rey.jeong@csus.edu
Education
2021 Master of Fine Arts with Honors, Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design at University of Michigan
2012 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Cartoon and Animation at Sejong University, Seoul
Professional Experience
2023~
Assistant Professor in Studio Art - Social Practice (tenure-track)
Department of Art, College of Art & Letter, California State University, Sacramento
2021~2023
Professor of Practice
Alfred University, New York State College of Ceramics, School of Art and Design + Performing Arts Division
Teaching Foundation courses for Freshmen
IDEA Generator (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access)
Alfred University, New York State College of Ceramics, School of Art and Design + Performing Arts Division
Program directing for the Arts at Alfred BIPOC Residency and IDEA Lab workshop.
2019~2021
Executive Committee NEKST 8th International Conference of NextGen Korean Studies Scholars: Encountering Difference at the Nam Center Korean Studies, University of Michigan
2021
Graduate Student Instructor: Engagement
Social Spaces: The Role of Artists, Designers, and Citizens, University of Michigan
2020
Graduate Student Instructor of Record
Social Spaces: The Role of Artists, Designers, and Citizens, University of Michigan
This course explores the ways in which artists, designers, and citizens work within the public sphere. Students gain an understanding of socially engaged art and design practice while learning approaches and skills essential to community engagement work. In designing the curriculum, I created course projects in which we partnered with Growing Hope, Brilliant Detroit and the Ginsberg Center, a civic engagement center with a mission to cultivate and steward equitable partnerships between communities and the university.
2019~2020
Graduate Student Research Assistant, Radical Humility with Professor Rebekah Modrak
Researched perspectives into humility for interdisciplinary-book project, University of Michigan
2019
Invited Jurist, YpsiNow: Intersections, Riverside Arts Center, Ypsilanti, MI
YpsiNow is an annual exhibit showcasing Ypsilanti-based creatives.
Curator, Sponsored by and invited to 734 Brewing Co., Ypsilanti, MI
Curated a group show, Beneath the Surface, inviting emerging local artists including myself that reflect the local underground scene in Ypsilanti.
Invited Solo Show
2021 Screaming Yellow, Heartened Surfaces, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Stamps Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
2018 Bad Seed, 734 Brewing, Funded by YpsiGlow Wonderfool Productions, Ypsilanti, MI
2016 Mystery of Everyday Life, Alternative Space THE COMMON, Taipei, Taiwan
2015 Four Islands, Gunsan Creative Cultural Space Yeoinsug, Gunsan, S. Korea
Invited Group Show
2021
Screaming Yellow x Horangis, Public engagement show for a screening and presentation, MOCAD (Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit), Detroit, MI
Re-contextualizing “Princess Bari”, Change of Address, Cohen Gallery, Alfred, NY
Water Correspondences, Dream is Not All Dream, Stamps Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
Collaboration with artist Ellie Schmidt, Funded by ArtsEngine
2020
News & Letter, Respond/ Resist/ Rethink, Stamps Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
Short films 2:50, 2:57, Funded by Nam Center Korean Studies at the University of Michigan
2019
No Name, Glyph: The Diversity, Complexity and Aesthetics of Language, Riverside Arts Center, Ypsilanti, MI
2015
A Butcher's Shop You Can Believe In, Gunsan Creative Cultural Space Yeoinsug, Gunsan, S. Korea
An Exhibition You Can Believe In, Gunsan Creative Cultural Space Yeoinsug, Gunsan, S. Korea
Artist/Panel Talk
2021
Cascade Voices x Parallax Conjunctures, Screening event and artist talk with Jane Jin Kaisen hosted by MOCAD (Museum of Contemporary Art Detorit)
Social Practice in Arts Administration and Coursework, NCAA Arts Conference "Seeing Through the Noise: Change Inside Out”, Ringling College of Art and Design
Screaming Yellow: Social Practice and Exploration of Color of Yellow, Speaker Series, Alfred University
Screaming Yellow and Mining Gold, NEKST 8th International Conference of NextGen Korean Studies Scholars: Encountering Difference, University of Michigan
Screaming Yellow, Artist Talks for Heartened Surfaces facilitated by Stamps Gallery
2020
Emergent Discontinuity, MFA Symposium, University of Michigan
Led ‘Kimchi Making Workshop’ with over 20 participants while watching and following the recipe of a famous YouTuber, Maangchi. Keynote speakers for the symposium: curator Taraneh Fazeli and art historian Kathryn Carney
Awards/Certificates
2022
The Puffin Foundation Grant Award Program, The Puffin Foundation Ltd.
2021
Bernstein Funds for Faculty Development, Alfred University
University of Michigan Jean Paul Slusser MFA Thesis Award (honorable mention), University of Michigan
Stamps Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) Grant, Collaboration project, Artist Database Project with Stamps lecturers, Erin Mckenna and Sally Clegg, Stamps School of Art and Design, University of Michigan
Finalist for Art & Design Competition for the James S. Jackson Distinguished Career Award for Diversity Scholarship, University of Michigan’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (ODEI) and the National Center for Institutional Diversity (NCID) in cooperation with Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan
Arts Integrative Interdisciplinary Research (AiiR) Grant, ArtsEngine, University of Michigan
Smucker Wagstaff Creative Work and Research Grant, Stamps School of Art and Design, University of Michigan
2020
Certification, Machine Learning for Musicians and Artists, Goldsmiths at University of London, Taught by Rebecca Fiebrink, Estimated Effort 50 hours
Elsie Choy Lee Scholar, CEW+ Scholarship Award, University of Michigan
Korean Studies Conference NEKST Committee Fellowship, Nam Center Korean Studies, University of Michigan
SeAh Haiam Arts and Sciences Scholarship, Nam Center Award, University of Michigan
Beverly J. Waterman Scholarship, Services for Students with Disabilities, University of Michigan
ArtEngine Student Micro Grants, ArtsEngine, University of Michigan
2019
Smucker Wagstaff Creative Work and ResearchGrant, Stamps School of Art and Design, University of Michigan
Korean Studies Conference NEKST Committee Fellowship, Nam Center Korean Studies, University of Michigan
ArtEngine Student Micro Grants, ArtsEngine, University of Michigan
The Library Student Mini-Grants, M Library, University of Michigan
2018 WonderFool Production Artist Grants, Ann Arbor & Ypsilanti, MI
2016 Research Project Grant, the Gyeonggi Foundation Cultural Agency, Gyeonggi, S. Korea
2015
Creative Cultural Space Yeoinsug 8 Month Residency, Invited Artist, Gunsan, S. Korea
Top Prize, The 33th Grand Art Exhibitio, n of Korea, Seoul, S. Korea
Residency
2021
IEA (Institution for Electronic Arts) Residency, School of Art and Design, Alfred University
1 week residency program hosted and sponsored by the Institution for Electronic Arts.
2015
Gunsan Artist-in-Residency, 8 month long artist-in-residency, Gunsan Creative Cultural Space Yeoinsug, Funded by Arts Counsil Korea and Jeon-la Province, S. Korea
Service Work
2021
IDEA Lab Workshop: for Social Justice and Cultural Diversity, Funded by School of Art and Design, Alfred University
Organized regular bi-weekly workshops to cultivate a diverse and inclusive environment. students, staff, faculty or community members of color/LGBTQ+ can lead sessions.
IDEA Lab is for the celebration of multiple layers of intersectionalities.
2015~2012
Journey To Get Happy, Funded by Gunpo province, Sponsored by Gunpo Youth Center of Gunpo province, S. Korea & Nepal
Directed a community engaged program between Gunpo Youth Center and Nepal Smile Orphanage. Volunteers and students raised funds to send 100kg of stationary to support Smile Orphanage.
2014~2012
Blanket to Blanket: Donating Blankets to Elderly Living Alone, Guryong village Elderly Care Center, Funded by Gunpo Youth Center, Seoul, S. Korea
Led the project with young artists, volunteers and students to support elderly people who live alone in slum areas on the outskirts of Seoul. We raised funds by selling hot beverages and donated 77 winter blankets to the elderly residents in Guryong village.