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AHL Foundation Hosts “Properties of…”
An Online Exhibition Featuring Recipients of the 2020 AHL Artist Fellowship
AHL Foundation, a non-profit organization supporting artists of Korean descent, is proud to present “Properties of…”, an online exhibition featuring the recipients of the 2020 2nd Annual AHL Foundation Artist Fellowship, running from February 22, 2021 to April 30th, 2021. Curated by Hitomi Iwasaki, Director of Exhibitions at the Queens Museum and AHL Curatorial Fellow Dahye Kim, this exhibition features the works of artists Jayoung Yoon, Yi Sa-Ra, Sungjae Lee, and Mookwon Han.
The title “Properties Of…” refers to the notion that artists do not create things that are new to us, but rather their art engages properties of the world and our lives to make them newly visible and tangible. Odor or temperature of personal situations, weight or complexity of collective sentiments, or color, volume, and sound of things exist in between every being that composes the world. The artists in this exhibition do so by each occupying unique space with their highly authentic visions and approaches. They agitate the properties of their choosing. They present the world to us.
Jayoung Yoon is an interdisciplinary artist using Human Hair as a medium. Select exhibitions include Bronx Museum of the Arts, NY; San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, CA; Hudson Valley Museum of Contemporary Art, NY; New Bedford Art Museum, MA; Ohio Craft Museum, OH; Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, DE; Here Arts Center, NY; Coreana Museum of Art, Korea and Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Korea. Her work has appeared in various publications, including The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Hyperallergic, Gothamist, Artnet News, Surface Design Journal, and Fiber Art Now.
Yi Sa-Ra received an MFA at Columbia University School of the Arts (2020) and a BFA with honors from the Rhode Island School of Design (2011). She also received the Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship to attend the Yale Summer School of Art and Music in Norfolk (2010). Yi has won awards and fellowships from the AHL Foundation in New York and the JoongAng Ilbo Culture Media in Seoul. Her work has been exhibited and screened in venues including Wallach Art Gallery, Lenfest Center for the Arts, New York (2019), Insa Art Space, Seoul (2017), Weekend, Seoul (2017), CHAPTER II, Seoul (2016), Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale, Tokamachi, Japan (2015), Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul (2013) and Roger Williams National Memorial, Providence (2011).
Sungjae Lee is from Seoul, South Korea. He is currently living and working between Seoul and Chicago, IL. He received his B.F.A. in Sculpture from Seoul National University in 2014. During his study, he found himself more interested in immaterial and time-based mediums (e.g. performance, installation, text, sound, and video) with the aim of visualizing marginalized groups through his body of work. To develop his practice as a professional performance artist, he pursued his M.F.A. in Performance Art at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2017. Throughout 3 years of stay in the States, his practice has delved into the visibility and representation of queer Asians and their desires in the West. He has presented his works globally in Korea, Sweden, Canada, New Zealand, and the US. His performance pieces were shown in “Emergency INDEX” published by Ugly Duckling Press and “A Research on Feminist Art Now” by No New Work.
Mookwon Han resides in NY and strives to spread saving the environment through video installation. Han has had solo shows at Choi&Lager Gallery Seoul, Kumho Museum, Doosan Gallery NY, CUE Art Foundation, and KyungIn Museum. Han’s work included in group exhibitions at Seongnam Art Center, Seongnam; NY Media Center; The Fondazione Filiberto Menna, Salerno, Italy; Galeria U Jezuitow, Poznan, Poland; Bund18 Creative Center, Shanghai, China; Space C, Coreana Museum, Seoul, Korea; Nation Centre for Performing Art, Asia Society Mumbai Centre, Mumbai, India; Metropolitan Pavilion, NY; David Zwirner Gallery, NY; Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery/ Asia Society Museum NYC; Unit B Gallery, San Antonio: Hoam Gallery and National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul. Han received an MFA from the School of Visual Arts NYC and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting Sculpture (John Whitney Payson Fellowship).
The AHL Foundation Artist Fellowship was established in 2019 with generous backing from the Dow Kim Family Foundation. The fellowship is designed to support talented Korean contemporary artists active in the United States. Recipients of the Artist Fellowship are given the opportunity to participate in the exhibition in New York City, but due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, this year’s exhibition was moved online.
For more information, please contact info@ahlfoundation.org
[Korean]
알재단, 제2회 아티스트 펠로우십 수상 작가전
“Properties of…” 개최
- 전시명: Properties of…
- 기간: 2021년 2월 22일 — 2021년 4월30일
- 온라인 전시: 알재단 뷰잉룸 https://www.ahlfoundation.org/propertiesof/
- 참여 작가: 한무권(Mookwon Han), 이승재(Sungjae Lee), 이사라(Yi Sa-Ra), 윤자영(Jayoung Yoon)
- 전시 기획: 히토미 이와사키 (Hitomi Iwasaki), 김다혜(Dahye Kim)
비영리 한인 미술인 지원단체인 알재단(대표 이숙녀)이 제2회 아티스트 펠로우십 수상 작가 전(2020 AHL Foundation Artist Fellowship Recipients Exhibition) <Properties of…>를 2월 22일(월)에 온라인으로 개최한다.
알재단의 아티스트 펠로우십은 뛰어난 역량의 한인 작가를 후원하고자 2019년 다우킴(Dow Kim Family Foundation) 재단의 후원으로 시작한 프로그램이며 수상작가는 작품 제작을 위한 기금, 멘토링 프로그램 및 뉴욕 첼시 갤러리 전시 참여 기회를 얻는다. 올해는 코로나바이러스감염증-19로 인해 온라인으로 전시를 진행하며, 뉴욕 퀸즈 미술관(Queens Museum)의 전시 디렉터 히토미 이와사키와 알재단 김다혜 큐레토리얼 펠로우가 기획하였다. 알재단 웹사이트 뷰잉룸에서 수상자인 한무권, 이승재, 이사라, 윤자영 작가의 비디오, 조각, 퍼포먼스, 공예 등 다양한 매체의 작업을 실시간으로 감상할 수 있다.
전시회 제목 ‘Properties of’ (속성…)이 보여주듯 이번 전시에서는 어떻게 작가가 예술을 통해 세상과 우리의 삶의 속성을 결합하고, 새롭게 실체화하는지를 이야기한다. 사물의 본질을 생각하며, 온도, 냄새, 무게, 색깔 등 세계를 구성하는 온갖 사물과 감각 사이에서 작가 각 개인이 작업을 통해 어떤 세상을 우리에게 표현하고 있는지 알아 볼 수 있는 흥미로운 여정이 될 것이다.
알재단 이숙녀 대표는 “개최에 앞서 이번 전시에 참여한 수상 작가와 큐레이터에게 축하의 메시지를 전하며, 현재 진행하고 있는 제3회 2021 아티스트 펠로우십에도 한인 작가들의 많은 지원을 기대한다.”고 밝혔다. 전시는 4월 30일까지 계속된다.
