Korea residency exchange
Funded by Asia:NZ with support from Creative New Zealand, this annual exchange aims to increase artistic and cultural dialogue between Korea and New Zealand.
Residency details
The Korea residency exchange offers emerging or mid-career New Zealand artists the opportunity to further their practice and engage with overseas artists, as well as to promote New Zealand contemporary art to international audiences during their stay in South Korea.
The reciprocal exchange involves an artist from Korea selected to complete a residency at Artspace Auckland.
2012 recipient
Liyen Chong, the 2012 recipient of this residency, is being hosted by Goyang Art Studio in Seoul.
Goyang residency
Part of the National Art Studio, run by the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Goyang residencies are designed to enhance the diversity and quality of creative artistic exchange by providing a network for close relationships between overseas and domestic artists and various art-related professionals.
Previous Korea artist-in-residence recipients
- Jeena Shin (New Zealand) - 2011
- Lee Zune (Korea) - 2011
- Scott Flanagan (New Zealand) - 2010
- Hee-Kyoung Bae (Korea) - 2010
- Kim Jimin (Korea) - 2009
- Kushana Bush (New Zealand) - 2009
- Fiona Amundsen (New Zealand) – 2008
- Lee Jeong Keun (Korea) - 2007
- Lorene Taurerewa (New Zealand) - 2007
Image: Liyen Chong, 2012 Korea art residency recipient.