학력

• M.F.A. Multidisciplinary Art, Maryland Institute College of Art, Mount Royal Graduate School
• M.F.A. Asian Traditional Painting, Seoul National University
• B.F.A. Asian Traditional Painting, Seoul National University

개인전

• 2024 <Itaewon Memoir>, Atelier Kyma, Seoul, Korea
• 2023 <Book, Flower and Water>, Kangjin Minhwa Museum, Kangjin, Korea
• 2023 <Its Inside Is Bigger Than Its Outside by Seongmin Ahn>, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
• 2023 <Enchanted Reality>, Korea Society, New York, NY
• 2022 <Delectable Landscape>, Evercore headquarter presented by CUE Foundation, New York, NY
• 2021 <Doongsil Doodoongsil (Float, Float)>, Coyu Cultural Space by Kwangjuyo, Icheon, Korea
• 2020 <MINHWA & minhwa: Korean Folk Paintings in Dialogue with the Contemporary>, Asiaweek Exhibition, Korean Cultural Center, New York, NY
• 2019 <Unreal Real Unreal>, Gallery Stan, Seoul, Korea
• 2016 <“Its inside is bigger than its outside”>, Art Mora, NJ
• 2015 <Interrelation>, Art Mora, New York, NY
• 2015 <Present Present>, Asian Art Works, Pusan, Korea
• 2014 <Lucious Peony>, Wong Cultural Center Gallery, Stonybrook University, Long Island, NY
• 2013 <Sweet sometimes>, Hello Museum, Seoul, Korea
• 2013 <Portrait of Peony>, Gallery K, Seoul, Korea
• 2013 <Reelative Perspectives>, Curated by Hyewon Yi, sponsored by AHL foundation, BBCN bank, New York, NY
• 2012 <Neo-Peony>, Gallery Ho, New York, NY
• 2012 <Come and Play at my Minhwa Garden>, Yegam Art Space, Flushing, NY
• 2011 <Storytelling>, Voelker Orth Museum, Flushing, NY
• 2009 <White Square; perspective exercise>, Local Project, Long Island City, NY
• 2006 <Particles Are Also Waves>, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
• 2005 <Mono.logue>, Queens College Art Center, Flushing, NY
• 2004 <New York Report; Seongmin Ahn>, White Wall Gallery, Seoul, Korea
• 2004 <Weaving Pain>, Kerrigan Campbell art + project, New York, NY
• 2003 <Beyond, Project ’03>, Carriage House, Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY
• 2001 <Meditation>, Gomez Gallery, Baltimore, MD
• 2001 <Meditation; M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition>, Fox Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
• 1998 <Floating>, Gallery Boda, Seoul, Korea

Public Project

• 2022 <AGAIN>, window project, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY
• 2021 <AGAIN>, art on billboard with Save Art Spaces, multiple billboards located in New York metropolitan area
• 2021 <AGAIN>, a public installation at Charles Wang Culture Center, Stony Brook University, Long Island, NY
• 2021 <AGAIN>, installation at Dongduck Gallery, Seoul, Korea
• 2020 <Harmonious Differences>, Public mural, Flushing Queens, NY

단체전

• 2023 <Blooming Resilience>, Waterfall Mansion Gallery, New York, NY
• 2022 <Renewal of Symbols>, Gladys Marcus Library, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
• 2022 <Praise of Life>, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul
• 2022 <Minhwa Story>, Young World, Yeongwol County, Korea
• 2022 <Bottari>, Chungmu Art Center, Seoul, Korea
• 2022 <Order/Reorder: Experiments with Collections>, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
• 2021 <Chaekgeori, de la beaute des Livres>, Centre Culturel Coreen, Paris, France
• 2021 <My Flower is Close and Estrange>, Space C. Coreana Art & Culture Complex, Seoul
• 2020 <Women to the Fore>, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
• 2020 <Asia Week New York 2020>, Kang Collection, New York
• 2019 <Grateful Fortitute; The Spirit of Korean Women>, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
• 2019 <New Wave 25>, Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea
• 2019 <Asia Week New York 2019>, Kang Collection, New York, NY
• 2019 <Checkgori Today>, Dongduck Gallery, Seoul, Korea
• 2019 <Winter Selection>, Susan Eley Fine Art, New York, NY
• 2018 <Asia Week New York 2018>, Kang Collection, New York, NY
• 2018 <Potatoism:A Global History of Potato Art>, Wang Center, Stonybrook University, Long Island, NY
• 2018 <Postmodernism and Aesthetics, Collide and Steer>, Korean Cultural Center, AHL foundation, NY
• 2017 <Korean Art: Now and Then>, Kang Contemporary, New York, NY
• 2017 <Asia Week New York 2017>, Kang Collection, New York, NY
• 2016 <Power and Pleasure of Possessions in Korean Painted Screens>, Wang Center, Stonybrook University, NY
• 2016 <Moonbanggu(stationery)>, Hello Museum, Seoul, Korea
• 2015 <Art Discovery>, Chumgmoo Art Hall organized by Hello Museum, Seoul, Korea
• 2015 <Korea Now>, Susan Eley Fine Art, New York, NY
• 2014 <Garden>, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
• 2014 <The lineage of Vision: Progress through Persistence>, Gallery Korea, New York, NY
• 2014 <Sensory Permeation>, Asian Art Works, Beijing, China
• 2014 <Reinterpretation of Flower: Two Person Show>, Samtoe Gallery, Seoul, Korea
• 2014 <Affordable Art Fair>, with Art Flow, New York, NY
• 2014 <Art Show Busan>, represented by gallery Ho, Busan,
• 2014 <Shades of Time>, An Exhibition from the Archive of Korean American Artist, Korean Cultural Service
• 2013 <Asia Hotel Art Fair, Seoul>, with EN Art, Conrad Hotel, Seoul, Korea
• 2013 <Affordable Art Fair>, with Art Flow, New York, NY
• 2013 <Imago Mundi, Venice Bienal Program>, Foundazione Querini Stampalia, Venice, Italy
• 2013 <Art Discovery>, Organized by Hello Museum, Shinsegye department store evernthall, Seoul, Korea
• 2013 <Community Art Project>, Yegam Art, Flushing, NY
• 2013 <Minhwa Story>, Om’s gallery at Bank Asiana, Flushing, NY
• 2013 <Dreamer’s Juxtaposition>, Gallery JS Sun at BBCN bank, NY and NJ
• 2013 <Take old road new way>, Galley Korea, New York, NY
• 2013 <25/75 Silver+diamond Jubilee>, Queens College Art Center, Flushing, NY
• 2013 <HyungSekJiGyo (connections between forms and colors)>, Gallery K, Seoul, Korea
• 2012 <Mook Chi Pa>, Hello Museum, Seoul, Korea
• 2012 <HoHoHo>, Gallery Ho, New York, NY
• 2012 <Art Market>, Yegam Art Space, Flushing, NY
• 2012 <Operating System>, Curated by Heng-Gil Han, Gallery Ho, New York, NY
• 2012 <Sense or Nonsense>, Bennett gallery, Englewood, NJ
• 2012 <Hanji Project: Hanji Metamorphses, artistic director Yu-Yeon Kim>, Various location in Chelsea, New York, NY
• 2012 <Haiti charity auction by Seoul Auction>, Seoul, Korea
• 2012 <Line by Ten Artists>, Riverside Gallery, Hackensack NJ
• 2012 <10Women artists>, Gallery Chon, Flushing, NY
• 2011 <Reinterpretation: Seongmin Ahn and Minjoo Kim>, Gallery Cha, Seoul, Korea
• 2011 <Diary Painting and Reading Painting>, Hello Museum, Seoul, Korea
• 2011 <New Reason>, Howard county Education Hall, Baltimore, MD
• 2011 <Art Market>, Yegam Art Space, Flushing, NY
• 2010 <Employee Show>, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
• 2010 <MICA in New York>, Spattered Columns, New York, NY
• 2009 <Invitation show>, KORUS House, Ambassy of Korea, Washington DC
• 2008 <Alumni Show: Seoul National University>, NahRah Gallery, Fort Lee, NJ
• 2008 <50 Edition Project>, Local Project, Long Island City, NY
• 2006 <In Light>, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
• 2005 <Repeating Spaces>, Art Gallery, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
• 2005 <No End But Addition>, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
• 2004 <Re.Occurrence>, Taste of Art, New York, NY
• 2004 <Scene/Unscene>, 473 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
• 2004 <ArtLink @ Sotheby’s International Young Art>, (traveling show) Tel Aviv, Amsterdam, Moscow
• 2004 <No End, But Addition>, Pierro Gallery, South Orange County, NJ
• 2004 <Meditation in New York>, 473 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
• 2004 <Abstraction Identity>, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NJ
• 2004 <Juried show>, Gallery Korea, Korean Cultural Service, Embassy of the Republic of Korea,
  Washington D.C.
• 2004 <In the Face of others; NURTUREart at LMCC>, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY
• 2003 <Seasonal Litter>, Broadway Gallery Annex, New York, NY
• 2003 <No End, But Addition>, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
• 2003 <Flicker>, Transplant Gallery, New York, NY
• 2003 <Seongmin Ahn and Haejung Oh>, Washington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
• 2003 <Space and Surface Painting>, Gallery Korea, New York. NY
• 2003 <Shaping Wholeness>, Elmhurst Hospital Center, organized by Asian American Arts Center, Elmhurst, NY
• 2003 <Works on Paper>, Annual Juried Show, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
• 2003 <Nurturing the New>, NURTUREart, New York, NY
• 2003 <Curators’ showcase>, in showcase of Margaret Bodell, Viewing Room, New York, NY
• 2002 <Contrary Equilibriums: 12th Annual Exhibition>, The Asian American Arts Center, New York, NY
• 2002 <eMotion Picture>, United Nations, New York, NY
• 2001 <Academy 2001>, Corner Contemporary Gallery, Washington D.C.
• 2001 <Masters Juried Show>, Fox Gallery, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD
• 2001 <eMotion Picture>, (traveling show) San Francisco, CA, Washington, D.C., Chicago, IL
• 2001 <x<16 x 13>, Fox Hall, Baltimore, MD
• 2000 <About Drawing>, The Park School Gallery, Baltimore, MD
• 1997 <Grand Art Show by Joong-Ang Daily News>, Hoam Art Hall, Seoul, Korea
• 1997 <Show of Grand Art Competition by Art World>, Kyung-In Gallery, Seoul, Korea
• 1997 <Exhibition of Grand Art Competition>, Grand Art Hall, Moon-Hwa Broadcast Company, Seoul, Korea
• 1997 <20th Anniversary Show>, Sun-Hwa Art School, Seoul, Korea
• 1997 <M.F.A. Thesis Show>, Museum of Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
• 1997 <Po-Il Exhibition>, Cultural Center of S.N.U., Seoul, Korea
• 1997 <Exchange Show>, Seoul National University & Tokyo University, Seoul, Korea
• 1995 <New Form and Spirit>, Do-Ol Gallery, Seoul, Korea
• 1995 <Exchange Show>, Seoul University & Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan

Grants and Awards

• 2022 Artist Empowerment Award, $5,000 cash award and a solo show at Evercore, CUE Foundation in partnership with Evercore, New York, NY
• 2021 Queens Council on the Arts, $3000 grant for a new project
• 2020 Café Royal Foundation, $10,000 grant for community mural project
• 2020 Asian American Federation, $11,000 project grant for community mural in Asian American Community
• 2014 Pollock-Krasner Grant, $20,000 grant to assist creating artwork, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, NY
• 2013 AHL Foundation Competition, First Prize, $3000 cash award and a group show in new york city and active promotion by the foundation, New York, NY
• 2003 Pollock-Krasner Grant, $15,000 grant to assist creating artwork, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, NY
• 2003 Carriage House Space Award, Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY
• 2003 Juror’s Award for Artistic Excellence, Perkins Center for the Art, Moorestown, NJ
• 1997 Selected, Grand Art Competition by Joong-Ang Daily News, Seoul, Korea
• 1997 Specially Selected, Grand Art Competition by Art World, Seoul, Korea
• 1997 Specially Selected, Grand Art Competition by Moon-Hwa Broadcast Company, Seoul, Korea

작품소장

• Art Bank, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
• Government Art Bank, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
• Hello Museum, Seoul, Korea
• Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY, USA
• Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA
• Jordan Schnitzel Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Oregon, USA
• Korean Minhwa Museum, Kangjin, Korea
• KD Chem, Korea
• Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey, USA
• Space C, Coreana Cosmetics Museum, Seoul, Korea

융합과 공존, 다시점, 열린 사고 등에 대해 끊임없이 이야기해온 작가에게 이태원은 또 하나의 작은, 세상의 접점이다. 세계 각지에서 흘러 들어온 사람들과, 그들의 다문화가 융합되어 있다는 점에서 이태원은 작가의 주거지인 뉴욕과 일맥상통한다. 거리에 빼곡히 들어선 상점과 왠지 이국적인 물건들, 바쁘게 걸어가는 젊은이들, 귓가를 스쳐가는 외국어들, 코 끗을 자극하는 향신료들, 모습이 다른 사람들,,,,,

이 전시는 그런 이태원의사람들을 위한 작품들로 이루어 졌다. 보물찾기에 성공한듯, 숨은 그림을 찾은 둣 “발견”되어지고 일상의 한 순간을 즐겁게 하는 작은 공간을 만들고자 하는 마음을 담고 있다.

작가의 반려견인 브루클린 강아지, 바닐라와 체리는 마치 이 전시의 주인공인듯 등장한다. 부귀영화를 상징하는 커다란 모란모자를 쓰고 있기도 하고, 회오리 치는 모란꽃에서 튀어 날아 오르기도 하고, 관객을 바라보며 황금모란똥을 싸기도 한다.

추억의 바나나우유에서 나오는 청룡, 옷리 귀리우유에서 나오는 황룡, 향기로운 마비스 치약에서 불꽃놀이처럼 튀어나오는 모란꽃, 17세기 이탈리안 액자와 족자에서는 구름물이 흘러나오는데, 작품 하나하나 마다 작가가 소곤소곤 작은 스토리를 전해준다.
Metamorphosis 시리즈 작품들에서는 히틀러, 무솔리니 등 독재자의 총 이미지가 꽃이나 구름, 물 등의 평화로운 자연물로 탈변하는 모습으로 그려졌다. 이 작품은 국가적 차원이건 개인적 차원이건 자신의 우월한 힘을 남용하는 모든 사람들에게, 세계로 열린 이태원의 창구를 통해 작가가 전하는 성찰의 메세지이다. 이번 전시 작품 중 유일하게 한지에 그려진 그림이다.

그 외의 다른 모든 작품들은 나무합판을 모양대로 자른 후 채색화 기법으로 제작하였다.

이번 전시에서는 작가의 실험적인 설치작품을 디자인 상품으로 재해석하여 발표해온 ‘날아오르다’ 부적 스티커, ‘Object d’art’ 전기스위치 벽장식 스티커, 노트삼종세트, fuck 문진 등의 아트 디자인 상품이 함께 소개된다.

Metamorphosis_03_small, 장지에 채색, 91.5x61cm, 2023

Metamorphosis_04_small, 장지에 채색, 91.5x61cm, 2023

Metamorphosis_04_small, 장지에 채색, 91.5x61cm, 2023

Banana milk Dragon, 나무판에 채색, 73.5x66cm, 2024

Oatly Dragon, 나무판에 채색, 58.5x68.5cm, 2024

Malvis, 나무판에 채색, 2024

Beauty is Within, 나무판에 채색, 68.5x73.5cm, 2024

날아라 바닐라, 나무판에 채색, 68.5x78cm, 2024

모란모자_cherry_03, 나무판에 채색, 58.5x68.5cm, 2024

모란모자 vanilla_03_02,나무판에 채색,59.7x58.5cm, 2024

Cloud scroll_구름물(족자_01), 나무판에 채색, 66x28cm, 2024

구름물(이태리 액자_01), 나무판에 채색, 33x25.5cm, 2024

황금모란똥, 나무판에 채색, 43x38cm, 2024

미니모란_01, 나무판에채색, 16x19cm, 2024

미니모란_02, 나무판에 채색, 18.5x17cm, 2024

바닐라머리_01, 나무판에 채색, 2024

바닐라머리_02, 나무판에 채색, 2024

체리머리_01, 나무판에 채색, 2024

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