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Jaekyung Jung


Work Experience

Vinyl Inc., Seoul, Korea
Co-founder & Strategy Director, May, 2000 – Dec, 2004.


Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Master of Science in Visual Studies, Visual Arts Program, 2010 (Expected)

Rhode Island School of Design
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graphic Design, 2008

Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea
Completed up to 1st semester of four year, Visual Communication Design, 2002



Residencies & Research Groups

Interrogative Design Group, Center for Advanced Visual Studies, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Research, 2009, Aug-Present

Samsung Design Membership, Seoul, Korea.
Designer in Residency,  Aug, 1997 – Dec, 1999

Korea Culture Research Team, Innovative Design lab. of Samsung, Seoul, Korea
Research, Jan, 1999 – Dec, 1999


Recent Exhibitions

THINGS OF THAT NATURE
The Boston Center for the Arts Mills Gallery, Cambridge, MA, May, 2009
 
The 11th 2009 CMS Media Spectacle
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, April, 2009
 
CHI 2009, Video Showcase
John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center, Boston, MA, April, 2009

Students Choose Exhibition
Sert Gallery, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Feb, 2009

The Spark Awards 2008
Group exhibition, the Auto-desk Design Gallery, San Francisco, Oct, 2008

SIGGRAPH 2008
Group exhibition, Space Time Student Gallery, LA, Aug, 2008

23rd International Biennial of Graphic Design Brno 2008
Group exhibition, the Moravian Gallery, Brno, Czech, June, 2008

Des-Comp.08
Group exhibition, the Wolk Gallery, Cambridge, Sep, 2008

Graphic Design Show 2008
Group exhibition, Wood-Gerry Gallery, Providence, Mar, 2008

Design Korea 2007
Group exhibition, COEX, Seoul, Korea, Dec, 2007

Design Made 2007
Group exhibition, Hangaram Design Museum, Oct, 2007

Meet by Accident 2007
Group exhibition, Chelsea, New York, Aug, 2007


Research Projects

Tele-Vision 13
Design Trend Research, Samsung Design Membership (SDM), Aug. 1999

Korean Spirit
Design & Culture Research, Innovative Design Lab. of Samsung, Jan - Dec. 1999


Press & Publications
 
'The Gulag Project,' Harvard Advocate: the Contest Issue, Cambridge: Harvard University. Summer 2009*
'The Gulag Project,' Tank Magazine, London: Tank. 2009*
'Meet by Accident: Exhibition Review,' DesignNet Magazine. 126–141, November 2007
'Street,' Co-authored with Eroon Kang, Vinyl co, Ltd., Dec. 2006
 * to be published


Awards & Grants

Merit-Based Full Tuition Scholarship
The Department of Architecture , MIT

SIGGRAPH 2008
The SpaceTime Student Awards in Physical Installation by ACM SIGGRAPH, USA 2008

The Spark Award 2008
Silver Awards by The Spark Awards, USA 2008

The 7th KIDP Young Design Leader Fellowship
20,000 USD Awarded by Ministry of Commerce Industry and Energy, Korea 2008

The 6th KIDP Young Design Leader Fellowship
30,000 USD Awarded by Ministry of Commerce Industry and Energy, Korea 2007