YEONSU JU
(B.1995, South Korea)
 
Based in London, United Kingdom
 
Education
 
2023 MFA in Painting, Slade School of Fine Art (Distinction), UCL, London, United Kingdom
2021 BA in Painting and Printmaking (First class), Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, United Kingdom
2018 BA in Sociology, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea
 
Solo Show
 
2024 (Upcoming) Arusha Gallery, London, UK
2023 YEONSU JU, HdM Gallery x Asia Society France, Paris, France
2022 Eating is Mutual, Hew Hood Gallery, London, UK
 
Group Exhibitions
 
2024
 
(Upcoming) HdM Gallery, London, UK
(Upcoming) Arusha Gallery, London, UK
(Upcoming) Luce Gallery, Torino, Italy
 
2023
 
Art Antwerp with HdM Gallery, Antwerp Expo, Antwerp, Belgium
ART021 with HdM Gallery, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China
Asia NOW with HdM Gallery, Monnaie de Paris, Paris, France
The 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
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
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
 
Awards
 
2023
 
Cass Art Prize (Recipient)
 
2022
 
Window Project Open Call (Winner)
Delphian Open Call 2022 (Winner)
Swiss Church in London Residency Open Call (Shortlisted)
RBA Rome scholarship (Semi-finalist)
 
2021
 
RGI New Graduate Award, Glasgow, UK (Winner)
Bloomberg New contemporaries 2021, London, UK (Shortlisted)
D31 Art Prize, Doncaster, UK (Finalist)
 
Residency
 
2024 (Upcoming) 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, USA (virtual)
 
Press / Interview
 
2023
 
Korean Female Artists Create Buzz in London, Prestige HK Online
 
2022
 
Issue 27 : 2022, (p.64-65), ArtMaze Mag
Up and Away / Issue 15: Spring 2022, (p.56), Era Journal
 
2021
 
油画作品欣赏 | Yeonsu Ju, 艺外 Art Serendipity (Available through WeChat)
GET REAL / Issue 14 : Autumn 2021, (p.38-39, p.48-49), Era Journal
Cover of the Skinny June 2021 & Fine Art Review (p.36), The Skinny June 2021, The Skinny
 
Collection
 
Nixon Collection
 
Private collections in Australia, China, France, South Korea, Taiwan and United Kingdom