Yesum Yoon

Yesum Yoon(b.1995) is a South Korean artist creating objects of various scales and creature-like forms. Her works are often weaved together as a visual storytelling of her imaginary landscape. As a cultural nomad, her stories give voice to and greet people living in the permanent flux of closures and openings. Her practice has been recognised through Christian Dior Couture and supported by residencies at Reon, GR, and Instituto, PT. Recent presentations include exhibitions at Brutus, NL, Limassol Art Walk, CY and Jardin des Tuileries, FR.

My work originates from the wish for the dearest, littlest things not to be erased by the world’s overwhelming busyness of life, crowded with ‘very important things to do’. I want these moments to be well-fed by my attention and grow, so they can meet another world and find those capable of loving them. Many of my stories follow scenarios of the ordinary’s resilience and escape from the flood of efficiency, clarity, and elimination of what cannot be grasped, working to find and reclaim the forgotten voices and passages to solidarity. My type of story is not of the grand successes of the ‘hero’ but of a collective of petite voices of caring through daily life, echoing, being connected, and expanding.

These stories extends to chapters such as individuals regaining the their bodies, minds and time - once split and compressed to dance with productivity(Don’t Leave me hanging, 2022); children and adults finding their dream houses together(Who is living in You?, 2022); becoming the fool on a journey(0.The Fool’s Invitation, 2023); and calling to one another to reach each other’s existence(Trivial Planet and Star Telephone, 2024 - ongoing).