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
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)
Select Group Exhibits
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
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
Collections
Government Art Bank, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA), Korea
Seoul Metropolitan Government
Seoul Eastern District Court
Ahngook Pharmaceutical
Private Collections
Publications & Features
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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