Originally from South Korea, Soyeon Jung is a a cross-disciplinary media artist currently practicing in Binghamton, New York. Her work examines the contrast of social structures, gender roles, and functions of memory from the perspective of someone situated between two cultures. Her projects spanning installation, performance, and video have been exhibited in exhibitions, screenings, and festivals throughout the United States and in Europe and Asia, including screenings at the Society of Photographic Education Multicultural Caucus Film Festival, KLEX experimental film/video festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Simultan Media Festival in Timisoara, Romania, CologneOFF Videoart in Germany, among others, exhibitions at Santa Monica Art Studio in Los Angeles, Carnegie Art Center, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center in Buffalo, the 7 Days Video Series that traveled to Western Michigan University and The Bret Llewellyn Art Gallery in Alfred State University, and among others.

She received her MFA from the Department of Media Study at the State University of New York at Buffalo in 2006 and currently teaches in the Department of Art and Design at Binghamton University.

Taking the form of experimental video, video installations, and cross-disciplinary practices, my work explores the dynamics of social structures, particularly in terms of a woman’s role within those hierarchies. The projects I create are rooted in a cultural understanding specific to my homeland of Korea, but are informed by moving between that history and my current experience of American culture. This exchange is a source of tension, as I invite the audience into images and spaces that often reference specific Korean symbols, rituals, and historical events, creating a dialogue that exposes the problematic constructions of identity and communication inherent when one is situated between two vastly different cultures.

• March 15 ~ 21, 2024: Streaming - Award Winner, "White Noise" on Bridge-Chicago, Chicago, Illinois US
• October 27, 2023: Screening - Official Selection, "White Noise" at Inaugural Bridge Film & Video Festival, SITE/less Chicago, Chicago, Illinois US
• September 23, 2023: Screening - Finalist, "White Noise", at Experimental Film Fest, Craven Arts Council & Gallery Bank of the Arts, New Bern, North Carolina US
• Setember 22 to Octorber 20, 2023: Video Installation, "White Noise" at Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois US
• Setember 22, 2023: Screening "White Noise" at Evanston Experimental Film Festival, SIDE/LOT: Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois US
• July 27, 2023: Screening "White Noise" at MicroActs 15; International Artist Film Screenings, London UK

soyejung@gmail.com