Biography

Yva Jung is a visual artist based in London and Hertfordshire.

Jung’s work begins with a particular way of observing the external world. Often the slightly skewed observations of everyday situations are based upon placing herself in an unfamiliar environment or a particular place. She works mainly with installation, moving image, digital print, drawing, and improvised encounters, and her practice is an ongoing, reflective dialogue with daily experiences and everyday objects that Jung subverts to add stories to.

Jung studied Fine Art in Seoul and New York before receiving her practice-led PhD from Slade School of Fine Art, London in 2016. She has been awarded many grants including from Arts Council England and the Arts Council Korea. She has undertaken numerous artist residencies including the Arctic Circle Residency. Jung’s work has been exhibited in various contemporary art institutions globally such as Coventry Biennial (UK), CAFAM Biennale (China), Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival (UK), Sangsangmadang Gallery (South Korea) and Soho20 Gallery (USA).

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Education

2016 - Practice-led PhD in Fine Art, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London

2009 - Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine

2008 - Master of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, New York

2006 - Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ewha Women’s University, Seoul

2004/05 - Exchange Programme, Cleveland Institute of Art, Ohio

Art Advisory & Council

2022-25 Artist Council, a-n The Artists Information Company

2021-22 EOP Thinker, Eastside Projects

Awards and Funding

2021-22 - Developing Your Creative Practice Grant, Arts Council England, UK

2020 - Emergency Fund, Arts Council England, UK

2020 - A-N Artist Bursary, The Artists Information Company, UK

2019 - Arts Council National Lottery Project Grant, Arts Council England, UK

2019 - Revoluton Arts Funding, Luton Culture, Luton

2018 - Grant for the overseas artist-in-residency program, Arts Council Korea, South Korea

2014 - Graduate School Research Projects Fund, UCL, London

2014 - Malcolm Hughes & Jean Spencer Memorial Bursary, Slade School of Fine Art, London

2014 - Heinz Wolf Materials Bursary, Institute of Making, London

2011 - Travel and Study Grant: Emerging Artists Award, Jerome Foundation, USA

2011 - Grant for Artist in Residence Abroad, Arts Council Korea, South Korea

2010 - International Residency Fellowship, Canada Council for the Arts, Canada

2008 - Korean Cultural and Arts Promotion Fund, Arts Council Korea, South Korea

Commissions

2021/22 - Pier Projects, R&D residency & exhibition delivery

2020 - underGROWTH, Eco-art micro-residency, Coventry

2014 - CAFAM Biennale, Central Academy of Fine Art Museum, Beijing 

Solo Exhibitions

2022 - Journey with a Container, Landguard Fort, Felixstowe. Commissioned by Pier Projects.

2019 - Monday Morning, Storefront-Departure Lounge, Luton

2015 - Mooning Monday, KCCUK Open Call Winner, Korean Cultural Centre UK, London

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024 - Contributing artist on the project by Vlatka Horvat for the Croatian pavilion, Venice Biennale

2023 - Coventry Biennial, Herbert Art Gallery & Museum and the Old Grammar School, Coventry

2022 - Channel Festival, Felixstowe; curated by Pier Projects

2021 - Summer Camp, Online video exhibition, Eastside Projects

2020 - Poetics of Place, UHArts, Hatfield

2020 - Open Call, König Gallery, London

2020 - underGROWTH, Eco-art micro-residency, Coventry

2020 - Hertfordshire Open 2020, St Albans Museum + Gallery, St Albans

2019 - Celebrate Luton Festival, Luton

2019 - Florence Trust Summer Show, London

2019 - Kupala Festival 2019: Lunar Edition, Phytology, Bethnal Green Nature Reserve, London

2019 - Florence Trust Winter Open, London

2018 - Ivana Kupala Celebration, Phytology, Bethnal Green Nature Reserve, London

2018 - LCN Showcase, SPACE Gallery, London

2017 - Korean Eye, curated by Mehta Bell Projects, START fair, Saatchi Gallery, London

2017 - In Residence Exhibition, Griffin Gallery, London

2017 - Art Night 2017 Associate Programme, London

2017 - Artist Film festival III, The Bomb Factory, London

2016 - Riptide Exhibition, Korean Cultural Centre UK, London

2016 - Slade Research Week, Slade Research Centre, London

2015 - Silent Movies Exhibition, Q Park, Cavendish Square, London

2015 - Slade MFA/PhD degree show, Slade School of Fine Art, London

2014 - CAFAM Biennale, Central Academy of Fine Art Museum, Beijing

2013 - Cinema as Object, Slade Research Centre, London

2013 - Northern Lights, Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival, Berwick-upon-Tweed

2013 - CaseStudy#1, Curating Now Institutions Forum, Taipei Contemporary Art Center, Taipei

2011 - Good Money, Sangsangmadang Gallery, Seoul

2010 - Sommerrundgang 2010, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf

2010 - Selected of the Selected, Special Juried Exhibition, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles

2010 - Seogyo60, Sangsangmadang Gallery, Seoul

2009 - Rustic Rainbow, Brainfactory, Seoul

2009 - Savoir-Faire, 1st Annual performance series, Soho20 Gallery, New York

2009 - Air Pastesque Verbatim, Beautiful Life, Vital Art Business Center, Montreuil

2009 - K.I.D.S has some work to do, Flux Factory, New York

2009 - Haunting Memories, Gallery Korea, New York

2008 - Minus Suitcase, Brainfactory, Seoul

2008 - Minus Suitcase, Jack the Pelican Gallery, New York

2008 - Exchange Rate: 2008, Habeas Lounge, Amie and Tony James Gallery, New York

2008 - 12th Annual DUMBO Art Under the Bridge Festival, Dumbo Arts Center, New York

2008 - The Circular Exhibition New York & Seoul, Hun Gallery, New York; Ho Gallery, Seoul

2008 - 16th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles

Art Residencies and Programmes

2024 - 30works30days, Artquest

2022 - The Exchange, Eastside Projects

2021 - R&D Residency hosted by Pier Projects, Suffolk

2018/19 - Florence Trust Studio programme, London

2017/18 - London Creative Network programme, SPACE, London

2017/18 - AA2A (Artists Access to Art Colleges), University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield

2017 - Project Based Residency, Griffin Gallery, London

2014 - Slade Summer School Research Residency, London

2011 - The Arctic Circle Residency, Spitsbergen, Arctic Circle

2010 - International Residency Programme, Darling Foundry, Montreal

2010 - Triangle Art Workshop, Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos

Collections

UH Art Collection, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK

Beijing 798 Creative Industry Investment Co, Ltd, China

Teaching, Participatory Workshops & Talks

Teaching Qualification in Higher Education: HEA Fellow

2022 - Art workshop for children, Channel Festival, Felixstowe

2021 - Art workshop for children, commissioned by Pier Projects, Felixstowe

2021 - Artist talk 'Reflections: Artists working in a COVID context', University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield

2020 - Art workshop leader, Hat Factory, The Culture Trust Luton, Luton

2018 - Visiting Artist Talk, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield

2017 - Workshop Leader, Creative Critical Writing Workshop, UCL, London

2014-15 - PhD teaching assistant, BFA 3rd year, Slade School of Fine Art, London

2014 - Creative Art Workshop Tutor for the deafblind, Sense, London

2014 - Tutor for the Slade Widening Participation Summer School, UCL, London

2013-14 - PhD teaching assistant, BFA 1st year, Slade School of Fine Art, London

2013-14 - PhD tutor, The Brilliant Club, London

2012-13 - Course Assistant for the PhD Forum, Slade School of Fine Art, London

2010 - Guest Lecturer, Concordia University, MFA, Montreal

2010 - Guest Lecturer, Ewha Women’s University, Painting & Printmaking Department, Seoul

Press & Publication

2023 - Volume One, a series of edited journals by Coventry Biennial 2023

 

2020 - Don’t Take Pictures, Issue 14 - The Explorers Edition, March 2020

Women Artists in the Arctic by Barbara Crawford

 

2020 - Kupala Zine - Edited by Olha Pryymak, collaboration with Phytology

 

2019 - Florence Trust Catalogue - Edited by Paul Bayey and Tyler Woolcott

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2017 - CCQ - A Creative Conversation, Issue 11, Spring 2017

 

2017 - In Residence - published by Griffin Gallery

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2015 - Not Now! Now! - Edited by Renate Lorenz, MIT Press

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