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<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>The Trans-Artist</strong></span></p>
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<p><strong>Se Won Shin</strong> was a young innovative leader of a <a href="http://www.hanol.org/en/main.php" target="_blank"><strong>Korean</strong> religious foundation</a><sup>1)</sup> who retired to introduce a new way of art called <strong>Trans-Art,</strong> expressing '<strong>Enlightenment and Awakening</strong>'<strong> </strong>based on his own experience.</p>
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<p><strong>Sewon</strong> was well known in his youth as a prodigious painter<sup>2)</sup> until he discontinued his art and majored in Politics, Philosophy and Economics at <strong>Oxford University</strong>.<sup>3)</sup></p>
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<p>However, the unexpected and sudden passing of his father, who was the <a href="http://www.hanol.org/en/founder.php" target="_blank">founder of the <strong>Hanol</strong> religion</a><sup>4)</sup> (the religious re-establishment of the Korean national founding principle based on the philosophy of <strong>Spiritual Enlightenment</strong>),<sup>1)</sup> eventually led him to return to art expressing <strong>'Spiritual Enlightenment'</strong> based on his own experience.</p>
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<p><strong>Trans-Art</strong> (<em>Trans-form art, Transcendental art, Trans-ego art</em>) is a new form of art introduced by the Korean artist <a href="http://blog.naver.com/OpenMagazineViewer.nhn?blogId=jkwook2013&logNo=80205866828&categoryNo=7&parentCategoryNo=&viewDate=" target="_blank"><strong>Sewon Shin</strong></a>.<sup>5)</sup></p>
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<p><strong>Trans-Art</strong> is <strong>Art</strong> that transcends the conventional form of art in order <strong>to express and experience</strong> the formless '<strong>essence of art</strong>' which shares one and the same nature with our ‘<strong>true essence beyond form</strong>’.</p>
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<p><strong>In Part 1 ‘Optical Awakening’, he integrates 'Spiritual-meditation into Art'</strong>.</p>
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<p><strong>In Part 2 ‘Tasting-Art’, he integrates 'Taste with Art'</strong>.</p>
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<p><strong>In Part 3 ‘Mobile Art’, he combines 'Technology with Art'</strong>.</p>
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<p><strong>Trans-Art Part 1 </strong>can be considered as an<strong> indirect experience of '</strong><strong>Spiritual Transcendence' </strong>by the <strong>'visualization of Enlightenment and Awakening' </strong>in the form of Art. </p>
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<p>In his major work, Part 1: the '<strong>Optical Awakening series</strong>', the artist attempts to express the '<strong>Enlightenment and Awakening</strong>' which is <strong>beyond </strong>'<strong>Form</strong>', by using the <strong>multi-dimensional expression</strong> method that he acquired from his own experience of the '<strong>enlightening and awakening</strong>' process.</p>
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<p><strong>Trans-Art </strong>provided a basis for the 1st and 2nd reformation of the Korean traditional religion <strong>Hanol-gyo.</strong><sup>6)</sup></p>
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<p>Furthermore, <strong>Trans-Art </strong>served as a driving force of the ‘<strong>Hanol spiritual and cultural movement of Art</strong>’, a new way of participating in <strong>Hanol</strong> philosophy and its spiritual teachings without religious obligation. <strong>The Hanol spiritual movement of art</strong> - the integration of art and spirituality, can be considered as a revolutionary approach to religious innovation and spiritual evolution in the face of an intellectual and spiritual singularity.<sup>6)</sup></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">1)</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">∙ <a href="http://www.hanol.org/hen/hanol.php" target="_blank">Hanol-gyo official website</a></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">∙ <a href="http://blog.naver.com/OpenMagazineViewer.nhn?blogId=hanolnews&logNo=220422209465&categoryNo=&parentCategoryNo=&viewDate=" target="_blank">Encyclopedia Britannica online Korea "Hanol-gyo"</a></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">∙ <a href="http://blog.naver.com/OpenMagazineViewer.nhn?blogId=hanolnews&logNo=220422204102&categoryNo=&parentCategoryNo=&viewDate=" target="_blank">Encyclopedia of Korean Culture "Hanol-gyo"</a></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">∙ <a href="http://blog.naver.com/OpenMagazineViewer.nhn?blogId=hanolnews&logNo=220422183535&categoryNo=&parentCategoryNo=&viewDate=" target="_blank">Doosan Encyclopedia "Hanol-gyo"</a></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">2)</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">∙ <a href="http://blog.naver.com/OpenMagazineViewer.nhn?blogId=indigosky6&logNo=10184477213&categoryNo=15&parentCategoryNo=0&viewDate=" target="_blank">Art Focus : The art of Sewon Shin, a 17 year-old genius</a> 『Monthly Art World』, August 1990 issue p.88-91</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">∙ <a href="http://blog.naver.com/OpenMagazineViewer.nhn?blogId=indigosky6&logNo=10184077676&categoryNo=15&parentCategoryNo=0&viewDate=" target="_blank">17 year-old Genius artist’s Solo exhibition grabs attention, The Success of Sewon Shin’s Solo exhibition at Kyungin Art Gallery</a> 『Kukmin Ilbo』, August 22, 1990.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">∙ <a href="http://blog.naver.com/OpenMagazineViewer.nhn?blogId=indigosky6&logNo=10184477294&categoryNo=15&parentCategoryNo=0&viewDate" target="_blank">High School Student Shin Displaying 50 Paintings</a> 『Korea Times』, August 21, 1990.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">∙ <a href="http://news.joins.com/article/2490194" target="_blank">Art Exhibition by High-School Student, Solo Exhibition by Teen Age Painter Sewon Shin After 3year of Studying in the US</a> 『JoongAng Ilbo』, August 22, 1990.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">∙ <a href="http://blog.naver.com/OpenMagazineViewer.nhn?blogId=indigosky6&logNo=10184214461&categoryNo=15&parentCategoryNo=0&viewDate=" target="_blank">Boy’s imaginative oil painting hit gallery row. Shin Se-won, attending high school in U.S. shows talent at Seoul exhibit</a> 『Korea Herald』 Sunday, August 26, 1990.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">∙ <a href="http://www.bornzone.net/xe/on_Tokyo/13493" target="_blank">In Tokyo Debut Shin Se-won To Present Fantastic Paings</a> 『Korea Times』, July 18, 1992.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">∙ <a href="http://blog.naver.com/OpenMagazineViewer.nhn?blogId=indigosky6&logNo=10184214402&categoryNo=15&parentCategoryNo=&viewDate=" target="_blank">Shin's Art Beyond His Biological Age</a> 『Art News』 p.126-146, August 1990 issue Volume 6.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">∙ <a href="http://blog.naver.com/OpenMagazineViewer.nhn?blogId=indigosky6&logNo=10176476599&categoryNo=16&parentCategoryNo=&viewDate=" target="_blank">Teenage Artist Se won Shin Solo Exhibition in Japan</a> 『Maeil Business Newspaper 』 July 13, 1992.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">∙ <a href="http://blog.naver.com/OpenMagazineViewer.nhn?blogId=indigosky6&logNo=10183931347&categoryNo=15&parentCategoryNo=&viewDate=" target="_blank">17year-old teenager makes his art debut-Se Won Shin's Solo exhibition at Kyung In Art Gallery</a> 『Dong-a Ilbo』 August 17, 1990</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">3)</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">∙ <a href="http://www.bornzone.net/xe/historia" target="_blank">The Art of Enlightenment & Awakening Official website</a></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">∙ <a href="http://people.search.naver.com/search.naver?where=nexearch&query=%EC%8B%A0%EC%84%B8%EC%9B%90&sm=tab_etc&ie=utf8&key=PeopleService&os=644399" target="_blank">Naver People Search "Shin Se-won"</a></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">∙ <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Alumni_of_the_University_of_Oxford&pagefrom=Ringe%2C+Donald%0ADonald+Ringe#mw-pages" target="_blank">Wikipedia "Alumni of the University of Oxford"</a></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">4)</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">∙ <a href="http://www.hanol.org/hen/founder.php" target="_blank">Hanol-gyo official website "Shin Jeong Yil, the founder of Hanol-gyo"</a></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">∙ <a href="http://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?docId=1204663&cid=40942&categoryId=33385" target="_blank">Shin Jeong Yil 『Doosan Encyclopedia』</a></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">∙ <a href="http://100.daum.net/encyclopedia/view/14XXE0033367" target="_blank">Shin Jeong Yil 『Encyclopedia of Korean Culture』</a></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">5)</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">∙ <a _cssquery_uid="36" href="http://blog.naver.com/OpenMagazineViewer.nhn?blogId=jkwook2013&logNo=80205866828&categoryNo=7&parentCategoryNo=&viewDate=" target="_blank">Art of Enlightenment and Awakening Official website "The Artist Career"</a></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">∙ <a href="http://people.search.naver.com/search.naver?where=nexearch&query=%EC%8B%A0%EC%84%B8%EC%9B%90&sm=tab_etc&ie=utf8&key=PeopleService&os=644399" target="_blank">Naver People Search "Shin Se-won"</a></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">∙ <a href="http://people.joins.com/search/profile.aspx?pn=386090" target="_blank">JoongAng Ilbo People Search "Shin Se-won"</a></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">∙ <a href="http://cdb.chosun.com/search/db-people/i_service/people_DisAllXml_review.jsp?uci=G010+1-02112014031800513481" target="_blank">Chosun Ilbo People Search "Shin Se-won"</a></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">∙ <a href="http://www.korea-iraq.org/web/about/consul.php" target="_blank">Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Iraq in Seoul Official website</a></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">6)</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">∙ <a href="http://v.media.daum.net/v/20170805085410057" target="_blank">Revolutionary Integration of Art and Spirituality,Optical Awakening attracts attention as an evolution of religious art</a> 『Kyunghyang daily』, August 5, 2017.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">∙ <a href="http://news.hankyung.com/article/201708046387a" target="_blank">Art expressing religious principle, Optical Awakening presents the essence of the truth through art</a> 『The Korea Economic Daily』, August 6, 2017.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">∙ <a href="http://v.media.daum.net/v/20170807140627016" target="_blank">Quantum Leap in religious sector by the integration of Art and Spirituality, The Trans-Artist introducing Optical Awakening- Hanol Spiritual movement of Art </a>『Hankyung TV』, August 7, 2017.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">∙ <a href="http://v.media.daum.net/v/20170804105503633" target="_blank">New Religious Paradigm initiated by Art in Korea: Hanol Spiritual Movement of Art, Participating in Religion without religious obligation.</a> 『SBS CNBC』, August 4, 2017.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">∙ <a href="http://v.media.daum.net/v/20170806090009396" target="_blank">Hanol Spiritual movement of Art, Introducing Spiritual Evolution, Optical Awakening, reinterpretation of The Gates of Hell, an incomplete masterpiece by Rodin</a> 『News 1』, August 6, 2017.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">∙ <a href="http://www.kns.tv/news/articleView.html?idxno=338008" target="_blank">“Awakening by Art” a new possibility of spiritual culture in the face of Intellectual Singularity.Korean Religion Evolves by Art, Hanol spiritual and Cultural movement of Art </a>『KNSNews』, August 5, 2017.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">∙ <a href="http://v.media.daum.net/v/20170804131005834" target="_blank">Optical Awakening, a new spiritual culture stemming from the new form of spiritual art.</a> 『Kuki News』, August 4, 2017.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">∙ <a href="http://www.ekn.kr/news/article.html?no=304399" target="_blank">Evolution in Human Consciousness A Korean Religion Reform by Art</a> 『Energy Economy』, August 4, 2017.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">∙ <a href="http://www.dailygrid.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=56643" target="_blank">A New paradigm in Religious culture, Hanol Spiritual and Cultural Movement of Art - Optical Awakening, Religious Innovation and Spiritual Evolution led by Art in Korea</a> 『Daily Grid』, August 5, 2017.</span></span></p>
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