YANG JUNG UK AT 18TH STREET SANTA MONICA
May 1 – 30, 2018 | Yang Jung Uk | PRESS RELEASE | 18th Street
ABOUT
Korean artist Yang Jung Uk discovers stories from daily experience and turns them into sculptural forms inspired by poems and novels with lyrical movements. Daily experiences are extended in the artist’s thoughts and by gaining rhythmic energy, displayed in empathic language. Yang Jung Uk has shown solo exhibitions at Domaine de Kerguéhennec (2017, France), Doosan Gallery (2015, New York), and the OCI Museum of Art (2015, Seoul). He was awarded in the 35th Joong-Ang Art competition and was selected in the 2017 Sindo SINAP. He is married to artist Kim Nam Hee. He received a BFA in Sculpture from Kyung won University.
ADDITIONAL CONTENT
HENOSIS
Mithu Sen, Aliansyah Caniago, Mella Jaarsma, Dao Tung, Yang Jung Uk, Marco Rios, Heri Dono, Christine Nguyen, Lee Wan, Ahmad Zakii Anwar, Young Jin Han, Choi Tae Hoon, Indieguerillas | Jan 10 - Feb 20, 2018
ORIGIN
Sydney Croskery, Maryrose Cobarrubias Mendoza, Yang Jung Uk | May 19 - July 28, 2018