JULIA KWON
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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

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Solo Exhibitions
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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
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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

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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

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Selected Bibliography
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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.
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  • About
  • Back to Normal Is Not Enough
  • Unapologetically Asian
  • Other Projects
    • Like Any Other >
      • Artist Statement
      • Textiles
      • Paintings
    • Collective Quilting
    • Conversational Drawings
    • DC Artist Talks
    • Sustainable Sculptures
  • C.V.
  • Contact
  • News