About me and my work

My name is Yujin Jung and I was born in Seoul, South-Korea, in 1973. After graduating from high school I attended Ehwa Womans University in Seoul, from where I graduated with a B.F.A. in Fine Arts in 1999. After that I worked in various design companies in Seoul. Later in 1999 I met my future husband in Seoul and in 2000 I moved to Hamburg, Germany, where I started to learn German and entered Hamburg University in 2001.

In 2002 during the Korea-Japan Soccer World Cup I worked together with my husband as a translator and advisor for the German TV station ARD. Until I moved back to Korea in February 2003 I studied German and Korean studies at Hamburg University. I currently work at the 5th Gwangju Biennale, the largest of its kind of Contemporary Artworks Exhibition in Asia. I also work together with my husband as photographer and writer for various magazines in Europe and here in Korea.

My interests

As I have studied art, this is where my heart lies. I love to draw and paint and working at the Gwangju Biennale is very demanding but fulfilling for me at the same time. Travelling also has become a great passion of mine. I have also started to learn to ride motorcycles and hope to get my own bike not too far in the future.