홍익대에서 회화 전공(BFA) ,드류 신학대 석사(MD). 한국과 미국에서'Gold Horn’(2015 미국) ‘Arrogance & Prejudice’(2013 서울) 등 다수의 개인전 및 ‘Epilogue’(2015 미국) Opsis Artists Group Show (2013 한국) 등 다수의 그룹전 참여. La Mer Korea Cosmetic Co (2013 한국) Art Collaboration 을 비롯 제일모직 본사, Drew University, Paradigm Art NY, JW Marriott Hotel Seoul 등에 작품 소장

Bonjeong Koo’s canvas painting embodies the message of pride and prejudice by juxtaposing a street view of the concrete jungle New York City with the face of a beast in a real jungle. The seeming relationship of these two worlds has no similarity. The existence of the other is irrelevant to a continuation of each other’s lives. Thus, the indifference is captured as pride in the self, which leads to prejudice about both worlds. The juxtaposition, however, reveals a strange, organic connection between the two ‘jungles’; survival of the fittest governs the two worlds. By intersecting these worlds, Koo is comparing the world of New York, where we chase capital in the center of the world economy, to the world of fierce animals hunting prey.

He received a BFA in fine arts at Hongik University, Seoul, and an MD at Drew Theological School, NJ. He opened various solo exhibitions including ‘Gold Horn’(2015, USA) ‘Arrogance & Prejudice’(2013, Korea) and group exhibitions such as ‘Epilogue’(2015, USA), Opsis Artists Group Show (2013, Korea). Koo’s artworks are in the collections of La Mer Korea Cosmetic Co., Drew University, Paradigm Art NY, JW Marriott Hotel Seoul, and Cheil Industries and many others.