Young In Hong (born 1972) is a visual artist from

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, based in

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. Hong graduated with an MA and a

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from Goldsmith College in

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UK in 2012. From 1992 to 1998, she studied

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( BA and MA). Hong currently works from her studio at Spike Island in Bristol and is represented by PKM Gallery in Seoul. She teaches at Bath School of Art as

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and

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Practice

Hong's work is research-led, revisiting specific historical moments in

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and reinterpreting them. She is interested in how art can have a political role, particularly from a female perspective, as South Korean history has evolved under authoritative male-dominated regimes until very recently. In her practice, Hong examines unwritten history,

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and undervalued cultural practices, politics of intuition and the practice of ‘equality’. Most of her works deal with those people whom society regards as minorities, and she often uses methods that are not usually associated with high art. Hong works in a range of disciplines –

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painting,

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and site-specific

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. For her performance projects, she collaborates with local communities, dancers, musicians and choreographers and the public. In 2015, curator

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commissioned her to create a new work for ''fig-2 at'' the ICA London, resulting in the ambitious, very complex, but at the same time very strong and resonating piece ''In Her Dream'', a collaboration with Delfina Foundation and The Korean Cultural Centre. Hong combined baroque aesthetics with Korean

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music for a performance based on a detailed study of induced violence and isolation in the everyday lives of women from various countries of affiliation. ''The Moon's Trick'', Hong's solo exhibition at the Korean Cultural Centre UK in 2017 was part of ''Korea-UK/2017-18''. It later travelled to Exeter Phoenix. The same year, ''Echoes'', commissioned by Venice Agendas, launched at the

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in May 2017 and continued to run in Margate at

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, Folkestone and Spike Island Bristol in December 2017. Voluntary participants were invited through open call to respond to a soundtrack consisting of a compilation of political statements by public figures ranging from Donald Trump to Michael Moore. In her solo show ''We Where'' at PKM Gallery in Seoul in 2022, "Hong attends to the subject of “

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” that become forgotten in contemporary society. She recognizes the loss of a communal space that

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folks believed to be real, i.e., sacred areas in which the spirits of living organisms including animals, humans, and plants could communicate through a natural connection, and wishes for the recovery of such relationships of equality." For the group exhibition ''Scoring the Word,'' Hong created ''Meta-hierarchical Exercise'', a series of nine improvised group performances with 24 embroidered choreography-scores, presented at the

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in November 2022. ''5100:Pentagon'', created for the

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2014, was performed again at the Parque de la Memoria in

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in December 2022, with local volunteers, as part of ''Mitos del futuro próximo'' curated by Sofía Dourron and Javier Villa. The movements of the performers are inspired by video footage of the

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in South Korea in May 1980, found in the archives of the democratic movement in the city of Gwangju.

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in 2022/23. ''Ring of Animals'', Young In Hong's first solo exhibition in

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is shown at Kunsthal Extra City in

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in early 2023. The same year, she produced a new work for ''Threads - breathing stories into materials'', co-curated by textile artist Alice Kettle at

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in Bristol. 2023, Young In Hong received the Spike Island Commission for South West-based Artists. The resulting work was presented in Spike Island’s galleries in spring 2024 in the show ''Five Acts''.

Artists' Residencies

* 2015: Seoul Art Space Geumcheon, Seoul * 2014 + 2015: Delfina Foundation, London * 2014: ARKO Nomadic Artist in Residence, Chennai, India * 2009: Art In Village, Sabuk-Gohan, Korea * 2005: A-I-T Residency Program, Tokyo * 2004: Ssamzie Residency Program, Seoul * 2002: Taipei Artist Village, Taipei * 1996:

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, Johnson, U.S.

Awards

* 2023: Spike Island Commission for South West-based Artists * 2019: Korea Artist Prize 2019 (shortlist) * 2012: SINAP (Sindoh Artist Support Program), Korea * 2011: Kimsechoong Art Prize, Seoul * 2003: Suk-Nam Art Prize, Suk-Nam Art Foundation, Seoul

Exhibitions/Performances

* 2023: ''Ring of Animals'', Kunsthal Extra City, Antwerp * 2023: ''Found Cities, Lost Objects: Women in the City'',

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* 2023: ''Found Cities, Lost Objects: Women in the City,'' Royal West of England Gallery, Bristol * 2022: ''Found Cities, Lost Objects: Women in the City,'' touring exhibition, curated by

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* 2022/23: ''Whose Story Is This'', Museum of Contemporary Art

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* 2022/23: ''Myths of the near future,'' Parque de la Memoria, Buenos Aires * 2022: ''Scoring the Words'',

, Seoul Korea * 2022: ''We Where'', PKM Gallery Seoul (solo) * 2021: ''Our Rhythms Have Been Out of Sync in The Past'', DMZ Art & Peace Platform 2021, Goseong Korea *2020: ''MaytoDay'' project, Gwangju Biennale *2020: ''Go On Being So'',

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*2020: Korean Eye 2020: Creativity and Daydream,

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Mall Seoul *2020: Korean Eye 2020: Creativity and Daydream,

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London * 2020: Korean Eye 2020: Creativity and Daydream'',''

The State Hermitage Museum The State Hermitage Museum ( rus, Государственный Эрмитаж, r=Gosudarstvennyj Ermitaž, p=ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)ɨj ɪrmʲɪˈtaʂ, links=no) is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is the largest ...

Saint Petersburg * 2019/20: Korea Art Prize, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul (MMCA) *2019: ''Let Us Dance,''

, Bristol UK *2018: ''The Moon’s Trick'', Exeter Phoenix * 2017: Turner Contemporary, Margate * 2017: ''5100: Pentagon'', UK premiere, Royal Academy of Arts London, as part of Block Universe * 2017: ''The Moon's Trick'', Korean Cultural Centre, London * 2017: ''Echoes 2017'',

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* 2016: La Triennale di Milano * 2016: Grand Palais, Paris * 2016: ''A Fire that Never Dies'', Cecilia Hillström Gallery, Stockholm * 2015/16: '' naplease keep your eyes closed for a moment'', Maraya Art Centre, Sharjah *2015: ''In Her Dream'', fig-2 6/50, ICA Institute of Contemporary Arts London * 2014: ''Image Unidentified'', Artsonje Centre, Seoul * 2014:

* 2014: Delfina Foundation, London

Collections

Arts Council Collection Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Korea Seoul Museum of Art

References

External links

Young In Hong's artist website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hong, Young In 1972 births Living people 21st-century women textile artists 21st-century textile artists Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London Artists from Seoul South Korean performance artists Seoul National University alumni South Korean contemporary artists Embroiderers People from Bristol