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

Rendezvous Series_Warm White 2022
Acrylic on sewn canvas 90.9x72.7 cm

Homing_Vintage Green 2021
Acrylic on sewn canvas and linen 34.8 x 27.3 cm

New Evening_today 2022
Acrylic on sewn canvas and linen 100x80.3cm

The Afternoon 2021
Acrylic on sewn canvas and linen 130.3x97cm