Jeehye Song Korean, b. 1991

Biography

Jeehye Song (1991-) studied Printmaking at Chugye University for the Arts, Seoul, and studied Metal art and Design at Seoul National University of Science & Technology. She graduated from the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf as a Meister student of Prof. Andreas Schulze. Her solo exhibitions include ‘Home Alone’(Artistellar Gallery, London, 2023), ‘Tschüss - Mur Brut 26’(Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, 2023), ’My Knitting Days’(IAH Gallery, Seoul, 2022), and ‘2 O‘clock at Night, Pop;68’(Ruttkowski 68, Cologne, 2022). She has participated in group exhibitions including ‘Dear Dream Dear Dread’(HAGD contemporary, Aalborg, 2023), ‘Unexpect’(Q18, Cologne, 2023), ‘Die Grosse 2022’(Kunstpalast & NRW Forum, Düsseldorf, 2022), and ‘Ida Gerhardi Förderpreis 2022’(Städtische Galerie Lüdenscheid, Lüdenscheid, 2022). She was awarded Friedrich Vordemberge Scholarship for Painting (Cologne, 2022) and Graduates Scholarship von Rundstedt(Düsseldorf, 2022) among others. Song lives and works in Düsseldorf.

 

Born in 1991, Seoul, South Korea

Lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany

 

EDUCATION

2009

Studied Printmaking at Chugye University for the Arts, Seoul, South Korea

2012   

Studied Metal art and Design at Seoul National University of Science & Technology

2015   

Master Class under Prof. Andreas Schulze and Stefan Kürten at Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf

2021   

Graduated as Master Scholar (Meisterschüler) of Prof. Andreas Schulze

 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024

  • Head in the sand, HAGD Gallery, Aalborg, Denmark
  • PULLPUSHPULL (duo exhibition), IAH Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  • self talking, Gallery Muuntotila, Tampere, Finland
  • I’m Burning, Michael Horbach Foundation (Curation: CHOI&CHOI Gallery), Cologne
  • o.T. (Duo exhibition), Gallery Annarumma, Napoli, Italy
  • Nouvelle Snap (Duo Exhibition), NADA New York with IAH Gallery, New York, US

2023

  • Home Alone, Artistellar Gallery, London
  • Tschüss - Mur Brut 26 , Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf
  • My Nitting Days, IAH Gallery, Seoul

2022

  • Hallo! - Friedrich-Vordemberge-scholarship, Artothek Köln, Cologne, DE
  • enjoy the silence, Annarumma Gallery, Napoli, IT
  • 2 o‘clock at night,  Pop;68 (Ruttkowski;68), Cologne, DE

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024

  • Paula Modersohn-Becker Kunstpreis 2024, Große Kunstschau, Worpswede, DE
  • Küche/Diele/Bad, Vestischer Künstlerbund e.V. Recklinghausen, DE
  • HUMAN, CHOI&CHOI Gallery, Seoul, KR

2023

  • From Berlin to Seoul: Crossing Horizons, CHOI&CHOI Gallery, HORI Artspace,  
  • AIF Lounge, Seoul and Bermel von Luxburg Gallery, Berlin 
  • Frag den Abendwind, Akademie Gallery, Düsseldorf, DE
  • Reflection, IAH Gallery, Seoul
  • Figure Ground, Seojung Art Gallery, Busan, KR
  • Dear Dream Dear Dread, HAGD contemporary, Aalborg

2022

  • Ida Gerhardi Förderpreis 2022, Kunsthalle Lüdenscheid, DE

2019   

  • Kunstpreis Junger Westen 2019 Malerei, Art hall der Stadt Recklinghausen

 

GRANTS AND AWARDS

2024

  • German-Finnish artists exchange Residency, Tampere, FIN
  • Paula Modersohn-Becker art prize (Final list), Worpswede, DE
  • Eb-Dietzsch-Art prize, Gera, DE

2022

  • Friedrich-Vordemberge-scholarship
  • Graduates Scholarship von Rundstedt
  • Nominated for "Ida Gerhardi Award 2022"

2019

  • Nominated for " Kunstpreis Junger Westen 2019 Malerei"

 

RESIDENCIES

2024

  • German-Finnish artists exchange Residency, Tampere, FIN, 2024

2022

  • Friedrich-Vordemberge-Scholarship for Fine Arts, Cologne, DE, 2022

 

 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

PARK SEOBO Foundation, KR

Sparkasse Gera, DE

 

Exhibitions
Works
  • Jeehye Song, High Five, 2025
    High Five, 2025
  • Jeehye Song, I'm Bett, 2025
    I'm Bett, 2025
  • Jeehye Song, Home sweet home, 2024
    Home sweet home, 2024
  • Jeehye Song, was, 2024
    was, 2024
  • Jeehye Song, adiletten tandem, 2023
    adiletten tandem, 2023
  • Jeehye Song, auf dem Stuhl, 2023
    auf dem Stuhl, 2023
  • Jeehye Song, burn out, 2023
    burn out, 2023
  • Jeehye Song, collapse, 2023
    collapse, 2023
  • Jeehye Song, die Hoffnung fliegt weg komplett (hope flies away completely), 2023
    die Hoffnung fliegt weg komplett (hope flies away completely), 2023
  • Jeehye Song, guck mal, 2023
    guck mal, 2023
  • Jeehye Song, hey there, 2023
    hey there, 2023
  • Jeehye Song, I am burning, 2023
    I am burning, 2023
  • Jeehye Song, meditation, 2023
    meditation, 2023
  • Jeehye Song, Ruhezeit, 2023
    Ruhezeit, 2023
  • Jeehye Song, trimming, 2023
    trimming, 2023
  • Jeehye Song, A Hand in a Cake, 2022
    A Hand in a Cake, 2022
  • Jeehye Song, ein Kampf gegen die Welt (a fight against the world), 2022
    ein Kampf gegen die Welt (a fight against the world), 2022
  • Jeehye Song, fuck you sun light, 2022
    fuck you sun light, 2022
  • Jeehye Song, how can I go home, 2022
    how can I go home, 2022
  • Jeehye Song, I'm waiting, 2022
    I'm waiting, 2022
  • Jeehye Song, Love Dive, 2022
    Love Dive, 2022
  • Jeehye Song, Porträt mit Rauchen, 2022
    Porträt mit Rauchen, 2022
  • Jeehye Song, Sommer in der WG, 2022
    Sommer in der WG, 2022
  • Jeehye Song, Welcome home, 2022
    Welcome home, 2022
  • Jeehye Song, allein zu Hause (home alone), 2021
    allein zu Hause (home alone), 2021
  • Jeehye Song, Morgen (Morning), 2021
    Morgen (Morning), 2021
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