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 K-Art Recollection (forthcoming), Korean Cultural Center, Washington, DC 2020 There, There (current), 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 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 Interplay: Craft, Art and Design, South Bay Contemporary SOLA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA New Works, The New Gallery, Northern Virginia Community College, Woodbridge, VA 2017 One Another: The 23rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA Mother Tongue, Mary Fifield Art Gallery, Bunker Hill Community College, Boston, MA Re.Volt.Ing: An Art Show in Protest, The Distillery Gallery, Boston, MA 2016 National Juried Exhibition, Imago Gallery, Warren, RI Painting Biennial: She Comes in Rags, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA Candidate: performed in Danielle Abrams's live performance for The Feminist Art Project, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC 2015 Flormula, Hunt Memorial Library, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA Embracing Differences: Mending the Isms and Schisms, Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA Cheng Zhong/In the City, Mission Hill Gallery, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA All is Subject, Gallery 360, Northeastern University, Boston, MA Chosen Homeland, Korean Cultural Center, Washington, DC (catalog) 2013 James McLaughlin Memorial Show, The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC 2012 Integrative Arts Fellowship Exhibition, Center for New Designs in Learning & Scholarship, Georgetown University, Washington, DC Residencies and Fellowships 2020 Fellowship, International Arts & Artists and DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Washington, DC 2019 Residency, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY 2018 Traveling Fellowship, School of the Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts University, Boston, MA 2017 Residency, Root Studio, Columbia, MD Residency, Textile Arts Center, New York, NY Residency, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Alberta, Canada 2016 Emerging Artist Fellowship supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT Residency, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA 2012 Integrative Arts Fellowship, Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship, Georgetown University, Washington, DC Other Awards 2020 Handcrafted Textile Art Biennial Juror's Award, BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD 2019 The 2019 Solo Exhibition First Prize, Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center The 8th Annual National Juried Exhibition Third Prize, Marshall University 2017 The 23rd Annual Juried Art Exhibition Second Prize, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA 2016 Graduate Travel Grant, Tufts University President’s Research Award, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Montague Travel Grant, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2015 Boit Award Honorable Mention, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston International Art Competition First Prize, KOWINNER Korean Women's Int'l Foundation 2012 Joseph S. Lepgold Award First Prize, Phi Beta Kappa The 20th Annual Misty Dailey Award for Excellence in the Arts, Outstanding Senior Project in Studio Art, Georgetown University Celebrating Women’s Voices in Politics and Art at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Poster Competition First Prize, American Association of University Women Professional Experiences 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 2020 ArtTable, New York, NY The Woodlawn & Frank Lloyd Wright’s Pope-Leighey House, Alexandria, VA Korean Cultural Center, Washington, DC 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 IA&A at Hillyer, Washington, DC 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 Collection Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC Selected Bibliography Suzy Kopf, "Rights and Wrongs Exhibition Examines the Ongoing Struggles for Suffrage," BmoreArt, November 16, 2020. https://bmoreart.com/2020/11/rights-and-wrongs-exhibition-examines-the- ongoing-struggles-for-suffrage.html/ 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. https://chqdaily.com/ 2020/08/virtual-open-studios-give-chautauquans-a-peek-at-2020-school-of-arts-students-and- emerging-artists/ Korean Cultural Center, "First Friday Dupont: Virtually, featuring Julia Kwon," Korean Cultural Center, Washington, DC, July 3, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K29ldBV8HI8/ Daniel Ahn, "'Unapologetically Asian' artist speaks via hand-sewn masks," Korea.net: website of South Korea's Ministry of Culture, June 5, 2020. http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/HonoraryReporters/view?articleId=186072&pageIndex=1/ Ello, "Yellow Womanhood," Ello: The Creators Network (editorial), December 22, 2019. Sophie Gharai and Madison Hunt, "Exploration of DC's Powerful, Impactful Art," On Tap Magazine, July 2019, 52-54. https://issuu.com/ontaponline/docs/july19/a/201503/ WETA-TV, "WETA Arts: May 2019," Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) station for greater Washington DC area, May 3, 2019, 17:19-22:15. https://watch.weta.org/video/weta-arts-may-2019-wduhwa/ "2019 Solo Exhibition: Julia Kwon," Alexandria Living Magazine, April 18, 2019. The Northern Virginia Review, Vol. 33, Annandale, VA. March 2019. John Anderson, "At the Arlington Arts Center, A Strong Showing of Fiber," Washington City Paper, January 23, 2019. https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/museums-galleries/blog/21044647/ at-the-arlington-arts-center-a-strong-showing-of-fiber/ Arlington Arts Center, "Over, Under, Forward, Back" (catalog), Arlington, VA. January 2019. https://issuu.com/arlingtonartscenter/docs/oufb_catalog_web/ Ello, "Trending in Art: @juliakwon," Ello: The Creators Network (editorial), September 16, 2018. Rebecca Rafferty, "Blanket Statement," Rochester City Newspaper, February 27, 2018. "Art in Context: Korea," IA&A at Hillyer, July 27, 2017. http://www.artsandartists.org/cultural-exchange- programs/ipi/events/art-in-context-korea/ Rebecca Juliette, "BmoreArt's Picks," BmoreArt, July 11, 2017. Carrie Donovan, "DC community and cultural events" The Washington Post, July 5, 2017. IA&A at Hillyer, "Artist Spotlight: Julia Kwon," Facebook video, 2:43, July 3, 2017. https://www.facebook. com/IAAHillyer/videos/vl.595791970604561/10155551672319047/?type=1/ Sam Crow, "Work in Progress: Julia Kwon," Textile Arts Center, May 16, 2017. http://textileartscenter.com /blog/work-in-progress-julia-kwon/ Won Jung Lee, "No Racial Discrimination and Cultural Hierarchies," SBS International-TV, April 14, 2017. https://www.facebook.com/artistjuliakwon/videos/1555732011125897/ 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. |