b. 1975, Seoul, Korea
Education
2000 M.F.A Dept. Fine Art, Hannam University, Daejeon, Korea
1998 B.F.A Dept. Fine Art, Hannam University, Daejeon, Korea
Group Exhibition
2023
The Fine Art Textiles Award, London, England
About face, Bedford Gallery, Wulnut Creek, CA, USA
Attention Please!, Art Center Kuh, Daejeon, South Korea
IATB 23, East Gippsland Gallery and 6 other galleries and museums around Australia, Australia
2022
Symbol, Gallery Shigal, Daejeon, South Korea
Extension of Chatter and Table, From the corner, Daejeon, South Korea
Fiberart International 2022, Brew House Association and Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Hotter than fire, cooler than the wind, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, South Korea
2021
15th anniversary exhibition - I am who I am, Gallery Dam, Seoul, South Korea
Represent: New Portraiture - Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, New York
2020
WELCOME, Art Center White Block, Cheonan, South Korea
2019
Asia Art Connection, Eugene Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Biennale de Gentilly, Gentilly, France
Textile Art of Today, Tatra Gallery, Poprad, Slovak Republic
Textile Art of Today,The Moravian Museum, Uherské Hradiště, Czech Republic
2018
Textile Art of Today, Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Drawings on the Ground, Wall, Snow, and Skin, LEEUNGNO Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea
Spring of transition, after that, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea
Soft Power, Cheongju Museum of Art, Cheongju, Korea
Ilwoo Photography Awards Show, Ilwoo Space, Seoul, Korea
2017
Rijswijk Textile Biennale, Museum Rijswijk, Rijswijk, The Netherlands
2016
Look up here, I'm in heaven, BRIC House, New York, USA
2015
Korea Women's Art, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Wanju, Korea
2012
Taste, Triangular House, Cheongju, Korea
2011
Converted Image, Gallery Lux, Seoul, Korea
Hive Air, Hive Space A, Cheongju, Korea
Exchange Exhibition: Daejeon&Saint-Etienne, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea
2010
Seogyo Sixty 2010: The Imaginary Archive, the gaze of 120, Sangsang Madang, Seoul, Korea
Unexpected art - soft thinking, Lotte Gallery, Daejeon, Korea
Feminine Flow, Gallery King, Seoul, Korea
2009
Soo-ae, Wooyeon Gallery, Daejeon, Korea
The_Liminal_Body, Gallery Space, Seoul, Korea
Young Art Project, KT&G Annex, Daegu, Korea
Self-Portrait, Ssamzie Art Studio, Cheongju, Korea
Living Furniture, Cheongju Art Studio, Cheongju, Korea
Incheon Women Artists' Biennale: So Close Yet So Far Away, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea
Blue Dot ASIA: A small country, the beauty of sudden density (2F), Seoul Arts Center, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
LOCAL TO LOCAL, Open Space BAE, Busan, Korea
2008
Daejeon ART 1, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea
Pleasant Game: the idea of break the art, Gallery Yian, Daejeon, Korea
Converted image IV, Gallery Lux, Seoul, Korea
Traditional Market ART Festival, Traditional Market, Daejeon, Korea
2006
Next Code, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea
Aspect, Moosimgallery, Cheongju, Korea
2005
Gallery Halfway Opening Exhibition, Gallery Halfway, Daejeon, Korea
2004
Geumgang Nature Art Biennale, Gongju, Kroea
Transformation. Placement. Conversion, Prism, Daejeon, Korea
2003
Treasure Hunt, Lotte Gallery, Daejeon, Korea
2002
Color, Citizen's Hall, Daejeon, Korea
Six Exhibitions, Igong Gallery, Daejeon, Korea
Art & Village, Wongol, Gongju, Korea
Contemporary, Lotte Gallery, Daejeon, Korea
Two person show, Shinmuseum, Cheongju, Korea
2001
Strange Landscape, B.B. Space, Daejeon, Korea
Wind, Citizen's Hall, Daejeon, Korea
Art & Village, Wongol, Gongju, Korea
Shocking Shopping, Lotte Gallery, Daejeon, Korea
2000
Conversion of the spring, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea
Four People, Four Colors, Lotte Gallery, Daejeon, Korea
Between, Citizen's Hall, Daejeon, Kroea
Aura, Hallym Gallery, Daejeon, Korea
1999
Aura, Kepco Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Space in the Shared, Kepco Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Igong Gallery Opening Exhibtion, Igong Gallery, Daejeon, Korea
Seoul Contemporary Art Festival, Gyeongnam Cultural & Arts Center, Gyeongnam, Korea
U Art, Kepco Art Center, Seoul, Korea
High Hill, Hill Gallery, Busan, Korea
1998
Young Artist Situation, Seoul Museum, Seoul, Korea
New Form, Yoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Solo Exhibition
2023
Wiggle, Artspace 128, Daejeon, Korea
2022
Rag face, Gallery DAM, Seoul, Korea
2021
Rag face, Gallery Daisy, Jeju, Korea
Rag face, Number the Starts, Daegu, Korea
2019
Rag face, Gallery DAM, Seoul, Korea
2016
Rag face, Holston Gallery, Daejeon, Korea
2015
Rag face, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, USA
Rag face, Daejeon Artist's House, Daejeon, Korea
2014
Rag face, Ilwoo Space, Seoul, Korea
Goosebumps, MOM Museum, Cheongju, Korea
In and Out, 12.8 Gallery, Daejeon, Korea
2011
Rag face, Songeun Art Cube, Seoul, Korea
Rag face, Restree, Seoul, Korea
2010
Rag face, Motgol Hyusikteo, Suwon, Korea
2009
What am I to you?, Gallery Halfway, Daejeon, Korea
2007
SEW ME, Gallery Halfway, Daejeon, Korea
2002
Gifts, Space MOM, Cheongju, Korea
2001
Repeating Diary – Bored, Funny Fuga, Citizen’s Hall, Daejeon, Korea
1999
Tattoo in my mind, Igong Gallery, Daejeon, Korea
Grants & Awards
2022 Marianne Kor Award for Distinguished International Entry in Fiberart International 2022
2021 First place at New Portraiture–National Juried Art Exhibition at Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
2018 Excellent Award, Textile Art of Today
2014 Artist Grant, Daejeon Culture and Arts Foundation, Daejeon, Korea
2013 Ilwoo Photography Prize
2011 Songeun Art Cube Grant
2010 Suwon Motgol Art Fund Grant
2009 Daejeon Art Fund Grant
Selected Bibliography
2021
Grace Ebert, Colossal (web magazine), 'Loose Threads Dangle from Bizarrely Expressive Portraits Sewn by Yoon Ji Seon' November 30, 2021
Marie-Madeleine Masse, 'l'art du fil - DANS LA CREATION CONTEMPORARINE', published by Edition Alternative, 2021
2018
Jo Hall, embroidery THE TEXTILE ART MAGZINE, 'About Face', July/August 2018
2016
John Hopper, Inspirational 12, September 2016
Rodney, Seph. "Portraits of the Self as Tickets to Paradise" Hyperallergic, August 3, 2016
Barkho, Gabriela. "BRIC’s Latest Exhibition Brings Diversity to Portraitures" Brooklyn Magazine, July 26, 2016
2015
Teicher, Jordan. “Why Take a Selfie With Just a Camera When You Can Also Use Thread?” Slate Magazine, December 2, 2015
Vasvani, Bansie. “Grotesque, Sewn Self-Portraits Pervert Norms of Female Beauty.” Hyperallergic, November 24, 2015
Blanch, Andrea. “Yoon Ji Seon. Two-faced.” Musee Magazine, November 2015
Rexer, Lyle. “Yoon Ji Seon: Rag Face.” Photograph Magazine, November 2015
Swinkels, Dorothe. “Yoon Ji Seon.” Textiel Plus, September 5, 2015
2014
Barnes, Sara. “Yoon Ji Seon’s Intricate Self Portraits Use Hanging Threads As Hair.” Beautiful Decay 25 November 2014
Azimi, Roxana, "Paris Photo takes the Medium Out of the Frame",
The Art Newspaper, Nov.14, 2014
Ji Seon Yoon, Rag Face, Hatje Cantz: Berlin, Germany, 2014 (Book)
2010 - present
2010 - present