InJung Oh
American, b.1982)

InJung Oh為美籍韓裔藝術家,2009年畢業於芝加哥藝術學院(The School of Art Institute of Chicago),主修繪畫創作。作品曾被芝加哥Zhou B Art Center、私人藏家所蒐藏,現為Zhou B Art Center的常駐藝術家。

2012年InJung Oh於芝加哥33 Contemporary Gallery舉辦個展─「國王與我」(King and I),取材自韓國歷史中的王室悲劇,描述三千位妃子在國王被罷黜後跳下懸崖的故事,透過這個故事探討兩性的權力關係,並以花朵形體象徵女性,在作品中不斷辯證生命的複雜性。除此之外,InJung Oh擅長利用符號象徵做為繪畫的主體,企圖連結自身在不同文化、社會中的成長過程與探索經驗。

做為一位女性藝術家,以及雙重國籍的身分,InJung Oh自然地將自我認同與各種社會議題做為自己的創作主軸。從Georgia Totto O’Keeffe使用花朵來象徵女性,到Judy Chicago對於父權文化的批判,都試圖從女性視角去建構獨特的藝術觀;然而當代的InJung Oh選擇以內斂的繪畫形式表達對性別的衝突關係與詮釋,而她也使用花朵做為女性身體的象徵,但她的花朵所蘊含不只是性別意識的轉化,而是討論更多社會、文化認同的議題。從過往的〈UNTITLED SERIES〉、〈^ 〉、〈V SERIES〉中我們可以看見InJung Oh的作品以各式各樣的物件形體象徵女性,結合自然場景做為表現的舞台,從中綻放出各種憤怒、晦暗、憂鬱的情感狀態,她試圖以藝術來抵抗社會的各種偏見與束縛。

2013年於Bluerider ART所舉辦的個展,展出的系列作品為Volossom為全新創作,延續〈國王與我〉系列作品,以花朵為主體,藉由花蕊與花瓣的組合,象徵生命主體的存在與延續,有別於悲劇與死亡的意象結局,將花朵轉化成生命中各種曾經驗過的美好形象。InJung Oh企圖給與花朵正面的力量,提示人類靈魂與信念的重要,以及對現實不妥協的精神,提供一種獨特的藝術觀點來對應世界


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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