HYUN JUNG AHN
Currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Education
2015-2017 M.F.A. (Painting and Drawing) Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2010-2013 M.F.A. (Painting) Duksung Women's University, Seoul, Korea
2006-2010 B.F.A. (Painting / minor History of Arts) Duksung Women's University, Seoul, Korea
Solo and Two-Person Exhibition
2019 Two-person show: Hidden Artists in Hidden M, Hidden M Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Shapes Of Mind, Gallery La Mer, Seoul, Korea
2017 What I Wanted To Say, Dekalb Gallery in Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2013 The One Delicate Moment, Gallery La Mer, Seoul, Korea
2012 From Here, Insa Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Group Exhibition (a selected list)
2021 Shifting Sands, Chashama, New York, NY (forthcoming in May)
2020 Set Apart, Uprise Art, New York, NY
The Story that Only I Can See, Dohing Art, Seoul, Korea
In/Between: Transfigure 2020 supported by NYFA IAP, New York Live Arts, New York, NY
Spring to Action, Monica King Contemporary, New York, NY
East-West Expressway curated by Michael Brennan, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Dare Small, Brooklyn Art Cluster Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Sarah Shepard Gallery and 3 Walls, Sarah Shepard Gallery, Larkspur, CA
Banditto Emerging Art Prize Group show, Galleria Banditto, Tuscany, Italy
Colors, Ian Art Space, Seoul, Korea
Duksung Women's Univ. Alumni Association 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Insa Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2018 Bear Necessities: Pratt Fine Arts Alumni Exhibition 2018, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Nu Perspectives, Nu Hotel, Brooklyn, NY
Asia week Special Exhibition: Passion. Continued, Gallery Korea, Korean Cultural Center, New York, NY
Ahn, Dastgheib and Hurt Pop up Show, 3 Walls, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Unrestricted; Trestle Art Space resident artists group show, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
BOW, The Midway Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Passion. Connected, 100x100, Gallery Korea, Korean Cultural Center, New York, NY
Art Hearts Fashion at New York Fashion Week, Angel Orensanz Foundation, New York, NY
Summer Group Show, Art Mora, Ridgefield Park, NJ
Small Works 2017 curated by Bill Carroll, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Graduate Fine Arts 2017, Schafler Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Four Seasons, Village West Gallery, Hoboken, NJ
Novelty Fun Pack, Pratt studio gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Never Stop Never Settle, Wild rabbit project from Hennessy, Art Basel Miami, FL
Potluck, Steuben Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Fine Arts MFA 2016, Schafler Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Inside the Window Glass, Dekalb Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
The Unoriginal Show, Pratt Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2015 All at Once, Steuben Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2014 ASYAAF(Asia Students and Young Artists Art Festival), Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul, Korea
2013 When Spring Comes with Flowers Blooming, Gallery Palais de Seoul, Seoul, Korea
Muet, Jaemi Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2012 Link Between, Yeon Gallery, Jeju Island, Korea
2011 8th Moving Sound, Gana Art Space, Seoul, Korea
Because of the Mood, Glass Gallery in Duksung Women’s University, Seoul, Korea
2010 7th Moving Sound, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Quark, Gallery PICI, Seoul, Korea
Residency
2018 June Vermont Studio Center, VT, USA
2018 April Artist Studio at Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA, USA
2018 Feb Canal Street Market, New York, NY, USA
2017 July - Dec Trestle Art Space, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Awards, Fellowship, and Grant
2020 NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program, New York Foundation for Arts, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2019 1st Prize of Emerging Art Award, Banditto Art, Tuscany, Italy
2018 Merit-based Artist’s Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, USA
2017 Honored Outstanding Merit at 2017 Graduation Awards, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2016 Selected the final ten artists and awarded the grant in Wild rabbit project from Hennessy, Art Basel Miami, Miami, FL, USA
2013 Selected ‘Emerging Young Artists’ by La Mer gallery, Seoul, Korea
2010 A special selected by Danwon Art Awards, Ansan, Korea
2010 Yang, Manki Scholarship, Duksung Women's University, Seoul, Korea
2009 Choi, Wook Kyung Scholarship, Duksung Women's University, Seoul, Korea
Lectures and Panels
2020 Artist Panel Talk: East-West Expressway, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2019 Artist Panel Talk: Uprise Art x Chief, Chief, New York, NY, USA
2018 Special Lecture, ‘What I Wanted To Say,’ Duksung Women's University, Seoul, Korea
Media and Interview
2020 Uprise Art Journal, ‘Inside the Studio: Hyun Jung Ahn,’ October 2020, New York, NY
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 Uprise Art Journal, ‘Meet: Hyun Jung Ahn’, March 2018, New York, NY
Korea Daily, ‘Artist Hyun Jung Ahn, Live Art Show in CSM,’ Feb 2018, New York, NY
2017 Ginkgo Journal artist interview ‘What I Wanted to Say,’ Nov 2017, New York, NY
Friend of The Artist, 2017 Summer Edition, August 2017, USA
2016 ‘Dark Winds’, Self-publication, Brooklyn, NY
2012 ‘From Here’, Catalog for a solo exhibition, Self-publication, Seoul, Korea