{ Ivetta Sunyoung Kang - Video artist currently based in Montréal }

www.ivettakang.com

ivettakang@gmail.com

Education

Concordia University, MFA, Studio Arts, Film Production, Montreal, Canada

Sangmyung University, BFA, Film Production, Chon-An, South Korea

Solo Exhibition

November 2017 Body: Everything Started From His Words, That the Abstract Starts From the Concrete,

Indie.Art.Hall.Gong, Seoul, South Korea

Selected Screenings/ Film festivals

Oct-Nov 2018 Insomnia, Exchange Gallery, Bloomsburg, PA, USA (upcoming)

Oct 2018    The Evanescent, MUFF at the 26th at L'Embobineuse and the 27th at Videdrome 2, Marseille, France (upcoming)

July 2018 VFP, La Fontaine Park, organized by GIV, Montreal, Canada

May 2018 Exp 01, London, United Kingdom

Oct 2017    Simultan Festival, Timisoara, Romania

Aug 2017 Toronto New Wave Festival, Toronto, Canada

Aug 2017 Online screening on Vitheque

Sep 2017 3° Edição do Dobra- Festival Internacional de Cinema Experimental, Brazil

Aug 2017 San Diego Underground Film Festival, San Diego, California, USA

May 2017 Salón Internacional de La Luz, Bogotá, Colombia

May 2016 Ae Film Festival by Altered Aesthetic, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

May 2016 Maryland Film Festival, Baltimore, USA

Sep 2016 Cucalorus Film Festival, Wilmington, USA

Aug 2016 San Diego Underground Film Festival, San Diego, USA

Nov 2016 The Festival Les Instants Vidéo, Marseille, France

May 2015 India Forum, as a part of Life 13, Seoul, South Korea

2012    Televised on Indie-Film TV, South Korea

2011 Televised on Qook Tv, Short Film Section, South Korea

2011 Televised on Independent Short Film by OUN-TV, South Korea

Nov 2010 Busan Universiade for Digital Contents, Busan, South Korea

Aug 2010 Daegu Independent Short Film Festival, Daegu, South Korea

2011 Televised on Qook Tv, Short Film Section, South Korea

Dec 2010 Chennai International Women Film Festival, World Short Section, Chennai, India

May 2009 Off and Free International Film Festival, Off In Focus Section, Seoul, South Korea

Aug 2009 Daegu Independent Short Film Festival, Korean Competition, Daegu, South Korea

April 2009 Jeonju International Film Festival, Korean Short Film Competition, Jeonju, South Korea

Selected Group Exhibitions

Sep 2018    Moving Trailer, Quite Ourselves, Montreal, Canada (upcoming)

July 2018    Homecoming, Homegoing: Into Heterotopias, Gallery 2112, Montreal, Canada

June 2018 Connections, Jip Gallery, New York City, USA

May 2017 Sérendipité, M.A.I. Montreal, Canada

Oct 2017    Multiformes by Videographe and L'Œil d'Oodaaq, Rennes, France

Oct 2017 Moving Trailer, Quite Ourselves, Montreal, Canada

April 2017 LemoArt Gallery, Berlin, Germany

April 2017 IBridaPluri Festival, Montreal, Canada

April 2016 Ignition 12, at Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Montreal, Canada

May 2016 FOFA Gallery, Montreal, Canada

Special Projects

Sep 2018    The Peripheral Hours* (one night group show), Montreal, Canada

Aug 2018 Magic Lantern, Articule, Montreal, Canada

Performances

2018 AE.80372 as CCVX?

15 Sep 2018, First performance at Moving Trailer by Quite Ourselves, Montreal, Canada

2017 An Answer Is In Our Question (A discussion performance for the Sewol Tragedy)

2017 Exothermic Gestures as CCVX?

Feb 2017, First performance at the artists’ home, Montreal, Canada

April 2017,Second performance at the artists’ home, Montreal, Canada

Artist residency / Mentorship

March 2019 Research Creation Residency, DAÏMÔN, Gatineau, Canada (upcoming)

October 2018
Mentorship Program, selected and supported by Videographe, Montreal Canada (upcoming, until September 2019)

2-8 Sep 2018 Submerge Artist Residency, Ayatana Artists’ Research, Ottawa and Gatineau, Canada

Artist Talks

2017 Concordia University, The Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema: Expanded Cinema. Professor, Richard Kerr

2016 Cucalorus Film Festival: Film Screening GV

2015 Concordia University, The Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema: FilmMaking II. Professor, Roy Cross

2015 Concordia University, The Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema:FilmMaking III. Professor, Jean-Claude Bustros

2009 JeonJu International Film Festival: Film Screening GV

Award / Grant

2018 2018 International Artist Residency Support Grant by Art Council Korea

2016 Shortlisted at the 2016 Sylvie and Simon Blais Award in Montreal, Canada

2013 Awarded at 2013 Graduate Scholar-Fall Winner

Selected as a member at the Golden Key International Honor Society

2013 Awarded atConcordia International Student Tuition Fee Remission Award

2013 Awarded at Concordia Graduate Mobility Award

2012 Awarded at Concordia Partial Tuition Fee Scholarship for International Students

2010   Awarded at Sangmyung The Best Artists Contest in the year

2009   Awarded at Sangmyung Literature Contest in Poetry section

2009 Awarded at Sangmyung University Tuition Fee Remission Award

2008   Awarded at Sangmyung Literature Contest in Poetry section

2008   Awarded at Sangmyung University High Achievements Award

2005   Awarded at Sangmyung University Partial Tuition Fee Scholarship

Professional Experiences

June 2017~ Founded Quite Ourselves, an artist collective based in Montreal, Canada

Sep 2016~    Organized CCVX?, a duo collective of A/V performers (Ivetta Kang and Eric You)

June-Sep 2017    Working assistant for filmmaking on found footage of Richard Kerr

2012-2013 Teaching Assistant at Concordia University

   - 2012: FilmMaking III

   - 2013: FilmMaking II

2013    Director Assistant of Hong, Sang Soo’s Hill of Freedom

Press & Publication

2018

Interview featured on WomenCinemakers Biennale 2018, Berlin, Germany (upcoming)

Insomnia, Contemporary Visual Art Zine Issue #9 Glitch

Homecoming, Homegoing: Into Heterotopias, Canadianart.com, Online brochure

2017

San Diego Underground Film Festival. Catalogue online

Sega, Serendipity, Festival Acces Asie. Online / brochure

Sega, Serendipity, Videographe. Online

2016

Ignition 12, Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery. Online Press

Faculty of Fine Art Annual Graduating Students Exhibition, FOFA. Online brochure

2015

San Diego Underground Film Festival. Catalogue online

2009

Naver Movie Press (published in South Korea): Introducing the Selected FIlms of the 10th Jeonju International Film Festival. online

JeonJu Press (published in South Korea): Short Films of the 10th Jeonju International Film Festival. online

JeonBuk Press (published in South Korea): South Korean Short FIlms on the Competition of JeonJu International Film Festival. Online

2008

CineFox (published in South Korea): Yeon-Chak, a moment of the human consolation. online

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