InJung Oh
American, b.1982)

InJung Oh为美籍韩裔艺术家,2009年毕业于芝加哥艺术学院(The School of Art Institute of Chicago),主修绘画创作。作品曾被芝加哥Zhou B Art Center、私人藏家所蒐藏,现为Zhou B Art Center的常驻艺术家。

2012年InJung Oh于芝加哥33 Contemporary Gallery举办个展─「国王与我」(King and I),取材自韩国历史中的王室悲剧,描述三千位妃子在国王被罢黜后跳下悬崖的故事,透过这个故事探讨两性的权力关係,并以花朵形体象徵女性,在作品中不断辩证生命的複杂性。除此之外,InJung Oh擅长利用符号象徵做为绘画的主体,企图连结自身在不同文化、社会中的成长过程与探索经验。

做为一位女性艺术家,以及双重国籍的身分,InJung Oh自然地将自我认同与各种社会议题做为自己的创作主轴。从Georgia Totto O’Keeffe使用花朵来象徵女性,到Judy Chicago对于父权文化的批判,都试图从女性视角去建构独特的艺术观;然而当代的InJung Oh选择以内敛的绘画形式表达对性别的冲突关係与诠释,而她也使用花朵做为女性身体的象徵,但她的花朵所蕴含不只是性别意识的转化,而是讨论更多社会、文化认同的议题。从过往的〈UNTITLED SERIES〉、〈^ 〉、〈V SERIES〉中我们可以看见InJung Oh的作品以各式各样的物件形体象徵女性,结合自然场景做为表现的舞台,从中绽放出各种愤怒、晦暗、忧鬱的情感状态,她试图以艺术来抵抗社会的各种偏见与束缚。

2013年于Bluerider ART所举办的个展,展出的系列作品为Volossom为全新创作,延续〈国王与我〉系列作品,以花朵为主体,藉由花蕊与花瓣的组合,象徵生命主体的存在与延续,有别于悲剧与死亡的意象结局,将花朵转化成生命中各种曾经验过的美好形象。InJung Oh企图给与花朵正面的力量,提示人类灵魂与信念的重要,以及对现实不妥协的精神,提供一种独特的艺术观点来对应世界


Selected Solo Exhibitions

2016 “Volossom” Solo Exhibition, Union League Club Chicago, USA
2015 “Volossom Decade” Solo Exhibition, Zhou B Art Center Chicago, USA
2015 “Volossom & Thousand Wish Project” Solo Exhibition, Ed Paschke Art Center Chicago, USA
2014 “Volossom” Solo Exhibition ,MIIT Museum Turin, Italy
2013 “Volossom” Solo Exhibition ,Bluerider ART Gallery Taipei, Taiwan
2012 “King and I” Solo Exhibition ,33 Contemporary Gallery Chicago, USA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2016 “New Business” Hyde Park Art Center Chicago, IL
2016 “Tempo Memoria” MIIT Turin, Italy
2016 “Centerline” Zhou B Art Center Chicago, IL
2016 “I AM American” North Central Gallery Naperville, USA
2015 “Context Miami Art Fair” Bluerider ART Gallery Miami, FL
2015 “53rd Art Exchange Symposium” Busan Federation of Art and Culture Busan, Korea
2015 “TRAP” Hammond Art Center Hammond, IN
2015 “Summer Solstice Art Exhibition: The Nature of Women” The Law Office Yorkville
2015 “Centerline” Group Exhibition Zhou B Art Center Chicago, IL
2015 “Pro.gres.sion,” 15th & West Gallery Chicago, IL
2015 Curator Choice Exhibition River Bank Loft Gallery Chicago, IL
2014 “AHAF Seoul 2014” Bluerider ART Gallery Seoul, Korea
2014 “52nd Busan Art Festival” Busan, Korea
2014 “Curator’s Choice” 33 Contemporary Gallery Chicago, IL
2014 “I Am American” traveling exhibition Governors State University Chicago, IL
2014 Interactive live painting performance with “Horse of Honor” Chicago, IL
2014 “Young Art Taipei” Bluerider ART Gallery Taipei, TW
2014 “Art Tainan” Bluerider ART Gallery Tainan, TW
2014 “10th National Self portrait Exhibition” Zhou B Art Center Chicago, IL
2014 “Individual Direction” 33 contemporary Gallery Chicago, IL
2014 “I AM American” Water Street Studios Batavia, IL
2013 “Art Basel” Spectrum 33 Contemporary Gallery Miami, FL
2013 “Simbiosis Cultural” Centro Cultural de Baja California Mexico
2013 “Cultural Symbiosis” 33 Contemporary Gallery Chicago, IL
2013 “Centerline” Zhou B Art Center Chicago, IL
2013 “National Self portrait Exhibition” 33 Contemporary Gallery Chicago, IL
2012 “Synergy” Art Space 191, Vienna “Facemask” Zhou B Art Center Chicago, IL
2012 “Art Energy Future” Regional Museum of Natural Science Turin, Italy
2011 “Impetus” 33 Contemporary Gallery Chicago, IL
2011 “National Self Portrait Exhibition” Zhou B Art Center Chicago, IL
2011 “Current” Zhou B Art Center Chicago, IL
2011 “National Wet Paint Exhibition” Zhou B Art Center Chicago, IL
2011 “Sexy” Gene Siskel Film Center Chicago, IL
2010 “National Wet Paint Exhibition” Zhou B Art Center Chicago, IL
2010 Curator choice exhibition Noyes Cultural Art Center Chicago, IL
2010 Curator choice exhibition Zhou B Art Center Chicago, IL
2010 Curator choice exhibition Zhou B Art Center Chicago, IL
2009 Curator choice exhibition 33 collective group show Chicago, IL
2009 “MFA Thesis Exhibition” Sullivan Gallery Chicago, IL
2009 Curator choice exhibition Greenleaf Art Center Chicago, IL
2008 “SAIC+DCB” Busan Design Center Gallery Korea, Busan
2008 Curator choice exhibition Union League Private Club Chicago, IL
2007 Curator choice exhibition Beverly Art Center Chicago, IL
2007 “The 32nd Exhibition: Chicago Korean American Art Association,” Cook County Treasure’s Office Chicago, IL
2007 “Remake=The Sequel” Gene Siskel Film Center Gallery Chicago
2007 “Reflection x 5,” The Gallery at Village Hall Lincolnwood, IL

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