My Q (B.1981)
Born in Hong Kong, MY Q grew up immersed in diverse cultural influences that shaped his emotional sensibility and adaptive vision. Having built a long career as a singer-songwriter and producer, he made his official entry into the art world with his first solo exhibition, What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?, at 2GIL29 GALLERY in 2021.
His paintings construct a distinctive emotional structure where musical rhythm and the amplitude of feeling intersect. Expanding from music into visual art, MY Q translates the subtle tension between spontaneity and restraint, between popular and painterly expression. Free lines, bold color, and the measured rhythm of emptiness compose his canvases—visual records of emotional rhythm and the passage of time.
His approach renews the lyrical sensibility of Korean contemporary painting with a modern, intuitive vocabulary, proposing a new direction for emotional abstraction. MY Q has collaborated with IKEA Korea, Shinsegae Department Store, Art Chosun, and several global brands to extend the reach of art into daily and spatial experience. In his project Creative Space of Inspiration with IKEA Korea, he designed a living environment where work and rest coexist, reflecting his painterly vision and emotional architecture within an everyday setting.
Following his second solo exhibition, Soft Slam (2023), and his participation in Metamorphosis (2024) at the Kim Chong Yung Museum, MY Q continues to expand his artistic spectrum. Bridging popular culture and fine art, he has established a distinct aesthetic position within Korean contemporary painting. His works embody rhythm and emotional resonance, functioning as a contemporary response to how art can inhabit and breathe within life itself.