Young Sun Han
VITAE
EDUCATION
2005-2006 Kunsthochschule fuer Medien, (Academy of Media Arts), Cologne, Germany
2001-2005 BFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA
2003-2004 Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Dance of the Cockatrice, City Art Rooms, Auckland, New Zealand
Sliding Mirror: 24 Hour Embrace, 4A Centre of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
2008 24 Hour Embrace, Swimming Pool Project Space, Chicago
2007 invAsian!, City Art Rooms, Auckland, New Zealand *Catalogue
2005 Finding Father, Gallery X, Chicago
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 Skins, APN Outdoor, public billboard project, Auckland
Black Candy, City Art Rooms, Auckland
NEXT Art Fair, invitational exhibition of emerging art, Chicago
2008 The Maui Dynasty, Curated by Anna-Marie White; 5th Goodman Suter Contemporary Art Biennial, Suter Art Gallery, Nelson, New Zealand *Catalogue
Bridge Art Fair Miami
Bridge Art Fair Berlin
Trust Waikato Nat'l Contemporary Art Awards, Waikato Museum, Hamliton, New Zealand
Kill the Cynic, Sanderson Contemporary Art, Auckland
Reflecting Skin, City Art Rooms, Auckland
2007 150x150x150, Sanderson Contemporary Art, Auckland
City Art Rooms, Auckland
2006 as if a hundred thousand…, George Paton Gallery, Melbourne University, Australia
Maedels (Girls), Gallery Gabriele Rivet, Cologne, Germany
2005 Coming of Age: GAM in America, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, USA
Union League Club, Chicago
Schmidt Art Center, Southwestern Illinois College, USA
Gallery 2, Chicago
Art Futura: Exhibition of American Art, Juried by James Rondeau, RIC Center, Chicago
2004 Parsons Consulting Juried Exhibition, Chicago
Nippon Steel, Presidential Awards Exhibition, Chicago
Photography, Renaissance Society Annual Benefit, Chicago
Frozen in Light, A Roomful of Images, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago
Summer Love, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago
2003 Winter Showcase, Goldsmiths, University of London
Skopelos Foundation of the Arts, Skopelos Island, Greece
Jin Soo Kim: 20 Years, sound collaboration, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago *Catalogue
SCREENINGS
2006 Schaetzchen (Babe), Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne, Germany
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2008 Beautiful Terrors, City Art Rooms, Auckland *Catalogue
UNLIMITED, City Art Rooms, Auckland *Catalogue
2007 Young Blood Salon, with Arianne Craig-Smith (ARTSPACE, Auckland) & Stephen Cleland (Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts, Manukau City, New Zealand)
2006 Smells Like Cologne, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago
Psycho, Kunstverein Mönchengladbach, Germany (assistant)
LECTURES / PANELS
2009 Talk, Puff Puff Give, The Physics Room, Christchurch, New Zealand
2007 Artist Presentation, Bay of Plenty Polytech, Tauranga, New Zealand
2006 Smells Like Cologne, Curator’s talk, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago
2004 Minority Artists in the Arts, Panel Discussion, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago
PRESS
2009 Juxtapoz Magazine, 8-May, "A '24 Hour Embrace' with Young Sun Han," feature
The Fader Magazine, interview
They Shoot Homos Don’t They, Issue 5, pp. 78-80, feature
New City Chicago, 9-Jan, “Artist Profile: Young Sun Han”, review
2008 Radio New Zealand National, 21-Dec, interview
Corpus, LA-based arts journal, Spring 2008, feature and back cover
Asian Mag, Feb/Mar, "More than Fantasy," feature
2007 NZ Herald, 1-Nov, Arts Guide, invAsian! review
Nothing Magazine, Oct issue, Interview
Alt TV, 30-Sept, "Pop Culture" segment
The Arts Channel, 20-Sept, Clinton Phillips segment
NZ Herald, 13-June, "Travel Packs Big Questions"
2006 New City Chicago, Eye Exam
Design Yourself, Spring Issue 4, pp. 72-78, Interview
Kunst Aspekte, review of Mädels
2005 Joong-Ang Daily, 10 & 12-March, Finding Father coverage
Chicago Shimpo, 4-Feb, work featured
2004 ArtBeat, 21-Sept, WTTW Chicago Channel 11, work featured
Chicago Sun-Times, 24-Sept, Frozen in Light review
HONORS
2009 ONE DAY SCULPTURE curatorial bursary scholarship, Litmus & Creative NZ
2008 Mt Eden Young Artist's Awards, New Zealand, Competition Judge
Trust Waikato Nat’l Contemporary Art Awards, New Zealand, Finalist
2006 Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange scholarship, Germany
2005 Union League Civic and Arts Foundation scholarship
Annual Collegiate Artists Competition, 1st place in photography
Teaching Assistantship with Aimée Beaubien, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2004 Fred Endsley Fellowship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Parsons Consulting, Corporate Creativity Scholarship
Nippon Steel/School of the Art Institute Presidential Award
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