born Seoul, Korea

lives and works in New York City

Education

1996 MFA, Sculpture. Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI. *Philip Morris Fellow.

1994 BA, Art Studio. University of Maryland, College Park, MD. *James P. Wharton Prize.

Solo Exhibitions/ Public Projects

2008 This is not a couch. Curated by Christopher Cook. Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO.

2005 Host. Curated by Shin-won Hwang. Project Space Sarubia, Seoul, Korea.

2004 Platform. Curated by Lauren Ross. White Columns, New York, NY.

2002 S. A public intervention, endorsed by Storefront for Art & Architecture and New York City Parks & Recreation. Lt. Petrosino Park, New York, NY.

Group Exhibitions/ Events

2010 The Absolutely Other. Curated by Miriam Katz. The Kitchen, New York, NY.

2009 Faces & Facts: Contemporary Korean Art in New York. Curated by YuJin Hwang. Gallery Korea, Queens Museum of Art, and Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Art Gallery, NY.

Happy Hour. Part of VendorBar organized by Kirby Gookin and Robin Kahn. Editions Artists' Books Fair, X Initiative, New York, NY.

Avant-Guide to NYC: Discovering Absence. Curated by Sandra Skurvida. apexart, New York, NY.

2008 Something from Nothing. Curated by Dan Cameron. Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA.

2005 Merit Badge. Curated by Jason Middlebrook. Craryville, NY.

Red White Blue. Curated by Erin Krause, Sadie Laska and Mark Orange. Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, NY.

Make It Now. Curated by Mary Ceruti, Anthony Huberman and Franklin Sirmans. SculptureCenter, Long Island City, NY.

ev+a. Curated by Dan Cameron. Various sites, Limerick, Ireland.

Lucky Draw. Benefit exhibition for SculptureCenter, Phillips de Pury Company, New York, NY.

Fluxsweet. Organized by Taketo Shimada. Harvestworks, New York, NY.

2004 The Holiday Shopping Show. Curated by Robin Kahn. Wallspace, New York, NY.

Postcards from the Edge. Benefit for VisualAIDS. Brent Sikkema, New York, NY.

Green Light: Twenty Young Korean Artists in New York. Curated by Jinyong Chung. Korean Cultural Services, New York, NY.

Election Button Campaign. Invited by Sacha Yanow. The Kitchen, New York, NY.

Arrival. Curated by Heng-gil Han. Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, NY.

Lucky Draw. Benefit exhibition. SculptureCenter, Long Island City, NY.

Grapefruit: Yoko Ono in 1964. Curated by Midori Yamamura. Ise Cultural Foundation, New York, NY.

6595 Miles (10614 km). Curated by Fabio J. Fernández. Network Gallery at Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI; Dukwon Gallery, Seoul, Korea.

2003 CultureFest. Invited by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Battery Park, New York, NY.

I Scream. An interactive street event. Invited by Sacha Yanow. The Kitchen, New York, NY.

Art at Times. Curated by Dieter Froese. The Barn, Callicoon, NY.

Central to the City: Manhattan Squares. Curated by Jonathan Kuhn. The Arsenal Gallery at Central Park, New York, NY.

The Love a Commuter Project. Organized by María Alós and Nicolás Dumit Estévez. Various New York City Subway Stations, in conjunction with El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY.

2002 It could happen to you. Curated by Dean Daderko as part of sans. Apex Art, New York, NY.

Masquerade Ball. Materials for the Arts, Long Island City, NY.

Looking In. An entire block of site-specific works near Ground Zero. Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY.

Body. Curated by Jennifer S. Musawwir and Rachel Armas Wynne. Musawwir Art Space, Midland Park, NJ.

Un Dia del Mar. An annual community day of special events. P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY.

A Big Hairy Deal. An Evening of Hair and Beauty benefiting Visual AIDS. Pioneer, New York, NY.

2002 Benefit Silent Auction and Gala. White Columns, New York, NY.

Beyond My Ken. A collaborative performance with sound artists Tommy Birchett, Michael Evans, Sean Meehan and Ken Montgomery. Produced by Thomas Buckner and Tom Hamilton. Lotus Music & Dance, New York, NY.

2001 Purloined. Curated by Christine Y. Kim. Artists Space, New York, NY.

AIM 21. Curated by Lydia Yee and Edwin Ramoran. The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY.

Get That Balance. Curated by Rabea Eipperle, Anja Hertenberger, Mette Kit Jensen, Hildur Jonsdottir, Christine Lemke, Karen Michelsen-Castañón, Eske Schlüters and Ute Vorkoeper. Kampnagel, Hamburg, Germany.

2000 Wine, Women & Wheels. Curated by Paul Ha. White Columns, New York, NY.

Achieving Failure: Gym Culture 2000. Curated by Bill Arning. Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY; Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH.

1997 PhotoPlus. Curated by Michael Hall and Dominic Kline. Network Gallery, Pontiac, MI.

The 21st Annual P.S.1 National/ International Studio Artists Exhibition. Clocktower Gallery, New York, NY.

Awards/ Activities

2005 Juror. Region-Art-Large Awards. Scholastic, Inc., New York, NY.

2004 Guest Lecturer. Tisch School of the Arts. New York University, New York, NY.

Juror. 2004 Bronx Recognizes Its Own Individual Artist Grants. Bronx Council on the Arts, Bronx, NY.

2003 Juror. 2003-2004 International Studio Program Selection. P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY.

Invited Artist. Strategic Planning Workshop. Creative Capital, New York, NY.

Artist Advisor. Focus Group Discussion. Creative Time, New York, NY.

2002 Agnes Gund Foundation Grant, New York, NY.

Artists Space Independent Project Grants. Artists Space, New York, NY.

2001 Rema Hort Mann Foundation Art Grant. Rema Hort Mann Foundation, New York, NY.

Proposal Commission. In the Public Realm. Public Art Fund, New York, NY.

Artist in the Marketplace Seminar Program. The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY.

1998 Panelist. Conversation on Contemporary Art & Politics. Moderated by Charles Carberry. With Gerard Byrne, Michael Clegg, Leon Golub, Claudia Hart and Mark Orange. P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY.

1996-97 Resident Artist. National/ International Studio Program. P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center’s Clocktower Gallery, New York, NY.

Bibliography

2005 Cameron, Dan. “Perambulations.” OPEN ev+a 2005. Catalogue essay. pp. 14, 23, 104-105.

Ceruti, Mary, Anthony Huberman and Franklin Sirmans. Make It Now. Exhibition catalogue.

Connolly, Maeve. “Limerick: ev+a.” CIRCA: Contemporary Visual Culture in Ireland. Issue 112, Summer 2005. p. 74.

Ní Chaoimh, Mairéad. “Into the Arts.” Limerick Leader. April 16. p. 8.

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2004 Chen, Yuyin. “Korean Art Show Makes the Journey, All 6595 Miles.” The Crane-Clarion. February. p. 11.

Green Light. Exhibition catalogue. Essay by Richard Vine. Korean Cultural Service, New York. pp. 7, 18-19.

Inhale Exhale. Exhibition catalogue. Essay by Chungmoo Yang. Dukwon Gallery, Seoul, Korea.

Kim, Yun-kyoung. “Dreaming of an Oasis Downtown: Public Art in New York.” Art in Culture. September. pp. 151, 155.

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2003 Abalos, Marilyn. “Hwang Ice Scream at Kitchen Fair.” The New York Theatre Wire. September 3.

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2002 Crawford, Sabrina. Cherrybomb. Master’s Thesis, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

Kalita, S. Mitra. “With Touch of Color, Artists Help Revive Downtown Block.” Newsday. October 9. p. A28.

Kerr, Merrily. “Pushing the Envelope in Harlem.” NY Arts. March. p. 7.

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2001 Faust, Lily. “Wine Women & Wheels.” The New York Art World. January. p. 18.

Johnson, Ken. “Wine, Women and Wheels.” The New York Times. January 12. p. E51.

Yee, Lydia and Edwin Ramoran. aim 21. pp. 4, 23, 43, 46.

2000 Arning, Bill and Joel Sanders. Achieving Failure: Gym Culture 2000. pp. 4, 8.

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1997 Kline, Dominic. “PhotoPlus.” Catalogue essay.

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