About Yuna Chun
“Because it is empty anything becomes possible.”
'공간' literally can be translated as 'empty between' in Korean. In the 'empty between', we co-exist. Here, people create their own spaces, each experiencing and responding differently. This is where my artistic practice had started and has developed from.
Initially I try to recreate ‘space’ on flat surfaces. This appears as straight lines, shapes and colours. Straight lines drawn with an architecture ruler look like shattered glass or fallen leaves in the autumn afternoon. However they seemingly have their own logic- or patterns- as if someone has tried to build a structure with broken bricks. This idea could align with my personal experience living overseas in Melbourne, as I tried to build my own ‘comfort space’ in an unfamiliar space.
However my desire to create the perfect space ultimately is an impossible goal. The self-belief of creating a perfect painting is distorted by simple mistakes, such as brush marks and pencil marks. These are very natural mistakes made by hand and represent myself and my human limitations. Therefore painting by hand has become one of the most important elements of my practice, where it feels as though we are no longer allowed to make mistakes in modern society.
I find similarities between the repetition of self-believing and making mistakes resemble the streets of Seoul. Assuming that I know every corner of the city just because it’s where I was born and grew up, Seoul always gives me a new corner which I never expect to encounter. The city constantly grows and changes. Which leaves me the question, can you truly believe your perception of this world?
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Yuna Chun is born in the bustling city of Seoul, Korea but has spent her adolescent years in the mellow city of Melbourne, Australia. After finishing her BFA at
RMIT University in Melbourne, she began producing works for a number of group and solo shows.
Recently she has returned to Seoul and is spending time with her mum, brother and tiny dachshund Mandoo.
Her work depicts the geometric forms of urban structures combined with vibrant colours.
She enjoys reading Broadsheet Melbourne and sharing a good plate of food with great company.
Yuna goes by the name Tuna among her friends.
Exhibitions:
Solo Shows
2018
[Perception] Arcade Project Space, Footscray, Melbourne.
[Coloured Wall] Dental Hospital of Seoul National University, Seoul
2017
[Uncertainty of self] Tom and Toms gallery, Seoul
2015
[숨은 희망 찾기; finding hope] Uljiro Atelier, Seoul, Korea.
2013
[Temporary Residence] Monday week gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
2012
[60%] Rooftop Art Space on Curtin House, Melbourne, Australia.
Selected Group Shows
2018
[천윤화, 송현주 2인전] ADM Community Gallery, Seoul.
[Color] CICA Museum, Gimpo.
[LJA Douze] LJA Gallery, Seoul.
[小小한 아름다움], H contemporary gallery, Pangyo,
2017
[YAP gifts] Gallery Ilho, Seoul
[Young Lang Syne : 회고와 도약] Momo gallery, Seoul.
2016
[2016 Jamunbak Art festival] Seoul.
[Fill the Gap] Hidden M gallery, Seoul.
[Affordable Art Fair- New York] Metropolitan Pavilion, New York
[Young Lang Syne – 회고와 도약] Seoul
[Art Terminal_Art Emotion Delivery – Courier] Art Terminal Museum, Jeoungseon
[Kintex Spoon Art Show 2016] KINTEX, Ilsan
[2016 Jeju Art Fair] Jeju Island
[2016 Jamunbak Art Festival] Seoul, Korea
[International Street Dance Festival] Organized by Feel the Fill, Jangan-dong, Seoul
[Falling to the deep] Gongsangondo, Seoul
[2016 Breeze Art fair: new altitude] Organized by A Company, Blue square Nemo gallery, Seoul
[Fill The Gap] Hidden M gallery, Seoul
2015
[What’s your favorite color?] Humax Art room, Bundang, Korea.
[Expressed in heaven] Samtan Art Mine, Jeongson, Korea.
[Jamunbak Art festival-Culture is Life], Seoul, Korea.
[2015 Breeze Art fair] Organized by A Company, Seoul Innovation Centre, Seoul
[Shared Experience] Inqubator, curated by Sandor Matos, Melbourne, Australia.
[2015 Breeze Art fair] Seoul Innovation Park, Seoul, Australia.
2014
[Work: Yuna Chun and Kubota Fumikazu] FortDelta gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
2013
[Work] Fort Heart Place, Melbourne, Australia.
[New Acquisitions; Vol # 2, 2013] Fort Delta gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
[New Acquisitions; Vol # 1, 2013] Fort Delta gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
[Uncertain Order] Blindside Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
