statement
resume
hong seon jang
works

Education

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

Solo exhibitions / projects

2013 --In Making, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Jamaica, NY
2012 --Labyrinth, 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

2013 --A Sense of Place, Wellin Museum of Art, Clinton, NY
---------Plastic Memory 10022, Gallery Korea, New York, NY
---------Thanks, Lu Magnus, New York, NY
---------The Moment for Ink, Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
2012 --Ahl Stars, Dean Project, New York, NY
---------Big Queens Drawing Show, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Jamaica, NY
-------- Leaning into the Verse, Munch Gallery, New York, NY
-------- NO Other Medicine, New York Studio Gallery, New York, NY
-------- Mediated Realities, the Cohen Gallery, the Granoff Center at Brown University, Providence, RI
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, Flushing, 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

Residencies / Fellowships / Awards / Lectures / Artist resistry

2013 ------ Percent for Art Commission, PS339, Woodside, NY
-------------Visiting Artist, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
2012-13---The Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning Workspace Program, Jamaica, NY
2012-------AHL Foundation Visual Art Award, New York, NY
------------- Smack Mellon Hot Picks, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
2011 ------ International Residency Grant, Art Council Korea, Seoul, Korea
..................Emerging Artist Fellowship, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island, NY
..................Museum of Arts and Design, Open Studios, 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- ---.-.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
2006 ------ Visiting Artist, Parsons school of design, New York, NY

2007- ........Viewing Program, The Drawing Center, New York, NY

Artist talk

2011 ------The Stamp Gallery, the University of Maryland, College Park, MD
-------------Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
2010 ------Sculpture Space, Utica, NY
2009 ------Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE 

Bibliography

2012 November/ December issue, Departures Magazine "The art of discovery"
____ September 20, AnnMarie Costella, Queens Chronicle “Big Queens Drawing Show"
-------May 15, juxtapoz.com, “Typography city and new works by Hong Seon Jang”
-------May 14, Christopher Jobson, Colossal, HYPERLINK "http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/05/a-miniature-city-built-with-metal----- .........typography/"A Miniature City Built with Metal Typography”
-------May 3, Leigh db, designboom, “Hong Seon Jang: Labyrinth”
-------March, Eleanor Perry-Smith, Modern in Denver, “When Opposites Attract”
2011 December 15, Mike Riggs, The Washington Times, Exhibition: “Sugar High”
-------November 30, Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, “Satelite fairs raise the curtain on Art Basel week”
-------November 11, Michael O'Sullivan, Editors’ Pick, The Washington Post, “Sugar High”
-------October 3, "http://dailyserving.com/author/allie-haeusslein/"Allie Haeusslein, Daily Serving, “Best of Pulse LA”
-------September 14, HYPERLINK "http://hyperallergic.com/author/jocelyn-silver/"Jocelyn Silver, Hyperallergic, “Delicious Eye Candy at ..........Socrates Sculpture Park”
-------July 2, Michael Paglia, The Denver Westword, "Group shows are a staple of the summer arts season",
-------June 29, Marisa Ware, Hi Fructose New contemporary Art Magazine, “David B Smith Gallery-Group Exhibition”
2010 June 23, Deirdre Hering, The L Magazine, “See Something Among Works That Say Nothing”
-------April 05, Geoffrey Detrani, New Haven Advocate, “Knowing And Forgetting”
-------July, Wooje Sung, Wolganmisool Magazine, “Hong Seon Jang: Rainbow Forest”
2009 August o9, Mary Lou Cohalan, “ Project 09”

 

 

 

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