LG Guggenheim Award Winner is Net Art Pioneer 'Shuriching'

Various Creative Works Utilizing New Technologies

LG announced on the 5th that it has selected Shu Lea Cheang, a Taiwanese-born American artist, as the recipient of this year's 'LG Guggenheim Award.'

2024 LG Guggenheim Award winner Shuriching /
[Photo by LG]

The LG Guggenheim Award is established by LG in collaboration with the Guggenheim Museum in the United States, which has led the global art world, to discover and support artists engaged in innovative art activities based on technology. The awardee receives a prize of $100,000 and a trophy.

This year marks the second edition of the award, and the recipient is artist Shu Lea Cheang. Born in 1954, she has been active mainly in the United States and Europe since earning a master's degree in film studies from New York University in 1979. Her work is characterized by crossing the boundaries of genres such as digital art, installation art, and filmmaking.

For over 30 years, Shu Lea Cheang has continued various artistic experiments using new technologies such as virtual reality (VR) and coding. In particular, she is recognized for leaving a significant mark in the field of 'net art,' a contemporary art genre utilizing the internet during the early days of internet technology in the 1990s.

The international jury of the LG Guggenheim Award, selected by the Guggenheim Museum, chose Shu Lea Cheang after a four-month evaluation of works submitted by artists recommended from around the world. The jury stated, "Shu Lea Cheang has presented a new direction for storytelling in the digital age by engaging in experimental art using various technologies without being confined to a specific form," and added, "We pay tribute to her relentless challenges and passion."

Shu Lea Cheang said, "The 'LG Guggenheim Award,' which supports the convergence of art and technology, holds great significance in the contemporary art world," and expressed, "Receiving this honorable award has given me great confidence to continue developing my artistic world."

A scene from the sci-fi movie 'UKI' produced last year by Shuriching, based on biotech /
[Photo by LG]

The celebration event for Shu Lea Cheang's award will be held on the 2nd of next month at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, USA. In May, Shu Lea Cheang is scheduled to meet audiences in person at the New York Guggenheim Museum to introduce her artistic world.

Seolhee Park, Senior Specialist in charge of the LG brand at LG Corporation, said, "We are honored that Shu Lea Cheang, who has posed bold questions to contemporaries through experimental art, was selected as the second recipient," and explained, "The pioneering spirit and relentless experimental mindset that the international jury focused on are fundamental values that LG wishes to share with global customers through this award."

Meanwhile, LG received the main prize at the German global design competition 'iF Design Award 2024' for the trophy given to the LG Guggenheim Award recipient. This trophy captures the dynamic moment when the two digits representing digital, 0 and 1, intersect, embodying the future of art renewed by digital technology.

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