Jonghwan Jeong (b. South Korea, 1996) based in Netherlands.
My work examines the tension between the individual and the power dynamics of contemporary social structures. I investigate how the mundane rituals of daily life reveal the invisible forces shaping our unconscious. By engaging with these systems, I seek to dismantle their authority, transforming a sense of powerlessness into a site for existential reflection.
To investigate these tensions, I work across drawing, painting, video, sculpture, and performance. My works serve as an excavation of the latent tensions of daily life. This process bridges the gap between the external world and the internal, transforming these observations into tangible forms.
I believe profound truths reside within the metaphors of the ordinary. By expanding a personal perspective into a universal language, I overlap the familiar with the surreal. Using a lens of paradox and humor, my work acts as subversive resistance—finding agency within the absurdity of human existence.
My work examines the tension between the individual and the power dynamics of contemporary social structures. I investigate how the mundane rituals of daily life reveal the invisible forces shaping our unconscious. By engaging with these systems, I seek to dismantle their authority, transforming a sense of powerlessness into a site for existential reflection.
To investigate these tensions, I work across drawing, painting, video, sculpture, and performance. My works serve as an excavation of the latent tensions of daily life. This process bridges the gap between the external world and the internal, transforming these observations into tangible forms.
I believe profound truths reside within the metaphors of the ordinary. By expanding a personal perspective into a universal language, I overlap the familiar with the surreal. Using a lens of paradox and humor, my work acts as subversive resistance—finding agency within the absurdity of human existence.
Education
2021-2025
Gerrit Rietveld Academie
[The Large Glass Department](Amsterdam, Netherland)
[The Large Glass Department](Amsterdam, Netherland)
Residency
14.07.2024 - 31.08.2024
Taidetila Muijala art residency
(Soukontie 61, 27340 Pyharanta, Finland)
Group Exhibition
15.06.2026 - 19.06.2026
A New Salon Haus Vischer Weber
[FREE-DOM]
(Basel, Switzerland)
[FREE-DOM]
(Basel, Switzerland)
22.04.2026 - 26.04.2026
KUNST RAI 2026
(Europahal, Amsterdam)
(Europahal, Amsterdam)
26.03.2026 - 29.03.2026
TEC ART Festival [Rotterdam Art Week]
(Museumpark, Rotterdam)
(Museumpark, Rotterdam)
07.06.2025 - 03.08.2025
Taidetila Muijala
[Soft fascination]
(Soukontie 61, 27340 Pyharanta, Finland)
[Soft fascination]
(Soukontie 61, 27340 Pyharanta, Finland)
29.01.2025
Clara’s house
[Paper thin]
(Amsterdam, Netherland)
[Paper thin]
(Amsterdam, Netherland)
15.10.2024
Mediamatic
(Dijksgracht 6, 1019 BS,
Amsterdam, Netherland)
(Zeeburgerpad 53, 1019 AB, Amsterdam, Netherland)
(Dijksgracht 6, 1019 BS,
Amsterdam, Netherland)
26.03.2024
P////AKT Foundation(Zeeburgerpad 53, 1019 AB, Amsterdam, Netherland)
05.10.2023 - 08.10.2023
Project Space
(Havenstraat 15,Hasselt,Belgium)
(Havenstraat 15,Hasselt,Belgium)
01.04.2023 - 17.08.2023
National glass museum
(Leerdam, Netherland)
(Leerdam, Netherland)