A Painter Who Swallowed the Wind
변시지 邊時志 · Byun Shi-Ji
1926 · 2026 · 邊時志 ARCHIVE · EST. 2026
Painter of Fūdo, Swallower of Wind · 1926–2013
Wind cannot be seen, yet we know its presence by the bending pine, by the bowing back of the man crossing the field. In Byun Shi-Ji's painting, the strongest force is always invisible.— from the centennial archive
Three gates
Three Entrances to the Archive
Centennial Archive
100주년 작품 아카이브
Begin with one hundred paintings, and read their accompanying poems and essays.
100 Works · Poems and Essays → Second GateResearch Essays
연구·비평
Essays on art, life and fūdo, with comparative studies and archival sources.
Theory · Criticism → Third Gate변시지를 즐기는 법
Ways into the Paintings
생애와 색, 빈 배와 바람을 따라 그림에 다가갑니다.
Life · Colour · Wind →BYUN SHI-JI CENTENARY
Centenary 1926–2026
서귀포에서 태어나 서귀포로 돌아온 백 년. 화가 변시지의 탄생 100주년을 기념하는 전시와 출판, 그리고 소식을 이곳에 모읍니다.
EXHIBITIONS
Centenary Exhibitions
2026 · Dates and venues will be announced here once confirmed
Exhibitions in Korea and abroad are being prepared for the centenary year. Titles, dates, venues, and works will be listed here as they are confirmed.
PUBLICATIONS
Climate Begets Form — Rereading World Painting
Online publication · byunshiji.org
A book that rereads Byun Shi-Ji's pictorial language alongside sixteen painters of the world. Chapters will be released in this archive as they are completed.
Multilingual Booklet · 34 Languages
Available now · World Languages →
The painter's poems, monologues, and commentaries on selected works, carried into 34 languages.
World Languages →NEWS
Foundation News
Updates on centenary projects are posted in the Foundation news section.
Foundation News →Centennial · 1926–2026
Centennial edition
「예술의 모태는 풍토」 — 邊時志, 변시지
100 Works
One hundred works from the Japan, Seoul and Jeju eras, each with a poem or an essay. Plates will be added as they become available.
→ PREFACEPreface
Byun Shi-Ji — Painter of Fūdo, Swallower of Wind
→ ESSAYDry Grass from the Outside
The Ochre World Painted by Wind — The Fūdo Aesthetics of Byun Shi-Ji
→ MONOLOGUEMonologue
Wind Monologue · Painter's Monologue · Painting's Monologue
→ CHRONOLOGYChronology
Byun Shi-Ji — A Century of Wind and Light
→ DAILYFūdo Almanac 365
Twelve months, twelve words. One sentence a day from the painter’s fūdo.
→