Jin Heewoong is a Korean visual artist based in Seoul and Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montréal. He has experimented with different processes of discovering combinations of various objects that can be found from our surroundings (e.g. found objects, ready-made, industrial material, etc.). By producing variations in arrangement of his objects, Jin’s work generates new meanings with them by creating order and/or chaos within his object combinations which often reveal the aesthetic elements inherent in the used objects. Recently, he started to expand his practice in video by combining personal text and footage that explores the subtle nuances of his experience of displacement.


Jin heewoong(born in 1985 in Korea) is an interdisciplinary artist based in Seoul and Tiohtià:ke/Montreal. Graduated from Cheongju University with a Bachelor's in Painting. He received a graduate degree in Painting from the same university and pursuing his MFA program in Concordia in the sculpture department. He has been presented/will be presented at Centre Mai (CAN, 2023), Maison de la culture Janine-Sutto (CAN, 2022), Ignition at Leonard & Bina Art Gallery (CAN, 2022), Peripheral Hours, Tiohtià:ke/Montreal (CAN, 2019) and Real DMZ project, Art Sonje Center (KOR, 2015), Cheongju International Craft biennale 2017 (KOR). He is a co-founding member of Quite Ourselves, a group of artists seeking sustainable mobility in life and art creation.

Solo Exhibition2023 I am no longer waves, Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, SIGHTINGS 39, curated by Julia Eilers Smith, Montreal, Canada
2017 Orbit Here, One and J+, Seoul, Korea 2015 One Nail Drives Out Another, SALT Art Gallery, Gwangju, Korea 2015 It’s not where you take things from - It’s where you take them to, Cheongju Creative Studio, Cheongju, Korea 2013 Random Access, Salon_Vit, Cheongju, Korea
Selected Group Exhibition
2023 Migrant instability at Centre MAI, Montreal, Canada
2022 at a distance-from within, Projet Casa, Montreal, Canada
2022 Le présent, modes d’emplo at Maison de la culture Janine-sutto, Montreal, Canada
2022 Ignition 17, Leonard & Bina Art gallery, Montreal, Canada
2020 At and Away, Peripheral Hours, 8947 Saint-Urbain, Montreal, Canada 2019 Moving Trailer, rented truck, 2540 Rue Moreau, Montreal, Canada 2019 Exhibition In The Sky, Park Jarry, Montreal, Canada 2018 Flat Edge, Dacheongho Museum, Cheongju, Korea 2018 Peripheral Hours, 8947 Saint-Urbain, Montreal, Canada   2018 Moving Trailer, rented truck, Montreal, Canada 2017 Moving Trailer, rented truck, Montreal, Canada 2017 Re-craft, Cheongju Craft Biennale, Cheongju, Korea 2016 Illuminate the Jungdong, Artist’s room, jungdong small museum, Daejeon 2016 Document The traces of 10 years, The future of the 10 years, Cheongju Art Studio, Cheongju 2015 Real Dmz Project 2015 <Lived time of Dongsong>, Art Seonje center, Seoul, Korea 2015 8yoill noons, Barim Media Space, Gwangju, Korea 2015 Is,  Art Space One, Seoul, Korea 2014 Ghost Memories, Cheongju Creative Studio, Cheongju, Korea 2014 7sense&sensibility, Cheongju Creative Studio, Cheongju, Korea 2014 Art Goshi Project Part 1, Barim Media Space, Gwangju, Korea 2012 our wedding performance, Agit, Busan, Korea 2012 Soundscape, Woomin Art Center, Cheongju, Korea
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2017 Re-craft, Cheongju Craft Biennale, Cheongju, Korea 2014 mycheongjuchandelierchohab, Daecheongho Museum, Cheongju, Korea 2013 mycheongjuchandelierchohab, Cheongju Cultural Industrial Complex, Cheongju, Korea 2013 mycheongjuchandelierchohab, Scheme Museum, Cheongju, Korea 2012 mycheongjuchandelierchohab, Cheongju Creative Studio, Cheongju, Korea
Residency Program
2015 8yoill noons meta-residence Project, Barim Media Space, Gwangju, Korea 2014 Cheongju Creative Studio, Cheongju, Korea 2014 Barim Media Space, Gwangju, Korea 2011 Art Firm, Cheongju, Korea
Collection
Private collection, Ssangri gallery, Daejeon, Korea
Grant and funding
2022 Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, vivacité 
2021 Canada art council, digital publiction 

2015 reseach and creation by korean artist welfare foundation
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