Jaekyung Jung is interested in tracing ambivalence in the everyday life of the city, which stands between what is ethically right and wrong. He employs moving images and archives to reveal such interests. His recent solo exhibitions include Cosmographia (Seoullo Media Canvas, Seoul, 2019), A Scene (Sinchon Theater, Seoul, 2021) and Commedia (shhh, Seoul, 2022).
His works has been exhibited at the 23rd Brno International Biennial of Graphic Design (Moravia Gallery, Brno, 2008), Public Space? Lost & Found (MIT Media Lab, Boston, 2014), Art(ificial) Garden, The Border Between Us (National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Cheongju, 2021), Signaling Perimeters (The Nam-Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, 2021), Ones Who Inhabit The Twilight Zone (ARKIPEL, Jakarta, 2021), and Watch and Chill 3.0: Streaming Suspense (National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, 2023) among many. He also directed Reflect Project (Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, 2021-24), a commissioned public art project supported by the Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Jung holds a B.F.A from the Rhode Island School of Design, a Master of Science in Visual Studies from MIT and a PhD in Art and Media History, Theory, and Criticism-Art Practice Concentration from University of California, San Diego. Recently, he participated as a resident artist at the National Museum of Contemporary Art Residency in Goyang (KR), Seoul Art Space in Geumcheon (KR) and Kunstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral (GE). In 2021, Jung founded "shhh," an art space focusing on time based art research and exhibition based in Incheon, South Korea. Currently, Jung is a participating artist in the Korean Pavilion of the 18th Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition in 2023. His work is a part of the permanent collections of the National Museum of Contemporary Art (MMCA), MMCA Government Art Bank, and Seo-Seoul Museum of Art in South Korea.
Education
2020 PhD in Art and Media History, Theory, and Criticism-Art Practice Concentration, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA, USA
2010 Master of Science in Visual Studies, Program in Art, Culture, and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA
2008 Bachelor of Fine Arts·Graphic Design, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, RI, USA
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022 Commedia, Shhh, Incheon, Korea
2021 A Scene, The Sinchon Theater, Seoul, Korea
2020 The Realm of Ghosts, The Sinchon Theater, Seoul, Korea
2019 Cosmographia, Seoullo Media Canvas, Seoul, Korea
2017 Records, Marcuse Gallery, La Jolla, CA, USA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 The 18th Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition, Korean Pavilion, Venice, Italy (Upcoming)
2023 Watch and Chill 3.0: Streaming Suspense, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
2022 A Place You Long For, Sewoon Hall, Seoul, Korea (A project commissioned by Ob/Scene Festival)
2022 Instead of an Afterwards, Korean Cultural Center, Central, Hong Kong
2021 Ones Who Inhabit The Twilight Zone, ARKIPEL - Jakarta International Documentary and Experimental Film Festival, Jakarta, Indonesia
2021 Signaling Perimeters, Nam-Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2021 Art(ificial) Garden, The Border Between Us, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Cheongju, Cheongju, Korea
2021 The Long Now, d/p, Seoul, Korea
2021 Reflect Project, Seoul Metropolitan Government and Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Seoul, Korea (-2024)
2020 Meanwhile from Abroad, Melange, Koln, Germany
2019 Holding My Hand, National Museum of Contemporary Art (MMCA) Goyang Residency Studio, Goyang, Korea
2019 Sarah Ama Duahs, Jaekyung Jung, Elif Saydam, Made in Balmoral, Bad Ems, Germany
2019 Experimental Film and Video 2019, CICA Museum, Gimpo, Korea
2018 Seoul SeeYouTomorrow Pyeongyang, Dongdaemun Design Plaza, Seoul, Korea
2018 SuperSurface, In the Paper Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2017 In Our Present Condition, the School of Architecture + Planning Dean's Office Gallery, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
2014 Public Space? Lost & Found, MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA, USA
2010 Something Like a Proposition, MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA, USA
2010 Bibimbop: Unexpected Transformation, Allegra Laviola Gallery, New York City, NY, USA
2009 Things of That Nature, Boston Center for the Arts Mills Gallery, Cambridge, MA, USA
2009 CHI 2009, Video Showcase, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA, USA
2008 SIGGRAPH 2008, Space Time Gallery, LA, CA, USA
2008 23rd International Biennial of Graphic Design Brno, Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic
2007 Meet by Accident, Space 35, New York City, NY, USA
2007 Design MADE 2007, Hangaram Design Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
Projects
2021 Director for Reflect Project, a public art project commissioned by the Seoul Metropolitan Government and Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Seoul, Korea (2021-2024 expected)
2021 Founder of Shhh, Incheon, Korea (-Present)
2018-2021 Co-founder of BRRRT (W/ Sujin Lim), Seoul, Korea
2015-2018 Director of Research Based Visualization for Imagining New Eurasia Project by Kyong Park, The National Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, Korea
Residencies
2023 SeMA Nanji Residency, Seoul, Korea
2020 Seoul Art Space Geumcheon, Seoul, Korea
2019 MMCA Residency Goyang, Goyang
2019 Kunstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral, Bad Ems, Germany (Exchange Program of MMCA Residency Goyang)
Collections
2021 The National Museum of Contemporary Art (MMCA), Korea
2021 Seo-Seoul Museum of Art, Korea
2020 MMCA Government Art Bank, Korea
