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AHYOUNG ​YU

  b.1985, Korea

​  Currently lives and works in Seoul, Korea

 

 

Education

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



 

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)

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

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

 

 

Select Group Exhibits

 

2026  

  "Time of Traces, Resonating Moments"

  (Contemporary Artists Group Exhibition:

   Sunghoon Cho, Dongguk Han, Ah-young Yu),

   AG Gallery (Ahngook Foundation), Seoul, Korea

  "12TH MUSEUM PROJECT", Sacheon Cultural Foundation,

     Sacheon Arts Center, Sacheon, Korea

  "10TH SEOUL MUSEUM PROJECT",

    Kim Bo Seong Art Center, Seoul, Korea

 

2025 

  "HORIZON INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR",

    MGM Shanghai West Bund, Shanghai, China

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

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

  "34TH KOREA-JAPAN INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE ART EXHIBITION",

    Hongik Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

  "AG EMERGING ARTIST AWARD EXHIBITION",

    AG Gallery (Ahngook Foundation), Seoul, Korea

  "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

  "ART KARLSRUHE", Karlsruhe, Germany

2017 

  "SIGHTZEICHEN 17"(Invited Group Exhibition),

    Galerie Klose, Essen, Germany

  "KIAF 2017", COEX, Seoul, Korea

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

2016 

  "18TH GWANGJU SHINSEGAE ART FESTIVAL",

     Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju, Korea​

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

2015 

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

  "17TH GWANGJU SHINSEGAE ART FESTIVAL",

     Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju, Korea​

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

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

  "ORDINARY PEOPLE", M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition,

     HoMA (Hongik Museum of Art), Seoul, Korea

2013 

  "14TH SHINSAIMDANG ART FESTIVAL",

    Gangneung Arts Center, Gangneung, Korea

  "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​

  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

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