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UCLA 2018 New Wight International Biennial We, Activeast highlights how social and political situations in East Asian countries—China (People's Republic of China), Mongolia, Hong Kong, Taiwan (Republic of China), Korea, and Japan—have changed the way artists experience their countries and the world. 

 

It presents a platform for an open discussion about body, gender, history, socio-politics, technology, and environment. As a proactive gesture to make changes in the society, citizens from modern and contemporary East Asia have organized individual and collective activisms. Various movements succeeded through questioning current social status, often reforming governmental policies and even overthrowing national leaders to maintain and to develop their civil and human rights. During and after social events, art has allowed the society to express and to reflect political agendas. As a result, art has been left as an ephemera of the history.

 

We, Activeast creates a firm foundation to expose less revealed or unknown political and social issues of East Asia. Through works inspired by particular moment and region, the exhibition challenges the audience to consider how current political issues in East Asia can also be significant and applicable in their society.

 

The 2018 UCLA International Biennial is co-curated by UCLA Master of Fine Arts candidates, 

Jae Hwan Lim and Hailey Loman 

 

The exhibition and its programs are made possible by the support of

 

Dallas Price-Van Breda

UCLA Department of Art | School of the Arts and Architecture

UCLA Asia Pacific Center

UCLA Center for Korean Studies

UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies 

PARTICIPATING 

ARTISTS

SIMON WAN CHI-CHUNG

ULSTER UNIVERSITY

COLERAINE, NORTHERN IRELAND 

 

JINSEOK CHOI 

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF ARTS

SANTA CLARITA, CA

 

DHO YEE CHUNG 

YALE UNIVERSITY

NEW HAVEN, CT

 

NANDIN ERDENE BUDZAGD

MONGOLIAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF

ARTS AND CULTURE

ULAANBAATAR, MONGOLIA 

CHRISTOPHER HINOJOSA

GOLDSMITHS, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

LONDON, ENGLAND 

 

WONSEOK HONG 

HONGIK UNIVERSITY

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA 

 

HANI KANG

SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA

 

DASUL KIM 

EWHA WOMANS UNIVERSITY

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA

 

HANNAH KIM VARAMINI 

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF ARTS

SANTA CLARITA, CA

HANSAEM MOON 

HONGIK UNIVERSITY

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA

 

MITSUKO NAKAGAWA

EMERSON COLLEGE

BOSTON, MA

 

SID AND GERI (JASMIN LEE) 

SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS

NEW YORK CITY, NY

 

SJ LEE

SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF

CHICAGO

CHICAGO, IL

JING LIN 

SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS

NEW YORK CITY, NY

 

HAN SOL 

SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA

 

MONICA TAI 

CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG

SHATIN, HONG KONG 

 

TAN TIAN 

HUNTER COLLEGE, CITY UNIVERSITY OF

NEW YORK

NEW YORK CITY, NY

 

SUN XIN

HONGIK UNIVERSITY

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA

 

JOONYONG YEE 

KOREA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF ARTS

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA

LEEHO YOO 

SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS

NEW YORK CITY, NY

 

HUIER (HOLLY) ZHAO 

CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG

KOWLOON TONG, HONG KONG 

 

KE YI ZHENG 

SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF

CHICAGO

CHICAGO, IL

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