Younhee Yang Explained

Younhee Yang
Birth Date:	10 July 1977
Birth Place:	Seoul, South Korea
Nationality:	South Korean
Alma Mater:	Dankook University
Known For:	Painting

Hangul:	양 윤희
Rr:	Yang Yun-hui
Mr:	Yang Yunhŭi

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

Life and work

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 (Korean: 단국대학교) in Cheonan, Korea.Her artist work consists of painting,^[1] Installation art,^[2] Sculpture and Video art.^[3]

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^{[4] [5]} in Seoul, South Korea, the Gong Art Space gallery^[6] in Seoul, South Korea and the DadaPost Galerie^[7] in Berlin, Germany. Besides other art publications,^{[8] [9]} the American sculptor Howard McCalebb published the monograph Silent Pictures, The paintings of Yang YounHee^[10] about Yang's work in 2012.

Yang works as an independent artist and founded the fine art studio Kunstatelier Younhee Yang, Berlin 2009^[11] 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,^[12] where it is located at current. Yang supports international social projects^[13] through her work.

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

Exhibitions (selection)

• 2016: Sprudelwasser , 2016, AMgallery, Germany^[14]
• 2014: Silent Pictures II, 2014, DadaPost Galerie, Berlin, Germany^[15]
• 2013: Photo Op: Photo Opportunity: The Ubiquity of Photography, 2013, DadaPost Galerie, Berlin, Germany^[16]
• 2012: Gasteig Open Video, Gasteig, Munich, Germany^[17]
• 2012: Silent Pictures, DadaPost Galerie, Berlin, Germany^[18]
• 2012: Bilder, Briefe, Noten LXXVI, Autorengalerie 1, Munich, Germany^[19]
• 2012: Bilder, Briefe, Noten LXXIV, Autorengalerie 1, Munich, Germany
• 2011: Gasteig Open Video, Gasteig, Munich, Germany^[20]
• 2011: Imaginative fairytale, Gong Art Space Gallery, Seoul, South Korea^[21]
• 2010: Gasteig Open Video, Gasteig, Munich, Germany^[22]
• 2010: 14th Art Exhibition: Unification of Korea, Korean Broadcasting and Advertisement Museum, Seoul, South Korea
• 2010: Scope Miami Artfair, Miami, USA
• 2010: Youth Cult, DadaPost Galerie, Berlin, Germany
• 2010: Mit den Augen der Anderen, Galerie Magnificat, Berlin, Germany^[23]
• 2009: Rise & Fall, BOA Life LLC, travelling exhibition, United States^[24]
• 2009: Personally Political – Contemporary Sensation, Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin, Germany^[25]
• 2008: Imagination and Reality, International Academy for Fine Arts Salzburg, Hallein, Austria
• 2005: Threaded, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery, Parsons, New York City, NY, USA
• 2004: Obsession, Arnold and Sheila Aronson Gallery, Parsons, New York City, NY, USA

Literature

• Lemonidou, Eve (2010), International Contemporary Artists, Vol. 1, TCA Publishing, 2010,
• Tunberg, Despina (2011), International Dictionary of Artists, World Wide Art Books, 2011,
• McCalebb, Howard (2012), Silent Pictures: The Paintings of YounHee Yang, BOD,
• McCalebb, Howard (2013), Autobiography as Critique, DadaPost,

Notes and References

1. http://www.dina4.org.es/artistas/fichas/artista_0472.html Project Din A4: Younhee Yang
2. http://www.rise-fall.com/gallery/ Rise & Fall gallery: Installation project
3. http://www.gasteig.de/media/uploads/projekt/gasteig/pdf/GOV_Final_Playlist_161208.pdf Playlist Gasteig Open Video
4. McCalebb 2012
5. http://admuseum.kobaco.co.kr/IN/index.jsp Korean Broadcasting and Advertisement Museum
6. http://www.gongartspace.com/html/exhi_01infor.asp?ehb_idx=19&mode=P Exhibition "imaginative fairytale" by Younhee Yang
7. http://www.dadapost.com/index.php?/2009/past/ Previous exhibitions DadaPost gallery
8. Tunberg 2011
9. Lemonidou 2010
10. http://d-nb.info/1025519833/34 German National Library: New Publications Listing
11. http://www.yangyounhee.com Fine Art Studio Younhee Yang, Berlin
12. https://amplanner.com/ Location Kunstatelier Younhee Yang, Berlin
13. http://artandprison.de/cms0/de/index.php?s=1113&name=contributions_asia Art and Prison eV. Younhee Yang
14. http://amplanner3.tumblr.com/ Exhibition planner AMgallery
15. http://www.dadapost.com DadaPost Gallery Berlin
16. http://www.dadapost.com DadaPost Gallery Berlin
17. http://www.gasteig.de/veranstaltungen-und-tickets/veranstaltungen/gasteig-open-video-festival.html,v20270 Information on Gasteig Open Video
18. http://www.dadapost.com DadaPost Gallery Berlin
19. http://www.autorengalerie1-muenchen.de/ Homepage Autorengalerie 1
20. http://www.gasteig.de/veranstaltungen-und-tickets/veranstaltungen/gasteig-open-video.html,v14483 Gasteig Open Video 2011
21. http://www.gongartspace.com/html/exhi_01infor.asp?ehb_idx=19&mode=P Imaginative fairytale, Gong Art Space
22. http://www.gasteig.de/media/uploads/projekt/gasteig/docs/presse/pdfs/gasteig-open-video.pdf Press release Gasteig Open Video
23. http://www.artandprison.de/cms0/de/index.php?s=20&name=press Winners of the art-contest 2009 Younhee Yang
24. http://www.rise-fall.com/gallery/ Rise & Fall gallery: Installation project from Younhee Yang
25. http://super.tacheles.de/cms/new_site/abfrag3_detail.php?id=726 Exhibition: Personally political - Contemporary sensation