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Education​

2023     Pratt Institute, BFA Painting, Brooklyn, New York
              Graduated with Highest Honors & Excellence in Academic Achievement

              Minor in Museum and Gallery Practices

2021     Gunmyungwon, Seoul, Korea

              an alternative graduate school with an intensive program teaching humanities, science and art

2019     Yonsei University, BBA Business, Seoul, Korea

2015     University of Maryland, Exchange Student Program, Baltimore, Washington D.C, the U.S.

 

Solo Exhibition

2024     "No Home in Wonderland", A Space Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, the U.S.

2023     "Kidnapped", Artists Living Room NYC, Brooklyn, NY, the U.S. (virtual)

              "Perfect Kidnapping", Chashama Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, the U.S.

              "Kidnapped", Steuben Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, the U.S.

2020     "Layers, Going into", Gallery Hushed, Seoul, Korea

2016     "Study about Red and Blue", Gallery DZ, Seoul, Korea

              "Land of Phantoms", Gallery Comore, Seoul, Korea

 

 

Group Exhibition

2025     (forthcoming) “Flesh Spa”, with Silent Sister, Caelum Gallery, Manhattan, NY, the U.S.

              “Real World”, with Random Affects & Llorona Studios, Grace Exhibition Space, Manhattan, NY, the U.S.

2024     “Desire – Body Without Organs”, A Space Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, the U.S.

              “Mythologies”, Goddessarts Magazine (virtual)

              “5 By 7 Show”, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Woodstock, NY, the U.S.

              “At a Moment Like This”, Artists Living Room, Brooklyn, NY, the U.S.

              “Tradition, Identity & Future Narrative”, Salmagundi Club with IMUR gallery, Manhattan, NY, the U.S.

              “KIDS ONLY”, A Space Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, the U.S.

              “Interiority”, The Milostka Center with Culturally Arts Collective (virtual)

              "Artexpo New York", Participated with AGI Fine Art, Manhattan, NY, the U.S.

2023     "Oasis of Color", Van Der Plas Gallery, Manhattan, NY, the U.S.

              "Dark and Scary", Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, the U.S.

              "Admission Gallery Exhibition", Myrtle Hall, Brooklyn, NY, the U.S.

              "elsewhere, within here", Schafler Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, the U.S.

              "First Come, First Hung", "B" Dry Goods, Brooklyn, NY, the U.S.

              "Boiling Point", dgt Gallery House, Brooklyn, NY, the U.S.

              "Valentine's Day Show", The Cannoneer Building, Brooklyn, NY, the U.S.

              "Color As Character", The Cannoneer Building, Brooklyn, NY, the U.S.

2022     "Painter's Drawings", The Cannoneer Building, Brooklyn, NY, the U.S.

              "International Education Week Art Exhibition", Pratt Institute Student Union, Brooklyn, NY, the U.S.

              "Passerby", Pratt Institute Printing Department Hallway, Brooklyn, NY, the U.S.

2021     "ASYAAF 2021 (Art Students and Young Artists Art Fair)", Hongik University Modern Museum, Seoul, Korea

2020     "The Shape of", Stueben Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, the U.S.

2017     "Tradition to Modern; Juried Watercolor Exhibition", Monmouth Museum, Middletown, NJ, the U.S.

2016     "Exhibition for Youth 2 - Fill the Feel Exhibition Project", Dongdaemungu Office, Seoul, Korea

2015     "80th Getsome Exhibition “C X C”, Gallery Crande, Seoul, Korea

              "Outdoor Street Exhibition: Outgo", Daehakro Culture Festival, Seoul, Korea

              "The First Exhibition", Gallery Jaemi Gil, Seoul, Korea

 

 

Awards & Scholarships

2025                “Exhibition Award – Mythologies”, First Prize, Goddessarts Magazine

2023                "Arthouse.Z Art Prize", First Grand Prize, Arthouse Z and Kaleido Art

2017-2023         "President's List", Pratt Institute, every semester

2017-2023         "International Merit-based Academic Scholarship", Pratt Institute, every semester

2018                "Freshmen Scholarship Competition", First Prize, Pratt Institute

2014                ipark UCC Competition "Become a CF Director for ipark",

Excellence Award, HDC Hyundai Development Company

 

 

Artist Residency

2024     Woodstock Byrdcliffe Residency, Woodstock, NY, the U.S.

2024     ChaNorth Residency, Residency program hosted by Chashama, Hudson Valley, NY, the U.S.

2024     A Space Residency, Brooklyn, NY, the U.S.

2024     The Artist Residency Project, Online residency at School of Visual Arts

Experiences

2023-2024         Painting Assistant for Kehinde Wiley, an American portrait painter

2023                   Contents Creator at Dear Advisory, a full-service art advisory firm

2023                   Intern at Cathouse Proper, a gallery in Brooklyn, NY

2020-present    Research Assistant at Tekton Investment, an investment company in Seoul, Korea

2017-present    Writer at News-Paper, an online culture magazine based in Seoul, Korea

2020                   Intern at Studio Dragon, a drama production company based in Seoul, Korea

2020                   PR planner and marketer at Kairos AR, a company developed an AR exhibition application based in Pankyo, Korea

Activities

2024     Louise the Women, the largest women visual art group in Korea. Networking and critiques.

© 2025 by Yooyeon Nam

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