Jung Yeondoo is an artist who primarily works with media in photography and video, incorporating performance both directly and indirectly. His mixed-media artworks bridge the context of visual art, performance, theater and film, blending situations from unfamiliar cultural environments. Jung has linked individuals across different times and spaces, merging documentary with fiction and exploring the interplay between individuals and society. At the level of representation, he adheres to an ironic approach in which he re-examines reality while touching on the languages of poetry, music, and theater. Relationships and performativity are important agencies of Jung’s artistic practice that he has adhered to since his early work, such as through his visits to the sites of historic incidents or his long-term interviews with the people who experienced those events.

Jung was selected as Artist of the Year 2007 (MMCA). He completed his studies in Sculpture at Central Saint Martins College and obtained an MFA from Goldsmiths College, University of London. Currently, he serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Fine Arts at Sungkyunkwan University. Jung Yeondoo has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions, showcasing his art in Korea, China, France, Italy, Japan, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Some noteworthy solo exhibitions were hosted at the Peabody Essex Museum (2025, USA), the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (2023), the Ulsan Art Museum (2022), the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Art Sonje Center in Seoul (2017), Musée d’Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne (MAC/VAL) in Paris, Galleri Charlotte Lund in Stockholm (2015), Art Tower Mito in Mito, Plateau Museum in Seoul (2014), chi K11 art museum in Shanghai (2013), and Performa 09 in New York (2009). He participated in the exhibition of the Korean Pavilion at the Venice Biennale and the Venice Biennale of Architecture; he also took part in the Gwangju Biennale, the Shanghai Biennale, the Istanbul Biennial, and more. Jung’s work has been featured in group exhibitions at institutions such as Taipei Fine Arts Museum (2023), Leeum Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts Bern (2021), the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (2018, 2019), Tate Modern in London, Seattle Art Museum (2015), and more. Including the notable acquisition of Documentary Nostalgia (2007) by the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), his works are in the collections of many institutions such as MMCA, Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA), Saint Louis Art Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, and the Essl Museum in Austria.