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David Yun
Recall (Installation View),David YunDavid Yun, Recall (Installation View),
2009, 2 Channel Video Projection on Window Pane, Dimensions Variable
© David Yun
Encoding #1 (The Cruise),David YunDavid Yun, Encoding #1 (The Cruise),
2009, Inkjet Print Mounted On Plexiglas, 20" x 15"
Storage #3 (The Escape),David YunDavid Yun, Storage #3 (The Escape),
2009, Glicee Print on Canvas, 36" x 24"
© David Yun
A Taste of Home,David YunDavid Yun, A Taste of Home,
2007, Video, 7 min 16 sec
© David Yun
Baby Born,David YunDavid Yun, Baby Born,
2006, Video, 5 min 45 sec
© David Yun
Hug,David YunDavid Yun, Hug, 2007, Video, 1 min 24 sec
© David Yun
The Pain with Being Thirsty,David YunDavid Yun, The Pain with Being Thirsty,
2007, 16 mm Found Footage Transferred to Video, 6 min 40 sec
© David Yun
Tanner (from the Whitespace Series),David YunDavid Yun, Tanner (from the Whitespace Series),
2007, C-Print, 14" x 11"
Socks,David YunDavid Yun, Socks,
2006, C-Print, 14" x 11"
© David Yun
Encoding #3 (The Dance),David YunDavid Yun, Encoding #3 (The Dance),
2009, Inkjet Print Mounted On Plexiglas, 20" x 15"
© David Yun
Storage #6 (Family Dog),David YunDavid Yun, Storage #6 (Family Dog),
2009, Glicee Print on Canvas, 36" x 24"
© David Yun
Historical Reconstruction (Balloon Bridge),David YunDavid Yun,
Historical Reconstruction (Balloon Bridge),
2007, Balloons, String, Site Specific Installation (Documentation Photo)
Historical Reconstruction (Balloon Bridge),David YunDavid Yun,
Historical Reconstruction (Balloon Bridge),
2007, Balloons, String, Site Specific Installation (Documentation Photo)
© David Yun
Conversation Piece #2,David YunDavid Yun, Conversation Piece #2,
2007, Chalkboard Paint, Chalk, Paper
Encoding 2 (Snorkeling),David YunDavid Yun, Encoding 2 (Snorkeling),
2009, Inkjet Print on Canvas, 22" x 16 1/2"
Encoding 4 (Father and son),David YunDavid Yun, Encoding 4 (Father and son),
2009, Inkjet Print on Plexiglas, 22" x 16 1/2"
Encoding 5 (Mom and Dad),David YunDavid Yun, Encoding 5 (Mom and Dad),
2009, Inkjet Print on Plexiglas, 22" x 16 1/2"
Encoding 7 ( Harley Bear),David YunDavid Yun, Encoding 7 ( Harley Bear),
2009, Inkjet Print on Canvas, 22" x 16 1/2"
Fallen Rainbow,David YunDavid Yun, Fallen Rainbow,
2009, Digital C-Print, 24" x 18"
© David Yun
Justice (from the Whitespace Series),David YunDavid Yun, Justice (from the Whitespace Series),
2007, C-Print, 14" x 11"
© David Yun
Flowers (Video Still),David YunDavid Yun, Flowers (Video Still),
2007, Video, 1:21
Flowers (Video Still),David YunDavid Yun, Flowers (Video Still),
2007, Video, 1:21
© David Yun
Flowers (Video Still),David YunDavid Yun, Flowers (Video Still),
2007, Video, 1:21
© David Yun
Flowers (Video Still),David YunDavid Yun, Flowers (Video Still),
2007, Video, 1:21
© David Yun
Hold the Sun (Video Still),David Yun & Laura ZayleaDavid Yun & Laura Zaylea,
Hold the Sun (Video Still),
2009, HD, 93 minutes
Hold the Sun (Video Still),David YunDavid Yun, Hold the Sun (Video Still),
2009, HD, 93 minutes
Hold the Sun (Video Still),David Yun & Laura ZayleaDavid Yun & Laura Zaylea,
Hold the Sun (Video Still),
2009, HD, 93 minutes
Hold the Sun (Video Still),David Yun & Laura ZayleaDavid Yun & Laura Zaylea,
Hold the Sun (Video Still),
2009, HD, 93 minutes
Fayez,David YunDavid Yun, Fayez,
2006, C-Print, 14" x 11"
© David Yun
Danny,David YunDavid Yun, Danny,
2006, C-Print, 14" x 11"
© David Yun
Twittering Machine Loves You (Video Still),David YunDavid Yun,
Twittering Machine Loves You (Video Still),
2006, Video, 14:38
Ruby Rodriguez (Indiana St and Cesar Chavez),David YunDavid Yun,
Ruby Rodriguez (Indiana St and Cesar Chavez),
2007, Digital C-Print, 16" x 20"
© David Yun
Erick Balderas (23rd St and Treat St.),David YunDavid Yun,
Erick Balderas (23rd St and Treat St.),
2008, Digital C-Print, 16" x 20"
© David Yun
K-Mart,David YunDavid Yun, K-Mart,
2008, C-Print, 16" x 20"
© David Yun
Target,David YunDavid Yun, Target,
2008, C-Print, 16" x 20"
© David Yun
Middlebelt Plaza,David YunDavid Yun, Middlebelt Plaza,
2007, C-Print, 16" x 20"
© David Yun
You Think You Know (But You Really Don\'t),David Yun & Laura ZayleaDavid Yun & Laura Zaylea,
You Think You Know (But You Really Don't),
2006, Performance (Documentation Photo), 10 minutes
Grandma\'s Shower,David YunDavid Yun, Grandma's Shower,
2006, C-Print, 16" x 20"
© David Yun
Embrace,David YunDavid Yun, Embrace,
2006, C-Print, 16" x 20"
Waves,David YunDavid Yun, Waves, 2007, Video, 1 min 20 sec
© David YUn
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> QUICK FACTS
BIRTHPLACE:  
Michigan
LIVES IN:  
San Francisco, Calfornia
WORKS IN:  
San Francisco, Calfornia
WEBSITE:  
http://www.davidmyun.com
REPRESENTING GALLERIES:  
Micaëla Gallery
TAGS:  
exhibition/performance, conceptual, gallery, abstract, digital, photography, video-art, installation, film, festival, filmmaker
> STATEMENT

ABOUT THE ARTIST

David Yun grew up the son of Chinese immigrants in Livonia, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit that holds the title as "The Whitest Large City in the United States." His work spans a variety of mediums including film/video, photography, social practice, and installation and has been shown around the world at venues such as the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, European Media Arts Festival, International Asian American Film Festival (New York), Sydney Underground Film Festival, Seoul International Film Festival, and Documenta Madrid. Yun's work is currently on view at an exhibition entitled "Decoding Identity: I Do It for My People" at the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) in San Francisco. He is currently pursuing an MFA degree at San Francisco Art Institute.

 

ARTIST STATEMENT

Much of my work stems from the idea of the personal as political. Whereas politics usually engage with issues on a societal scale, I believe that the politics of the individual can have a profound impact on daily life. How we choose to treat each other, how we listen to others and share our beliefs—these can become catalysts for social change. In creating works that engage with the world in this way, I hope to put forth the human aspect of political issues, to spark meaningful dialogue between people, and to facilitate unforeseen ways of thinking.

But the question remains—how does my practice engage with these lofty ideals? The answer to this lies in the subject matter of my work. By re-engaging with forgotten historical moments, the Japanese Internment for example, my work seeks to call into question the collective foundations upon which we base our personal belief systems. Similarly, my work often magnifies the mundane in an attempt to reconfigure the overlooked into something larger. In using everyday objects such as a dirtied dinner plate or a discarded vacation snapshot as the subject matter of my work, I seek to transform them into something poetic, something that suggests a larger narrative beyond the boundaries of the frame.

The works I create, spanning film/video, photography, social practice and installation, vary greatly in form and subject matter. Yet while the final manifestation of each work may differ, I believe that as a collective whole they present a complex, nuanced, yet unified voice-a voice borne out of my own personal experience growing up queer and Asian American in the suburbs of Detroit.

 

You can find out more about my work by visiting www.davidmyun.com.

View my CV or Press Clippings.

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David Yun Tanner (from the Whitespace Series)
> EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
Past Exhibitions and Events
May, 2009 EPIC: Visualizing Heroes Within
SomArts Cultural Center
 
Mar, 2009 Being Gay: A Visual Dialogue Between Straight and LGBTQ Artists
2nd City Council Art Gallery
 
Feb, 2009 (((DREAMCATCHER)))
Disjecta
 
Jan, 2009 I Do It For My People
Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD)
 
Jan, 2009 New Works
Micaëla Gallery
 
Sep, 2008 Immediate Future: the 2008 Murphy & Cadogan Fellowships in the Fine Arts
San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery (main site)
 
Jul, 2008 Insider/Outsider
Root Division
 
May, 2008 What Goes Around
Artwork SF Gallery
 
Mar, 2008 Digital Delay
Micaëla Gallery
 
Dec, 2007 I.O.U.
Mission 17
 
Nov, 2007 Another Country
Worth Ryder Gallery at UC Berkeley
 
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