Incheon Women Artists' Biennale

The Incheon Women Artists' Biennale, held in Incheon, South Korea, and inaugurated in 2004, subsequently had editions in 2007, 2009,^[1] and 2011 that focused on the work of contemporary women artists.^[2] It is the first and only art biennale in the world focused on the work of female artists.

The 2009 edition featured works by feminist artists Judy Chicago and Faith Ringgold as well as 99 other artists from 25 other countries. Heng-Gil Han was the operating committee chairman and curator of the Tuning Exhibition entitled "The 21st Century, the Feminine Century, and the Century of Diversity and Hope," which included both artists of both genders, the work exhibited encompassing a larger variety of media such as multimedia, performances, film, writing, discussion, and animation. The Participation exhibition showed the work exclusively of Korean artists, and, like the main exhibition, the work only of women artists. Kyung-ae Kwon was the president of the biennale organizing committee, and Eun-hee Yang the commissioner of the main exhibition.^[1]

The main exhibition for the 2011 edition, entitled "Terra Incognita," was curated by Jane Farver, former director of MIT's List Visual Arts Center. It included the work of Joan Jonas, LaToya Ruby Frazier, and Yael Bartana, and 25 other women artists from a total 13 countries.^[3] The Tuning Exhibition was co-curated by Heng-Gil Han, Gyoung Mo Rhee, Kyoeng Sub Yue, and two others, and the work shown focussed on social practice art by artists of both genders. The Participation exhibition included the work of women artists active in women's artists organizations around the world and those who specifically contributed to the advancement of the Incheon Women Artists' Biennale.^[4]

References

External links

• Official site of the 2009 Incheon Women Artists' Biennale
• Official site of the 2011 edition