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Hyunju Oh

Photography by Astrid Karger

Hyunju Oh [*1988 in Daegu, South Korea] studied painting, media art, experimental art, and sound art composition in South Korea, Germany, and Austria. Based in Frankfurt am Main, her artistic practice spans intermedia installation, performance, video, drawing, and photography.

Since 2017, Oh has been creating intermedia, immersive audio drama installations that combine aspects and techniques of narrative radio drama and radiophonic Ars Acustica with elements of the visual arts. Through this conceptual approach, she has developed a distinct and signature form of sound art, leading to invitations to numerous international festivals and exhibitions, including: Saarländisches Künstlerhaus (S), Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden (S), Frequenz Festival 2022 (S), Opelvillen Rüsselsheim (S), Klangkunst in Industrie Kultur – Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain (S), DYSTOPIE Sound Art Festival 2020 Berlin (G), Kunstverein Ludwigshafen (G), Kunstverein Lübeck (G), Morat Institut Freiburg (G), basis Frankfurt (performance), Wien Modern (performance), Goethe-Institut Seoul (performance), among others. Her radiophonic audio piece mutterseelenallein, commissioned by Hessischer Rundfunk, was broadcast in 2024 on Hessischer Rundfunk (hr2-kultur).

She has received funding and grants from, among others, the Deutschlandstipendium (2019/20, 2021/22), the Cultural Foundation of the State of Schleswig-Holstein (2019), the Rhineland-Palatinate Foundation for Culture (2020, 2021), the Ministry for Family, Women, Culture and Integration of Rhineland-Palatinate (2020/21, 2023/24, 2026), the Hessian Ministry of Science, Research, Art and Culture (2024), the German Artists’ Association (Deutscher Künstlerbund) (2024), the Rudolf Augstein Foundation (2024/25), the De la Motte Music Foundation (2025), the Ministry of Science and Culture of Lower Saxony (2025/26), the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture (2025) and the Arts Council Korea (2020, 2021, 2022).

She has participated in artist residencies and fellowships at ZK/U Berlin (2020), Braunschweig Projects (2025/26), and Schloss Wiepersdorf (2026).

Hyunju Oh makes inner stories visible and audible through diverse forms of artistic presentation. She explores the fragility and complexity of contemporary existence, translating them into metaphorical and theatrical audiovisual moments that generate multiple layers of meaning and association. Her audio drama installations — scenic constellations of allegorical expression — emphasize presence and temporality within space through sculptural and sonic configurations, experimenting with cognitive transformation and interrelated interplay.


1988 Born in Daegu, South Korea

Works in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.


Studio: basis Frankfurt e.V.

E-mail: mail@ohyunju.com