Artist

Youngjoo Cho

In her works, Cho Youngjoo (b. 1978) unravels practical concerns held by artists—specifically women artists—within sociocultural frames to share her experiences with colleagues and viewers. By interacting with people from diverse cultural spheres, she explores her internal conflicts, her external relationships, and her identity as a foreigner and an Asian woman in Western society and culture. Since her return to Korea, Cho has produced a series of works dealing with the issue of feminism in Korean society. Centering on her own experience of childcare and the nature of care work, she seeks to broadly relate to viewers. She is also simultaneously studying the art-historical image of the female body, how images of the body are recklessly consumed in the contemporary era, and the relationship between video, performance, and viewers.

  • Education
    • 2007 Ecole nationale superieure d’arts de Paris-Cergy Art (MA)
      2005 Ecole nationale superieure d’arts de Paris-Cergy Art (BA)
      2003-2005 University Paris8, France (Studies in MA)
      2001 Sungkyunkwan University Art Education(BFA)
  • Selected Solo Exhibitions
    • 2021 And another witness, Online
      2020 Cotton era, Alternative Space LOOP, Seoul
      2020 Five Seasons, Seoullo Media Canvas, Seoul
      2019 Mrs. Jellyby’s magnifying glass, PLACEMAK LASER, Seoul
      2016 Watery Madams, Korean Cultural Centre India, New Delhi
      2014 Our little gender stories, Space Mass, Seoul
      2013 Mild depressive episode, Corner Art Space, Seoul
  • Selected Group Exhibitions
    • 2022 Merry Mix: The More, The Better, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea(MMCA Gwacheon), Gwacheon
      2022 Museum Access: Through the Eco-Corridor, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan
      2020 On my way to the Museum, Busan Museum of Art, Busan
      2021From Matter to Life, MMCA Residency Changdong, Seoul
      2021 Caring Society, Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon
      2021 Goam’s Dance: Peace Coexistence Harmony, House of Lee Ungno, Hongseong
      2021 HA-HA-HA HAUS, Art Space Gwanggyo
      2020 The 20th SongEun ArtAward Exhibition, SongEun ArtSpace, Seoul
      2020 MoCA X Busan X Biennale, Museum of Contemporary Art Busan, Busan
      2020 Happiness Finds Me, Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul
      2019 Focus On X OVNI: Objectif Video Nice, Nice, France
      2019 Marginalized Histories of Korean Women, Ridderhof Martin University of Mary Washington Gallery, Virginia, U.S.A.
      2019 Un-wall, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
      2019 Carpenter’s scene, Insa Art Space, Seoul
      2018 The Arrival of New Women, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA), Seoul
      2018 Soft Power, Cheongju Museum of Art, Cheongju, South Korea
  • Residencies/Awards/
    Collections
    • Residencies
      2023 Delfina Foundation, London
      2021 MMCA Residency Changdong, Seoul
      2020 Seoul Art Space Geumcheon, Seoul
      2017 Incheon Art Platform, Incheon
      2010 Gyeonggi Creation Center, Gyeonggi
      2009 Goldrausch Kuunstlerinnenprojekt art IT, Berlin

      Awards
      2020 The 20th SongEun ArtAward, Grand Prize

      Collections
      Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
      National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art- MMCA Art Bank, Korea
      SongEun Art and Cultural Foundation, Korea
      Suwon Ipark Museum Of Art, Suwon, Korea
      Cheongju Museum of Art, Cheongju, Korea
      Museum of Contemporary Art Busan, Korea

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Humangarten, Polyurethane, sponge, infrared lamps, installation, dimensions variable, 2021. Image courtesy of the artist.

Human beings don't spring up like mushrooms, Live performance (Choreography & Co-direction: Min Kyoung Lee), 25min, 2021. Image courtesy of the artist.

Feathers on lips, Single channel video (Choreography & Co-direction: Min Kyoung Lee), color, sound, 10min 30sec, 2020. Image courtesy of the artist.

Watery Madams, Single channel video, color, sound, 11 min 46 sec, 2015. Image courtesy of the artist.

Floral Patterned Romance, Single channel video, color, sound, 6 min 51 sec, 2014. Image courtesy of the artist.

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