HIEJIN YOO
Born in Münster, Germany
Currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California
hiejin0226@gmail.com
EDUCATION
2018 MFA; University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Post Baccalaureate; School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2014 BFA; School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2011 BA; Seoul Womenʼs University, Seoul, South Korea
SOLO EXHIBITION
2024
GANA Art, Seoul, Republic of Korea (Forthcoming)
2023
AM/PM 11:44, Loyal Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden (Forthcoming)
2022
Habit of Necessity, Half Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (November 9th - December 17th)
The Best Things To Hold Onto, Half Gallery, New York, NY (January 13th - February 12th)
2021
Here and There(two person show with Daniel Heidkamp), Half Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (Jan 13th - Feb 4th)
2020
Where I Want To Be, Half Gallery, New York, NY (Dec 12th- Jan 20th)
2019
The Recovery of Openness, Intimacy, and Trust, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL (May 10th- June 22nd)
Solo Presentation, Marfa Invitational, Half Gallery, Marfa, TX (April 4-7th)
2018
Quotidian, Half Gallery, New York, NY (October 24th -November 17th)
2016
The traces of memories, Kopeikin gallery, Los Angeles, CA
GROUP EXHIBITION
2023
Standing Still, GANA Art, Los Angeles, CA (Forthcoming)
PDA: Public Displays of Affection (Curated by Mollie Barnes), Galería Yusto/Giner, Marbella, Spain (Forthcoming)
A Crack in Overton's Window (curated by Bill Powers), The Ranch Art, Montauk, NY
In New York, Thinking of You, The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
Blue is the only color my heart can see, Giovanni's Room, Los Angeles, CA
LA Woman (curated by Sophia Penske), Phillips Los Angeles, CA
Horizons, Sow&Tailor Gallery, Hong Kong
El Royale, Loyal Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022
Books and Things (curated by Cameron Masters), Helen J Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
TUTTI FRUTTI (curated by Evgen Copi Gorisek), PlanX Gallery, Milan, Italy
Figuration NOW!, Stems Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2021
One Day Art Show at Stiltsville, Half Gallery, Miami, FL
Apostolic Succession (Organized by Bill Powers), Spurs Gallery, Beijing, China
Sweet Jane in Fields of Daisies (Curated by Joan Tucker), Phillips, New York, NY
A Flower Show, Gangway NPT Gallery, Newport, RI
THIS IS AMERICA, Kunstraum Potsdam, Berlin, Germany
Resting Point of Accommodation, Almine Rech Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
The Void Is Sensation, New Release Gallery, New York, NY
THE ARTIST IS ONLINE (Curated by Johann König and Anika Meier), König Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2020
Universes 3 Show (curated by Sasha Bogojev), Woaw Gallery, Hong Kong
Quixotic; in Pursuit of Romantic ideals, Ramp Gallery, London, UK
Sympathetic Magic(organized by Bill Powers), Blum and Poe, Los Angeles, CA
Riders of the Red Horse, The Pit LA, Los Angeles, CA
Sit Still: Self Portraits in the Age of Distraction, Anna Zorina Gallery, New York, NY
Hort Family Collection, New York, NY
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Benefit Auction
To Paint Is To Love Again (Curated by Olivier Zahm), Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Renaissance Society Benefit Auction, Chicago, IL
The Passenger, Klowdenmann Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
BAM Art Auction, Brooklyn, NY
JOAN Benefit Auction, JOAN, Los Angeles, CA
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Benefit Auction, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Early 21st Century Art (Curated by Bill Powers), Almine Rech Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Sexy Beast Planned Parenthood Los Angeles, CA
UCLA MFA Group Show, Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA
Summer Hots, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
SEED (curated by Yvonne Force Villareal), Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
UCLA MFA Group Show, NewRelease, New York, NY
Everyday Muse, ltd Los Angeles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Las Lenguas (Curated by Gladys-Katherina Hernando), BBQLA, Los Angeles, CA
JOAN Benefit Auction, JOAN, Los Angeles, CA
After Exit, SMART OBJECTS Landers, Landers, CA
Spring Fling Fundraiser, Locust Projects, Miami, FL
UCLA MFA Thesis Show, UCLA New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
UNICEF Next Generation Art Party, Venice, CA
Still Crazy (The 40th Anniversary show), Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
FreshstART, Benefit Heart of LA, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
A Body of Her Own, Makeroom LA, Los Angeles, CA
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Benefit Auction, Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017
UCLA MFA 2018 Preview Exhibition, UCLA New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Mind's I, Dalton Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
LA Woman, Saatchi Art, Santa Monica, CA
Southern California MFA Juried Exhibition (Guest Juror: Amanda Ross-Ho), Millard Sheets Art Center, Pomona, CA
Haunted Memories, Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, CA
Got IT For Cheap, the Art Athena Fair, Athens, Greek
Animal Farm, Dalton Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
FAR Bazaar, Cerritos College Art gallery, Cerritos, CA
2016
Always a Body, Glass Box Gallery, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
2015
Post Baccalaureate Salon Show, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Chicago, IL
Chicago New Work Festival's Visual Art Show, Chicago, IL
2014 -2015
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal U.S.A., Inc, Chicago, IL
2014
SPRING BFA SHOW, Sullivan Gallery of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
2013
EYE CANDY, Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago , IL
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Pérez Collection, Miami, FL
Institute of Contemporary Art(ICA), Miami, FL
The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
Marquez Art Projects(MAP), Miami, FL
Xiao Museum, Rizhao, China
Zuzeum, Riga, Latvia
Grand Valley State University Art Gallery, MI
Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection (The Bunker), Miami, FL
The Hort Family Collection, New York, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022
Galerie Magazine, Feb 8th
Style H Magazine, February
Art She Says by Elisa Carollo, January 28th
2021
N+1 Magazine, April 16th
Juxtapoz Magazine by Sasha Bogojev, February 1st
2020
Juxtapoz Magazine by Sasha Bogojev, December 23rd
Harper's Bazaar Art Latin México by Joan Tucker, December issue
Whitewall by Eliza Jordan, June 9th
Hypebeast by Gabrielle Leung, May 13th
Artillery Feature by Kate Eringer, January 21st
2019
Art Forum Critic's Pick by Monica Uszerowicz, May 24th
Juxtapoz Magazine by Sasha Bogojev, May 20th
Art of Choice by Maria Vogel, March 30th
Taf Magazine, artist interviews, March 15th
It's Nice That, London, February 12th
2017
JIMON, artist interviews, April 2017
Saatchi Art, invest-in-art, 2017
It's Nice That, London, May 31 2017
The 405, Art spotlight, July 28th 2017
Los Angeles Times, Home&Garden, August 5th 2017
Los Angeles Magazine, Saatchi Art L.A. Woman Opening, August 25th 2017
ELLE Magazine Indonasia
2016
Submission Friday, SF MoMa Tumblr Blog, April 22
Curated Selection for the International Issue 13, FreshPaintMagazine, June 2016
New American Paintings, Pacific coast Issue 127
BPigs, Berlin Independent Guide, November-December 2016
2015
Volume XIII of Into the Teeth of the Wind, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Post Baccalaureate Salon show Catalog, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Chicago, IL
TEACHING
2021
Painting Institute: Summer Residency at School of the Art Institute Chicago (SAIC)
SCHOLARSHIP & AWARD
2017
Martha Mattias Denny Scholarship
UCLA Department of Art Scholarship Award
D'Arcy Hayman Scholarship
Graduate Division Award
2016
UCLA Department of Art Scholarship Award
2015
UCLA Art Council Award
D'Arcy Hayman Scholarship
Resnick Scholarship
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Merit Scholarship
Nippon Steel honorarium
2012
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) Merit Scholarship
2010
Seoul Womenʼs University Scholarship