born in Seoul, South Korea
travels in this world
Shows
2026 (forthcoming) Susquehanna art museum, harrisburg, PA usa
2025 (forthcoming) LANDMARK Gallery, texas tech university school of art, lubbock, tx usa
2024 *I ordered a new body and it never came, project space sarubia, seoul, south korea
2023 *Secret Echo, Holman Arts & media center, univeristy of nevada, reno at lake tahoe, nv usa
2023 Notes from another place, Louise hopkins underwood center for the arts, lubbock, TX
2022 hibernation, pause off artist collective, milford, oh
2022 Art object, foxy production, New York, NY
2022 *Tiny Pedestal, Dream Clinic project space, Columbus, oh
2022 *BEING A STranger being made a stranger which is the tragedy?, one-day-only installation, sunview luncheonette, artist social club space, brooklyn, ny
2022 Principles of existence, new york art residency and studios (nars) foundation, brooklyn, ny
2020 *Transtemporal Reaction, two person show, Roy G Biz Gallery, Columbus, OH
2018 MFA Thesis Show, Urban Arts Space, Columbus, OH
2017 Small Works Exhibition, Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus OH
2017 *Void Writing, in collaboration with Center for Epigraphical and Paleographical studies - Dept. of Classics, OSU, Columbus, OH
2016 In and beyond Codes, Site-Specific Group Exhibition, Global Gallery, Hagerty Hall, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2016 Does This Work For Everyone? MFA 1st year Group Exhibition, Hopkins Hall Gallery, Columbus, OH
Reviews
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/12/113_388702.html
https://www.unr.edu/nevada-today/news/2023/choey-artist-interview
https://glasstire.com/2023/11/15/review-notes-from-another-place-at-the-louise-hopkins-underwood-center-for-the-arts-lubbock/
https://www.thesunview.org/being-a-stranger-being-made-a-stranger/
https://minusplato.com/2017/04/when-speaking-stones-go-silent-void-writing-an-exhibition-by-조은영.html
lecture / presentation
2023 visiting artist lecture University of Nevada reno, lake tahoe, fine arts, reno, nv, usa
2023 visiting artist lecture Texas Tech university shool of the arts, lubbock tx, usa
2023 artist talk Louise hopkins underwood center for the arts, lubbock, TX, usa
Residencies
2025 (Forthcoming) Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE USA
2022 Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MassMoca), North Adams, MA, USA
2022 New York Art Residency and Studios (NARS) Foundation, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2020 Banff Artist in Residence, Banff Center for Arts and Creativity, Banff, Alberta, Canada
2019 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, USA
Permanent Collection
2018 Oxley Hall, Department of Linguistics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
5 2 / 2 5² x (2017)
2009 Mammel Hall, College of Business Administration, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha,
Collection of six paintings (2008)
Awards
2025 (Forthcoming) Residency Award, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE, USA
2024 Sarubia Outreach & Support Fellowship, Project Space SARUBIA, Seoul, South Korea
2020 Brenda and Jamie Mackie Endowed Fellowship – Banff Centre Artist Residency, Banff, AB Canada
2019 VSC Artists Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT US
2018 Alumni Grants for Graduate Research and Scholarship, The Ohio State University
2018 Arts and Humanities (A&H) Graduate Research Small Grant , The Ohio State University
2016 Scholarship Award, Siena Art Institute, Siena Italy
2016-18 Graduate Teaching Associateship, The Ohio State University
2015 University Fellowship, The Ohio State University
TRANSLATION/PUBLICATION
2019 English Editor for the catalog of Park Seo-Bo: The Untiring Endeavorer, a retrospective exhibition at National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA)
2017 Translator for Any Such Feminism. Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture (SFAC)
Kang, JiYun, and NaRe Lim, comps. Any Such Feminism. Edited by Eunki Kim. Translated by Eun Young Cho. Seoul, S. Korea: Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture (SFAC), 2017.
Record of the discourse on sexual violence in the art scene in Seoul (96pg.)
Education
2018 MFA (Painting) The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
2016. Summer Study Abroad, Siena Art Institute, Siena, Italy
2010. BFA (Painting) BA (Art History) University of Nebraska at Omaha, NE, USA
2009. 1-year Study Exchange (Oriental Painting) Seoul National University, Seoul, S. Korea
Professional Teaching Experience
2016 - 18 The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH courses taught: Beginning Drawing (Instructor of Record)
Additional Information
Lab Assistant for Art and Design Projects Lab at The Ohio State University - CNC, Laser cutter, woodshop
Korean (Native), Proficient in English, beginning level German, Italian, American Sign Language