Contact
kyunghwashon@gmail.com
Education
2013 - 2018 PhD. Painting, School of Arts and Humanities, Royal College of Art, London, UK.
2009 - 2011 MFA. Painting and Drawing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA.
2002 - 2008 BFA. Painting, Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea.
2006 - 2007 BFA. École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France.
Artist in Residence
2017 SWAP:UK/Ukraine Artist Residency Programme, British Council & Liverpool Biennale.
2015 Visiting Artist, Pure Print Elements, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
2011 - 2012 The Starr Scholar, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK.
Solo Exhibition
2018 Every Second in Between, partnership with Stanhope, White City Public art commission project, London, UK.
2017 Should I put sunglasses on?, YermilovCentre, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
2017 A Space of the 'In-Between': Word, Time, Image, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea.
2016 WW Solo Award: The City of Fragments, WW Contemporary Art, London Art Fair, London, UK.
2016 The surface of the city and the depth of the psyche, Alternative Space Loop, Seoul, Korea.
2013 Psychogeographic Contemporary Abstract Landscapes, Seoul Olympic Museum of Art (SOMA), Seoul, Korea.
2012 Psychogeographic Abstract Landscapes In London, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK.
2012 Silhouette of the London Landscape, Royal Academy Schools, London, UK.
2010 Fragments of the Chicago City Maze Project, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA.
2007 Soul, Find, Space, École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France.
Group Exhibition (selected)
2018 Wonder City, Sehwa Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea.
2018 SWAP:UK/Ukraine 2017, YermilovCentre, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
2017 Perceived identities:to have or to be, YermilovCentre, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
2017 The Snapdragons, collaboration with Cultural Traffic and Hiu Tung Lau,
Artsvit Gallery (Dnipro, Ukraine), YermilovCentre (Kharkiv, Ukraine), Royal College of Art (London, UK)
2017 Snaps is the Name of the Game or A Few Words on Secret Writing, Barbican Arts Group Trust, UK.
2017 Contemporary Visions VII, Beers London Gallery, London, UK.
2017 Stars of Stars, Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon, Korea.
2017 THE SHIPS ARE ALWAYS THERE, Crate Project Space, Chiara Williams Contemporary Art, Margate, UK.
2016 Paper | Publication | Performance, Lychee One Gallery, London, UK.
2016 Stand a little out of my sun, Atrium Space, Barbican Arts Group Trust, London, UK.
2016 Notes App, Dyson Gallery, Royal College of Art, London, UK.
2015 UK/RAINE : Emerging Artists from the UK and Ukraine, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK.
2015 Uncovered Invisible Remnants, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
2015 Mindful Mindless, Seoul Olympic Museum of Art (SOMA), Seoul, Korea.
2015 The Great Artist, Posco Art Museum, Seoul, Korea.
2015 Artworks Open, Artworks Project Space, Barbican Arts Group Trust, London, UK.
2015 The Faces of SeongNam_City樂, Seongnam Arts Centre, Seongnam, Korea.
2015 Surface, Materiality, Space, Hockney gallery, London, UK.
2015 Why Would I lie?, 2015 Research Biennial, Royal College of Art, London, UK.
2015 You never look at me from the place which I see you, Blyth Gallery, Imperial College, London, UK.
2015 RCA Secret, Dyson Gallery, London, UK.
2014 re:SEARCH, Dyson Gallery, Royal College of Art, London, UK.
2014 RCA Secret, Dyson Gallery, London, UK.
2013 Take Old Road New Way, Gallery Korea of the Korean Cultural Service New York, NY, USA.
2012 NOW X HERE, Korean Cultural Centre UK, London, UK.
2011 300 S. Riverside Plaza Exhibit I, King Art Collective, 300 S. Riverside Plaza Building, Chicago, USA.
2011 Union League Civic & Arts Foundation Visual Arts Competition for finalists, Union League Civic & Arts
Foundation, Chicago, USA.
2011 Nippon 18th Exhibition Show 2, Nippon Steel U.S.A, Inc. Chicago, USA.
2011 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Wabash Gallery, Chicago, USA.
2010 Nippon 18th Exhibition Show 1, Nippon Steel U.S.A, Inc. Chicago, USA.
2010 Art Loop Open, Block 37, Chicago, USA.
2010 Green Showcase, Harold Washington College, Chicago, USA.
2010 Interiority-Exteriority, 18S. Wabash Pop-Up Art Loop Gallery, Chicago, USA.
2010 A Live Exhibition, Jewish Community Center, Chicago, USA.
Articles (selected)
2018 Interview with OTB TV Channel, "Your Morning", Kharkiv, Ukraine.
2018 Interview with White Noise, Eve Watling, “Every Second in Between: Public Art Coming to White City”, UK.
(http://whitenoise.city/articles/every-second-in-between-public-art-coming-to-white-city)
2018 Valeriya Rudenko, “Perceived identities: to have or to be: residence in the YermilovCentre”, FAQindecor.
(http://faqindecor.com/ru/mnimye-identichnosti-imet-ili-byt-kak-prohodit-rezidenciya-v-ermilovcentr)
2017 Jeon So-Hyun, “Young artists examine the struggles of changed perspective”, Korea Joongang Daily.
2016 Hana Yoon, "A City of Flâneur Looking for a Ghost", CNB(July), Exhibition Review, p.51-53.
2016 India Irving, "ArtAttack Interviews Korean artist, Kyung Hwa Shon", ArtAttack.
(https://artattackapp.wordpress.com/2016/02/08/artattack-interview-kyung-hwa-shon-london-art-fair)
2016 Sarah Barlondon, "The Faces of Art Projects At London Art Fair 2016", ArtReport.
(http://artreport.com/the-faces-of-art-projects-at-london-art-fair-2016)
2015 Liza Premiyak, "Raw talent : Ten emerging artists from UK and Ukraine", The Calvert Journal, UK.
(http://calvertjournal.com/articles/show/5022/uk-raine-art-saatchi-firtash-selection)
2015 Philip Gowman, "Exhibition News: Kyung Hwa Shon in UK/RAINE, at Saatchi Gallery", London Korean Links, UK.
(http://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/12/03/exhibition-news-kyung-hwa-shon-in-ukraine-at-saatchi-gallery)
2015 Jac Kuntz and Ana Sekler, "Alumni Spotlight, Q&A with Kyung Hwa Shon ", School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA.
(http://www.saic.edu/alumni/alumnistories/qa-with-kyung-hwa-shon.html)
2015 "Uncovered Invisible Remnants", Pure Print Elements, University of Porto (Faculty of Fine Arts), Porto, Portugal.
2013 Jin Myung Lee, "Psychogeographic Contemporary Abstract Landscapes", Monthly Art Magazine (Dec),
Exhibition Review, p.161.
2009 Dr. Jeongsook Lee, "Artists with New Concepts" presented at the 2009 Incheon Women Artists’ Biennale International
Symposium for the Women Artists in the ‘Post-Feminism’ Era panel.
Award (selected)
2018 Winner for White City Artist Commission (Public art commission for White City Place)
2017 Winner for Kumho Museum of Art (Young Artist), Korea.
2016 Finalist for HIX Award 2016, UK.
2015 Winner for WW SOLO AWARD 2015, UK.
2015 Finalist for UK/RAINE Art Prize, Saatchi Gallery & Firtash Foundation, UK.
2015 Winner for Alternative Space Loop Art Prize, Seoul, Korea.
2015 Finalist for Artworks Open 2015, Barbican Arts Group Trust, UK.
2015 Finalist for the great artist, Posco Art Museum, Korea.
2015 Research Conference Fund, Royal College of Art, London, UK.
2014 Collaboration with Paul Hedge and Hales Gallery & Drake’s, Pocket square design, London, UK.
2012 Winner for Seoul Olympic Museum of Art (SOMA) Drawing Prize, Seoul, Korea.
2013 Finalist for 100 Painters of Tomorrow competition.
2012 The Starr Foundation Scholarship, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK.
2011 Carrie Ellen Tuttle Fellowship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA.
2011 Finalist for The Clare Rosen and Samuel Edes Foundation Prize, SAIC, Chicago, USA.
2011 Finalist for the 2011 Union League Civic & Arts Foundation Visual Arts Competition, Union League Club of Chicago, USA.
2011 Artavita Art Competition, USA.
2007 Painting Department Special Scholarship, Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea.
2006 Exchange program Scholarship and Award, Embassy of France in Korea.
2006 Merit Excellent Honors Scholarship, Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea.
2006 Dean and Chair Special Scholarship and Award, Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea.
2006 President Honors Scholarship, Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea.
2005 President Honors Scholarship, Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea.
2003 Merit Excellent Honors Scholarship, Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea.
Collection (Selected)
2018 HSBC Art collection, UK.