Hyejeong Yoo (b.1992 in Seoul) is a photographer and currently lives and works in Leipzig, Germany. After receiving her Bachelor's Degree in Photography from Chung-ang University, she moved to Germany and graduated in 2022 with a Diploma in Photography in the class of Heidi Specker at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig.
Her works derive from questions surrounding concepts of birth and death, presence and absence. Reflections of existence are replaced by dust drifting through the air, sculptures in cemeteries, and the physical burden of carrying the Other. Her interests also lie in the tension and unfulfillment of language in human and non-human relationships. She presents her work in a performative way – opening up a dialogue between the subjects inside of the frame and engaging as a participant herself standing behind the camera. Natural light, silence, strict com-positions and the empty eyes of her subjects are essential to her staged images. Her work raises questions of time and existence in the here and now.
Her works derive from questions surrounding concepts of birth and death, presence and absence. Reflections of existence are replaced by dust drifting through the air, sculptures in cemeteries, and the physical burden of carrying the Other. Her interests also lie in the tension and unfulfillment of language in human and non-human relationships. She presents her work in a performative way – opening up a dialogue between the subjects inside of the frame and engaging as a participant herself standing behind the camera. Natural light, silence, strict com-positions and the empty eyes of her subjects are essential to her staged images. Her work raises questions of time and existence in the here and now.
Education
2022 Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Diploma, Class of Heidi Specker, Leipzig, Germany
2016 Chung-ang University, B.F.A in Photography, Seoul, South Korea
2013 Bauhaus University, Exchangestudent in Medien Kunst, Weimar, Germany
Selected Exhibitions
2022 Carrying, Caring, HGB Gallery, Leipzig, Germany (solo)
2021 Fernweh, Poiesis Gallery, Markleeberg, Germany
2021 Margo, Me and More, HGB Gallery, Leipzig, Germany
2021 Come Closer, Spinnerei Halle 14 UG, f/stop Reflections, Leipzig, Germany
2019 Science-Fiction-History, Gallery of European Art School of Bretagne(Quimper), France
2019 Let us stop here, SMAC, Berlin, Germany
2019 World Biennial Of Student Photography (Academy of Arts in Novi Sad)
2018 Copenhagen Photo Festival
2017 After You, Kunstraum D21, Leipzig, Germany
2015 Vision, Gallery Luminarie, Seoul, Korea
2014 5colors, Gallery Yoondesign, Seoul, Korea
Awards and Grants
2020 HGB Studienpreis
2020 Artist in Residence, SASSO Residency, Vairano, Switzerland
2018 Deutscher Jugendfotopreis
2011 Academic Excellence Award, Chung-Ang University, Korea
2017 Shortlisted, Athens Photo Festival, selected art work “Presence”
2019 Shortlisted, Centrale Festival, selected art work “Das Leben des Todes”
2019 Shortlisted, Athens Photo Festival, selected art work “deine Arme um meine Schultern”
Publications
2022 Monthly Photography Magazin, No.649, Seoul
2020 Drei Klang, No.5, Leipzig (Oper Leipzig Magazin),selected art work “Untitled”
2019 Blank Vol.1, Wien, selected art work “Brilliant Lies”
2015 Jigeum Vol.3, Seoul, selected art work “Presence“
2022 Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Diploma, Class of Heidi Specker, Leipzig, Germany
2016 Chung-ang University, B.F.A in Photography, Seoul, South Korea
2013 Bauhaus University, Exchangestudent in Medien Kunst, Weimar, Germany
Selected Exhibitions
2022 Carrying, Caring, HGB Gallery, Leipzig, Germany (solo)
2021 Fernweh, Poiesis Gallery, Markleeberg, Germany
2021 Margo, Me and More, HGB Gallery, Leipzig, Germany
2021 Come Closer, Spinnerei Halle 14 UG, f/stop Reflections, Leipzig, Germany
2019 Science-Fiction-History, Gallery of European Art School of Bretagne(Quimper), France
2019 Let us stop here, SMAC, Berlin, Germany
2019 World Biennial Of Student Photography (Academy of Arts in Novi Sad)
2018 Copenhagen Photo Festival
2017 After You, Kunstraum D21, Leipzig, Germany
2015 Vision, Gallery Luminarie, Seoul, Korea
2014 5colors, Gallery Yoondesign, Seoul, Korea
Awards and Grants
2020 HGB Studienpreis
2020 Artist in Residence, SASSO Residency, Vairano, Switzerland
2018 Deutscher Jugendfotopreis
2011 Academic Excellence Award, Chung-Ang University, Korea
2017 Shortlisted, Athens Photo Festival, selected art work “Presence”
2019 Shortlisted, Centrale Festival, selected art work “Das Leben des Todes”
2019 Shortlisted, Athens Photo Festival, selected art work “deine Arme um meine Schultern”
Publications
2022 Monthly Photography Magazin, No.649, Seoul
2020 Drei Klang, No.5, Leipzig (Oper Leipzig Magazin),selected art work “Untitled”
2019 Blank Vol.1, Wien, selected art work “Brilliant Lies”
2015 Jigeum Vol.3, Seoul, selected art work “Presence“