Welcome, and thank you for visiting my modest gallery tucked away in a quiet corner.

Here you will find a variety of my works—large and small, diverse in character and spirit. I arranged them in this way because, seen together, they may give you a clearer sense of who I am.

To be honest, I often feel my lack of formal training and the limited time I have been able to devote to art. Yet I continue without pause—feeling, learning, and growing in the process.

I am not a master of any single field, nor do I belong wholly to any place. Take what you see as it is, and carry with you whatever impressions remain. Though I began in earnest later in life, I have always sought to keep faith with my first intent—to let neither results nor criticism define me, but to follow the quiet integrity of my own path in art.

At times, a sudden impulse led me to submit small works to competitions, and a few were recognized. In Korea, I once taught art at a high school for about ten years. In 2009, after twenty years of living in Australia, I returned to Korea, where I now work as a sculptor. That, in essence, is the whole of my artistic journey.

I have no interest in heavy philosophy. What moves me are the kinds of impressions that feel like music, and the vivid realities that the world tirelessly brings forth.

I love travel and every kind of documentary, and hold special respect for the creators of BBC Earth, whose programs I watch with admiration. And one thing is certain: without music, I imagine my veins would carry nothing but plain water.

Perhaps artists are simply those who live in the busy square between the entrance of expectation and the exit of fulfillment.

Even if you arrived here by chance, I am grateful.

Yoonki Hong
Born 1952

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85 Cheongun-ro, Mungyeong-eup, Mungyeong-si Gyeongsangbuk-do, Republic of Korea

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Because you exist — A Late Autumn Saturday Afternoon

네가 있음으로 – 늦가을 토요일 오후

– 작사곡 홍윤기 2020 –

 

네 있을 곳을 정해주지 않은 것은

산으로 난 오솔길에서

억새 오른 비탈길에서

붕긋한 솔밭길에서

쉬어가는 그루터기 낙엽길에서

네가 숨어 기다리길 바라서다

돌아와 앉은 마음의 의자엔

언제 왔는지 네가 난로를 쬐고

나는 과일술에 뜨거운 물을 부어

네 볼을 닮은 발그레한 두 잔의 차를 만든다

이미 향긋이 취한 늦가을 토요일이다

절로 취한 외로운 자의 오후다

손잡고 누을 너를 기다리는 징벌의 십일월이기도 하다

손잡고 누을 축복의 십일월이기도 하다

늦가을 토요일 이기도 하다

네가 있음으로

네가 있음으로

네가

(으으음~) 구름 위에

(으으음~) 달빛 아래

Because you exist — A Late Autumn Saturday Afternoon
Lyrics & Music by Yoonki Hong — 2020

 

I never told you where you should be, because…

On the path leading to the mountains

On the slope where silver grass sways

On the pine trail where sunlight filters through the trees

On the path piled with fallen leaves, at the old tree stump where I always rest

I wanted you to hide and wait

Returning to the chair of my heart,

You are already by the stove, warming yourself.

I pour hot water into the fruit wine

And make two cups of tea, rosy like your cheeks

IIt is already a fragrant, intoxicating late autumn Saturday.

It is the afternoon of a lonely soul, quietly intoxicated.

It is also November of punishment, waiting to lie beside you hand in hand.

It is also November of blessing, waiting to lie beside you hand in hand.

It is also a late autumn Saturday afternoon

Because you exist

Because you exist

You…

Mmm~ above the clouds

Mmm~ under the moonlight

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