Jia Chang

Jia Chang (장지아 1973 in Seoul, Korea) is an installation artist born in Seoul, Korea In 2001, he graduated from the media arts department of the same university in 2004, In 2014, he became the finalist of the National Museum of Contemporary Art today Jang-ji explores the inner part of the body which has been forbidden socially through video and installation works

Jia Chang lives and works in Seoul She received her BFA (2001) and MA (2003) degrees from Korean National University of the Art in Seoul

Zhang Jia has been persistently attracted to social themes such as secretions, violence, and sex through installations, images, and performances "OMERTA: The Silence of the Silence (2007)" , which consists of works using standing and peeing women's pussy and urine as objects, "I am talking about the boundaries of pain and pleasure by borrowing form of torture" Like The Reason Is You (2013) , which consists of objects made from blood of a slaughtered cattle and their production process, I Confess [2011] And continuously announces exhibitions that use the internal domain of the body, which has been regarded as lowly, as an aesthetic object, and challenge the social rules and perceptions of sharing normal / abnormal, beauty / subdue, sublime /

Selected solo exhibitions include: Cruel and Beautiful at DOOSAN Gallery NY in New York (2014); The Reason Is You at Gaain Gallery in Seoul(2013); I confess at Gallery Jungmiso in Seoul (2011); Omerta- Commandment of Silence at Walsh Gallery in Chicago (2008); Omerta – Commandment of Silence at Alt Space LOOP in Seoul (2007); Where is the center of gravity? at Seoul Art Cinema in Seoul (2004); Wonderful Happiness Insurance at Iiju Art House in Seoul (2002); and What’s the Matter at Art Sonje Center in Seoul (2001)

Selected group exhibitions include: What if~ corea campanella at Amadeus Hotel Venice in Italy (2013); Encuentro etre artista at Centro Cultural Coreano en Espana in Spain(2013); Move on Asia Video art in Asia 2002-2012 at ZKM Media Museum in Germany(2012); Video+Cast at Arko Museum Project Space in Seoul(2011); Artist's Body at Koreana Museum in Seoul(2010); Dissonant Visions at Seoul Museum of Art in Seoul (2009); New Acquisitions at Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art in Gyeonggi, Korea (2009); An Insignificant Matter at Sangsangmadang Gallery in Seoul (2008); and Her Room at Doosan Art Center in Seoul (2007)

She is represented by Gaain Gallery in Seoul and Walsh Gallery in Chicago

Biography:
Individual exhibition [edit]
2014 'Cruel, beautiful ' Doosan Gallery, New York
2013 'The Reason Is You' Gain Gallery, Seoul
2011 'I confess' Gallery Jungmiso, Seoul
2008 'Omerta' Walsh gallery, Chicago
2007 'Omerta' Alternative Space Loop, Seoul
2004 'Where is the center of gravity?' Artsonje - Seoul Art Cinema, Seoul
2002 'Wonderful happiness insurance' Ilju Art House, Seoul
2001 'What's the matter?' Artsonje - Art Hall, parking lot, Seoul
Major group exhibition [edit]
2015 'Moscow - Korean Contemporary Photography Exhibition' Moscow Bar Classic Photo Gallery, Moscow
2015 'Sleepers in Venice' Calle del carbon, San Marco 4179, Venice
2014 'Asian Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition' Bohai Arts District, Kaohsiung
2014 'Artist of the Year Award 2014' National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
2013 'Photography and Society - Social Art' Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon
2013 'What if ~ corea campanella' Amadeus Hotel, Venice
2013 'Flow of Korean Contemporary Art VI' Gimhae Cultural Hall, Gimhae
2013 'Love Actual' Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
2013 '2013 Spanish Korea Exchange Exhibition' Korean Cultural Center in Barcelona, Spain
2013 Move on Asia, ZKM Media Gallery, Karlsruhe Germany
2012 'Viva Arirang' Palas de Glace National Gallery, Argentina
2012 Move on Asia, Alternative Space Loop
2012 'Energie' Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon
2012 'Unfinished Journey' kais gallery, seoul
2012 'Nomadic Report - Drifter' Arko Museum, Seoul
2011 Hangzhou Bridge 50th Anniversary 'Selectively Revealed Another Reality' Goyang Aram Museum,
2011 'Video + Cast' Arko Art Space Project Space, Seoul
2011 Seoul International New Media Fesball http://hisour.com/artist/jia-chang/