Bio

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Heemin Chung is interested in observing how individuals exist in virtual and real networks as well as in metaphysical events caused by technology. Expressing on canvas experiences of temporal sensual disagreement provided by screens, Chung explores questions of self-identity and digital affect in today’s technology-mediated society. Through a process of revisiting conventional genres of paintingsㅡsuch as landscape and still lifeㅡwithin the context of the contemporary visual environment, and studying the unconventional methods by which conventional materials are molded for pictorial expression on surfaces, Chung metaphorically approaches the ways our onthological senses ar changing and inquires about the meaning of media.

Heemin Chung, based in Seoul, Korea, held her first solo exhibition at Project Space Sarubia Dabang in 2016 and solely represented at Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul in 2018, P21 Gallery, Seoul and Museumhead, Seoul in 2021. Chung also has been shown in various institutions such as National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, Gwacheon, Audio Visual Pavilion, Seoul, Platform L, Seoul, HITE Collection, Seoul, Archive Bomm, Seoul and more. Chung is currently participating in the artist-in-residence program of Goyang Residency run by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea.

Solo Exhibitions

2022 How Do We Get Lost in the Forest, P21
2021 Seoulites, Museumhead, Seoul
2020 If We Ever Meet Again, 021 Gallery, Daegu
2019 On Vacation, Incheon Art Platform Window Gallery, Incheon
2019 An Angle Whispers, P21, Seoul 
2018 UTC -7:00 JUN 3PM, On the Table, Kumho Museum of Art,  Seoul
2016 Yesterday's Blues, Project Space Sarubia Dabang, Seoul

Group Exhibitions

2022 We On the Rising Wave, Busan Biennale, Busan 
2022 V8, Cylinder x N/A, Seoul
2022 Your Present, Pace, Seoul
2021 Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Nam-Seoul Museum of Art
2021 Folding City, Eulji Art center, Seoul
2020 AVS : Catastrophic Sensation, Soorim Art Center, Seoul
2020 Painting, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan
2020 The Parallel Universes of Prufrock, Rainbowcube, Seoul
2019 The Best World Possible, Platform L, Seoul
2019 Psychedelic Nature, Boan 1942, Seoul
2019 Young Korean Artists 2019 : Glass Liquid Sea, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
2019 Tarte, Audio Visual Pavillion, Seoul
2018 Allover, Hite Collection, Seoul
2018 Gray Navy Black, Korean Cultural Center in Hongkong, Hongkong
2018 Eve, Samyuk Building, Seoul
2018 Subscale, Gallery Lux, Seoul
2017 Sticky Forever, Keep in Touch, Seoul
2017 Snow Screen, Archive Bomm, Seoul
2016 Behold, I Will, Interaction, Seoul
2015 Visitor Q, Post Territory Ujeongguk, Seoul

Grants/Residency

2020 Sindoh Artist Support Program, Gaheon Sindoh Foundation
2020 MMCA Residency Goyang, Gyungido
2019 Incheon Art Platform, Incheon
2018 K’arts Studio, Korea National Univerity of Arts
2017 Seoul Young Artist Group, Seoul Metropolitan Government

Publications

2017 KittyDecadence, URSULAPress


Collections

Seoul Museum of Modern Art
Artbank, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
Kumho Museum of Art, Korea