View Chang Hyun Bang’s works featured on Ceramics Now Magazine
→ Read the interview with Chang Hyun Bang, New artist – June-July 2011
→ Chang Hyun Bang is an exhibiting artist at the first edition of Ceramics Now Exhibition, held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Born in Korea, Bang Chang-Hyun studied ceramics and English language and literature at Kyung Hee University in Seoul and continued his studies (a master’s in ceramics) at the State University of New York, New Paltz. Bang was a literature student devoted to practicing novels in his mid-20s, dreaming of becoming a novelist. His career later helped him form his own distinctive visual grammar in his creative activities as a potter. Based on literary imagination, metaphor and symbol, Bang leads viewers to empathy with his personified swine characters.
Bang employs expressionist content and minimalist visual elements in his work. His work represents the gaze at his soul through recollections of the past in unique narratives. Employing a dramatic narrative structure in which a swine appears as protagonist, Bang acutely captures our diverse daily emotions – depression, anxiety, desire, obsession, loss, hallucination, horror – from the viewpoint of an animal. His small, cute swine characters echo viewers who think of them logically and rationally as weak, poor animals.Viewers obsessed with the pigs come to contrast their own life with that of the pigs cast in a dark shadow.
“The tiny swines in my work have human emotions. Depression, anxiety, desire, obsession from my daily lives, and subtle emotions indescribable through language are conveyed to viewers through swine body language. The space I dwell in is represented through abstract architectural structures. This is a floating space dependent on memories of experience, rather than actual space our bodies exist in, or phenomenological space where we meet the world and new languages are produced. Rational thoughts no longer exist, only primordial emotions are produced in this space. Languages, produced within the interrelations between buildings and swine unveil the mechanisms of the customs, regulations, desires, and power oppressing us.
The architectural structures do not exist independently, and remain meaningful only in relation with the pigs. The contrasting scale between tiny swine and huge buildings, colors and lines of architectural structures, and swine body language, are critical elements expressing the pigs’ psychological state. Night is when these feelings most revitalize. My desire, covered by daytime consciousness, ancient wounds submerged in the unconscious, and unknown anxieties, reveal their entities in my night space. While making pigs and constructing buildings, I emphasized the momentous and impromptu rather than precise any anatomy or accurate design. So I believe I can reach the world I have imagined through primitive senses left after excluding reason.” Chang Hyun Bang
Chang Hyun Bang’s C.V. (resume) – View his works
EDUCATION
2005 – 2007 – State University of New York(SUNY), New Paltz, NY
Master of Fine Art(MFA) Concentration : Ceramics
1993 – 2002 – Kyung Hee University, Suwon, Korea
Bachelor of Fine Art(BFA), Concentration: Ceramics
Bachelor of Art (BA), Concentration: English Language and Literature
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2009 – present KyungHee University, Korea, Suwon
Lecturer for the fall semester, Seminar & Portfolio Course, Basic Ceramics, Mixed Media
2008 – State University of New York(SUNY), New Paltz, NY
Adjunct professor for the spring semester, basic ceramics and Slipcasting courses
2007 – State University of New York(SUNY), New Paltz, NY
Adjunct professor for the fall semester, basic ceramics and Intro ceramics courses
PROFESSIONAL RELATED EXPERIENCE
2006 – 2007 – Internship, American Ceramics Magazine, New York, NY
– Research and related support for Harry Dennis & Ron Kutcha, editor
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 – 7th ‘Secret Garden’, Santiago Gallery, New York, U.S.A
2010 – 6th ‘Secret Garden’, Craft Trend Fair, COEX Hall A, Seoul, Korea
– 5th ’ My nights are more beautiful than your days’, Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2009 – 4th ‘iger-igeriooo’, Santiago Gallery, New York, U.S.A
2007 – 3rd ‘Wednesday Morning 3 a.m’, Smiley Art Gallery, New Paltz, NY
– 2nd ‘Pseudo-Object : A House’ Chandler Gallery, New Paltz, NY
2006 – 1st ‘Emotion or Perception’ : A House” Rotunda Gallery, New Paltz, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 – ‘Asia Top Gallery Hotel Art Fair’, Grand Hyatt Seoul, Seoul, Korea
– ‘Annual Exhibition of Yong-in Art Association, Yongin City Hall Gallery, Yongin, Korea
– ‘The memory of Insadong Street’, Angook Station Subway line 3, Korea
2010 – ‘Unique & Useful, Interalia’, Seoul, Korea
– ‘Paper Moon, Hyun Gallery’, Seoul, Korea
– ‘Autumn Travel’, Yongin City Hall Gallery, Yongin, Korea
– ‘2010 Open Sympathy Exhibition’, Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea
– ‘The 25th KyungHee Ceramic Artist Group Exhibition’, A&D Gallery, Suwon, Korea
– ‘2010 Tasteful’, Yongin City Hall Gallery, Yongin, Korea
2009 – ‘Contemporary Korean Ceramic Artist of the Year 2009’, Santiago Gallery,
New York, NY, U.S.A
– ‘2009 The 28th Seoul Contemporary Ceramic Arts Contest’, Xi Gallery, Seoul, Korea
– ‘Memories in Future’, Gallery Arto, Yongin, Korea
– ‘Chullung’, Gallery Hyun, Seoul, Korea
– ‘The Association of Ceramic Artist for the Pursuit of Korean Beauty’, Gallery A&S, Seoul, Korea
– ‘March’, Cyber Gallery in Monthly Ceramic Art
– ‘The 24th KyungHee Ceramic Artist Group Exhibition’, Hanjun Art Plaza, Seoul, Korea
2008 – ‘2008 The 27th Seoul Contemporary Ceramic Arts Contest’, Xi Gallery, Seoul, Korea
– ‘The 5th Modern Ceramic Arts Award of Korea 2008’, Incheon, Korea
– ‘KyungHee University Alumni Show’, D&P Gallery, Suwon, Korea
– ‘NCECA 2008, SUNY Alumni-Plus’, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
– ‘Visual Arts Center of New Jersey 22nd International Juried Show’, (Juror: Carter Foster, Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art), Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, New Jersey, NY
– ‘Hun Gallery International 2008 in New York Juried Fine Art Exhibition’,
Hun Gallery, New York, NY
2007 – ’07, The Barrett Art Center’s 23rd Annual National Juried Contemporary Art Exhibition’ (Juror Jose Luis Blondet, Dia Art Foundation, New York) Barrett Art Center Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
– ‘taste of new paltz’, A Hudson Valley Festival, Ulster County Fairgrounds, New Paltz, NY
– ‘Unbound’ SUNY Graduate Alumni Show, Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, NY
– ‘2007 Best of SUNY Graduate Art Exhibition’, The New York State Museum, Albany, NY
– ‘2007 Spring SUNY Student Art Exibition’, State University Plaza Gallery, Albany, NY
2006 – ‘Four Persons of Graduate Students Show’, Rotunda Gallery, New Paltz, NY
PUBLICATIONS / MEDIA
2011 – ‘Bang Chang-Hyun’s World Ceramic Tour’, Ceramic Monthly Art
– May issue, page 100-107
– April issue, page 94-99
– March issue, page 78-83
– February issue, page 60-65
– January issue, page 62-67
2010 – ‘The Miracle for 7 days’, MBC Broadcasting for 50 minutes
2010 – “Profile”, Neue Keramik Magazine, page 26-28
2010 – accessCeramics, a contemporary ceramics image resource http://www.accessceramics.org/
2010 – ‘Bang Chang-Hyun’s World Ceramic Tour’, Ceramic Monthly Art
– November issue, page 62-67
– October issue, page 64-69
– September issue, page 54-59
– August issue, page 56-61
– July issue, page 86-91
– June issue, page 104-107
– May issue, page 100-103
– April issue, page 104-107
2010 – “Artist”, Monthly Ceramic Art, cover & page 56-61
2010 – “Chullung”, Monthly Ceramic Art, page 36
2009 – “2009 The 28th Seoul Contemporary Ceramic Arts Contest”, Seoul Daily Newspaper, page 18
2009 – “500 Ceramic Sculpture”, Lark Books, page 321
2009 – “March”, Monthly Ceramic Art, page 98
2007 – “Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Exhibition”, Long is City Volume 4, No.2 June, July, August 2007
– the-artists.org, portfolio
– artaxis, an evolving independent network of artists
MEMBERSHIPS AND JUROR
– NCECA Membership
– KyungHee Membership
– Artaxis Membership
– Artaxis Juror
HONORS AND AWARDS
2010 – Selected from “Competition for Artists Support Grant”, Seoul Foundation Arts and Culture
2009 – Selected from “Contemporary Korean Ceramic Artist of the Year 2009”, Santiago Gallery
– Special Prize from “2009 The 28th Seoul Contemporary Ceramic Arts Contest”, Seoul Newspaper
– Selected for “500 Ceramic Sculpture”, Lark Books
2008 – “Honorable Mention” prize from “2008 The 27th Seoul Contemporary Ceramic Arts Contest”
– Honorable Mention prize from “ The 5th Modern Ceramic Arts Award of Korea 2008”
– Selected for “NCECA 2008, SUNY Alumni-Plus”, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
– Selected for “Visual Arts Center of New Jersey22nd International Juried Show”, (Juror: Carter Foster, Curator, Whitney Museumof American Art), Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, New Jersey, NY
– Selected for “Hun Gallery International 2008 in New York Juried Fine Art Exhibition”, New York, NY
2007 – Selected for “’07, The Barrett Art Center’s 23rd Annual National Juried Contemporary Art Exhibition”(Juror: Jose Luis Blondet, Dia Art Foundation, New York) Poughkeepsie, NY
– Graduate Student Research and Creative Project Award, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
– Selected for “Best of Student”from SUNY Graduate Exhibition, Albany, NY
– Selected for “Dorsky Gallery Summer Alumni Show”, Long Island, NY
– Selected for “2007 SUNY Students Exhibition”, Albany, NY
2002 – Selected Prize from “Korean Pottery Contest”
2001 – Selected Prize from “ Korean Contemporary Ceramic Art”
– Selected Prize from “Korean Collegees’ Competition”
COLLECTIONS
– Visual Art Center of New Jersey, New Jersey, NY
– Hun Gallery, New York, NY
– Esther Education Center, Seoul, Korea
– Kuri Golf Center, Kuri, Korea
– Phil Art Institute, Seoul, Korea
– Ferring Pharmaceutical Ltd., Seoul, Korea
Visit Chang Hyun Bang’s website.
→ View our featured ceramic artists list (posts).
→ Subscribe to our monthly newsletter and like our Facebook page if you want to stay in touch with us.
© Photographs, written works or other media, are subject to copyright and belong to the artist. We do not own any copyrights unless specified.
