Artist Info: Gyun Hur
Bio
Gyun Hur was born in Daegu, Korea. She came to the United States at the age of thirteen and her experience of relocating into a different culture has impacted artist’s making regarding ethnical and cultural assimilation and categorization. The artist explores geographical and cultural identity through projects incorporating sculpture, installation, and performance art.
Gyun Hur has received MFA in Sculpture from the Savannah College of Art and Design and BFA in Painting from the University of Georgia. The artist has performed and exhibited in Atlanta, New York City, Chicago, Seattle, and Vermont. Gyun completed New York City residency through Elizabeth’s Foundation for the Arts in Spring 2009. She received Joan Mitchell Foundation Scholarship for Ox-Bow Artist-in-Residence program and attended an artist residency at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in Amherst, Virginia in 2010. She is the recipient of the inaugural Hudgens Prize in 2010. Hur will have solo exhibitions with Mosart, Chicago, IL and at the Jacueline Casey Hudgens Center for the Arts, GA in 2011.
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Artist's CV
EDUCATION
2009 Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA, MFA Sculpture
2006 University of Georgia, Athens, GA, BFA Painting
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 In Between (TBA), mosnart, Chicago, IL
2010 r e p o s e, Get This! Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2009 A Requiem in the Garden, Gallery Stokes, Atlanta, GA
2008 5 Days of Wailing and A Meal of Condolence, SCAD Sculpture Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2004 Art, Actually, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2011 MOCA GA Salutes the Rising Movers & Shakers of the Georgia Arts Scene, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
ART PAPERS’ 12th Annual Art Auction, Atlanta, GA
2010 The Hudgens Prize Finalists Exhibition, juried by Sylvie Fortin, Eungie Joo, and David Kiehl, Jacueline Casey Hudgens Center for the Arts, Duluth, GA
Post Ox-Bow: Siteless, curated by Andrea Liu, Naxal Belt, BETA Spaces 2010, Bushwick, NY
2009 Me.My.Self., Quinquennial Exhibition juried by Stacie Linder, Susan Bridges, and Steve Aishman, B-Complex, Atlanta, GA
A Garden Under the Light, Le Flash, curated by Stuart Keerler and Cathy Byrd, Atlanta
Baggage Un/Claimed, NAVO, Decatur, GA
February Show Case, Art Storage, curated by Miguel Cortez, www.artstorage.org, Chicago, IL
2008 Sub Space, curated by Steve Jarvis, 1600 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA
Shadow Play: Fables of Our Time, Le Flash, curated by Stuart Keeler and Cathy Byrd, Atlanta
2007 Staff, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
roomXroom: Exploring Domesticity, Ansley Park, Atlanta, GA
Open Studio, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
2006 Encounter, curated by Radcliffe Bailey, Courtyard Gallery, Athens, GA
Lyndon House Exhibit, Athens, GA
Hot Corner, Corner Café, Athens, GA
2005 Monstra, Cortona, Italy
Art-Relief, curated by Sunny Taylor, Arts for All Gallery, Atlanta, GA
PERFORMANCES / PROJECTS
2011 Stay Here in Atlanta, a social project funded by Idea Capital, Atlanta, GA
2010 Thousand Kisses, In My Living Room, Get This! Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Momentary Public Performances: Atlanta, Flux Project, curated by Lee Walton, Atlanta, GA
Untitled, Ox-Bow School, Sagautuck, MI
Untitled, Post Ox-Bow: Siteless, Naxal Belt, BETA Spaces 2010, Bushwick, NY
2009 A Requiem in the Garden, collaborated with Juri Onuki , Stand Alone Gallery, Atlanta, GA
A Blanket of Requiem, collaborated with Juri Onuki, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
2008 Another Requiem, Schultz Studio, Johnson, VT
In Hours, At Large, Mattress Factory, Atlanta, GA
Constructing History: A Requiem to Mark the Moment, A Social Studies Project by Carrie Mae Weems, Atlanta, GA
5 Days of Wailing and A Meal of Condolence, ACA Sculpture Gallery, Atlanta, GA
RESIDENCIES
2011 Artist-in-Residency Program, The Vytlacil Campus of The Art Students League of New York, Sparkill, NY
2010 Ox-Box Fall Artist-in-Residence, Saugatuck, MI
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
2009 New York City Studio Space Grant – Elizabeth’s Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
2008 Vermont Studio Center Residency, Johnson, VT
AWARDS
2011 AIR Program Scholarship, The Vytlacil Campus of The Art Students League of New York
2010 The Hudgens Prize ($50,000)
Ox-Bow Artist-in-Residence – Joan Mitchell Foundation
Idea Capital
2009 Target Professional Grant
2008 Vermont Studio Center Full Fellowship
Sosin Award, Pilchuck Glass School
Wachovia Scholar
Target Professional Grant
Artropolis Trip Scholarship, Savannah College of Art and Design
2007 Savannah College of Art and Design Honors Fellowship
2005 Judy Jones Scholarship, University of Georgia
Vince Dooley Scholarship, University of Georgia
Italy Study Abroad Scholarship, University of Georgia
2004 Gilbert Price Scholarship, University of Georgia
Betty Cabin Memorial Scholarship, University of Georgia
Cuba Study Abroad Program Scholarship, University of Georgia
College Juried Exhibit Scholarship, The Art Place, GA
2002 Pratt Program Scholarship, Pratt Institute, New York, NY