top of page

 

Education

 

2026 - Present   MFA University of Guelph, Studio Art

2018                  BFA, University of Waterloo, Honours Fine Arts with Distinction, Studio

                          Practice, Intensive Studio Specialization, Waterloo, ON, Canada

1995                  BFA, Kaywon University of Art and Design, Dramatic Space Creation, Korea

 

Grant | Awards

 

2025                 Ontario Arts Council: Visual Artists Creation Projects 

2025                 Ontario Arts Council: Skills and Career Development: Indigenous Arts 

                         Professional and Arts Professional of colours

2025                 Ontario Arts Council: Exhibition Assistance Program

2023                 Ontario Arts Council: Visual Artists Creation Projects 

2023                 Ontario Arts Council: Skills and Career Development: Indigenous Arts 

                         Professional and Arts Professional of colours

2023                 Untapped, Artist Project, Selected for Emerging Artist, Exhibition Place, Toronto 

2017                 Vern Hocking Fine Arts Memorial Award, Fine Arts Department, University of Waterloo 

2014                 Printing Special Award, Fine Arts Department, University of Waterloo 

2013                 Helen L. Cross Memorial Scholarship (Fine Arts Department University of Warterloo)

 

Solo Exhibition

 

2026                 Still, Wind, Gill 68 Gallery, Jeonju, Korea

2026                 Still, Wind, Cambridge Center for the Arts, Juried Solo Exhibition, Cambridge, ON

2023                 Á la Recherche du Temps Perdu, Ashlar Gallery, Guelph, ON Selected Group Exhibition

2026                 Nostalgia, Gill 68 Gallery, Jeonju, Korea                

2026                 Loops, Layers, Shapes and Shadows, ( Four-person exhibition with

                         David Brown, Laurie Skantzos, Michael Steckey) Elora Center for the Arts, Elora, ON

2025                 States of Abstraction, Kultiqstudio, Kitchener, ON

2025                 Chromatic Path, White Galleon Gallery, St.Catharines, ON

2025                  Internal Voice, Etobicoke Civic Center, Toronto, ON

2025                 155,578, Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph, ON (Juried and Curated by Erin Szikora)

2025                  Art Sur Papier 2025, Galeriee ERGA, Montreal, Quebec (Juried)     

2025                  64th Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Curated by Collective 919, Onlin Exhibition, Toronto, ON (Juried)

2025                  Unbound, Richmond Hill Center for the Performing Arts, Richmond Hill, ON

2025                  Artist Project, Exhibition Place, Toronto, ON (Juried) Selected by curators, directors/instructors  Tessar Lo,

                          Odessa Paloma  Parker, Kristofer Sakamoto-Marshall

2025                  Paper Stories, (Three-person exhibition with Dominique Prévost and Susan Ruptash) Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, ON (Juried)

2025                  Paper Stories, (Three-person exhibition with Dominique Prévost and Susan Ruptash) Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto, ON. Canada

2025                  Sounds Across Landscape, Clark Center for the Arts, Scarborough

2025                  Get Noticed, Annual Juried Exhibition, Curated by Na’ama Freeman and Erin Szikora, Red Head Gallery, Toronto, ON (Juried)

2024                  Square Show, White Galleon Gallery, Thorold, ON (Juried)

2024                  Salon 18, Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto, (Juried)

2024                  From aFar, ( Four-person exhibition with Kyoungmin Kate Lee, Kyungsun Kim, Sungmi Kong, Ryu Art Museum, Jeon-Ju, Korea

2024                  KASC Korean Artist Society of Canada, Annual Exhibition, Joshep D. Carrier Art Gallery, Toronto

2024                  Artist Project, Exhibition Place, Toronto, ON

2024                  Together 2024 Peace and Prosperity, QEPCCC, Oakville, ON

2024                  Back to the Grimoire, Juried Exhibition, Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto

2024                  Art Intelligence, The Near Future of Art in Canada, Design TO Festival, Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON (Juried)

2023                  Collective Momentum, Virtual Reality Show, ICC’s Contemporary Hub

2023                  KASC Korean Artist Society of Canada, Annual Exhibition,Papermill Gallery, Toronto, ON    

2023                  Guelph Arts Council Member Show, Annual Juried Exhibition , Guelph

2023                  KASC Korean Artist Society of Canada, Annual Exhibition, Papermill Gallery, Toronto, ON

2023                  GAC Members show, artBar, Guelph, ON, (Juried)

2023                  Together, Group Exhibition 60th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between the Republic of Korea Canada, Queen Elizabeth Park

                          Community and Cultural Centre, Oakville, ON

2023                  Untapped, Artist Project, Exhibition Place, Toronto, ON

2023                  Biennial Juried Exhibition, Glenhyrst Gallery, Branford, ON 

2023                  Collective Momentum, Riverdale Hub Art Gallery, Toronto, ON

2022                  KASC Korean Artist Society of Canada, Annual Exhibition, Papermill Gallery, Toronto, ON

2022                  Annual Juried Exhibition, Homer Watson House and Gallery, Kitchener, ON (Juried)

2022                  TOAF 2022, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto, ON (Juried)

2022                  Art on the Street, Guelph, ON (Juried)

2018                  Displaced, BRIDGE Center for Architecture + Design, Cambridge, ON

2017                  Nuit Blanche Winnipeg, Selected Installation, Winnipeg, Manitoba

2017                  TOAF 2017, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, ON (Chosen through a competitive juried process

                          for the student booth)

2017                  Ignite, Graduate Exhibition of University of Waterloo, UWAG, Waterloo, ON.

2017                  Now, Gangwon Contemporary Art, Group Exhibition, Gangneung  Museum of Art, Gangneung, Korea,

                          Invited by Gangwon Contemporary Art Society.

2016                  Transition, Artery Gallery, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

2016                  REversion, Group Exhibition, Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto, ON

2015                  Identity, Artery Gallery, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

 

Teaching Experience

 

2026                  Elora Center for the Arts, Korean Folk Painting Workshop

2025                  Renison University college, Korean Folk Painting Course

 

Artist Talk

 

2026                   Artist Panel Discussion, Moderated by John Kissick (painter, writer, and professor), Elora Center for The Arts, Elora, ON

2025                   Propeller Art Gallery

2025                   Dundas Valley School of Art, Dundas

2024                   Korean Artists Society of Canada, Toronto

 

Press/Media

 

2025                 Featured article, Art Toronto

2025                  The Ontarion, Newspaper published by University of Guelph

2025                   Echoes of Home, New Vista

2024                   Featured and broadcasted in News, JTV, Korea

2024                   Featured and Published about the exhibition “From aFar”,

                           JB Post, Korea  

2022                   Featured and Published in Curated Collection

                           “Land &Body As Memory” curated by Zachary Logan, TOAF61,

                           Toronto, ON

bottom of page