EDUCATION
2017 M.F.A., Design Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2005 A.A.S., Fashion Design, Fashion Institute of Technology
2001 M.A., Political Science, Seoul National University
1997 B.S., Clothing & Textiles, Seoul National University
HONORS and AWARDS
2021 Winner, Forward Art Prize, Women Artists Forward Fund, Madison, WI
2020 Semifinalist, Forward Art Prize, Women Artists Forward Fund, Madison, WI
2019 Winner, Pinney Library Call for Public Art, Madison Public Library
2019 Best of Show, Clotheshorse, Indianapolis Art Center
2017 Bob and Peggy Culbertson Scholarship, Penland School of Craft
2017 School of Human Ecology Graduate Student Funding, UW-Madison
2016 Best Overall Award, Design 2016, School of Human Ecology, UW-Madison
2016 STAR Award (Christine M. Steenbock Fund), School of Human Ecology, UW-Madison
2016 Lenore G. Tawney Scholarship, Penland School of Craft
2015 ATEXINC-Apparel and Textile Education Xchange Award for Excellence in Marketable Textile Design, International Textile and Apparel Association
2015 Outstanding Student Award, Surface Design Association
2015 Tessia Brown Show Stopper Award, School of Human Ecology, UW-Madison
2015 Design Studies Graduate Student Funding, School of Human Ecology, UW-Madison
2015 BLINK for Gallery Night (grant), Madison Arts Commission
2005 Critic’s Award, Fashion Institute of Technology
1993-96 Scholarships, Seoul National University
SOLO EXHIBITION
2021 She Presents, Artistry, Bloomington, MN
2020 Us, Midwest, a permanent installation in Madison Public Library (Pinney), Madison, WI
2019 She Presents, Art and Literature Laboratory, Madison, WI
2018 Anthropo-Scenes, Madison Public Library, Madison, WI
2017 Maegu Studio, Ruth Design Gallery, Madison, WI
GROUP EXHIBITION/PUBLICATION
2022 Blurry Boundaries: Contemporary Artists, Imagination, and the Space Between, Racine Art Museum, WI
2020 A Porous Membrane, Inko Centre, Chennai, India (virtual exhibition)
2020 Art & Nature: The Year of the Environment (celebrating the 50th anniversary of Earth Day and UW Madison’s Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies), Madison Arts Commission at Madison City Hall, Madison, WI
2019 Unstill Lifes, Overture Gallery, Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI
2019 Clotheshorse Exhibition, Indiannapolis Art Center, Indiannapolis, IN (Juror: Kyle Herrington)
2019 Studying History, Designing the Future, Promega Art Showcase, Fitchburg, WI
2019 Print and Resist, Madison Public Library, Madison, WI
2019 26th Parkside National Print Exhibition, Rita Tallent Regional Center for Arts and Humanities, Parkside, WI
2019 Bridge Work, Allen Priebe Gallery, Oshkosh, WI
2018 Arsenal, Art and Literature Laboratory, Madison, WI
2017 Art En Route, Memorial Union, Madison, WI
2017 Intertwined, Promega Art Showcase, Madison, WI
2017 Design 2017, Ruth Davis Design Gallery, Madison, WI
2017 Print and Resist, Madison Public Library, Madison, WI
2017 Exhibition in Prints, Surface Design Association, USA
2016 You Can’t Take It with You, Common Wealth Gallery, Madison, WI
2016 Transgressing Traditions, Surface Design Association, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
2016 Human Ecology: Three Constructed Landscapes, Common Wealth Gallery, Madison, WI
2016 Design MMoCA, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
2015 Design 2016, Ruth Davis Design Gallery, Madison, WI
2015 Graduate Student Showcase, Ruth Davis Design Gallery, Madison, WI
2015 International Textile and Apparel Association Design Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM
2015 BLINK for Gallery Night, Madisons Art Commision, Hilldale Shopping Center, Madison, WI
2015 Threads 2015: Pulse, Nancy Nicholas Hall, Madison, WI
2015 Design 2015, Ruth Davis Design Gallery, Madison, WI
2015 Graduate Student Showcase, Ruth Davis Design Gallery, UW-Madison, Madison, WI
2014 Convergence, Gallery 7, Madison, WI