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)
"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
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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