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Oh Jong (b. 1981) creates site-specific sculptures using thin threads, wire, iron rods, and pencil lines. By working with minimal materials and intervention, he brings the physicality of space into his works, encouraging a reappraisal of objects and the spaces surrounding them. Referred to as "drawings," Oh's sculptures are constructed from barely noticeable materials, interacting with existing architectural elements such as corners, windows, and protruding columns in the exhibition space. The faint lines and surfaces that cut across the three-dimensional space catch light, casting shadows that give the works a fictional sense of three-dimensionality. As viewers slowly walk around the works and through the spaces in between, they are given the chance to phenomenologically experience the embedded visual illusions. Through this, Oh seeks to explore how his work can be understood as a kind of visual poetry, conveying a formal narrative.
After graduating from the Department of Sculpture at Hongik University, Oh completed his MA at the School of Visual Arts in New York. He has held solo exhibitions in Korea, the United States, and Spain at venues including Timothy Hawkinson Gallery, Los Angeles (2023); Sabrina Amrani Gallery, Madrid (2023, 2019, 2018); One and J Gallery, Seoul (2022); and Doosan Gallery, Seoul (2021). He has also exhibited at Marc Straus Gallery, New York (2021, 2019, 2018, 2016, 2013).
Notable group exhibits include A Place Between Rhythm and Rhythm at Choi Man Lin Museum, Seoul (2023); The Snark: Suddenly Vanishing Away at Gallery 2, Seoul (2021); SongEun Art Awards at SongEun ArtSpace, Seoul (2020); How We Live at Hudson Valley MoCA, New York (2019); Point Counter Point at Art Sonje Center, Seoul (2018); and Depot at Galerie Jochen Hempel, Leipzig (2018).
Oh Jong (b.1981) creates site-specific sculptures using thin thread, wire, metal rods, and pencil lines. With minimal materials and intervention, the artist attempts to bring the physicality of space into her work, causing the viewer to rethink the object and the space surrounding it. Her sculptures, which she refers to as "drawings," are stacked with materials that have a faint presence and interact with existing architectural elements such as corners, windows, and protruding columns in the exhibition space that pierce the void within the work. The pale lines and planes that traverse the three-dimensional space catch the light, casting shadows and acquiring a fictitious three-dimensionality, and the viewer is invited to walk slowly through the work and the spaces that fill in between, phenomenologically experiencing the three-dimensional visual illusions planted here and there. By doing so, the artist aims to explore the way her work is received as a visual poem that conveys a kind of formal narrative.
She graduated from Hongik University with a BFA in Sculpture and received her MFA from the School of Visual Art, New York. She has had solo exhibitions in Korea, the United States, and Spain, including Thimothy Hawkinson Gallery, Los Angeles (2023); Sabrina Amrani Gallery, Madrid (2023, 2019, 2018); One&J Gallery, Seoul (2022); Doosan Gallery, Seoul (2021); and Marc Straus Gallery, New York (2021, 2019, 2019, 2106, 2013). Major group exhibitions include "Rhythms in Between," Choi Manlin Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea (2023); "Snark: Things That Disappear the Moment You Grab Them," Gallery 2, Seoul, Korea (2021); "Song Eun Art Grand Prize Exhibition," Song Eun Art Space, Seoul, Korea (2020); "How We Live," Hudson Valley MOCA, New York, NY (2019); "Point Counter Point," Art Sunjae Center, Seoul, Korea (2018); and "Depot," Jochen Hempel Gallery, Leipzig, Germany (2018).