CV

Education

2017    M.F.A. (Painting and Drawing) Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, USA

2013    M.F.A. (Painting) Duksung Women's University, Seoul, Korea

2010    B.F.A. Duksung Women's University, Seoul, Korea

Solo Exhibition & Two Person Exhibition

2022 

Night Flight, Gallery Doll, Seoul, Korea

Rendezvous, Heather Gaudio Fine Art, New Canaan, CT 

2021

The Time of Clouds, Space Kyeol, Seoul, Korea

2019

Shapes Of Mind, Gallery La Mer, Seoul, Korea

2017

What I Wanted To Say, Dekalb Gallery in Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

2013

The One Delicate Moment, Gallery La Mer, Seoul, Korea

2012 

From Here, Insa Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Group Exhibition

2021

My Home: Abstract Language, Gallery Kabinett, Seoul, Korea

Shifting Sands, Chashama, New York, NY 

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 

East-West Expressway curated by Michael Brennan, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

2019

Sarah Shepard Gallery and 3 Walls, Sarah Shepard Gallery, Larkspur, CA

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 

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

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

Small Works 2017 curated by Bill Carroll, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

The Graduate Fine Arts 2017, Schafler Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

2016

Never Stop Never Settle, Wild rabbit project from Hennessy, Art Basel Miami, FL

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

Muet, Jaemi Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2012

Link Between, Yeon Gallery, Jeju Island, Korea

2011

8th Moving Sound, Gana Art Space, 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

2019

1st Prize of Emerging Art Award, Banditto Art, Tuscany, Italy

2018

Merit-based Artist’s Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

2017

Honored Outstanding Merit at 2017 Graduation Awards, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

2016

Selected the final ten artists and awarded the grant in Wild rabbit project from Hennessy, NY

2013

Selected ‘Emerging Young Artists’ by La Mer gallery, Seoul, Korea

Collection

TD Bank Corporation Art Collection, Toronto, Canada

Biography

Hyun Jung Ahn is a Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary artist from Seoul, South Korea. Through her work, she investigates enigmatic abstract forms, which she references as “shapes of mind.” She begins by drawing from her visual diary, which captures feelings, personal connections, and emotional states of being. She then translates these notions into minimalistic drawing, painting, and sculpture. Ahn was selected as the 'Emerging Young Artist' at La Mer Gallery, Seoul, South Korea, and was the winner of the Emerging Art Award at Baditto Art, Tuscany, Italy. She has attended residencies including Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA, and Trestle Art Space, Brooklyn, NY. Ahn Graduated from Duk-Sung Women’s University, Seoul (in 2010 B.F.A and 2013 M.F.A) and received her second M.F.A in painting and drawing from Pratt Institute and currently lives and works in Brooklyn.

Works