Faculty of Art
Drawing and Painting
Meet the Artist
Hyun Young
Yang
Drawing & Painting
“My work is an extension of how I see my life - and as such, all lives. It questions viewers about how they see their lives, how they are going to unfold. Such questions, that is, self-reflection, are induced through interaction with the work by making viewers encounter the instability of life through mirrors as the medium. For this, I express psychological and emotional states - the anxiety, doubt, frustration and confusion felt by human beings - with visual strategies such as distortion and reflection.”
Hyun Young Yang is an interdisciplinary artist born in South Korea. Yang expands her artistic reach beyond the two-dimensional space of canvas to three-dimensional work, video and interactive art. Yang focuses on exploring the meaning of human life in relation to her personal experiences and visualizing it. For this, she does not limit her use of materials and methods in expressing them. It challenges her work to be more diverse and interactive.
OCAD U - Faculty of Art
Integrated Media
Minor Completed, 2022
Interdisciplinary Arts Drawing & Painting Integrated Media Sculpture Installation Physical Computing Video
2023, Iridescence
The Ada Slaight Gallery, OCAD University, Toronto, ON, Canada
2023, Creativity in the Time of COVID-19: Art for Equity and Social Justice
Michigan State University, MI, US
2023, Silent Shout
The Ada Slaight Gallery, OCAD University, Toronto, ON, Canada
2023, 62nd Toronto Outdoor Art Fair
TOAF, Online & Offline Event, Nathan Philips Square, Toronto, ON, Canada
2022, SU Spring Festival 2022
OCAD Student Union, In-person & Virtual Event
2022, Still Life 2021
the John B. Aird Gallery, Online Exhibition
2022, Abstract Group Exhibition
OCAD University, Toronto, ON, Canada
2022, I AM HERE: Home Movies and Everyday Masterpieces
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada
2022, CPAMO: The multi-Arts Festival & Conference
The Ada Slaight Gallery, OCAD University, Toronto, ON, Canada
2022, Metamorphosis
OCAD University, Toronto, ON, Canada
2021, SU Spring Festival 2021
OCAD Student Union, Online Event
2021, Time and Tide
Art Gallery 118, Online Exhibition
2021, Culture's Compass 2021
Humber's Centre for Creative Business Innovation, Virtual Gallery
2021, Looking Out While Looking In
OCAD University & State University New York Geneseo, Virtual Gallery
2018, First Year Drawing Exhibition
The Ada Slaight Gallery, OCAD University, Toronto, ON, Canada
2023, TOAF Career Launcher Award
OCAD University
2021, Catherine Daigle Scholarship
OCAD University
2021, Bursary for International Students
OCAD University
2007, Gold Medal
The National Student Art Competition of Korea University
Celebrate the work of OCAD U’s class of 2022/2023!