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hong seon jang
works

EDUCATION

MFA ...Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
BFA ....Dan Kook University, South Korea

SOLO EXHIBITIONS / PROJECTS

2012 --David B. Smith gallery, Denver, CO
2011    Sugar High, The Stamp Gallery at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD
            -Chashama Windows Program, Donnell New York Public Library, New York, NY
2010    Zipstir, Dickson Gallery, McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC
2009    Rainbow Forest, Artspace, New Haven, CT
            -Projects '09, The Carriage House, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2012 --Mediated Realities, Cohen Gallery: Granoff Center for the Arts, Brown University, Providence, RI
----------Fractal Unity, Crossing Art, NY
2011 ..Treemendous, The Carriage House, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
............ EAF11, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY
............ Working Space 11, Intuitive Realities, Cuchifritos gallery, New York, NY
.............Summer Group Show, David B. Smith gallery, Denver, CO
.............Site 92, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
.............Kentucky Derby Party and Art Auction, Smack Mellon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
............ Observed, Imagined and Re/created, Longwood Arts Project, Bronx, NY
2010. .NURTURE art benefit show, ZieherSmith Gallery, New York, NY
............Tales Gone in Flocks and Herds, Crossing Art, NY
............Irrelevant, Arario Gallery, New York, NY
............What Remains, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
............If You See Nothing, Say Something, The Invisible Dog, Brooklyn, NY
2009 .Two Degrees of Separation, Gallery SATORI, New York, NY
........... Into the Life, Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Art Gallery, New York, NY
............Borderline, Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY
........... USB, Contemporary Korean Art in the World, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
.......... .Project Studio Artists 2009, Gallery 201 at PS 122, New York, NY
........... Delineations, Ad Hoc Art, Brooklyn, NY
2008 ..Benefit show with 122 art works, PS122 Gallery, New York, NY
........... Essence of Absence, Gallery Korea, Korean Cultural Center, New York, NY
.......... .0708, Art Gate Gallery, New York, NY
2007 . Melting Pot: Images of Diversity, Project Diversity Queens, Open Center, NY
.......... .Object, Hun Gallery, New York, NY
.......... .The reality show, 2X13 Gallery, New York, NY

ARTIST REGISTRY

Viewing Program, The Drawing Center, New York, NY

RESIDENCIES / FELLOWSHIPS / AWARDS

2012 ------Smack Mellon, Smack Mellon Hot Picks, Brooklyn, NY
2011 ....... Art Council Korea Grant, Seoul, Korea
..................Emerging Artist Fellowship, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island, NY
..................Museum of Arts and Design, Studio Residency, New York, NY
..................Lower East Side Print Shop, Special Editions Residency, New York, NY
..................Smack Mellon, Smack Mellon Hot Picks, Brooklyn, NY
…………..Djerassi, Artist-In-Residence, Woodside, CA
..................Newark Museum, Artist-In-Residence, Newark, NJ
..................Atlantic Center for the Arts, Artist-In-Residence, New Smyrna Beach, FL
..................Artists Alliance Inc. Lower East SIde Roatating Residency Program, New York, NY
2010-12 .Studio Program, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, NY, NY
2010      ..Triangle Workshop, Triangle Arts Association, Brooklyn, NY
................. Sculpture Space, Artist-In-Residence, Utica, NY
     ............ Urban Arisist Initiative Grant, New York, NY
2009         Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Artist-In-Residence, Omaha, NE 
2008-9   ..PS 122 Project Studio, New York, NY
2007-8   ..Henry Street Settlement, Artist-In-Residence, New York, NY

ARTIST TALK

2011 ------The Stamp Gallery at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD
--------------Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
2010 ------Sculpture Space, Utica, NY
2009 ------Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE 
2006 ------Visiting artist, Parsons school of design, New York, NY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2011 ------Mike Riggs, The Washington Times, Exhibition: “Sugar High”, December 15
--------------Andres Viglucci, The Miami Herald, “Satelite fairs raise the curtain on Art Basel week”, November 30
--------------Michael O'Sullivan, The Washington Post, “Editors' pick, Hong Seon Jang: Sugar High”, November 11
------------- Allie Haeusslein, Daily Serving, “Best of Pulse LA”, October 3
--------------Jocelyn Silver, Hyperallergic, “Delicious Eye Candy at Socrates Sculpture Park”, September 14
--------------Michael Paglia, The Denver Westword, "Group shows are a staple of the summer arts season", July 2
------------- Marisa Ware, Hi Fructose New contemporary Art Magazine, “David B Smith Gallery-Group Exhibition”, June 29
2010 ----- Deirdre Hering, The L Magazine, “See Something Among Works That Say Nothing”, June 23
------------- Geoffrey Detrani, New Haven Advocate, “Knowing And Forgetting”, April 05
------------- Wooje Sung, Wolganmisool Magazine, “Hong Seon Jang: Rainbow Forest”, July
2009 ------Mary Lou Cohalan, “ Project 09”, August

 

 

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