RESUME

Bio 

Born in South Korea and currently working in Boston, MiJung Yun is a visual artist best known for abstract paintings and drawings of natural phenomena. Examples of this are disasters such as volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, as well as oceans and rocks. Throughout her career, she has favored charcoal, graphite, pen, and ink on paper, and acrylic and oil paint on canvas. These materials are used to depict the structures of natural imagery and human figures from life, memory, and imagination. MiJung received her B.A. in Education and M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction Education from Arizona State University. Later, she decided to pursue art as a profession and achieved an A.A. in Fine Arts from Mesa Community College. She is currently working towards her MFA (August, 2025) in Studio Art at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University. She is a recipient of Tufts University’s Domestic Travel Grant. 

Resume 

@mjy_mijungyun / mijungyun.com / mijungyundrawings@yahoo.com

EDUCATION

2025        MFA (candidate) in Studio Art, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts. University, Boston, MA
                (expected graduation: August 2025)

2022        AA in Fine Arts (Visual and Performing Arts), Graduating with High Distinction, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ

2011        MA in Curriculum and Instruction, Education, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

2009        BA in Education, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025       Emerging Artists Exhibit, Cambridge Art Association (CAA) exhibition, Canal Gallery, Cambridge, MA
               (curated by Jameson Johnson)

2025       New Talent, Alpha Gallery (in SoWa), Boston, MA

2025       Through Shifting Lenses, 2025 MFA Thesis Show, Tufts University Art Gallery, Medford, MA
               (curated by Kimberli Meyer)

2025       Year End Award Winners Exhibition, Well Gallery, SMFA at Tufts, Boston, MA

2025       Moments: Past ~ Present ~ Future, TILL Wave Gallery, Watertown, MA

2025       Vitrified, Annual Ceramics area Atrium show, Atrium gallery, SMFA at Tufts, Boston, MA

2025       It Followed Me Home, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA

2025       In Between, Two-Person Exhibition with Yining Lee, Mission Hill Gallery, Boston, MA

2024       Art With Heart, TILL Wave Gallery, Watertown, MA

2024       Eleventh hours, Mission Hill Gallery, SMFA at Tufts, Boston, MA

2024       Material Matters, Well Gallery, SMFA at Tufts, Boston, MA

2024       Art and Color 365's 2024 Drawings art competition, Art and Color 365 magazine

2024       Hands, Nails, Seeds, SMFA Weems Center Atrium, SMFA at Tufts, Boston, MA

2024       FAVES, Mission Hill Gallery, SMFA at Tufts, Boston, MA

2024       2024 Drawing and Painting Biennial, SMFA at Tufts, Boston, MA

2024       Please Please First year MFA exhibition, Mission Hill Gallery, SMFA at Tufts, Boston, MA

2023       Voices of Lake County Project: Lake County at Work, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL
 

GRANTS/AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS

2025       2025 Nichols Drawing Breath Award, SMFA at Tufts, Boston, MA

2025       SMFA Special Materials Fund, SMFA at Tufts, Boston, MA

2024       Nominated for 2025-26 Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship of the
               Association of Independent College of Arts and Design (AICAD) by SMFA at Tufts

2024       Artistic Recognition, Art and Color 365's 2024 Drawings art competition, Art and Color 365 magazine

2024       Graduate Student Photo Contest, Student Life Category, SMFA at Tufts, Boston, MA

2024       Domestic Travel Grant, SMFA at Tufts, Boston, MA

2024       SMFA Material Funds 2024, SMFA at Tufts, Boston, MA

2024       Montague International Travel Grant, SMFA at Tufts, Boston, MA

2022       Tempe Artist Guild (TAG)/ MCC Scholarship, Tempe, AZ

2021       MCC Honors Achievement Award, MCC, Mesa, AZ

2021       MCC J. Delores Griffel Scholarship Endowment, MCC, Mesa, AZ

2021       Paulette Schlosser Memorial Scholarship, MCC, Mesa, AZ

2021       Judy A. Christensen Re-Entry Student Scholarship, MCC, Mesa, AZ

2021       MCC Honors Achievement Award for 2021 Spring, MCC, Mesa, AZ

2021       MCC Honors Achievement Award for 2020 Fall, MCC, Mesa, AZ

2020       MCC J. Delores Griffel Scholarship Endowment, MCC, Mesa, AZ

2020       MCC Honors Achievement Award for 2020 Spring, MCC, Mesa, AZ

2020       Juror’s Award, 2020 MCC Student Art Show, MCC, Mesa, AZ
 

PUBLICATION / INTERVIEWS

SMFA at Tufts University, 2025 MFA Thesis Exhibition Walkthrough: “Through Shifting Lenses,” July 3, 2025. https://youtu.be/pndT6Mlu458?si=XuM0hQY1VuEUDVhL

Julia Wintner, Eastern Connecticut State University Art Gallery, June 18, 2025. https://youtu.be/CCu0nztjOUg?si=IDD7PZn130JMzdM9

Cate McQuaid, “When hierarchy crumbles,” Ocean in a drop, May 15, 2025.
https://catemcquaid.substack.com/p/when-hierarchy-crumbles?utm_campaign=emailpost&r=5pttuw&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Cate McQuaid, “Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond,” Boston Globe, May 8, 2025. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/08/arts/things-to-do-in-boston-thisweekend/

Hyperallergic, “SMFA at Tufts Presents Through Shifting Lenses, the 2025 MFA Thesis Exhibition,” May 1, 2025. https://hyperallergic.com/1007771/smfa-at-tufts-presents-throughshifting-lenses-the-2025-mfa-thesis-exhibition/

Tufts University Arts Gallery (TUAG), “Up Next: 2025 SMFA at Tufts MFA Thesis Exhibition,” TUAG E-Newsletter, April 23, 2025.

Julie Flaherty, “Art Students Life Eyes and Spirits in a Tufts Dental Clinic,” Tufts Now, April 7, 2025. https://now.tufts.edu/2025/04/07/art-students-lift-eyes-and-spirits-tufts-dental-clinic

Julie Flaherty, “Life After Art School? A New Course Has It Covered,” Tufts Now, March 19,2025. https://now.tufts.edu/2025/03/19/life-after-art-school-new-course-has-it-covered

Yoko Zhu, "This Week, Three Boston Art Schools Collaborate for a Citywide Open Studios Event," Boston Art Review, February 28, 2025. https://www.bostonartreview.com/read/openstudios-boston-art-schools-2025-yoko-zhu

“Artist Recognition, 2024 Drawings Art Competition,” Art and Color 365, Summer/Early Fall 2024, Vol. 2, No. 2.
 

ARTIST TALKS/PANELS

2025 “Earth, Interrupted: landscape and environmental art.” It Followed Me Home, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA, March 8, 2025. Panelist. Moderator: Patte Loper