Yunkyoung Cho
Artist Statement:
Chaekgeori refers to a unique genre of Korean painting that proliferated in the Joseon era (1392-1910), depicting books and other assorted items. Literally translated as “books and things, “the genre originated from court paintings but the paintings were later widely enjoyed by the public, as they came to be regarded as Minhwa, which refers to folk painting. Chaekgeori as a genre began to develop during the reign of King Jeongjo, the 22nd king of Joseon, who ruled the country from 1776 to 1800.
This project I'm currently working on is a series of artwork that takes the traditional 'Chaekgeori' composition and restructures it into a modern Chaekgeori, which is a work that embodies the daily trajectories of everyday life in textiles. I came up with chaekgeori because it perfectly shows the human desires of the time depicting some things or stuff that people of that time cherished. My work can represent my daily life and also someone else's. Through my work, I want the audience to observe and remember the records of time and the stories of others.
Artist Bio:
Yunkyoung Cho is a textile, fiber, installation, and mixed media artist based in the Maryland area. She has dedicated her life expressing beauty in physical form carefully designed with aesthetic, technical, and symbolic aspects. Her work, including textile, mixed media, and fiber installations, has been exhibited widely throughout New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington D.C., Virginia, Minnesota, Texas, South Korea. She has attended residencies at Franconia Sculpture Park, The Spruce Art, and Vermont Studio Center. She was selected for the Fellowship 2020 at the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, VT and was nominated the Teaching Fellowships at AICAD and MFA Fellowship in Painting and Sculpture at The Dedalus Foundation. Cho received an MFA in Rinehart Sculpture program from Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore, Maryland in May 2020.
Cho is currently a member artist in Flat File Program 2021 at ICA Baltimore and Washington Sculptors Group.
Image: Pandemic, Korean silk, fabric, leather, yarn, wire, 2020-2021