ABOUT
Yoory Jung (b. 1991) was born in Korea and is based inLos Angeles, CA. She received her BFA in Fine Art Painting from Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles.
Jung’s continuing investigation of Cheongja (청자), Korean traditional celadon, as a reference, material, and process brings the craftsmanship of Korean celadon masters into her paintings by appropriating a process that resembles their practice yet is distinct from it. She begins her paintings with a base layer of clay color in order to reference and simulate the inner raw material of celadon as form of ceramicware. Jung then adds layers of colors resembling the iconic blue-green celadon glaze and sands them back down to achieve a surface texture similar to ceramic, except without its reflective quality. This translation of celadon wares to an abstracted image and back to an art object creates tension between objective and non-objective aspects as well as performative creation and objecthood.
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YOORY JUNG
yoory911120@gmail.com
EDUCATION
2018 BFA, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
GROUP EXHIBITION
2023 Apophenia, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Books and Things, Helen J Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Tertium Quid (three-person show w/ Jaejoon Jay Jang & Haewon Sohn) Korean Cultural Center, Washington DC
The 26th KCCLA Juried Contemporary Art Exhibition - Six Artists: Abstract Perspectives, Korean Culltural Center, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Utopia, https://yeltsinanthonypenado.com/ , Virtual Exhibition
How does that make you feel?, Southern California Counseling Center, Los Angeles, CA
Tailgate, Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles, CA
LA Stories, Brenau University Leo Castelli Gallery, Gainesville, GA
2018 No Shade In The Shadow of the Boss, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
2017 First Responders, Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA
In the Labyrinth, The Helen and Abraham Bolsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Narrow Wavelengths, The Helen and Abraham Bolsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Joint Venture, DAC Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
PUBLICATIONS
“In the Galleries” Review on Tertium Quid, Mark Jenkins, The Washington Post, September 10, 2021
“Check out Yoory Jung’s Artwork.” Voyage LA. April 15, 2019
http://voyagela.com/interview/check-yoory-jungs-artwork/
GRANTS/AWARDS
2021 KCCLA 26th Annual Juried Exhibition Artistic Selection Award
2018 Otis Fine Arts Senior Exhibition Jurors Award
2016 David Drake Memorial Scholarship
Alfred Kuan Scholarship
2015 Cypress Art League Scholarship