HaYoung is a transdisciplinary artist.
They studied at the University of Seoul before earning an MFA from Villa Arson in Nice.
Following their residency at the Jan Van Eyck Academie in 2024, they continue to delve into the interplay of amorphous material and identity within the framework of digital infrastructure at the International Center of Glass and Plastic Arts
(C.I.R.V.A) in Marseille.
Storyteller, they weave narratives that transcend cultural, political, and linguistic boundaries, blending personal experiences with collective memories. Situating themselves in between, they observe, decorticate, and distort the algorithms of both physical and virtual societies in order to reconstruct their own voice: that of a trans non-binary person of the Korean diaspora.
Working with video, drawing, performance, data and even perfume, they create poly-sensorial installations that examine the entangled and socio-political layers of the materials, behaviors and languages. The core of their practice is (mis)translation; the zone where the transition generates the incomprehension, error, so as non-normative logics. Playing with the porosity between dual realities, HaYoung transforms one medium into another, one space into another, and one mythology into another, revealing the invisible and questioning the construction of identity.
Their work has been presented at Jan van Eyck Academie [NL], International Short Film Festival in Oberhausen [GE], Frac des Pays de la Loire [FR], CIRVA [FR], Foundation Pernod Ricard [FR], La Ferme du Buisson [FR], SISSI club [FR], Secession [AUST] and Het Nieuwe Instituut [NL]. They have received accolades including the Région Sud Prize at Art-O-rama in 2022, and the 25th edition of the Fondation Pernod Ricard Prize in 2024.
H. story © Théo Casciani
Website © Clara Pasteau
They studied at the University of Seoul before earning an MFA from Villa Arson in Nice.
Following their residency at the Jan Van Eyck Academie in 2024, they continue to delve into the interplay of amorphous material and identity within the framework of digital infrastructure at the International Center of Glass and Plastic Arts
(C.I.R.V.A) in Marseille.
Storyteller, they weave narratives that transcend cultural, political, and linguistic boundaries, blending personal experiences with collective memories. Situating themselves in between, they observe, decorticate, and distort the algorithms of both physical and virtual societies in order to reconstruct their own voice: that of a trans non-binary person of the Korean diaspora.
Working with video, drawing, performance, data and even perfume, they create poly-sensorial installations that examine the entangled and socio-political layers of the materials, behaviors and languages. The core of their practice is (mis)translation; the zone where the transition generates the incomprehension, error, so as non-normative logics. Playing with the porosity between dual realities, HaYoung transforms one medium into another, one space into another, and one mythology into another, revealing the invisible and questioning the construction of identity.
Their work has been presented at Jan van Eyck Academie [NL], International Short Film Festival in Oberhausen [GE], Frac des Pays de la Loire [FR], CIRVA [FR], Foundation Pernod Ricard [FR], La Ferme du Buisson [FR], SISSI club [FR], Secession [AUST] and Het Nieuwe Instituut [NL]. They have received accolades including the Région Sud Prize at Art-O-rama in 2022, and the 25th edition of the Fondation Pernod Ricard Prize in 2024.
H. story © Théo Casciani
Website © Clara Pasteau
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