Artist

Jiwon Yu

Jiwon Yu (b. 1983 in South Korea) works on the idea of the « reorganization of the value » through sculptures, installations, videos etc. In particular, by using places, objects or anything that bears the traces of memory or history but which seem abandoned or despised by society.

  • Education
    • 2018 DNSEP. Art, ESAAA (Ecole superieure d’art Annecy Alpes France), Annecy, France
      2015 DNAP. Art, ESAAA (Ecole superieure d’art Annecy Alpes France), Annecy, France
      2008 B.F.A. Sculpture, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea
  • Selected Solo Exhibitions
    • 2021 《Color of light with a long story》, Muan Seungwoo Oh Museum of Art, Muan, Korea
      2020 《Raw, a thing as it is》, Headong Art & Culture Platform, Damyang, Korea
      2019 《Le Regard》, lconoclastes gallery, Paris, France
      2019 《?》, Juan Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea
  • Selected Group Exhibitions
    • 2021 《I Am Okay Too》, Gwangju Museum of Art(GMA) gallery 5.6, Korea
      2020 《Different Beds and the Same Dream》, Forest gallery, Cheongju, Korea
      2020 《The Shadow with Toungue of Light》, Muan Seungwoo Oh Museum of Art, Muan, Korea
      2020 《Gwangju Media Art Festival (The Aesthetic of Light and Co-Existence)》, Korea
      2020 《The Bunker》, Bitgoeul Art Space, Gwangju, Korea
      2020 《Luminescence》, G&J Gallery, Seoul, Korea
      2019 《Wolsan Blues ; Overturned City, OverLab》, Wolsan-dong, Gwangju, Korea
      2019 《Gwangju Media Arts Festival (White magic city)》, Asia Culture Center (ACC), Korea
      2018 《Carbone 18, commissariat : Solarium Tournant》, Saint-Etienne, France
      2018 《Au fond, La forme, La Fabric (Salomon Modern Art Foundation)》, Annecy, France
      2014 《Annecy International Animated Film Festival (Motion Factory - Local Studio)》, Salle blanche de l' ESSSA, Annecy, France
  • Residencies/Awards/
    Collections
    • Residencies
      2021 Daein Art Market Residency Excellent Skill 3rd, Gwangju, Korea
      2020 Media Arts Residency 9th artist in residence, Gwangju cultural foundation, Gwangju, Korea
      2019 Media Arts Residency 8th artist in residence, Gwangju cultural foundation, Gwangju, Korea
  • Link
      

〈Trace-Expansion〉, 2021, Mixed Media, Installation. Image Courtesy of the Artist

〈Biblio-Trace〉, 2021, Mixed Media, Installation. Image Courtesy of the Artist

〈The value of labor〉, 2020, Mixed Media, Installation + Single Channel Video(10:31). Image Courtesy of the Artist

〈Trace-Collector〉, 2019, Single Channel Video(20:25). Image Courtesy of the Artist

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