b. 1987, Seoul, Korea

Education

  • 2015: Master of Fine Arts, Painting, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

  • 2010: Bachelor of Arts, Studio Arts with a Concentration in Painting, Anderson University, Anderson, Indiana
    graduated with department honors

  • 2008: The Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, New York

Selected Exhibitions

  • 2024: Night Train, Speck Gallery, Indianapolis, IN

  • 2022: Begin Again, Again, RACECAR FACTORY, Indianapolis, IN

  • 2022: AND | NOW | THIS, Harrison Gallery, Indianapolis, IN

  • 2022: Comfort Zone, The Indianapolis International Airport, Indianapolis, IN

  • 2021: Comfort Zone, The City Gallery, Indianapolis, IN

  • 2020: When Strangers Meet, Harrison Gallery, Indianapolis, IN

  • 2017: Wet Paint, Workhouse Art Center, Lorton, VA

  • 2017: Material Politics, Space Heater Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

  • 2016: Drive-Thru Painting Salon, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

  • 2015: Alumni Art+Design Exhibition, Wilson Gallery, Anderson, IN

  • 2015: Graduate Degree Exhibition, Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

  • 2015: International Student Exhibition, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

  • 2014: Communication Breakdown, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

  • 2010: (id)entity: Senior Thesis Exhibition, Wilson Gallery, Anderson, IN

  • 2010: Spring Student Show, Wilson Gallery, Anderson, IN

  • 2009: Spring Student Show, Wilson Gallery, Anderson, IN

  • 2008: Annual Resident Show, Logan Gallery, Chautauqua, NY

  • 2007: Spring Student Show, Wilson Gallery, Anderson, IN

  • 2006: Spring Student Show, Wilson Gallery, Anderson, IN

Awards/Grants

  • 2022-2023 Creative Renewal Arts Fellowship, Indy Arts Council

  • 2017: 2nd Place, Wet Paint Exhibition, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA
    curated by Harry Cooper, Senior Curator and Head of Modern Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

  • 2013: Merit Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art

  • 2010: Noffsinger Award, Anderson University 2010 Peace and Conflict Transformation Grant, Anderson University

  • 2009: Bengston Family Endowment Scholarship, Anderson University

  • 2009: Noffsinger Award, Anderson University

  • 2009: Best of Show, Spring Student Show, Anderson University

  • 2008: Chautauqua School of Art, awarded residency, merit scholarship and work/study grant

  • 2006: 1st Place, Painting, Student Exhibition, Anderson University

Professional

  • 2019 – 2020: Indianapolis Art Center, Art Instructor, Indianapolis, IN

  • 2019: Visiting Lecturer, Marian University, Indianapolis, IN

  • 2017 – Current: The Oaks Academy, Art Director, Indianapolis, IN

  • 2016 – 2018: College for Creative Studies, Adjunct Instructor, Detroit, MI

  • 2016 – 2017: Oakland University, Adjunct Instructor, Rochester Hills, MI

  • 2015 – 2017: Art Preparator, ArtPack Services Inc., Farmington Hills, MI

  • 2014 – 2015: Department Assistant to the Artist in Residence of Painting, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

  • 2014 – 2015: Cranbrook Summer Art Institute Pre College Program, Resident Director/Instructor, Bloomfield Hills, MI

  • 2013 – 2015: Central Media Lab Technician, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

  • 2009 – 2010: Wilson Gallery Assistant, Anderson University, Anderson, IN

  • 2009: Curator of the Anderson University Art+Design Faculty Show, Anderson, IN

  • 2009 – 2010: Anderson Center for the Arts, Art Instructor of Painting and Drawing, Anderson, IN

  • 2008 – 2010: President of the Art+Design Student Council, Anderson University, Anderson, IN