Hyun Jung Jun (b. 1989), currently living and working in Chicago, IL, US

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Education
2019    MFA, Art Theory and Practice, Northwestern University (NU), Evanston, IL
2014    BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Chicago, IL

Current

October 17th – December 20th 2020, Echos In Rain (w/ Emily Endo) @ LVL3, Chicago, IL

August – November 2020 (w/ Cody Tumblin), amarures + supports, curated by Kate Sierzputowski @ Stanley Brown Jewelist, Chicago, IL

January 2020 – , “scry til you know why. “ Curated by meg t. noe @ Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation in Partnership with Chicago Artist Coalition (CAC), Chicago, IL

Upcoming

January 2021, Two person show with Cody Tumblin @ H.G. Inn, Chicago, IL

Recent

September – October  2020, The Pitbull’s Garden @ No Place Gallery X GMO Gallery
October 2020, TUSK x Dream Cake Test Kitchen @ TUSK, Chicago, IL
September 24th  2020, Pandemic Baking Just Got Weirder by Emma Orlow, New York Times (Online & In Print)

August – September 2020, “The Q “ Curated by Suea @ Onground Gallery, Seoul, S.Korea

August 2020, Why Over-the-Top Cakes Have Taken Over Your Instagram Feed by Rebecca Deczynski, domino, Online Article

July 2020, Community Lunch with Hyun Jung Jun and Eric May, Online Program, Mana Contemporary Chicago

April 2020, Gestures in Time: The Work of Hyun Jung Jun by Kerry Cardoza, Newcity, Online Article

March – May 2020, Talk Soup @ Good Naked, Brooklyn, NY

January – February 2020, Drawings, paintings, maybe a sculpture 3 @ EVERYBODY, Chicago, IL

November 2019 – January 2020, Tunnels @ The Drawing Room at Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL

August 2019, friendship cake and candles @ TUSK, Chicago, IL

July – August 2019, Teyo’s Lightshield @ Freshbread Gallery, Chicago IL

May 2019, Artist of the Week, LVL3, Online interview

August 11 – 22, 2018, Alchemy Artist Residency, Price Edward, Ontario, Canada