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Effective January 1: Masks are Optional in VisArts’ Classrooms and Studios
I was born and raised in South Korea before immigrating to the United States of America. I am constantly reminded of how it feels to exist between two polarizing worlds.
Transitioning between traditional Korean art and wholly contemporary subjects and methods embraced within that in-between space, I often find a sense of spirituality and a great source of creativity.
My earlier work shows rich layers of color. Inside the visual space of the picture, the line can exist absolutely as its own epitome.
At the same time, my idiosyncratic approach and nod toward Western formalism are also entirely modern in tone.
Moving to another country and having to take on and adapt to a different culture and lifestyle can also impact personal identity.
I explore this aspect of hybrid identity, which I investigate through my mask projects—layering compositions of polymer clay and found objects to create art, transforming something that already has an identity into something else—and that something else, in turn, influences others.
Ju Yun combines motifs and techniques from her native Korea with threads from Western pop cultural imagery and material. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from the Corcoran College of Art and Design. She is a mixed-media and installation artist. She has exhibited in the U.S. and abroad, including recent solo exhibits at Art Expo (New York, NY), the Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington, and the Susquehanna Art Museum (Harrisburg, PA). Recently, she had a six-month-long solo exhibition at the Springfield Museum of Art in Ohio.
She has participated in numerous group shows and juried museum exhibitions at venues including the Marin Museum of Contemporary Art (Marin, CA), the Taubman Museum of Art (Roanoke, VA), the William King Museum of Art (Abingdon, VA), and CICA Museum in South Korea. Most recently, she was selected for the Made in VA Biennial 2024 at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art. She lives and works in Chantilly, Virginia.
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