JUDY CHUNG
Judy Chung was born on September 11, 1990 in Seoul, South Korea. She earned her BFA from Pratt Institute in 2013 and her MFA from Columbia University in 2018. Chung has been exhibited in group shows at Tatjana Pieters Gallery, Belgium; Miriam Gallery, NY; and Mom’s Gallery, NY. She has also contributed to publications including DATEAGLE ART, New American Paintings, and Elastic Magazine. She currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
Artist Statement:
“In my process, I invent characters and place them in complex narratives. Through the characters, I transport myself into multiple personalities, timelines, and situations. Fracturing into different personas grants me the opportunity to gain better clarity of the world I live in.
I use my own personal experiences as a starting point, which I then distort and re imagine using references ranging from art history and literature to pop culture and contemporary media, such as neoclassical art, kitsch, and kawaii.
The situations my characters find themselves in are often unsettling, but are never too serious or realistic. Incorporating humor and a sense of play prevents the work from getting overly sentimental, and helps me keep the distance necessary in critically approaching the work.”
JUDY’S LIST
BOOKS
The Wonderful Garden: or The Three C.'s by Edith Nesbit
The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
The Brutality of Fact: Interviews with Francis Bacon by David Sylvester
Demian by Hermann Hesse
Paradise Lost by John Milton
