Haegue Yang

Born in 1971, Seoul, Korea.
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany and Seoul, Korea.

Website: http://www.heikejung.de

 

Haegue Yang

Born in 1971 in Seoul, South Korea
Lives and works in Berlin and Seoul.

Haegue Yang creates installations that include photographic, video, and sculptural elements and are informed by her philosophical and political researchs. Responding to the places where she exhibits, Yang creates site-specific new work that incorporates both the architecture of the exhibition space and materials gathered from the region. Her highly refined and yet particular sense of materiality, combined with an elegant sense of space and atmosphere, contribute to her enveloping and resonant installations.

Haegue Yang was awarded the Wolfgang Hahn Prize by the Gesellschaft für Moderne Kunst, Museum Ludwig, Cologne in 2018 and the 13th Benesse Prize at the Singapore Biennale in 2022.

Her work has been exhibited in numerous international exhibitions and institutions including: MOCA & LA Phil, Los Angeles (2026); Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Saint Louis (2025); Taichung Art Museum, Taiwan (2025); Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam (2025); Nasher Sculpture Center Dallas, Dallas (2025); The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago (2024); Hayward Gallery, London (2024); HAM, Helsinki (2023); S.M.A.K, Ghent (2023); Pinacoteca, São Paulo (2023); National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen (2022); Tate St Ives, St Ives (2020); Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (2020); National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul (2020); Museum of Modern Art, New York (2019); The Bass, Miami Beach (2019); South London Gallery, London (2019); Museum Ludwig, Cologne (2018); KINDL – Centre for Contemporary Art, Berlin (2017); Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (2016); Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China (2015); Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul (2015); Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (2015); Tate Modern, London (2012); South Korean Pavilion, 53rd Venice Biennale (2009); among others.

Her works have been acquired by numerous institutions, including the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittburgh; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Pittsburgh; Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles; Museum Ludwig, Cologne; Museum of Modern Art, New York; M+, Hong Kong; National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art; Serralves Foundation, Porto; Tate Modern, London; The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, and Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.

Selected works

Our exhibitions


Haegue Yang

VIP's Union Petite

December 10th, 2022 — February 4th, 2023


Haegue Yang

Mesmerizing Mesh – Paper Leap and Resonating Habitat

October 18th — December 3rd, 2022


Haegue Yang

Quasi-ESP

October 14th — November 25th, 2017


Haegue Yang

Ovals and Circles

March 15th — April 27th, 2013

External exhibitions

Haegue Yang

Haegue Yang: Star-Crossed Rendezvous

March 1st — August 2nd, 2026
The Museum of Contemporary Art - Los Angeles — United States of America


Haegue Yang

Liquid Votive

December 13th, 2025 | currently
Taichung Art Museum (TcAM) - Taichung — Taiwan


Haegue Yang

Does the flower hear the bee

November 8th, 2025 — March 31st, 2026
15th Shanghai Biennale, Power Station of Art, - Shanghai — China


Haegue Yang

Haegue Yang: Leap Year

October 27th, 2025 — January 18th, 2026
Migros - Zurich — Switzerland

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