January Yoon
Cho
Media:
Photography, Video
Studio Location:
PaintCan Studios, 10-10 44th Ave., Long Island City, NY 11101
Room/Studio#
305
Website:
Artist Bio:
January Yoon Cho is an interdisciplinary artist, working with photo, video, drawing, and performance. Her exhibitions includes Hammond Museum, and Islip Art Museum, NY; Ely Center of Contemporary Art, CT; Austin Museum of Art, Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Women & Their Work (Austin), and DiverseWorks (Houston), TX; Museum of Fine Arts (Tallahassee), FL; Centro de Cultura Contemporánea, Barcelona, and Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid; and Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice.
Her Walk Project received fiscal sponsorship from NY Foundation for the Arts, Barbara Deming Fund in Feminist Art, Puffin Grant in Environmental Art, and Creative Climate Award. Desert Walk Video was presented by Reno Public Art Program. She was an artist-in-residence at Weir Farm National Historical Park (CT) and Vermont Studio Center.
Cho was a visiting artist at Ringling College of Art and taught at Parsons School of Design, The New School (New York), and Hanyang Univ. (Seoul, S. Korea).
Her works are collected internationally such as Benetton Foundation, Italy and the reviews appear in Hyperallergic, Huffington Post, and Dallas Morning News. Born in Seoul, South Korea, she earned BFA from RISD and MFA from Parsons School of Design. She incorporated "January" in 2020 as her artist name.
Artist Statement:
My work explores themes of identity, societal conformity, feminism, and environmental consciousness through photography, video, drawing, and performance. Having lived in various locations, I’ve developed a profound interest in the relationship between individuals and their environments. This dynamic deeply influences my practice, where I document and reflect upon the social and physical landscapes I traverse, adapting to my surroundings.