Artist

Yang Yooyun

Yang Yooyun graduated from Sungshin Women’s University with a BFA and MFA in oriental painting. Starting with her first solo exhibition titled 《Scar at Ccot+Incubator》 in 2010, Yang has presented her works at four solo exhibitions, also including《Daydream》 at Gallery SoSo in 2012, 《The Full Night》 at Gallery Bundo in 2013, and 《They Cry》 at OCI Museum of Art in 2014 as selected by OCI YOUNG CREATIVES, as well as at number of group exhibitions. The artist attempts to bring an individual’s sensitivity, social phenomena, and incidents onto the canvas through her unique artistic sense.

  • Education
    • 2010 M.F.A. in Oriental Painting, Graduate School of Sungshin Women's University, Seoul, Korea
      2008 B.F.A. in Oriental Painting, Sungshin Women's University, Seoul, Korea
  • Selected Solo Exhibitions
    • 2019 《I know the day will come》, Amado Art Space/Lap, Seoul, Korea
      2016 《distrust and overtrust》, Gallerylux, Seoul, Korea
  • Selected Group Exhibitions
    • 2019 《The Adventures of Korean Painting: I Will Go Away All By Myself》, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
      2019 《THE SEA WILL NOT SINK》, Artspace Boan1942, Seoul, Korea
      2019 《DMZ》, CULTURE STATION SEOUL 284, Seoul, Korea
  • Residencies/Awards/
    Collections
    • Residencies
      2019 The 8th Chongkundang Yesuljisang, Korea
      2013 ‘2014 OCI YOUNG CREATIVES’, OCI Museum of Art,
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〈Illumination〉, 2019, Acrylic on korean paper, 210×150cm. Image Courtesy Artist

〈See the light〉, 2019, Acrylic on korean paper, 150×210cm. Image Courtesy Artist

〈Mark〉, 2017, Acrylic on korean paper, 138×198cm. Image Courtesy Artist