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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 received her MFA (2025) in Studio Art at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University (SMFA at Tufts). She is a recipient of Tufts University’s Domestic Travel Grant, SMFA at Tufts 2025 Traveling Fellowships, and 2025 Nichols Drawing Breath Award. 


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

EDUCATION

2025             MFA in Studio Art, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts. University, Boston, MA
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              The New York Resilience Award: Healing Through Art exhibition, Agora Gallery,
                      New York, NY (Presented in partnership with the MyWhatIf Foundation)
2025              Pushing Gently, Tempting Fate, SMFA at Tufts Mission Hill Puddingstone, Boston, MA
2025              2025 National Prize Show, University Place Gallery, Cambridge Art Association (CAA),
                      Cambridge, MA (Juror: Sayantan Mukhopadhyay)
2025              Mary Schein Fall Salon, University Place Gallery, Cambridge Art Association (CAA), Cambridge, MA
2025-2026     The Small Works Project, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
2025              Shape of a Matrix, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
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
 

FELLOWSHIP/ GRANTS/ AWARDS

2025             2025 SMFA at Tufts Traveling Fellowship, SMFA at Tufts, Boston, MA
2025             2025 Emerging Artists Exhibit Award, Cambridge Art Association (CAA), Cambridge, MA
2025             Post Graduate Teaching Fellow (PGTF) in the Painting and Drawing Department,
                     SMFA at Tufts, Boston, MA
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

Julia Keith, “October International Community Feature,” Tufts International Center Newsletter, October 17, 2025
https://icenter.tufts.edu/blog/2025/09/19/international-community-feature-mijung-yun/

Quinobequin Review, Stories from Greater Boston “Desire Lines,” Fall ‘25/ Winter ’25 Edition

SMFA at Tufts University, Graduate Program at SMFA, August 20, 2025.
https://youtu.be/Gk13kr8-pNE?si=D-Nz2o8dH4vcpjiF

SMFA at Tufts University, Overview of SMFA Programs, August 20, 2025.
https://youtu.be/1fn4-H2FrcU?si=XGpf8CMqE_1ssN5D

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            “Artist Caretakers Networking Night,” Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA,
                     November 8, 2025. Panelist (Jamal Thorne, Amy Lovera, MiJung Yun and
                     Michelle Millar Fisher). Moderator: Doug Breault
2025           “Shape of A Matrix” Artist Talk, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA, August 24, 2025.
                     Panelist. Moderator: Barb Abulashvili
2025           “2025 Emerging Artists Exhibit” Artist Talk, Cambridge Art Association (CAA),
                     On Zoom, August 8, 2025. Panelist. Moderator: Candice Driver
2025           “Earth, Interrupted: landscape and environmental art.” It Followed Me Home, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA, March 8,
                     2025. Panelist. Moderator: Patte Loper