Art Collection Nana Astro in Pixel
  • Artist
    Lee, Kyoung Mi with SKM Project
  • Media
    Digital Print on wood panel
  • Location
    L7 HAEUNDAE 3F
  • Description of the Work

    "Nana," a persona of Lee Kyoungmi, and "Nana Astro," a space cat, were created as characters in the form of pixels. 10,000 characters of "Nana Astro" were created through generative algorithms in the form of Profile Pictures (PFP) and were made into NFTs.
    At the same time, 10,000 different digital images were created into Edition 1 print through digital printing.

  • About the Artist

    The artist, working between the United States, Germany, and Korea, has represented herself by depicting the cat "Nana" on her well known “street series” and continuously expanded artworks to various subjects on a variety of medium. She received the 24th Seokju Art Award in 2019 for the 'New Vertical Painting' series, which pays homage to Albrecht Dürer's 'Apocalypse of John'.
    Artworks contains objects of personal experience and reflections on modern civilization and the cat 'Nana', a symbol of alienation or the artist herself, in surreal scenes that being in harmony with space and time.
    In addition to painting works using various objects, the artist is expanding her scope to figures, installations, media, and digital art.

Lee Kyoung Mi(1977-, Korea)
  • HongIk University