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​EDUCATION

2023      Pratt Institute, BFA Painting, Minor in Museum and Gallery Practices, Brooklyn, NY
               (Graduated with Highest Honors & Excellence in Academic Achievement)

2021      Gunmyungwon(건명원), Seoul, Korea, An Alternative Graduate School in Humanities, Science, and Art

2019      Yonsei University, BBA Business, Seoul, Korea

2015      University of Maryland, Exchange Student Program, Baltimore/ Washington D.C 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2026      (forthcoming) Three Month Spring Art Residency & Exhibition, Vibe Gallery, Long Island City, Woodside, and Greenpoint, NY

2026      Airless Lullaby, A Space Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 

2024      No Home in Wonderland, A Space Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 

2023      Kidnapped, Artists Living Room NYC, Brooklyn, NY (virtual)

2023      Perfect Kidnapping, ChaShaMa Space, Brooklyn, NY 

2023      Kidnapped, Steuben Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 

2020      Layers, Going into, Gallery Hushed, Seoul, Korea

2016      Study about Red and Blue, Gallery DZ, Seoul, Korea

2016      Land of Phantoms, Gallery Comore, Seoul, Korea

 

Artist Residency

2026      Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio, Southampton, NY

2025      AnkhLave Art Residency, Governors Island, NY 

2024      Woodstock Byrdcliffe Residency, Woodstock, NY 

2024      ChaNorth Residency, Residency program hosted by Chashama, Hudson Valley, NY 

2024      A Space Residency, Brooklyn, NY 

2024     The Artist Residency Project, Online residency at School of Visual Arts

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026     

(forthcoming) Title TBD, with Silent Sister, Location TBD, Savannah, GA

17th Annual Yonkers Artist Showcase, Yonkers Arts Project Space, Yonkers, NY 

2025

The Gift of Art, Hal Bromm Gallery, Manhattan, NY 

5 By 7 Show, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Woodstock, NY 

Open Theme, Art Collide (virtual)

Manse: Reclaim the Light, Brooklyn Art Haus, with Eight Times and gong, Brooklyn, NY 

Be Right Back, A Space Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 

Facets of Sight, Sims Contemporary, Manhattan, NY 

Flesh Spa, with Silent Sister, Caelum Gallery, Manhattan, NY, the U.S.

The Other Art Fair, with Saatchi Art, Zero Space, Brooklyn, NY, the U.S.

AiR Show, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Woodstock, NY, the U.S.

Real World, with Random Affects & Llorona Studios, Grace Exhibition Space, Manhattan, NY, the U.S.

2024

Desire – Body Without Organs, A Space Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, the U.S.

Mythologies, Goddessarts Magazine (virtual)

5 By 7 Show, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Woodstock, NY, the U.S.

At a Moment Like This, Artists Living Room, Brooklyn, NY, the U.S.

Tradition, Identity & Future Narrative, Salmagundi Club with IMUR gallery, Manhattan, NY, the U.S.

KIDS ONLY, A Space Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, the U.S.

Interiority, The Milostka Center with Culturally Arts Collective (virtual)

Artexpo New York, Participated with AGI Fine Art, Manhattan, NY, the U.S.

2023

Oasis of Color, Van Der Plas Gallery, Manhattan, NY, the U.S.

Dark and Scary, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, the U.S.

Admission Gallery Exhibition, Myrtle Hall, Brooklyn, NY, the U.S.

elsewhere, within here, Schafler Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, the U.S.

First Come, First Hung, "B" Dry Goods, Brooklyn, NY, the U.S.

Boiling Point, dgt Gallery House, Brooklyn, NY, the U.S.

Valentine's Day Show, The Cannoneer Building, Brooklyn, NY, the U.S.

Color As Character, The Cannoneer Building, Brooklyn, NY, the U.S.

2022

Painter's Drawings, The Cannoneer Building, Brooklyn, NY, the U.S.

International Education Week Art Exhibition, Pratt Institute Student Union, Brooklyn, NY, the U.S.

Passerby, Pratt Institute Printing Department Hallway, Brooklyn, NY, the U.S.

2021

ASYAAF 2021 (Art Students and Young Artists Art Fair), Hongik University Modern Museum, Seoul, Korea

2020

The Shape of, Stueben Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, the U.S.

2017

Tradition to Modern; Juried Watercolor Exhibition, Monmouth Museum, Middletown, NJ, the U.S.

2016

Exhibition for Youth 2 - Fill the Feel Exhibition Project, Dongdaemungu Office, Seoul, Korea

2015

80th Getsome Exhibition “C X C”, Gallery Crande, Seoul, Korea

Outdoor Street Exhibition: Outgo, Daehakro Culture Festival, Seoul, Korea

The First Exhibition, Gallery Jaemi Gil, Seoul, Korea

AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS

2026                   Resident Artist Honorarium ($500), Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio

2025                   Commission Grant ($400) & Arist Honorarium (material support), Silent Sister

2025                   Exhibition Award – Mythologies (First Prize), Goddessarts Magazine

2023                   Arthouse.Z Art Prize (First Grand Prize, $1,000), Arthouse Z and Kaleido Art

2017-2023         President's List, Pratt Institute, every semester

2017-2023         International Merit-based Academic Scholarship ($19,000 per year), Pratt Institute, every semester

2018                   Freshmen Scholarship Competition (First Prize, $7,000), Pratt Institute

2014                   ipark UCC Competition "Become a CF Director for ipark" (Excellence Award, $300), HDC Hyundai Development Company,

                            (Participated as the Lead Drawing Artist for a collaborative multimedia project)

Experiences

2024-2026           

Guest Artist Lecturer, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, Invited by Professor David Dixon and Professor Catherine Redmond to lead artist talks.

2025-present       

Co-Director (In Development), Office Space Gallery, New York, NY, Strategizing the relaunch of the newly registered arts organization with Michael Herrera, prioritizing and amplifying Asian artists in the New York art market.

2025-2026           

Lead Facilitator & Program Developer, ‘Assemble Your Alien’ Workshop Series, conducted at multiple NYC and NY-based venues:

Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio, Southampton, NY (2026), AnkhLave Artist Residency, Governors Island, NY (2025), Jr. Art League at Yonkers Arts with Lynkable, Yonkers, NY (2025), Infirnity Festival with Lynkable, Manhattan, NY (2025)

2025

Docent at yeoguga. Inc., a tourist agency

2023-2024

Painting Assistant for Kehinde Wiley, an American portrait painter

2023

Contents Creator at Dear Advisory, a full-service art advisory firm

Intern at Cathouse Proper, a gallery in Brooklyn, NY

2020

Intern at Studio Dragon, a drama production company based in Seoul, Korea

PR planner and marketer at Kairos AR, a company developed an AR exhibition application based in Pankyo, Korea

2020-present

Research Assistant at Tekton Investment, an investment company in Seoul, Korea

2017-present

Writer at News-Paper, an online culture magazine based in Seoul, Korea

Activities

2024     

Member, Louise the Women, Seoul, Korea

2018 

Volunteer Artist, Painting with Pratt, Brooklyn Community Services (BCS), NY​

© 2025 by Yooyeon Nam

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