In Kyoung Chun
Blank and Cold Coffee Corner offers a brief glimpse into In Kyoung Chun’s daily life in and around her studio. The installation loosely expresses the artist’s activities, such as eating, talking, reading, making, and even doing nothing, taking place in this private corner.
The corner is an essential space where In Kyoung can process her thoughts, behaviors, and events in a natural and intimate way. Using visual cues from the drawings and sculptures, this installation seeks to share the energy and meaning that the corner provides to In Kyoung, who, in turn, wants to share with her audience.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Born in Seoul, South Korea, In Kyoung Chun is a painter living in Atlanta, Georgia. Chun’s recent solo exhibitions include The New Gallery of Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN; Sumter County Gallery, Sumter, SC; HiLo Press of Atlanta, GA; Blue Heron Nature Preserve of Atlanta, GA.
Her two-person and group exhibitions were lately at Spruill Gallery, Atlanta, GA; Litang Gallery, New York, NY; Mary Byrd Gallery, Augusta, GA; Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA; The MoCA Ga, Atlanta, GA; Wofford College Arts Center, Spartanburg, SC; Reeves House, Woodstock, GA; ArtFilelds, Lake City, SC; Yi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; Project Art Space, New York, NY.
Her work has been included to its permanent collection of the Goat Farm Arts Center of Atlanta, High Museum of Art, the City of Atlanta Mayors Office of Cultural Affairs, Fulton County Public Library of Atlanta and numerous private collections. Chun’s public art ‘Rainbow Gateway: Saekdong’ was showcased at the Peachtree Center Plaza in downtown Atlanta. Another her sculpture Blue Gate was showcased at Emory University of Atlanta and then it was installed at the Industrial City Plaza of Brooklyn, New York in 2023. This year, Blue Gate became a part of its permanent collections of the Goat Farm Arts Center, which fully funded creating the sculpture in the year of 2015.
Chun was a finalist of the Edge Award 2023 at Swan Coach House of Atlanta and completed her studio artist residency at the Atlanta Contemporary recently. In May of 2024, she will attend the Virginia Center for Creative Arts’ Residency at le Moulin a Nef, Auvillar, France.