HYUN JUNG AHN
B.1986 in Seoul, Korea
Currently live and work in Brooklyn, NY
Education
2017 MFA (Painting and Drawing) Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, USA (graduated with Outstanding Merit Awards)
2013 MFA (Painting) Duksung women’s University graduate school, Seoul, Korea
2010 BFA (Painting / Minor History of Arts) Duksung Women's University, Seoul, Korea
Solo Exhibition
2019 Shapes Of Mind, Gallery Lamer, Seoul, Korea
2017 What I Wanted To Say, Dekalb Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2013 The One Delicate Moment, Gallery Lamer, Seoul, Korea
2012 From Here, Gallery Insa, Seoul, Korea, USA
Group Exhibition (a selected list)
2020
East-West Expressway, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2019
Dare Small, Brooklyn Art Cluster Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Sarah Shepard Gallery and 3Walls, Sarah Shepard Gallery, Larkspur, CA, USA
Two Person Show: Hidden Artists in Hidden M, Hidden M Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Banditto Emerging Art Prize Group show, Galleria Banditto, Tuscany, Italy
Colors, Ian Art Space, Seoul, Korea
Duksung Women's Univ. Alumni Association 50 years Anniversary Exhibition, Insa Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2018
Bear Necessities: Pratt Fine Arts Alumni Exhibition 2018, Dekalb Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
The Junior Board Action, Free Art NYC at Freehold Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Nu Perspectives, Nu Hotel, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Capsule Show, Pier 94, New York, NY, USA
Sugar is Sweet, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Ahn, Dastgheib and Hurt Pop up Show, 3 Walls, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2017
Unrestricted, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
BOW, The Midway Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
Passion. Connected, 100x100’, Gallery Korea, Korean Cultural Center, New York, NY, USA
'Art Hearts Fashion’ at New York Fashion Week, Angel Orensanz Foundation, New York, NY, USA
Summer Group Show, Art Mora, NJ, USA
Small Works 2017, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
The Graduate Fine Arts 2017, Schafler Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Four Seasons, Village West gallery, NJ, USA
I Read Therefore I am, Pfizer 700, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Novelty Fun Pack, Pratt studio gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2016
'Never Stop Never Settle', Wild rabbit project from Hennessy, Art Basel Miami, FL, USA
Opening Show, Gallery 180, Brooklyn, NY, USA
IPCNY Print Fest 2016, IPCNY center, New York, NY, USA
Potluck, Steuben Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Fine Arts MFA 2016, Schafler Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Inside the Window Glass, Dekalb gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
The Unoriginal Show, Pratt Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2015
All at Once, Steuben Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2014
ASYAAF(Asia Students and Young Artists Art Festival), Old Seoul station, Seoul, Korea
2013
When Spring Comes with Blooming Flowers, Gallery Palais de Seoul, Seoul, Korea
Going with Master and Pupil, Bridge gallery, Seoul, Korea
Muet, Fun gallery, Seoul, Korea
2012
Link Between, Yeon gallery, Jeju, Korea
2011
8th Moving Sound, Gana Artspace, Seoul, Korea
Imagining Things, Glass gallery, Seoul, Korea
2010
7th Moving Sound' Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Quark, Gallery PICI, Seoul, Korea
Residency
2018
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, USA (June)
MASS MoCA Residency Program, North Adams, MA, USA (April)
Canal Street Market, New York, NY, USA (February) >Video
2017
Trestle Art Space, Brooklyn, NY, USA (July-December)
Awards and Fellowship
2020 NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program, New York Foundation For The Arts, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2019 1st Winner of the Emerging Art Prize, Banditto Art, Tuscany, Italy
2018 Merit-based Artist’s Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, USA
2017 Outstanding Merit from 2017 Graduation Awards, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2016 Never Stop Never Settle, Wild rabbit project from Hennessy, Selected the final 10 artists and awarded the grant, Art
Basel Miami, USA
2013 Selected ‘Emerging Young Artists’ by La Mer gallery, Seoul, Korea
2010 A special selected by Danwon Art Festival, Ansan Danwon Art Festival operation, Kyung-Ki, Korea
2010 Yang, Manki Scholarship, MFA Duksung Women's University, Seoul, Korea
2009 Choi, Wook Kyung Scholarship, Duksung Women's University, Seoul, Korea
Publication and Media
2019
Culture Journal 21, 'Exhibition: Hidden Artists in Hidden M', August 9, 2019, Seoul, Korea
Voice of The People, "A Language of The Art for Healing and Communication, Hyun Jung Ahn Solo Exhibition 'Shapes of Mind'", Mar 26, 2019, Seoul, Korea
2018
AP News, ‘Hero Worship at NU Hotel Brooklyn’, May 23, 2018
Korea Daily, ‘Artist Hyun Jung Ahn, Live Art Show in CSM’, Feb 2018, NY, USA
Uprise Art Journal, Meet 'Hyun Jung Ahn'
2017
Ginkgo Journal artist interview ‘What I Wanted to Say’, Nov 2017, NY, USA
FOA 2017 Summer, Friend Of the Artists, USA
2016
‘Dark Winds’, Self-publication, NY, USA
2012
‘From Here’, Catalog for the solo exhibition, Self-publication, Seoul, Korea
‘Looking at a relationship in the Changing World’ Article about ‘Link Between’ by Jejusori, Korea
Related Professional Experiences
2020 Artist Panels Talk: East-West Expressway, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2019 Uprise Art x Chief: Artist Panels Talk, Chief, New York, NY, USA
2018 Special lecture: Artist Talk, ‘What I Wanted To Say’, Duksung Women's University, Seoul, Korea
2014-15 Instructor of drawing foundation workshop, Duksung Women's University, Seoul, Korea