알재단 21회 현대미술공모전 수상자 발표

경미, 채희택, 류 C 작가 선정

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비영리 한인미술인지원단체 알재단(AHL Foundation 대표 이숙녀)이 2024년 제21회 현대미술 공모전(AHL-T&W Foundation Contemporary Visual Art Awards) 수상자를 발표했다.

 왼쪽부터 수상자 경미(Kyung-Me), 채희택(John Hee Taek Chae), 류 C(C. Ryu) 작가

금상(Gold Award)은 경미(Kyung-Me), 은상(Silver Award)은 채희택(John Hee Taek Chae), 동상(Bronze Award)에는 류 C(C. Ryu)가 선정됐다. 수상자 각각 전시 지원금 5천 달러, 4천 달러, 3천 달러를 받게 되며 작품 활동을 위한 기금과 알재단에서 열리는 그룹 전시회에 참여하는 기회도 갖게 된다.

알재단의 현대 미술 공모전은 2003년 재단의 설립과 동시에 시작되었고 미국에서 활동하는 한국계 미술인이면 누구나 지원 할 수 있는 연례 프로그램이다. 2016년부터는 T&W 재단(대표: 토마스 클레멘트(Thomas Park Clement) & 김원숙)의 후원으로 운영되고 있다.

올해 현대미술상 심사위원으로는 아만트(Amant)재단 큐레이터인 이안 월리스(Ian Wallace), 라이언 리 갤러리(RYAN LEE Gallery)의 파트너 제프리 리 (Jeffrey Lee), 듀크 대학교 내셔 미술관(Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University)의 어시스턴트 큐레이터인 줄리안 미아오(Julianne Miao)가 참여했다.

금상을 수상한 경미(Kyung-Me) 작가는 잠재(潛在)된 건축물들과 이미지, 물체, 기억이 얽혀 복잡하고 영적인 공간을 만들어내는 방식을 탐구한다. 2018년 예일 미술대학에서 MFA(미술학 석사)를 취득하였고, 작품은 휘트니 미술관, 볼티모어 미술관, Magasin III에 소장되어 있다.

최근 전시로는 ‘Sister’(뉴욕 Bureau 갤러리, 2022), ‘Introverse: Allegory Today’(뉴욕대학교 80WSE 갤러리, 2022), ‘Liminal Spaces’(베를린 Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, 2019) 등이 있다. 또한 Bureau(뉴욕)와 Kiang Malingue(홍콩) 소속 작가로, 두 권의 저서 Copy Kitty (2dCloud, 2022)와 Bad Korean (Spaceface Books, 2016)을 저술한 바 있다. 현재 Rhode Island School of Design, 뉴욕 대학교, Pacific Northwest College of the Arts에 출강 중이다.

은상의 채희택(John Hee Taek Chae) 작가는 회화(繪畵) 작품들을 통해 주로 시각문화의 분화 과정과 이종 문화들 사이의 혼합 및 결합의 진화 과정에 관심을 가지고 작업하고 있는 작가이자 교육자이다. 그는는 2010년 Maryland Institute College of Art에서 미술학 학사를, 2020년 Virginia Commonwealth University에서 회화 및 프린트 메이킹 전공으로 순수미술학 석사를 취득했다.

주요 개인전으로 ‘Hallucination’(뉴욕 D.D.D.D. 갤러리, 2024), ‘A Dark and Bloody Ground’(켄터키주 렉싱턴 Institute 193, 2023), ‘Shed Your Eyes’(뉴욕 MARCH 갤러리, 2023), ‘Make. Believe’(플로리다 잭슨빌 현대미술관, 2014)이 있으며, 2021년 MacDowell Fellowship을 수상했다. 2022년에는 Yaddo Fellow로 선정되었으며, 2023년엔 University of Houston의 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center 레지던스 스칼러(Scholars in Residence)로 선정되었다. 현재는 뉴욕주 Alfred University의 미술 디자인대학 소속 조교수로 재직 중이다.

동상의 류 C(C. Ryu) 작가는 살아있는 이들을 위한 의식을 현대적으로 번역하는 다원 예술가이다. 그는 한국인 이민자의 자녀로서 18년 동안 총 8번의 이사를 한 경험을 통해, 이동, 기억, 움직임, 이주를 주제로 퍼포먼스, 사회실천 친목 모임, 비디오 설치 등 다양한 매체를 통해 작업을 선보이고 있다.

류 작가는 Hwa Records, JADED(2022년 Pittsburgh City Paper에서 올해의 인물로 선정됨), Han Diaspora Group의 공동 설립자이자 공동 리더이다. 그는 Carnegie Museum of Art, Institute of Contemporary Art, San Francisco, McDonough Museum of Art, University of Southern California, LA Art Show, Kelly Strayhorn Theater 등에서 공연, 전시, 문화 기획을 진행한 바 있다.

알재단 이숙녀 회장은 “올해로 21주년을 맞이하는 현대미술상이 지원해 온 작가들도 벌써 80명이 되어간다. 수상작가 3인에게 축하의 메시지를 전하고 싶다. 뛰어난 지원자들 중 고심(苦心)하여 작가를 선정해 준 심사위원에게도 감사를 전한다. 알재단 현대미술상을 수상한 작가들은 현재 전 세계 곳곳에서 자랑스러운 중견 작가로 성장하여 활동하고 있다. 수상 작가들은 알재단 작가 동문회에 자동 소속되어 계속적으로 알재단과 소통하게 될 것이다. 한인 작가들의 성장을 위해 많은 응원과 후원 바란다.” 라고 선정 작가 발표 소감을 전했다.

시상식은 오는 11월 2일(토) 알재단 베네핏 갈라 및 시상식 행사에서 열리며 2024년도 수상작가 전시는 11월 1일(금)에 오프닝 리셉션을 갖는다. 문의 info@ahlfoundation.org

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AHL Foundation Announces the Winners of the 2024 21st AHL- T&W Foundation Contemporary Visual Art Awards

The AHL Foundation, a nonprofit organization supporting Korean artists, has announced the winners of the 2024 21st Annual AHL-T&W Foundation Contemporary Visual Art Awards. The Gold Award goes to Kyung-Me, the Silver Award to John Hee Taek Chae, and the Bronze Award to C. Ryu. The awardees will receive exhibition support grants of $5,000, $4,000, and $3,000 respectively. In addition to financial support for their artistic activities, the winners will have the opportunity to showcase their work in a group exhibition at the AHL Foundation’s gallery in November 2024.

Established in 2003, the Contemporary Visual Art Awards is an annual competition open to all contemporary artists of Korean descent active in the United States and is the AHL Foundation’s highlight program. Since 2016, the awards have been supported by the T&W Foundation, established by Wonsook Kim and Thomas Park Clement.

This year’s juror members included Ian Wallace, Curator at Amant Foundation; Jeffrey Lee, Partner at RYAN LEE Gallery; and Julianne Miao, Assistant Curator at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University.

Kyung-Me (Gold Award)’s work explores potential architectures of the subconscious and how images, objects and memory are intertwined to conjure complex and spiritual spaces. Working predominantly in ink and charcoal, she creates drawings of labyrinthian spaces. In these interior worlds, she explores the seductive and sinister nature of entrapment structures. She is interested in the invisible architecture of entrapment -- from the familial and societal, to the psychological and spiritual. Kyung-Me (b. 1991, lives and works in New York, NY) graduated from the Yale School of Art with an MFA in 2018. Her work has been collected by the Whitney Museum of Art, Baltimore Museum of Art and Magasin III. Recent shows include: “Sister”, Bureau, New York, NY (2022); “Introverse: Allegory Today”, 80WSE, New York, NY (2022); “Liminal Spaces”, Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin, 2019; “Coniunctio” with Harry Gould Harvey IV, Bureau, New York, NY (2019); “Poor Thing” with Sydney Shen, Hotel Art Pavilion, Brooklyn (2018); “Copy Kitty”, Selena Gallery, Brooklyn (2017); and “Bad Korean”, 17 Essex Gallery, New York, (2016). Kyung-Me is represented by Bureau (New York) and Kiang Malingue (Hong Kong). She is the author of two books, Copy Kitty, published by 2dCloud (2020) and Bad Korean, published by Spaceface Books (2016). She also teaches at Rhode Island School of Design, New York University and the Pacific Northwest College of the Arts.

John Hee Taek Chae (Silver Award) is an artist and educator whose work is interested in the hybridization and mutation of visual culture primarily through the practice of painting. John received his BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2010 and his MFA in Painting and Printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2020. His previous solo exhibitions include A Dark and Bloody Ground at Institute 193 (Lexington, KY), Shed Your Eyes at MARCH (New York, NY), Western Paintings at D. D. D. D. (New York, NY), and Make. Believe. at MOCA Jacksonville (Jacksonville, FL), among others, and he was awarded the MacDowell Fellowship in 2021 and was a Yaddo Fellow in 2022. He was the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Scholar in Residence at the University of Houston in 2023 and is now Assistant Professor in the School of Art and Design at Alfred University.

C. Ryu (Bronze Award) is an interdisciplinary artist using translation as a tool to map forgotten histories – to reveal psychological shadows haunting | hunting the diaspora – and performs contemporary translations of rituals for the living. Ryu was born and raised in the United States to Korean immigrants. Ryu moved a total of 8 times over the first 18 years of life. Infatuated with moving, memory & movement, and migration, Ryu’s practice spans through mediums of performance, social practice, intimate gatherings, and video installations often using techniques conflating documentary and science fiction to parse through the warped nature of emotional time in migration storytelling. Tracing the edges of the hidden and silenced perspectives of the past to inform the personal and political of the present, C. visualizes narratives utilizing multiple voices in tension with each other to highlight the complicated structures of empire and power while unraveling imperial illusions through geopolitical poetry.

C. Ryu is a co-founder and co-leader of Hwa Records, JADED (named 2022 People of the Year by the Pittsburgh City Paper), and Han Diaspora Group. Ryu has performed, exhibited, and culturally produced at Carnegie Museum of Art; Institute of Contemporary Art, San Francisco; McDonough Museum of Art; University of Southern California; LA Art Show; Kelly Strayhorn Theater; and more.

AHL Foundation President Sook Nyu Lee Kim states, "As we celebrate the 21st anniversary of the Contemporary Visual Art Awards, we have now supported nearly 80 artists. I would like to extend my heartfelt congratulations to the three winners and express my gratitude to the jurors for their thoughtful selection among so many outstanding applicants. Artists who have received the AHL Contemporary Visual Art Awards have grown into proud mid-career artists, actively contributing to the art world across the globe. The winners will be part of the AHL Foundation artist alumni network, allowing for ongoing communication and collaboration with us. I hope to see continued support and encouragement for the growth of Korean artists.”

The awards ceremony will take place on Saturday, November 2nd, during the AHL Foundation’s Benefit Gala and Awards Ceremony, and the opening reception for the 2024 winners' exhibition will be held on Friday, November 1st. For inquiries, please contact info@ahlfoundation.org.