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Education 2020 The School of Art at Chautauqua Visual Arts, Chautauqua Institute, Chautauqua, NY 2016 Master of Fine Arts, The School of the Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts University, Boston, MA 2012 Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, Studio Art, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 2010 Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA Solo Exhibitions 2019 Yellow Womanhood, Honfleur Gallery, Anacostia Arts Center, Washington, DC More Than a Body, Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA Authentic Hybridity, Korus Hall, Korean Cultural Center, Washington, DC 2018 Collective Quilting, Maze Gallery, Montgomery College, Silver Spring, MD Blanket Statement, Hartnett Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 2017 Like Any Other, IA&A at Hillyer, Washington, DC Work in Progress, Textile Arts Center, New York, NY Womanspreading, The Project Space, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Alberta, Canada 2016 Like Any Other, The Cyclorama, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA Selected Group Exhibitions 2021 Design and Healing: Creative Responses to Epidemics (forthcoming), Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY The Power of Patience (forthcoming), BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD Amplify (current), Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA #mask: Creative Responses to the Global Pandemic (current), Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, NM ROLODEX. Craft a Conversation, John Cram Partner Gallery, Center for Craft, Asheville, NC K-Recollection, Korean Cultural Center, Washington, DC 2020 There, There, IA&A at Hillyer, Washington, DC Handcrafted: Textile Art Biennial, Kay Gallery, BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD Rights and Wrongs: Citizenship, Belonging, and the Vote, The Peale Center at Carroll Mansion, Carroll Museums, Baltimore, MD Loudoun Arts Film Festival and Exhibition, Loudoun Arts at 50 West Vineyards, Middleburg, VA Looking Forward While Looking Back: Reassertions, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY 2019 Here: A Bit of Everywhere and Everyone They’ve Been, Main Gallery, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY Over, Under, Forward, Back, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA (catalog) 8th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Carroll Gallery, Marshall University, Huntington, WV 2018 New Works, The New Gallery, Northern Virginia Community College, Woodbridge, VA 2017 One Another, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA Mother Tongue, Mary Fifield Art Gallery, Bunker Hill Community College, Boston, MA 2016 Painting Biennial: She Comes in Rags, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA 2015 Flormula, Hunt Memorial Library, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA All is Subject, Gallery 360, Northeastern University, Boston, MA Chosen Homeland, Korean Cultural Center, Washington, DC (catalog) Residencies and Fellowships 2021 The Factory, Residency, Manchester, NH 2020 International Arts & Artists and DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Fellowship, Washington, DC 2019 NARS Foundation, Residency, Brooklyn, NY 2018 School of the Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts University, Traveling Fellowship, Boston, MA 2017 Root Studio, Residency, Columbia, MD Textile Arts Center, Work In Progress Residency, New York, NY Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Residency, Alberta, Canada 2016 Vermont Studio Center, Residency and Emerging Artist Fellowship supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, Johnson, VT Gallery 263, Residency, Cambridge, MA 2012 Georgetown University, CNDLS's Integrative Arts Fellowship, Washington, DC Other Awards 2020 BlackRock Center for the Arts, Handcrafted Textile Art Biennial Juror's Award, Germantown, MD 2019 Torpedo Factory Art Center, 2019 Solo Exhibition First Prize at Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA Marshall University, 8th Annual National Juried Exhibition Third Prize, Huntington, WV 2017 Korean Cultural Center, 23rd Annual Juried Art Exhibition Second Prize, Los Angeles, CA 2016 Tufts University, Graduate Travel Grant, Medford, MA School of the Museum of Fine Arts, President’s Research Award, Boston, MA School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Montague Travel Grant, Boston, MA 2015 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boit Award Honorable Mention, Boston, MA KOWINNER: Korean Women's Int'l Foundation, International Art Competition First Prize, Hong Kong 2012 Phi Beta Kappa, Joseph S. Lepgold Award First Prize, Washington, DC Georgetown University, 20th Annual Misty Dailey Award for Excellence in the Arts, Washington, DC American Association of University Women, Celebrating Women’s Voices in Politics and Art at the National Museum of Women in the Arts: Poster Competition First Prize, Washington, DC Professional Experiences 2021–present Lecturer, The University of Maryland, College Park, MD 2017–present Adjunct Faculty, Northern Virginia Community College, Woodbridge, VA 2018 Artist in Residence, Montgomery College, Silver Spring, MD 2016 Post Graduate Teaching Fellow, School of the Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts University, Boston, MA Selected Lectures, Workshops, and Juries 2021 Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, NM Korean Cultural Center, Washington, DC IA&A at Hillyer, Washington, DC 2020 ArtTable, New York, NY The Woodlawn & Frank Lloyd Wright’s Pope-Leighey House, Alexandria, VA The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC 2019 Anacostia Arts Center, Washington, DC Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA The Fine Gallery, Leesburg, VA 2018 South Bay Contemporary SoLA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA The Art League, Alexandria, VA Transformer, Washington, DC Montgomery College, Silver Spring, MD The University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 2017 IA&A at Hillyer, Washington, DC Textile Arts Center, New York, NY 2016 Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA Emerson College, Boston, MA 2015 Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 2012 Georgetown University, Washington, DC Public Collections Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY The New York Public Library, New York, NY Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, NM Selected Bibliography Mark Jenkins, "In the galleries: Celebrating the art of the game with unexpected delights," The Washington Post, July 2, 2021. [link] Kathaleen Roberts, "Exhibit looks at face coverings from around the world as both protective and ornamental devices," Albuquerque Journal, May 22, 2021. Kimberly Ruth, "Unapologetically Asian with Julia Kwon," BreakThru Radio's Art Uncovered (podcast), May 4, 2021, 1:49-30:10. [link] Paolo Arao, "Studio Visit with Julia Kwon," The Coastal Post, April 6, 2021. [link] Caroline Kipp, "Statement Piece: Learning from Julia Kwon and Kate Kretz's Thought Provoking Face Mask Artwork," James Renwick Alliance's Craft Quarterly, Winter 2021. 1, 10–11. [link] Mary Savig, "Making the Most: In the Studio with Julia Kwon," Smithsonian Magazine, February 5, 2021. [link] Suzy Kopf, "Rights and Wrongs Exhibition Examines the Ongoing Struggles for Suffrage," BmoreArt, November 16, 2020. [link] Eleanor Bishop, "Virtual Open Studios give Chautauquans a peek at 2020 School of Art’s Students and Emerging Artists," The Chautauqua Daily, August 14, 2020. [link] Korean Cultural Center, "First Friday Dupont: Virtually, featuring Julia Kwon," Korean Cultural Center, Washington, DC, July 3, 2020. [link] Daniel Ahn, "'Unapologetically Asian' artist speaks via hand-sewn masks," Korea.net: website of South Korea's Ministry of Culture, June 5, 2020. [link] Sophie Gharai and Madison Hunt, "Exploration of DC's Powerful, Impactful Art," District Fray Magazine, July 2019, 52-54. [link] WETA-TV, "WETA Arts: May 2019," Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) station for greater Washington DC area, May 3, 2019, 17:19-22:15. [link] John Anderson, "At the Arlington Arts Center, A Strong Showing of Fiber," Washington City Paper, January 23, 2019. [link] Arlington Arts Center, "Over, Under, Forward, Back" (catalog), Arlington, VA. January 2019. [link] Rebecca Rafferty, "Blanket Statement," Rochester City Newspaper, February 27, 2018. Won Jung Lee, "No Racial Discrimination and Cultural Hierarchies," SBS Int'l-TV, April 14, 2017. Soo Yeon Oh, "Looking at Various Cultures Through Art," Korea Daily LA, JoongAng Ilbo, April 13, 2017. KOWINNER, "Chosen Homeland: Searching for Women's Identity and Unity" (catalog), Korean Cultural Center, Washington, DC. April 2015. |
