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YONGSUN JANG (b.1980)

 

I ask about the wonders of nature and the human perception on the value of nature and life through sculpture and installation work. For my recent works in last few years I collect and use the things not needed or discarded by human. I capture, by chance or on purpose, easily overlooked subjects in daily life such as trivial things abandoned along the street, on a small alley, or in the field, and then transport them to a time and space I want them to be, as if I collect living and nonliving things. I witness phenomena of times I missed through indirect social experiences and find the silent language in an emotional landscape full of contradiction. This is my artistic proposal which often reveals the truth hidden by the norms, natural, urban and social and makes viewers as living beings to reconsider their attitude in dealing with nature.

 

EDUCATION

2010  MFA in Fine Art – Sculpture, University of Seoul, Korea

2008  BFA in Fine Art – Sculpture, University of Seoul, Korea

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019  WHERE IS YOUR QUERENCIA? – Cheongju Art Studio, Cheongju, Korea

2018  VOLATILE MARGINS – Supported by Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture – Gallery Space9, Seoul, Korea

2017  RECEPTACLE OF LUMINOSITY – Gallery DOS, Seoul, Korea

2017  INFINITE SHIMMER – Palais de Seoul, Seoul, Korea

2017  ON THE ROAD – Alternative Space Noon, Suwon, Korea

2014  BEYOND THE SILENCE - Ganainsa Art Centre, Seoul, Korea

2013  PARTICLES IN NATURE – Gallery Artrie, Anyang, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

2012  LUMINESCENT IN DARKNESS – Gallery Grimson, Seoul, Korea

2010  PARTICLES OF DARKMATTER – Gana Art Space, Seoul, Korea

 

SELECTED CURATED AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019  SENDER INQUIRY – Cheongju Art Studio, Cheongju, Korea

2018  DMZ PEACE PLATFORM – DMZ Camp 131 Greaves, Paju, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

2018  NORDART 2018 – Kunstwerk Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf, Germany

2018  STARS BEYOND THE NIGHT – Cheongju Art Studio, Cheongju, Korea

2018  HYPERBOLIC TIME CHAMBER - Clayarch Gimhae Museum, Gimhae, Korea

2018  INTER-CITY, BORDER PATTERN – Yunseul Museum of Art, Gimhae / Danwon Art Museum, Ansan, Korea

2018  CHAOSMOS – Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Daejeon, Korea

2018  GANGWON, The Story, an exhibition to celebrate PyeongChang Winter Olympics –Gangneung Arts Center, Gangwon-do

2018  OSAN MUSEUM OF ART COLLECTION EXHIBITION – Osan Museum of Art, Osan, Korea

2017  ANOTHER POINT OF VIEW - Selected Artists Exhibition of The 3rd Portfolio Fair – Seoul Art Foundation, Seoul, Korea

2017  VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY – Clayarch Gimhae Museum, Gimhae, Korea

2017  PHASE – Gallery Grimson, Insa-dong, Seoul, Korea

2017  3RD STREET CULTURE FESTIVAL – Street Museum, Yesultong, Seoul, Korea

2017  NORDART 2017 - KUNSTWERK CARLSHÜTTE, Büdelsdorf, Germany

2017  氣, Matter and Life – Jungnang Art Centre, Seoul, Korea

2017  MODELING AND VISUALIZATION – KSBDA International Spring Conference and Invitational Exhibition, University of Seoul, Seoul, Korea

2017  DEW BREATH – Street Museum, Yesultong, Seoul, Korea

2016  NORDART 2016 - KUNSTWERK CARLSHÜTTE, Büdelsdorf, Germany

2016  THE GREAT ARTIST – Posco Art Museum, Seoul, Korea

2016  Metal Spirit - Gallery KOSA Space, Seoul, Korea

2015  ART PARIS – Grand Palais, Paris, France

2015  Crafted Matter, Contemporary Korean Sculpture - Wilfrid Israel Museum, Hazorea, Israel

2015  NordArt 2015 - Kunstwerk Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf, Germany

2014  POHANG STEEL ART FESTIVAL - Pohang Museum of Steel Art, Pohang, Korea

2013  MOVEMENT STEEL ART - Pohang Museum of Steel Art, Pohang, Korea

2013  The Six Elements: Fire, Water, Tree, Metal, Earth, and Will – Museum of Contemporary Art Daejeon, Daejeon, Korea

 

SYMPOSIUM / ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

2019     SCULPTURE SPACE, Utica, NY, USA

2018-19   CHEONGJU ART STUDIO, Cheonju, Korea

2018     BEYLIKDÜZÜ HEYKEL SYMPOSIUM, Istanbul, Turkey

2018     DMZ PEACE PLATFORM, Residency Studio BEQ, Gyeonggi Tourism Organisation, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

2017-18   CLAYARCH GIMHAE MUSEUM, Gimhae, Korea

2017     HYUNDAI STEEL 3S FORUM

2016     NORDART2016 - Kunstwerk Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf, Germany

 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART, Korea

OSAN MUSEUM OF ART, Korea

POHANG MUSEUM OF STEEL ART, Korea

KUNSTWERK CARLSHÜTTE, Büdelsdorf, Germany

LE MERIDIEN SEOUL, Korea

CHANTIER NAVAL COUACH, France

DAELIM, Korea

SAMSUNG C&T, Korea

MARONIE BOOKS, Korea

SHINHAN AITAS, Seoul, Korea

MISARI SCULPTURE PARK, Korea

 

AWARDS / GRANTS

2019   Selected Artist Support for Overseas Residency, Arts Council Korea

2018   Selected Young Artist Support Program, Seoul Foundation For Arts and Culture, Seoul, Korea

2017   The 3rd Portfolio Fair Honor Award, Seoul Art Foundation, Korea

2015   NordArt 2015 First Public Choice Award, Büdelsdorf, Germany