Elliott Jun Wright

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Deep Radiance Synthesis, 2016

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Master Bedroom, 2016

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Oriental Inn, 2016

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Torture Garden, 2015

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Atlas [Clone], 2012

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Atlas 8, 2011

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heatwave, 2011

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Elliott Jun Wright (born 1984) is a Korean-American artist currently living and working in Tokyo. His practice investigates the formation, maintenance, and dissemination of “asian” identity via an exploration of the pervasive Orientalism inherent in the aesthetics of mass culture. Wright’s sculptural works and mixed-media assemblages combine sources as varied as scientific illustration, anime production drawings, and vintage issues of Architectural Digest magazine into hybrid objects which both reflect and comment upon the ideological underpinnings of the designed environment – and their impact on the interior life of the Asian subject. Wright has presented work in various group exhibitions internationally including Manila Institute, New York NY (2017-2016); Hester, New York NY (2015);Bronx Art Space, Bronx NY (2014); +81 Gallery, Brooklyn NY (2014); Abrons Art Center, New York NY (2013); Preteen Gallery, Mexico City MX(2013- 2012); Non-Objective Sud, Tulette FR (2011) and The Sorbonne, Paris FR (2011). Wright has also organized the exhibition Taste Spa at Manila Institute (2016).

EDUCATION

2012
M.F.A NYU Steinhardt, New York
2007
B.F.A Frostburg State University, Frostburg MD

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019
Ghost In The Ghost, Tiger Strikes Asteroids, Brooklyn NY,
2017
CCLB Anthology III, The Loon, Toronto CA
2016
Taste Spa, Manila Institute, NY
2015
Sara Two, Hester, New York
Lucky Draw, Sculpture Center, Queens NY
2014
Premium Bundle, curated by Claudia Mate, Bronx Art Space, Bronx NY
Marketplace, 321 Gallery, Brooklyn NY
Half- Baked Antethisis, +81 Gallery, Brooklyn NY
I Wanna Kiss You Like I Kissed You Before, presentation by Preteen Gallery, Material Art Fair, Mexico
2013
Uptown Downtown, Abrons Arts Center, New York
I DON’T KNOW IT’S AN ILLUSION I DON’T CARE, organized by Preteen Gallery, Vamiali’s, Athens GR
2012
Everything was Michael Bolton and Nothing Hurt, Preteen Gallery, Mexico
Hidden In Plain Sight, Numberthirtyfive Gallery, New York
Light Mehr Light, Deutsches Haus NYU, New York
NYU, MFA Thesis Exhibition, 80 WSE, New York
A La Fortune Du Pot, Racebrook Lodge, Berkshire Ma
Can’t Touch This, in collaboration with Michelle Ceja, Artmicropatronage.org
2011
Yin Yang Music, Nvon-Objectif Sud, Tulette FR
Revolution Of Everyday Life, The Sorbonne, Paris FR
1st Year MFA Group Exhibition, The Commons Gallery, New York

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011
Assembly, Rosenberg Gallery, New York (solo)

AWARDS

2012
NYU Berlin Culture Brewery Prize, New York

RESIDENCIES

2012
Salzburg Summer Academy, Salzburg AU