----- Jang Sun A -----

ABOUT

Jang is unique in that despite her formal art education 

she shows no discernible evidence of institutional learning to that effect. Indeed, 

looking at her wide variety of work done so far, we might just as well call her “self-taught.” 

This is not so much “naïve” art as they call it in some circle as the sense that 

she is unclassifiable according to existing academic categories. 

At the risk of oversimplifying things we might also gingerly suggest the word “intuitive” 

to describe her manner of working. 

Another expression that comes to mind is “a force of nature,” 

which goes some way toward characterizing a good deal o

f her performances and site-specific installation work. 

Her latest work is painting. This took many of us who know her by surprise, because 

1) this was nearly the first time she had taken up painting since her graduation ten years ago, and because 

2) she had made a real breakthrough in this medium. 

Here, again, we might note her “self-taught” approach; 

her paintings are marvelously alive because they are free of any clichéd image or pattern whatsoever; 

and the final results are completely her own and original. 

She will continue exploring this medium for a while, we are told, to our delight.

EDUCATION 

2005    MFA Hongik University, Seoul, Korea

2003    BFA  Hannam University, Daejeon, Korea

SELECT WORKS

2015    The Fertile Crescent Field: A Greenhouse Project, Paju

2014    Moving Triennale, Busan

2013    Sapphire, A Jet-Black Paradise: A Cave Project, Seoul

            Soft Fossils: A Granary Project, Samnye

            Feminism: A White Paper on Joseon Girls, Gimhae Cultural Center, Gimhae

            Psyche: Temperature of the Senses, Gallery aHsh, Paju

2012     Bed Scene: Home of the Artist, Seoul

            Heat Island: Grafolio

Dec 2010-Nov 2011    kt Olleh Online Live Project

2010     Hi Seoul Festival

             Songzhuang Art Festival, Beijing

2009     Glass Mask, DMC Gallery, Seoul

            All Different, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai

2007     Snow White’s Pink Thorn, Dukwon Gallery, Seoul

2005     Out of Focus, ARTSIDE Gallery, Seoul