Young-jun Tak Korean , b. 1989
In his sculptures, installations, and videos, Young-jun Tak examines human belief systems and their impact on societal and cultural structures.
Young-jun Tak was born 1989, in Seoul, South Korea and lives and works in Berlin, Germany. Tak studied English Language and Literature, as well as Cross-Cultural Studies. Upcoming projects include at St. Moritz Art Film Festival, Bangkok Art Biennale and Songeun Art Award Exhibition in Seoul. Recent solo exhibitions include at PHILIPPZOLLINGER (Zurich, 2024); COMA (Sydney, 2024); at Atelier Hermès (Seoul, 2024); Julia Stoschek Foundation (Berlin and Düsseldorf, 2023); palace enterprise (Copenhagen, 2023); Wanås Konst (Knislinge 2023); O—Overgaden (Copenhagen, 2023); SOX (Berlin, 2022); and Efremidis (Berlin, 2022). He has participated in numerous international group exhibitions such as at The High Line (New York, 2023); Chicago Architecture Biennial (2023); Lyon Biennale (2022); Perrotin (Paris, 2022); KINDL Center for Contemporary Art (Berlin, 2022); Berlin Biennale (2020), Seoul Museum of Art (2019); and Istanbul Biennial (2017). In addition, Tak's work is part of the Julia Stoschek Collection, Burger Collection, Servais Family Collection, and the Collection of the Seoul Museum of Art.
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CFA Milano | Young-jun Tak
Twelve, Twelve, Twelve Apr 1 - May 5, 2025If I were asked to categorize Young-jun Tak as an artist (1989, Seoul), I wou.ld likely include him in that relatively small company of those who are instinctively interested in...Read more -
Young-jun Tak
Pain Is Left After the Bite Jun 7 - Jul 20, 2024In his sculptures, installations, and videos, Tak examines human belief systems and their impact on societal and cultural structures. This exhibition investigates the power of pivotal absence in narratives and...Read more
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Love Your Clean Feet on Thursday, 2023, single channel 4K video, color, 5.1 sound, 18 minutes 53 seconds, Capsule, Venice, 2024
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Love Your Clean Feet on Thursday, 2023, single channel 4K video, color, 5.1 sound, 18 minutes 53 seconds, Atelier Hermés, Seoul, 2024
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Dancing About Architecture, The High Line, 14th Street, New York, 2024
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Wohin?, 2022, single channel HD video, color, stereo sound, 8 minutes 25 seconds, Julia Stoschek Foundation Dusseldorf & Berlin, 2023
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Our Holding in Their Gaze, 2023 Ceramics, rusty metal, brass wire, 255 x Ø155 cm, palace enterprise, Copenhagen, 2023
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Wish You a Lovely Sunday, 2021, single channel HD video, color, 5-channel sound, 18 minutes 38 seconds, 16th Lyon Biennale, Guimet Museum, 2022
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My Big Expectation, 2022, lime wood, rusty metal, rubber, beeswax, oil, each 95.5 × 12 × 11.3 cm, 92 × 12.5 × 11 cm, Perrotin, Paris, 2022
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Detail, My Big Expectation, 2022
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I thought it’s my fish cake, 2022, ceramic, paper, glue, dimensions variable, KINDL Centre for Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2022
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Holy Water, 2022, veronese yellow marble, silicon, polyurethane, paint, 13 × 16 × 22 cm, Liste Art Fair Basel, Efremidis, Berlin, 2022
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Once in a While, 2022, limewood, rusty metal, beeswax, oil, 12.5 × 37.8 × 14.5 cm, MAUER, Cologne, 2022, Curated by Linda Peitz
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Detail, Once in a While, 2022
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Miracles, 2021, resin, wood, paper, glue, dimensions variable, 9th Berlin Masters, Wilhelm Hallen, Berlin, 2021
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Detail, Chained, 2020, 400 cm in diameter, resin, fiberglass, paper and glue, dimensions variable, 11th Berlin Biennale, The Crack Begins Within, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, 2020