Based on the medium of photography, Young Ho Jeong focuses on the impact of contemporary mechanical devices on the way of understanding and sensing the world. His interest is the gap between the world of electronic experiences via screen and the world of direct experience via the naked eye.
Young Ho Jeong has held solo exhibitions, 2023 Kumho Young Artist Double Retina (Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, 2023), Converted and Interpolated (Sahng-up Gallery Euljiro, Seoul, 2022), and Out of Photography (Song Eun ArtCube, Seoul, 2021). He participated in group exhibitions, including Landscapes (Wooson Gallery, Daegu, 2023), the 14th Gwangju Biennale Swiss Pavilion Spaceless (LEE LEE NAM Studio, Gwangju, 2023), Infinite Interpretations: A Multiplicity of Truths (Binghamton University Art Museum, New York, US, 2023), Spaceless (Embassy of Switzerland, Seoul, 2022), inter-face (Perigee Gallery, Seoul, 2022), Summer Love 2022 (SONGEUN, Seoul, 2022). SAM 2022 Open Call Where Are We Now? (Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, 2022). He received the 20th Kumho Young Artist (2022), Sahng-up Gallery Ex-UP (2021), SONGEUN Arts & Cultural Foundation Solo Exhibition Support (2020). Currently, he is a lecturer at Chung-Ang University and also the 18th resident artist of SeMA Nanji Residency.
Education
2018 M.A., Photography, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2014 B.F.A., Photography, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Double Retina, Kumho Young Artist, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
2022 Converted and Interpolated, Sahng-up Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2021 Out of Photography, SongEun Art Cube, Seoul, South Korea
Selected Group Exhibitons
2024 Whispering Noise, N/A, Seoul, South Korea
2024 Flat Land with the Promise, Fener Evleri 2 & 3, Istanbul, Turkiye
2024 Counterbalancing, Chamber 1965, Seoul, South Korea
2023 SPACELESS + 60 Swiss Books, Art Space LUMOS, Daegu, South Korea
2023 Landscapes, Wooson Gallery, Daegu, South Korea
2023 SPACELESS + 60 Swiss Books, 14th Gwangju Biennale Swiss Pavilion, Gwangju, South Korea
2023 Infinite Interpretations: A Multiplicity of Truths, Binghamton University Art Museum, Binghamton, NY, USA
2022 Perigee Winter Show 2022, Perigee Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2022 BGA INDEX: OPEN STORAGE, BGA INDEX, Seoul, South Korea
2022 Spaceless, Embassy of Switzerland, Seoul, South Korea
2022 Summer Love 2022, SONGEUN, Seoul, South Korea
2022 inter-face, Perigee Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2022 Where Are We Now, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea
2021 Bit Sip : Resized, White Noise Seoul, Seoul, South Korea
2021 MEET, Seoul Art Space Mullae, Seoul, South Korea
2021 Visible Voices, Laznia Center for Contemporary Art, Laznia, Poland
2018 Show 2018, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2018 Night Visions, Museum of London, London, UK
2017 Unexpected, Hoxton Arches Gallery, London, UK
2017 SightUnseen, Dyson Gallery, London, UK
2017 Khojaly Peace Prize, Houses of Parliament (Palace of Westminster), London, UK
Awards and Grants
2024 GO Element Award, Winner, The Society of Korean Photography, Seoul, South Korea
2023 The Portfolio Seoul, Crit Support, The Photographic Art Center, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
2022 Kumho Young Artist, Winner, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul South Korea
2021 EX-UP, Winner, Sahng-up Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2021 RE:SEARCH, Grant Winner, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, South Korea
2021 Art Creation Activity Support, Grant Winner, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Korea
2020 SongEun ArtCube Artist Award, Winner, SongEun Art and Cultural Foundation, Seoul, South Korea
2017 Khojaly Peace Prize, Shortlisted, Houses of Parliament (Palace of Westminster), London, UK
