정화연
Yuni Chung Hoa Yun
Email. meww1219@gmail.com
IG. @yuni_hoayun_chung / @choricollective
Yuni (Hoa Yun) Chung is a Berlin-based transdisciplinary artist whose practice traverses performance, object, text, video, sound, and installation. Her work constructs metaphorical and performative spaces that critically engage with the colonial structures inscribed upon bodies and spaces,
exposing systems of violence without replicating them.
Through layered narratives and recurring motifs such as the night, Chung explores the sensory dimensions of time—experienced rather than quantified—creating openings for encounters that transcend difference. Her choreographic approach is deeply intertwined with spatial and political reflections, often employing gestures and rhythms rooted in East Asian bodily disciplines.
Her recent performances and installations have been presented at Tanzfabrik Berlin, Lake Studio, Centrale Fies, and Villa Romana. Chung is a recipient of the Elsa Neumann Stipendium for Artistic Research (2025) and has been recognized by the Arts Council Korea's Young Artist Support program.
Education
2021-2023
MA Raumstrategien
Kunsthochschule Weißensee
2016-2020
BA Visual Arts
Korea National University of Arts
Works
Exhibition
2025 "Where ( ) Needs No Words", Studio Teile / Berlin, Germany (Group)
2024 “We May Be Separated Like Islands, But”, Daegu Art Factory / Daegu, Korea (Group)
2024 “You Say I Have Unlimited Potential. I Disagree”, Zilbermann Gallery / Berlin, Germany (Group)
2024 "Elicittica", Vila Romana / Florence, Italy
2023 “Within Our Bodies”, Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz / Berlin, Germany (Group)
2023 “Drifting into a Sea with No Ground”, Culterim Gallery / Berlin, Germany (Group)
2022 “Space Between the Action”, 175 Gallery / Seoul, Korea (Group)
2020 “Site” / Digital
2019 “Water washes Blood”, KNUA / Seoul, Korea (Group)
2018 “Your Branch”, Gallery Bokdo / Seoul, Korea (Group)
2017 “ What Biology Enables Culture Forbids”, Gallery Muse / Seoul, Korea (Group)
Performance / Workshop
2025, Chōri Dance Workshop, Submerge festival, Lake Studio / Berlin, Germany
2025, "Chōri Dance ~Asian Wellness~", Live Works festival, Centrale Fies / Trento, Italy
2025, "Chōri Dance", Spring Break open studio, Tanzfabrik / Berlin, Germany
2024, "Mapping Chōri ~Summer Roll~", Daegu Art Factory / Daegu, Korea
2024, "Ray", Eclittica, Vila Romana / Florence, Italy
2024, "Mapping Chōri ~Hot Pot~", Expo festival, English theater / Berlin, Germany
2023, "Mapping Chōri ~Fermentation Practice~" , Feral Encounter Festival, Lake Studio / Berlin, Germany
2023, "Chōri Picnic ~Summer Roll~", Tanz im August festival, Stadtpark Lichtenberg / Berlin, Germany
2023, "decolonial reading session", Missread festival, Haus der Kulturen der Welt / Berlin, Germany
2022 The Galapagos Project : Part3. "Digestion", Uqbar / Berlin, Germany
2022 Hospital Project part 1. “Admission”, HAU4 / Berlin, Germany
2022 Hospital Project part 2. “Rehabilitation”, Berliner Ringtheater/ Berlin, Germany
2022, "Mapping Chōri ~Swimming Pickles~", Hospitality project of APAL, Berlin Centre for Advanced Studies in Arts and Sciences at Universität der Künste Berlin / Berlin, Germany
2022, "Chōri Dance", Opening Event at Stretch Senses Festival, Tieranatomisches Theater/ Berlin, Germany
2022, "I DIVE U", Achimdal / Seoul, Korea
2022 Hospital Project part 2. “Rehabilitation”, WHAT IS A SCORE?, Make-up / Berlin, Germany
2022, "Chōri Dance ~4 Course Meal~", On Display Winter, Lake Studio / Berlin, Germany
Text / Publication
2024 "Testing Grounds / Seeding Worlds"
2023 “Wet Volume”
2023 Neuwerk #10 “Nicht Recipe”
2022 “Swimming Pool no. 1.”
Residency
2025 R.E.D Residency : Tanzfabrik, Berlin, Germany
2025 Live Works : Centrale Fies, Trento, Italy
2025 Live Works : Tanzfabrik, Berlin, Germany
2024 Vila Romana : Testing Grounds, Florence, Italy
2022 ON DISPLAY, Lake Studio, Berlin, Germany
2022 APAL@AmnAsia, Asian Performing Artist Lab, Berlin, Germany