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b. 1987, Arlington, VA 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 Solo Exhibitions 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 2022 Squaring Up Histories (forthcoming), curated by Erika Diamond, Strohl Art Center, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY Home-Land: Exploring the American Myth (forthcoming), curated by Michael Quituisaca and Alexandra Schuman, American University Museum, Washington, DC (catalog) 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) In Spite of Modernism: Contemporary Art, Abstract Legacies, and Identity, curated by Haley Clouser, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA (catalog) 2021 Design and Healing: Creative Responses to Epidemics (current), 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 (current), 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, Arlington Arts Center, 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 (forthcoming), 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 2022–present Lecturer, American University, Washington, DC 2021–present Lecturer, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 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 Arlington Arts Center, 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 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] 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] 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. |
