JO Yun Guk
Artist Statement
Home is part of us in the world and the first Welt (World) we experience. With works, I intend to present and formulate the missing ethic issues of human beings and the vanishing function of personal space of our times. Ultimately, there is hope that society recognise the home (personal space) as not just a living space but a new form of Utopia in which human lives have accumulated and dissolved over countless years.


Modern Monument 1 2019, Fomex, cement, Acrylic, 85x32x28cm
Modern Monument 2 2019, Fomex, cement, Acrylic, 108x26x30cm

Lost Island 2017, Hardboard, Acrylic, Mixed media 240x225cm

The remanent place 2017, Cardboard, Acrylic, Epoxy, 44.5x42x65cm

Artist room 2017, Cardboard, Acrylic, Epoxy, 52.5x40.5x58.5cm


Artist room 2017
Cardboard, Acrylic, Epoxy, 52.5x40.5x58.5cm
266 Village 2015
Cardboard, Acrylic, Epoxy, 48x55x121cm

Rebuilding 2017
Cardboard, Acrylic, Epoxy, 30x35x88cm

Lost Island 2016, Cardboard, Acrylic, Epoxy, 94x306cm

Village 2014, Cardboard, Acrylic, Epoxy, 92x35x70cm

Library 2012, Cardboard, Acrylic, Epoxy, 75x60x60cm








Artist Biography
Born 1985, in Chun Cheon, Korea
Currently lives in Seoul, Korea
Selected Solo Exhibition
2018 The Memory of Loss, ARTWA, Seoul, Korea
2017 Island, Rational Isolation, Palais de Seoul, Seoul, Korea
2016 Secretive and Symmetrical Space, Chuncheon Museum of Art, Chuncheon, Korea
2015 The Reconstruction of the space by Memory, BCS Gallery, New York, USA
2014 Make Room, Chuncheon Museum of Art, Chuncheon, Korea
2011 For The Extra, Gallery Sai-art, Seoul, Korea
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018 CAN ART GO TOO FAR? Shanghai, Huacui Art Center, Shanghai, China
2018 Can ART go too far 2018, ARTWA, Seoul
2018 Gangnueng Museum of Art Special Exhibition-The Way Home, Gangneung Museum of Art, Gangneung, Korea
2018 Korea-Mongoia International Sculpture Exchange Exhibition, The Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar
2018 Begin to Bloom, KT&G Sangsangmadang, Chuncheon, Korea
2017 Can ART go too far 2017, ARTWA, Seoul
2017 Paper Sculpture, Museum San, Wonju, Korea
2017 Gwanghwamun International Art Festival, Sejong Cultural Centre/Ulsan Metropolitan City Culture & Arts Centre/Seoul Metro Museum, Korea
2017 Lotus Land, National Asian Cultural Complex, Gwangju, Korea
2017 Pyeongchang Biennale 2017-Five Months: Return of Anonymous and Unknown, Gangneung Green Experience Centre, Gangneung
2017 2nd New Drawing Project, Chang Ucchin Museum of Art Yangju City, Yangju, Korea
2017 White Exhibition, KEPCO Art Centre, Seoul
2016 The 5th Asian Contemporary Art Young Artist Exhibition, Sejong Cultural Centre, Seoul
Selected Art Fairs & Special Exhibitions
2018 START ART Fair 2018, Saatchi Gallery, London
2018 Art Capital 2018 - Société des Artistes Indépendants, Grand Palais, Paris
2017 Pink Art Fair Seoul (PAFS) 2017, Intercontinental Seoul COEX, Seoul
2016 Art Seoul Exhibition, Hangaram Art Museum-Seoul Arts Centre, Seoul
2016 Design Art Fair 2016, Hangaram Art Museum-Seoul Arts Centre, Seoul
2016 Korea International Art Fair KIAF 2016, Intercontinental Seoul COEX, Seoul
2016 The 4th Daejeon International Art Show, Daejeon Trade Exhibition Centre, Daejeon, Korea
2015 5th HFAF Houston Fine Art Fair, Houston, USA
2015 8th Hamptons Art Fair, Hamptons, USA
Selected Awards
2017 GIAF Asian Contemporary Art Young Artist Competition - Grand Prize ; Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Gwanghwamun International Art Festival
2017 2nd New Drawing Project Contest - Excellence Prize, Chang Ucchin Museum of Art Yangju City
2016 Design Art Fair 2016 - Silver Prize, Design Art Fair Organising Committee
2015 Art Space ARPNY Residency (New York, USA) Artist Competition - 1st Prize, Scalatium Art Space
Residencies
2016 Art Space ‘Artsoup’, Chuncheon Cultural Foundation, Chuncheon, Korea
2015 Art Space ‘ARPNY’, Scalatium Art Space, New York, USA
2015 Art Space ‘Artsoup’, Chuncheon Cultural Foundation, Chuncheon, Korea
Public Collections
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Korea, Korea
Chang Ucchin Museum of Art Yangju City, Korea
Paper Cultural Foundation, Korea
Crown Haitai Art Valley, Korea