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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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