Hyejeong Yoo (b. 1992 in Seoul) is a photographer currently living and working in Leipzig, Germany. She holds a B.F.A. in photography from Chung-Ang University in Seoul. In 2022, she received a Diploma with honors in photography in the class of Prof. Heidi Specker at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig (HGB). She is currently enrolled as a Meisterschülerin (postgraduate studies for artists) with Prof. Heidi Specker at the HGB.
Yoo stages her figures within minimalist settings. Through the medium of photography, she delves into concepts such as the significance of the Other and the interplay between birth and death. She also employs videography as an extension of her performative photographs. Integral to her meticulously crafted compositions is the gentle caress of natural light, the embrace of silence, and the haunting emptiness reflected in the eyes of her protagonists.
Education
2022-
Meisterschülerin with Prof.Heidi Specker, Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig (HGB), Germany
2022
Diploma in photography (with honours), Class of Prof.Heidi Specker, HGB Leipzig, Germany
2016
B.F.A in Photography, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea
2013
Student exchange program in Media Art, Bauhaus University, Weimar, Germany
Selected Exhibitions
2023
gute aussichten, New German Photography 2022/2023, Kunsthalle Pfaffenhofen, Germany
gute aussichten, New German Photography 2022/2023, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany
gute aussichten, New German Photography 2022/2023, Landesmuseum Koblenz, Germany
SIZAK x Ami Art Museum, Dangjin, South Korea
the continuous stream of beginnings and endings, alpha nova & galerie futura, Berlin, Germany
Ting, Ting, Ting, Platzhirschbar, Leipzig, Germany
PEP New Talents 2022, 254 Forest, Brussels, Belgium
2022
Treues Herz, Goethe-Institut Seoul, South Korea
Fotohof Calling, Fotohof Studio, Salzburg, Austria
Angenommen, Hier, Neue Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Gera, Germany
A5, AS/EM, curated by Erik Swars, Leipzig, Germany
Carrying, Caring, HGB Gallery, Leipzig, Germany (Diploma show)
2021
Margo, Me and More, HGB Gallery, Leipzig, Germany
Fernweh, Poiesis Galerie, Markkleeberg, Germany
Come Closer, Spinnerei Halle 14 UG, f/stop Reflections, Leipzig, Germany
2020
The World is Not Enough, curated by Hanna Stiegler and Paul Niedermayer, Adalberstr.9, Berlin, Germany
2019
Science-Fiction-History, Gallery of European Art School of Bretagne, Quimper, France
Let Us Stop Here, Gallery SMAC, Berlin, Germany
World Biennial Of Student Photography, Novi Sad, Serbia
2018
Copenhagen Photo Festival, Denmark
Deutscher Jugendfotopreis, Photokina, Cologne, Germany
2017
After You, Kunstraum D21, Leipzig, Germany
2015
Vision, Gallery Luminarie, Seoul, South Korea
2014
5色, Yoon Design Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Awards / Grants
2023
Rössing-Price for Photography
gute aussichten, New German Photography 2022/2023
2022
Grant / Artist-in-Residence, Camera Austria & Kulturvermittlung Steiermark, Graz, Austria
2020
Studienpreis des Freundeskreises der HGB und der Sparkasse Leipzig
Artist-in-Residence, SASSO Residency, Vairano, Switzerland
2018
Deutscher Jugendfotopreis (German Youth Photo Award)
Collections
2020
Migrant Communities: Stories, Individuals and Identity, Student Edition Exhibition & Exchange Studio Art Department, Printmaking Collection Stockton University, New Jersey, USA
Publications
2022
Der Greif, Issue 15 - The Collectivity Issue, Munich, Germany, selected work Carrying, Caring
Monthly Photography Magazine, No.649, Seoul, South Korea, selected work deine Füße auf meinen Füßen
2020
Dreiklang, No.5, Leipzig (Oper Leipzig Magazin), Germany, selected work Untitled
2019
Blank Vol.1, Wien, Austria, selected work Brilliant Lies
2015
Jigeum Vol.3, Seoul, South Korea, selected work Presence
Design and Code: Rita Sabbo
Copyright 2023: Hyejeong Yoo