Artist

Sojung Jun

Jun Sojung was born in Busan, Korea in 1982. She received her BFA in the Department of Sculpture at Seoul National University and her MFA in the Department of Media Art at Yonsei University Graduate School of Communication and Arts. She has held numerous solo exhibitions, including “As you like it” (Insa Art Space, Seoul, 2010), “The Habit of Art” (Gallery Zandari, Seoul, 2012), and “Forget this Night When the Night is No More” (Doosan Gallery New York, New York, 2014), and participated in various group exhibition and artist-in-residence programs. She received the SongEun Art Award in 2014.

  • Education
    • 2006-2011 MFA, Graduate School of Communication & Art, Yonsei Univ., Seoul, Korea
      2001-2005 BFA, Sculpture, Seoul National Univ., Seoul, Korea
  • Selected Solo Exhibitions
    • 《Au Magasin e Nouveautes》, Atelier Hermes, Seoul, Korea, 2020
      《Kiss me Quick》, SongEun ArtSpace, Seoul, Korea, 2017
      《Ruins》, Doosan Gallery Seoul, Seoul, Korea, 2015
      《Forget this night when the night is no more》, Doosan Gallery New York, New York, U.S.A, 2014
      《The other side of the other side》, Gallery Factory, Seoul, Korea, 2012
      《As you like it》, Insa Art Space, Seoul, Korea, 2010
  • Selected Group Exhibitions
    • CIRCA, London, Piccadilly Lights, Coex K-POP Square, Yunika Vision, London, Seoul, Tokyo, 2021
      《MMCA Performing Arts 2021: Multiverse》, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, Seoul, Korea, 2021
      《Border Crossings - North and South Korean Art from the Sigg Collection》, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Swiss, 2021
      《Tactics》, Nam June Paik Art Center, Yongin, Korea, 2021
      《They do not understand each other》, Tai Kwun JC Contemporary , HongKong, 2020
      《RhythmScape》, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Canada, 2020
      《In one drop of water》, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 2019
      《A Day for Counting Stars: The Story of You and Me》, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Cheongju, Cheongju, Korea, 2019
      《Unclosed Bricks: Crevice of Memory》, ARKO Art Center, Seoul, Korea, 2018
      《Synchronic Moments》, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea, 2018
      《Tell me the story of all these things. Beginning wherever you wish, tell even us.》, Villa Vassilieff, Paris, France, 2017
      《The Eighth Climate (What does art do?)》, 11th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea, 2016

  • Residencies/Awards/
    Collections
    • Herme?s Foundation Missulsang, 2018
      Noon Art Prize, Gwangju Biennale, 2016
      Villa Vassilieff Pernod Ricard Fellow, 2016
      Grand Prize Winner, 14th SongEun Art Award, SongEun Art and Cultural Foundation, 2014

      Collections
      Uli Sigg Collection (CH)
      Han Nefkens Foundation (ES)
      MMCA National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (KR)
      Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art (KR)
      The National Museum of Art, Osaka (JP)
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〈Despair to be reborn〉, single channel video, 24’ 45”, 2020. Photo : Sangtae Kim ⓒ Fondation d'entreprise Hermes Collection / MMCA National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea

〈AU MAGASIN DE NOUVEAUTES〉, Installation view at Atelier Hermes, 2020. Photo : Sangtae Kim ⓒ Fondation d'entreprise Herme?s Collection / MMCA National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea

〈AU MAGASIN DE NOUVEAUTES〉, Installation view at Atelier Herme?s, 2020. Photo : Sangtae Kim ⓒ Fondation d'entreprise Hermes Collection / MMCA National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea

〈AU MAGASIN DE NOUVEAUTES〉, Installation view at Atelier Herme?s, 2020. Photo : Sangtae Kim ⓒ Fondation d'entreprise Hermes Collection / MMCA National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea

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