Baek Heena – laureate 2020 1
Baek Heena, picture book artist and just like chi
ldren when they play, she interweaves realism and magical elements. She employs a time-consuming process to bring her stories to life and give them their distinctive visual style. With devoted attention, she builds tiny worlds by hand, filling them with people, objects and milieux. She draws, paints, photographs, sews, bakes, snips with scissors and constructs with wood. Finally, she lights her scenes, points her camera and shoots. 9