Euyoung Hong

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Born in Seoul, Korea

Lives and works in Seoul, Korea

Education
  • 2008-2013

    Goldsmiths College, University of London, PhD in Art, London

    (Supervisors: Dr Andrea Phillips, Phillip Lai)

    Pass without correction

    https://www.gold.ac.uk/our-people/profile-hub/art/pgr/euyoung-hong/
  • 2000-2002

    University of Iowa, M.A & M.F.A. in Sculpture, Iowa

    (Supervisor: Thomas R, Aprile)

  • 1996

    Summer Program, Stanford University, California

  • 1994-1998

    Ewha Womans University, B.F.A. in Sculpture, Seoul

Grants and Awards
  • 2024

    Sambo Art Prize, Sambo Cultural Foundation and Daegu Foundation for Culture and Arts, Daegu

  • 2024

    The SOMA Drawing Center Archive and Exhibition Artist, SOMA Museum of Art, Seoul

  • 2023

    Exhibition Project, Daecheongho Museum of Art, Cheongju

  • 2022

    First Prize, Christian Institute for the Study of Justice and Development, Seoul

  • 2022

    Grant for Visual Art Project, Yeonsu Foundation for Arts and Culture, Incheon

  • 2020

    Seongbuk N Artist, Seongbuk Young Art Space _ Seongbuk Museum of Art, Seoul

  • 2019

    New Hero, Public Art, Seoul

  • 2018

    Artist of the Year, Korean Cultural Center, Washington, D.C.

  • 2018

    100 Sculptors of Tomorrow, Thames & Hudson, London

  • 2018

    Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation, Grant for Visual Artist, Gyeonggi

  • 2014

    MAC International, Shortlist, The Metropolitan Arts Centre (MAC), Belfast

  • 2011

    Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation, Grant for Distinguished Art Project, Gyeonggi

  • 2007

    The Pollock - Krasner Foundation, Grant for Visual Artist, New York

  • 2006

    Second Prize, Premio Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro - International Competition for Young Sculptors, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milano

  • 2006

    Paradise Cultural Foundation, Grant for Individual Artist, Seoul

  • 2001-2002

    Paula Patton Graham Scholarship, University of Iowa, Iowa

Artist in Residencies
  • 2024

    Park Soo Keun Museum, Gangwon

  • 2019

    Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, YAFP, Gyeonggi

  • 2018

    Gyeonggi Creation Center, Gyeonggi

  • 2017

    Seoul Museum of Art, Nanji Residency, Seoul

  • 2016

    The New York Art Residency and Studios (NARS) Foundation, New York

  • 2010

    Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Artist in Residence Program, Gyeonnggi

  • 2009

    National Museum of Contemporary Art - Changdong Studio, Seoul

  • 2007

    International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York, Sponsored by The Pollock - Krasner Foundation, New York

Collections
  • National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon

  • Global Building, Seoul

  • Park Soo Keun Museum, Gangwon

  • Gyeseong Elementary School, Seoul

  • Osan Museum of Art, Osan

  • Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeonggi

  • Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milano

  • University of Iowa Thesis Archives, Iowa

Museum Archives and Links
  • Soma Drawing Center Archive, SOMA Museum of Art, Seoul

  • Arco Archive: Artist Portfolio, Arco Museum, Seoul

    http://archive.arko.or.kr/

  • Korean Eye, Saatchi Gallery, London

    http://www.koreaneye.org/artist/hong-euyong

Publications
  • 2016

    The Spatial Politics of the Sculptural: Art, Capitalism and the Urban Space, Rowman & Littlefield International, London

Solo Exhibitions
  • 2026

    Arrangement Within Arrangements, SOMA Museum of Art, Seoul 

  • 2025

    Sambo Art Prize Winner Exhibition, Daegu Arts Center, Deagu 

  • 2025

    Neither Abstract nor Universal, Park Soo Keun Museum, Gangwon 

  • 2024

    (Im)material Matter, 2GIL29 GALLERY, Seoul

  • 2023

    Topologies, Spacemom Museum of Art, Cheongju

  • 2023

    The Hydrology Project, Daecheongho Museum of Art, Cheongju

  • 2023

    Architectonics, Ligak Museum of Art, Cheonan

  • 2022

    Anachrony, Spacemom Museum of Art, Cheongju

  • 2019

    Elaborate Oblivion, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeonggi

  • 2018

    Artist of the Year, Korean Cultural Center, Washington, D.C.

  • 2016

    Constructed Landscape, NARS Foundation, New York

  • 2011

    Fragmented Space,Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeonggi

  • 2007

    Fragments, International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York

  • 2006

    Fragments, Gallery HYUNDAI - Window Gallery, Seoul

  • 2004

    The Wall, Gallery IHN, Seoul

Projects & Invited Talks
  • 2023

    Reflected Matter Seminar, Oksang Factory, Seoul

  • 2022

    Space Drawing & Artist Talk, Yeonsu Foundation for Arts and Culture, Incheon

  • 2020

    N-table, Seongbuk Young Art Space, Seongbuk Museum of Art, Seoul

  • 2018

    Gyeonggi Creation Center Art Project, Gyeonggi Creation Center, Gyeonggi

  • 2017

    Variable Demarcation (Light), Seoul Museum of Art, Nanji Residency, Seoul

  • 2015

    House Clearance, In collaboration with Hugh Mulholland (Curator, MAC) and Welcome Organisation, Metropolitan Arts Centre (MAC), Belfast

  • 2015

    CHAGO Presentation, Organized by Samuso, Artsonje Center, Seoul

  • 2013

    Flower Pot Project, Barriedale Studio, Goldsmiths College, London

  • 2012

    House Project: Settling into the Vulnerable, 200 Bunji, Kumho-dong 2 Ga, Seoul

  • 2010

    Youngeun Space Project: Fragmented Space, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeonggi

  • 2009

    Changdong Public Art Project, Changdong, Seoul

    Curated by Changdong Art Studio, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea

Group Exhibitions
  • 2025

    The Drawing: Personal Definitions, SOMA Museum of Art, Drawing Center, Seoul 

  • 2025

    Memory, Formed II, 2GIL29 Gallery, Seoul

  • 2025

    KIAF_2GIL29 Gallery, COEX, Seoul

  • 2025

    Still Waiting for Summer, 2GIL29 Gallery, Seoul

  • 2025

    Yerim 80, Ewha Art Center, Ewha Womans University, Seoul

  • 2024

    Visiting Art Museum: Chaeum, Curated by Osan Museum of Art, Water Fragrance Arboretum, Gyeonggi

  • 2024

    Open Studio, Outdoor Space of Studio II & Yepoongkeong Gallery, Park Soo Keun Museum, Gangwon 

  • 2024

    Jeongrim-ri 131-1, Outdoor Space of Studio I, Park Soo Keun Museum, Gangwon 

  • 2024

    Bul Hock: Career as a Sculptor, Ewha Art Center, Ewha Womans University, Seoul

  • 2024

    Galleries Art Fair_2GIL29 Gallery, Coex, Seoul

  • 2023

    The Great Gatsby, K Contemporary Museum of Art, Seoul

  • 2023

    Ryeong, Younggwang Cultural Center, Jeonnam

  • 2023

    Reflected Matter, Oksang Factory, Seoul

  • 2022

    Gongsil Project, Yeonsu Foundation for Arts and Culture, Incheon

  • 2022

    Unexpected Garden, Hanji Theme Park, Wonju

  • 2022

    My Story of City, Seoul Metro Museum, Seoul

  • 2021

    Public Art: New Hero, Cheongju Daecheongho Art Museum, Cheongju

  • 2020

    So Be, Hangang Museum, Gyeonggi

  • 2020

    Valuable, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeonggi

  • 2020

    Media, Configuration Setting, Seongbuk Young Art Space (Seongbuk Museum of Art Branch), Seoul

  • 2020

    Connecting the Memory, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeonggi

  • 2019

    New Collection, Osan Museum of Art, Osan

  • 2018

    Quiet Riot, Curated by Wei-Ching Chen, Tina Keng Gallery, Taipei

  • 2018

    Unofficial Discourser, Gyeonggi Creation Center, Gyeonggi

  • 2018

    New Collection, Osan Museum of Art, Osan

  • 2018

    Ewha Art Fair, Ewha Art Center, Ewha Womans University, Seoul

  • 2018

    Dear My Little Prince: Geo+Visual+Scape, K Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul

  • 2018

    In Quiet Silence and Heavy Sea Mist, Gyeonggi Creation Center, Gyeonggi

  • 2018

    Nonunifiable Heterogeneous Individuals, Gyeonggi Creation Center, Gyeonggi

  • 2017

    Mapping the City, Curated by Euyoung Hong, Seoul Museum of Art, Nanji Residency, Nanji Gallery, Seoul

  • 2017

    The 20-Sided Prism, Seoul Museum of Art, Nanji Residency, Nanji Gallery, Seoul

  • 2017

    Open Studio, Seoul Museum of Art, Nanji residency, Nanji Residency, Seoul

  • 2016

    E19782016, Ieyoung Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeonggi

  • 2016

    Artfesta Ewha, Ewha Womans University, Seoul

  • 2016

    Indigeneity. The Human Rights Research Centre, The University of Ottawa, Ottawa

  • 2016

    Open Studio, NARS Foundation, New York

  • 2016

    Source Material, Incube Gallery, New York

  • 2015

    Following Traces, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeonggi

  • 2014

    MAC International, The Metropolitan Arts Centre, Belfast

  • 2014

    The Manual: Parts and Labour, Co-curated by John Chilver and Brighid Lowe, Osan Museum of Art, Osan

  • 2014

    The Gallery Project, Anatomy Museum, King's College, London

  • 2014

    Small Works, Ewha Womans University, Seoul

  • 2012

    Korean Eye: Energy and Matter, Saatchi Gallery, London, Curated by Saatchi Gallery, London

  • 2012

    Penumbra, Bermondsey Project Space, London, Curated by Hyukgue Kwon

  • 2011

    The Object of Life, Pohang Museum of Steel Art, Pohang

  • 2010

    Remind, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeonggi

  • 2009

    Against the Sculptural: Three-dimensions of Uncertainty, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

  • 2009

    Between the Border, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju

  • 2009

    The Five Spaces, Changdong Studio Gallery, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul

  • 2009

    Fragmented Space, Changdong Studio #204, Seoul

  • 2009

    2009 Open Studio: Cue, Changdong Art Studio, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul

  • 2007

    Exchange Exhibition of Contemporary Arts - National Museum of Contemporary Art, Daecheongho Art Museum, Cheongwon

  • 2007

    International Incheon Women Artist's Biennale: Sensitivity - Pink, Cyborg, Imperfect Structure, Incheon Multiculture & Art Centers, Incheon

  • 2006

    Busan Biennale, SK Pavilion, Busan

  • 2006

    Premio Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro-International Competition for Young Sculptors, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milano

  • 2006

    Song Eun Art Prize Exhibition, Insa Art Center, Seoul

  • 2006

    Small Art Museum - National Museum of Contemporary Art, Deagu Cultural Center for Student, Deagu

  • 2006

    EHS Project 2006: Emotion_Humanity_Seoul, Sejong Center Museum of Fine Arts, Seoul

  • 2005

    Winter Solstice IV: Standards & Shifts in Contemporary Art,

    The Studio: An Alternative Space for Contemporary Art, New York

  • 2005

    Scene of Reflection 11, Ewha Womans University Museum of Art, Seoul

  • 2005

    Contemporary Expressions of Korea Young Artists, Topohaus, Seoul

  • 2005

    Fragments, Todmodern Mills Heritage Museum and Art Centre, Toronto

  • 2005

    Intelligence and Sensitivity in the 21st Century, Sejong Center Museum of Fine Arts, Seoul

  • 2005

    GIAF 2005: Light_Human_Gate, Sejong Center Museum of Fine Arts, Seoul

  • 2002

    Midwest Ticket, Gallery 119, Chicago

  • 2002

    MFA Thesis Exhibition, University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa

  • 2002

    Topeka Competition 24, Alice C. Sabatini Gallery, Kansas

  • 2002

    KAF 2002, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

Selected Bibliography
  • 2023

    Space, Exhibition Review, March, 2023

  • 2019

    Public Art, Art in News, February, 2019

  • 2016

    Wolgan Misool, Artist Review, June, 2016

  • 2016

    Art and Design, Work and People, September, 2016

  • 2011

    Wolgan Misool, Exhibition Review, June, 2011

  • 2011

    Space, June, 2011

  • 2010

    Wolgan Misool, February, 2010

  • 2007

    Paradise Magazine, Cover page, March Issue, 2007

  • 2006

    New York Times, Art Review: A Tasty Morsel or Two from the Smorgasbord of a Big Group Show, by Benjamin Genocchio, January 1, 2006

  • 2006

    Gegan Sculpture, News, March, 2006

  • 2006

    Corriere della Sera, Arte, by Chiara Vanzetto, May 20, 2006

  • 2006

    Corriere Magazine, May 18, 2006

  • 2006

    Paradise Magazine, Paradise Now: p. 60, July

  • 2005

    Mimosa Extra Micro, December 2005

  • 2005

    Wolgan Misool, People: p.199, December

  • 2005

    KULTSTRAL, Das Stralauer WebMagazin, Nr. 27 / OKTOBER 2005

  • 2005

    Wolgan Misool, 2005 Exhibition Review by Prof. Sook-Young Park: p.132, February

  • 2002

    Journal of Society of North American Goldsmith, Mixed Media Work titled "Lamp"

  • 2001

    Foil Imaging: A New Art Form, by Virginia A. Myers (Cedar Rapids: WDG Publishing),

    Foil-Stamped Monotype (6.625"x9"): p.vii

Theses
  • 2013

    PhD Thesis _ Constructing an Invisible Terriotory: An Investigation of the Production of the Sculptural in Relation to Urban Development since the 1980s, Goldsmiths College, London

  • 2002

    MFA Thesis _ Island of Memory: An Exploration of Past, Present and Future, University of Iowa, Iowa

  • 2001

    MA Thesis _ Freedom and Constraint, University of Iowa, Iowa

Teaching Experiences / Lectures
  • 2014-present

    Ewha Womans University, College of Art and Design, Lecturer

  • 2006

    Ewha Womans University, College of Art and Design, Lecturer - Three Dimensional Studio

  • 2006

    Total Museum of Contemporary Art - New Approaches to the Space in Contemporary Art, Seoul

  • 2005

    Ewha Womans University, College of Art and Design, Lecturer - Metal Works 2

  • 2005

    Ewha Womans University, College of Art and Design, Lecturer - Three Dimensional Studio

  • 2004

    Ewha Womans University, College of Art and Design, Lecturer - Metal Works 2

  • 2002

    University of Iowa, School of Art and Art History, Teaching Assistant - Figure Modeling

  • 2001

    University of Iowa, School of Art and Art History, Teaching Assistant - Sculpture 2