Born in Seoul, South Korea
Lives and works in London, UK
EDUCATION
2018- PhD in Arts and Humanities, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2015-17 MA in Painting, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2010-15 BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
2017-18 One Thoresby Street, Nottingham, UK
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Hopscotch - Copeland Gallery, London, UK
2022
Contemporary British Painting Prize 2022 - Thames-side Gallery, London, UK
Contemporary British Painting Prize 2022 - Huddersfield Art Gallery, Huddersfield, UK
Exeter Contemporary Open 2022 - Phoenix Gallery, Exeter, UK
ART-IST : ways of seeing - BOONTHESHOP, Seoul, South Korea
Summer Exhibition 2022 - Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
NAE Open 2022 - New Art Exchange, Nottingham, UK
Divergence of Metaphysics 2 - Object, Almost - Art Space HYEONG, Seoul, South Korea
Unruly Encounters - Lake Gallery, Southwark Park Galleries, London, UK
2021
Plymouth Contemporary 2021 - The Levinsky Gallery, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK
RCA Research Biennale 21 - Royal College of Art, London, UK
2020
RHA Annual Exhibition (by invitation) - Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland
2084 - The Dyson Gallery, RCA, London, UK
2019
NAE Open 2019 - New Art Exchange, Nottingham, UK
Summer Exhibition 2019 - Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
Brexhibition - The Dyson Gallery, RCA, London, UK
Creekside Open 2019 selected by Sacha Craddock - A.P.T Gallery, London, UK
I Scared My Computer - Unit 7, White City Place, London, UK
2018
John Moores Painting Prize 2018 - Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK
Interface: A Cross-Genre Exploration - Korean Cultural Center, Washington, D.C., USA
Outpost Members' Show 2018 - Outpost, Norwich, UK
Thoresby Street Thursdays - One Thoresby Street, Nottingham, UK
2017
Show RCA 2017 - Royal College of Art, London, UK
Recent Graduates' Exhibition - Affordable Art Fair, London, UK
Traversing Boundaries - Korean Cultural Center, New York, NY, USA
Begehungen No 14 - Institut Potemkin - Kulturpalast Rabenstein, Chemnitz, Germany
Athens Digital Arts Festival 2017 - Historic Centre of Athens, Athens, Greece
2016
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2016 - ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts), London, UK
Imaginary Worlds - Oriel Davies Gallery, Powys (Wales), UK
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2016 - Bluecoat, Liverpool, UK
Home sapiens - G11, Oxo Tower Wharf, London, UK
Borg Biennial, Borgerhout, Antwerp, Belgium
Asia Contemporary Young Artist Exhibition - Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
Athens Digital Arts Festival 2016 - Historic Centre of Athens, Athens, Greece
Analog RAM - Research House of Asian Art, Chicago, IL, USA
Khojaly Peace Prize - Houses of Parliament (Palace of Westminster), London, UK
WIP (Work in Progress) Show - Royal College of Art, London, UK
SELECTED AWARDS/GRANTS
2022 Contemporary British Painting Prize (shortlisted)
2022 The RCA Research Placement, Royal College of Art
2021 Conference Travel Fund, Royal College of Art
2019 The British Institution Awards for Students, Royal Academy of Arts
2019 Ian Robinson Prize, New Art Exchange
2018 John Moores Painting Prize (longlisted)
2017 New Contemporaries’ Studio Bursary with One Thoresby Street
2017 Chadwell Award (shortlisted)
2016 Bloomberg New Contemporaries
2016 Bluewolf / RCA Art Installation Scholarship
2016 Khojaly Peace Prize, The European Azerbaijan Society
2014 Nippon Steel USA / SAIC Presidential Award
2010-13 School of the Art Institute of Chicago Merit Scholarship
SELECTED INTERVIEWS/ARTICLES
2021 Future Now, Aesthetica Magazine
2018 The Hankyoreh (18 Jul, Korean)
2018 Diplomatic Pouch, The Washington Diplomat - Interview at KCC, Washington DC (14 Feb)
2016 Studio International - Interview at ICA, London (22 Nov)
2016 Azerbaijan Press Agency (25 Feb)
SELECTED EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
2022 Contemporary British Painting Prize 2022, UK
2022 Exeter Contemporary Open, UK
2018 John Moores Painting Prize 2018, UK
2017 Traversing Boundaries, USA
2017 Begehungen No. 14 - Institut Potemkin, Germany
2016 Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2016, UK
ARTIST TALKS
2021 The Matter of Circulation - Research Conference, Creative Folkestone Triennial, Folkestone, UK
2021 RCA EAP Pre-sessional Invited Speaker Webinar
2019 Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, UK
2019 UCA, Farnham, UK
2017 UCL Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK
2016 Royal College of Art, London, UK
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