Resume
Education
Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
Master of Fine Arts, Painting
Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing
Awards/Honors
2024 Special Mention-25 Artists, ’Summer 2024 Artist Grant Competition’, Teravarna Art Gallery
Selected for the feature, 'Creative Souls-Virtual Exhibition', The FLUX Review & FLUX Exhibition
Finalist Award-Oil, ‘Best in Medium 2024 International Juried Art Awards’, Camelback Gallery
Honorable Mention Award, ‘The 5th International CFA Artist of the Year Contest', Circle Foundation for the Arts
Best in Show, ‘Artist Invitational VIII (8) - International Juried Art Exhibition', Camelback Gallery
2023 Selected for the feature, ‘Circle Quarterly Art Review Magazine Contest', Circle Foundation for the Arts
Artistic Recognition Award, ‘2023 Oils Competition', Art and Color 365
Selected for the feature, ‘Artistonish - October 2023 artist call', Artistonish
Selected for the feature, ‘Artist of the Month Competition', Camelback Gallery
MFA Cityscape Award, ‘(Annual) Spring Show’, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2022 100 Finalists, ‘12th annual Artistic Excellence Competition’, Southwest Art Magazine
2021 MFA Cityscape Award, ‘(Annual) Spring Show’, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2018 BFA Figurative 1st Place, ‘(Annual) Spring Show’, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2017 BFA Small Works Award, ‘(Annual) Spring Show’, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
Ongoing Exhibition
November 16, 2024 - January 11, 2025, JOY (National Juried Exhibition), Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
October 7, 2024 - January 7, 2025, Creative Souls (Virtual Exhibition-Juried), The FLUX Review & FLUX Exhibition
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Moments at That Time: San Francisco, Nine Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2019 Moods of Scenes, 625 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Group Exhibitions
2024 Best in Medium 2024 (International Juried Art Awards), Camelback Gallery
Delicious, STUDIO Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Spring Show (Fine Art-Juried), Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
Artist Invitational VIII (8) (International Online Juried Art Exhibition), Camelback Gallery
2023 Spring Show (Fine Art-Juried), Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2022 Delicious, STUDIO Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Spring Show (Fine Art-Juried), Academy Galleries at The Cannery, San Francisco, CA
City Streets - Urban Views of the Bay Area, STUDIO Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Terrain - Views of California, STUDIO Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2021 Tiny, STUDIO Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Online Spring Show (Fine Art-Juried), Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2020 Tiny, STUDIO Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2019 Spring Show (Fine Art-Juried), Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2018 Tiny, STUDIO Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Spring Show (Fine Art-Juried), Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2017 Spring Show (Fine Art-Juried), Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2016 Spring Show (Fine Art-Juried), Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2015 Spring Show (Foundation-Juried), Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
Auctions / Fundraisers
2024 Heron 100 (ArtSpan’s Golden Juried Benefit Art Auction), Heron Arts, San Francisco, CA
2022 Auction for San Francisco-Marine Food Bank, STUDIO Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2019 24th Annual Faculty+Alumni Fine Art Auction (Juried), Academy Galleries at The Cannery, San Francisco, CA
Press
2024 "Meet Mijin Kwon". Bold Journey Magazine (Oct 17, 2024)
"Meet Mijin Kwon" by Stories & Insights. CanvasRebel Magazine (Sep 29, 2024)
"Meet Mijin Kwon / Artist" by Local Stories. Shoutout LA (Sep 16, 2024)
“Daily Inspiration: Meet Mijin Kwon” by Local Stories. Voyage LA Magazine (Jun 3, 2024)
“그 때 그 순간들 샌프란시스코”. The Korea Times. A2 (Feb 23rd, 2024)
2023 "The 37th edition of Spotlight Magazine", Circle Foundation for the Arts. p45
“Circle Quarterly Art Review” by Myrina Tunberg Georgiou, Circle Foundation for the Arts. p96
“Artistonish, Issue #39 October 2023”, Artistonish. P28
2021 “21 Under 31: Young Artists to Watch in 2021 ” by Bonnie Gangelhoff. Southwest Art Magazine
(August/September 2021 issue). p96