September 17 — December 4, 2026 Two-Person Exhibition at The Korea Society 350 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor, New York, NY
Julia Kwon will share her newest bojagi patchworks at The Korea Society in New York, NY. The opening reception will be on Thursday, September 17th.
Residency Pollinator 2026 Julia Kwon is participating in Pollinator's five-week long virtual residency that matches practitioners in small cohorts of aligned peers for mutual support and learning.
Exhibition Catalog The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture by SAAM and Princeton University Press Julia Kwon's work is included in the catalog of the exhibition at Smithsonian American Art Museum. SAAM’s groundbreaking exhibition, featuring 82 artworks created between 1792 and 2023, examines the ways in which sculpture has shaped and reflected attitudes and understandings about race in the United States.
Film Appearance The Wedding Banquet(2025)
Julia Kwon's work is featured in Director Andrew Ahn's reimagination of the 1993 Ang Lee classic The Wedding Banquet. Starring Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran, Han Gi-Chan, Joan Chen, and Youn Yuh-Jung, the film is a poignant and heartfelt romantic comedy about a chosen family navigating cultural identity, queerness, family bonds and expectations. The film is now available on DVD, Blu-ray, Paramount+, and on demand.
