Soo Yun is an artist from Seoul, Korea and currently working in the Los Angeles area. She received her B.F.A. and M.F.A. from Seoul National University and then received the second M.F.A. from Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, California.
Soo Yun Jun works in the field of paintings, sculptures, video and installation. Wire, felt, thread are often used in her installation works, sometimes together with paintings. Her pieces are deeply related to her personal domestic experiences and she tries to expand them into a universal language. Issues such as surveillance, overstimulation, motherhood and disorientation are permeating most of her recent works.
Anthropomorphizing became a new tactic to Soo Yun’s work. (chrysanthemums that breath, stuffed eyes that can really record what is happening around them, narcissistic ducks looking at mirrors) Soo Yun is interested in the uncanny, switching familiar objects into something unfamiliar.
Also, Soo Yun infantilizes the viewer, trying to distill off impurities and forefront the pure-hearted that almost every grownup seems to have lost while undergoing ordeals or unexpected conditions in their lives. Using cultural references of her native country, Korea, and connecting them with the status quo adds another layer to her works.
Soo Yun Jun works in the field of paintings, sculptures, video and installation. Wire, felt, thread are often used in her installation works, sometimes together with paintings. Her pieces are deeply related to her personal domestic experiences and she tries to expand them into a universal language. Issues such as surveillance, overstimulation, motherhood and disorientation are permeating most of her recent works.
Anthropomorphizing became a new tactic to Soo Yun’s work. (chrysanthemums that breath, stuffed eyes that can really record what is happening around them, narcissistic ducks looking at mirrors) Soo Yun is interested in the uncanny, switching familiar objects into something unfamiliar.
Also, Soo Yun infantilizes the viewer, trying to distill off impurities and forefront the pure-hearted that almost every grownup seems to have lost while undergoing ordeals or unexpected conditions in their lives. Using cultural references of her native country, Korea, and connecting them with the status quo adds another layer to her works.
