Youngjoo Cho (born 1978 in Seoul) is a conceptual artist working in Seoul, Berlin and Paris. And she has been working in performance, installation, photography, video, sound and dance in the frame of divers exhibitions.
She has been interested in the themes of Korean women in Korean society and the irrationalities and inconveniences of social structures. Cho has also been realizing performative projects that utilize children, teenagers, and middle-aged women and deal with gender issues, female identity, and relations between western men and Korean women.

EDUCATION
2007 DNSEP(Honors) Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Arts de Paris-Cergy, France
2003-2005 Studies in Master of Fine Arts, University Paris8, France.
2005 DNAP Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Arts de Paris-Cergy, France.
2004 Studies BA Ecole Municipale Supérieure d’Arts de Rueil-Malmaison, France
2001 BA University Sungkyunkwan, Seoul, South Korea .

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Five Seasons, Seoullo Media Canvas, Seoul
2019 Mrs. Jellyby's magnifying glass, PLACEMAK LASER, Seoul
2019 SoonSoon ManMan, House of Memory, Suncheon
2018 Miss Lee and Mrs. Kim, Art Space No, Seoul
2016 Watery Madames, Korean Cultural Centre India, New Delhi
2014 Our little gender stories, Space Mass, Seoul
2013 Mild depressive episode, Corner Art Space, Seoul
2013 Good job Good place Good time, Osan Museum of Art, Osan
2013 My public affairs, Space Mass, Seoul

CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2014 Ile Royale Residence program, curatorial project supported by French Institute Seoul, Seoul
2014 Report on an artist-in-residency Ile Royale I, curatorial project, Seoul Art Space Geumcheon, Seoul
2014 Report on an artist-in-residency Ile Royale II, curatorial project, Culture Factory Osan(Osan Museum of Art), Osan
2014 MakeApp_Choreographic Performance project, space O'NewWall, Seoul
2013-2014 Hal할Project, Collaborative curating project with Klega, Space Mass, Seoul
2011 Organizing Global Alien_Hope and failure, Gallery Homeland, Portland
2010/2011 Organizing Gyeonggi Creation Center’s Exchange program, Global Playground, Gyeonggi & Berlin
2009 Curating Global Alien_Power of Spoken Words ‘Import Export, Gallery
2008 Curating Global Alien_Congress of Culture, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin

SELECTED COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS / SCREENINGS / PERFORMANCES
2020 Safe House, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, USA
2020 Look With Inward Eyes, Cheongju Museum of Art, Cheongju
2020 Happiness Finds Me, Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul
2019 Carpenter’s scene, Insa Art Space, Seoul
2019 Focus On X OVNI: Objectif Video Nice, Nice, France
2019 Marginalized Histories of Korean Women, Ridderhof Martin University of Mary Washington Gallery, Virginia, U.S.A.
2019 Un-wall, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
2019 Promenade Run, Art Space EMU, Seoul
2019 NaNa Land: It’s My World, Savina Museum
2018 OVNI: Objectif Video Nice, Nice, France
2018 Re: International Exchange Exhibition of Cultural Spaces using Abandoned Industrial Properties, F1963, Busan
2018 A Circle Missing Piece, Asia Publication Culture & Information Center, Paju
2018 Who framed her?, Seoul Art Space Seogyo, Seoul
2018 Code-Stitch, Lotte Gallery, Seoul
2018 The Arrival of New Women, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA), Seoul
2018 Soft Power, Cheongju Museum of Art, Cheongju, South Korea
2018 Blank Residency, Seongbuk Art Space, Seoul
2018 Media Media, Seoul Cnavas, Seoul
2017 Miss Lee and Mrs. Kim: The Story of Youngsook Lee and Sookja Kim, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon
2017 Video Portrait, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
2017 The City of Homeless, Yunseul Museum, Gimhae Arts Center, Gimhae
2017 2017 SeMA Artist Guild- Specimen Storage, SeMA Storage, Seoul
2017 #14 SCREENING / TALK :YOUNGJOO CHO, The Stream, Seoul
2017 The essay on visits of Museums by an X-parisienne _Artists’ Luchbox _ Highlights, featuring works from the Collection of the Fondation
Cartier pour l’art contemporain in Paris, Seoul Museum of Art(SeMA), Seoul
2016 The City of Homeless, Organized by Arts Council Korea, Arko Art Center, Seoul
2016 DMG, Art Space NO, Seoul
2016 Silsin Project Nam.Yang.Gwang.Ha Archiving exhibition, G-Art Platform, Gyeonggi
2015 Real DMZ, Organized by Art Sonje Center & Samuso, Ceorwon / Art Sonje Center, South Korea
2015 Save the planet with Global Alien, Galerie im Turm, Berlin
2015 Silsin Project Nam.Yang.Gwang.Ha, Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation, Gyeonggi
2015 A moist Lunch by the Watery Madames _Artists’ Lunch Box, Seoul Museum of Art(SeMA), Seoul
2015 Unbalanced balance, Artist Residency TEMI, Daejeon
2015 A beautiful match made in haeven, Artist Residency TEMI, Daejeon
2015 Preview, Artist Residency TEMI, Daejeon
2015 Busan, Asan, Osan, Woolsan, Iksan; 5 San’s people, Osan Museum of Art, Osan, South Korea
2015 A Picnic In The Museum, Artists’ Lunchbox, Seoul Museum of Art(SeMA), Seoul
2014 Gwangju Biennale: "Sweet Dew - Since 1980, Gwangju Folly, Gwangju, South Korea
2014 Please responde artists in Seoul, curated by Dong-Yeon Koh, Space O’NewWall, Seoul
2014 Jungche Upneun Jenche, RoundAbout, Seoul
2014 When Cattitudes Become Form, Gallery de l'Angle, Paris
2014 Hong-ti YeonHoui, Hong-ti Art Center, Busan
2014 Chez Madame. Cho, Artist’s Lunchbox, Seoul Museum of Art(SeMA), Seoul
2014 Pro Test Song Test_ Global Alein, Community Space Litmus, Ansan
2014 MakeApp, Space O’NewWall, Seoul
2014 GongSaengGongYou, Hongti Art Center, Busan
2014 Play of the space- moment, Cangwon Asia Art Festival, Sungsan Arts Hall, Changwon
2013 Emerging Artists Program <round-up>, Seoul Museum of Art(SeMA), Seoul
2013 Port cities exchange exhibition: Busan, Hamburg, Shanghai, Busanjin Station, Busan
2012 Rebus New York City, Emily Harvey Foundation, New York
2012 REBUS NEW YORK CITY Re-occupy Language in Urban Space, ggooll&ccuullpool,Seoul, Seoul
2012 CYAYAF 2012 (contemporary Art & Young Artists Festival), Kintex, Ilsan
2011 The end of the dream, Micamoca Project e.V., Berlin
2011 Sommer auf dem Balkon, Gallery Antje Wachs, Berlin
2011 Hope and failure, Gallery Homeland, Portland
2011 Hope and failure, rum46, Århus
2010 Schnell & Schmutzig, organized by Lab-Montage, Markthalle IX, Berlin
2010 Step toward Home, Dam Stuhltrager Gallery, Berlin
2010 Dé-synchronisation, Espace des Arts Sans Frontières, Paris
2009 Splendid Isolation-Goldrausch 2009, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Betanien, Berlin
2009 Power of Spoken Words ‘Import Export’, rum 46, Århus
2009 ARTIST AS A MEDIA, Gallery Jungmiso, Seoul
2009 CameraCartell-scenario 3, Hedah art space, Maastricht
2008 Gender*d*rama, Statthaus Böcklerpark in Kreuzberg, Berlin
2008 Congress of Culture-Global Alien, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Betanien, Berlin
2007 Freedom of Speech-"Global Alien TV", Gallery Ssamsiespace, Seoul
2006 Made in Asia, 5th International Contemporary Art Festival 'Nuit Blanche', Le Divan du Monde, Paris
2006 Global Alien, Gallery Meinblau, Berlin
2006 Paris Tout Court, 4th International Short Cinema Festival of Paris, Paris
2005 Parcour Artistique, , Chateau de Petit Malmaison, Ruil-Malmaison
2005 Nouveau Cinema, Association Cine Qua Non - ESSEC, Paris
2005 Le Visiosonic, Festival of Contemporary Arts, Association Kameleon, Cergy
2005 Le Cinema Liberté, International Festival of Film Digital, Centre Culturel Le Chaplin
2002 Boundary and change, Nakatse

AWARDS & GRANTS
2020 Grant for the Solo Exhibition, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Korea
2017 Community arts project Grant, Incheon foundation for Arts and Culture
2015 Regional linkage project Grant, Daejeon Culture and Arts foundation
2014 Global Exchange Grant - Berlin Senate Cultural Affairs Department
2014 Support fund for the project “Ile Royale”, French Institute Seoul
2014 Support fund for the project “Ile Royale”, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture
2014 Gender Equality Fund, Ministry of Women, Dongjak Gu, Seoul
2013 SeMa Emerging artists program, Seoul Museum of Art
2013 International exchange program academy “Meet Asian Art”, Space O’NewWall, Seoul
2013 Didimdol, Korean Artists Welfare Foundation
2012 Danish Arts Council and ifa - Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (for Global Alien / New York)
2011 Arts Council Korea, Grant for international exchange of arts and culture
2010 ifa(Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen) for the project “Global Playground”
2009 Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt art IT, Berlin
2009 Danish Arts Council, Grant for international exchange of arts
2009 Aarhus Region Arts Fund
2008- Arts Council Korea for the group project “Global Alien-3”
2007 DNSEP with honors
2006 Aide aux voyage de ENSAPC
2005 Aide aux projet de ENSAPC

RESIDENCIES
2020 Seoul Art Space Geumcheon, Seoul
2017 Incheon Art Platform, Incheon
2015 Artist Residency TEMI, Daejeon
2014 Hongti Art Center, Busan
2013-2014 Space Mass Residence program, Seoul
2010 Gyeonggi Creation Center, Gyeonggi
2009 Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt art IT, Berlin

ACTIVITIES
2010-2011 Member of NGBK(Neue Gesellschaft Fuer Bildende Kunst e.V), Berlin
Rum46, Aarhus
2005-2008 Coordinator of the international art group Global Alien
Since 2005 Member of the international art group Global Alien

PUBLIC TALKS & LECTURES
2016~2020 Study of Materials, BA Western Paintings, SungKyunKwan University, Seoul
2015 1st Semester, Paintings, BA Western Paintings, SungKyunKwan University, Seoul
2014 Collaborating Artists, Soongsil University, Seoul
2014 Artist Croup: Global Alien, Hongti Art Center, Busan, Korea
2014 Collaborating Artists, SungKyunKwan University, Seoul
2013 Contemporary arts and media, Soongsil University, Seoul
2012 Arts and Media, Seoul National University, Seoul
2011 PNCA (The Pacific Northwest College of arts), Portland, USA
2011 Thank You Art Day (39art), A Space of Asia Art Archive(AAA), Hongkong
2011 Artists in Berlin, Humboldt University, Berlin
2010 The Art Scene in Europe, SungKyunKwan University, Seoul
2010 Global Playground, Gyeonggi Creation Center (GCC), Gyeonggi
2010 Global Alien, rum46, Århus, Denmark
2009 Contemporary art in Europe, SungKyunKwan University, Seoul
2009 Project Tongue by Oda Projesi and Nadin Reschke, Tongue Laden, Berlin

WORKSHOPS
2017 Museum in a lunch-box, Suwon I Park Museum of Art, Suwon, South Korea
2015 Community project Watery Madames, Silsin Project Nam.Yang.Gwang.Ha, Gyeonggi
2015 Summer Art School, Artist Residency TEMI, Daejeon
2015 Pretty, Prickled, Artist Residency TEMI, Daejeon
2015 Grand Cuties, Artist Residency TEMI, Daejeon
2014 If I Turn Up On Television, Seoul Dongjak District Funding Project for Gender Equality, ShinSangdo Community Child Centre, Seoul
2014 My Dream My Partner, Seoul Dongjak District Funding Project for Gender Equality, Kuksabong Middle School, Seoul
2014 My Family Action Masks, Saturday Arts workshop, Osan Museum of Art, Osan
2013 Body, Space and Play_Saturday Arts workshop, Osan Museum of Art, Osan

BOOKS & CATALOGUE PUBLICATIONS
2017 The Dancing Ladies, Seoul
2014 Ile Royale Artist Residency Project, Seoul
2014 Pretty, Prickled, Osan
2013 Mile depressive episode, Seoul
2010 Global Alien: The Power of Spoken Words“, Berlin
2009 Youngjoo Cho ‘Splendid Isolation’-Goldrausch 2009, Berlin
2008 Global Alien-GA1,GA2, GA3, Traktor Verlag, Berlin

COLLECTIONS
Museum of Contemporary Art Busan, Korea
Cheongju Museum of Art, Cheongju, Korea