South Korean artist Jeong Han Yun is a rising star in the contemporary art world. He states that he “feels his heart beat when Dak trees are found and is appetized when the barks are peeled off.” When they are steamed, he says his “taste buds get erect; the buds detect the smell of soil and porridge.” Such is the sensual and psychological connection that he feels to the material from which he makes his art. The papers made by his body and hands deliver composure and inerasable impressions.

The handmade papers are non-toxic and provide endless inspirations in both two and three-dimensional form. Jeong’s feelings, thoughts and movements are stored in the cellulose of the barks. He says the fibers are his genes and DNA, and that his very self is stored in the paper and “cloned” to his artworks. Through numerous experiments and trials, Jeong has fused Asian and Western papermaking techniques and refined them to create delicate and sophisticated images. These works call the viewer into an intimate connection with the timeless essence of the natural world.

EDUCATION
2008 Master of Fine Arts, Printmaking, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
1994 Master of Fine Arts, Painting, Kemyung University, South Korea
1985 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting, Kemyung University, South Korea

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Rogue Gallery, Medford, OR
2009 Lawrence Gallery, Portland, OR
2008 Gallery 79, New Montgomery San Francisco, CA
2004 Museum of Asian Art in Malaya University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
-- First Christian Wakefield Hall, OR
2003 Etienne de causans, Paris, France
-- Maroo Gallery, South Korea
2002 Culture center, Taegu, South Korea
2001 Sungsan Art Hall, Changwon, South Korea
2000 Sungsan Art Hall, Changwon, South Korea
-- Gallery Water sound, Woolsan, South Korea
1999 East-West Gallery, Masan, South Korea
1998 Culture center, Ulsan, South Korea
-- Hiroshima Hyenmin gallery, Japan
1996 Doll Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
1994 Dangong Gallery, Taegu, South Korea
1992 Culture center, Miryang, South Korea
1990 Taeback Gallery, Taegu, South Korea

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 95th Annual CSP Membership Exhibition, Part One, Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, CA
-- Juried Loyola University Chicago Print Biennial, Crown Center Gallery, Chicago, IL
-- Ashland Print Fair , Pioneer Hall, OR
-- Juried Annual Spring Show, 601 Brannan St Academy of Art University, CA
-- Juried Fine Art Show, 79 Gallery, San Francisco, CA`
-- CSP New Members Show, Jewish Community Center, Berkeley. CA
-- 94th Annual CSP Membership Exhibition, Pacific Grove Art Center Gill and Boyer Galleries, CA
2007 Juried Art Salon, 921 Englewood Lane Plano, TX
-- Annual Spring Show, 601 Brannan St, Academy of Art University, CA
-- Juried ‘Passage’ Exhibition, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, VA
-- Juried ‘11th annual Lines into Shapes’, Art Center of East Park, CO
-- Juried ‘A Great Awakening Exhibition’, Rhonda Schaller Studio, New York
-- Juried Small Rays of Hope and Fragments of a Larger Idea, Rhonda Schaller Studio, NY
-- 79 New Montgomery Gallery, San Francisco
2004 Young-Ho nam exchange, Gagopa gallery, Masan, South Korea
2003 Kyungnam state Artists Association, Gagopa gallery, Masan, South Korea
2002 New plastic art association, Teague, Seoul, Kyungju, South Korea
2000 Adieu 2000, Seongsan Art Hall, Changwon, South Korea
1997 Korea-Hirosihima Exchange, Hynmin gallery, Hirosihima, Japan
-- Korea-Japan Exchange, K-gallery (Mihara), 千代田 gallery (Tokyo), Japan
1996 Korea-Japan-Taiwan Exchange, Taiwan
1995 DMZ, Yein gallery, Masan, South Korea
-- Teagu International Biennale, Culture Center, South Korea
1993 Incount, Culture Center, Teagu, South Korea
-- ’93 Kyungnam Art section, Yeain gallery, Masan, South Korea
-- Korea-Japan Western, State Art museum, Fukuoka, Japan
1992 Imaginary Languages, Space129, Teagu, South Korea
-- Kyungnam Modern Artists Association, Jinjoo, Woolsan, Masan, South Korea
-- 3-D works of 7 Artists, Dada Gallery, Busan, South Korea
-- Suwon International Sympathetic, Culture Center, Suwon, South Korea
1991 Jenwon gallery, Yangpyeng, South Korea
1990 Seoul Contemporary Art Festival, Culture Center, South Korea
-- Southern Contemporary Art Festival, Teajeon, Jejoo, South Korea
1989 Three Artists Exhibition, Miryang Art center, South Korea

SELECTED AWARDS
2008 Faculty Choice Award, Annual Spring show, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2007 Merit award, Second Place, Abstract EXPOsure
-- Faculty Choice Award, Annual Spring show in Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2007 Special Recognition, 9th Annual Juried Abstraction International, Upstream People Gallery, Omaha, NE
2006 Special Recognition, 6th Annual Summer All Media International, Upstream People Gallery, Omaha, NE
1991 Special award, Kyungnam State Juried Art Exhibition, South Korea
1990 Selected award, Art World Magazine Juried Exhibition, South Korea
1984 Encourage award, SINZO Association Juried art Exhibition, South Korea
1983 Special award, National United Universities Juried Exhibition, South Korea

COLLECTIONS
Malaya University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Miryang City Court, Miryang, Korea
Miryang City Hall, Miryang, Korea
Miryang South Agricultural Cooperative Association