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CONUNDRUM EXPRESS

Exhibiton Dates: February 3 - March 20, 2010

Opening Reception - Wednesday, February 3; 6-9pm

AHL Foundation present CONUNDRUM EXPRESS at JCAL, as a part of their annual exhibition program.

Curated by Shinnie Kim, CONUNDRUM EXPRESS challenges viewers to expand their frame of reference and look beyond the initial visual appearance of an art piece.  Instead of indulging in the breakdown of the visual, the work itself becomes the reflective maze wherein the answer resides.  Drawn in, the viewer becomes actively involved in deciphering complex composition and diverse perspectives.

Acknowledging the multiplicity of cognitive modes of connecting ideas, the exhibition deliberately avoids didactically presenting a singular discourse of master narrative.

The exhibition works as a medium of engagement that invites viewers to explore a range of enigmatic and intricate reasoning models as if it were a brainteaser game.

Conundrum Express will feature the art work of, Humberto Duque, Eun Hyung Kim, Zaun Lee, Jaye Moon, and Dario Solman.

Humberto Duque, You win gravity! 2009

Artists’ Bios:
Humberto Duque has studied Graphic Design and Visual Arts in Mexico and Germany.  His works were shown at such venues as MCO Arte Contemporânea, Porto, Portugal; Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico and Ramis Barquet, New York.  He has been in numerous visual arts residency programs, including International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York; Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder, Norway; and IASK Changdong National Art Studio, South Korea.

Eun Hyung Kim, a recipient of an AHL Foundation Visual Arts Award, is based in New York, Chicago, and his hometown Seoul, South Korea.  He holds an MFA degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Seoul National University, South Korea. He has participated in solo and group exhibitions in France, Finland, Germany, USA, Japan, and South Korea.  An upcoming solo show will be organized by Gallery 400 in Chicago in April 2010.    

Zaun Lee received BA in Philosophy from Alfred University and BFA in Painting from Pratt Institute.  Lee was a recipient of AHL Foundation Visual Arts Award and Han Yang Cultural Foundation Fellowship.  Her group exhibition venues include Gallery Satori, Gana Art Gallery, Chashama Gallery, New York; KORUS house, Washington DC; SQFT Gallery, Nashville; and Ssamzie Space, Seoul, South Korea.

    
Jaye Moon holds a MFA degree from Pratt Institute.  She has previously exhibited at Newman Popiashvili Gallery, Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery, Dumbo Arts Center, White Columns, Artists Space, New York; Daegu Art Center, Daegu, South Korea; and Galeria Max Estrella, Madrid, Spain. Gallery, Spain.  She was awarded grants from Pollock-Krasner Foundation, AHL Foundation and New York Foundation for the Arts.

Dario Solman’s work has been exhibited at The Drawing Center, New York; Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka, Croatia; Gallery MC/The Doors Art Foundation, New York; Liquidacion Total, Madrid, Spain; Swiss Institute-Contemporary Art, New York; P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York; Centre Place, Melbourne, Australia; Space Lab, Cleveland; and Alexandria Biennale, Alexandria, Egypt.  He has also participated in Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Residency, New York; the P.S.1 Studio Program, New York; and the residency at the Cimelice Castle, Czech Republic.

This project is presented in collaboration with the .