Solbi

Kwon Ji-an (; born 30 September 1984), commonly known by her stage name Solbi (), is a South Korean singer, painter, and television personality. She made her singing debut in 2006 as a member of the K-pop group Typhoon, and gained widespread fame in 2008 as a cast member of the variety show ''We Got Married''. She held her first solo exhibition as a painter in 2012.

Career

Debut

She made her debut as the main vocalist of the representative K-pop hybrid group Typhoon in 2006 and also released her solo album ' Do It ' in 2008. In the same year, she also received attention in plays and musicals. Since then, she has been releasing music and music albums every year.

Aside from her music career, Solbi has also achieved fame as a television host on MBC, in the shows Sang Sang Plus (season 2) (alongside Lee Hyori and Shin Jung-hwan) and Music Core with Big Bang members Seung Ri and Dae Sung from March 2008 to March 2009, later replaced by Tiffany and Yuri of Girls' Generation. In February 2008, Solbi was cast in the reality show ''We Got Married'', where celebrities are paired up to live together as newlyweds. Solbi was paired up with Hong Kyeong Min for the Lunar Special episode, but for the rest of the series her partner was Andy of Shinhwa.

On 19 June 2008 Solbi released her first solo digital single, titled 'Cute Love', the lyrics in which she composed herself. The song is used as Andy and Solbi's theme song for the show. On 15 July 2008 she recorded a Korean version of 'Way Back into Love' from the 2007 movie ''Music and Lyrics'' with Kim Jong Wook. Solbi's first mini album titled 'Do It, Do It' was released on 17 September 2008. Her second album, titled '''French Kiss' w''as released on 16 April 2009.

Solbi appeared as one of the main MCs for Infinite Girls (season 2), but later stepped down, citing scheduling conflicts with her upcoming album. She participated program named Infinite Challenge in October 2015.

In 2017, she was appointed as an ambassador for the Central Election Commission. She was also a special guest teacher in Idol School, as a Psychological Health Management teacher using art therapy, the same outlet for herself when she was struggling.

A change from singer to artist

She is absorbed in art, which was started in 2010 for healing purposes. Starting with ' fantasy ' of ' Trace ' in 2015, she introduced self-collaboration (a new form of art through collaboration between two different selves: Kwon Ji-an and Solbi). The self-collaboration is a total of five pieces, including 'Black Swan' in 2016, "Jikji Korea International Festival' in 2017, and 'Hyperism-Blue' in 2018. Solbi in particular is a side effect of the " hyperism " (the flood of information and content), which means that if modern desires and higher expectations are not addressed, the opposite side effect is the feeling of deprivation. 'Hyperism -Red' performed an unprecedented 'Red' performance on KBS 2 TV 'Music Bank ' on the subject of pains of women, giving fresh shock. In March 2018, she introduced the sound of 'Class' of 'Hyperism-Blue' to her YouTube channel.

In July 2022 Solbi held her tenth solo exhibition. 'Humming-Paradise' at Vista Walkerhill Hotel in Gwangjang-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul from July 13 to September 13.

In August 2022, Solbi held the exhibition 'Beyond the Apple: Systemized Language' by Kwon Ji-an from August 20 to September 18.

Solbi uses art to process pain from cyberbullying. In a 2023 Voice of America documentary "Painting through pain" produced by Komeil Soheili, Solbi says: "In 2011, fake videos of me were distributed online, ..At that time, many malicious comments were directed at me. And at some point, my persona became very shameful. .. yberbullyingis like a pack of wolves attacking one woman." Solbi said of her Solbi RED performance painting, "Through the performance, I wanted to box up the pain, move on, and live my life again."

Philanthropy

On March 8, 2022, Solbi donated million to the Hope Bridge Disaster Relief Association to help those affected by the massive wildfires that started in Uljin, Gyeongbuk. and also spread to Samcheok, Gangwon.

In May 2022, Solbi donated 10 million won to the orphanage on Children's Day and Mother's Day By donating on 29 April 2022.

Television appearances

* ''Golf Match Swing Star'' - Contestant (2023)
* ''Show Music Core''
* ''We Got Married (Season 1)'', MBC, 2008
* '' Sunday Sunday Night – We Got Married'', MBC, 2008
* ''Sang Sang Plus (Season 2)'', KBS, 2008
* ''Infinite Girls (Season 2)'', MBC, 2009–2010
* ''Law of the Jungle Episode 247-251, 2017''

Painting Through Pain
(TV documentary series), VOA, 2023

Discography

Extended plays

Singles

* Cute Love (digital single)
* Do It
* Always Together
* 부탁해요 (''Please'') (narration, with AWESOME!)
* White Kiss
* Love Escort
* 벌 받을 거야 (''Punished'')
* 어쩌죠 (''What Should I Do?'')
* 오뚜기 (''Ottogi'')
* 오늘도 난 원더풀 (''Wonderful As Always'')
* 블랙스완 (''Black Swan'')
* Get Back
* 파인드(Find)
* 너는 어때
* 하이퍼리즘-레드(Hyperism-Red)
* 하이퍼리즘-블루(Hyperism-Blue)
*Angel

References

External links

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1983 births
Living people
South Korean women pop singers
South Korean painters
South Korean female idols
IHQ (company) artists
K-pop singers
21st-century South Korean women singers