Jungil Hong, also known as Jung-li Hong (born 1976),[1] is an American artist based in Providence, Rhode Island. She is best known for her psychedelic, cartoon-inspired silkscreen poster art and paintings. More recently she has expanded into textiles.

Jungil Hong
Born1976 (age 47–48)
NationalityKorean, American
Alma materRhode Island School of Design
AwardsRISCA Fellowship Merit Award

Early life and education

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Hong moved to Providence, Rhode Island in 1995 in order to attend Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and that same year taking up residency Fort Thunder.[2] Hong, with Lightning Bolt drummer/frontman Brian Chippendale, and musician and artist Mat Brinkman worked on pioneering an art movement between the mid 1990s to early 2000s in Providence, sometimes referred to as the "Providence/RISD" scene.[3][4][5]

Hong received her B.F.A. degree in 1999 in ceramics and her M.F.A. degree in 2015 in textiles from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).[6][7]

Work

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She has won scholarships to the Penland School of Arts and Crafts, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, and Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts.[8] She has won the 2006 Rhode Island State Council of the Arts (RISCA) Fellowship Merit Awards in the Drawing and Printmaking and Crafts categories.[8] She was selected for the 2007 deCordova Annual award, from deCordova Museum and Sculpture Park.[9]

Her work has been shown at Gallery Agniel in Providence, MASS MoCA, the New Image Art Gallery in West Hollywood, Space 1026 in Philadelphia, The Museum of the Rhode Island School of Design, International Print Center New York (IPCNY), Florsitree Space in Baltimore, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, Cinders Gallery, New York, The Rhode Island Foundation Gallery, Limner Gallery, New York, Las Sucias Studio, Brooklyn, and the Cheongju Craft Museum, Cheongju, Korea.[10]

Hong currently shares a large industrial studio space in Providence with her husband, Brian Chippendale, that they call the "Hilarious Attic".[11][12] Together the couple has a son.[13]

References

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  1. ^ "Wunderground : Providence,1995 to the present : Providence poster art, 1995-2005 ; Shangri-la-la-land : exhibition September 15, 2006-January 7, 2007 / Judith Tannenbaum with Maya Allison". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2019-10-01. Hong, Jungil 1976-
  2. ^ Neelon, Caleb. "Jung-Il Hong". Swindle, Issue 05. Archived from the original on 2008-06-14. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  3. ^ "Brian Chippendale and Jungil Hong's dazzling new work - Museum And Gallery". Providence Phoenix. Archived from the original on 2016-02-14. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  4. ^ Smith, Roberta (2006-12-16). "Looking for Graphic Lightning From Fort Thunder". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  5. ^ "Art scene by Bill Van Siclen: A jaunty stroll through 150 years of illustration". The Providence Journal. 2011-06-29. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2019-02-01 – via web.archive.org.
  6. ^ Flanagan, Mollie (2017-07-30). "Meet our Fellowship and Merit Recipients in Crafts!". RISCA Blog. Retrieved 2019-10-01. Jungil Hong is a Korean-American visual artist. Since graduating RISD in 1999 with a BFA in Ceramics
  7. ^ "Textiles Grad Students Show in NYC". Our RISD. 3 June 2015. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  8. ^ a b "Individuals". Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA). Archived from the original on 2017-08-15. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  9. ^ "Punch, potato scientists, and 'Sodmonsters' at DeCordova". The Boston Globe archive. 2007-05-18. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
  10. ^ Tannenbaum, Judith, and Maya Allison. (2006) Wunderground: Providence,1995 to the Present. Providence, R.I.: Museum of Art, RISD. Print.
  11. ^ "Down the Rabbit Hole with Brian Chippendale". The Comics Journal. 25 June 2014. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  12. ^ Cougy, Jean Luc (3 December 2015). "Providence. Fracas psychédélique au MIAM". En revenant de l'expo ! (in French). Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  13. ^ Reynolds, Janet (2017-12-28). "Brian Chippendale: Drummer, Graphic Artist & More". Take Magazine. Retrieved 2019-02-01. While at school, Chippendale met his wife, Korean-American artist Jungil Hong, who was studying ceramics. "We produced a pretty cute little kid," Chippendale says. "So far, he's gotten the best of us."
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