Yeondoo Jung
Born 1969, Jinju, Korea.
Lives and works in Seoul, Korea.
Education
1997 University of London, Goldsmiths College, MFA
1995 London Institute, Central Saint Martin College of Art, Diploma in Sculpture
1994 Seoul National University, College of Fine Arts, BFA
Awards and Residencies
2007 Artist of the Year, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
2006 International Studio and Curatorial Program Artist Residency, New York
2003 Art Omi Artist Residency, New York
2004 Villa Arson Artist Residency, Nice, Italy
2002 2nd Shanghai Biennale Asia Europe Culture Foundation Awards
2002 Fukuoka Asian Art Museum Artist Residency, Fukuoka, Japan
2002 1A Space Artist Residency, Hong Kong
2001 Ssamzie Art Space Artist Residency, Seoul, Korea
Public Collections
ArtSonje Center, Seoul, Korea
The Calder Foundation, New York
Essl Museum, Vienna
Estee Lauder Corporation, New York
Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio de Modena, Italy
Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
Gyeonggido Museum of Art, Ansan, Korea
Joddes Collection, Pharmascience, Montreal, Canada
Joy of Giving Something Foundation, New York
Mae Il Dairy, Seoul, Korea
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
New Line Cinema, New York
The RISD Museum, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia, USA
Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Ssamzie Space, Seoul, Korea
Lectures and Screenings
2008 "Documentary Nostalgia", Modern Mondays, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, March 10
2007 "I Will Remember You", Webcast, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA, USA, October 19
2006 "Global Photography Now: East Asia", Panel discussion, Tate Modern, London, UK, November 18
Solo Exhibitions
2008 Handmade Memories, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
For Your Loneliness, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Dresden, Germany/ Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Berlin, Germany
2007 Locations, Tina Kim Gallery, New York
Memories of You - Artist of the Year 2007, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea *
I Will Remember You, ACA Gallery, Atlanta / Red Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA *
Wonderland, Galeria Espacio Minimo, Madrid, Spain
2006 Are You Lonesome Tonight?, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea *
2005 Wonderland, Tina Kim Fine Art, New York
2004 Beat It, Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2003 Bewitched, Gallery Loop, Seoul, Korea
2002 Chinese Lucky Estate, 1A Space, Hong Kong *
Tokyo Brand City, Koyanagi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2001 Borame Dance Hall, Gallery Loop, Seoul, Korea *
Group Exhibitions
2008 Then & Now: Memories of the Future, 2008 Daegu EXCO, Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu, Korea
Photo on Photograph, The Kumho Museum, Seoul
I Have a Dream, Kuandu Biennale, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts,Taipei, Taiwan
Modest Monuments, King's Lynn Arts Centre, King's Lynn, Norfolk, UK
Contemporary Kaleidescope: Korean Artists of Today, Artist's House, Moscow, Russia
Fantasy Studio, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, UK
Turn and Widen-light, Communication and Time, Seoul International Media Art Biennale: Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Border of Vitality, han ji yun contemporary space, Beijing, China
Sixty Years of Modern Photo in Korea: 1948-2008, National Museum of
Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
To Have or To Be, Farmleigh Gallery, Farmleigh, Ireland
Korean Art Today: The World of Expression, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
2007 One Fine Day, Rodin Gallery, Seoul *
Peppermint Candy: Contemporary Korean Art, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Santiago, Chile
Wonderland, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
Solid Scene, Art Bit Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Giants in Illusion, Sejong Main Hall of Museum of Fine Art, Seoul, Korea
Collector's Choice: Collection 2, Daelim Contemporary Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
Elastic Taboos, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria.
New Nature, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery New Plymouth, New Zealand
TRANS(IENT) CITY, Luxemburg 2007, Luxemburg and Greater Region
Thermocline of Art-New Asian Waves, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
Projection Project, Budapest Episode, Mucsarnok/Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
2006 The Projection Project, MUHKA, Antwerp, Belgium
Circuit Diagram, Cell Project Space, London, UK
Daegu Photo Biennale 2006: Arts in Photography, Photography in Arts, Daegu, Korea
Explorafoto 06: Mascarada/ Masquerade, Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca, Spain.
Through the Looking Glass, Asian Art House, London, UK
Dirty Yoga, Taipei Biennial, Taipei, Taiwan *
de kleine biennale 2006, Stichting Storm, Utrecht, Holland
A New City, ARCO Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2005 Project Stand By 000, Kwanghoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
4 From Korea, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Berlin, Germany *
Secret Beyond the Door, Korean Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy *
First Peak, Entenhalle, Zurich, Switzerland
Seoul Until Now, Charlottenborg Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark *
Fast Forwards, Fotograpie Forum International, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Korea under Erasure, Galerie Porticus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany *
Mapping on the Root, K-Art Space, Seoul, Korea
Banana Surfer, IEUM Gallery, Beijing, China
Manufactured Self, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago *
2004 Hermes Korea Missulsang, ArtSonje Center, Seoul, Korea *
Re;Source, Art in General, New York
Liverpool Biennial, Blue Coat Art Centre, Liverpool, UK *
Document... A Map of Photographic Archives, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
The Ten Commandments, Deutsche Hygiene-Museum, Dresden, Germany
Stranger than Paradise, Total Museum, Seoul, Korea *
Absent Voices, Korea Gallery, New York
Wall Works, Cais Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2003 5-Art Collection, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, Korea
Wanakio Project, Noren Market Place, Okinawa, Japan
Poetic Justice, Istanbul Biennale, Istanbul, Turkey *
Facing Korea; Demirrorizedzone, De Appel Center for Contemporary Art, Amsterdam, Holland *
Everyday-Contemporary Art from Japan, China, Korea, Thailand, Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen *
Photo Report from Seoul, Guardian Garden Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
The Wedding, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2002 Under construction: New Dimension of Asian Art, Japan Foundation/Opera City Gallery, Tokyo, Japan *
Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Oriental Extreme, le Lieu Unique, Nantes, France
City Scape, Busan Biennale, Busan, Korea
Pause, Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea
Imagined Workshop, Fukuoka Triennale, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan *
Living Like a Lover from the Radar Phone, Project Space 4, Dublin, Ireland
Fantasia, East Modern Art Center, Beijing, China
Urban Paradise, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2001 Invisible Touch, Art Sonje Center Seoul, Korea
Tirana Bienniale, National Gallery of Tirana, Tirana, Albania
Deached House, British Embassy, Seoul, Korea
Mass-life, Space Big Art, Yokohama, Japan
Crossing Parallels I, Ssamzie Art Space, Seoul, Korea/ Lance Fung Gallery, New York
The Lunchtime of the Necktie Force, Posco Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2000 Wow Project, Seoul City Subway 7th Line Train, Seoul, Korea
din / DIN, Art Project Space 4X4, Amsterdam, Hollland
1999 Mixer & Juicer, The Korean Culture & Art Foundation Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Elvis Gungjungbanjum, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea *
Radio Asia, Galangga Club, London, UK
1998 Bonsai 2: The Cosmopolitan, Hotel-Kunstraum, Zurich, Switzerland
Gracelands Palace, Ein Harrod Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel
Sensation from Goldsmiths, Yokohama Portside Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
Where I am, Galeria Municipal da Mitra, Lisbon, Portugal
1997 Gracelands palace, Galerie Fruchtig, Frankfurt, Germany
2nd GCC International Show, la Grande Arche, Paris, France
HongkongZ, Fringe Club, Hong Kong
Korean Young Artist in London, Sackvill Gallery, London, UK
Selected Bibliography
2008 Landi, Ann, "Yeondoo Jung", New York Reviews, ARTnews, February, 121-122
Baldwin, Rosencrans, "The Digital Ramble: Identity Mistakes," T: The New York Times Style Magazine, The Moment [http://themoment.blogs.nytimes.com], July 10
2007 "…And One for 2007", Art Asia Pacific Almanac 2007, 83
Ko, Christina, "Going Global: An Artist's Story", Departures Magazine, March/April, 200
"The Weekend Guide", Daily Candy Atlanta, September 6
Weickgenant, Joel, "Photos Inspired by Film", The Savannah Morning News, November 10
Acosta, Laura, "Yeondoo Jung: Cuando Todo Es Exactamente Lo Que Parece", La Fresa [www.lafresa.org], December
Kang, Sumi, "The Wonderful Reality of a Dream Factory", Art in Culture, Seoul, Korea, August, 129-141
2006 Halle, Howard, "Out There", Time Out New York, December 28, 8
Baan, Yijung. "Yeondoo Jung - No reason to be lonely Tonight", Photonet, Seoul, Korea, July: 88-92
Choi, Kunsoo, "Jung Yeondoo", Misoolsidae, Seoul, Korea, July/August:144-149
Vitamin Ph, Phaidon Press *
2005 Yeondoo Jung: Dreams Come True, Almost, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea *
"Upcoming project," Wolgan Misool, Seoul, Korea. September.
Kamiya, Yukie. "Dreams Come True", Wolgan Misool, Seoul, Korea. September: cover, 107 – 115
Schlaegel, Andreas, "Yeondoo Jung," Contemporary, London, UK, no. 74: cover, 106 – 109
Mrozek, Von Bodo. "Das Wunder vom Hanggang," Berlin Kultur, Berlin, Germany, September 18: 27.
Sook-Hee, Park, "Real-Fantasy, Photography-Painting", The Korea Daily, New York: March 15.
"Dreams Come True", The New York Sun, Weekend Edition , New York: March 11-13
2004 Adam, Georgina. "Focus on nations: Korea", The Art Newspaper: Art Basel Miami Beach Daily Newspaper, December 2: 6.
Burnett, Craig, "Liverpool Biennial", Art Monthly, UK: November.
Dorment, Richard. "Strangeness and Charm", The Daily Telegraph, UK: September 22.
Kamiya, Yukie. "Dreamweaver: Jung Yeondoo", Art Asia Pacific, Issue 39 Winter 2004: cover, 70-75.
Raiji, Kuroda, "Very New Art 2004", Bijutsu Techo Magazine, 100 Artist Worldwide Special Issue.
"Sweet Dreams", Liverpool Daily Post, Liverpool, UK: August 20, 2004 .
2003 Mascina, Audrey, "One Shot Dream", Blast Magazine, Paris: November/December: 94 – 99.
Mister Motley: Wonen En Wonen, Amsterdam, Holland, no.7: 40 – 41.
2002 "Yeon-doo Jung", Zing Magazine, Issue 16, Winter.
Lim, Keunhye, "Urban Paradise", Flash Art Vol. 46 May-June.
"Portraits in Modern Life", Oriental Daily News, November, Hong Kong.
Cung, Winnie, "Estate Secrets", South China Morning Post, November, Hong Kong
Yeo Kyung-Hwan, "Portraits of everyday collection", Art in Culture, Seoul, Korea, April 2: 200 - 201
Nakamura, Junko, "Jung Yeon-doo: Ajibi Dance Hall", Art Exhibition Commentary, Tokyo, 011 Issue Spring, pge 63-64
DiPietro, Monty. "Under the skin of strangers-Goldsmiths alumnus Jung Yeondoo gets cynical", Japan Times: December
2000 Ellis, Patricia, "Yeondoo Jung: Visual Crooner", Flash Art Vol.33, March-April
1999 Schulmacher, Ute, "Gracelands Palace Features Hybrid Culture", The Korea Times, Seoul: May 15