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Sophie Jung, (born 1982 in Luxembourg ), is a performance and installation artist who lives and works in Basel and London. She won the Swiss Art Award in 2016 and 2019 and the Manor Kunstpreis in 2018.

Life
Sophie Jung grew in an artistic family in Basel. Both her parents and sister are actors and her grandmother is also an artist. As a child she would accompany her parents to rehearsals and was fascinated by the world of theater. Her favorite part was watching behind the scenes as the costumed actors got into character just before they went on stage. Initially Sophie Jung wanted to be an actress as well, but ultimately decided against it. She began studying German and English literature, changed to art history and then wanted to become a primary teacher. Afterwards she began photography at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, but non of these satisfied her. She ended up studying fine arts at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam and did her masters at the Goldsmiths University in London. Subsequently, she realized exhibitions and performance projects in Switzerland, England and the USA.

Sophie Jung's multi-media artistic practice focuses on performance, object and language – often with installations, repetition, references and ambiguous meanings. In her performances she deals with philosophical and current societal themes and questions definitive stories with ephemeral and polyphonic narrations.

Works (selection exhibitons and performances)

 * 2012 – Ich mag die Art, wie ich den Apfel schneide, sieht aus wie ein Foto meiner Mutter, (I like the way I cut the apple, it looks like a picture of my mother) Foto Levallois, Paris
 * 2012 – Meer, Sonne, Trommel und Spaß, (ocean, sun, drum and fun), Binnentuin Spinoza, Nijmegen
 * 2013 – Lernen über Heraldik, (learning about heraldry), Ceri Hand Gallery, London
 * 2013 – Touch that Angel, Touch my Angle, AICA Kiosk, Stadt Luxemburg
 * 2014 – Drei Akkorde und die Wahrheit, (three chords and the truth), Dominique Lang Art Center, Diddeleng
 * 2016 – New Waiting, Temnikova & Kasela, Tallinn, ES
 * 2017 – Producing My Credentials, Kunstraum London, UK
 * 2018 – The Bigger Sleep, Kunstmuseum Basel | Gegenwart, CH
 * 2018 – Paramount VS Tantamount, Swiss Institute, Paris, FR
 * 2019 – Woman Standing, National Gallery Prague, CZ
 * 2019 – Taxpayer's Money,  Frieze Live, London UK
 * 2019 –  The Day Teaches The Day, Cabaret Voltaire, Zürich, CH
 * 2019 – Dramatis Personae, JOAN, Los Angeles, US
 * 2020 –  They Might Stay The Night – Casino Luxembourg, LU
 * 2020 – Leadeyes und Gentlament Please Put Your Ands Together And And And, Transmissions, UK
 * 2021 – To Do Without So Much Mythology, Galerie Martin Janda, Wien
 * 2021 – The Hindsighters' Children, Vitrine London, UK
 * 2022 – When the Wind Blows, KunstHaus Wien

Auszeichnungen

 * 2016: Swiss Art Awards
 * 2018: Manor Kunstpreis Basel
 * 2019: Swiss Art Award

Weblinks

 * Webseite
 * Artfacts