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Sangjun’s work has been selected for the symposium and exhibition at ISEA2026, the 31st International Symposium on Electronic/Emerging Art, held under the theme ELYAH: Constellating Place, Data & Identity. A version of the work developed for Dubai will be presented. November 6–15, 2026 Dubai, United Arab Emirates ISEA 2026 Founded in the Netherlands in 1990, ISEA […]

Presentation at the International Symposium for Visual Culture 2026 Sangjun presented Keepsakes in Every Hair at the International Symposium for Visual Culture (ISVC) 2026, held September 19–20 at the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Arts Center, Montgomery College. The talk traced a sustained inquiry into perception as a relational and temporal process, from early work […]

Sangjun’s project Perpetual Curves was selected as one of six finalists from more than 500 entries in the INFINITI Curved Visions Competition, organized by designboom. The competition invited digital and performance artworks for INFINITI’s new centers in Europe. Perpetual Curves is a wind-activated installation in which a sheer fabric curtain, a Kinect sensor, and an […]

Sangjun participated in The Path of Wind: Currents and Crossroads in Asia, the ANBD (Asia Network Beyond Design) 2025 Jeju Special Exhibition, presenting Parallax.  Taking wind, the symbol of Jeju, as its guiding image, the exhibition brought together art and design from across Asia to explore exchanges between tradition and modernity, and among nature, people, […]

Sangjun is participating “Beyond Festival 2011”, ZKM at Karlsruhe Germany http://2011.beyond-festival.com/en/

Sangjun presented his interactive installation interference in the exhibition of the second Festival for Applied Acoustics, held in the former UFA Palast cinema in Cologne, Germany. June 5–11, 2011 UFA Palast, Cologne, Germany

Sangjun presented heller, a photographic series, a video projection with performance, at Sommerloch 2011 in Wuppertal, Germany. 2011 Wuppertal, Germany  

Sangjun presented My Eyes Your Eyes at the 2011 Rundgang, the annual exhibition of the Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM), held across the academy’s campus. July 13–17, 2011 (Opening: July 13) Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM), Cologne, Germany

Sangjun presented Distant Light at the 5th Governors Island Art Fair, organized by 4heads in New York. Weekends, September 2012 Colonels’ Row, Governors Island, New York

Sangjun presented distant light in Engage, the first Detroit Interactive Art Exhibition, organized by Whitdel Arts. October 5–27, 2012 Whitdel Arts, Detroit, Michigan

Sangjun presented Distant Light at Media Circus, a festival of art and technology presented by CultureHub at La MaMa in New York. November 23–25, 2012 Ellen Stewart Theatre, La MaMa, New York

Sangjun presented distant light at the 9th Gwanghwamun International Art Festival, Good Morning Gwanghwamun, in Seoul, Korea. April 25 – May 27, 2013 Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, Seoul, Korea

Sangjun presented Distant Light at Wellington LUX 2013, a festival and symposium of light art and design in Wellington, New Zealand, presented by Massey University’s College of Creative Arts with Wellington City Council, City Gallery Wellington, and Te Papa. June 21–24, 2013 Wellington, New Zealand

Sangjun presented his media installation Distant Light in Art Peace: How to Heal your Inner Peace with Art, a group exhibition of seven artists and teams at the Kumho Museum of Art in Seoul. The exhibition turned the museum into a space for rest and contemplation through installation, sound, and media works. July 13 – […]

Sangjun is participating Kobe Biennale 2013 – Art in Container. Kobe Biennale 2013

Sangjun is participating Mise-en-Scène (In Matter and Mind), High-temp Fabrication.

Sangjun presented Synchronicity (i), a mixed-media installation, at the Governors Island Art Fair 2014, organized by 4heads in New York. Held in former military residences on the island, the fair gave each of its 100 artists a room of their own. Weekends, September 2014 Colonels’ Row, Governors Island, New York    

Sangjun gave a PechaKucha presentation of his work at HEAR + KNOW, a media art showcase at Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center in Buffalo, New York.

Sangjun presented his installation in Cradle to Grave, a group exhibition at the University at Buffalo, New York.  

Sangjun presented Distant Light in a solo exhibition concluding his artist residency at Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center in Buffalo, New York. February 6 – March 21, 2015 Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center, Buffalo, New York  

Sangjun is participating in the group exhibition Intersection at unbound, Seoul, presenting untitled[seoul]. October 19 – November 2, 2024 unbound, Seoul, Korea unbd_art

Sangjun is collaborating with artists Millie Chen and Arzu Ozkal as technology designer for SRS (Silk Road Songbook), an audio-video installation that carries women’s songs of resistance along a historic Eurasian migration route linking Istanbul, Tehran, Tashkent, Bishkek, and Xi’an. SRS Website  

Sangjun’s work is featured in Breath: New Media Art 2024, published by CICA Press, Korea. The volume presents artists and scholars from CICA Museum’s 2023 programs, including [the International Symposium for Visual Culture 2023], through artwork images, essays, and research papers. Available in paperback and as a Kindle eBook. CICA Press

Sangjun participated in the group exhibition Abstract Mind 2023 at CICA Museum, Gimpo, Korea, presenting untitled[seoul]. April 5–23, 2023 CICA Museum, Gimpo, Korea

Sangjun presented at the International Symposium for Visual Culture (ISVC) 2023, held April 1–2 at CICA Museum, Gimpo, Korea. April 1–2, 2023 CICA Museum, Gimpo, Korea ISVC is an international platform for diverse and critical perspectives on visual culture.

Sangjun’s solo exhibition I hear a tree in the wind at night was presented at Dimensions Gallery, Bloomington, Indiana. March, 2020 Dimensions Gallery, Bloomington, IN Go to Project >

Sangjun’s video work untitled [sao paulo] was presented at FILE São Paulo 2019, the 20th edition of FILE – Electronic Language International Festival. June 26 – August 11, 2019 (Opening: June 25) SESI-SP Art Gallery, Centro Cultural Fiesp, São Paulo, Brazil more information: https://file.org.br/highlight/file-sao-paulo-2019/    

Sangjun presented his work untitled [bloomington] at TEDx Bloomington. Bloomington, Indiana

Sangjun’s new media installation Blind Film was presented in Space:Light, an exhibition of light art and optical media organized by the Center for the Holographic Arts (HoloCenter) and curated by Martina Mrongovius. October 17 – November 17, 2019 (Opening: October 19) The Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City, New York more information: www.licartists.org/space-light    

Sangjun’s interactive installation Nevertheless – interactive was presented at CYNETART, the biennial international festival for media art, at the European Centre for the Arts Hellerau in Dresden, Germany. October 11–14, 2018 (Opening: October 11) Festspielhaus Hellerau, Dresden, Germany cynetart.org    

Sangjun’s video installation untitled [seattle] was presented at Beyond Festival 2018: Future Design at ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Germany. October 3–7, 2018 ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany 2018.beyond-festival.com    

Sangjun’s work unspoken was selected through an international open call for Future Artifact, an exhibition of screen-based digital media presented by Plexus Projects in conjunction with Creative Tech Week 2018 and curated by Laura Splan. May 6–9, 2018 Plexus Projects, Brooklyn, New York more info: Plexus Project: Future Artifact

Sangjun’s interactive installation untitled [spokane] was exhibited at the Richmond Art Collective Gallery in connection with his residency at Laboratory, an interactive art residency in Spokane, Washington. September 22, 2018 (Opening: 5–8 pm) Richmond Art Collective Gallery, 228 W. Sprague Ave., Spokane, Washington  

Night Cloud, Sangjun’s collaborative project with choreographer Daniel Roberts, premiered at Velocity Dance Center in Seattle, Washington. May 18–20, 2018 Velocity Dance Center, Seattle, Washington Choreography: Daniel Roberts Dancers: Biag Gaongen, Anthony Milian, Hannah Simmons, Erin Yen Visual Design: Sangjun Yoo Music: A Crimson Grail, Part II by Rhys Chatham Costumes: Carl Bronsdon, courtesy of […]

Sangjun’s new media installation Blind Film was presented at the New Media Gallery of Jack Straw Cultural Center in Seattle. The work is a series of installations composed in real time through a kinetic system and digital interface, reconfiguring familiar things that change and repeat in everyday life and sometimes reach us only as unrefined […]

Sangjun’s collaborative performance nevertheless was presented through Laboratory residency in Spokane, Washington, with choreographer Karla Parbon and dancers Brooke Grissom and Melanie S. Williams of Partners Through Art Adaptations. The piece combines choreography and improvisation with smartphones, real-time interfaces, and live data visualization, turning the everyday gestures of selfies and screen use into performance. August […]

Sangjun’s site-specific project untitled [tilburg] was presented in The Clouds in Rapids at SEA Foundation in Tilburg, the Netherlands, following his residency there. Tracing a walk through the city by GPS, he rebuilt the route from Google Street View imagery, with notes from the walk appearing and disappearing in the rhythm of his own REM […]

Sangjun’s installation Distant Light was presented at Method Gallery in Seattle. March 2 – April 15, 2017 (Opening: March 2) Method Gallery, Seattle, Washington

Sangjun’s video work Disapparition was presented in the Video Art section of FILE 2015, the 16th Electronic Language International Festival in São Paulo, Brazil. June 16 – August 16, 2015 SESI-SP Art Gallery, Centro Cultural Fiesp, São Paulo, Brazil

Sangjun’s work was presented in FONLAD 2015, the 11th edition of the digital arts festival based in Coimbra, Portugal November 21 – December 31, 2015 FONLAD 2015