Lives and works in Seoul
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Education
- 2017 B.A. in Visual Art, Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, USA
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Solo exhibitions
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2023
Swamps and Ashes, Make Room, Los Angeles, US
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2024
Portals, Frieze London, Gallery Vacancy, London, UK
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2022
Invisible Sensations, Carl Kostyál, London, UK
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2021
A Castle Made of Sand, ATM Gallery, New York, USA
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You Have a New Memory, Woaw Gallery, Hong Kong
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2020
Wishing Well, FAS (Foundwill Art Society), Seoul, South Korea
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Selected group exhibitions
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2025
PANORAMA, Songeun, Seoul, KR
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Liste art fair Basel
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2024
Alien, curated by Yesiyu Zhao, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, US (forthcoming)
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Nova Libertatia, curated by Arturo Passacantado, Forum Studios, Rome, IT
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2023
Cities in the Room, curated by Nowk Choe, Seoul Museum of Art (Bunker), Seoul, KR
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Second Life (with Ben Gould and Taha Heydari), Lyles and King, New York, US
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Myths of Our Time (with Heemin Chung and Zadie Xa), Thaddaeus Ropac, Seoul, KR
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Wetting Your Whistles, curated by Severin Dünser, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, KR
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Materi-delia, curated by Taehyun Kwon, Ulsan Museum of Art, Ulsan, KR
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2022
Taxonomies of Imagination, curated by Andrew Sendor, Make Room, Los Angeles, USA
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Superior Mirage (with Hyun Bhin Kwon), Cylinder, Seoul, KR
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Through a Glass, Darkly, curated by Katharine Kostyál, Carl Kostyál Milan, Milan, Italy
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The Raw, curated by Alter Kim, Gahyun Kim, Euihyun Son, and Hyunji Jeon, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, South Korea (as Dadboyclub)
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XY, curated by Saša Bogojev, Rundgænger by Schierke Seinecke, Frankfurt, Germany
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2021
Sunset Valley Village, curated by Joori Lee, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, South Korea
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The Second Sex, with Carl Kostyál, Armory Show, New York, USA
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Women in Paris, Galerie Hussenot, Paris, France
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Halfway Through, Fragment Gallery, Moscow, Russia
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2020
Home Alone, ATM Gallery, New York, USA
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untact, curated by Jin Meyerson and Andy St. Louis, P21, Seoul, South Korea
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Room Service, with Gallery Chosun, SOLO SHOW: ON, Seoul, South Korea
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The New (Sur)Realism, Fragment Gallery, Moscow, Russia
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EDEN, curated by Linda Mognato, Harlesden High Street, London, UK
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2018
Painters by Painters, curated by Jaemin Hwang, 2/W (Weekend), Seoul, South Korea
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2017
2017 Leroy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, USA
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Projects
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2021
Dadboyclub, co-directed with Sangmin Lee, Seoul, South Korea
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Awards
- 2021 Art Change Up (Online Media Funding Program), Arts Council Korea and Ministry of Culture, South Korea
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Press
- 2024 Sun Woo at Make Room by Claudia Ross, Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles, Issue 35, US
- Sun Woo Make Room by Catherine Yang, Artillery Magazine, USA
- Myths of Our Time at Thaddaeus Ropac, GQ Korea, pp. 59, KR
- 2023 NR Magazine, UK
- Between Digital and Analog by Jewoong Hwang, Noblesse Magazine, February Issue, KR
- Sun Woo's Work Between Digital and Analog by Tae-hyun Kwon, Art in Culture, March Issue, KR
- 2022 Art in Culture. 2022 July Issue. Print. South Korea
- Invisible Sensations. Text by Allan Gardner. Kaleidoscope Magazine, Issue #40 SS22. Print. UK
- Press Release: Invisible Sensations Carl Kostyál. UK
- Sun Woo on how her nomadic childhood inspires her painting practice, Interview by Daniel Milroy Maher.
- It’s Nice That. UK
- 2021 Newspaper. Published by Hyukgue Kwon and Hojeong Hur. Museumhead. Print. South Korea
- Press Release: A Castle Made of Sand ATM Gallery. USA
- Artist Spotlight: Sun Woo Feature on Booooooom Magazine. Canada
- You Have a New Memory: Sun Woo at WOAW Gallery Interview by Sasha Bogojev. Juxtapoz
- Sun Woo's Art Comments on the Intersection Between the Digital and Analog World Text by Shawn Ghassemitari. Hypebeast
- Q&A: Sun Woo and Kevin Poon on Technology, Memories and Switching Off Interview by Nathan Erickson. Lifestyle Asia. Hong Kong
- YES/NO/LIKE/DISLIKE/LOVE/HATE/REPLY/SHARE: THE PORTRAIT OF KOREAN POP CULTURE 2000- 2020. Written by Hyun Jung.
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A Hundred Abrasions
Oil on canvas and audio system,
240 x 121 x 5 cm
2025
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Cuts and Barriers
Oil on canvas and audio system,
240 x 121 x 5 cm
2025
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Baggage
Acrylic on canvas
182 × 142 × 4 cm
2022
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Silent Companions
Acrylic on canvas
290 × 198 × 4 cm (two panels- 198 × 145 × 4 cm each)
2022
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Steamer
Bronze , 60 x 60 x 27 cm
2025