Kang Hee Jung studied Painting and Printmaking at Ewha Woman's University and completed her studies in Fine Arts at the Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste Braunschweig in Germany in 2012. She produces books in various forms with texts and images chosen from her collection of printed materials that were once placed in art spaces. Her individual experiences on art as well as how she responds to artworks and their creators are archived in the books.
Her solo exhibitions include Family (Sebastian Brandl Gallery, Cologne, 2009), Strangers (Sebastian Brandl Gallery, Cologne, 2012), Bathtube Prequel (Vanziha B½F, Seoul, 2015), Image Index (Cheongju Art Studio, 2018), The Map of Aschenbach (Old Haus, Seoul, 2021). She was also included in various group shows as Normadische Unscharfe (Temporary Gallery, Cologne, 2011), REAL DMZ PROJECT 2015 (Art Sonje Center, Seoul, 2015), I Love You, I Love You Not (HITE Collection, Seoul, 2017), Discordant Harmony (Inside-Out Art Museum, Beijing, 2017), The Other Night (Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, 2020), Two Two is Six (Jungganjijeom, Seoul, 2021), Gravity Shower (N/A, Seoul, 2021). She has published Bathtub Prequel in 2016.
Education
2022 D.F.A. Fine Arts, Ewha Woman University, Seoul, Korea
2012 Meisterschulerin of Frances Schloz, Fine Art, Braunschweig University of Art, Braunschweig, Germany
2003 B.F.A. Painting and Printmaking, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2021 The Map of Aschenbach, Old Haus, Seoul, Korea
2018 Image Index, Cheongju Art Studio, Cheongju, Korea
2015 Bathtub Prequel, Vanziha B½F, Seoul, Korea
2012 Strangers, Sebastian Brandl Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2009 Family, Sebastian Brandl Gallery, Cologne, Germany
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 Post Painting, Gallery Planet, Seoul, Korea
2021 Where All Places Are, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2021 Two Two is Six, Jungganjijeom, Seoul, Korea
2020 The Other Night, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2020 It Never Disappears, 17717, Seoul, Korea
2019 DIS-PLAY, OPAF(TheOtherPlacesArtFair), Los Angeles, USA
2019 A Rabbit Chaser, Schema Art Museum, Cheongju, Korea
2019 12th Open Studio-Sender Inquiry, Cheongju Art Studio, Cheongju, Korea
2018 Preview-Stars beyond the Night, Cheongju Art Studio, Cheongju, Korea
2017 Discordant Harmony, Inside-Out Art Museum, Beijing, China
2017 I Love You, I Love You Not, HITE Collection, Seoul, Korea
2015 REAL DMZ PROJECT 2015, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, Korea
2015 REAL DMZ PROJECT 2015: Lived Time of Dongsong, Cheorwon, Korea
2014 New Generation 2: Text Landscape, Atelier35, Hwaseong, Korea
2011 Nomadische Unscharfen, Temporary Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2009 Necessary Products for Preventing a Cold with Tomoko Nakamura, Projektroom HBK, Braunschweig, Germany
Publication
2016 Badewanne Prequel, Seoul: Waterain
Residencies
2023 SeMA Nanji Residency, Seoul, Korea
2019-2021 Kumho Art Studio, Icheon, Korea
2018-2019 Cheongju Art Studio, Cheongju, Korea
