Yang Wonbin

  • Type

    Person

  • Country

    South Korea

  • Wonbin Yang is an artist investigates the philosophical aspects of life and the social landscapes of urban environment with the artificial agent such as robots and automated system. His work ‘Species series’ explores the hidden dimensions of city ecosystem through the life of his robotic creatures and their histories of emergence, adaptation, and evolution. Yang has been exhibited his projects internationally in Germany, Japan, Korea, and USA. He received awards including ‘New Face Award’ in the 16th Japan Media Arts Festival (2013), ‘Publikumspreis’ in Begehungen Art Festival (2012), ‘James Nelson Raymond Fellowship’ in SAIC MFA Fellowship Competition (2012). He received an MFA in Art and Technology Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2012.

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