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SUN YOU is a Seoul born, New York based artist. You has exhibited her work in galleries and museums internationally. Recent exhibition venues include Geary, New York, NY,  Mrs. Queens, NY, The Pit, Glendale, CA, Step Sister, New York,  The Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA , Queens Museum, New York, The Korean Cultural Center, New York, Scotty Enterprises, Berlin,  Kunstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral, Bad Ems, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, SARDINE, New York and The Suburban, Chicago. You was an artist in residence at The Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program, Marble House Project,  Atlantic Center for the Arts, Triangle Arts Association, and Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral in Bad Ems, Germany. She was also selected as  Artists to Watch in 2016 by WIDEWALLS and 18 Artists to Watch, by Modern Painters, 2015. You is currently teaching as a visiting professor at the University of Oregon 2021-2022.

​You heads President Clinton Projects, a curatorial project and co-runs an artist collective gallery, Tiger Strikes Asteroid  New York. 

CONTACT:  
sunyou728@gmail.com

sun@sunyou.us

SOLO / TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS 
2021
Summer Cut, Bank of Hope, Korean Art Foundation, AHL, New York, NY 

This Two, Geary, New York City and Millerton, NY
2020
Set Afoot, Time Equities, Inc. Art-in-Buildings Program, New York, New York
2019     
Libraries, The Pit, Glendale, California,
Libraries, Step Sister, New York 
2018  
Grow Into a Field, The Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond,  Virginia
Won’t You?, SARDINE, Brooklyn, NY 
Dear My Friend,, Secret Dungeon, Brooklyn, NY
2017    
glorious modest, Ivin Ballen and Sun You, Tiger Strikes Asteroid New York, Brooklyn, New York              
2016    
This One Is For You, l'espace 71, Seoul, South Korea
Slow Hello, Andrew D. Moeller and Sun You, Underdonk, Brooklyn, New York
2013     
Urban Jungle, Jiyeon Lee and Sun You, BBCN Bank, Woodside, New York
Sun You / Maria Walker, Open Space, Long Island City, New York
2010     
Sun You, Wagner College, Staten Island, New York
2002     
Sun You, The Korean Embassy Cultural Center, Washington D.C.
Jungle Story, Sean Christopher Fine Art Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Sun You, Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2000     
America, America, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022

Bookends, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Lakewood, Colorado
Upcoming, H
ilbertRaum, Berlin, Germany
2021
Something Else To It, Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York, NY
The Burning Kite, K
risten Lorello, New York, NY
Distant Neighbors, Millersville Univerisy, Millersville, PA ​
TSA : It Feels Like the First Time, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL
2020      
Assembly,  Mrs. Gallery, Queens, New York
A Feeling Falls Apart, 
Geary, New York, New York
2019     
Intimate Immensity, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Yellow, September, Hudson, New York
2018     
Recognize you when she sees you, Give you the things she has for you, September, Hudson, New York
Piece Work, Silber Gallery, Goucher College, Baltimore, Maryland
Ceiling Unlimited, Thomas Hunter Project Space, Hunter College, New York, New York
Sun Gazers, The Pit, Glendale, California
우리집은 어디인가, Hangaram Design Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea
2017     
Point of Entry, Scotty Enterprises, Berlin, Germany
NUT I Book Launch / Group show,  MAW, New York, New York     
Post-Election, SEPTEMBER, Hudson, NY
2016     
13 Most Beautiful,  CYDONIA, Dallas, Textas
On Knowing Unknowing: A Material Narrative, Ortega y Gasset  Projects, Brooklyn, New York
Fabulous You, Tiger Strikes Asteroid New York ,Brooklyn, New York
Onion by the Ocean, Underdonk, Brooklyn, New York
2015       
I am What I am Not Yet, A Survey of Brooklyn's Moment, Madelyn Jordon Fine Art, Scarsdale, NY
Swingers WKND // Works by Artist Couples, Brooklyn, NY
2014     
Endless Care, Small Editions, Brooklyn, NY
Pure Production, curated by Isaac Lyles, 247365, Brooklyn, NY
Shades of Time,  Queens Museum, Corona, NY (catalogue)
Shades of Time,  Korean Cultural Service New York, New York, NY
2013     
In Making, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, Jamaica, New York (catalogue)
Plastic Memory 10022,  The Gallery Korea, Korean Cultural Service New York, New York, NY (catalogue)
2012     
New York - Berlin Exchange, The Gallery Korea, Korean Cultural Service, New York (catalogue)
New York - Berlin Exchange, The Gallery Korea, Korean Cultural Service. Berlin, Germany (catalogue)
november remember september,  Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral, Bad Ems, Germany
2011    
Abstractions, Opera Gallery, New York,  New York (catalogue)
Two Fold,  The Suburban, Oak Park,Illinois
The Finishers, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, New York
2009     
U.S.B. Emerging Korean Artists in the World, Hangaram Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea (catalogue)

ARTIST BOOK
2017    
please, enjoy!, Small Editions, Brooklyn, NY
6 color risograph printed, wire-o bound in foil stamped colorplan sleeve
16 x 12 inches, 12 leaves, 10 images
Edition of 100 books + 2APs

RESIDENCIES 
2018    
The Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program, Brooklyn, NY
Artist Resident, Hunter College, New York, NY
2016    
Ace AIR, Ace Hotel, New York, NY
2015    
The Marble House Project, Dorset, VA

2015    
Chashama Residency, Brooklyn,  NY

2012    
Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral, Bad Ems, Germany

2011    
Atlantic Center for Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL

2008    
Triangle Arts Residency, New York, NY



SELECTED PRESS / TEXT / INTERVIEWS
2021
The Korea Times, Sun You, Summer Cut, Aug 9
Korea Daily, Sun You, Aug 6
Marcus Civin, Sun You, Maake Magazine, Issue 12
Brian Alfred, "Sun You", Sound & Vision, July 29
Must See, Artfourm
Jonathan Goodman, Sun You : This Two, The Brooklyn Rail, March Issue

Etty Yaniv, This Two : Sun You at Geary, Art Spiel, March  
2020

Scott Indrisek, How 10 Artists Are Staying Creative through COVID-19, Artsy, March 23
2018    
Zachary Keeting, “Sun You at Secret Dungeon”, Gorky’s Granddaughter, February 11
Joseph Hart, “Sun You”, Deep Color, April 14 2017
Won Young Park, “Visit with Sun You” S. DASA , October Issue 
2016    
Jasmine Lark, “Sun You”, WIDEWALLS
“Artists to Watch in 2016”, WIDEWALLS
“Sun You”, Neighbor, September Issue
2015    
“18 Artists to Watch”, Modern Painters, December Issue
Jasmine Lark, “Brooklyn in Westchester this Summer”, New York Art Exchange
Scott Indrisek, “Art, Lovers: Romantic Teamwork in Bushwick's Swingers WKND”, BLOUIN ARTINFO
2014    
Tanya Silverman, “Shining Light on “Shades of Time””, BTRtoday
Chang Hyun No, “Shades of Time”, NEWSIS, June 28
“Shades of Time”, Korea Daily, June 8
“Shades of Time”, The Korea Times, July 2
2013    
Plastic Memory 10022, an essay by Ryan Inouye, Exh cat, The Korean Cultural Service of New York, New York, NY    
2012    
Heng-Gil Han, “Iconographic vs. Experiential Consumptions of the Body in Pictorial Realms”, Exh. Cat., Koreanisches Kulturzentrum Berlin
“New York - Berlin Exchange Exhibition”, Korea Times, October 26
“New York - Berlin Exchange Exhibition”, Kyopo Shinmun, October 3

“SCENE: Berlin: The body in languages”,  Art Das Kunstmagazin
2009       
“U.S.B Emerging Korean Artists in the World”, Walgan Miseol, December Issue
“Remembering Homeland”, YTN   Morning News, November 14
“U.S.B Emerging Korean Artists in the World”, Public Art, December Issue
EDUCATION
MFA, Painting, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
BFA, Studio Art, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI





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