PROFILE
About Jane Tao
Jane Tao is a new media artist who was inspired by religious content and stories of people around her but focuses on having a dualistic meaning among lessons, religion, and reality, rather than a fragmentary meaning. She studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the Film & New Media, and Art & Technology Studies. Her philosophy of art is to convey emotions and thoughts that people did not know or forgot, giving them a chance to think about them again to face the reality. She provides new directions for overcoming those by breaking the existing visual and conceptual frames of a story by using a 3d space to push meaning beyond appearances.
This can be seen in her works “Looking above, Looking forward” and “The Real.” “Looking above, Looking forward,” which was created into two different spaces that are ‘reality’ and ‘future reality.’ It is about breaking through the reality which is not real and looking forward to a better life in a future reality for people who are full of depression and frustration. “The Real” is about keeping agonizing over what is real and what is fake, due to pursuing success, knowledge, power, etc. Viewers can believe now would be true, but it is revealed as an illusion by breaking the frame of current space.
Through her experience in various fields including graphic design and new media art, she developed a practice of choosing and experimenting with various mediums of art pieces related to the theme. This led her to pursue mixed media based on video fusing with sculpture, drawing, media art, and even science and sound. Currently, she develops a body of 3d digital art that can interact with people and use both virtual and real space such as site-specific works, immersive art, and XR performance.
CV
Education
Aug 2019 - Dec 2021
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Focused on Film & New Media / Art &Tech
Mar 2014 - Feb 2019
Duksung Women’s University
Bachelor of Visual Communication Design
Exhibition
Apr 2022 (Upcoming)
Experimental 3D x Digital Bodies Virtual Exhibition, Virtual Gallery
"Face and Light II", Virtual Exhibition
Dec 2021
Lost in Realtime Like Tears in Rain, Video Live Performance "Realtime.Party"
"Dust", Video live performance on the online platform "REALTIME.PARTY", Online Live
Nov 2021
School of the Art Institute of Chicago BFA Show, SAIC Galleries
"Unseen Movement", School of the Art Institute of Chicago BFA Show, Chicago, USA
Nov 2020
2020 Corea Impact of On:Hallyu Festival, Neo-Space, XR Live Performance
Singer Samel Seo's "Jungle Riot" XR live performance, directing by our team "Neo-Space", Online Live
Sep 2020
Kinomural 2020, Poland
"Time Layers", Architectural Projection Festival, Kinomural 2020, Wroclaw Nadodrze, Poland
Sep 9th - 23rd 2020
Ars Electronica .Art Global Gallery
"Looking Above, Looking Forward", New Media Festival, Ars Electronica .Art Global Gallery, Austria
Nov 2018
Graduation Exhibition, Iang gallery
"The Real" & "Beam Project", Duksung Women’s University Undergraduate Exhibition, Seoul, South Korea
Experience
Aug 2020 - Nov 2020
Visual director, XR Live Performance(Singer Samuel Seo's Jungle Riot)
Visual director including planning, directing, and 3d design in XR live performance of Samuel Seo's "Jungle Riot",
from Korea Creative Content Agency with Company Giant Step
Feb 2018
Volunteer for British Council
Volunteer for British Council & PR materials distribution
At Gwanghwamun Kt Live Site of PyeongChang Olympics
Oct 2017
Connected City Volunteer
Korea/Uk 2017-2018 Reciprocal Programs of the British Council & Seoul Design
Apr 2017
Seoul Museum of Art & PaTI
Processing program activity
Mar 2017
Contents Korea Lab Incheon
the magazine planning and making program
July 2016
Art Director, J.Han Band
Art Director for producing music video
Aug 2014 - Mar 2018
Design Team Leader, Onnuri Church
Producing for Onnuri Church brochures
Apr 2014
Volunteer, Duksung Visual Comm. Design Dept. event
Helper on the Duksung Visual Comm. Design Dept. event
At the Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center
Award and Qualification
Aug 2019 - 2021
Distinguished Scholar scholarship
at School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Mar 2018
Excellent scholarship
at Duksung Women’s University
Sep 2016
Corporate Scholarship
Corporate Scholarship from Won And One
Sep 2016
Excellent scholarship
at Duksung Women’s University
Jun 2016
Special selection Award at 2016 Communication Design Intl.Art Contest
in Communication Ass.of Korea
Mar 2016
Excellent scholarship
at Duksung Women’s University
Mar 2016
Scholarship for Improving Grades
at Duksung Women’s University
Mar 2015
Excellent scholarship
at Duksung Women’s University
Sep 2014
Senior scholarship
at Duksung Women’s University
Apr 2014
1st & 2nd Rate of Graphic Technology Qualification
1st & 2nd Rate of Graphic Technology Qualification, Korea Productivity Center