YEONSU JU
(B.1995, South Korea)
Education
2021 - 2023 MFA in Painting, Slade School of Fine Art (Distinction), UCL, London, United Kingdom
2018 - 2021 BA in Painting and Printmaking (First class), Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, United Kingdom
2014 - 2018 BA in Sociology, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea
Solo Show
2025 (Upcoming) Solo presentation at Art Singapore with HdM Gallery, Singapore, Singapore
2024 (Upcoming) Altar; the carrier, Arusha Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2023 YEONSU JU, HdM Gallery x Asia Society France, Paris, France
2022 Eating is Mutual, Hew Hood Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Group Exhibitions
2024
(Upcoming) El Castillete, Madrid, Spain
What dreams may come, Make Room 創造社, Los Angeles, United States
Art Brussels with HdM Gallery, Brussells Expo, Brussels, Belgium
Passages, Luce Gallery, Turin, Italy
2023
ART021 with HdM Gallery, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China
Asia NOW with HdM Gallery, Monnaie de Paris, Paris, France
Wild is The Wind, Hew Hood Gallery, London, UK
Graduate Degree Show, Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK
Mise-en-scène, BWG Gallery, London, UK
BAD+ Art fair with HdM Gallery, Hangar 14, Bordeaux, France
Art Busan with Dohing Art, BEXCO, Busan, South Korea
Art Paris with HdM Gallery, Grand Palais Éphémère, Paris, France
Slide a Glance, ASC Gallery, London, UK
2022
Wilderness of being, HdM Gallery, London, UK
Cosmic Coincidences, French Riviera, London, UK
Delphian Gallery Open Call 2022, Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop, London, UK
Slade Interim Show, Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK
The Window Project : 10th Anniversary, Gazelli Art House, London, UK
Summer Exhibition 2022, The Gallery at Green & Stone, London, UK
Return To Flesh, Hew Hood Gallery, London, UK
RBA RISING STARS 2022, The Royal Over-Seas League(ROSL), London, UK
The Flesh of Paint, Liliya Gallery, London, UK
Era Exhibition 2022, Crypt gallery, London, UK
2021
Human Perspectives, Harvey Court, Cambridge, UK
Love and Chaos, The Alchemy Experiment, Glasgow, UK
The Alternative Degree show, Skypark, Glasgow, UK
2020
Rabbit skin, The Glue Factory, Glasgow, UK
Awards
2024
K11 Artist Prize (Finalist)
2023
Cass Art Prize (Recipient)
2022
Window Project Open Call (Winner)
Delphian Open Call 2022 (Winner)
RBA Rome scholarship (Semi-finalist)
2021
RGI New Graduate Award, Glasgow, UK (Winner)
Bloomberg New contemporaries 2021, London, UK (Shortlisted)
D31 Art Prize, Doncaster, UK (Finalist)
Residency
2024 Arusha Gallery Residency Program, Bruton, UK
2023 PM/AM Gallery Residency Program, London, UK
2021 180 Remote residency at Holes in the Wall Collective, New York, USA (virtual)
Press / Interview
2024
Whitewall Spring 2024 Artist Issue, (p.60-61) Whitewall Art
2023
Korean Female Artists Create Buzz in London, Prestige HK Online
2022
Issue 27 : 2022, (p.64-65), ArtMaze Mag
Up and Away / Issue 15: Spring 2022, (p.56), Era Journal
2021
GET REAL / Issue 14 : Autumn 2021, (p.38-39, p.48-49), Era Journal
Cover of the Skinny June 2021 & Fine Art Review (p.36), The Skinny June 2021, The Skinny
Collection
Nixon Collection
Private collections in Australia, China, France, Germany, South Korea, Taiwan and United Kingdom