Nayeon Yang is an interdisciplinary artist and social service worker based in Chicago. She moved to the US from S. Korea in 2006 at the age of 24. Experiencing the implied status of a 'foreigner' now in both countries, she explores the relations of systemic 'foreign(ness)' and 'presence' as well as capital and labor through her projects.
Yang has exhibited at different venues, including Northeastern Illinois University art gallery, Hyde Park Art Center, Buddy at Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago Artists Coalition, Roots and Culture, Co-Prosperity, Defibrillator Performance Art Gallery (Chicago), apexart (New York City), Weston Gallery (Cincinnati), Roy G. Biv Gallery (Columbus), PAB Open (Bergen), Latitude 53 (Edmonton), Rund Gallery (Seoul), and Mythtake Museum (Cheongpyeong). Yang received an MFA in Sculpture from the Ohio State University, where she had her University Fellowship and served as a Graduate Teaching Associate, and a BFA from School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she was a recipient of a merit fellowship, and is an alumna of residencies such as Center Program, Hatch, High Concept Labs, Birdsell Projects, ACRE, Wassaic Project, and others. Recently, she was awarded an Individual Artists Program grant from the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE), SPARK Grants from the Chicago Artists Coalition, and an Individual Artists Support Grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
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HATCH Projects
SPARK Microgrant
