ABOUT / CV
Suyeon Rosa Chang (장수연) is a multidisciplinary artist who utilizes installation, performance, and machine-learning computation to explore nostalgia, displacement, and intrafamilial dynamics. As the only remaining immigrant to the United States in her family, her research focuses on the diverging Korean and Western social landscapes and how they escalate emotional reactions of anxiety, aggression, and polarized media reactions. She explores how material reactions are, at their core, automated performances—whether expressed through decomposing paintings or kinetic sculptures. In her latest works, Chang employs machine-learning neural networks to code installations that possess the ability to 'perform' independently of her physical presence.
Chang earned her BA in Computer Science and Fine Arts at Yale University and currently holds the position of Studio Arts Fellow at Trinity College. She has exhibited internationally, including Hongik Arts Center, Montclair Art Museum, Bincan Gallery, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, TRAART Gallery, Loft121 Gallery, The Graduate Hotel, and the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh.
EDUCATION
2023 B.A. Computing and the Arts, Yale University, New Haven, USA
2021 Computer Graphics and Digital Media, SBS Computer Art Academy, Seoul, Korea
2019 Oil Painting and Art History, Studio Arts College International, Florence, Italy
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
2024
Crowing Hour, Solo Exhibition, Poon Gallery, Hartford, CT
Newly Available, Group Exhibition, Bowery 174 Gallery, New York, NY
Unyielding Sonder, Juried Exhibition (Invited Artist), We are the Arts, Fayetteville, NC
2023
UNDER100, Juried Exhibition, The Hyundai Open Studio, Daegu, Korea
Dimly At First, Group Exhibition, Loft 121 Gallery, New York, USA
A Table for Fourteen, Group Exhibition, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Aspen, USA
Is there any way to not lose access at all, Group Exhibition, Yale School of Art,
New Haven, USA
Canyon Alley Art Bazaar, Group Exhibition, Smoke the Moon Gallery, Santa Fe, USA
2022
외 [ ] in, Invitational Solo Exhibition, TRAART Gallery, Seoul, Korea
SCREENED, Group Exhibition, Yale School of Art, New Haven, USA
YCDO Annual Exhibition, Group Exhibition, Yale College Dean’s Office,
New Haven, USA
Adjacencies, Group Exhibition, Children’s Museum of Pittsburg, Pittsburg, USA
2021
The Spider Web Between Telephone Wires, Choyeon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Gya-Woo-Ddoong Duo Exhibition, Bincan Hapjeong, Seoul, Korea
International Modern Art Contest Exhibition , Hongik Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2020
Historical Trauma STAND, Maya’s Room Gallery, New Haven, USA
STP BFA Show, https://stp.world/ (Online Exhibition), USA
2019
Remember This Moment, The Graduate Hotel, New Haven, USA
Nostalgia, Sterling Memorial Library, New Haven, USA
2018
Blackwell St. Art Student Invitational, Atrium Gallery, Morristown, USA
Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, Monclair Museum, Montclair, USA
2017
Fresh Perspectives, Morris Museum, Morristown, USA
AWARDS/HONORS
2023
Trinity College Post-Baccalaureate Studio Arts Fellowship, Trinity College, Hartford, USA
Professional Development Award, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Aspen, USA
Mellon Forum Research Grant, Commonplace Society, New Haven, USA
2022
Shana Alexander Research Fellowship in Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies,
Shana Alexander Foundation, New York, USA
Council on East Asian Studies Research Grant, Yale CEAS, New Haven, USA
Robin Berlin Fellowship, Berkeley Head of College, New Haven, USA
Richter Summer Fellowship, Max and Reba E. Richter Scholarship Fund, New Haven, USA
2021
Bronze Medal, Korea Paintings & Calligraphic Association, Seoul, Korea
Creative and Performing Arts Award, The Yale Council of Heads of College, New Haven, USA
2020
Alexander P. Hixon Fellowship, Yale CIPE, New Haven, USA
2019
International Summer Award, Studio Arts College International, Florence, Italy
2018
Gold Key and two Honorable Mentions, Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, Montclair, USA Best In Show, Mount Olive Invitational Show, Flanders, USA
Scholarship Grant, Savannah College of Art and Design, Flanders, USA
2017
National Silver Medal, Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, New York, USA
Gold Key and four Honorable Mentions, Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, Montclair, USA Best in Show and First Place, Morris County Teen Arts Festival, Randolph, USA
Second Place, Blackwell St. Art Student Invitational, Morristown, USA
FEATURED PUBLICATIONS
VICE i-D
Tiffany Ng, “For Art Students Around the World, Remote Learning Leads to Self-Discovery,” i-D VICE, January 26, 2021, https://bit.ly/3mEqRTh
HUG Magazine
HUG 100 Artists to Watch, Jury awardees book, HUG, April 1, 2024
41st International Modern Art Competition, Jury awardees book, Korea Paintings and Calligraphic Association, March 23, 2021
The Yale Record
Front and Back Cover Illustration for Eight Issues, December 2018 - August 2020, http://yalerecord.org/category/print-issues/