Rina Yoon and John Schuerman: Homologies | Arts + Literature Laboratory | Madison Contemporary Arts Center

Rina Yoon and John Schuerman: Homologies

Arts + Literature Laboratory presents Homologies, an exhibition by Rina Yoon and John Schuerman, on display from Tuesday, July 9 through Friday, August 30, 2024. 

Homologies is a collaborative project of Rina Yoon (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) and John Schuerman (Minneapolis, Minnesota) that showcases work that they created from 2020 through 2022. In this project, the artists honor the simple beauty of fallen tree sticks found on their walks in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Arizona, and Korea. The complete set of Homologies provides a view into the origin of sticks and the bond between the artists.

A reception for all of the current exhibitions at Arts + Literature Laboratory will be held on Friday, July 19 from 6:00pm–8:00pm, with remarks from Rina Yoon & John Shuerman and Rebecca Kautz (Jumping from Trains) around 7:00pm.

Rina Yoon Milwaukee Wisconsin printmaker

Rina Yoon

Rina Yoon is a Korean born visual artist and a professor of Fine Art at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. Yoon received BFA in Fine Art from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas and MFA in Printmaking from Washington University in St. Louis.  Yoon focuses on non-traditional printmaking methods including large scale prints, paper installations, multi-media work combining video and sculptural elements with printmaking.  Driven by curiosity and sensitivity to materials, Yoon often embraces slow processes to allow time for reflection and meditation.  Yoon’s work has been widely exhibited in the United States as well as South Korea, China, India, Italy and Poland. Yoon’s work is part of permanent collections at Museum of Wisconsin Art, Alverno College, Warehouse Museum, Gyodong Art Center, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Daeseung Hanji Gallery in South Korea, Murray State University, and Southern Graphics International.

John Schuerman

John Schuerman is a self-taught artist and independent curator.  From 2013 to 2016 he was the Gallery Director for Instinct Art Gallery.  Instinct was a contemporary gallery with an emphasis on art that honors the natural world. His deep interest in nature and human nature are visible in both his art and his curatorial work which consists of group exhibitions focused on sociological themes. His aesthetic style and social consciousness formed as he grew up on a dairy farm in southern Wisconsin, coming of age during the cultural revolution of the late 60’s and early 70’s. He has produced exhibits on topics such as Money, Gender Perspectives, Identity, Environmentalism, Our Medicated Lives, and Human Overpopulation.

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