Ipkyu Jang
- About
- Ipkyu Jang was born in Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi-do, in 1984. He graduated from the Department of Environmental Sculpture at the University of Seoul in 2010 before studying fine art at Kunstakademie Duesseldorf in Germany, where he earned his Diplom and Meisterschüeler under the guidance of Professor Marcel Odenbach in 2017. The predominant materials and subject matter for Jang’s works stem from his individual observations of everyday objects, spaces, and occurrences. Unleashing his unique imagination, the artist defamiliarizes these elements, evoking new visual perspectives and crafting ironic situations or artworks. By challenging widespread conceptions associated with an object and reinterpreting the dynamic relationships between concepts and ideas, his works invite novel perspectives, flexible ways of thought, and the ongoing conceptual expansion. Jang also approaches his work with a light-hearted seriousness, maintaining an earnest tone without being somber.
- Education
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2017
Kunstakademie Duesseldorf, Meisterschueler (Prof. Marcel Odenbach) -
2017
Kunstakademie Duesseldorf, Akademiebrief(Diplom), Fine Arts, Duesseldorf, Germany -
2010
University of Seoul, BFA, Sculpture, Seoul, Korea
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- Solo Exhibition
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2025
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2024
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2023
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2022
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2022
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2021
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2021
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- Group Exhibition
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2025
the Drawing : Personal Definitions, Seoul Olympic Museum of Arts, Seoul, Korea -
2025
Lands End: The Way to the West, CCN Residency, Taean, Korea -
2025
Blackout, CIAN MUSEUM OF ART, Yeongcheon, Korea -
2025
A City Etched in Time, DAPSIMNI Art Lab, Seoul, Korea -
2024
FRAGMENTED ALGORITHM, Daegu Art Factory, Daegu, Korea -
2024
Flexible Interstices: Shadows of Gaze, Suchang Youth Mansion, Daegu, Korea -
2024
PUBLIC ART NEW HERO, K&L MUSEUM, Gwacheon, Korea -
2023
A small party dress, YEONGDEUNGPO ART SQUARE, Seoul, Korea -
2023
.OBJ, SCHEMA ART MUSEUM, Cheongju, Korea -
2022
UP-CLOSE04, H.art1, Seoul, Korea -
2022
Tinkering with the objects, Wumin Art Center, Cheongju, Korea -
2022
SHOW CON, Osan Museum of Art, Osan, Korea -
2021
the 21st-century optimists, Art Centre Art moment, Seoul, Korea -
2021
Tomorrow‘s art, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea -
2021
Hi! A new Home, Suchang Youth Mansion, Daegu, Korea
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- Other activities
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- Collection
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2024
Art Centre Art moment, Seoul, Korea -
2023
Pyeongtaek City Cultural Foundation, Pyeongtaek, Korea -
2019
Stadtmuseum Deggendorf, Deggendorf, Germany
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Installation/Sculpture
eraser tool(Hidden Command)
2025-
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Installation/Sculpture
paint bucket(Hidden Command)
2025-
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Installation/Sculpture
edited space(floating images)
2024-
- Ipkyu Jang
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Installation/Sculpture
drawing that obeys gravity(brush tool)
2024-
- Ipkyu Jang
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Installation/Sculpture
tangled timeline
2024-
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Installation/Sculpture
blockchain
2023-
- Ipkyu Jang
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Installation/Sculpture
modern tools
2023-
- Ipkyu Jang
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Installation/Sculpture
the chair that no one can sit in
2019-
- Ipkyu Jang
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Installation/Sculpture
delete
2020-
- Ipkyu Jang
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Installation/Sculpture
paint bucket
2020-
- Ipkyu Jang
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Installation/Sculpture
visible and invisible
2022-
- Ipkyu Jang
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Installation/Sculpture
study of layers
2022-
- Ipkyu Jang
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timeline(clock)
2021-
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Installation/Sculpture
reconstruction
2021-
- Ipkyu Jang
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Installation/Sculpture
cut and paste
2021-
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aesthetics of editing
2022-
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Solo Exhibition
Who cut the nose of our cute elephant.
2021-06-15~2021-07-29
CR Collective -
Solo Exhibition
The Human condition
2021-10-02~2021-10-29
Gallery Art Room -
Solo Exhibition
Digilog
2022-01-13~2022-01-23
Cheongju Art Studio -
Solo Exhibition
Installation in progress
2022-10-07~2022-10-23
Incheon Art Platform -
Solo Exhibition
Your happiness can't even make screen blue
2023-05-25~2023-06-24
space xx -
Solo Exhibition
digital lecture
2024-08-03~2024-08-31
Art Centre Art Moment -
Solo Exhibition
Hidden Command
2025-10-16~2025-10-31
CN Gallery