Young-jun Tak 탁영준 卓永俊  (b. 1989, in Seoul, South Korea)

Lives and works in Berlin, Germany 

 

EDUCATION

Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul 

BA, English Language and Literature 

BA, Cross-Cultural Studies 

 

AWARDS AND GRANTS

2023  Experimental Film Funding, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
2023  NEUSTARTplus-Stipendium der Stiftung Kunstfonds, NEUSTART KULTUR der BKM

2021  TOY Berlin Masters Award, Berlin Masters Foundation, Burger Collection
2021  International Exchange Program for Young Artists, Arts Council Korea
2020  International Exchange Program, Arts Council Korea 

2016–2017  International Exchange Program, Arts Council Korea 

 

SOLO SHOWS 

2024 Pain Is Left After the Bite, PHILIPPZOLLINGER, Zurich

2024 I need to switch myself, COMA, Sydney

2023  Dancing About Architecture, High Line, New York 

2023  Love Your Clean Feet on Thursday, Atelier Hermès, Seoul 

2023  Double Feature: Young-jun Tak, Julia Stoschek Foundation, Dusseldorf and Berlin

2023  Street Religion, palace enterprise, Copenhagen

2023  Wish You a Lovely Sunday, Wanås Konst, Knislinge

2023  Doubt, Overgaden, Copenhagen

2022  Wohin?, Efremidis, Berlin

2022  Der Garten, Sox, Berlin
2021  Wish You a Lovely Sunday, Fragment, Moscow 

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024  This is the end of the world, but it always started with you, Skånes konstförening, Malmö

2024  Hovering, Capsule, Venice

2024  Laboratorium for Flet, Sophienholm, Lyngby

2024  Unsentimental Education, BB&M, Seoul

2023  This is a Rehearsal, 5th Chicago Architecture Biennial  

2023  Paperworks, Kunstmuseum Heidenheim / Museum Schloss Hellenstein

2022  CLUBS 2, Sala Apolo, Barcelona 16th Lyon Biennale, Guimet Museum
2022  Finger Bang, Perrotin, Paris
2022  Forming Communities: Berliner Wege, KINDL – Center for Contemporary Art, Berlin
2022  Megan Dominescu, Lea Draeger, Nika Fontaine, Aviva Silverman,Young-jun Tak, Mauer, Cologne
2021  It’s Just a Phase, Kjøpmannsgata Ung Kunst, Trondheim
2021  9th Berlin Masters, Wilhelm Hallen, Berlin Masters Foundation, Berlin Erschreckend aktuell / Frighteningly topical, Gabriele Senn Galerie, Vienna
2021  LETTER (to us), a billboard project at Elsenbrücke, Diskurs, Berlin
2021  Round 4, Art for Black Lives, Online 

2020  11th Berlin Biennale, KW Institute for Contemporary Art

2020  Szene Berlin, Hall Art Foundation / Schloss Derneburg Museum, Derneburg 

2020  Locked in, BKV (Brandenburgischer Kunstverein) Potsdam 

2019  Show Me Your Selfie, Diskurs, Berlin
2019  PRO-TEST, Seoul Museum of Art, SeMA Bunker, Seoul 

2019  Show Me Your Selfie, Aram Art Museum, Goyang 

2018  Schrein der Freundschaft, BKV Potsdam
2018  A Strong Desire, PS120, Berlin
2017  15th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul Modern 

2016  The Others, König Galerie, Berlin