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Ah-Young ​Yu (有娥映)

b.1985, Korea

​​​Currently lives and works in Seoul, Korea

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​​Education

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 Ph.D. Candidate, Painting, Graduate School,  Hongik University, Seoul, Korea

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

 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)

2023 Tiny and Large Fragments, Gallery Tya, Seoul, Korea

2020 Through the 35-degree air, a passing wind unweaves my hair into the silence, Space Blank, Seoul, Korea (Invitational)

2017 Werden, Jeonbuk Art Center, Jeonju, Korea (Support Work of Jeonju Cultural Foundation)

2017 Flow Part 1, Yesong Art Museum, Seoul, Korea (Invitational)

2017 Ordinary Existence, 8street Gallery, Seoul, Korea (Invitational)

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Select Group Exhibits

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2025 The Stratum of Outcome, Kim Bo Seong Art Center, Seoul, Korea

2025 34th Korea-Japan International Exchange Art Exhibition, HoMA (Hongik Museum of Art), Seoul, Korea

2025 Horizon International Art Fair, MGM Shanghai West Bund, Shanghai, China

2025 Affordable Art Fair Singapore, F1 Pit Building, Singapore

2025 AG Emerging Artist Award Exhibition, AG Gallery (Ahngook Foundation), Seoul, Korea

2025 Blooming Art Pieces, Gallery We, Suji, Korea

2024 Beyond the Way, Gallery Aile, Seoul, Korea

2023 5th Ansan International Art Show (Emerging Artists Contest), Ansan Arts Center, Ansan, Korea

2022 Special Exhibition for Emerging Artists, Artbuddy Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2021 Wonderful Days for All, Public Institutions and Subway Stations, Seoul, Korea

2020 ASYAAF, HoMA (Hongik Museum of Art), Seoul, Korea

2019 Art Report, Palais de Seoul, Seoul, Korea

2018 ARTMINING SEOUL, DDP, Seoul, Korea

2018 Art Report, Palais de Seoul, Seoul, Korea

2018 New Thinking, New Art 2018, Leeseoul Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2018 Art Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany

2017 SIGHTZEICHEN 17, Galerie Klose, Essen, Germany

2017 KIAF 2017, COEX, Seoul, Korea

2017 Between, Sophis Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2016 18th Gwangju Shinsegae Art Fair, Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju, Korea

2016 Young Na-rae Young Artist Contest Finalist Exhibition, Cheongshim Peace World Center, Gapyeong, Korea

2016 Korea Young Artist, Gallery M, Seoul, Korea

2016 Seoul Modern Art Show, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea

2015 17th Gwangju Shinsegae Art Fair, Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju, Korea

2015 My First Collection, Seoul Art Foundation, Seoul, Korea

2015 My Collection, Seoul Art Foundation, Seoul, Korea

2015 The First, Seoul Art Foundation, Seoul, Korea

2015 Ordinary People, HoMA (Hongik Museum of Art), Seoul, Korea

2013 14th Shinsaimdang Art Fair, Gangneung Arts Center, Gangneung, Korea

2013 14th GPS, HoMA (Hongik Museum of Art), Seoul, Korea

2011 5th GuGuDan, Kyung-in Museum of Fine Art, Seoul, Korea

2011 1st Twitter Arts Festival, Gallery Soop, Seoul, Korea

2009 Graduate Exhibition, Art Sonje Center, 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 Museum of Art (SeMA), Seoul

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

2017 Selected Artist (Promising Artworks Grant), 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