Yongsun Jang

Born in Seoul, Korea, 1980
Lives and works in Korea
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The mystery of life stemming from a cell into the universe
Kho, Chung-Hwan, art critic

"˜The cross-section of pipes looks like a single cell structure; the arrangement of the pipes is lively and vivid, like a wriggly living structure, as if it were about to come to life'. This is the artist statement, or confession, you may say, on how the origin and conception of his works evolved, and I believe it is the clue to lead us to better understanding of Jang's world.
In fact, the cross-section of the compiled pipes might first remind us of single-cell organisms; this first impression is arbitrary and artificial (in a creative way), derived by Jang's interpretation, but not because these features are inherent in the material itself (pipes). Jang captured this motif by capturing the external similarity in forms. For the artist, the conception is very concrete.
Jang regards the cross-section of pipes with the cells in the same light as the arrangements of pipes as an organic being. The cross-sections, having been put together, produce a kind of arrangement (and pattern), the individual cells constitute and eventually produce a lively ...

MFA in Fine Art – Sculpture, University of Seoul, Korea
BFA in Fine Art – Sculpture, University of Seoul, Korea

SOLO Shows
2014 "Beyond the Silence" - Insa Aty Centre, Seoul
2013 “Particles in Nature” – Gallery Artrie, Anyang, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
2012 “LUMINISCENT in DARKNESS” – Gallery Grimson, Insa-dong, Seoul, Korea
2010 “Particles of Dark Matter” – Gana Art Space, Insa-dong, Seoul, Korea

GROUP Shows(Selected)
2013 “The Six Elements: Fire, Water, Tree, Metal, Earth, and Will” – Museum of Contemporary Art Daejeon, Daejeon, Korea
“V Previllage” – Gangnam Finance centre, Seoul, Korea
2012 “Korean Contemporary Sculpture Show” – Lakeside Park in Chuncheon MBC, Chuncheon
“Metal Spirit” – Gallery Grimson, Insa-dong, Seoul
2011 22nd Project ART Show – Gallery Quoria, Seoul
“Gift-Encase” – Flohas Contemporary Art Museum, Gyeonggi-do
“Rite of Passage through the Steel” Sculpture Show of two Artists – Art Company GIG, Seoul
“We Met Someday in Yangpyeong”, Yangpyeong Eco Art Festival 2011 – Yangpyeong County Museum of Art, Gyeonggi-do
“Open-air Sculpture Show in Exhibition Garden” – Flohas Contemporary Art Museum, Gyeonggi-do
“2011 Young Artists’ New Leap”, ARTVAS – Gallery WON, Chungdam-dong, Seoul
“Metal Spirit” – Gallery Kepco, Seocho-dong, Seoul
2010 21st SSA Proje...