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AHYOUNG ​YU

b.1985, Korea

​​​Currently lives and works in Seoul, Korea

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​​Education

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2025 (Present) Completed the Ph.D. coursework in Painting, Department of Fine Arts, Graduate School, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea

2015 M.F.A. in Painting, Graduate School, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea

2010 B.F.A. in Animation, College of Design and Arts, Hongik University, Sejong, Korea



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Select Solo Exhibits​

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2025 "THE BROWN FIGURES SERIES [2013-2025]", Gallery We, Suji, Korea (Invitational)

2017 "FLOW PART 1", Yesong Art Museum, Seoul, Korea (Invitational)

2017 "WERDEN", Small pond - Jeonbuk Art Center, Jeonju, Korea

2017 "ORDINARY EXISTENCE", 8street Gallery, Seoul, Korea (Invitational) ​​​​

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Select Group Exhibits

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2026 "10TH SEOUL MUSEUM PROJECT", Kim Bo Seong Art Center, Seoul, Korea

2025 "HORIZON INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR", MGM Shanghai West Bund, Shanghai, China

2025 "AFFORDABLE ART FAIR SINGAPORE", F1 Pit Building, Singapore

2025 "THE STRATUM OF OUTCOME", Kim Bo Seong Art Center, Seoul, Korea

2025 "34TH KOREA-JAPAN INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE ART EXHIBITION", Hongik Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

2025 "AG EMERGING ARTIST AWARD EXHIBITION", AG Gallery (Ahngook Foundation), Seoul, Korea

2025 "BLOOMING ART PIECES", Gallery We, Suji, Korea

2024 "BEYOND THE WAY" (Invited Group Exhibition), Gallery Aile, Seoul, Korea

2021 "WONDERFUL DAYS FOR ALL", Public Institutions, Seoul, Korea

2020 "ASYAAF", Hongik Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

2018 "ARTMINING SEOUL", DDP, Seoul, Korea

2018 "ART KARLSRUHE", Karlsruhe, Germany

2017 "SIGHTZEICHEN 17"(Invited Group Exhibition), Galerie Klose, Essen, Germany

2017 "KIAF 2017", COEX, Seoul, Korea

2017"BETWEEN"(Invited Group Exhibition), Sophis Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2016 "18TH GWANGJU SHINSEGAE ART FESTIVAL", Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju, Korea​

2016 "SEOUL MODERN ART SHOW", Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea

2015 "MY FIRST COLLECTION", Seoul Art Foundation, Seoul, Korea

2015 "17TH GWANGJU SHINSEGAE ART FESTIVAL", Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju, Korea​

2015 "MY COLLECTION", Seoul Art Foundation, Seoul, Korea

2015 "THE FIRST", Seoul Art Foundation, Seoul, Korea

2015 "ORDINARY PEOPLE", M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, HoMA (Hongik Museum of Art), Seoul, Korea

2013 "14TH SHINSAIMDANG ART FESTIVAL", Gangneung Arts Center, Gangneung, Korea

2013 "도˚展"(14TH GPS), HoMA (Hongik Museum of Art), Seoul, Korea​

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​​​​​​Awards​​ & Greants

 

2025 Excellence Award & Selected Artist, AG Emerging Artist Award, Ahngook Foundation, Seoul

2020 Selected for Artworks Collection, Seoul Metropolitan Government, Seoul

2018 Selected for Government Art Bank Collection, MMCA (National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art), Korea

2017 Emerging Artist Support Program, Jeonju Cultural Foundation, Jeonju

2016 Selected Artist, 18th Gwangju Shinsegae Art Competition, Gwangju

2015 Selected Artist, 17th Gwangju Shinsegae Art Competition, Gwangju

2015 Excellence Award, 1st Portfolio Exhibition Competition, Seoul Art Foundation, Seoul

2013 Special Selection, 14th Shin Saimdang Art Competition, Korean Fine Arts Association

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Collections​

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Government Art Bank, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA), Korea

Seoul Metropolitan Government

Seoul Eastern District Court

Ahngook Pharmaceutical

Private Collections

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​​Publications & Features​

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2023 Cover Art ("One Summer"), Peppermint (Novel), Changbi Publishers

2020 Featured Artist ("The Reader"), Le Monde Diplomatique (Korea), November Issue

2016 Interview ("The Winner of Creative Spirits"), F.OUND Magazine, Dec 2015 - Jan 2016 Issue

2015 M.F.A. Thesis: "A Study on Existential Representation through Deconstruction of Form: Focused on My Artwork", Hongik University