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Hwayong Jung
Hwayong Jung is a New York, Seoul-based artist and creator who specializes in digital media. Born in South Korea, he holds an MFA in Computer Art from the School of Visual Arts, NY and MFA, BE from the HongIk University. Jung uses new technology as a tool to create, draw and re-interpret new visual experiences that extend and inform his creative process. His works focus on building a bridge between art, design methodology and new technology via digital print, video and mixed media installation. Jung's works have been featured in exhibitions at Ars Electronica in Lintz Austria; Siggraph Art Gallery, BRIC Arts Media House in Brooklyn, NY; Hyundai Motor Group VH Gallery, South Korea; Dumbo Art Festival, NY; Korean Cultural Service of New York, NY; Boston Cyber Arts Gallery in Boston, MA; Maker Fair in New York, NY; Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Novi Sad; and Asia Culture Center in Gwangju South Korea. Hwayong's work has been reviewed in The New York Times, Design Boom, Citybeat, Rhizome, Korea institute of Design Promotion Design among others.
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Exhibitions
Solo Exhibition
'HYPER REAL FANTASIA', Art Center Nabi COMO | HAPPY Screen, Seoul, South Korea, 2018
'Project Ecotron', Daejeon Artists House, South Korea, 2016
'Stellar Panorama', Palais De Seoul Gallery, Seoul, South Korea, 2016
Group Exhibition
'Scenery of the Emptiness, and ASIA', Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, South Korea, 2022-2023
'Media Facade: White Night and Lights' Lee ungno Museum, Daejeon, South Korea, 2022
'LAONHAZE II, Sejong Center For the Performing Arts, Seoul, South Korea, 2022
'Wave 2022 Seoul Citizen Hall, Seoul Citizen Hall Media Wall, Seoul, South Korea, 2022
'GwangHwa Mural Media Wall Exhibition by KOCCA', National Museum of Korean Contemporary History, Seoul, South Korea, 2022
'Mediance Factory', Ammunition Maintenance Factory, HongCheon, South Korea, 2022
'About the Future Festival', Venice, Italy, 2021
'Variation Flow' Lee ungno Museum, Daejeon, South Korea, 2020
'Media Facade: White Night and Lights' Lee ungno Museum, Daejeon, South Korea, 2020
'Science in ART' GS Caltex YEULMARU Museum, Yeosu, South Korea, 2020
'Immersive Contents Festival' KOCCA, M contemporary Gallery, Seoul, South Korea, 2019
'VIDEOFORMES 2019', Clermont-Ferrand, France, 2019
'I never promised you a real garden' Open Air Water-Power Museum, in Dimitsana, Greece 2019
'Over The Real Biennale X Soncino', Soncino, Italy, 2019
'What', Seongnam Art Center, Seongnam, South Korea, 2019
'ART ASIA' Media Art Special Exhibition, COEX D2 Hall, Seoul, South Korea, 2019
'Design Korea Festival_KIDP Media Road Exhibition, Kintex, Goyang, 2019
'Please Do Touch', Gyenggi Content Agency Gallery, Gwanggyo, South Korea, 2019
'A.I. MAGINE Exhibition', Art Center NABI, Seoul, South Korea, 2018
'Artience Daejeon 2018', Artists House, Daejeon, South Korea, 2018
'Tastes of Weather', SEMA Nam Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea, 2018
'I never promised you a real garden' Kinono Gathering, Tinos, Greece, 2018
'ACC_R Showcase', Asia Culture Center, GwangJu, South Korea, 2018
'Hyper Manifestation(ACT-M Screening)', Asia Culture Center, GwangJu, South Korea, 2017
'ACM SIGGRAPH ASIA 2017', Art Gallery, BITEC, Bangkok, Thailand, 2017
'ARS ELECTRONICA FESTIVAL 2017', Deepspace 8K, Lintz, Austria, 2017
'HYUNDAI Motor Studio Autosquare', Starfield, Goyang, Souh Korea, 2017
'2nd VH AWARD By the Hyundai Motor Group', South Korea, 2017
'Synthetic Beauty'(Artience 2017), Igong Gallery, Daejeon, South Korea, 2017
'8 ° CONTEMPO Festival Internazionale d'Arte Contemporanea',
Varna, Bulgaria, 2016
'Digital Flows', MACT/CACT Center Of Contemporary Art, Ticino Switzerland, 2016
'Light Mapping', Korean Cultural Service of New York, New York, 2016
'Art Busan 2016', Bexco 1 Exhibition Hall, Busan South Korea, 2016
'Festival Internazionale VideoArte', Viareggio Italy, 2015
'HYPNOTIC.FRAMES', Museum Of Ţǎrii Crişurilor in University of Oradea, Romania, 2015
'PROYECTOR Video Festival,INTERMEDIÆ', Mardrid, Spain, 2015
'Currents International New Media Festival', Santa Fe New Mexico, USA, 2015
'Konvent.0 Festival', Barcelona Spain, 2015
'Maker Fair New York 2015', New York NY, 2015
'Cut Into Time II', What About Art?(WAA), Mumbai India, 2015
'Governors island Art Fair 2015', New York NY, 2015
'XXX47', XXXFuoriFestival, SINAGOGA, Pesaro Italy, 2015
'EUPHORIA', AC Institute Gallery, New York NY, 2014
'Digital Marrakech Festival', AU Centre Culturel Atlas, Casablanca Morocco, 2014
'The WILD SIDE', The Others Fair, Turin Italy, 2014
'Code Conscious', School of Visual Arts Flaitron Gallery, New York NY, 2014
'VIDEOMEDEJA', Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Novi Sad Serbia, 2014
'Flashforward 7' Visualcontainer, Milan, Italy, 2014
'6th Video Art Festival', Gezira Art Center, Cairo Egypt, 2014
'Maximal Minimal' KINZ + TILLOU FINE ART Gallery, Brooklyn NY, 2014
'Dumbo Arts Festival', Brooklyn NY, 2014
'Governors island Art Fair 2014', New York NY, 2014
'Digital Big Screen 2014', Trbovlje Slovenia, 2014
'Collision | More Human', Boston Cyber Arts Gallery, Boston, USA, 2014
'The Screensavers: Travels in Sleep', BRIC Arts | Media House, Brooklyn NY, 2014
'Video Art Feestival Miden', Kalamata Greece, 2014
'Magnitude 7', Manifst Creative Research Gallery, Cincinatti, USA, 2014
'Code D', Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Cincinatti, USA, 2013
'INTER. Act, Reci Procity in the Media', BRIC Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn NY, 2013
'Digital Works 2012', Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Science , Loveladies, USA, 2012
'Desired Sync', Korean Cultural Service of New York, New York NY, 2012
'Digital Manifestations', Visual Arts Gallery, New York NY, 2011
Awards & Residency
Excellence Award, VROUND 2019 KOCCA, South Korea, 2019
Asia Culture Center Residency, GwangJu, South Korea, 2018
Finalist, 2nd VH AWARD, Hyundai Motor Group, 2017
Grand Prize, ICT Cultural Art Contest, Ministry of Science and ICT, South Korea, 2017
Ars Electronica Residency, Lintz, Austria, 2016
ARTIENCE, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, Daejeon, South Korea, 2016-Present
Longlist, Lumen Prize, USA, 2015
Honorarium, Dumbo Arts Festival, USA, 2014
Honorarium, BRIC Arts Media House, USA, 2013
Honorarium, Desired Sync, New York Cultural Service of New York, 2012
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