HONG JANG OH
Through sculpture and installation, various aspects that can arise from tensions such as difference and homogeneity, overlap and exclusion, conflict and negotiation inherent in the boundaries of materials are shown. In particular, I am interested in how technology reflects the current physical reality itself by expressing a world of new possibilities that transcend the conflicting boundaries between nature and artificiality.
It shows imaginary substitutes recombined by dismantling, overlapping, and transforming specific structures that can be found in living and non-living, artificial and mechanical forms. Its unknown form is clearly distinct from metaphorical symbols or anthropomorphic machines that imitate nature, and can be said to be a biological model synthesized at the borderline where reality and virtuality meet. It may be a cell, an animal, a plant, or a fragment of mineral matter, or sound and light, or it may be an aggregate that forms a colony from a single entity.
The process of creating a new object is always non-linear and unplanned, and the contingency of the visual and physical responses of each part is activated as much as possible. The goal is to choose a method that can reveal the properties of the non-art materials used, such as aluminum, transparent or translucent PVC panels, reflective cloth, wire and beads, that is, their cold or dry, light or heavy conditions. The resulting uncertainty remains in the final result of the work.
A different world unfolds through the negotiation between the structure's inevitable fate of gravity and the various X and Y axes that disturb it. The various conditions of possibility faced by materials, such as irregular arrangement, elaborate symmetry, and natural stretching due to gravity and its reversal, become the materials and driving force of the work. Clues to life and death are found in the subtle echoes of space and material. Ultimately, the goal is to capture and record the moments of friction that are created at the boundaries of relationships where the conditions of existence collide.
BIOGRAPHY
EDUCATION
2009 MFA Fine Art, Goldsmiths, University of London / UK
2002 MA Sculpture, Chung - Ang University/ Korea
1999 BA Sculpture, Chung - Ang University/ Korea
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 THE ONE PIECE OF ART : LUCY - Moss On Rocks / Artbn, Seoul
2021 Lucy/ Chapter II Yard/ Seoul
Lucy/ Chapter II/ Seoul
2019 Moths drink the tears of sleeping birds/ obscura/ Seoul
Seoullo Pup-up Museum, Hello Museum+Outer Space Embassy/ Seoullo 7017/
Seoul
2018 Cosmic Scenery/ Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art/ Ansan
Cosmic Still life/ LEESANWON Museum of Art/ Chuncheon
2017 Cosmic Still Life/ Sangup Gallery/ Seoul
2016 Outer Space Embassy/ Tenderpixel Gallery/ London
Outer Space Embassy/ 17717/ Seoul
Welcome to the cosmic world/ Seong Buk Art Studio-Window Gallery/ Seoul
2015 Unidentified Flying Existence/ Space K/ Daegu
2014 Cosmic Life/ Amado Art Space/Lab / Seoul
Welcome Space Brothers!/ PlaceMak/ Seoul
2013 Lucy In Black/ Window Gallery, Gallery Hyundai/ Seoul
2012 Nowhere/ Art Sunje Lounge Project/ Art Sunje/ Seoul
2010 Blackout/ Tenderpixel gallery/ London, UK
Hideout/ APO33/ Nantes, France
2004 Focus / space Cell / Seoul, Korea
2003 Freeze / gallery Dol / Seoul, Korea
2001 Decolouring / gallery SAGAN / Seoul, Korea
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Horizontal Aesthetics/ mM Artcenter/ Pyeongtaek
Hybrid Baton : Atypical Feast/ Gallery Baton/ Seoul
Hardener/ C.center/ Seoul
2021 Countdown 2021/ Sejong Center/ Seoul
2019 Seeing Unaccompaied/ Chapter II/ Seoul
2018 Nonunifiable Heterogeneous Individuals/ Gyeonggi Creation Center/ Ansan, Korea
Urban Collective Seogye/ Anchor Villa/ Seoul, Korea
Unofficial Discourser/ Gyeonggi Creation Center/ Ansan, Korea
Deerupt Artcon/ Adidas Basecamp 107/ Seoul
2017 The city of Marginal Men/ Goyang Oulim Nuri Arts Center/ Goyang
Round Around/ Seoul Youth Hub/ Seoul
Regenerative Wandering/ Seongbuk Dowon/ Seoul
Landscaping of O/ Seongbuk Dowon/ Seoul
Finding the Hidden Museum/ Hello Museum/ Seoul
2016 Idea Shop/ Seong Buk Small Gallery/ Seoul
Apricot Shop/ Space Salgoo/ Seoul
2015 COEXISTENCE/ Yangpyeong Art Museum/ Yangpyeong
Sculptures & New Contemporary/ Juliana Gallery/ Seoul
PLAY/ Hello Museum/ Seoul
Run the DMZ/ Yanggu Porcelain Museum/ Yanggu
Seongbuk Art Zoo/ Seongbuk Dowon/ Seoul
2014 10 Solo Show/ Hello Museum/ Seoul
Infinity/ Space K/ Gwacheon
2013 Out Of Box/ Hello Museum/ Seoul
Contemporary Travel/ Ilhyun Museum/ Yangyang
2012 Animal Farm/ Space K/ Kwangju
The Table/ AK gallery/ Suwon
Abstraction Again/ Space K/ Gwacheon
2011 ‘SAGS’/ The Woodmill/ London, UK
The bottom line/ Tenderpixel gallery/ London, UK
2010 Traverse tourist/ Tenderproduct store/ London, UK
The Alchemists/ Edel Assanti/ London, UK
The Open West/ Summerfield Gallery/ Cheltenham, UK
The Devil’s Necktie/ The Woodmill/ London, UK
2009 group/grope / Area10 / London, UK
2008 4482 / Barge House / London, UK
10/10/10 / Tenderpixel gallery/ London, UK
2007 Colourless / Tenderpixel gallery / London, UK
Not Available / the bus / Seoul, Korea
2005 Dainty / Cais gallery / Seoul, Korea
2004 Gulliver’s Travels / Sungkok Art Museum / Seoul, Korea
2003 Dancing Colour / gallery SANG / Seoul, Korea
Pleasure Factory / Seoul Museum of Art / Seoul, Korea
Contemporary Art, Media-Installation/Daegu Culture&Arts Centre /Daegu, Korea
‘Song of Life’ Spring Story / Gana Art Centre / Seoul, Korea
Black and White Monologue / gallery SANG / Seoul, Korea
New Frontier / Daegu Culture & Arts Centre / Daegu, Korea
Environment Art ‘Water’ / Seoul Museum of Art / Seoul, Korea
2002 Our Christmas / gallery Inn / Seoul, Korea
Chemical Art / gallery SAGAN / Seoul, Korea
1st Yuk-Gap-Mun Open-gallery Project / The waterfront of the Han river / Seoul
Korea Young Artist Biennale-Thousand Thoughts, Thousand Ways / Daegu Culture & Arts centre / Daegu, Korea
‘Chun Byun Man Hwa’ Spring Story / Gana Art Centre / Seoul, Korea
House ProjectⅡ- cafe SAh / Seoul Auction / Seoul, Korea
2001 Young Creativity -To See, To Be Seen / Sejong Art Museum / Seoul, Korea
apARTment / gallery Boda / Seoul, Korea
2000 Flee Market Make-up / Hong-Ik Univ. Flee Market / Seoul, Korea
21C Next Generation / Sejong gallery / Seoul, Korea
1999 Seoul Fringe Festival, Ho-Hyoung-Ho-Jae / Seoul Arts Centre / Seoul, Korea
BODY / Deokwon gallery / Seoul, Korea
GRANTS
2001 Grant for “Decoloring”, Art & Culture Education Service, Korea
2014 Grant for “Cosmic Life”, Art Council Korea, Seoul Foundation for Arts & Culture, Korea
ART RESIDENCE
2010 APO33/ Beyond Signal #14/ Nante, France
2013~2014 Mong-In Art Studio/ Seoul, Korea
2018 Gyeonggi Creation Center/ Ansan, Korea
COLLECTION
Space K
Korean Stone Art Museum
Lee Sang Won Museum of Art