JEON BYEONG SAM

Brief Intro Korean ver. (PDF): bsjeon.com/JeonByeongSam_Brief_KR.pdf

Portfolio (PDF): bsjeon.com/JeonByeongSam.pdf

CV (PDF): bsjeon.com/JeonByeongSam_CV_Korean_English.pdf

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JEON BYEONG SAM [dƷʌn bjʌŋ-sɑm] (born in Seoul, Korea in 1977) is a contemporary artist internationally known for his unique artworks created with the methodologies of “folding” and “unfolding” objects. His artistic research focuses on to explore “impossible worlds” that can never be reached by the limited body of human being. Jeon studied sculpture at Hongik University, Korea. He holds a master's degree in fine arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and holds the master's degree in information and computer science from the University of California, Irvine. For the past two decades of his artistic journey, he has been invited to present his artworks worldwide mainly including: UNESCO (France), SIAF (Japan), SIGGRAPH (USA), ISIMD (Turkey), AsiaGraph (China), ArtBots (Ireland), Salon (Cuba), LIFE (Russia), Netfilmmakers (Denmark), Siggraph ASIA (Singapore), and many more.

전병삼 (全丙森, 1977년 서울 출생)은 사물을 접거나 펼치는 방식의 독특한 작업으로 널리 알려진 현대미술가 입니다. 그의 예술 활동은 인간의 제한된 육체로 결코 도달할 수 없는 '불가능의 세계'를 탐구하는데 초점을 맞추고 있습니다. 그는 홍익대학교에서 조각을 전공하였고, School of the Art Institute of Chicago에서 미술석사를, University of California, Irvine에서 컴퓨터 공학석사를 수료했습니다. 그는 2014년 미래창조과학부가 발표한 대한민국의 대표적인 융합형인재 ‘호모크리엔스’에 선정되었고, 철학자 알랭 드 보통과 함께 2015년 청주국제공예비엔날레 예술감독으로 선임되었습니다. 2016년 프랑스 파리 유네스코 본부에서 초대전을 하였고, 중국 베이징에서 람보르기니社와 협업하였습니다. 지난 20여년 간 그는 UNESCO(프랑스), SIAF(일본), SIGGRAPH(미국), ISIMD(터키), AsiaGraph(중국), ArtBots(아일랜드), Salon(쿠바), LIFE(러시아), Netfilmmakers(덴마크), Siggraph ASIA(싱가포르) 등에서 초대받아 작품을 발표하였습니다.

EDUCATION

BFA (Sculpture) @ Hongik University, 2002
MFA (Fine Arts in Art and Technology Studies) @ The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2005
MS (Arts-Computation-Engineering Studies / Informatics and Computer Science) @ University of California, Irvine, 2008

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (& TWO PERSONS EXHIBITIONS)

Bare Stage (Invited Solo Exhibition) @ Artspace Hohwa, Seoul, Korea, 2022
REDREAM in Warsaw (Solo Exhibition) @ Global Expo, Warsaw, Poland, 2022
REDREAM in Seoul (Solo Exhibition) @ Superior Gallery, Seoul, Korea, 2022
MOMENT (Invited Solo Exhibition) @ Gallery Seohwa, Seoul, Korea, 2022
UNKNOWN WORLDS (Invited Solo Exhibition) @ Artcode Gallery, Seoul, Korea, 2022
NEW NORMAL (Invited Solo Exhibition) @ MCM Haus Museum, Seoul, Korea, 2021
LOST in Tallllllllllk (Invited Solo Exhibition) @ K-Auction Art Center, Seoul, Korea, 2021
FOLD & UNFOLD (Invited Solo Exhibition) @ The Columns Gallery, Singapore, 2021
RUMINATION: Nations in Metaverse (Solo Exhibition) @ MCM Haus Museum, Seoul, Korea, 2021
TRAVELER (Invited Solo Exhibition) @ WOW Gallery, Seoul, Korea, 2021
This Very Moment (Invited Solo Exhibition) @ Daebec Praza Gallery, Daegue, Korea, 2021
Nation of the Meaning (Invited Solo Exhibition) @ Superior Gallery, Seoul, Korea, 2020
Eyes of Truth (Invited Solo Exhibition) @ Sarang Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea, 2019
It is finished (Invited Solo Exhibition) @ Sarang Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea, 2018
This Very Moment (Invited Solo Exhibition) @ CL Gallery, Seoul, Korea, 2017
This Very Moment @ CIGE, Beijing, China, 2017
Byeong Sam Jeon & Hanho: Contemporary Art and Technology @ UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France, 2016
Byeong Sam Jeon & Hojin Lee Exhibition @ Artside Gallery, Seoul, Korea, 2014
Splendid Scenery @ Headquarter of Hyundai Department Store, Special Exhibition Hall, Seoul, Korea, 2010
Telerobot_Nanta @ Television12 Gallery Seoul & RPI Darrin Communications Center, Troy, USA, 2009
Telematic Drum Circle @ California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology, Irvine, CA, USA, 2008
We Are Romantic @ Sensorium, 112 Michigan Building, Chicago, IL, USA, 2004
Freedom Exists or Not - Solo performance and seminar @ Mapo Street & Student Center in Hongik University, Seoul, Korea, 2000
Mysterious Angle & View @ F504 Gallery in Hongik University, Seoul, Korea, 1996

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBIITONS

The Projective View @ Seojung Art, Busan, Korea, 2022
Superimposition of line and color @ Artcode Gallery, Seoul, Korea, 2022
Image of Color Layer @ Asan Hospital Gallery, Seoul, Korea, 2022
Colors, A duet of Lightness and Darkness @ Inyoung Gallery, Seoul, Korea, 2019
A Nation in Green and Gold @ Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea, 2019
Design Beijing @ National Agreculture and Exhibition Center, Beijing, China, 2017
Golden Seed @ Cheongju Arts Center, Cheongju, Korea, 2016
Robot is Evolving @ GS Caltex Yeulmaru, Yeosu, Korea, 2015
Sensing Stream @ Chi-Cha-Ho, Sapporo International Art Festival, Sapporo, Japan, 2014
Project Daejeon: Artificial Brain @ Exhibition Hall of Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea, 2014
Artience Project: Coexistence @ Creation Center in Daejeon Museum of Art, 2013
Convergence Art Festival, Walkerhill Hotel, Seoul, Korea, 2011
Kinetic Art: Art & Play @ Hangaram Art Museum in Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea, 2011
Digital Pavilion Exhibition @ Sangam Nurikum Square, Seoul, Korea, 2011
LIFE. Version of Science @ Moscow Center for Contemporary Art WINZAVOD, Moscow, Russia, 2011
Korea Invention and Patent Exhibition @ COEX, Seoul, Korea, 2010
MUA @ Guro Art Valley – Art Exhibition Hall, Seoul, Korea, 2010
Lack of Electricity II @ Space CAN, Seoul, Korea, 2010
Korea UX Exhibition @ Digital Pavilion Exhibition Hall, Seoul, Korea, 2010
Dream City @ Gwacheon National Science Museum, Gwacheon, Korea, 2010
Surveillance @ Netfilmmakers, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2010
Lack of Electricity @ Space CAN, Seoul, Korea, 2009
Seoul Design Olympiad @ Kwanghwamun Haechi Madang, Seoul, Korea, 2009
The Feast of Space @ 60th International Astronautical Congress, Daejeon Convention Center, Daejeon, Korea, 2009
Tintinnabulate @ The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center, Troy, NY, USA, 2009
SIGGRAPH ASIA @ Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre, Singapore, 2008
Universal Electronic Arts @ Sungnam Art Center, Kyungki-do, Korea, 2008
ArtBots @ Science Gallery, Dublin, Ireland, 2008
Mapping the Beat @ Media Art Lab, Calit2, Irvine, CA, USA, 2008
entre-deux @ Beall Center for Art and Technology, Irvine, CA, USA, 2008
Big Bang @ UC Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA, USA, 2008
AsiaGraph @ Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China, 2008
TechnoTravels/TeleMobility: HASTAC @ Calit2, Irvine, CA, USA, 2008
Meditations on North and South @ IAP Gallery, Phoenix, AZ, USA, 2008
Digital Playground @ Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea, 2007
Maker Faire @ Travis County Fairgrounds, Austin, TX, USA, 2007
interfACEd: mediating techno-cultural practice @ California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology, Irvine, CA, USA, 2007
Make Fest - O’Reilly Emerging Technology Conference @ Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego, CA, USA, 2007
ACED @ Beall Center for Art and Technology, Irvine, CA , USA, 2007
PlayTech @ Orange County Museum of Arts, Irvine, CA, USA, 2007
Re-Surfacing @ Hopkins Hall Gallery, Columbus, CA, USA, 2007
Webcasting Project: Crossing Talks about Interactivity @ NYU ITP + UCI ACE + UW DXARTS, Crecloo Art Gallery, New York, NY, USA, 2007
Epicenter @ UC Riverside Arts Space, Riverside, CA, USA, 2007
BOXED 3.1 @ Beall Center for Art and Technology, UC Irvine, CA, USA, 2006
Chicago Festival of Disability Arts and Culture @ Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, USA, 2006
Uijeongbu International Digital Art Festival: Digital Playground @ Main Exhibition of the Fest, Uijeongbu Art Center, South Korea, 2005
Manipulations @ G2 Gallery, Chicago, USA, 2005
Breathe @ ATC Gallery, Chicago, USA, 2005
Immersive Environments @ VR Lab in SAIC, Chicago, USA, 2005
MFA Thesis Exhibition @ G2 Gallery, Chicago, USA, 2005
ISIMD '05’ Digital Art Exhibition @ Yeditepe University Museum, Istanbul, Turkey, 2005
Art Interactions: I=YOU=ME @ Gallery 2, Chicago, USA, 2004
SIGGRAPH 2004, Art Gallery: ‘Synaesthesia @ Los Angeles Convention Center, USA, 2004
Salon @ the 6th Internacional De Arte Digital, Cuba, 2004
Machinista @ 2nd International Arts and Technology Festival (Online Exhibition hosted in Scotland), 2004
Art for Teens - Travel & Installation Exhibition @ Neoregul Cultural Village, Kyungi-do, Korea, 2002
The 4th Seoul Marginal Theater Festival’, Experimental media performance "Doolmomzit 2" @ Munye Theater, Seoul, Korea, 2001
The 7th Jooksan International Arts Festival’, Experimental media performance "Doolmomzit" @ Laughing Stone Camp, Korea, 2001
The Fusion Ensemble - 4 Artists' Performances of Korean Traditional Music @ The National Theater of Korea, 2001
44 films on lower-class theater @ Green Theater, Seoul, Korea, 2001
Tae-Ahn Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition @ Tae-Ahn Sculpture Park, Tae-Ahn, Korea, 2001
55 Jurymen and 14 Flatterers @ Samdong Boys’ Orphanage, Seoul, Korea, 2000
The 2nd Art Factory Project: Blind Love @ Sampyo Factory, Seoul, Korea, 2000

PUBLIC INSTALLATIONS

UNFOLD 230409001 @ Andersen Memorial Park, Gyeonggi, Korea, 2023
BARBERSHOP WONDERLAND @ UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France, 2016
THE MEN WITH FIVE TONGUES @ UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France, 2016
STRIPE: LOL @ Riot Games Inc. in Parnas Tower, Seoul, Korea, 2017
THE MOMENT OF ENLIGHTENMENT @ Cheongju Arts Center, Cheongju, Korea, 2016
O @ Gimpo International Airport, Seoul, Korea, 2015
CD PROJECT @ Cheongju Old Tabaco Plant, Cheongju, Korea, 2015
BEAUTILITY @ Cheongju Old Tabaco Plant, Cheongju, Korea, 2015
DYANAMIC RELAXATION @ Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, 2015
PANGDORANÉE @ Jeju Island, Korea, 2015
DIGITAL MEM @ Sapporo International Art Festival, Sapporo, Japan, 2014
GREENSPHERE @ Gumi Carbon Zero Education Center, Gumi, Korea, 2014
DREAM OF THE SKY @ Skyload, Daejeon, Korea, 2014
CIRCLE OF LIFE @ SAMSUNG Digital Plaza (Hakdong), Seoul, Korea, 2012
SOUND LIGHT @ Gwangju National Science Museum, Gwangju, Korea, 2012
DREAMING BUS @ Taean Sculpture Park, Taean, Korea, 2001

DIRECTORIAL EXPERIENCES

Director General, (USD 4,000,000) JIKJI International Festival, Cheongju Arts Center and Early Printing Museum, Cheongju, Korea, 2016
Director General, (USD 6,000,000), 9th Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Cheongju, Korea, 2015
CEO & Founder, (C) Korea Interdisciplinary Arts Network (KOIAN), Seoul, Korea (2009-2015)
Director General, Interactive Theater @ National Hangeul Museum, 2015
Producer, Main Interactive Installation @ Yeosu World Expo Memorial Hall, Yeosu, Korea, 2014
Producer, Robot Sculpture @ National Gwangju Science Museum, Gwangju, Korea, 2014
Producer, Monumental Media Sculpture @ Jeju Aerospace Museum, Jeju, Korea, 2014
Producer, Monumental Media Sculpture @ Carbon Zero Education Center, Gumi, Korea, 2014
Producer, Musical Robot @ Chuncheon Robot Center, Chuncheon, Korea, 2013
Producer, Opening Media Show @ Science Education Festival, BEXCO, Busan, Korea, 2013
Producer, Main Show @ Korean Pavillion of ITU Telecom World, Bangkok Thailand, 2013
Producer, Main Show @ Istanbul-Kyeongju World Culture EXPO, Istanbul, Turkey, 2013
Producer, Flipdot Display & Laser Drawing @ Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning Pavillion of World IT Show, COEX, Seoul, Korea
Producer, ICT Exhibition @ Samsung SDS Headquarter, Seoul, Korea, 2012
Producer, Marimba-Applied Robot Instrument @ Bucheon Robopark, Bucheon, Korea, 2012
Producer, Tum-dedum The Robot Show @ Korea Robot Award, 2012
Producer, Robotata and Music Robots @ CTS Art Hall, Seoul, Korea, 2012
Producer, Twelve Animal Robots @ National Science Museum, Daejeon, Korea, 2012
Producer, Light-Percussion Performance @ CSEF, Coex, Seoul, Korea, 2012
Producer, Opening Media Performance @ Korea R&D Festival, Seoul, Korea, 2012
Director General, International Robot Art Conference @ CECO, Changwonm Korea, 2012
Producer, I am robot: The world first robot musical competition @ CTS Art Hall, Seoul, Korea, 2011
Producer, Robot-Human Musical Performance @ International Robot Content Show, Changwon Convention Center, Changwon, Korea, 2011
Producer, Laser Drawing Showcase @ Convergence Culture Festival, Walkerhill Hotel, Seoul, Korea, 2011
Producer, Media Facade & Media Performance @ Korea National Science and Creativity Festival, COEX, Seoul, Korea, 2011
Producer, Media Facade @ Pucheon Fantastic Film Festival, City Hall of Bucheon, Korea, 2011
Producer, For God So Loved Korea @ Yanghwajin Exhibition Hall, Seoul, Korea, 2011
Producer, Media Facade @ Bitplex, Seoul, Korea, 2011
Director General, KOIAN Convergence Forum @ The Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies, Seoul, Korea, 2010
Artistic Producer, Visible Sound Audible Painting @ National Gugak Centre, Seoul, Korea, 2010
Producer, Main Screening Hall @ Korea Science Festival, COEX, Seoul, Korea, 2010
Chief Curator, ThisAbility 2010 Busan @ Community Media Center, Busan, Korea, 2010
Producer, Opening Robot Performance @ 60th International Astronautical Congress, Daejeon Convention Center, Daejeon, Korea, 2009
Chief Curator, International New Media Art Exhibition: ThisAbility @ CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China, 2009
Co-Director, The 2nd International Conference on Media Arts and Information Aesthetics (MAIA) @ CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China, 2009
Chief Curator, International Generative Art Exhibition: Machine Dreams @ CAN Foundation Space, Seoul, Korea, 2009
Chief Curator, International New Media Art Exhibition: thisAbility vs. Disability @ Total Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea, 2008
Co-Organizer, interfACEd: mediating techno-cultural practice @ California Institute for Telecommunications andInformation Technology, Irvine, USA, 2007
Chief Curator, International Electronic Art Exhibition: Sight Unseen @ The Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, USA, 2006
Chief Curator, International Digital Art Exhibition: I=YOU=ME, G2 Gallery, Chicago, USA, 2004
Co-Producer, Experimental Performance: Dool-momzit ver.2 @ 7th Jooksan International Arts Festival, Kyungi-do, Korea, 2001
Co-Producer, Experimental Performance: Dool-momzit ver.1 @ The National Theater of Korea, Seoul, Korea, 2001
Co-Organizer, Group ExhibitionL 55 Jurymen and 14 Flatterers @ Samdong Boys’ Orphanage, Seoul, Korea, 2000

AWARDS, HONORS, & GRANTS

Research Grant Award for Culture Technology Contents, Korea Creative Content Agency, 2011
Project Grant Award for Science-Theater Convergence, Korea Foundation for the Advancement and Creativity, 2011
Interdisciplinary Art Research Grant Award, Seoul Arts Foundation, 2011
Art+Science Research Grant Award, Korea Foundation for the Advancement and Creativity, 2011
Public Sculpture Award, Gyeongnam Robot Industry Foundation, 2011
Project Grant Award for Science-Theater Convergence, Korea Foundation for the Advancement and Creativity, 2010
Artist Research Grant Award, Seoul Arts Foundation, 2009
HASS Fellowship Award, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2009
Artist Research Grant Award, Arts Council Korea, 2009
Artist Research Grant Award, Arts Council Korea, 2008
Leonardo Art/Science Contest Award, Leonardo: Journal of the International Society for the Arts, Sciences, and Technology, 2008
Medici Scholar Award, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, UCI, Irvine, 2007
Korean National Research Award for Interdisciplinary Artists, Arts Council Korea, 2007
UCI Graduate Research Award, UC Irvine, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, 2006

ARTIST TALKS & LECTURES

TED Beijing, China; UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France; Daejeon Metropolitan City Hall; Asan City Hall; Korea Institute of Human Resources Development in Science and Technology; Headquarter of Hyundai Motors; Jeollanamdo Office of Education; Techno+; Korea Land & Housing Corporation; Junggu Ulsan Metropolitan City; Busan Human Right Concert; Yonsei University; Uiwang Campus of Hyundai Motors; Chuncheon Venture Forum; Creative-Korea Gangwon Center; Namyang Campus of Hyundai Motors; Jeonju Cultural Foundation; K-Music Forum: Mucon; Incheon City Office of Education; Seoul National University; Korea Broadcasting System: IT Concert; Mabuk Campus of Hyundai Motors; Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; Yeosu Yeulmaru; Gyeonggi Content Agency; Cheongju International Craft Biennale; Chungbuk Research Institute; Ulsan University; Samsung Electronics; LG Electronics; Sapporo City Hall; The School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Design for Woman’s Concern Association; Moscow Center for Contemporary Art WINZAVOD; Ehwa Womans University; Woosong University; The Korea Federation of Science and Technology Societies; KoIAN Convergence Forum; Busan Media Center; Sogang University; University of Copenhagen; Korea Foundation for the Advancement and Creativity; Institute of Media Art in Yonsei University; Dankook University; Seokyo Art Experiments Center; Kwangwoon University; CAFA Art Museum in Beijing; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; R&D Center of LG Electronics; Graduate School of Culture-Technology in KAIST; Soongsil University; Media Art Research Center; Chung-ang University; Total Museum of Contemporary Arts; Art, Media, and Engineering Graduate Program of Arizona State University; IAP Gallery in Arizona State University; School of Advanced Imaging Science, Multimedia & Film in Chung-ang University; Hong-ik University; Symposium of Southern California Computing in Music; University of Southern California; UC Riverside Research Hall; Uijeongbu Art Center; UCLA; Southeastern College Art Conference inVanderbilt University; Interdisciplinary Arts and Performance program in Arizona State University; and many more

MAIN ART COLLECTIONS

SAMSUNG, MCM, COEX, Kakao Corp., Gimpo International Airport, Grand Hyatt Jeju, TBC Taegu Broadcasting Corporation, Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Deajeon Museum of Art, AJOO Museum of Art Jeju, Gwangju National Science Museum, Jeju Art and Space Museum, Cheongju Arts Center, Korea Airports Corporation, Netfilmmakers Copenhagen, Sapporo City Japan, Taean City, RIOT GAMES Korea, GroundX, Paulus Inc., Andersen Memorial Park, LOTTE Resort Buyeo, HOBAN H1 Club, Green Tree International, Daegu Department Store, Hotel Arina, Sarang Church, APM Technologies Inc. and many others