송아리 Ahree Song
Biography
한국어
Ahree Song
Born in 1984 in Seoul, South Korea
Ahree Song is a Korean contemporary artist. She received a BFA (2010) and an MFA (2015) both in sculpture from Seoul National University. In 2017, she received a master's degree in fine arts from the School of Visual Arts in New York, USA, and a doctorate in sculpture from Seoul National University, Korea in 2023. Ahree deals with how the ideas and experiences of the variant body are materialized into performative sculptures. Her works are housed in the Seoul National University and Daekyo Culture Foundation in the South Korea and have been reviewed in The Washington Post, Culture Times, The Kukmin Ilbo and The Chosun Ilbo, among others. Ahree’s work has been the focus of solo presentations at the Gallery Doll, Seoul, Korea (2020); All That Curating, Seoul, Korea (2020); Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA Bunker), Seoul, Korea (2022). Her work has been included in numerous group exhibitions, including those at the Windmil, Seoul, Korea (2021); Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea (2022); The Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C., Washington D.C., US (2022).
Curriculum Vitae
Education
2023
Doctor of Fine Arts, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
2019
Master of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, US
2015
Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
2010
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Adopt-a-Monstrum, Daechumoo Fine Art, Gangneung, Korea
2022
Cold Green Base, SeMA (Seoul Museum of Art) Bunker, Seoul, Korea
2020
Dot.Dot.Dotted Line-Line-Line, All That Curating, Seoul, Korea
Winter Estuary, Gallery Doll, Seoul, Korea
2019
Fall Is a Relatively Free Movement, Rund Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Contained Time, CICA Museum, Gimpo, Korea
Two and Three Person Exhibitions
2024
Sweet Apocalypse Hotel, Art Space Geumcheon, Seoul, Korea
2022
True and False, The Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C., Washington D.C., NW, US
You Are My Host, AlterSide, Seoul, Korea
Group Exhibitions
2023
Pollutesque (Art-Technology Convergence Program Exhibition, Arts Council Korea), Hixel Studio, Seoul, Korea
To Be Anything, To Be Nothing, Post Territory Ujeongguk, Seoul, Korea
2022
NANJI ACCESS with PACK: Mbps, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2021
Hole (Interdisciplinary Art Grant: Reboot Selected Exhibition, Arts Council Korea), Windmill, Seoul, Korea
2019
Now That’s What I Call Love!, DCTV, New York, NY, US
Made in NY 2019, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY, US
Contained Memory, SVA Flatiron Gallery, New York, NY, US
Utility, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, US
2018
People's Choice Show, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, US
Colors, Art Room Gallery, New York, NY, US
2013
Good Morning Gwanghwamun (9th Gwanghwamun International Art Festival), Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2011
I Will Survive (Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture Young Artists Exhibition), Seoul Art Space Seogyo, Seoul, Korea
2010
2010 Young Sculptors Exhibition, Kim Chong Yung Museum, Seoul, Korea
Grants & Awards
2024
Artist of Tomorrow Award, Daechumoo Fine Art, Gangneung, Korea
2022
Supporting Exhibition for Contemporary Korean Artists, The Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C., Washington D.C., NW, US
Supporting Exhibitions for Emerging Artists & Curators, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2021
Interdisciplinary Art Grant: Reboot, Arts Council Korea, Korea
2009
Presidential Award, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Collections
Seoul National University Museum of Art
Ahnkgook Foundation for Contemporary Art
Daekyo Culture Foundation
Seoul National University Visual Arts Institute
Books & Magazines
2024
「Review: Ahree Song_ Adopt-a-Monstrum」, 『Public Art』, August 1
2023
Yeji Hong, 「Body That Makes Haste Slowly / Ahree Song's Solo Exhibition」, 『Essays in Art Criticism: If I Could See Love by Yeji Hong』, Beauty, October 4
「To Be Anything, To Be Nothing」, 『Monthly Art Magazine』, January 1
2022
Korean Cultural Center Presents Tae Eun Kim, Su Hyun Nam, and Ahree Song True and False, EASTCITYART, September 12
2020
True and False, Bethesda Magazine, March 1
Manifest Exhibition Annual Season, Manifest Press, January 1
2019
「New Media Art 2020」, 『CICA Press』, December 1
「Attention Artist : Installation Artist, Ahree Song」, 『BIZart』, October 1
Newspapers
2022
Mark Jenkins, "In the galleries: Recognizing our environmental emergencies", The Washington Post, September 23
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/09/23/art-gallery-shows-dc-area/
2020
Jun Hyun Gwon, 「True and False: Digital & Multimedia Works by Three Korean Artists」, 『Culture Times』, February 18
2019
Hyowon Kim, 「Ahree Song : Fall Is a Relatively Free Movement.」, 『Sports Seoul』, October 21
2012
Seoyoon Jang, 「A sensation in the art world」, 『E Daily』, February 1
https://m.edaily.co.kr/news/Read?newsId=01495686599426256&mediaCodeNo=257#forward
2010
Youngran Lee, 「The 'ICE' generation also in the world of art」, 『Herald Corporation』, March 2
https://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?oid=016&aid=0000336152
「The experimental spirit of young artists - '2010 Exhibition of Rising Sculptors'」, 『The Joong Ang Ilbo』, February 20
https://news.joins.com/article/4021778
Changsoo Yoon, 「Why were the curators enamored of them」, 『The Seoul Shinmun』, February 19
Online Publications
2024
Ga-young Ryu, 「People Gather at Gangneung」, 『Vogue』, August 16
Monthly Art, 「Ahree Song, 《Adopt-a-Monstrum》」, 『Monthly Art』, July 9
https://www.instagram.com/monthly_art/p/C9MA70qSrqz/?img_index=1
Public Art, 「송아리, 《Adopt-a-Monstrum》」, 『Public Art』, July 9
https://www.instagram.com/publicartmagazine/p/C9L3SOuPgNP/?img_index=1
2022
Seoul Museum of Art, 「[Supporting Exhibitions for Emerging Artists & Curators] Ahree Song Solo Exhibition 《Cold Green Base》」, 『Seoul Museum of Art』, August 17
The Korean Cultural Center Washington D.C., 「True and False: Works by Tae Eun Kim, Su Hyun Nam, and Ahree Song」, 『The Korean Cultural Center Washington D.C.』, August 1
https://washingtondc.korean-culture.org/ko/1126/board/890/read/117181
2021
Bohe Yang, 「Ahn-Gook Pharmaceutical, Announce The Six Artists Selected」, 『Daily Medi』, April 27 (+12 more)
http://www.dailymedi.com/detail.php?number=868923&thread=22r05
2020
「True and False : questions society as it explores its true nature, through works by three Korean artists」, 『KOREA.net』, February 15
2018
"Colors", Art Room Gallery Online, September 1
http://www.artroomgalleryonline.com/exhibitions/2018/september_2018.html
2011
「I will survive exhibition」, 『Art in Culture』, May 19
Talks & Workshops
2024
Artist Talk: Ahree Song, Sorol Art Museum, Gangneung, Korea
2023
Artist Talk: Ahree Song+Eunhyung Chung, Gallery Earth, Seoul, Korea
2022
Artist Talk: Ahree Song, Sl A Joo, Sunjeong Hwang, Gallery Xian, Seoul, Korea