Power 2019
A juried international group exhibition of painting, sculpture, and new media art
Czong Institute of Contemporary Art
196-30, Samdo-Ro
Yangchon-eup
Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do
Korea 10049
August 30 – September 13, 2019
Opening Reception:
August 30, 2019
6:00 p.m. KST (UTC+9)
Exhibited Works: An Anemic Antidote; A Very High Fever
An Anemic Antidote, 2019
A Very High Fever, 2018
An exhibition covering topics of socio-political, socio-economic and cultural issues, power struggles, globalism, and environmental and energy problems. Mediums include photography, 2D digital art, video art, interactive art, painting, sculpture and installation art. CICA supports “young” culture makers, who have passion, critical thought, and desire for creative and experimental expression, regardless of their age and background. We believe that our inexhaustible passion for art and expression and a reckless rebelliousness can change the world.
Since 2014, CICA Museum has networked with over 4,000 international artists while organizing experimental publications & international exhibitions including the CICA international exhibition & publication on New Media Art, Art Yellow Book, and Artist Statement. To overcome uniform dissemination of contemporary art from the “center of Art,” CICA introduces local artists and cultures from different regions to global audiences and connect them with each other. In 2017, CICA Museum formed the CICA New Media Art Conference (CICA NMAC) which has become an annual conference. For CICA NMAC, CICA Museum collaborated with Gimpo City in 2017, Anyang City Cultural & Art Foundation in 2018, and Seoul National University in 2019. CICA Museum also organized “Art Teleported,” the Art Show and Conference for Nomad Artists, held in New York in 2019 and 2020. Through exhibitions, publications, conferences, and diverse experimental platforms, CICA fosters a global network among local artists, designers, audiences, and communities so that they can make, appreciate, and live in art in their regions and cultures.
Juror of AWARDS
Czong Ho Kyim
Kim, Czong Ho is the founder and president of CICA Museum. He received his BFA and MFA from Hong-ik University, and MFA from State University of New York at New Palze. He served as a professor of Fine Art Department at Sangmyung University and a visiting professor at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Since 1979, his works have been exhibited in New York, LA, and Seoul, Korea through solo and group shows, and international sculpture symposiums. While designing and building his studio himself in Gimpo in 1994, Czong Ho understood art in various contexts of architecture, environment, and nature. In 2004, he built and opened his gallery. In 2006, he founded CICA Museum to promote public understanding of art in the belief that art can change our life and culture as a whole.
Juror of Selection
Leejin Kim
Leejin Kim is an art director and artist specialized in new media art and visual & cultural studies, and the CEO of CICA Press. Leejin received her BFA in Sculpture from Seoul National University in Korea, MFA in Sculpture and New Media from the University of Pennsylvania, and her PhD in Media, Art, and Text from Virginia Commonwealth University. As an art director of CICA Museum since 2014, she has organized diverse experimental publication & international exhibition series including the CICA international exhibition & publication on New Media Art, Art Yellow Book, and Artist Statement. 1956-1957 Korea, the exhibition and publication curated by Leejin in 2014, was introduced by the press, including KBS News and Lonely Planet Magazine Korea. In 2017, Leejin formed the CICA New Media Art Conference (CICA NMAC). In 2018, she curated and moderated the International Symposium on New Media Art & Public Art, hosted by Anyang branch of The Federation of Artistic & Cultural Organization of Korea. In 2019, she organized Art Teleported, the art show and conference for nomadic artists, which was first held in Brooklyn, NY in January 2019.