Curriculum Vitae
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Koo, Jiyoon (b.1982)
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+ Education
2010 Master of Fine Arts, Studio Art, New York University, New York, US
2007 Bachelor of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, US
2006 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Korea National University of Arts, Seoul, Korea
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+ Professional Experience(teaching)
2024 - Present Vice-Dean, School of Visual Arts, Korea National University of Arts, Seoul, Republic of Korea
2020 - 2022 Chair, Department of Fine Arts, Korea National University of Arts, Seoul, Republic of Korea
2023 - Present Associate Professor, Department of Fine Arts, Korea National University of Arts, Seoul, Korea
2019 - 2023 Assistant Professor, Department of Fine Arts, Korea National University of Arts, Seoul, Korea
2014 - 2019 Tutor, Department of Fine Arts, Korea National University of Arts, Seoul, Korea
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+ Professional Experience(practice)
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Silver, Arario Gallery Seoul, Seoul, Korea
2022 Layers, Gallery Purple, Namyangju, Korea
2021 Tongue & Nail, Arario Gallery Seoul, Seoul, Korea
2019 Blue Vinyl Curtain, 63 Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2018 Purple Noise, Arario Museum in SPACE, Seoul, Korea
2016 Heavy Jokes, Project Space Sarubia, Seoul, Korea
2011 The Ghost on the Back of the Painting, Gallery 175, Seoul, Korea
But Nothing Happening, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, US
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Concrete Abstraction, Mimesis Art Museum, Paju, Korea
Abstract Gestures from Female Painters, New Spring Project, Seoul, Korea
Landing Point, Arario Gallery Seoul, Seoul, Korea
2023 Tentative Romanticism, Nook Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2022 The Fool on the Hill, One and J. Gallery, Seoul, Korea
The 5th G.P.S. Art Navigator, Gallery Purple, Namyangju, Korea
2021 The 13th Hesitation, Arario Gallery Cheonan, Cheonan, Korea
2020 Dancing Queen, Arario Gallery Cheonan, Cheonan, Korea
2019 Our Paradise, Doosan Gallery Seoul, Seoul, Korea
Less is More, Soda Museum, Hwaseong, Korea
2018 Allover, Hite Collection, Seoul, Korea
Go Through-and Then, Zaha Museum, Seoul, Korea
Lobby Muddy Carpet, 2/W, Seoul, Korea
Illusion, AMC Lab, Seoul, Korea
2017 The Exquisite Bond of the Hydrogen Corpse, One and J. +1, Seoul, Korea
Ugly as Art, Seoul National University Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2015 Face-Scape, Zaha Museum, Seoul, Korea
Face-Scape, Baek-Woon Gallery for Etro Art Prize, Seoul, Korea
2014 Untitled, Window Gallery, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
Spectators, Doosan Gallery Seoul, Seoul, Korea
New Hero, Space Nemo, Seoul, Korea
Today's Salon, Common Center, Seoul, Korea
2013 Young Artists of Our Generation, Bank of Korea Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2010 One and Three Quarters of an Inch, St. Cecilia’s Parish, New York, US
Force of Nature, Horticultural Society of New York, New York, US
Subtle Anxiety, Doosan Gallery New York, New York, US
Thesis Show, 80 Washington Square East Gallery, NYU, New York, US
Curatorial Projects
2018 Lobby Muddy Carpet, 2/W, Seoul, Korea
2011 Ghosting I & II, around Ground Zero, The World Center Hotel Suite #1305, New York, US
Collaboration
2023 The Electric AI Canvas, BMW Presents at Art Basel, Switzerland & Frieze Seoul, Korea
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+ Awards
2014 New Hero, Public Art Magazine, Korea
2014 The 3rd ETRO Art Prize, ETRO, Korea
2013 2013 Young Artists, Bank of Korea, Korea
2010 Santo Foundation’s Individual Artist Award, The Santo Foundation, US
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+ Fellowship
03/2009-08/2011 A.I.R Gallery Fellowship, Brooklyn, NY, US
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+ Collections
ETRO Korea
Bank of Korea
Cheonan Cheongsoo Public Library
ARARIO MUSEUM
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