5 K-pop idols who are talented visual artists – BTS’ Jungkook and Shinee’s Key are skilled painters while G-Dragon’s designs featured on Nike sneakers

Nov 23 , 2021

BTS’ Jungkook and Winner’s Mino are just two K-pop idols who are also talented visual artists. Photos: Big Hit Entertainment, @realllllmino/Instagram

Winner’s Mino and Henry Lau exhibited their paintings at London’s Saatchi Gallery, while Jungkook’s art was shown on reality TV show In The Soop BTS ver

Shinee’s Key, who shares his abstract art on Instagram, did the cover of the boy band’s recent album, ‘The Misconception of Us’

While K-pop idols are always surprising their fans with catchy music, impressive dance performances and on-trend fashion looks, a handful of stars have recently shown another side to their creative talents when they decided to take on a completely different medium – visual arts.

From exhibiting paintings in famous art galleries to collaborating with high-end brands, here are five Korean stars who have left their marks not just in the music industry, but also in the art world.

Winner’s Mino

Mino is not only one of the best rappers in the industry, but he is set to make his acting debut soon and is also a gifted artist. While his main focus is his rapping career, the K-pop star ventured into art and made his official debut as an artist in 2019, when three of his artworks were displayed in the “Special Exhibition for Emerging Artists” at the Seongnam Arts Center in Seoul.

From there on, he proved his art skills were just as good as his vocals when he became the first Korean idol to have his paintings displayed at the Saatchi Gallery in London as part of the “Korean Eye 2020: Creativity and Daydream” exhibit in the Startnet Art Fair, according to Soompi. He exhibited his paintings this year as well under his artist name Ohnim.

Henry Lau

Henry Lau is a multitalented star who began acting and producing alongside his singing career. And he showed he has no limits to his artistic skills when he tried his hand at painting too.

5 K-pop idols who are talented visual artists – BTS’ Jungkook and Shinee’s Key are skilled painters while G-Dragon’s designs featured on Nike sneakers

Winner’s Mino and Henry Lau exhibited their paintings at London’s Saatchi Gallery, while Jungkook’s art was shown on reality TV show In The Soop BTS ver Shinee’s Key, who shares his abstract art on Instagram, did the cover of the boy band’s recent album, ‘The Misconception of Us’

Winner’s Mino and Henry Lau exhibited their paintings at London’s Saatchi Gallery, while Jungkook’s art was shown on reality TV show In The Soop BTS ver

Shinee’s Key, who shares his abstract art on Instagram, did the cover of the boy band’s recent album, ‘The Misconception of Us’