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).
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
2017 - CCQ - A Creative Conversation, Issue 11, Spring 2017
2017 - In Residence - published by Griffin Gallery
2015 - Not Now! Now! - Edited by Renate Lorenz, MIT Press
