JULIA KWON
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Solo Exhibitions

2023   (forthcoming), Taubman Center North Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
​2022   Never Mere Ornament, 355 POD Space Gallery, VisArts, Rockville, MD​
2019    Yellow Womanhood, Honfleur Gallery, Anacostia Arts Center, Washington, DC
            More Than a Body, Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA (catalog)

            Authentic Hybrid, Korus Hall, Korean Cultural Center, Embassy of the Republic of Korea, 
                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

2023    Gathering (forthcoming), curated by Cecile Chong and Sophia Ma, FiveMyles, 
Tiger Strikes ​
                Asteroid and FiveMylesy, Brooklyn, NY
2022    This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World (current), curated by Mary Savig, Nora Atkinson, 
                Anya Montiel, and Elana Hain, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 
​                Washington, DC (catalog) 
             Squaring Up Histories, curated by Erika Diamond, Strohl Art Center, Chautauqua Institution,
                Chautauqua, NY
             Home-Land: Exploring the American Myth, curated by Michael Quituisaca and Alexandra Schuman,
                American University Museum, Washington, DC (catalog)
             In Spite of Modernism: Contemporary Art, Abstract Legacies, and Identity, curated by Haley 
                Clouser, Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington, Arlington, VA (catalog)
2021    Design and Healing: Creative Responses to Epidemics, curated by MASS Design Group, Ellen
                Lupton, and Julie Pastor, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY
​            
#mask: Creative Responses to the Global Pandemic, Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, NM
            Finding Common Ground: Sowing the Seeds of Community & Collaboration, San Francisco Center
                for the Book, San Francisco CA
            The Power of Patience, BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD
            Amplify, curated by Alison Byrne and Heather Hakimzadeh, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, 
                Virginia Beach, VA
            ROLODEX. Craft a Conversation, John Cram Partner Gallery, Center for Craft, Asheville, NC
            K-Recollection, curated by Ji Young Yun, Korean Cultural Center, Embassy of the Republic of
                Korea, Washington, DC
2020   There, There, curated by Adriel Luis, 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, curated by Lauren Frances Adams,
                The Peale Center, Carroll Museums, Baltimore, MD
            Reassertions, curated by Elisa Gutierrez, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY​
2019    Here: A Bit of Everywhere and Everyone They’ve Been, curated by Vanessa Kowalski, Main
                Gallery, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
            Over, Under, Forward, Back, curated by Blair Murphy, Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington,
                 Arlington, VA 
(catalog)
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

2022   The Nicholson Project, Residency, Washington, DC
2021    The Factory, Residency, Manchester, NH
2020   Chautauqua School of Art, Chautauqua Institute, Residency, Chautauqua, NY
            IA&A 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, 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, Juror: Caroline Kipp,
               Germantown, MD
2019    Torpedo Factory Art Center, 2019 Solo Exhibition First Prize at Target Gallery, Jurors: Sandy 
               Guttman, Michael Matason, and Terence Nicholson, Alexandria, VA
            Marshall University, 8th National Juried Exhibition Third Prize, Juror: Steven Matijcio, Huntington, WV
2017    Korean Cultural Center, 23rd Annual Juried Art Exhibition Second Prize, Jurors: Erin Christovale
               and Max Presneill, 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, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

2022                 Lecturer, American University, Washington, DC
2017–2021        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

2022   Parsons School of Design, The New School, New York, NY
            American University, Washington, DC
2021    Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA
            Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, NM​
            Korean Cultural Center, Embassy of the Republic of Korea, 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
           
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
            Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA
            NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
           
Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington​, Arlington, VA
2018    Transformer, Washington, DC
            Montgomery College, Silver Spring, MD
            University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
2017
    IA&A at Hillyer, Washington, DC
            Textile Arts Center, New York, NY
2016    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
Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, NM​
The New York Public Library, New York, NY
​

​​Education

2016    MFA, School of the Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts University, Boston, MA
2012    BA, Studio Art, summa cum laude, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
2010    Lehigh University (attended), Bethlehem, PA​​​


Selected Bibliography

​PBS/WETA-TV, "WETA Arts: April 2022," PBS station for the DC area, April 1, 2022, 22:25-28:11. [link]
Korean Cultural Center, K-Art in DC: 10 Years of Exhibitions at the Korean Cultural Center Washington
     D.C.
, 2022. 42, 87, 113–114.
Mark Jenkins, "In the galleries: Connecting modern abstraction with personal identity," The
     Washington Post
, March 11, 2022. [link]
Susan Brown, "Textile Tuesday: Julia Kwon’s Unapologetically Asian Face Mask," Textile Society of
     America, September 7, 2021. [link]
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]
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]
PBS/WETA-TV, "WETA Arts: May 2019," PBS station for the 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]
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.


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  • About
  • Like Any Other
    • Artist Statement
    • Textiles
    • Paintings
  • Exultant Divergence
  • Other Projects
    • Unapologetically Asian
    • In Solidarity
    • Creatives on TV
    • DC Artist Talks
    • Back to Normal Is Not Enough
    • Collective Quilting
    • Conversational Drawings
    • Sustainable Sculptures
  • C.V.
  • Contact
  • News