Jinyoung Yu Korean, b. 1977

Working with a cast of semi-transparent sculpted characters, Yu Jinyoung explores the disparity between the outward and inward self. While her work has delved into a wide range of perspectives from that of long-suffering housewives to anxiety ridden workers catering to the whims of the uber-rich, Yu’s conceptual impetus is consistently clear: to acknowledge the anxiety of social situations, and to expose the implicit acts of cover-up one engages in as they adhere to social conventions. This implied critique of social mores is further developed through the use of two opposing materials, and the tropes they represent, as the disguises and clothing rendered in vibrantly painted plaster are juxtaposed with a yearning for invisibility embodied in the weightless and transparent PVC.

Born in 1977, Korea
Lives and works in Korea

EDUCATION

2001 B. F. A., in Sculpture, Sungshin Women’s University, Seoul

2005 M. F. A., in Sculpture, Sungshin Women’s University, Graduate School, Seoul

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022    the LIFE II, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, LA, USA

2018    the LIFE, CHOI&LAGER Gallery, Germany (Cologne)

2017    Discerning Reflection, META4ART SPACE, U.S(Los Angeles)

2015    MYSELF / THEM, POPUP GALLERY, U.S (Los Angeles)

2013    I’M OK, Galleria patricia armocida , Italy(Milano)

            I’M OK, CHOI&LAGER Gallery, Germany (Cologne)

2008    A family in disguise, UNION Gallery, U.K (London)

2007    WELCOME, KIMI ART Gallery, Korea (Seoul)

            ABUNDANT EMPTINESS, Ami&kanoko Gallery, Japan (Osaka)

2006    ABUNDANT EMPTINESS, Chang Gallery, Korea (Seoul)

2004    LEAF, LIFE, Noam Gallery, Korea (Seoul)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023  HUMAN, CHOI&CHOI Gallery, 2023

2022  GIRL MEETS GIRL, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Vestfossen (curated by Paul Carey-Kent, Jinhee Choi, Sunhee Choi and Jari Lager)
            FLOWER, CHOI&CHOI Gallery, Seoul
            Berlin Meets Seoul, Bermel von Luxburg Gallery, Berlin (curated by CHOI&CHOI Gallery, Bermel von
            Luxburg Gallery, KUNSTLEBEN BERLIN Art Guide UG)

2016    Please Return to Busan Port, Vestfossen Museum, Vestfossen, Norway

2015    Have a Good Day, Mr.Kim, Michael Horbach Foundation, Cologne, Germany

            Dismantle a puddle!!, Korea (Busan)

            Aus dem Dunkel, Galerie Supper, Germany(Baden-Baden)

2014    “82-33-44”, France (Paris)

            Face to Face, Wall to Wall, yellowstone art museum, U.S(Montana)

2013    Kunstellation, Spain(Mallorca)

2011    Hello, LeBASSE projects, U.S.A

            An eye on korean contemporary, France (Paris)

            The Solo Project Art Fair Switzerland (Basel)

            Hey!, musée de la halle st pierre, France (Paris)

2010    Wow~! Funny Pop, Gyeongnam art museum, Korea (Gyeongnam)

            Lack of being, in ter alia art company, Korea (seoul)

            Alice’s Art Cube, Ansan arts center, Korea (Ansan)

            Star Wars-Episode III, UNC Gallery, Korea (seoul)

2009    The Cold Cell, do-it-yourself art centre, London, U.K

            Transformation in art, Savina Museum, Seoul

            Hong Kong Art Fair, HKCEC, Hongkong

            Museum in a Look, Woljeon museum, Icheon

2008    Merry Colorful Abstraction, Gallery Artside, Seoul

            I Wanna Be a Contemporary Artist, The Arts House, Singapore

            The Battle of Taste, Sangsangmadang, Seoul

2007    I Design, Kumho museum, Seoul

            BATON TOUCH, art space hyun, Seoul

            A complex, sungkok museum, Seoul

2006    Wall_a story behind That, Gallery Zandari, Seoul

            Museum Festival, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

            Whey protein, KIMI ART Gallery

2005    Funny Funny 4, Gallery Sejul, Seoul

2004    Objet painting, Gallery Chosun, Seoul

            21C shamanism, Gallery Choheung, Seoul

2004    Rapture Party, The alternative space Hap, Club COD, Seoul