Jinny Yu facts for kids
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Jinny Yu
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| Born | 1976 (age 48–49) |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | Dawson College 1995 Concordia University 1998 |
| Alma mater | York University 2002 |
| Known for | Painting Installation art |
| Style | Contemporary artist |
| Awards | Laura Ciruls Painting Award Ontario Arts Foundation Mid-Career Artist Award Council for the Arts in Ottawa |
Jinny Yu (born in 1976) is a Canadian artist. She is known for her amazing work in painting and installation art. Installation art is like creating a whole experience or environment with art.
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About Jinny Yu
Her Early Life and Education
Jinny Yu was born in Seoul, South Korea. When she was 12 years old, in 1988, she moved to Canada. Her family settled in the city of Montreal.
Yu loved art and decided to study it. She went to Dawson College and earned a degree in fine arts in 1995. Three years later, she got her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Concordia University.
She continued her studies at York University. In 2002, she earned two master's degrees there. One was in Arts and Media Administration, and the other was in Visual Arts.
Exploring Art and Ideas
After finishing her studies, Jinny Yu taught art at different schools. She was a professor at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick. Later, she worked as a researcher in Italy.
Yu also spent time as an artist in different places. She lived and worked in Berlin and Beijing. She also visited the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in Alberta.
Since 2007, she has been teaching art at the University of Ottawa. Today, she is a Professor there. Jinny Yu lives in Ottawa, Canada.
Her Art and Themes
Jinny Yu's art often explores interesting ideas. One of her painting series is called Story of a Global Nomad. This series, made in 2007-2008, looked at how buildings affect society and money.
Another important work is her series called Sequence from 2009. These artworks helped her become a well-known artist.
Yu's art also explores feelings of being detached or separate. This comes from her own experiences of moving to new countries. She calls this feeling "global nomadism." She also looks at how paintings relate to the space around them.
In 2015, Yu showed a special artwork at the 56th Venice Biennale. The Venice Biennale is a very famous art exhibition in Italy. Her work was called Don't They Ever Stop Migrating?.
This art piece was an installation. It used the 1963 movie The Birds by Alfred Hitchcock as an idea. It was a way to talk about people moving across the Mediterranean Sea and Bay of Bengal. This artwork is now part of the collection at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre.
Where to See Her Art
Jinny Yu's artworks are part of important art collections. Here are some of them:
- Don't They Ever Stop Migrating?, made with ink on fabric and sound, 2015. You can see it at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre.
- Ball, made with oil on mirror, 2014. This piece is at the Ottawa Art Gallery.
- Story of a Global Nomad (Multiple Trees), made with oil and graphite on aluminum, 2007. It is at the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec.
- Story of a Global Nomad (De Vonk 1), made with oil and graphite on aluminum, 2007. This work is owned by the Canada Council.
