Born 1969, Jinju, Korea.
Lives and works in Seoul, Korea.
Education
1997 University of London, Goldsmiths College, MFA
1995 London Institute, Central Saint Martin College of Art, Diploma in Sculpture
1994 Seoul National University, College of Fine Arts, BFA- sculpture
Awards and Residencies
2007 Artist of the Year, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
2006 International Studio and Curatorial Program Artist Residency, New York
2003 Art Omi Artist Residency, New York
2004 Villa Arson Artist Residency, Nice, Italy
2002 2nd Shanghai Biennale Asia Europe Culture Foundation Awards
Fukuoka Asian Art Museum Artist Residency, Fukuoka, Japan
1A Space Artist Residency, Hong Kong
2001 Ssamzie Art Space Artist Residency, Seoul, Korea
Public Collections
ArtSonje Center, Seoul, Korea
The Calder Foundation, New York
Estee Lauder Corporation, New York
Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
Gyeonggido Museum of Art, Ansan, Korea
Joddes Collection, Pharmascience, Montreal, Canada
Joy of Giving Something Foundation, New York
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
New Line Cinema, New York
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia, USA
Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Ssamzie Space, Seoul, Korea
Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio de Modena, Italy
Solo Exhibitions
2008 “Documentary Nostalgia” - Modern Mondays, MoMA, New York
2007 “Locations”, Tina Kim Fine Art, New York
“Memories of You - Artist of the Year 2007”, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
“I Will Remember You”, ACA Gallery, Atlanta / Red Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
“Wonderland”, Galeria Espacio Minimo, Madrid, Spain
2006 "Are You Lonesome Tonight?", Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2005 "Wonderland", Tina Kim Fine Art, New York
2004 "Beat It", Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2003 "Bewitched", Gallery Loop, Seoul, Korea
2002 "Chinese Lucky Estate", 1A Space, Hong Kong
"Tokyo Brand City", Koyanagi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2001 "Borame Dance Hall", Gallery Loop, Seoul, Korea
Group Exhibitions
2007
One Fine Day’, Rodin Gallery, Seoul
Peppermint Candy: Contemporary Korean Art, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Santiago, Chile
“Wonderland” National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
“Solid Scene” Art Bit Gallery, Seoul, Korea
“Giants in Illusion,” Sejong Main Hall of Museum of Fine Art, Seoul, Korea
“Collector’s Choice: Collection 2”, Daelim Contemporary Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
“Elastic Taboos”, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria.
“New Nature”, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery New Plymouth, New Zealand
“TRANS(IENT) CITY”, Luxemburg 2007, Luxemburg and Greater Region
“Thermocline of Art-New Asian Waves”. ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
“Projection Project, Budapest Episode,” Mucsarnok/Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
2006
“The Projection Project”, MUHKA, Antwerp, Belgium
“Circuit Diagram”, Cell Project Space, London, UK
“Daegue Photo Biennale 2006: Arts in Photography, Photography in Arts”, Daegu, Korea
“Explorafoto 06: Mascarada/ Masquerade”, Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca, Spain.
"Through the Looking Glass", Asian Art House, London, UK
“Dirty Yoga”, Taipei Biennial, Taipei, Taiwan
"de kleine biennale 2006", Stichting Storm, Utrecht, Holland
“A New City”, ARCO Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2005
"Project Stand By 000", Kwanghoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
"4 From Korea", Museum fur Ostasiatische Kunst, Berlin, Germany
"Secret Beyond the Door", Korean Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
"First Peak" Entenhalle, Zurich, Switzerland
"Seoul Until Now", Charlottenborg Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark
"Fast Forwards", Fotograpie Forum International, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
"Mapping on the Root", K-Art Space, Seoul, Korea
"Banana Surfer", IEUM Gallery, Beijing, China
"Manufactured Self", Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago
2004
"Hermes Korea Missulsang", ArtSonje Center, Seoul, Korea
"Re;Source", Art in General, New York
"Liverpool Biennial", Blue Coat Art Centre, Liverpool, UK
"Document... A Map of Photographic Archives" Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
"The Ten Commandments", Deutsche Hygiene-Museum, Dresden, Germany
"Stranger than Paradise", Total Museum, Seoul, Korea
"Absent Voices", Korea Gallery, New York
"Wall Works", Cais Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2003
"5-Art Collection", Art Sonje Center, Seoul, Korea
"Wanakio Project", Noren Market Place, Okinawa, Japan
"Poetic Justice", Istanbul Biennale, Istanbul, Turkey
"Facing Korea; Demirrorizedzone", De Appel Center for Contemporary Art, Amsterdam, Holland
"Everyday-Contemporary Art from Japan, China, Korea, Thailand", Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen, Cpenhagen
"Photo Report from Seoul", Guardian Garden Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
"The Wedding", Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2002
"Under construction: New Dimension of Asian Art", Japan Foundation/Tokyo Opera City Gallery, Tokyo, Japan "Shanghai Biennale", Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
"Oriental Extreme", le Lieu Unique, Nantes, France
"City Scape", Busan Biennale, Busan, Korea
"Pause", Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea
"Imagined Workshop", Fukuoka Triennale, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
"Living Like a Lover from the Radar Phone", Project Space 4, Dublin, Ireland
"Fantasia", East Modern Art Center, Beijing, China
"Urban Paradise", Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2001
"Invisible Touch", Art Sonje Center Seoul, Korea
"Tirana Bienniale", National Gallery of Tirana, Tirana, Albania
"Detached House", British Embassy, Seoul, Korea
"Mass-life", Space Big Art, Yokohama, Japan
"Crossing Parallels I", Ssamzie Art Space, Seoul, Korea/ Lance Fung Gallery, New York
"The Lunchtime of Necktie Force”, Posco Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2000
"Wow Project", Seoul City Subway 7th Line Train, Seoul, Korea
"din / DIN", Art Project Space 4X4, Amsterdam, Hollland
1999
"Mixer & Juicer", The Korean Culture & Art Foundation Gallery, Seoul, Korea
"Elvis Gungjungbanjum", Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
"Radio Asia", Galangga Club, London, UK
1998
"Bonsai 2: The Cosmopolitan", Hotel-Kunstraum, Zurich, Switzerland
"Gracelands Palace", Ein Harrod Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel
"Sensation from Goldsmiths", Yokohama Portside Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
"Where I am", Galeria Municipal da Mitra, Lisbon, Portugal
1997
"Gracelands palace", Galerie Fruchtig, Frankfurt, Germany
"2nd GCC International Show". la Grande Arche, Paris, France
"HongkongZ", Fringe Club, Hong Kong
"Korean Young Artist in London", Sackvill Gallery, London, UK
Books and Catalogues
2006
“Yeondoo Jung: Are You Lonesome Tonight?,” Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
“Vitamin Ph”, Phaidon Press.
2005 "Secret Beyond the Door", Korean Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
"Seoul Until Now", Charlottenborg Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark
"Korea under Erasure", Galerie Porticus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
"Manufactured Self", Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago
"4 From Korea", Museum fur Ostasiatische Kunst, Berlin, Germany
“Yeondoo Jung: Dreams Come True, Almost”, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2004
"Hermes Korea Missulsang", Art Sonje Center, Seoul, Korea
"Liverpool Biennial", Blue Coat Art Centre, Liverpool, UK
"Stranger than Paradise", Total Museum, Seoul, Korea
2003 "Poetic Justice", Istanbul Biennale, Istanbul, Turkey
"Facing: Korea ", De Appel Center for Contemporary Art, Amsterdam, Holland
"Everyday: Contemporary Art from Japan, China, Korea, Thailand”, Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen, Denmark
2002 "Under Construction: New Dimensions of Asian Art", Japan Foundation/Tokyo Opera City Gallery, Tokyo, Japan "Imagined Workshop", Fukuoka Triennial, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
2001 "Borame Dance Hall", Gallery Loop, Seoul, Korea
1999 "Elvis Gungjungbanjum", Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
Others
2006
Baan, Yijung. "Yeondoo Jung - No reason to be lonely Tonight", Photonet, Seoul, Korea, July: 88-92
Choi, Kunsoo, “Jung Yeondoo”, Misoolsidae, Seoul, Korea, July/August: 144-149.
2005
“Upcoming project,” Wolgan Misool, Seoul, Korea. September.
Kamiya, Yukie. “Dreams Come True”, Wolgan Misool, Seoul, Korea. September: cover, 107 ? 115.
Schlaegel, Andreas, “Yeondoo Jung,” Contemporary, London, UK, no. 74: cover, 106 ? 109.
Mrozek, Von Bodo. “Das Wunder vom Hanggang,” Berlin Kultur, Berlin, Germany, September 18: 27.
Sook-Hee, Park, "Real-Fantasy, Photography-Painting", The Korea Daily, New York: March 15.
"Dreams Come True", The New York Sun, Weekend Edition , New York: March 11-13
2004
Adam, Georgina. "Focus on nations: Korea", The Art Newspaper: Art Basel Miami Beach Daily Newspaper, December 2: 6.
Burnett, Craig, "Liverpool Biennial", Art Monthly, UK: November.
Dorment, Richard. "Strangeness and Charm", The Daily Telegraph, UK: September 22.
Kamiya, Yukie. "Dreamweaver: Jung Yeondoo", Art Asia Pacific, Issue 39 Winter 2004: cover, 70-75.
Raiji, Kuroda, "Very New Art 2004", Bijutsu Techo Magazine, 100 Artist Worldwide Special Issue.
"Sweet Dreams", Liverpool Daily Post, Liverpool, UK: August 20, 2004 .
2003
Mascina, Audrey, "One Shot Dream", Blast Magazine, Paris: November/December: 94 - 99.
Mister Motley: Wonen En Wonen, Amsterdam, Holland, no.7: 40 - 41.
2002
"Yeon-doo Jung", Zing Magazine, Issue 16, Winter.
Lim, Keunhye, "Urban Paradise", Flash Art Vol. 46 May-June.
"Portraits in Modern Life", Oriental Daily News, November, Hong Kong.
Cung, Winnie, "Estate Secrets", South China Morning Post, Novemeber, Hong Kong,
Yeo Kyung-Hwan, "Portraits of everyday collection", Art in Culture, Seoul, Korea, April 2: 200 - 201
Nakamura, Junko, "Jung Yeon-doo: Ajibi Dance Hall", Art Exhibition Commentary,
Tokyo, 011 Issue Spring, pge 63-64
DiPietro, Monty. "Under the skin of strangers-Goldsmiths alumnus Jung Yeondoo gets cynical", Japan Times: December
2000
Ellis, Patricia, "Yeondoo Jung: Visual Crooner", Flash Art Vol.33, March-April
1999
Schulmacher, Ute, "Gracelands Palace Features Hybrid Culture", The Korea Times, Seoul: May 15
