Yeongju Yang양영주

CV

Yeongju Yang (양영주) is a media artist and painter based in Seoul, researching desire and trans-action between humans, technology and the environment. Research at Yonsei University on trans-action in interactive art links cybernetics, Eastern philosophy and the aesthetics of change.

Selected exhibitions

  1. 2026Shinbuldang Art Center, “Human Becoming (인간, 되어가는 중)”, three-person exhibition with Kim Hyeongsoo and Lee Yujin, Cheonan
  2. 2026–2027ZKM, “Silver Egg: The Eros of Media Art”, Transactions of Desire, media installation, Karlsruhe
  3. 2026Bucheon Cultural Foundation, “따뜻한 소음 아득한 정적 (Warm Noise, Distant Silence)”, group exhibition, Boksagol Gallery, Bucheon
  4. 2025Grand Palais Immersif, “Artificial Dreams II: Visions of the Future”, Fragments of Desire, video art, Paris
  5. 2025Seoul Arts Center, ISEA2025 “Dong-Dong: Creator’s Universe”, Transaction of Desires, interactive installation, Seoul
  6. 2024Gong-gan Kkachijip, “Formations: On the Table”, Fragments of Desire, digital art duo exhibition with Kim Hyeongsoo, Cheonan
  7. 2024Daejeon Culture and Arts Foundation Artience × KRIBB, Artience Daejeon 2024, Fragments of Desire Project, curation and production, Daejeon
  8. 2021SPACE TYPE, Art and Technology Convergence Support Program, Imaginary Musicscape, VR planning and 3D, Seoul
  9. 2020Yonsei University, “Transaction in Interactive Art”, Making a Window, research exhibition, Seoul
  10. 2020Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation, “The Sign: 2020 COVID-19 by South Korea Data”, The Sign, online exhibition, Gyeonggi
  11. 2019Ewha Womans University, IBS Center for Quantum Nanoscience Art Competition, Circulation: Wave and Negentropy, science art project, Seoul
  12. 2018Jeongsu Art Center, Yeongju Yang solo exhibition, “Imagined Reality”, painting and installation, Seoul
  13. 2017Daejeon Culture and Arts Foundation × KAIST Graduate School of Culture Technology × British Council, Artience 30×30, Surviving Blocks, participating artist, Daejeon
  14. 2016Chungbuk Federation of Cultural and Artistic Organizations, “When Your Star Meets Mine”, solo exhibition, Cheongju

Projects and workshops

  1. 2026Shinbuldang Art Center, “Human Becoming”, artist workshop on the sixteen types of desire, Cheonan
  2. 2026ZKM, opening programme of “Silver Egg: The Eros of Media Art”, artist workshop, Karlsruhe
  3. 2025National Science Museum of Korea × Yeongju Yang, “Workshop: The Desire Laboratory”, ISSM 2025, artist workshop
  4. 2024Daejeon Culture and Arts Foundation × Yeongju Yang, “My Desire: Generation Laboratory and Dialogue”, Fragments of Desire, artist workshop
  5. 2023–2024Daejeon Culture and Arts Foundation Artience, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB) × Yeongju Yang, Fragments of Desire, planning and production
  6. 2018–2020Yonsei University X-Media Art and Research Center, “Toegye’s Ten Diagrams on Sage Learning” VR project: a study on the experiential spatiotemporal expression of Eastern philosophy concepts, VR planning and graphics

Publications

  1. 2020Hyun Jean Lee, Wonjean Lee, Hyungsin Kim, Jinhun Park, Jiyun Kim, Honam Kim, Mae Hwe Kim, Gwang Min Hong, Yeongju Yang, Seung Cheol Hyun, Joon Seok Moon, Haejin Jung, Hyunsoo Kim, Yuyeol Byeon. “SungHakSipDo VR, No. 3 SoHakDo (Illustration of Elementary Learning)”, Art and Technology Convergence Support Program. Journal of the HCI Society of Korea, 2020 (2).
  2. 2020Yeongju Yang. “‘Transaction’ in Interactive Art: Focused on ‘Change’ in the Process for Aesthetic Experience”. Master’s thesis, Yonsei University.
  3. 2019Mae Hwe Kim, Yeongju Yang, Wonjean Lee. “I-Ching and Taegeukdo in Multimedia Artwork”. Journal of the HCI Society of Korea, 2019 (2).