Nayoun Ryu
나연           류

i
light,
paint, 
draw, 
make, 
think



I find inspiration in the everyday things around me and draw the things I love


any inquires / questions  - Email
   

if I had my social media, I would post :









scrap (library Wednesday / learning Wednesday)



i read

ife books: 

<작별> (2018)
 by 한강 
<모순>  Contradiction (1998)
 by 양귀자 Yang Gui-ja 
<WAITING FOR GODOT> (1952)
 by Samuel Beckett
<THE GARDNERr> (1997)
by Sarah Stewart






The book that pulled me in : 
(ordered by publication date)

<YOU ARE WHAT YOU DO> (2025)
by Daniel Arnold
<THE ORANGE> (2023)
by Wendy Cope
<KITCHEN TABLE SEREIS> (2016)
by Carrie Mae Weems
<IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE COOKIE> (1985)
by Laura Numeroff (author),  
Felicia Bond (illustrator)
<ETCHING AND WOODCUTS> (1971)
by Alice Trumbull Mason
<WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE> (1963)
by Maurice Sendak






i like

artist
Soyun Shin 
Jane Freilicher
Georg Hallensleben
Giorgio Morandi
Eunhyung Cho
Eric Carle
Tzuhsin Lu
Gillian Murphy
Hyelin Cho 


music ( ordered by release date)
Maali - Maali (album) (2025)
Daniel Caesar – who knows (2025)
Honne – Imaginary (2024)
Delorians - Needy (2024)
AIR – Moon safari (album) (2023)
Chris Botti – Paris (2023)
Dizzy & Fay – There you are (In my heart) (2022)
Couch – Autumn (2022)
Montell Fish – Fall in love with you (2022)
Otto Benson – Songs before bed (2022)
Haruka Nakamura – call from spring (2020)
FKJ – Ylang Ylang (2019)
Aaron taylor - Home (2018)
검정치마 The Black Skirt – Team Baby (album) (2017)
Ezra Collective – Intro (2017)
Polo & pan - Cœur croisé (2017)
Matthew Halsall, The Gondwana Orchestra - When the world was one (2014)
Stacey Kent – The Changing Lights (album) (2013)
Lars Danielsson - Libretto (album) (2012)
Ryuichi Sakamoto – hibari (2009)
Green day - Last night on earth (2009)
She & him - Volume 1 (album)(2008)
Belle and Sebastian - Funny little frog (2006)
Ennio Morricone – The Crisis (1998)
Takatoshi Naitoh – In the Forest (1993)
전람회 Exhibition – 기억의 습작 (Etude of Memoirs) (1994)
Tchaikovsky – Fantasy Overture “Romeo and Juliet”, Sleeping Beauty Waltz (1988–1989)
Nikolai Kapustin – Eight Concert Etudes, Op. 40 (1984)
Gilbert O' Sullivan - What's in a kiss (1980)
Ryo Fukui – Mellow Dream (1977)
Paul Desmond - Samba with some barbecue (1969)
Tom Jobim – Wave (1967)
Neco – Samba E Violão (album) (1967)
Piero Piccioni – Amore Mio Aiutami, Lady Love, Per Noi Due Soli (1966–1969)
Stan Getz – The Girl From Ipanema (1962)
Chet Baker – Chetty’s Lullaby (1962)
Luiz Bonfa (com Norma Suely) - A Voz E O Violao (1960)
George Gershwin – I Love You, Porgy (piano version) (1935)
Johannes Brahms – Intermezzo Op.118 No.2 (1893)
Paulinho Nogueira - O Fino Do Violao Vol.2 (1980)
Robert Schumann - Op. 68, No. 16 (Erster Verlust) (1848)
Chopin - Ballade No. 4, Op. 52 (1842)

Dean Martin & Caterina Valente - One Note Samba



misc
★ family and friends
letters (many many)
going to the park on a nice breezy day
journal
observing people interact with my work
train ride 
Sourdough (thinly sliced)
stumbling upon an unexpected book in the library
weekend nap (around 3pm)
taking a different route to work
imagining the good things (very specifically) that are ahead of me
travel
changing the tablecloth
still light out after work
truly celebrating the good things happening to people (i care)
cinnamon roll (no icing on top)
good conversation
in the office with my favorite coworkers
sore muscles (sometimes)
ice cream (pistachio/vanilla/mint chocolate chip) + twix (topping)
apple with brie cheese 
ballet
planning
small little things that make me smile
travel
morning greetings in the elevator with neighbors (good morning!)
long walk (good weather is a must)
pen paiting with a  good paper 
When my art/work is appreciated
good news
inspiration
new experience
learning


newyork
WIP ......




Work 

CBBLD
Parsons School of Deisgn 
L’Observatoire
Studio formgiver
SAAD
Mavericks 
Gentle Monster
Black ink 
Freelance / Illutrator

 
past collborators
Florencia Lechin
John Junior Kim 
Julieta Hernandez 
Nicholas Bryne
TzhHusin Lu
Dain Yoon



private collection
(new york edition)




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hi,ilight

Lighting


i light
I push the boundaries of light as a verb. I light the living moments of natural materials, opening new relationships between viewers and everyday objects. I believe the warmth of light can evoke stories and emotions, and refresh the way people see the world.



egg + light = egglow 
photo by Tzu-Hsin Lu



     flora series
fruit series

Painting




photo by Izzy Watson
<Flora series>
<Night light series>










Illustration 

2015-








Printmaking 

  2022 - 
Hard ground, Soft ground, Stencil, wood block




drawing

Drawings
drawing archive
i draw everyday 























Pattern 

pattern palette
2022 - 







Story 

stories for small little surroundings


HUGS (2025)
I love hug
hug is a universal language,no words needed!
Sometimes a hug says more than I can.

How many hugs are we getting today?
Sending you a litle hug... and a big one too!

You already have two today!

nayoun 나연



POV (2025)Point Of View
단추의 시선



GRAPE (2025)Font design


Theater
Scenography
Event 

2015-








Theatrical Lighting

<Wall to wall> (2017)
Norwegian Theatre College


Performers: Felicia Chin-Malenski, Tova Ekenberg, Sofia Findahl, Jay Fiskerstrand, Ragni Halle, Gregers Kroksleiven-Hansen, Livia Hiselius, Nina Tind Jensen, Jakob Schnack Krog, Andrea Madsen Lindeneg, Linn Haldrup Lorenzen, Cecilio Orozco, Nayoun Ryu, Naja Schønemann, Shiva Sherveh, Marie Sturminger, Duduzile Libazisa Sfiso Mathonsi, Eline Waldeland

Photos by Vegis Fiskerstrand



Theatrical Lighting

<수면시간> (2016)
한국예술종합학교 상자무대



Theatrical Lighting

<난폭과 대기> (2017)
한국예술종합학교 상자무대


Theatrical Lighting

<사랑의 증거> (2017)
한국예술종합학교 상자무대



Scenography

<island collective> (2017)
inspiration:
< Les îles > by Jean Grenier


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