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□ E-mail : jaekyung.jung@gmail.com
□ URL : www.jaekyungjung.com
Jaekyung Jung is interested in questioning ethics in visuality and memory by creating fictional archives, stories, or films. Jung’s projects and researches have been exhibited at research universities and cultural institutions, including “Public Space? Lost & Found,” MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, USA; “Art as a Mode of Enquiry,” The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford, UK; “Something Like a Proposition,” MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, USA; “Bibimbop: Unexpected Transformation,” Allegra Laviola Gallery in New York, USA; “The Visual and Environmental Studies Exhibit,” Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts Sert Gallery, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA; “23rd International Biennial of Graphic Design Brno in Brno,” Czech Republic, “SIGGRAPH 2008” in Los Angeles, USA; “Design Made 2007,” Hangaram Design Museum, Seoul Art Center, Seoul, South Korea.
Education
University of California, San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA, USA
PhD, in Art and Media History, Theory, and Criticism–Art Practice Concentration
Dissertation: “The Eye of Ethics: Study on Ethical Gaze in relation to Visuality”
Committee: Norman Bryson (co-chair), Kyong Park (co-chair), Ricardo Dominguez, Kelly Gate, Mariana Wardwell
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA
Master of Science in Visual Studies, Program in Art, Culture, and Technology, June 2010
Thesis: “Critical Play: Alien Contact”
Thesis Advisor: Krzysztof Wodiczko
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, RI, USA
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graphic Design, June 2008
Advisor: Thomas Ockerse
Solo Exhibition
2019 "Cosmographia," Seoullo Media Canvas, Seoul, Korea
2017 “Memorabilia: Village,” Marcuse Gallery, La Jolla, CA, USA
2013 “Memorabilia: Survival,” The DCP Gallery, La Jolla, CA, USA
Group Exhibition
2020 “Meanwhile from abroad,” MÉLANGE, Köln, Germany
2019 “Sarah Ama Duahs, Jaekyung Jung, Elif Saydam,” Made in Balmoral, Bad Ems, Germany
2019 “Hold My Hands,” the National Museum of Contemporary Art (MMCA) Goyang Residency Studio, Goyang, South Korea
2019 “Camping: Gogol Project,” the National Museum of Contemporary Art (MMCA) Goyang Residency Studio, Goyang, South Korea
2019 "Experimental Film and Video 2019" CICA Museum
2018 “SuperSurface,” In the Paper Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2018 "Seoul SeeYouTomorrow Pyeongyang," Dongdaemun Design Plaza, Seoul, Korea
2017 “In Our Present Condition,” the School of Architecture + Planning Dean's Office Gallery, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
2010-2016 “Open Studios,” UCSD, La Jolla, CA, USA
2014 “Public Space? Lost & Found,” MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA, USA
2013 “The Record Room” Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
2012 “Art as a Mode of Enquiry,” The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford, UK
2012 “Row Source,” The North Wall Arts Center, Oxford, UK
2010 “Bibimbop: Unexpected Transformation,” Allegra Laviola Gallery, New York City, NY, USA
2010 “Something Like a Proposition,” MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA, USA
2009 “Things of That Nature,” Boston Center for the Arts Mills Gallery, Cambridge, MA, USA
2009 “The Visual and Environmental Studies Exhibit,” Sert Gallery, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
2009 “CHI 2009,” Video Showcase, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA, USA
2008 “23rd International Biennial of Graphic Design Brno,” Moravian, Czech Republic
2008 “Graphic Design Show,” Wood-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI, USA
2008 “SIGGRAPH 2008,” Space Time Gallery, LA, CA, USA
2007 “Meet by Accident,” Space 35, New York City, NY, USA
2007 “Design Made 2007,” Hangaram Design Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea
2007 “Design Korea 2007,” COEX, Seoul, South Korea
Projects
2018-2021 BRRRT, co-founder (Jaekyung Jung, Sujin Lim), Seoul, South Korea
June 2015-January 2018 Director of Research Based Visualization for “Imagining New Eurasia Project by Kyong Park,” The National Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, South Korea
Publications | Reviews
"A Village," People/Artist, The Artro, July 27th, 2020
Sujin L., Jaekyung J,“Heonin2,” BRRRT Press/Frank Book, Seoul, Korea, 2020
Associate Editor for “Imagining Eurasia:Visualizing a continental history by Kyong Park” The National Asia Culture Center & L Nour Press. Seoul/New York, 2019
Sujin L., Jaekyung J., Sohin H,“Heonin,” BRRRT Press, Seoul, Korea, 2018
“BRRRT,” “The Art of Changing Seoul: Social Project Archive Book,” Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Seoul, Korea, 2018
“Re-Public of Korea,” “Public Dialogue,” Total Museum of Contemporary Art, 2010
A review on “Hit Here If You Feel Victimized,” “And Things of That Nature@BCA”, Big Red & Shiny. June 8th 2009
A review on “Hit Here If You Feel Victimized,” “An Artist's Nature," The Huntington News. May 20th 2009
"The Gulag Project," Harvard Advocate: the Contest Issue, Cambridge: Harvard University. Summer 2009
"The Gulag Project," A View on Harvard GSD Vol. 1, London: Tank Form Ltd. May 2009
Artist/Researcher in Residencty
January-December 2020 Artist, Seoul Art Space Guemchen
2019 Artist, Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral, International residence exchange program of June-Aug. 2019 MMCA Residency Goyang, Bad Ems, Germany
Feb 2019 - Feb 2020 Artist, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Residency Goyang
August 2009 – May 2010 Artist Researcher, Interrogative Design Group, Center for Advanced Visual Studies (Director: Krzysztof Wodiczko), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
January 1997-December 1999 Design Researcher, Samsung Design Membership (Designer in Residency Program), Seoul, South Korea
Grants
2020 Grant for "Social Project: Player Workshop," Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Seoul, Korea
2020 Grant for "Emergency Art Support for COVID-19," Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Seoul, Korea
2020 Grant for "Art Road Project," Korean Artists Welfare Foundation, Seoul, Korea
2020 Grant for "Store Store Store Project," Incheon Foundation For Arts & Culture*
2019 Grant for "Seoul Urban Art Project Seoullo Media Canvas," Seoul Metropolitan Government, Seoul, Korea
2019 Grant for "Social Project," Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Seoul, Korea*
2018 Grant for "Social Project," Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Seoul, Korea*
*By BRRRT
Fellowships | Awards
2014-2015 Research Fellowship, The Program in Transnational Korean Studies, UCSD, La Jolla, CA, USA
2010-2013 Full Tuition and Research Fund Scholarship, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
2010 “The Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Prize” in the Visual Arts, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
2009-2010 Merit-Based Full Tuition Fellowship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
2008 “SIGGRAPH 2008,” “The Space Time Awards,” ACM SIGGRAPH, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2008 “The 7th KIDP Design Leadership Award” (20,000 USD), Ministry of CIE, South Korea
2007 “The 6th KIDP Design Leadership Award” (30,000 USD), Ministry of CIE, South Korea
Collection
"San Diego Series," the National Museum of Contemporary Art (MMCA) Government Art Bank, South Korea, 2020
A House
2020, 4K, 15mins
A Village
2018-2019, 4K, 15mins
Cosmographia
2019, single channel video, 29.14 × 7.68m, 30mins
Visiting
2018, single channel video HD, 11mins
