoul, Korea

2019 <Expended Animation>, <Flip Book Exhibition>, Invitational Exhibition, Viborg, Denmark

2020 <Fairly Tales with Hanbok>, lndividual Exhibition, Seoul, Korea

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Careers

2002 Ewha Women’s University, BA in Asian Art

2002-2005 Nexon Korea - Game Illustrator for <NEXUS: The Kingdom of the Winds>

2006-2009 Symmetric Space - Head of Graphics for <Tenby>

2011 Nextplay - Art Director of <Punch Monster>

2013 Square Enix - <Kakunsesei Million Arthur Korea>, Card Illustration

2014 Sega - <Chain Chronicle>, Card Illustration

2014 Applibot - <Gang Road>, Card Illustration

2016 Twitter Korea - Imoji Illustration

2016 Jonnie Walker - Black Label Cask Edition for Incheon International Airport, Illustration

2016 Netflix Korea - <Daredevil>, <Sense 8>, <Love>, Korean Version Artwork

2017 Disney Korea - <The Beauty and the Beast>, Korean Version Artwork

2017 Marvel Korea - <Guardians of Galaxy Vol.2>, <Thork : Ragnarok>, Korean Version Artwork

2017 Samsung - <Samsung Galaxy Note 8>, Influencer Model & Phone Artwork

2017 Blizzard Entertainment - <World of Warcraft : Battle for Azeroth>, Korean Version Artwork

2018 Marvel Comics - <Spider-Man Deadpool Vol.0 Don't Call It a Team-Up> , Korean Version Artwork

2018 LG Global Marketing Team - <Alan Walker>, Portrait Artwork

2018 Nexon Korea - <Moonlight Blade>, <Maple Stroy>, Character Artwork

2019 Fuerza Bruta - <Fuerza Bruta Wayra in Seoul>, Korean Version Artwork

2019 Disney Korea - <Maleficent 2>, Korean Version Artwork

Webpage : Woohnayoung.com

Contact : contact@woohnayoung.com

Instagram :  https://www.instagram.com/woohnayoung

Facebook : www.facebook.com/woohnayoung

Twitter : twitter.com/00obsidian00

Press :

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