YEONSU JU
(B.1995, South Korea)
Based in Seoul, South Korea
Email : yeonjustudio@gmail.com
Instagram : @yeonsuju
Education
2023 MFA in Painting, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL (Distinction), London, UK
2021 BA in Painting and Printmaking (First class), Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK
2018 BA in Sociology, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea
Solo Show
2025 (Upcoming) Art Singapore with HdM Gallery, Singapore, Singapore
2024 (Upcoming) Altar; the Carrier, Arusha Gallery, London, UK
2023 YEONSU JU, Asia Society France x HdM Gallery, Paris, France
2022 Eating is Mutual, Hew Hood Gallery, London, UK
Group Exhibitions
2022 Eating is Mutual, Hew Hood Gallery, London, UK
2024
THE BEAUTY MYTH, El Castillete, Madrid, Spain
En Route, HdM Gallery, Beijing, China
What dreams may come(3 persons show), Make Room, Los Angeles, US
Passages, Luce Gallery, Turin, Italy
2023
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
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
Art Fairs
2024
Art Brussels with HdM Gallery, Brussels Expo, Brussels, Belgium
2023
ART021 with HdM Gallery, Shanghai Exhibition Centre, Shanghai, China
Asia NOW with HdM Gallery, Monnaie de Paris, Paris, France
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
Awards and Grants
2024
K11 Artist Prize, K11 Art Foundation (Finalist)
BNK New Artist Award 부산은행 청년작가 대전 2024, Busan Bank (Shortlisted)
The Hari Art Prize (Shortlisted)
2023
Cass Art Prize, Cass Art (Recipient)
2022
Window Project Open Call, Gazelli Art House (Winner)
Delphian Open Call 2022, Delphian Gallery (Winner)
Swiss Church in London Residency Open Call, Swiss Church in London (Shortlisted)
RBA Rome scholarship, Royal Society of British Artists (Semi-finalist)
2021
RGI New Graduate Award, The Royal Glasgow Institute of The Fine Arts (Winner)
Bloomberg New contemporaries 2021, New Contemporaries (Shortlisted)
D31 Art Prize, D31 Gallery (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, US (virtual)
2024
Art Brussels with HdM Gallery, Brussels Expo, Brussels, Belgium
2023
ART021 with HdM Gallery, Shanghai Exhibition Centre, Shanghai, China
Asia NOW with HdM Gallery, Monnaie de Paris, Paris, France
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
Art Brussels with HdM Gallery, Brussels Expo, Brussels, Belgium
2023
ART021 with HdM Gallery, Shanghai Exhibition Centre, Shanghai, China
Asia NOW with HdM Gallery, Monnaie de Paris, Paris, France
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