Hyerin Eom
hyerin@hgb-leipzig.de / hyerineom@gmail.com
Born in 1991 in Seoul, South Korea Lives and works in Leipzig, Germany
About
Hyerin Eom explores the interaction between sculptural elements and performance in her artistic work, questioning society and the spaces in which humans exist and move. Currently, she focuses on phenomena she experiences as a South Korean living in a different cultural environment. She incorporates the memories of migrants and develops visual, speculative forms. Ultimately, she investigates the memories of people with whom she maintains contact over distances, against the backdrop of violence in historical, political, and social contexts. Through wax animations and text, she explores ways to represent complex relationships.
Education
2023 - Present Expanded Cinema under Prof. Clemens von Wedemeyer at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig. 2020-2023 Performative Arts under Prof. Nicoline Van Harskamp at Kunstakademie Münster 2016 - 2018 Contemporary Art at Hansung University, South Korea 2011 - 2016 Asian Traditional Ink Painting and teacher training for secondary schools at Hansung University, South Korea
Exhibitions
2025 Let me know, if any of these resonate with you, 2.15 Raum at the Academy of Fine Arts, Leipzig Ein erleuchtetes Zimmer (An illuminated room), Naund, Leipzig 2024 Pop Up Exbition, Raum 2.15, Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig Ausstrecken (Reaching out), Raum 69, Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig 2023 Plants (collaborative project), Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig and Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Leipzig and Ciudad Juárez, https://www.hgb-leipzig.de/juarez/index.html Werkstatt Klasse Van Harskamp (Workshop Class Van Harskamp), Kunstmuseum, Bochum. Onomato Scholarship exbition, Onomato Künstlerverein (artists' association), Düsseldorf 2022 'Triangulierung (Triangulation)' in Rundgang, Exbition Room 3 at the University of Fine Arts, Münster Breaking the Boundaries, Gyeomjae Jeongseon Art Museum, Seoul 2017 Self-Employee, R3028, Seoul 2016 Something that is not on the menu, Gallery Hi, Seoul Open Studio, A&D Gallery, Seoul