Min Oh is een verhalenverteller. Voor haar video's en performances bouwt ze vaak omvangrijke powergames, die een dialoog tussen het lieve en het verontrustende tonen. Door gebruik van ogenschijnlijk naïeve, maar manipulatieve vormen van sprookjes en kinderversjes wordt de toeschouwer niet alleen verleid tot een onecht gevoel van geborgenheid, maar kan zij tevens ingaan op de thema’s als geweld, macht en beheersing. Haar nieuwste werk gaat uit van rituelen.
Min Oh is a storyteller. Her video and performance often involve constructing elaborate power-games, exposing a dialogue between the sweet and the disturbing. By employing seemingly naïve yet manipulative forms of fairy-tales and nursery rhymes, her work not only seduces the viewer into a false sense of security, but enables her to scrutinize the topics of violence, power and control. Her latest narrative work focuses on rituals.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Education
2008
Yale University School of Art, New Haven, US, MFA (Graphic Design)
2000
Seoul National University, Seoul, KR, BFA (Visual Communication Design)
1998
Seoul National University, Seoul, KR, BM (Piano Performing)
Residencies
2011
Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten/Dutch ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Amsterdam, NL
2009
Artists Alliance Inc., NewYork, US
Fellowships/stipends
2011
Arts Council Korea, KR
2010
Korean Ministry of Knowledge Economy & Korea Institute of Design Promotion, KR
2009
Korean Ministry of Knowledge Economy & Korea Institute of Design Promotion, KR
2008
Bradbury Thompson Memorial Prize, Yale University, New Haven, US
Selected solo exhibitions
2011
How things genuinely speak, and sing. Kunsthalle Erfurt, DE; Onomatopee, Eindhoven, NL
2010
A Dialog. Tripact, Amsterdam, NL; Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, KR; Space Hamilton, Seoul, KR
Selected group exhibitions
2011
Point against Point. Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL
2010
Liverpool Biennial: Media Landscape — Zone East. Contemporary Urban Centre, Liverpool, GB
2010
Word-Less, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, US
2010
Korean Film Festival in Los Angeles. Los Angeles, US
2010
Korean American Film Festival New York. New York, US
2009
DesignMade, Korean Cultural Center London, GB
2009
Play on Screen, Moviehouse & 3rdWard, Brooklyn, US
2009
Feedback. Cuchifritos, New York, US
2009
All is One, One is All. Closing Event of Free Store, New York, US
2008
Ningbo International Design Biennial, Ningbo, CN
2007
1st Contemporary & Modern Art Juried Exhibition for Aspiring Korean-American Artists, Korean Cultural Center Los Angeles (CA), US
'Daughter', 2011, single channel HD video
