Min Woo Nam (b. 1994, South Korea) is a Korean artist based in London. He holds a Master’s degree in Painting from the Royal College of Art and a degree from the London School of Economics. His formative experience serving with the United Nations peacekeeping force in South Sudan deeply informs his ongoing enquiry into consciousness, perception, and moments of meaningful coincidence that shape lived experience and selfhood. By pairing delicate tonal transitions with measured brushwork, Nam’s work probes the spatial limits of abstraction, creating a field of depth that exists between the known and the unknown.
Highlights of recent exhibitions include ‘The Aftermath’, Solo Exhibition at LBF Contemporary, London (2026), ‘Within and Beyond’, Rosenfeld Gallery, London (2023); ‘Nouvelle Vague’ LBF contemporary, London(2023); ‘Timescapes’, Shtager&Shch, London (2023); ‘Passages’, D Contemporary, London (2023); Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London (2022). In 2024, Min Woo was an artist-in-residence at Vannucci Artist Residency supported by The Deighton Family Foundation in Umbria, Italy.
Education
2023 MA Painting, Royal College of Art (RCA), London
2016 BSc Mathematics and Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), London
Solo Exhibitions
2026 ‘The Aftermath’, LBF Contemporary, London
2024 ‘Nothing New Under the Sun’, LBF Contemporary, London
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 172nd Annual Open Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy (RWA), Bristol
LBF @ The Lake II, LBF Contemporary, Muskoka, Canada
2024 The Morrison Foerster Art Prize Exhibition, The Scalpel, London
Within and Beyond – Looking into the infinite, Rosenfeld Gallery, London
2023 Nouvelle Vague, LBF Contemporary, London
Graduation Show, MA Painting, RCA, London
Timescapes, Schtager & Shch Gallery, London
Passages, D Contemporary, London
2022 Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
2019 Art Olympia, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo
Tone I, Fold Gallery, London
Awards, Nominations & Residencies
2024 Artist-in-Residence, Vannucci Artist Residency (VAR), The Deighton Family Foundation, Italy
2023 The Morrison & Foerster (London) Art Prize, The Scalpel, London
2019 Finalist, Art Olympia International Art Competition
Selected Press
Step into darkness: Min Woo Nam’s emotive landscapes, FAD Magazine
https://fadmagazine.com/2026/02/06/step-into-darkness-min-woo-nams-emotive-landscapes/
Min Woo Nam Paints the Weather of Memory, Art Plugged
https://artplugged.co.uk/min-woo-nam-paints-memory-lbf-contemporary-gallery-the-aftermath/
Min Woo Nam – CAI Spotlight feature, Contemporary Art Issue
https://www.contemporaryartissue.com/min-woo-nam/
Top 100 Early–Career Artists, Artcube 2024 Discoveries, Artcube
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