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Between Movement and Stillness
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AP SPACE presents Between Movement and Stillness, a captivating dual exhibition showcasing the works of internationally acclaimed artists Serena Bocchino and Yoo Choong Mok.
Serena Bocchino, a contemporary American artist known for translating the energy of jazz and dance into vivid abstract compositions, presents a body of work inspired by her synesthetic experience, a condition in which sound manifests as color, shape, and motion. Bocchino’s layered canvases, created with enamel, oil, and graphite, pulse with dynamic movement, inviting viewers into a vibrant visual rhythm. Her work has been featured in major institutions including MoMA PS1, the Bronx Museum, and the CAFA Museum in Beijing.
Yoo Choong Mok, a Korean glass artist, reinterprets traditional aesthetics through a contemporary lens. His luminous works, glass droplets set against yellow wood and canvas, shift with light and angle, embodying the ephemeral nature of memory and the passage of time. Influenced by dancheong and the five traditional Korean colors, Yoo’s practice is a meditation on identity, heritage, and transformation. His accolades include the National Glass Center Grand Prize and the NICHE Award, with exhibitions spanning Korea, Europe, and the U.S.
Together, Bocchino and Yoo engage in a compelling dialogue between fluidity and stillness, sound and silence, tradition and innovation. Between Movement and Stillness celebrates their shared dedication to material experimentation and emotional resonance.
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Choongmok Yoo is a Korean artist whose work reflects a deep conversation between tradition and modernity. Born in 1977, he studied Environmental Art and Design at Namseoul University before continuing his education in the UK, where he earned a master’s degree in Visual Practice at the University of Sunderland. He later returned to Korea to complete doctoral research at Seoul National University of Science and Technology. After spending nearly ten years living and working in the U.S. and UK, Yoo came back home with a desire to reconnect with his roots and to explore what it means to carry history forward in a rapidly changing world. His work has since been exhibited internationally and acquired by public and private collections in Korea, Europe, and the U.S., earning honors such as the NICHE Award and the National Glass Center Grand Prize.
Yoo’s recent work focuses on the form of glass water droplets, arranged delicately across yellow-stained wood panels. These droplets, shaped with care and intention, seem to shift depending on the light or the viewer’s position, casting shadows that move and evolve throughout the day. Drawing from the traditional Korean color system of obangsaek and the decorative painting style of dancheong, Yoo offers his own interpretation: one that blends emotion, memory, and a quiet sense of time passing. Each droplet feels personal, almost like a fragment of his lived experience. Together, they form a landscape that’s both intimate and open, an invitation to pause, to reflect, and to notice what often goes unseen.
Serena Bocchino is a contemporary American artist whose abstract paintings and sculptures are inspired by jazz, dance, and the Fluxus movement. Her layered works, created with enamel paint, graphite, and mixed media, translate sound into vibrant visual form. “This process is deeply influenced by her synesthesia, a neurological condition that allows her to experience sound as color, shape, and line moving through space, transforming music into a vivid, visual language.”
Bocchino began her career in New York’s East Village art scene, where she exhibited in both alternative and commercial galleries and was selected by Susan Rothenberg for a notable group show alongside Eric Fischl, April Gornik, and Jenny Holzer. A PS1/MoMA studio residency followed, leading to her first international solo exhibition in Rome. Her work has been shown across the U.S., Europe, and Asia, including major exhibitions at the Museo Italo Americano (San Francisco), the Nicolaysen Art Museum (Wyoming), and the Taoxichuan Art Museum of China’s Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), which acquired several of her works for its permanent collection.
Bocchino is a recipient of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, Art Matters Award, Basil Alkazzi Award (USA), and multiple fellowships from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. Her work is held in numerous collections, including the Bronx Museum of the Arts, the Morris Museum, the Zimmerli Art Museum, the National Museum in Gdańsk (Poland), and the St. Louis Art Museum. Her monographs Serena Bocchino: The Artist (2015) and Lyrical Roar (2023) document her dynamic career. In 2024, her artwork was digitally broadcast in Times Square, New York—bringing her bold, music-driven visuals to a global audience.
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