YONG CHUL ​KWON _ ARTIST

KWON, Yong Chul

 

   1982    Born  in seoul, Korea / lives and works in USA

 

Education

 

    2017    M.F.A  in Art and Technology, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    2012    M.F.A. in Sculpture, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

    2007    B.F.A. in Sculpture, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

 

Teaching/Working

 

    2016             Teaching Assistant, Alternative Image Capture, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA

    2011-2013    Sculpture Teacher, Incheon Arts High School, Incheon, Korea

    2010-2011    Teaching Assistant, Sculpture, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

 

Solo Exhibitions

 

    2013    Chain Reaction _The Movement (Gravity), Gallery Hyundai Window, Seoul, Korea

    2011    1st Solo show ”Chain Reaction_The Sound Series”, Song Eun Art Cube, Seoul, Korea

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

    2020     Black & White, Eccles Art Center, Ogden, UT, US

                  46th Annual Statewide Competition,Eccles Art Center, Ogden, UT, USA

     2019     Human Identity: Portrait Stories, Overture center for art, Madison, WI, USA

     2017    EXPO CHICAGO 2017, Navy pier, Chicago, IL, US

                 Insanity, Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago, IL, US

                 MFA Show, Sullivan Gallery, IL, US

     2013    Modernity and Technology, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul, Korea

                 From i to I, Young Artists Project, ’ EXCO, Daegu, Korea

                 Movement Steel Art, Pohang Museum Of Steel Art, Pohang, Korea

                 New Romance, Space K, Gwacheon, Korea

                 Triangle Art Festival, Space K, Gwangju, Korea

                 It’s Presence, SEMA Nanji Hall, Seoul, Korea

                 PEEP! , Song Won Art Center, Seoul, Korea

                 Dongbangyogoi BEST10, Art In Culture showroom, Seoul, Korea

    2012     Sunset Janghang Art Festival, Rice Granary, Janghang, Korea

                 Da, Si, Bo, Se, Art Space-Chung Ang University, Seoul, Korea

                 Look at the Bukhangang, Seoho Museum of Art, Namyangju, Korea

 

Residency / Project / Collection

 

    2017      Chain Reaction_Crowd Psychology, collected by School of Art Institute of Chicago, ATS department, USA

    2013      ABSOLUT. Artist Room Project_Chain Reaction_The Movement (Gravity), SHEF K+R/Song Eun Art Space,

                  Seoul, Korea

    2012~13   SEMA Nanji Residency 7th, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

 

Grant / Award

    2020         Honorable Mention and Juror's Award, Eccles Art Center, Ogden, UT, USA

    2016-17    Second Year Grad International Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA

    2015-17    New Artist Society Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA

    2010-11    Lecture & Research Scholarship, Seoul National University, Korea

    2003-06    Superior Academic Performance/Merit-based Scholarship, Seoul National University, Korea