Jaekyung Jung
235 Albany Street #2120, Cambridge, MA 02139, U.S.A
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Master of Science in Visual Studies, Program in Art, Culture, and Technology (formerly Visual Arts), 2010 (Expected)
Rhode Island School of Design
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graphic Design, 2008
Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea
Completed 1st semester of four years, Visual Communication Design, 2002
Awards & Grants
Merit-Based Full Tuition Fellowship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, US, 2009-2010
The 7th KIDP Design Leader Fellowship, 20,000 USD Awarded by Ministry of CIE, Korea, 2008
The 6th KIDP Design Leader Fellowship, 30,000 USD Awarded by Ministry of CIE, Korea, 2007
SIGGRAPH 2008 The Space Time Student Awards, ACM SIGGRAPH, US, 2008
International Design Competition Spark Awards Silver prize, San Francisco, CA, US, 2008
Web Award Korea Software Agency Award (Vinyl co, Ltd), Web Visual Design Award, Seoul, Korea, 2004
Selected Exhibitions
Things of That Nature, Boston Center for the Arts Mills Gallery, Cambridge, MA, US, 2009
The 11th 2009 CMS Media Spectacle, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, US, 2009
CHI 2009, Video Showcase, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA, US, 2009
Sparks Fly, Autodesk Gallery, San Francisco, CA, US, 2008-2009
SIGGRAPH 2008, Space Time Student Gallery, LA, US, 2008
23rd International Biennial of Graphic Design Brno, Moravian, Czech Republic, 2008
Des-Comp.08, Wolk Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, US, 2008
Graphic Design Show, Wood-Gerry Gallery, Providence, US, 2008
Meet by Accident, Space 35, New York City, NY, US, 2007
Design Korea 2007, COEX, Seoul, Korea, 2007
Design Made 2007, Hangaram Design Museum, Seoul, Korea, 2007
Press & Publications
A review on Hit Here If You Feel Victimized, “AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE @ BCA," Big Red & Shiny. June 8th 2009
A review on Hit Here If You Feel Victimized, “An Artist's Nature," The Huntington News. May 20th 2009
"The Gulag Project," Harvard Advocate: the Contest Issue, Cambridge: Harvard University. Summer 2009
"The Gulag Project," A View on Harvard GSD Vol. 1, London: Tank Form Ltd. May 2009
“Street,” Co-authored with Eroon Kang, Vinyl co, Ltd., December 2006
Residencies & Research Groups
Interrogative Design Group, Center for Advanced Visual Studies, MIT, Cambridge, MA, US
Researcher, August 2009 – Present
Samsung Design Membership, Seoul, Korea
Researcher, August 1997 – December 1999
Korea Culture Research Team, Innovative Design Lab. of Samsung, Seoul, Korea
Researcher, January 1999 – December 1999
Professional Experience
Vinyl Co, Ltd., Seoul, Korea
Co-founder, May 2000 – December 2004
