RESUME

Jae Hi Ahn is a Korean born, New York based  multidisciplinary artist. 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024 Solace In Nature (made possible by NYFA/DCLA/Queens Arts Fund), Yant Art Space, Forest Hills, NY

2023 The Condolence Message, Sunroom Project Space at Wave Hill, Bronx, NY

2022 Green Space, Lobby Gallery, 200 Water St, NYC by Durst & ChaShaMa

2011-2012 Terrarium, Steinhardt Conservatory Gallery at Brooklyn Botanic Garden

2011 Synthetic Forest, Yegam Art Gallery, Queens, NY

2009 Organic Structure, Phoenix gallery, NYC

2008 Dreaming Plant, Alpan Gallery, Huntington, NY

2008 Planting Season, Broadway Windows at NYU, NYC

2007 Fantasia, Dam Stuhltrager Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2007 Jae Hi Ahn & Pia Remedios (Two person show), MX Espai 1010, Barcelona, Spain

2007 Jae Hi Ahn: New Work, Phoenix gallery, Chelsea, NY

2006 Aquatic Garden at Washington Square Windows at NYU, NYC

2006 Underwater Forest, Alpan gallery, Huntington, NY

2005 Sea Flowers Alpan gallery, Huntington, NY

2005 Collector’s Room at Dam Stuhltrager Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2004 Han Yong Jin Award, Space World Gallery, LIC, NY

2004 A Closer Look (Two person show), Art League of LI at The Bryant Library, Roslyn, NY

2002 Multimedia Center, Palisades Park Library, NJ

2002 Traces, Second Ave. Firehouse, Bay Shore, NY

2001 Jae Hi Ahn, Art Students League Gallery, LIU & Sculpture Gallery, LIU, NY

PUBLIC PROJECTS

2010 Summer Debris, curated by G Train Salon, Urban Alchemist, Brooklyn, NY

2010 Sea Flowers, Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY

2010 Pool Art Fair, Gershwin Hotel, NYC

2009 The Aerial, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, Michigan

2009 Waterscape, DUMBO Art Under the Bridge Festival, Dumbo Art Center, Brooklyn, NY

2008 Dreaming Plant at Elmo, NYC

2007-08 Nature/ Not Nature, The Field Sculpture Park at Omi International Arts Center, Ghent, NY

2006 “Night in Bloom” DUMBO Art Under the Bridge Festival, Dumbo Art Center, Brooklyn, NY

2006 Conflux, Rider Project 2006, Williamsburg, NY & Cell2Cell2Cell, Rider Project,

Traveling Show

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 The World's Borough Exhibition, Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, NY

2022 Superfine Art Fair x Chashama, NYC, NY

2022 Evergreen (3 Person Show), Art Mora, Ridgefield Park, NJ

2021 Here Comes The Sun, URSA Gallery, Bridgeport, CT

2012 Repetition- Delirium, Muriel Guepin Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2012 A-MAZING_WATER, NY Aquarium, NY

2011 The Ocean Reglitterized, Pelham Arts Center, Pelham, NY

2011 Korean Art Show, Art Valley, NYC

2010 Annual Artist In Residence, John and Virginia Winner Memorial Art Gallery,

Cazenovia, NY

2010 Floating World, Building 110: LMCC’s Arts Center at Governors Island, NYC

2010 Nature/Culture, Castle Gallery, The College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY

2010 Connection: Nature, Crossing Art Gallery, Flushing and Hillwood Art Museum,

Brookville, NY

2009 Generations 7, AIR Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2009 Alpan Gathering, Alpan Gallery, Huntington, NY

2009 NURTUREart Benefit, The Claire Oliver Gallery, NYC

2009 Other, Other…High Visibility, Nathan Cummings Foundation by Bronx council on the Arts, NYC

2008 In Residence: Recent Projects from Sculpture Space, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, NYC

2008 Asian Contemporary Art Fair, Gallery Korea, NYC

2008 Annual Benefit, PS 122 Gallery, NYC

2007 Winter 2007, Alpan gallery, Huntington, NY

2007 Reprised Reality, Gallery Korea at Korean Cultural Center, NYC

2007 Unlikely Materials, Alpan gallery, Huntington, NY

2006 Of Nature and the Hand, Port Jefferson Village Center, Port Jefferson, NY

2006 Unambiguous (Printed exhibition on ArtWorld Digest), NYC

Parts to the Whole, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA

2005 From Nature, Traveling Show by YATOO, Korea

2005 Brooklyn Artists Alpan gallery, Huntington, NY

2005 16 Rooms, Hall Street Studio, Brooklyn, NY

2005 Intuition Perception, Concepto Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2004 Green Light Korean Cultural Service, Gallery Korea, NYC

2004 Gritty Exhibition Dam Stuhltrager Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2004 Drawing Reconsidered, Alpan Gallery, Huntington, NY

2004 Drawing from Woman, Virginia Commonwealth Univ. in Qatar, Doha, Qatar

2004 Fiber Arts Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY

2003 Mad Science:‘Tribute to Victor’, Art Garage, Columbia, SC

2003 100 Years, 100 Dreams, Space World Gallery, NY

2002 MFA Thesis Show, Hillwood Art Museum/LIU, Brookville, NY

2001 Art on The Run, The Armory Art Gallery & XYZ Gallery, Virginia

AWARDS & RESIDENCIES

2024 Queens Arts Fund by New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)

in partnership with the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA)

2011 Puffin Foundation Grant

2011 Brooklyn Arts Council Community Arts Regrant (funded by NYC Department of

Cultural Affairs)

2010 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council – Swing Space Grant, NYC

2010 Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY

2010 Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA

2009 Ragdale (Friends’ Fellowship) Residency, Lake Forest, IL

2009 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA

2008 Urban Artist Initiative Fellowship, NYC

2007 Sculpture Space Residency partially funded by New York State Council on the

Arts, Utica, NY

2007 Commissioned works for Korean Wave Award by Korean Cultural Service, NYC

2007 Artist’s Enclave at I-Park Residency, East Haddam, CT

2005 Alpan Gallery Summer Residency, Huntington, NY

2004 Han Yong Jin Award, NYC

2001 Seigel Grants, LIU, NY, O’malley’s Grants & Funds, LIU, NY

VIEWING PROGRAM

2023 White Columns Curated Artist Registry

RELATED EXPERIENCES

2014-2015 Instructor at Chungnam National University, South Korea

2013 Instructor at Gangneung-Wonju National University, South Korea

2013 Artist Lecturer at Gangneung-Wonju National University, South Korea

2008 Guest Artist, Parsons School of Design, NYC

2008 Visiting Artist, Chungnam National

Univ, Daejeon, South Korea

2006 Guest Artist, C.W.Post Campus/LIU, NY

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESS

2023 16 PUBLIC ART INSTALLATIONS TO SEE IN NYC, MAY 2023, Untapped New York

2021 Surreal Natural Sculptures: With Jae Hi Ahn, Floresta Magazine

2012 Terrarium Exhibit at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Inhabitat.com

2011 The L Magazine, Inside the Artist’s Studio: Jae Hi Ahn in Bed-Stuy

2011 SinoVision, www.video.sinovision.net

2011 The Brooklyn Paper, Brooklyn, NY

2010 NY1, “Your Weekend Starts Now”-Floating World, www.ny1.com

2010 Building 110: Art On The Island, NYC The Official Guide, www.nycgo.com

2010 Korean Art Explosion, Queens Chronicle, NY

2008 Artist of the Month, Bric Rotunda gallery, Brooklyn

2008 Huntington, Dreaming Plant, LI, The New York Times

2008 Jae Hi Ahn “Planting Season”, NY Art Beat, Art & Design, NYC

2007 Unlikely Materials, Alpan gallery by Elle Can, “M”, The NY Art World

2007 The Stuff That Creativity Is Made Of By BENJAMIN GENOCCHIO, The New York

Times

2007 7 Korean Artists Exhibition at Korean Cultural Service, The Korea Daily

2006 Gallery Guide: Jae Hi Ahn, The Korea Daily/NYC

2006 Under the Sea in Washington Square, www.gothamist.com

2006 30 Blocks of DUMBO – Courier Life Publications

2006 Of Nature and the Hand, Port Jefferson Newspaper

2006 ArtWorld Digest Magazine, “Unambiguous”, NYC

2006 Parts of What’s Up Artblog by Roberta Fallon and Libby Rosof, Philadelphia,

2005 About – From – For Nature, Geumgang Nature Art Pre-Biennale 2005 by YATOO,

South Korea

2005 No Water Required, The New York Times, Long Island

2005 Jae Hi Ahn, Dam Stuhltrager gallery, The Brooklyn Rail (by James Kalm)

2005 Free Williamsburg: Keane’s Greater Brooklyn Art Crawl

2004 Jae Hi Ahn The 2nd Han Yong Jin Award, The Segye Times/New York

2004 Open Studio at Navy Yard, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Jennifer Needleman

2004 A Closer Look, Newsletter/The Bryant Library, Roslyn, NY

2003 Installation Artist Jae Hi Ahn, The Korea Times/New York

2002 Art on The Run, The Roanoke Times/Virginia, Out & About/XYZ gallery

EDUCATION

MFA Long Island University/Post, NY

BFA (Sculpture) Chungnam National University, South Korea

Art Students League of NY (Printmaking)