Updated March 2010

Born in 1971 in Seoul, Korea
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany and Seoul, Korea

1994 B.F.A. Seoul National University, Fine Arts College in Seoul, Korea
1997 Exchange program grant, Cooper Union in New York, USA
1999 Meisterschüler in Städelschule Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Selected solo shows and projects

2010
(Upcoming) Galerie Barbara Wien Wilma Lukatsch, Berlin, Germany
(Upcoming) Artsonje Center, Seoul, Korea

2009
Condensation, Korean Pavilion, 53rd Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy *
Haegue Yang – Integrity of the Insider, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA *

2008
Symmetric Inequality, Sala Rekalde, Bilbao, Spain *
Asymmetric Equality, Redcat, Los Angeles, USA *
Siblings and Twins, Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany *
Baloîse Prize, Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Lethal Love, Cubitt, London, England

2007
Unpacking Storage Piece, Haubrokshows, Berlin, Germany *
Foxed in the Forest, Dépendance, Brussels, Belgium
Remote Room, Galerie Barbara Wien, Berlin, Germany
Seven Basel Lights, Basel Statement with Galerie Barbara Wien, Basel, Switzerland *

2006
Sadong 30, Incheon, Korea *
Unevenly, BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht, The Netherlands *

2005
Cremer Prize, Westfälisches Landesmuseum, Münster, Germany

2004
Kasse, Shop, Kino und Weiteres, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, Germany *
Unfolding, Dépendance, Brussels, Belgium
Storage Piece, Lawrence O'Hana Gallery, London, England
Unfolding Places, Galerie Barbara Wien, Berlin, Germany

2003
Unrealistic to Generalize, Public> , Paris, France

2002
Air and Water, Dresdner Bank, Frankfurt/M., Germany *

2001
Sonderfarben, Kommunale Galerie, Darmstadt, Germany *

2000
Lacquer Paintings 2000, Galerie Barbara Wien, Berlin, Germany
Blue Meadow – Colourful Language, Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt/M., Germany

1999
Hamburgefonstiv, 1822 Forum der Frankfurter Sparkasse, Frankfurt/M., Germany *

1995
rraum, Frankfurt/M., Germany

Selected group shows and projects

2010
Self as disappearance, Centre d'art contemporain - La Synagogue de Delme, Delme, France
Monument to Transformation, Montehermoso Cultural Center, Vitoria, Spain
Intro Motion Ditch, Art Sheffield, S1 Artspace, Sheffield, UK
Open Light in Private Spaces, Biennale for International Light Art, Ruhr, Germany
After Architects, Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland
(Upcoming) squatting: erinnern, vergessen, besetzen (squatting: remembering, forgetting and occupying),
Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin, Germany
(Upcoming) The New Décor, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
(Upcoming) Greene Naftali Gallery

2009
Making Worlds, 53rd International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale, Italy *
Monument to Transformation, City Gallery Prague, Czech Republic
Pop Up!/Meta-Pop, Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany
Assume Nothing: New Social Practice, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Canada
Everything, then, passes between us, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
Your Bright Future: 12 Korean Artists, Los Angeles, LACMA and Museum of Fine Arts,
Houston, Freer Sackler in Washington, D.C., USA *
Sequelism. Episode 3: Possible, Probable or Preferable Futures, Arnolfini, Bristol, UK
Transparent Layers, Alte Fabrik, Rapperswil, Switzerland
From the Gathering, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

2008
If we can’t get it together, The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada
27 November – 21 January 2009, Dépendance, Brussels, Belgium
50 Moons of Saturn, 2nd Turin Triennial, Turin, Italy *
The Twentyfirst, Silvershed, New York, USA
The 3rd Guangzhou Triennial, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Eurasia. Geographic cross-overs in Art, Mart Rovereto, Rovereto (Trento), Italy *
Pontos de Vista, Galeria Mata, Inhotim, Brumadinho, MG, Brasil
The Krautcho Club / In and Out of place, Forgotten Bar Project, Berlin, Germany; Project Space 176, London, England
Art 39 Basel, Haegue Yang and Jimmie Durham with Gallery Barbara Wien, Basel, Switzerland *
Less, Haubrokshows, Berlin, Germany
Life On Mars, the 55th Carnegie International, Pittsburgh, USA *
Der grosse Wurf: Faltungen in der Gegenwartskunst (Falling right into Place: The Fold in Contemporary Art), Museum Haus Lange, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld, Germany *
Global Eurasia, Art Cologne, Germany *
Too Early For Vacation, e v+ a, Limerick, Ireland *
Run Run, Collins Gallery, commissioned by Glasgow International, Glasgow, Scotland
On That Which Remains, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Germany
Interfacing Practices, Galerie Magnus Mueller, Berlin, Germany
Freunde und Bekannte (Friends and Acquaintances), Sparwasser HQ, Berlin, Germany
Wessen Geschichte (Whose History), Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany

2007
Anyang Public Art Project (APAP), Anyang, Korea *
If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your Revolution, Episode IV: Feminist Legacies and Potentials in Contemporary Practice, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen (MuHKA), Belgium *
Tomorrow, Artsonje Center & Kumho Museum, Seoul, Korea *
Brave New Worlds, Art Center, Minneapolis, USA; La Coleccion Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico *
Micro-Narratives, 48th October Salon, Belgrade, Serbia *
Virtuoso Interpretor – Formalismus als Formalismuskritik, Cluster, Berlin, Germany
re-dis-play | Nicht-Kunst-Sammlungen von Künstlern und Kuratoren, Kunstverein, Heidelberg, Germany
Flash Cube, Leeum, Seoul, Korea *
Imagine Action, Lisson Gallery, London, England
Made in germany, Kestnergesellschaft, Sprengel Museum and Kunstverein Hannover, Germany *
Prague Biennale 3, Prague, Czech *
Brennschluss, Galerie Andreas Huber, Vienna, Austria
Kunstpreis Böttcherstrasse 2007, Kunsthalle, Bremen, Germany *
Mandla Reuter, Haegue Yang, Flaca, London, Great Britain
Dépendance at Galerie Neu, Galerie Neu, Berlin, Germany
Models for Tomorrow: Cologne, Europäische Kunsthalle, Cologne, Germany *
Stadtansichten: Seoul, ifa-Galerie, Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, Stuttgart; Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, Berlin, Germany *

2006
Personal Affairs – New Forms of Intimacy, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany *
If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your Revolution, Episode II: Feminist Legacies and Potentials in Contemporary Practice, de Appel, Amsterdam, Netherlands *
Como Viver Junto (How to Live Together), São Paulo Biennale, Brazil *
Pigment Piano Marble, Maipú, Buenos Aires, Argentina *
Political Design, Design of Politics, Zero One Design Centre, Seoul, Korea

2005
Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie (Center for Art and Media), Karlsruhe, Germany
Punkt und Linie, Fläche und Raum, Zeichnung Heute, Overbeck-Gesellschaft, Lübeck, Germany
Schnur im Nebel, Doppelzimmer, Giessen, Germany

2004
Chasm, 3rd Busan Biennale, Busan, Korea *
A Grain of Dust a Drop of water, 5th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea *
This is not a Love Letter, Maronnier Museum, Seoul, Korea
Black friday: Exercises in Hermetics, Galerie Kamm, Berlin, Germany
XS: An Invitational Exhibition, fa projects, London, England
Mix Max, Artsonje Center, Seoul, Korea *
Document, Seoul Metropolitan Museum of Arts, Seoul, Korea *
Steaming away from the Places, Sangmyung University Museum, Seoul, Korea *

2003
Hermès Korea Missulsang for Contemporary Korean Art, Artsonje Center, Seoul, Korea *
Facing: Korean Contemporary Art 2003, de Appel, Amsterdam, Netherlands *
From Dusk to Dusk: International Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark *
Tower of Babylon, Landesmuseum Mainz, Germany

2002
The Fall, Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen
We ‘re not going to give you pleasure, G29, Cardiff, England *
Kunst und Technik, Kunstverein, Mannheim, Germany *
Cité des Ondes, Cienquième Manifestation internationale vidéo et art èlectronique, Champ Libre,
Montreal, Canada *
40 jahre: Fluxus und die Folgen, Wiesbadener Kunstsommer, Wiesbaden, Germany *
Manifesta 4, European Biennial of Contemporary Art, Frankfurt/M., Germany *
P_A_U_S_E, 4th Gwangju Biennale, Korea*
Blink, Artsonje Center, Seoul, Korea *
New tendencies in korean Art: Paradise Among Us, Arts Council Korea ( formerly: Korean Culture & Arts Foundation), Seoul, Korea *
Subtiles elegances, La Galerie, Centre d’art contemporain, Noisy-le-Sec, France *
Ssamzie Studio 3, Ssamzie Space, Seoul, Korea *

2001
Richard-Meier-Avenue, KunstPraxis, Siemens Arts Program, Munich, Germany
We ‘re not going to give you pleasure, rraum 02, Frankfurt/M., Germany; Galerie Art & Essai, Rennes, France; Protoacademy, Edinburgh, Scotland
VIP Union, VIP Lounge, 6th Art Forum Berlin, Germany *
Tirana Biennale 1: Escape, Tirana, Albania *
1 Site - 2 Places, project room, Galerie der Stadt Sindelfingen, Germany
Zu Gast (Being A Guest), Bellevue Saal, Wiesbaden, Germany
Frankfurter Kreuz: Transformationen des Alltäglichen in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt/M., Germany *
Invisible Touch, Artsonje Center, Seoul, Korea *
Lunchtime of necktie Force, Posco Museum, Seoul, Korea *

2000
Bejahung und Verneinung (Affirmation and Negation), Galerie Kolster, Frankfurt/M., Germany
Frankfurter Schule 2000, Glasgow, Scotland
Anno Zero, Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, Italy
Kunstraum München, Munich, Germany
Art or Design, Seoul Arts Center, Korea *

1999
Support on Paper, Galerie Kolster, Frankfurt/M., Germany

1998
Seoul in Media: Food, Clothing, Shelter, Seoul Metropolitan Museum of Arts, Seoul, Korea *
Stuttgart, 17.7.1956 – Salem (Wis.)/USA, 3.3.1977, Portikus, Frankfurt/M., Germany *
Where I Am, Lisbon World Exposition, Galeria Municipal da Mitra, Lisbon, Portugal

* Catalogue

Residency and Art Prizes

2007
Baloise Art Prize, Art Statements, Art 38 Basel, Switzerland

2006
Residency in Research, BAK, basis voor actuele kunst in Utrecht & HKU, Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

2003
Trans_2002-2003, Akiyoshodai International Artist Village, Yamaguchi, Japan
Studio grant at the Delfina Studio Trust, London

2002
Studio grant of Hessische Kulturstiftung in Cite des Arts, Paris

2001
Maria-Sibylla-Merian-Prize, Hessisches Ministerium für Kunst und Wissenschaft

2000
Charlotte-Prinz-Studio Grant of Kulturamt Darmstadt

1999
Artist Residency, Cittadellarte- Fondazione Pistoletto in Biella, Italien



Workshops, Lectures and Conferences

2007
Artist Talk, Jan Van Eyck Academy, Maastrich, Netherlands

2006
“Blind Encounter-Blind Date” lecture and presentation at the Hannover Kunstverein, Germany
“Speaking of Others”, Lecture at the Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany
“Atelierbesuch im Kunstverein” Lecture at the Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany
“Slow: Motion”, hosted by Akiyoshidai Artist Village, Yamaguchi, Japan
“Cork Caucus”, Conceived by Annie Fletcher, Charles Esche and Art/No Art and hosted by Sculpture Factory, Cork, Ireland

2005
"We rule the school- Conversations and Research", San Sebastian, Spain
Conceived by Leire Vergara and Peio Aguirre and hosted by Arteleku

2003
"Summit", Conceived by Clémentine Deliss, Santiago Eraso, Franck Larcade and Hinrich Sachs
at Miramar Palace, Arteleku and the city of Donostia, San Sebastian, Spain

Current cv of Haegue Yang to download

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