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SCOPE New York 2009
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Bloom-smearing, 162x162cm, acrylic & oil on canvas, 2008
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Jeong Jihyun
Jeong Ji-hyun’s art belongs to modernism because objects cautiously selected to reveal her esthetic sense are sifted through a refined and restraint visual language. With her delicate strokes, a lifeless sofa and an unnoticeable cactus are transformed into creatures with soft skin or hairs. Thick fleshy stems of the cactus are in stark contrast to prickles in color, texture and form, imbuing her painting with visual vitality. “Seeing—an activity that is ultimately derived from touching” As Sigmund Freud once put it, the flat objects transcend the limits of visual dimension into the tactile realm. Her favorite objects like a cactus with bloody prickles, voluptuous sofa, and flowers gathering red mold are an apparatus to manifest animistic vigor. When her sophisticated sense lends a visual density to these relativistic and incidental things, they come to life again as essential and absolute beings. Meanwhile, the agent of change hides itself behind realistically depicted objects. Ordinary things are uplifted in a pure form and acquire their own clarity that is isolated from concrete circumstances. They are likened to sample ores in a visual laboratory. Nobody knows where they come from. That is to say, the audience cannot easily imagine why she picked up such materials as plants or furniture, or who they used to belong to. That is because her point of view is far from the conventional human-oriented viewpoint that reflects the mutual relations between humans and their belongings. Objects were elaborately illustrated but had no substantiality that can serve as a source of developing humane stories. They are decolorized and left nothing but rhythmically visual accents. While objects break away from their ordinary images through the pure journey of painting, they eventually find themselves caught in another net, say, the prison of language. The language entrapment corresponds to the “self-referential” modernistic world. In this sense, the reconstruction of the world in prison is a fitting description of the “self-referential autonomy” of art, which is both blessing and curse. Lee Sun Young (art critic) Education 2011 MFA in Fine Art, Goldsmiths, University of London (London, UK) 2008 Completion of Ph.D Course of Fine Arts Philosophy, Hong-ik University (Seoul, Korea) 2002 MFA, Painting Dept., Graduate School, Hong-ik University (Seoul, Korea) 2000 BFA, Painting Dept., College of Fine Arts, Hong-ik University (Seoul, Korea) Residencies 2011–2012 CitéInternationale des Arts de Paris (Paris, France) 2008–2010 GanaJangheung Atelier Residence (Jangheung, Korea) Selected Solo Exhibitions 2013 Naked Landscape, amid surfaces(Gallery Sun Contemporary, Seoul, Korea) 2012 Naked Landscape (Hada Contemporary, London, UK) Naked Landscape (Citéinternationale des Arts, Paris, France) 2008 A Desert Garden (Gallery Sun Contemporary, Seoul, Korea) Spring of Desert (Zhu Qizhan Art Museum, Shanghai, China) 2005 in My Room (Gallery Doll, Seoul, Korea) Persephone's Secret Room (MunhwaIlbo Gallery, Seoul, Korea) 2003 Fatal Rest (Do Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea) Selected Group Exhibitions 2013 Korea Galleries Art Fair(COEX, Seoul) Murals for Life, Love, and Hope, The commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of the Founding of the International Committee of the Red Cross (International Committee of the Red Cross NamsanHeadquaters, Seoul) 2012 Art Asia (COEX, Seoul) Hongik International Art Festival (Hong-ik Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea) Seoul Contemporary Art Festival (Seoul Arts Center, Seoul) Korean Collective Milan 2012 (Barbara Frigerio Contemporary Art, Milan) The Open West 2012 (Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester, UK) Reality Equals Dream (ION Art Gallery, Singapore, Singapore) 5TH 4482 [SASAPARI] Exhibition: Map the Korea (Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, London, UK) Demeures (Citéinternationale des Arts, Paris, France) 2011 Passages Intemporels(Citéinternationale des Arts, Paris, France) Korean Collective Den Haag 2011 (Gallery Noordeinde, Hague, Netherland) Goldsmiths MFA Degree Show (Goldsmiths College, London, UK) AF’s H (Art & Antiques Fair ’s-Hertogenbosch) (Brabanthallen, ’s-Hertogenbosch, Netherland) Open cueB 2011 exhibition (cueB Gallery, London, UK) JeongJi-hyun, Mo Jun-seok, Hwang Chang-ha, Three-Artists Exhibition (Gallery Sun Contemporary, Seoul, Korea) Korean Collective Basel 2011 (Hall 33, Contemporary Art Center Basel, Basel, Switzerland) 2010 Korean Collective London 2010 (Albemarle Gallery, London, UK) Final show of Jangheung Residency (Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea) Sun Gallery 33 Anniversary Exhibition (Sun Gallery,Seoul, Korea) Art Dubai 2010 (MadinatJumeirah, Dubai, UAE) Painting+ (Gallery Sun Gangnam, Seoul, Korea) 2009 Whispers of Objects (Tong-in Auction Gallery, Seoul) PULSE Miami 2009 (The Ice Palace, Miami, USA) Next Generation (Open Art Center, Seoul, Korea) 11 Artistssponsored by KTB (KTB Investment & Securities Building in Gangnam, Seoul) Hong-ikArt·Design Festival 2009 (Hong-ik Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea) Korean International Art Fair 2009 (COEX, Seoul, Korea) Art Road 77–with Art, with Artist! (Gallery Jireh, Heyri Artist Valley, Korea) The Painting as Furniture (Jangheung Art Park Red Space, Jangheung, Korea) Green Cake Art Fair (Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul, Korea) The 10th Cutting Edge–Portfolio (LG Fashion Flagship Store/Seoul Auction Space, Seoul, Korea) Jangheung Atelier Open Studio (Jangheung Atelier, Jangheung, Korea) JeongJi-hyun& Hong Ji-yeon, Two-Artists Exhibition (Gallery Sun Gangnam, Seoul, Korea) Contemporary Asian Art, Sotheby's Hong Kong (Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong, China) Korea Galleries Art Fair (Busan-Bexco, Busan, Korea) Art Dubai 2009 (MadinatJumeirah, Dubai, UAE) SCOPE New York 2009 (Lincoln Center Damrosch Park, New York, USA) Under the influence, Cutting Edge-Contemporary Art (Phillips de Pury& Co., New York, USA) 13 Young Artists : Above Daily Life (Rho Gallery, Seoul, Korea) 2008 The Soul of Korean Contemporary Art (Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea) Sun Contemporary 0809 (Gallery Sun Contemporary, Seoul, Korea) Merry Colorful Abstraction (Gallery Artside, Seoul, Korea) Art Singapore 2008 (Suntec Singapore, Singapore, Singapore) Korea Now: Emerging Korean Art (Sotheby's Tel-Aviv, Tel-Aviv, Israel) JeongJi-hyun/HongJi-yeon/Hwang Chang-ha, Three-Artists Exhibition (Gallery Sun Gangnam, Seoul, Korea) China International Gallery Exposition 2008 (China World Trade Center Exhibition Hall, Beijing, China) Art Dubai 2008 (MadinatJumeirah, Dubai, UAE) Contemporary Artists Selected by Critics under the Sponsorship of Monthly Chosun(Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea) 2007 Sun Contemporary 0708 (Gallery Sun Contemporary, Seoul, Korea) Pocheon Asia Biennale (PocheonBanweol Art Hall, Pocheon, Korea) Seoul Art Fair (Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea) Art Singapore 2007 (Suntec Singapore, Singapore, Singapore) Art Auction Show in Seoul (COEX, Seoul) In Touch of the Present, Korean Artists Collaboration (Wada Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan) The 1st Insa Art Festival (Sun Gallery, Seoul, Korea) The 29th Joongang Fine Arts Prize (Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea) Korean International Art Fair 2007 (COEX, Seoul, Korea) Real Seeing & Real View–Made in Korea (Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea) Red & Blue–View on the Surface (Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea) Flower (Duru Art Space, Seoul, Korea) Korean Contemporary Art Fair, Solo Booth (Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea) Diversity in Form and Thought: Recent works of Korean Artists (Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China) The 21st Century Contemporary Paintings (Dong-a Museum, Deagoo, Korea) No Bounds (Gallery Sun Contemporary, Seoul, Korea) 2006 Korean Art-Vision 2007 (Gana Forum Space, Seoul, Korea) Korea-France Young Artists Festival (Modern Culture Center, Icheon, Korea) Diversity in Form and Thought: Recent works of Korean Artists (Museum of Imperial City, Beijing, China) The 5th Cutting Edge (Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea) Space & Woman (Seoul Gallery, Seoul, Korea) We Meet Prague, Korean Contemporary 16 Artists Exhibition (Passage Gallery, Prague, Czech) 40 Artists Exhibition of Contemporary Art (Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea) Korean Contemporary Art Fair, Solo Booth (Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea) HI·PHDC (Gallery Ho, Seoul, Korea) 2005 7 Perspectives–Merry Christmas, Friends! (Gallery Sun Contemporary, Seoul, Korea) Life, Woman (Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea) The 1st Seoul Young Artists Biennial (Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea) The 2nd Cutting Edge (Seoul Auction Center, Seoul, Korea) Korean Woman Artists Exhibition (Visby Museum of Art, Stockholm, Sweden) Haman Art Center Opening Exhibition (Haman Art Center, Haman, Korea) Korea Art Festival 2005 (Sejong Center, Seoul, Korea) 2004 Red Heaven (Changdong Art Studio, Seoul, Korea) The 10th 'New Artists Remark' (Sejong Center, Seoul, Korea) Global Art in New York (New York World Trade Gallery, New York, USA) The 4th Songeun Grand Art Award (Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea) Project a.l space_Ⅲ (Chong-Sin University Library, Seoul, Korea) Art Seoul Fair, Solo Booth (Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea) Naked Landscape, Three-Artists Exhibition (Korean Electronic Power Company Plaza Gallery, Seoul, Korea) Global Art in Korea-Japan: Exhibition for Exchanges between Korea and Japan (Chonglo Gallery, Seoul, Korea) Flying–Start to Walk: My Art Gallery's Young Artists Project (My Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea) Paintings with Narratives, Three-Artists Exhibition (Mac Gallery, Seoul, Korea) 2003 Oh! Happy Day (Theater Choo, Seoul, Korea) Hong-ik Woman Artists Association Exhibition (Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea) 2002 A Study on The Metaphor and Metonymy in Painting, M.F.A. Candidates Thesis Exhibition (Hong-ik Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea) Hong-ik Woman Artists Association Exhibition (Hong-ik Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea) The 6th Na Hae-suck Woman Grand Art Award (Kyoungki-do Culture Art Center, Suwon, Korea) 2001 The 12th Misulsegue Grand Art Award(Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea) The 7th ‘Young Artists Remark’ (Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea) 2000 The 1st G.P.S. 'Da-bal' (Hong-ik Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea) Project 210 House of The Museum of Coal Town, Two-Artists Exhibition : Korea, China, Japan, Argentina International Exhibition (Samtan Coal Mine, Kohan, Korea) Hope for the Flowers (Youngdeungpo Culture Art Center, Seoul, Korea) Self-Portrait. net (Seokyung Gallery, Seoul, Korea) The 10th New Frontier Award (Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea) 1999 Postcards of 300 Artists (Alternative Space Loop, Seoul, Korea) The 30th Nationwide University Art Festival (Soseong Art Museum of Kyonggi University, Suwon, Korea) The 25th Seoul Contemporary Art Festival (Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea) Awards 2012 Selected Artist by Open West (Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester, UK) 2007 Selected Artist by Joongang Fine Arts Prize (Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea) Selected Artist by Critics, Monthly Magazine Chosun (Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea) 2004 Selected Artist by Songeun Grand Art Award (Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea) 2002 Accepted, Na Hae-suck Woman Grand Art Award (Korea) 2001 Special Prize, Misulsegue Grand Art Award (Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea) 2000 Excellent Statue, New Frontier Award (Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea) 1999 Bronze Statue, Nationwide University Art Festival (Korea) Special Prize, Seoul Contemporary Art Festival (Korea) |
