bio
Juntae TeeJay Hwang blends video, performance, painting, and sculpture in his ongoing exploration of expectations, miscommunications, value, and purpose.
He received his BA from Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London, UK, and completed his MFA at Columbia University in the City of New York. His work has been featured in exhibitions at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Seoul, ICA Philadelphia, ICA Singapore, ICA London, Jewish Museum New York, Art in General New York, CCA Tallinn, Bury Art Museum and Sculpture Centre, Camden Art Centre, Xpace Cultural Centre Toronto, Black Cube Nomadic Art Museum, RedLine Contemporary Art Center, and Denver Art Museum.
Juntae TeeJay Hwang
www.juntae.studio
Artist and Educator
Education
Columbia University, School of Visual Arts, New York, USA, MFA New Genre, Sculpture
University College of London, Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK, BA in Fine Art, First Class Honours
University of the Arts London, Central Saint Martins, London, UK, Foundation Diploma
Interlochen Center for the Arts, Michigan, USA, High School Diploma
Work Experience
2020 ~ Metropolitan State University, Adjunct Faculty 3D , 4D , Ceramics Hand-Building
2018~20 RedLine Creative Center for the Arts, CO, USA - Resident Artist
2019 Denver Art Museum, CO, USA - Creative in Residence
2018 Epic Arts Program with Kunsmiller Arts Academy with 2nd Grade Class
2015~18 Columbia University - Wood, Metals, Ceramic Shop Fellow Manager
2017 Teaching Assistant @ Columbia University
*Sculpture with Professor Jon Kessler
2016 Teaching Assistant @ Columbia University
*Concept in VA: Performance Art with Professor Liz Magic Laser
2016 Ox-Bow Artist Summer Residency, MI, USA - Resident Artist
2013 Slade Q Club – Co-founder, members of Artist collective
2012 Central Film School, London, UK – Director of Photography
2011 School of Visual Art Summer Residency: Lens and Screen Art, NYC
2009 Parsons the New School of Design, Photography Residency, Paris, France
Solo Exhibitions
Sweaty Wedding, 2022
Union Hall Denver, Colorado curated by Esther Hz
Angry Hotel, 2018
Weekend Gallery, Seoul, South Korea curated by Jenny Cho, Edie Kim
Q Dictator in Prison, 2017
Bury Art Museum and Sculpture Centre, UK curated by Susan Lord
Blue Salmon, 2016
Art in General New York with Centre for Contemporary Arts, Tallinn, Estonia curated by Anne Barlow
Group Exhibitions
2023 Breakthroughs, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, curated by Miranda Lash and Leilani Lynch
2023 Potheads, Swivel Gallery, curated by Graham Wilson
2022 Back2school, Friend of a Friend, curated by Laurene Hartog and Derrick Velasquez
2021 Rhythm Reboot, RedLine Contemporary Art Center, curated by Rosie Gordon-Wallace
2021 Annual Urban Mud Group Exhibition, Urban Mud Gallery
2021 Movement Toward the Other, Black Cube Nomadic Museum, curated by Cortney Lane Stell
2020 Looking for Another Family, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea, curated by Kangseung Lee
2020 Black Cube: COVID-19 Artist Relief Video Art Award, curated by Cortney Lane Stell
2019 Now That I Have Your (un)divided Attention, RedLine Contemporary Art Center, curated by Nicole M. Crawford
2018 Fuzhou International Lacquer Art Biennial, Fuzhou, China
2018 TAG, February 2 – August 12, 2018, Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia, PA, curated by Nayland Blake
2017 Retreat, Mom's Gallery NYC, curated by Peter Labier and Maggie Goldstone
2017 MFA Summer Show, False Flag Gallery, Long Island City, NY, curated by Anya Komar
2016 Finished Goods Warehouse, The Pfizer Factory, Williamsburg, NY, curated by Natalie Bell
2016 Blindspots, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto, Canada, curated by Dainesha Nugent-Palache
2016 XL Catlin Art Guide, Dazed Digital, selected by Justin Hammonds
2016 Faultlines: Disparate and desperate intimacies, Earl Lu Gallery, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore, curated by Bing Hao
2016 In Response to Unorthodox, Jewish Museum, NY, curated by Chris Gartrell
2016 MFA Exhibition, Wallach Gallery, NYC, curated by Amanda Parmer
2016 Carnage Visors, RUA RED, South Dublin Arts Centre, Ireland
2015 Theatrescope, Kyoto University of the Arts, Japan, curated by Kodama Kanazawa
2015 Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2015, Institute of Contemporary Arts London, UK
2015 Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2015, Backlit, One Thoresby Street and Primary, UK
2015 Slade School of Fine Arts Degree Show, University College of London, First Class Honour
2015 Slade Wotevers II, Royal Vauxhall Tavern, curator and participant
2014 Zoo, Grant Museum of Zoology, London, curated by Ben Campkin
2014 Cuntemporary Deep Trash Italia #2, Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club
2014 SQC Wotevers, Royal Vauxhall Tavern, curator and participant
2014 In Conversation with Derek Jarman, University College of London, curator and participant
2013 Q Blessing, Camden Art Centre, London, curated by Gary Stevens
2013 Performance Art, Identity Politics, University College of London, Lecturer
2013 Performance Day, Woburn Square, UCL, curator, and participant
2013 The Strange Impression of Seeing Things For The First time, The Art Pavilion, Mile End,
2012 Slade School of Fine Art Interim Show, University College of London
2012 The Almighty Performance Day, Slade Research Centre – curator and participant
2012 Film “Match Day” screening, Central Film School, London, Director of Photography
2012 Residency Screening Lens and Screen Art, School of Visual Art Theatre, NYC
2011 Foundation Degree Show, Central Saint Martins, Backhill
2010 Thesis, Interlochen Centre for the Arts
Dusty Rabjohn Juried Exhibition and Noah Jemison Juried Exhibition
In Collaboration with
2021 Clyfford Still Museum, Instagram Take Over curated by Sonia Rae
2019 Treasure of Kisangs - Chante Soiree + Kiki Session
2019 Epic Arts Program - Kunsmiller Arts Academy, Carolyn Lohr + 2nd graders
2013 Barbican Art Centre - Cabaret Duchamp, Hailey Newman, Loose Change
2012 Tate Modern, BMW Tate Live, Emily Roysdon,
I’m a Helicopter, Camera, Queen
Awards + Publications
2022 Daria Magazine: Sweaty Wedding, review by Paloma Jimenez
https://www.dariamag.com/home/sweaty-wedding
2022 Denver Post: Dripping with Irony, review by Ray Mark Rinaldi
https://www.denverpost.com/2022/11/21/juntae-teejay-hwang-ceramic-sweaty-wedding/
2020 Black Cube: COVID-19 Artist Relief Video Art Award, Curated by Cortney Lane Stell
https://www.denverpost.com/2020/04/19/black-cube-video-contest-coronavirus/
2018 Westword: Colorado Creatives
2018 TBS eFM Korean Radio: Interview about Solo Show “Q Dictator in Prison” in Seoul with reporter Mark Wilson
2017 Culture Trip: 10 Up and Coming South Korean Artists You Need to Know
2016 Estonian TV Broadcast: Solo Show Publication on Estonian national TV
https://kultuur.err.ee/314062/arsi-majas-naeb-kahe-noore-ameerika-kunstniku-toid
2016 Artsy Editorial: 30 Emerging Artists to Watch This Spring
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-30-emerging-artists-to-watch-this-spring
2016 DAZED DIGITAL: XL Catlin Art Guide selected by Justin Hammonds
http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/gallery/21210/7/xl-catlin-guide
2015 Institute of Contemporary Arts London, UK
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2015