Born Seoul, the Republic of Korea, 1982
Work and Live in Long Island City, NY
Education
2010-2012 MFA in Painting, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2005-06 Post-Baccalaureate, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2001-05 BFA in Painting and Drawing, The School of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Solo Exhibition
2019
"HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT", OH ART Foundation, Chicago, IL Sep 20th - Oct 11th
2015
"UNDERLINE: Recent Works by Judy Yang", Whitebox Art Center, New York, NY. Feb 4th - 24th
Group Exhibition
2018
"TINY ACTS TOPPLE EMPIRES", Curated by Heather Darcy Bhandari, The Woskob Family Gallery, State College, PA, March 29-June 2
2016
"Unsettled", The Korean Cultural Center New York, NY, November 16th-December 16th
AHL Annual Benefit Auction for 13th Annual Benefit Gala and Award Ceremony, New York, NY
"Artists Co-Op III", Curated by Rejin Leys, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Jamaica, NY June 17th-August 30th
2015
"Luminous Coordineates", Curated by Eun Young Choi, AHL Foundation, Inc., Hutchins Gallery, Long Island University, Brookville, NY
"Illegal Souvernirs", Curated by Annesofie Sandal, Field Projects, New York, NY
2014
"A Politics of Drawing: Proposal for a Method of Transformation", Curated by Phillip Glahn and John O'Connor, Barbara Walters Gallery in Heimbold Visual Art Center, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
“Outer Seed Shadow#1 Benefit Auction”, and James Hotel, NYC, NY
Group Exhbition, Skidmore Contemporary Art Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“Bridging the Gap”, QCC Art Gallery, the City University of New York, Queens borough CommunityCollege, Bayside, NY
2013
"Curate NYC Top 150", Rush Arts Gallery, Chelsea, NY Oct 24th-Nov 2nd
"Intern Project Exhibition", Freight+Volume Gallery, Chelsea, NY, August 22-August 31th
"The Story of the Creative", See I Exhibition Space, Long Island City, NYC, July 25th-September 10th
“Bridging the Gap”, a juried Amy H. Winter, PH.D., Director and Curator, Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College, CUNY, group exhibition, LICARTISTS, INC., juried three-venue exhibition, Flushing Town Hall, La Guardia Community College in LIC, and Queens borough Community
College, Bayside, funded Queens Council on the Arts
2012
Thesis Solo Exhibition, the Pratt Studios Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2011
"CurateNYC 2011", Rush Arts Gallery, Chelsea, NY
"Fracture", a Collaboration of the History of Art and Design Student Association and the Pratt Artist's League, Steuben
Graduate Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
"NO TREND", Pratt Artist League Fall 2011 Exhibition Curated by Jamillah James, Steuben Graduate Gallery,
Brooklyn, NY
"The Pratt Harlem Project", 2280 Frederick Douglass Blvd, Harlem, NY
"Inaugural Pratt Student Show", Hadas Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
"Layers", DeKalb Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2010 First Year Exhibition, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
"Contemporary Female Mythologies", Primo Piano LivinGallery for Contemporary Art, Lecce, Italy
2009
“Anima Mundi”, Primo Piano LivinGallery for Contemporary Art, Lecce, Italy
Printmaking, Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, New York, NY
2008
“Lift Off!” Plant Zero, Richmond VA
2007
“Unanimous Head Apparatus”, FAB Gallery, Richmond, VA
“Icosahdronl”, FOX 3 Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2006
“Twenty Three Resolutions”, FOX 3 Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Commencement Exhibition, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Drawing, FOX 3 Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Art Fair
2013
The Select Fair, South Beach, Miami
The New Contemporary Vienna International Art Fair (represent by Shirin Gallery, Chelsea, NY), Messe Wien, Vienna
Lectures
2013
Artist Talk& Studio Visits, Sarah Lawrence College, the Art Department, Bronxville, NY
2012
Focus & Motivation MFA Artist Presenting their Art, Hunter College, the Art Department, NYC, NY
Publications
2014 Interview by Tuuum.com
Gim Jin Hye, Korean Times Newspaper, "JooYeon Yang and Jo Yn QCC Exhibition", January 11th, A8
2013 The Studio Visit Magazine Volume 22, juried by Dina Deitsch, Senior
Curator, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA, Open Studio
Press, Boston, MA
Swerve, A UMW Student Run Literary Journal, Spring 2013 Issue, Visual
Arts, Washington
2010
Leece Newspaper,"Anima Mudi", Revelations of Art". Leece, Italy, Novermber 22nd, pg31
AuiSalento, The "New Woman": Visions and Sounds", Leece, Italy, March 10th
Leece Newspaper, "Feminine mythologies" the art of Women", Leece, Italy, March 10th, 35
Curatorial
Curator and founder, The Torus Collective, SELECT ART FAIR, Miami, FL
Residency
2016 Mass MoCA Assets for Artists Residency, December 14th-22nd, North Adams, MA
The Vermont Studio Center, Printmaking, September 25th-October 8th
Mass MoCA Assets for Artists Residency, June 17th-July 21th, North Adams, MA
2013 The Vermont Studio Center, Oct 27 2013 - Nov 22, 2013, Johnson, VT
Awards
2016
VSC Merit-based Artist Grant,The Vermont Studio Center, September 25th-October 8th
2013
First Prize in the Fine Art Section of the ENDANGERED Art and Photography Annual Contest
VSC Fellowship Award for a four-week residency at the Vermont Studio Center, Oct 27 2013 - Nov 22, 2013, Johnson, VT
The Pratt Institute Circle Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement
2010 First Year Scholarship, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2005 Merit Scholarship, Maryland Art Institute College of Art, Baltimore MD
2010 - present
2010 - present