2026 Residence Japan

Jong Yu Gyong

2026 Residence Program

Born in 1991 in Hyogo, Japan. Currently based in Fukuoka.

2025　KKWANG! 꽝!, EUREKA（Fukuoka）
2024　OMURA-yaki, Syunyodo and AGITO（Saga）
2023　Homemaking #2, Musashino Place（Tokyo）
2023　Winner of the Merit Award, Fukuoka Art Award 2023
2019　Winner of the Encouragement Award, VOCA 2019

Portrait photo by Hirohito Yamaguchi

［Residence Program］ Oct 6, 2026〜Dec 23, 2026 （tentative）
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Jong Yu Gyong investigates the history of Korean“migration,” questioning the arbitrary “boundaries” and their relationship to war and culture. The artist lived in Seoul from 2017, but returned to Japan at the end of 2020 after South Korea revised its military law in 2018, which made him liable for conscription if he remained in the country after 2021. He is currently based in Fukuoka.

During this residency, he plans to conduct research in Saitozaki, one of his family roots, where he wishes to trace the vestiges of the former US military base and Korean community. Jong Yu Gyong aims to shed light on the voices of individuals left out of the “official” historical records and further open a path to new dialogue.