VALERY JUNG ESTABROOK
abbreviated CV
EDUCATION
2016 MFA, Painting and Drawing, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
2005 BA, Visual Art with Honors, Brown University, Providence, RI
2003 Marble Sculpture & Jewelry courses, Lorenzo de' Medici Institute, Florence, IT
2002 Intermediate Photography course, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2000 Fine Arts Program, Virginia Governor’s School for Visual & Performing Arts, Richmond, VA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Hometown Hero (Chink), An American Interior, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2020 The Impeach Mint, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY
2019 Hometown Hero (Chink), James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
2018 Three American Bodies, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN
2018 Hand Held, Auxiliary Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Thinly Worn & Hometown Hero (Chink), SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2022 PUMP ‘N DUMP : a handjob in low earth orbit and the American dream, a two-person project with paintings by Corey Escoto, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, Los Angeles, LA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS & VIDEO SCREENINGS
2022 With or Without You: America, Temple Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA
2022 Have You Eaten?, The Yard: Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Dog Park, Field Projects with Petty Cash Gallery, New York, NY
2020 Time Lapse, Auxiliary Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2020 JAMMED INTO A PARADOX, 601 Artspace, New York, NY
2020 Seasonal Repression, Field Projects, New York, NY
2020 Videos On Loop, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2020 A Series of Ricochets, Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village, NV
2019 Pool Party, C24 Gallery + Field Projects, New York, NY
2019 In the Presence of Absence, EFA Project Space, New York, NY
2019 Holding Breath, Aggregate Space Gallery, Oakland, CA
2019 Bomb Cell, Beverly’s, New York, NY
2019 The Setup, Watkins College Of Art, Nashville, TN
2019 No Place Like, Field Projects Gallery, New York, NY
2019 Objects of Fascination, Currents 826, Santa Fe, NM
2018 I’ll Be Your Mirror, SFA Projects Gallery, New York, NY
2018 Morir Soñando, Knockdown Center, Queens, NY
2018 MESHES, Holland Art Project, Reno, NV
2018 Five Contortions, Granoff Center at Brown University, Providence, RI
2018 Thinly Worn, Currents New Media Festival, Santa Fe, NM
2018 Cardinal Planes, Gallery Korea of the Korean Cultural Center, New York, NY
2018 Single Channel: Video Art Festival, NURTUREart, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Transactional Days, Collar Works Gallery, Troy, NY
2018 One Year of Resistance, Untitled Space, New York, NY
2017 Subversive|Domestic, Shenandoah Valley Art Center, Waynesboro, VA
2017 Beautiful Face, Los Angeles Underground Film Forum, Los Angeles, CA
2017 How to Make an Eggroll, Bideodromo International Video Festival, Bilbao, Spain
2017 Video Visions, CHANNELS Biennial Video Art Festival, Melbourne, Australia
2017 HYPERREALISM, Colony Studios, Brooklyn, NY
2017 BODY FARM, Paradice Palase, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Taos Fall Open, Coronado Hall, Taos, NM
2016 THRU-LINE, Moynihan Station, New York, NY
2016 Razzle Dazzle, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Erase Hate Through Art, Columbia Art Center, Columbia, MD
2014 The Monstrous Self, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY
2013 NURTUREart Juried Benefit, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED HONORS & AWARDS
2021 Guest Curator, annual group show, Collar Works Gallery, Troy, NY
2020 Paula and Edwin Sidman Fellow in the Arts, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2020 Residency Fellow, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2018 Gold Award, AHL-T&W Foundation Annual Contemporary Visual Art Awards, New York, NY
2017 Honorable Mention, Los Angeles Underground Film Forum, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Cerf Award in Art, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Graduate Professional Development Award, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Emmy, Best Documentary-Topical, NATAS Michigan Chapter, Detroit, MI
2011 Best Short Film, Palm Beach Women’s International Film Festival, Palm Beach, FL
2010 Best Art Direction, 48-Hour Film Festival, New York, NY
2007 National Finalist, Visa Invitational Film Competition, San Francisco, CA
2005 Roberta Joslin Award for Excellence in Art, Brown University, Providence, RI
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
2020 Guest Lecturer, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
2020 Guest Lecturer, University of Maryland, New York, NY
2019 Visiting Artist, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
2019 Guest Lecturer, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
2018 Visiting Artist, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN
2018 Guest Lecturer, Watkins College of Art, Nashville, TN
2018 Panel Speaker, Universal Skin Salvation, The Knockdown Center, Queens, NY
2018 Panel Speaker, Single Channel Video Art Festival, NURTUREart, New York, NY
2014 Visiting Artist & Guest Lecturer, Creative Mind Lecture Series, Brown University, Providence, RI
2008 Panel Speaker, The Artist’s Cut: Moving Image Art, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
SELECTED PRESS
Artnet, In Pictures: The Best Art of Spring Break Los Angeles 2022, by Sarah Cascone (2022)
Artsy, 6 AAPI Artists Reflect on the Spike in Anti-Asian Violence, by Shannon Lee (2021)
Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Correspondence Archive with Valery Jung Estabrook & Corey Escoto, (2021)
Artnet, Meet the Artists Who Have Transformed Their Studios, by Sarah Cascone (2020)
Seeing Color Podcast, The Space In Between with Valery Jung Estabrook, by Zhiwan Cheung (2020)
Artnet, The White House Gift Shop Is Now Selling This Absurd Commemorative Coin Honoring President Trump’s Fight Against the Coronavirus, by Sarah Cascone (2020)
Artnews, Take a Tour of the 2020 Spring/Break Art Show in New York, by Masato Onoda (2020)
Vermont Studio Center, SIX FEET APART WITH VALERY JUNG (정) ESTABROOK, (2020)
VICE’s Garage, These 7 Artists Are Redefining Patriotism, by Nadja Sayej (2019)
Musee Magazine, Featured Videographer: Valery Jung Estabrook, (2019)
The Taos News, The Face in the Mirror: Works by Taos artist Valery Estabrook, by Dena Miller (2018)
Surface Magazine, Will Work With Food, by Kevin West, No. 144 “The Art Issue” (2017)
VICE, Unsettling Anime Masks Exorcise This Artist's Insecurities, by Beckett Mufson (2017)
HAHA Magazine, Our Favorite Rooms at the 2017 Spring Break Art Show, by Ginger Rudolph (2017)
Artspace, 8 Stand-Out Emerging Artists at SPRING/BREAK, by Will Fenstermaker (2017)
ARTFCITY, State Of The Union At SPRING/BREAK, by Emily Colucci (2017)
RELATED WORK
2022 - present ARTSLab Lab Manager, University of New Mexico, College of Fine Art
Oversees UNM’s premiere interdisciplinary art research facility, dedicated to emerging technology and new media
2019 - present Adjunct Faculty, University of New Mexico, College of Fine Art
Special Projects in Coding; Intro to Electronic Art; Intro to Interdisciplinary Art; BAIA Capstone Class
2020 - present Part-Time Arts and Cooking Instructor, The Recovery House
Leads art and cooking classes for adults recovering from alcohol and substance abuse
2011 - present Post Productionist and Videographer, Freelance
Assisted the late filmmaker Barbara Hammer with post production and video installation