Jintaeg Jang is an independent curator and researcher in contemporary art who creates exhibitions and texts with an interest in the curatorial practices in Korea and their formulation based on the notion of contemporaneity. Jang curated numbers of exhibitions at institutions such as Ilmin Museum of Art, PLATFORM-L Contemporary Art Center and Insa Art Space, and had organized an independent platform INTERACTION SEOUL for curatorial practice. He also worked as a team lead at ZER01NE Creator Studio, a creative division at an open innovation platform operated by Hyundai Motor Company. Currently, he is a lecturer at Hongik University and Daegu Catholic University, and he is also a resident researcher, a part of the 17th cohort, of the SeMA Nanji Residency. As a researcher, Jang is interested in the dynamics between the configuration of 'curating' as an institution and contemporary art history in Korea.
Education
2020 Ph.D. Candidate in Art Theory and Criticism, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea
2015 M.A. in Curating Contemporary Art, Royal College of Art, London, United Kingdom
2011 B.A. in Art Studies, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea
2011 B.A. in Korean Language and Literature, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea
Selected Curated Exhibitions
2020 RE-SEARCH, Seoul National University of Education Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2018 CULTURE WAVE SURFER, La Heen Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2017 BEHIND A MASK, INTERACTION SEOUL, Seoul, Korea
2017 INTERACTION SEOUL’s a Series of Three Solo Exhibitions: Boiling Point, TIME LAPSE TIME, MAKE A PINKY WISH!, INTERACTION SEOUL, Seoul, Korea
2017 The Shadow of Mirage, INTERACTION SEOUL, Seoul, Korea
2016 COSMOS PARTY, Insa Art Space of the Arts Council Korea, Seoul, Korea
2016 Behold, I Will, INTERACTION SEOUL, Seoul, Korea
2016 Circuitized Beauty, INTERACTION SEOUL, Seoul, Korea
2016 CULTURE BREEDING LABORATORY, STUDIO 148, Seoul, Korea
2015 Black Box Formula, Royal College of Art, London, United Kingdom
2014 DELVE, Acme Project Space, London, United Kingdom
2014 PLEASURE & BALANCE, Chelsea College of Art, London, United Kingdom
Selected Research and Publications
2023 "'Pseudo-Mediality' and the Reorganized Status of Images - Focusing on Jacques Ranciere's ideas and trends in contemporary art in South Korea", The Korean Society of Art and Media
2023 "Turning Painting", "Topology of Alternate Characters: On the Return of the Contemporary Reality in the Works by RYU Sungsil" in Funky-Function, Daegu: Daegu Art Museum
2022 "The Blueprint Scrap for Reading Waves" in The Third Time, Seoul: mediabus
2021 "Multi-Automation Engineering: 2010 - 2020, The Landscape of Korean Contemporary Art I & II", Monthly PUBLIC ART, January & February 2021
2018 Neither Dead nor Alive: A Contemporary Approach to the Image of Dictator Statues and Its Aesthetic Significance, Decoding Dictorial Statues, Eindhoven: Onomatopee
2017 Categorization for the uncatorizable: In terms of Wonwoo Lee’s works, Seoul: PKM Gallery
2016 "CONTEMPORARY MEDITATION ON GENERATIONAL IDENTITY ESTABLISHMENT" in SEOUL BABEL, Seoul: Seoul Museum of Art
2015 "Realistic Alternatives in the Complexity of Curating: Balance in Art" (M.A. Dissertation in Curating Contemporary Art, Royal College of Art)
2015 "Black Box Formula" in Notebook, London: Royal College of Art
Selected Professional Experiences
2021 Cooperative Curator, SEOUL IS MUSEUM PUBLIC ART CONFERENCE: Expanding Public - The Digital Age, New Paradigm of Contemporary Public Art, Seoul, Korea
2021 KOREA RESEARCH FELLOW 10 X 10, Seoul, Korea
2019 2019 KOREA RESEARCH FELLOW 10 X 10, Seoul, Korea
2018 2018 KOREA RESEARCH FELLOW 10 X 10, Seoul, Korea
2019 Team Lead, ZER01NE Creator Studio, Seoul, Korea
2016~ Director, INTERACTION SEOUL, Seoul, Korea
2016 Assistant Curator, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Residency
2023 SeMA Nanji Residency, Seoul, Korea
