cho duckhyun, a south korean contemporary artist, has been making waves in the art world since her debut in the early 2000s. born in 1974 in incheon, south korea, she has been pushing the boundaries of traditional art forms and exploring issues around gender and sexuality in relation to korean history, politics, and culture.
early life and education
cho duckhyun was trained as a painter at ewha womans university, where she became involved in the feminist movement on campus. she went on to pursue her ma in feminist theory and practice in the visual arts at the university of leeds, under the supervision of art historian griselda pollock. her thesis, "women between nation and diaspora in the era of globalisation," marked the beginning of her exploration into the intersectionality of gender, nation, and diaspora.artistic practice
cho duckhyun's work often centers on figures or artistic practices that have been effaced or excluded from conventional archives. her early work in video, photography, and installation deals with gendered violence and figures on the social periphery. she has cited scholars such as judith butler, jasbir k. puar, and susan sontag as influences on her work.- yeoseong gukgeuk project: a long-term research project that grapples with issues around tradition, queerness, disability, intersectionality, and archival memory and loss.
- dongducheon project: a project centered on the spaces sex workers and undocumented migrants traverse in the camptowns around u.s. military bases.
