A new place can be unfamiliar and odd. But even the most distant place often tells a relatable story between people and the artifacts they keep close in their life. It is such stories that inspire Hye-Ryung CHUNG. She immerses herself in surroundings that are unusual to her; observes how the residents remember daily object they kept close in the past; and reflects the characteristics of its material and exhibition space in her work.

Hye-Ryung collects obsolete artifacts and use them to create installation artwork. The objects can be disassembled or burnt into ashes, then the parts or ashes will be used to build a memorial that celebrates and consoles the meaning that the objects conveyed to people’s everyday lives.

Using abandoned objects to compose artwork is how Hye-Ryung triggers the audience to project their memory and emotion about those artifacts to her re-creation: How they felt while using those objects, what they had in mind when they left them behind, and how such decision has impacted the nature and their own environment.

Born in Seoul, KOREA, 1974

Solo Exhibitions:

2018

“The trace of the memory”, Sanbanzo Gallery, Gawagoe, Japan

2013

“The words from abandoned things”, Gallery YUME, Tokyo, Japan

2011

“A Monument of vanished village: in Banqiao”, 435 Artist Village, Taiwan
“The words from abandoned thing”, Open space Bae, Pusan, Korea

2007

“I remember”, Young Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2006

“I remember”, Incheon Educational and Culture Center, Incheon, Korea

2001

“Installation Exhibition”, Janghung Total Museum, Janghung, Korea
“Studying the Space”, Eve Gallery, Seoul, Korea

1999

“Invisible Space”, Kwanhun Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2019

“Shuttle Run”, by group Sagong-tolk, Seoul, Korea
Baggat Art Open-air Exhibition, Buk-han-riverside, Yanggeon island, Korea
Baggat Art Open-air Exhibition, Buk-han-riverside, Yangsuri, Korea

2018

International Open-air Expression, Tokyo Denki University, Saitama, Japan
Installation Group Magam News: Now here, Seoho Art Museum, Namyangju, Korea
Finding Art in Hakui Stream, by Moontok, Anyang, Korea
Moments in Bliss, Lake Art Museum, Pyungteak, Korea
Baggat Art Open-air Exhibition, Buk-han-riverside, Yangsuri, Korea

2017

Installation Group Magam News: Bloom the flower of salt, Si-Island, Korea
Global Nomadic Project-Lithuania: Tree of Life, Lithuania
Looking deep into the nature, Seoho Art Museum, Namyangju, Korea

2016

Empty Dream, Namsan Traditional Village, Seoul, Korea
Archive Exhibition, Open space BAE, Pusan, Korea

2015

Baggat Art Exhibition: The Fence, new boundary, Seoul Grand Park Zoo, Korea
Gangwon Environment Art Exhibition, Hongchun, Korea

2014

Art - Nature Symposium, Gabrovst, Bulgaria
Peace Festival at closed USA army camp, Meahyangri, Korea
Baggat Art Festival at Gapyung Stream, Gapyung, Korea
Global Nomadic Project-Korea by YATOO Group, 10 cities of Korea