Education
2025- Present Philosophy of Doctor, Textile Design and Fiber, Hong-Ik University, Seoul, South Korea
2018-2020 Master of Fine Arts, Fiber, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2013-2017 Bachelor of Fine Arts, C+MS Fiber, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Industry Experience
2024 - Present English Instructor, DG Private Elementary School, Seoul, South Korea 2021 - 2022 Marketing Manager, Kinterch (a Virtual B2B Matching Platform Company), Seoul, South Korea 2020 - 2021 Visual Merchandising Manager - Spatial designer, Arthur and Grace (a Leather Luxury Goods Company), Seoul, South Korea 2019 - 2020 International Representatives, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI 2019 - 2020 Desalle Auditorium Tech Assistant, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI 2019 - 2020 Central Media Lab and Camera studio technician, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI 2016 Assistant “Mid night’s Summer Dream” for costume and set design internship International Opera Theater of Philadelphia, Citta Della Pieve, Italy 2016 Internship for assistant International Fiber Art Fair, Seoul Hangaram Art Museum Art Center, South Korea 2015 Assistant “Errori” for costume design and set design internship International Opera, Theater of Philadelphia, Citta Della Pieve, Italy
Teaching Experience
2018 Teachers Assistant : Constructed Surface Exploration, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA 2017 Teachers Assistant : Fibers Mixed Media Exploration, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA 2017 Teachers Assistant : Intro to Fiber, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA 2017 Workshop masters for story time and crafts, Philadelphia sisters cities’ spotlight series, Queen Memorial Library & Haverford Library, Philadelphia, PA
Selected Exhibitions -Solo and group
2025 “Fabric”, Hong Fashion Week, Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea (Upcoming) The 44th Hong-Ik Fashion and Fiber Association Exhibition, Geomboseong Art Center, Seoul, South Korea “Re: Weave the Future”, The 22nd Korea Fiber Artists Association Exhibition, Gallery Insa Art, Seoul, South Korea
2022 “In Touch 2022”, CICA Museum, Gyeonggido, South Korea “Women”, Brouhaha Art Gallery, Virtual Show, HongKong “Making Colour”, Pocket Star Gallery, Athens, Greece
2021 “Donate Cranbrook Academy of Art“, Virtual Show, MI “Rolodex”, Craft a Conversation, Center for Craft, Ashville, NC
2020 “Cranbrook Academy of Art Graduate Degree Show”, Virtual Show, MI “Emergence”, Daesan Museum, Gyungsangdo, South Korea “Non-Traditional Woven Projects” Solo show, Pinboard Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI “Cranbrook Academy of Art Graduate Degree Show”, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI (Canceled due to Covid 19) “Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood”, Maria V. Howard Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC “Presence and Absence”, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
2019
”Fruit Punch”, Forum Gallery, Curated by Yena Park and Mingdong Sun, Bloomfield Hills, MI ”Experiencing Perspectives”, Mercedes-Benz Financial Service, Farmington, MI “Spring Happens”, The next step studio and gallery, Ferndale, MI “Modern Fiberart 50people”, Daesan Museum, Gyungsangdo, South Korea “Noul”, 1301 Broadway, 225 Gratiot Ave, Detroit, MI “First-Year Juried Exhibition”, group show curated by John Corso Esquivel, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield, MI “Kindred Neighbors : An Inhabitation of Cranbrook house”, Cranbrook House and Gardens, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2018 “Plenum”, November 3-5, 2018, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI The 24th Annual Philadelphia Furniture Show, 23rd Street Armory, Philadelphia, PA Material Matter : Alumni Residence Exhibition, Gallery 316 Hamilton Hall, Philadelphia, PA Sexual Assault Awareness Month Exhibition, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA Handcrafted : Fiber Art & Turned Wood, The Kay Gallery BlackRock Center for the Arts, Maryland, MD
2017 “Contemporary Craft Show : The 41st Annual Philadelphia Museum of the Arts”, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA “Craftnow event : Collaborative Wearable Art show”, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, PA “Transitional Touch, Thesis Exhibition”, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA The 8th Annual Art Unleashed Exhibition, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA (Snyderman Works Gallery and Pentimenti Gallery pick)
2016 “Point by Point : Reference from Past”, Chung Young Yang Embroidery Museum, Curated by Mi-kyoung Lee, Seoul, South Korea “Uarts at 140”, Hyatt Hotel, Philadelphia, PA Selected Annual students Group Exhibition, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Responsive Memory : Investigating Memory and the Arts by Associate Professor, Diane Pepe at the national conference : Translating Memory and Remembrance across the Disciplines at The State University of New York, New Paltz, NY
2015 “Ongoing : the studio Art Quilt Association Conference”, Hamilton Hall, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA “Domestic Landscape : Collaborate Group pop-up show”, Solomssen Court in Hamilton Hall, University of the arts, Philadelphia, PA Do or Dye, President’s office, University of the arts, Philadelphia, PA
2014 Se re re, Wearable Art Show, University of the arts, Philadelphia, PA
Awards & Scholarships
2024
2020 Outstanding Student Award, Surface Design Association
2019 “Patterns” Art exhibition Award, Light Space & Time Online Art gallery
2017-2018 Artist in Residence, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2017 Surface Design Awards, TheUniversity of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2013-2017 Merit Scholarship, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Media Citations
2019 Sang Hyun Kim, “21st Anniversary of Daesan Museum, Spread the textile art” (Korean web news translated), TIN news, June 1, 2019. : http://m.tinnews.co.kr/16892
2019 “Studio 2019 at Cranbrook Academy of Art“ SEEN Magazine/Press, May 8, 2019
2017 Jessica P., “Sister City : Students Encounter Incheon”, South Korea at the Library, Free Library of Philadelphia, November 9, 2017. : https://libwww.freelibrary.org/blog/post/3127
2018 School of Art News, University of the arts, April, 2018 : https://myemail.constantcontact.com/School-of-Art-News---The-University-of-the-Arts.html?soid=1102008001135&aid=y-UB71kKkKE
2015 “Do or Dye”, University of the arts, November 19, 2015
Publications
2020 “Non-Traditional Woven Projects”, Master of Fine Art Thesis
2019 “Experiencing Perspectives”, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, pg. 63
2019 “나울 Nŏul”, Desire and Untitled, P28-29
2017 “Transitional Touch”, Embrace
2016 University of the Arts, Class Elective Announcement with Photograph, Philadelphia, PA
Collections
2020 Private Collector, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2019 Private Collector, Birmingham, MI
2017 Private Collector, New Jersey, NJ Private Collector, A member of the Board of Trustees of the University, Philadelphia, PA
Art loans
2019-2021 Mercedes-Benz Financial Service, Farmington, MI
2018-2022 University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA