Jun Yang

Jun Yang is an artist based in Vienna, Taipei and Yokohama. His works encompass various mediums – including, film, installation, performance and projects in the public spaces while addressing institutions, societies and audiences. Having grown up and lived in various different cultural contexts, in his artistic work Jun Yang examines the influence of clichés and media images on identity politics. Previous exhibitions include the Biennial of Sydney 2018, the Gwangju Biennale 2018 and 2012; the Taipei Biennial 2008, the Liverpool Biennial 2006, the 51st Biennale di Venezia 2005, and the Manifesta 4 in 2002. Jun Yang concluded working on a series of solo-exhibitions/retrospectives that started at the Art Sonje Center, Seoul, continued at Kunsthaus Graz, and was shown in Taipei at Kuandu Museum, TKG+ Projects and MoCA Taipei (as one exhibition at three venues in one city). Yang decided thereafter to take time off from making exhibitions. With his interest in institutions, Yang joined the board of the Vienna Secession in 2021. He sees his latest projects: designing the König bookshop at Bundeskunsthalle Bonn and creating the kitchen and dining-room for the Oskar Schlemmer Haus (Bauhaus Dessau) as part of his interest in institutional structures.