Was born in Jinnampo-si, North Korea in 1950.
Leaves and works in Tanhyon-myon, Paju-si, South Korea

Oh, Sang-Il(1950~) was born in Jinnampo-si, refuging from North Korea during the

Korean War and arrived in Busan by U.S troopship. After moving to Jeju, Geojae, and

Jinhae, he settled down in Incheon spending his childhood. From the first solo exhibition

in Gallery Hyundai, he has been constantly active as an artist by joining various group

exhibitions in the U.S, China and Japan.

As an artist and educator, he has been committed to figurative sculpture and installation

about the human body. His earlier work is in academic boundary based on faithful depict

of real figures, which was flown to the subject matter of human hardship, anguish,

isolation, greed, death, irony, and absurdity in the middle stage.Through massive and

melting down human figure, we can peep into his deep concern about human existence.

By different media of video and installation ex- panded from sculpture, he challenges a

new aesthetic experiment.