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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).

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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

2022

Cold Green Base, SeMA (Seoul Museum of Art) Bunker, Seoul, Korea 

2020

Dot.Dot.Dotted Line-Line-Line, All That CuratingSeoul, Korea

Winter Estuary, Gallery Doll, Seoul, Korea

2019

Fall Is a Relatively Free Movement, Rund Gallery, Seoul, Korea 

Contained Time, CICA Museum, Gimpo, Korea

2 Person Exhibitions 

2024

Sweet Apocalypse Hotel, Art Space Geumcheon, Seoul, Korea

2022

You Are My Host, AlterSide, Seoul, Korea 

3 Person Exhibitions 

2022

Zzi Rit Zzi Rit: I Hope I'll Reach You, Gallery XianSeoul, Korea 

True and False, The Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C., Washington D.C., NW, US

Group Exhibitions

2023

Pollutesque (Art-Technology Convergence Program Exhibition, Arts Council Korea)Hixel Studio, Seoul, Korea

Art-Eternal Light (Seoul Arts High School 70th Anniversary Special Exhibition), Arts Center Seoul Doam GallerySeoul, Korea

Insanely Great, Gallery Earth, Seoul, Korea

To Be Anything, To Be Nothing, Post Territory UjeonggukSeoul, Korea

2022

NANJI ACCESS with PACK: MbpsSeoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Log and New, 1ST NFT META.GALLERY (https://opensea.

io/collection/lannft), Korea

2021

Hole (Interdisciplinary Art Grant: Reboot Selected Exhibition, Arts Council Korea), Windmill, Seoul, Korea

8oooooooo, Bambu Gallery, Seoul, Korea

AG Emerging Artists Award, Gallery AG, Seoul, Korea 

2020

Art Interview Pair, Sueno 339, Seoul, Korea

Art Interview Pair, Debec Gallery, Daegu, Korea

2019

Now That’s What I Call Love!, DCTV, New York, NY, US

Post-Human: The 5th International Exhibition on New Media ArtCICA Museum, Gimpo, Korea

Made in NY 2019, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY, US

76th Regional Exhibition, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY, US

Contained Memory, SVA Flatiron Gallery, New York, NY, US

The Future of Food, Usagi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, US

Utility, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, US

2018

Satellite Art Show18 NW 14th Street, Miami, FL, US

Small Works Show440 GalleryBrooklyn, NY, US

LIC Arts Open Fall SalonThe Factory, Long Island City, Queens, US

People's Choice Show, Greenpoint GalleryBrooklyn, NY, US

Colors, Art Room Gallery, New York, NY, US

2015

201_5gamdoSejong Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

The Young Artists Exhibition, KOSA Space Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2014

Navel (Open Call for Emerging Artists), Woosuk Hall, Seoul, Korea

2013

The 15th Danwon Art Festival, Danwon Art Museum (Kim Hong-do Art Museum), Ansan, Korea

The 9th Grand Art Exhibition of Ongoul, Jeonbuk Art Center, Jeonju, Korea

From Liberation Day to the PresentIndependence Hall, Cheonan, Korea

Good Morning Gwanghwamun (9th Gwanghwamun International Art Festival)Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

2012

JW Young Art Award, Gong Pyung art gallery, Seoul, Korea

Art Preview & Portfolio Show, Larchiveum Tulip, Seoul, Korea

Archive-on going, Woosuk Hall, Seoul, Korea

The 5th Korea Erotic Art Festival, Sex Museum, Jeju, Korea

Claim New Territories of Seoul CityUnofficial Preview Gallery, Seoul, Korea

We Are Going To Gwanghwamun (8th Gwanghwamun International Art Festival)Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

New thinking, New art, Lee Seoul Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2011

I will survive (Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture Young Artists Exhibition), Seoul Art Space Seogyo, Seoul, Korea

2010

National University and Graduate School Student Sculpture Contest, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea

ASYAAF (Asian Students and Young Artists Art Festival), Sungshin Women's University, Seoul, Korea

2010 Young Sculptors Exhibition, Kim Chong Yung Museum, Seoul, Korea

Projects

2021

Seoul Public Art Project, Dasan Children's Park, Seoul, Korea

2019

The Hugging Field, collaboration with The Thread Mag, New York, NY, US

2016

Way to Teach Contemporary Art, Hwanil High School, Seoul, Korea

​Grants & Awards

2023

OhMy~! Award in OH MY.. Sustainable Art, Gallery Earth, Seoul, Korea

Open Gallery Scholarships, Open Gallery, Seoul, 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: RebootArts Council Korea, Korea

Honoree at the AG Emerging Artists AwardAhnkgook 

Foundation for Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea

2020

Honoree at the SNU Next to the Library Public Art Project, Faculty of Liberal Education Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

2019

2018

Art takes Manhattan Award, Morgan Stanley & Grace Institute & American Marketing Association, New York, NY, US

Art Competition 'Colors' 2nd Place, Art Room Gallery, New York, NY, US

MFA Fine Arts Award, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, US

2013

The Korean Federation of Arts & Culture Society Award, GIAF Organizing Committee, Seoul, Korea 

2012

Young Artist Award, JW-Group, Seoul, Korea

Art Actor Prize in Art Actor Prize in Art Preview & Portfolio Show, Korean Fine Arts Association, Seoul, Korea

2010

2009

Excellence Award in National University and Graduate School Student Sculpture Contest, Daekyo Culture Foundation, Seoul, Korea

Presidential Award, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Collections 

Seoul National University Museum of Art, Ahnkgook Foundation for Contemporary ArtDaekyo Culture Foundation, Seoul National University Visual Arts Institute

Books & Magazines 

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 FalseEASTCITYART, September 12

2020

True and FalseBethesda 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/

2021

Minji Kim, Ahn-Gook Pharmaceutical, The 6 Emerging Artists Announced, Medical Newspaper, April 27

http://www.bosa.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=2149339

2020

Jun Hyun Gwon, True and False: Digital & Multimedia Works by Three Korean Artists, Culture Times, February 18

http://www.ctimes.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=6611

2019

Hyowon Kim, Ahree Song : Fall Is a Relatively Free Movement., Sports Seoul, October 21

https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/468/0000579362

Hyunsung Kim, The moment of crossing life and death in an imperfect world, Junggi Economy, October 21

http://www.junggi.co.kr/article/articleView.html?no=24143

2012

Seoyoon Jang, A sensation in the art worldE Daily, February 1

https://m.edaily.co.kr/news/Read?newsId=01495686599426256&mediaCodeNo=257#forward

2011

Shinhae Choi, Busy movement of young artists, Seoul National University Newspaper, May 8

http://www.snunews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=10491

2010

Gyeongeun Kim, [ASYAAF] The burning individuality on the canvas, it is hotter than the sun, The Chosun Ilbo, August 10

http://newsplus.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/08/10/2010081000158.html

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

http://www.seoul.co.kr/news/newsView.php?id=20100219022001

Online Publications 

2022

Seoul Museum of Art, [Supporting Exhibitions for Emerging Artists & Curators] Ahree Song Solo Exhibition 《Cold Green Base》, Seoul Museum of Art, August 17

https://sema.seoul.go.kr/kr/whatson/exhibition/detail?exNo=1073340&acadmyEeNo=0&evtNo=0&glolangType=KOR

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

Yun Kook Kim, True and False: Digital & Multimedia Works by Three Korean Artists, 『HY Insa News』February 23

http://m.hyinsantv.com/view.php?idx=143781

True and False : questions society as it explores its true nature, through works by three Korean artists, KOREA.net, February 15

http://www.korea.net/Events/Overseas/view?articleId=7836&searchKey=all&searchValue=True%20and%20False%20&pageIndex=1

2018

2011

I will survive exhibition, 『Art in Culture』, May 19

http://www.artinculture.kr/online/247

Talks & Workshops 

2023

Artist Talk: Ahree Song+Eunhyung ChungGallery EarthSeoul, Korea  

2022

Artist Talk: Ahree Song, Sl A Joo, Sunjeong Hwang, Gallery Xian, Seoul, Korea

2015

Art Workshop, Museum of Art in Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Work Experiences

2022

Teaching Assistant, Sculpture, Graduate Studio Seminar, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

2021

Teaching Assistant, Project & Presentation Workshop, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

2020-2021

Teaching Assistant, Graduate Studio Seminar, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

2018

Teaching Assistant, Digital Sculpture, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, US

Teaching Assistant, Sculpture, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, US

2012-2013

Teaching Assistant, Sculpture, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

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