Yu Jinyoung

Working with a cast of semi-transparent sculpted figures, Yu Jinyoung investigates the disparity between the outward self and the inner self. While her work has encompassed a wide range of perspectives, from long-suffering housewives to anxiety-ridden workers catering to the whims of the ultra-wealthy, Yu’s conceptual focus remains consistent: to confront the anxieties inherent in social life and to reveal the implicit acts of concealment that individuals perform in conforming to social conventions. This critique of social mores is further articulated through her use of two contrasting materials and the tropes they embody. The vibrantly painted plaster of costumes and adornments suggests the constructed façade of social roles, while the weightless, transparent PVC evokes a simultaneous desire for invisibility and erasure Born in 1977, Korea Lives and works in Korea EDUCATION 2001 B. F. A., in Sculpture, Sungshin Women’s University, Seoul 2005 M. F. A., in Sculpture, Sungshin Women’s University, Graduate School, Seoul SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2022 the LIFE II, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, LA, USA 2018 the LIFE, CHOI&LAGER Gallery, Germany (Cologne) 2017 Discerning Reflection, META4ART SPACE, U.S(Los Angeles) 2015 MYSELF / THEM, POPUP GALLERY, U.S (Los Angeles) 2013 I’M OK, Galleria patricia armocida , Italy(Milano) I’M OK, CHOI&LAGER Gallery, Germany (Cologne) 2008 A family in disguise, UNION Gallery, U.K (London) 2007 WELCOME, KIMI ART Gallery, Korea (Seoul) ABUNDANT EMPTINESS, Ami&kanoko Gallery, Japan (Osaka) 2006 ABUNDANT EMPTINESS, Chang Gallery, Korea (Seoul) 2004 LEAF, LIFE, Noam Gallery, Korea (Seoul) SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2023 HUMAN, CHOI&CHOI Gallery, 2023 2022 GIRL MEETS GIRL, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Vestfossen (curated by Paul Carey-Kent, Jinhee Choi, Sunhee Choi and Jari Lager) FLOWER, CHOI&CHOI Gallery, Seoul Berlin Meets Seoul, Bermel von Luxburg Gallery, Berlin (curated by CHOI&CHOI Gallery, Bermel von Luxburg Gallery, KUNSTLEBEN BERLIN Art Guide UG) 2016 Please Return to Busan Port, Vestfossen Museum, Vestfossen, Norway 2015 Have a Good Day, Mr.Kim, Michael Horbach Foundation, Cologne, Germany Dismantle a puddle!!, Korea (Busan) Aus dem Dunkel, Galerie Supper, Germany(Baden-Baden) 2014 “82-33-44”, France (Paris) Face to Face, Wall to Wall, yellowstone art museum, U.S(Montana) 2013 Kunstellation, Spain(Mallorca) 2011 Hello, LeBASSE projects, U.S.A An eye on korean contemporary, France (Paris) The Solo Project Art Fair Switzerland (Basel) Hey!, musée de la halle st pierre, France (Paris) 2010 Wow~! Funny Pop, Gyeongnam art museum, Korea (Gyeongnam) Lack of being, in ter alia art company, Korea (seoul) Alice’s Art Cube, Ansan arts center, Korea (Ansan) Star Wars-Episode III, UNC Gallery, Korea (seoul) 2009 The Cold Cell, do-it-yourself art centre, London, U.K Transformation in art, Savina Museum, Seoul Hong Kong Art Fair, HKCEC, Hongkong Museum in a Look, Woljeon museum, Icheon 2008 Merry Colorful Abstraction, Gallery Artside, Seoul I Wanna Be a Contemporary Artist, The Arts House, Singapore The Battle of Taste, Sangsangmadang, Seoul 2007 I Design, Kumho museum, Seoul BATON TOUCH, art space hyun, Seoul A complex, sungkok museum, Seoul 2006 Wall_a story behind That, Gallery Zandari, Seoul Museum Festival, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul Whey protein, KIMI ART Gallery 2005 Funny Funny 4, Gallery Sejul, Seoul 2004 Objet painting, Gallery Chosun, Seoul 21C shamanism, Gallery Choheung, Seoul 2004 Rapture Party, The alternative space Hap, Club COD, Seoul