Yoon Young Jeong

About

Yoon Young Jeong (South Korea, b.1997) is a contemporary artist working across sculpture, photography, film, storymaking, and installation. Yoon Young’s work highlights how individuals are categorized and objectified within changing sociocultural environments. Much of her work is rooted in her interest in psychological and sociological concepts, reflecting the evolving cultural trends of various eras. These concepts, which form the basis of her work, range from Blanket Syndrome and social masks to surveillance capitalism and scopophilia. Her works traverse light and heavy topics, personal and collective, depicting each subject through her autobiographical experiences and thoughts.

Her interest in materials, which began with her BA in Craft Design, extended beyond her major in metal and textile crafts. Before starting a new work, she conducts material research to effectively convey the theme, leading to installations incorporating writing, photography, sound, and film. Starting with her work, Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing (2023), she explored creating environments that straddle the boundary between reality and unreality through storymaking. This approach evolved into filmmaking with her project, Phenilo (2024). Through her MA experience, Yoon Young has contemplated the relationship between participatory art and socially reflective art, devising methods to invite audiences to become active participants in her work through selective sight and deliberately fragmented and distorted perceptions.

She lives and works in London.

Phenilo (2024)