My current work explores the recognition of surroundings and reflects the physical fragility of life. I often create forms and achieve physical representation from fragile and impermanent materials, and the invisible becomes tangible through my work. In doing so, I intend to recognize and redefine perceptions of the mundane and its associations with our space and time. As a result, I invite an audience into a spontaneous and unexpected re-recognition of commonly used items. By the arrangement and placement of these materials, I attempt to transform everyday objects into new forms that embody the imperfect, incomplete, and impermanent in daily life.

Hong Seon Jang has exhibited at The McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC; Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY; Cuchifritos Gallery, NYC; Artspace, New Haven, CT; Rush Arts Gallery, NYC; The David B. Smith Gallery, Denver, CO; Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN; The Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY; and Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea. He received an Urban Artist Initiative Fellowship from NYSCA, The Emerging Artist Fellowship at Socrates Sculpture Park, and a grant from the AHL Foundation. Residencies include The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, NYC; Djerassi, Woodside, CA; Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL; Newark Museum, NJ; Lower East Side Print Shop Special Editions Residency, NYC; Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE; Abron Arts Center at Henry Street Settlement, NYC; and The Triangle Artists’ Workshop, NYC. Jang received his BFA from Dan Kook University, South Korea, and earned his MFA in Imaging Art at Rochester Institute of Technology. He was born in South Korea, and lives and works in New York.

Fungus, 2009
Magazines
72 x 130 inches (variable)
Courtesy of the artist

Prism, 2011
Spray paint on fishing wire
23 x 123 inches (variable)
Courtesy of the artist

http://www.hongseonjang.com