Tae Woo reinterprets traditional Korean landscape painting through a contemporary sensibility, grounding his practice in wayu (臥遊)—“traveling while lying down”—to paint landscapes of memory and imagination rather than literal scenery. His recurring motif, Gasuho (家守虎)—a “home-guarding tiger”—carries a Korean folk-painting (minhwa) spirit, echoing the folk-inflected tiger imagery recently popularized in Netflix’s animated film KPop Demon Hunters. Birds and children symbolize family and intimacy, reflecting on ways of living and the warmth of relationships. He gained public recognition after winning KBS2’s No Money No Art (2022), presented HOHO Garden at Gana Art Park Museum (2025), and has released NFT drops via Upbit.

Gallery Belle Vie takes its name from the French phrase La Belle Vie, meaning “the beautiful life.” Beyond its literal translation, Belle Vie embodies a way of living grounded in warmth, generosity, and a sense of grace in everyday moments. Established in Seoul in January 2020, Gallery Belle Vie held its first exhibition in September 2021, and has since presented a series of exhibitions that naturally weave contemporary art into life and space. By curating a dynamic range of exhibitions each year, the gallery seeks to engage with the current moment of contemporary art while discovering and highlighting new perspectives from artists both in Korea and abroad. We believe that when art dissolves the boundary between daily life and personal space, life expands beyond routine and opens into an intimate realm of perception. Gallery Belle Vie aims to be a companion in that journey—guiding viewers to discover their own aesthetic language and to broaden the horizons of their inner world.