Seungwon Jung
Seungwon Jung, Ductile Deformation (Detail), Hand knotted tapestry based on digitally generated pattern, 2021. Courtesy: Seungwon Jung.
Seungwon Jung (b.1992, Seoul) is an artist based in London. She is interested in how our perception situates time in relation to space. Her practice includes sculptural fabric works and photographs transformed into a wide range of textiles and traverses installation, sculpture and photography. She is also interested in the intersections at which coding and digital language meets craft and more traditional processes.
After receiving her BFA from Chung-Ang University, South Korea in Photography, she relocated to London where she achieved an MFA in Fine Art Media from the Slade School of Fine Art.
She is the recipient of several awards including The Photographers’ Gallery New Talent Award and The Museum of Photography, Seoul Talent Portfolio. She has exhibited her work internationally in the UK, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan and recently exhibited at the Korean Cultural Centre UK, London, The Museum of Photography, Seoul and The Photographers’ Gallery, London.
Workshop with Ikon Youth Programme, 2023. Photo: Emily Gardner
While Developing Coventry Biennial 2023 Seungwon has been working with members of the Ikon Youth Programme to explore some of the ideas, materials and processes that she uses in her practice.
This project is co-created with Ikon Youth Programme on Slow Boat, supported by Freelands Foundation.
