Mind-Body
Practice of Physical Activity: This course is designed to awaken a broader awareness of the 'body' along with artistic exploration through various major-related subjects in the Department of Fine Arts. The goal is to renew students' self-awareness and awareness of their bodies through various physical activity experiences that encompass the mind, spirit and body so that abundant self-expression is possible.
Art and Culture A1~B2
These courses provide a systematic view of the humanities and social sciences in general for 4 semesters for students in Department of Fine Arts. The importance of the humanistic foundation is increasing in contemporary art, where artists can no longer settle for the role of craftsmen. These courses provide critical perspectives on the concept and role of art by expanding students' perspectives to other arts and related academic fields such as literature, philosophy, sociology, philosophy of science and cultural criticism.
Guest Professor Studio
This is a studio opened when a foreign professor is invited and the guest professor leads the class with his / her own unique project for students of all grades. Students experience different cultural experiences and education that cannot be accessed from existing Korean professors, practice projects prepared by guest professors for one semester and produce results. It is an opportunity for students to take classes with great professors from abroad and it is a process that helps students broaden their experience and creativity.
Painting A1, Painting A2
Learn the basic techniques of traditional painting, including Sagunja (Four Gracious Plants) and develop an appreciation for traditional painting through analysis of painting theory and representative works.
Painting B1, Painting B2
The process of learning the basic techniques of Western painting and acquiring a wide range of conversational language step by step. Starting with the ability to express the human body and objects figuratively and solving universal problems. Students are taught to build a unique world of painting based on these abilities.
Basic Print Making 1, 2
Studying the history of printmaking and the works of major artists, learning various techniques and production processes of printmaking through theory and practice, seeking to establish an individual fine art language as a printmaker.
Wood Workshop
Introduces various methods of woodcraft in contemporary sculpture and practices them systematically. Lectures are focused on practice and various audiovisual materials are used to recognize the new possibilities of woodworking.
Metal Workshop
Introduces various methods of iron craft in modern sculpture and practices them systematically. Lectures are focused on practice and various audio-visual materials are used to recognize the new possibilities of ironwork.
Creative Photography 1, 2
Appreciate the works of recent international artists who work with photography as an expression medium, compare and analyze the expression techniques and basic concepts of production of work. Black and white photography, straight photography, polaroid transfer, non-silver process, collage technique and new media are selectively adopted and experienced as a means of expression.
Basic Ceramics
In the paradigm of modern ceramics, learn the basic methods of ceramic art and focus on cultivating practical skills in ceramic molding through experiencing various molding methods.
Basic Glass Blowing
Blowing is a technique in which hot glass melted in a melting furnace is rolled into a pipe and directly formed by blowing it and it is one of the main techniques for glass molding production. Through the basic glass blowing class, students learn the fundamental properties of glass and basic techniques required for glass formation.
Basic Glass Casting
Casting is one of the major techniques in which glass is put into a manufactured refractory mold and melted in a kiln to form it. Through the basic glass casting class, students learn the basic techniques required for glass molding.
Paintings 1, 2
Classes that broadly study the methodology and expression of painting for contemporary consideration of the role and value of painting. It is also accompanied by discussions of a critical nature, in which individual works are produced and presented based on questions that are the basis of painting work, such as identity or thematic consciousness.
Creative Print Making 1, 2
Understand the characteristics of media through in-depth practice of lithograph and etching techniques and develop creative expression methods through independent and experimental creative process.
Creative Drawing 1, 2
Drawing in contemporary art has already established itself as a unique and important place for painting and many artists have developed this genre with various techniques and experimental spirit. Drawing has played a very important role in revealing the way of expression or one's individuality in the process from the beginning of drawing, which is the most basic of painting, to the finish. Accordingly, this subject aims to help students find their own unique way of expression through free imagination and various experiments.
Sculpture 1, 2
Along with the expansion of the concept of art, the concept of sculpture also reflects the reality that encompasses various media and forms, breaking away from traditional sculptural concepts and methodologies such as the use of space and immaterial materials. Study the characteristics of Sculpture & Installation work through various approaches.
Photography as an Art 1
All light produced in modern times, including natural light sources, general artificial light sources, neon lights and lasers, is expressed using these tools in the same context as expressing them with paint on a canvas. It is a process of understanding technical methods and expressions. In the end, all visual mediums for expression, including paint, are generated as a basic unit of light, which is the basic process of creative work based on the nature of this phenomenon.
Photography as an Art 2
Along with the invention of the laser, it is the process of understanding the recently invented 3D images and the images that form in the context of space. The composition and characteristics of the laser, the three-dimensional reproduction by the optical composition and the environment of the image projected on the spatiality are applied from a creative point of view. It includes research on artists working based on modern lasers and holography.
Video Editing and Digital Imaging 1, 2
After learning the basics mainly on video shooting in the first year, learn video editing through digital image transformation and video editing. Study the temporal arrangement (horizontal arrangement) according to the concept of the work, as well as learn the elaborate and complex synthesis of space and time through layers, that is, vertical arrangement. In terms of technology, it is to learn the corresponding software and in terms of concept, to create a video image according to the idea of the work.
Media Art-Programming 1, 2
Expands new media art, the core of which is computer-controlled technology, to the expression method of fine arts. Learn basic programming languages for new media work. Implement works such as objects, images and sounds through programming languages.
Ceramic
Develop ceramic molding skills by applying various ceramic materials, tools used for ceramic molding and various techniques.
Glass-Blowing, Glass-Casting
Processes of training basic techniques such as casting, fusing, slumping and laminating, which are techniques of glass molding.
Moving Image Creative Workshop 1, 2
Classes to study the works and methods of video artists introduced after the 2000s and to apply those methods to complete individual videos. Each student will carry out an in-depth individual project and basic technical workshops on optical technology (camera, lens, shooting, exposure, etc.) are provided and editing software workshops can be included if necessary. Moving image/video art context of concrete contemporary art, multimedia reference, etc. are introduced. Based on tutorials with active feedback, it focuses on developing individual student methodologies.
Performance 1, 2
The goal is to help students understand contemporary performance genres and create works based on them by combining theory classes and performance creation practices. Theory class consisting of lectures, readings and presentations examines the main artists and works of performance since the 1960s to the present, explores the themes and methodologies mainly dealt with through performances such as body, performativity, time, etc. Students create their own performance work through score writing and movement workshops. These lectures read performances from the perspective of an open medium and genre. It deals with performance as a multimedia form, examining not only visual arts but also attempts in literature, theater, music and dance.
Independent Study A1, A2
The primary goal of these courses is to help students find what suits them among various practice methods and media that express their imagination or ideas through visual arts. First of all, it broadens horizons through research on the works of existing artists and in the next step, it helps students learn how to richly and delicately refine and amplify their own media and expression language through direct and indirect experiences.
Independent Study B1, B2
First of all, examine issues floating around as important issues in our art and related works. This is done with a critical analysis of the exhibitions as well as a review of public controversies. It is conducted in the form of lectures, preliminary research and research by students (individuals or groups) and whole class discussions. In addition, view controversial exhibitions together and conduct research together based on exhibition reviews.
Presentation & Portfolio
Portfolio goes beyond the sum of various individual works and has the function of listing works based on the characteristics of each work and rearranging their meaning to give a new relationship and order to the works. This course is intended to help students develop efficient presentation methods and technical portfolios required by the art scene and to approach problems surrounding presentations and portfolios through aesthetic judgments from a critical point of view, such as changes in work contents.
Exhibition Curating
How works are exhibited in galleries and museums, what kind of preparation process is needed for exhibition, what types of exhibitions are planned, how exhibition installation is planned and how artists are involved in curating exhibitions. This is a class that studies all aspects of exhibitions.