Younhee Yang

Younhee Yang
Born(1977-07-10)July 10, 1977
Seoul, South Korea
EducationDankook University
Known forPainting
Korean name
Hangul
양윤희
RRYang Yunhui
MRYang Yunhŭi

Younhee Yang (Korean: 양윤희, born July 10, 1977) is a contemporary South Korean painter.

Life and work

"Working Woman", Borderless - Grenzenlos I Gouache on Canvas, 30 x 40 cm, 2008, Younhee Yang

Yang was born in Seoul, and received her BFA in painting in 2005 from the Parsons School of Design in New York City. In 1998, she studied Oriental painting at the Dankook University (단국대학교) in Cheonan, Korea. Her artist work consists of painting, Installation art, Sculpture and Video art.

Yang's art has been exhibited internationally in Germany, Austria, South Korea, Canada, and in the United States of America. Among the museums and galleries having shown her work are the Korean Broadcasting and Advertisement Museum in Seoul, South Korea, the Gong Art Space gallery in Seoul, South Korea and the DadaPost Galerie in Berlin, Germany. Besides other art publications, the American sculptor Howard McCalebb published the monograph Silent Pictures, The paintings of Yang YounHee about Yang's work in 2012.

Yang works as an independent artist and founded the fine art studio Kunstatelier Younhee Yang, Berlin 2009 in Berlin-Mitte, Germany. The art studio moved from 2012 to 2018 to Berlin-Charlottenburg, Germany. Since 2018, the Kunstatelier YounHee Yang, Berlin is located at Anton-Saefkow-Platz.8, 10369 Berlin, Germany, where it is located at current. Yang supports international social projects through her work.

Yang lives in Seoul, South Korea and in Berlin, Germany.

Exhibitions (selection)

"Mirror", Guache on Canvas, 2008, Younhee Yang

Literature

References

  1. 1 2 3 Tunberg 2011
  2. ↑ Project Din A4: Younhee Yang, accessed 28/03/2012
  3. ↑ Rise & Fall gallery: Installation project Archived 2012-01-10 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 30/03/13
  4. ↑ Playlist Gasteig Open Video Archived 2014-04-23 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 30/04/2013
  5. ↑ McCalebb 2012
  6. ↑ Korean Broadcasting and Advertisement Museum Archived 2013-07-23 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 01/05/13
  7. ↑ Exhibition "imaginative fairytale" by Younhee Yang, accessed 29/04/13
  8. ↑ Previous exhibitions DadaPost gallery, accessed 29/04/13
  9. ↑ Lemonidou 2010
  10. ↑ German National Library: New Publications Listing, accessed 29/04/13
  11. ↑ Fine Art Studio Younhee Yang, Berlin, accessed 25/03/2012
  12. ↑ Location Kunstatelier Younhee Yang, Berlin, accessed 29/01/20
  13. ↑ Art and Prison eV. Younhee Yang Deprecated link archived 2012-07-08 at archive.today, accessed 24/03/12
  14. ↑ Exhibition planner AMgallery, accessed 26/08/2016
  15. ↑ DadaPost Gallery Berlin, accessed 31/08/2014
  16. ↑ DadaPost Gallery Berlin, accessed 24/10/2013
  17. ↑ Information on Gasteig Open Video, accessed 19/01/13
  18. ↑ DadaPost Gallery Berlin, accessed 18/09/12
  19. ↑ Homepage Autorengalerie 1, accessed 19/09/12
  20. ↑ Gasteig Open Video 2011, accessed 26/03/12
  21. ↑ Imaginative fairytale, Gong Art Space, accessed 29/04/2013
  22. ↑ Press release Gasteig Open Video Archived 2012-01-12 at the Wayback Machine (PDF; 95 kB), accessed 26/03/12
  23. ↑ Winners of the art-contest 2009 Younhee Yang Deprecated link archived 2012-07-31 at archive.today, accessed 26/03/12
  24. ↑ Rise & Fall gallery: Installation project from Younhee Yang Archived 2012-01-10 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 25/03/12
  25. ↑ Exhibition: Personally political - Contemporary sensation, accessed 26/03/12