HAYOUNG
Bio
Navigating the logic of techno-social environments and intangible realms, their work explores the construction of identity. How does the architecture of digital fields, governed by dominant infrastructures, influence our perception of ourselves and our relationships? How can we transcend binary frameworks and expand the vocabularies of boundaries in order to embrace our complex and shifting identities? Their installations act as a parasitic force, infiltrating Western-centric coding systems to bring to light new narrative forms — rhizomatic, interconnected and in perpetual evolution.
Born in 1993 in Seoul, HaYoung (who lives and works between Marseille and Brussels) is a Korean artist. They graduated from Villa Arson (Nice, France) in 2020. HaYoung was awarded the Ricard Prize in 2024 and the Région Sud Prize in 2022. Their work has been exhibited at the Pernod Ricard Foundation, Paris (2024); Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht (2024); Datsuijo, Tokyo (2024); Frac des Pays de la Loire, Nantes (2023); Mécènes du Sud, Montpellier (2023); La Ferme du Buisson, Noisiel (2023); Art-o-rama, Marseille (2022). In 2024–2025, HaYoung was a guest artist at CIRVA – Centre International de Recherche sur le Verre, Marseille.
Their works are held in the collections of the Centre Pompidou (FR), CIRVA (FR) and Frac Pays de la Loire (FR).