David Chung (artist)

Y. David Chung
Born 1959 (age 58–59)
Bonn, Germany
Nationality Korean
Education George Mason University and University of Virginia
Website http://www.davidchung.com/

Y. David Chung is a contemporary multimedia artist and director of the MFA program at Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design associated with the University of Michigan. He is "known for his paintings, drawings, prints, multimedia installations, public artworks, and performances"[1]

Biography

Chung was born in 1959 in Bonn, Germany.[2] He studied at the University of Virginia and received his BFA from the Corcoran College of Art and Design in 1988. He received his MFA from George Mason University[3] Chung has been a visiting artists at a number of universities including Duke University, UC Berkeley, Wellesley College, Williams College, and Virginia Commonwealth University. Before returning to school to receive his MFA, Chung was artist-in-residence at Houston-based Project Row Houses in 1996.[4] After receiving his MFA, Chung has held faculty positions at George Mason University and in the Department of Art and Visual Technology and at Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design at University of Michigan.[1] In 2013, he was a Visiting Professor at the department of Visual and Environmental Studies at Harvard University.

Work

In an article by Rick Lowe for Fresh Talk/Daring Gazes, he discusses Chung's piece Third Ward Jungle and writes that Chung's process in performance work addresses important aspects of integrating art in society.[4] Lowe also comments on the fact that while Chung is the primary performer in his pieces (referring to drawing performances), it is evident that the audience takes on a large role. In addition to his performance based works, Chung has also completed a number of public works. In 1998, Chung created a large-scale mosaic in P.S. 24 in Brooklyn, NY depicting daily life of Sunset Park that was sponsored by the Board of Education.[5]

Awards

Chung has received a National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship, the Washington Mayor's Art Award, a Lila Wallace-Readers Digest Fund Artist at Giverny Fellowship, the Rosebud Best in Show Film and Video Award, the Artslink Collaborative Project Fellowship in Kazakhstan,[1] and the Best Documentary Film Award from the National Film Board of Canada

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kim, Elaine H. 'Fresh Talk, Daring Gazes: conversations on Asian American Art' Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2003. p. 189.
  2. ↑ "Take Me to the River: Artists - Y. David Chung". Tmttr.org. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
  3. ↑ "David Chung | Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan". Stamps.umich.edu. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
  4. 1 2 Kim, Elaine H. 'Fresh Talk, Daring Gazes: conversations on Asian American Art' Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2003. p. 103.
  5. ↑ "Y. David Chung - NYC Department of Cultural Affairs". Nyc.gov. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
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