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Min-Young Her (b. 1997)

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Min-Young Her is a multi-disciplinary artist of South Korean heritage, who grew up in Ōtautahi and is currently based in Pōneke, Wellington. In 2019 she graduated from Ilam School of Fine Arts at University of Canterbury with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, majoring in sculpture. Her work focuses on relationships between language and the body, including garments and larger textiles that may be inhabited, often testing the limits of our communicative abilities. Since graduating, Min-Young has collaborated with Orissa Keane on “As it comes down”, The Physics Room, Ōtautahi, 2020; “Art Seconds”, The Den, Ōtautahi, 2021, and “Made from local and imported ingredients”, The Blue Oyster Project Space, Ōtepoti, 2021. In 2020 she was a recipient of the Springboard Award through The Arts Foundation, mentored by Tiffany Singh. She also held a solo exhibition, “Misaeng” , at 2022 play_station, Pōneke, 2022.

Education

University of Canterbury
Ilam School of Fine Arts (Sulpture major)
2015-2019

Solo Exhibitions

ㅁ: each mouthful a comma or period, 2023 (The Physics Room)
Misaeng, 2022 (play_station)

Group Exhibitions

Changing Threads, 2024 (Refinery ArtSpace Nelson)
Body-Maker, 2022 (curated by Robyn Maree Pickens, Olga)
Made from local and imported goods, 2021 (with Orrisa Keane, Blue Oyster)
Art Seconds, 2021 (with Orissa Keane, The Den)
Monitor 3.0, 2020 (with Orissa Keane, The Physics Room)

Awards

2020 Springboard Award Recipient
Awarded by The Arts Foundation
2019 SELECT 2019 Award
UC Fine Arts Award, judged and awarded by Cam McCracken
2019 Jane Rounick Memorial Award
UC Scholarship awarded by Jim Rounick & Karen Mason

Publications

Art, Not Science Episode 52 (The Physics Room Interview)
Not Yet Lived by Zac Hing (collaboration for Misaeng)
Misaeng Review (Vernacular)
B-Side Stories (Access Radio Interview)
Springboard 2020 Bio (The Arts Foundation)
Springboard Interview (Artbeat, Warren Feeney)
Recipes for Resistance (Migrant Zine Collective)
Shared Lines Collaboration
SELECT 2019 (University of Canterbury)

Work Experience

Assistant to Francis Upritchard 2021 (via Christchurch Art Gallery)
Assistant to Melissa Macleod 2020 (via SCAPE Public Art)
Art Technician at Lincoln High School 2018-2019

Last Updated 10/JAN/26

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