South Korean Jun Ahn came to study in the US, where she graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in art history in 2006, followed by two years of postgraduate study of photography at the Pratt Institute.
While at the Pratt, she had her first work displayed as part of group gallery exhibitions, and began work on the "Self-Portrait" project,
which to date is her most prominent series of photographs which she
regards as “a performance without an audience”, an end of youth of
sorts, and a coming to terms with the future.
In 2009 and 2010 she was
awarded the Dean’s Scholarship at New York’s Parsons The New School for Design,
and in 2011 received both the Dean's and a departmental scholarship.
During this time her work received its first major exhibitions,
including a joint exhibition with Kazuna Taguchi at PS 122 in New York.
Furthermore, Ahn has been selected as one of BJP’s 20 Photographers To Watch in 2013. Parsons awarded her a Master of Fine Arts with honours in January 2012, after which she acquired a PhD in photography from Hongik University in Seoul.
Education
2017
Ph.D in Photography Hongik University, South Korea
2012
MFA in Photography Parsons-The New School for Design, New York, United States
2007
Photography Pratt Institute, New York, United States
2006
BA Art History University of Southern California- Los Angeles, United States
Selected solo exhibitions
2022
"AHN Jun : On Gravity", Seoul Botanic Park, Seoul, Korea
2021
"On Gravity", Christophe Guye Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
"On Gravity", Keumsan Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2020
"Ahn Jun", 291 Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2019
"A Chance for the Unpredictable", Lianzhou Museum of Photography, China
"Ahn Jun", Art Space J, Gyunggi, Korea
"Ahn Jun", Art Space Groove, Seoul, Korea
"Self-Portrait / One Life", Marute Gallery, Takamatsu, Japan
2018
"Obscure Present" BMW Photo Space, Busan, Korea
"On The Verge" Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, USA
"One Life" CASE Tokyo space, Tokyo, Japan
"One Life" Drossy Salon, Seoul, Korea
2017
"UnveiledScape" Keumsan Gallery, Seoul, Korea
"InvisibleScapes" Xijiantang Art Museum, Jindezhen, China
"Ahn Jun; Special Exhibition" AHAF, COEX, Seoul, Korea
2016
„Me in the Photography“ Daegu Culture & Arts Center, Daegu, Korea
„The Present“ 63 Art Mini Exhibition, Seoul, South Korea
2015
„On the Edge of Time“ Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Hong Kong
2014
„Self-Portrait“ Christophe Guye Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
2013
„Ahn Jun Solo Exhibition“ Kips Gallery, New York AHAF 13’ Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Hong Kong
2012
„Self-Portrait“ Anna Nova Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia
Selected group exhibitions
2024
MIA Fair Milano, Christophe Guye Galerie, Milan, Italy
2023
"Walking in the Wild – By Bob van Orsouw and Christophe Guye" Christophe Guye Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
2021
"Paris Photo", Grand Palais Éphémère, Paris, France
KIAF (Keumsan Gallery), COEX, Seoul, Korea
"In my Bubble", Christophe Guye Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
"Images Gibellina", Sicilia, Italy
"Clash of Images", K.P Gallery, Seoul, Korea
BAMA: Keumsan Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2020
"Star+", Samjung Gallery, Busan, Korea
"Busan in my mind", Keumsan Gallery, Seoul, Korea
화랑미술제, Seoul, Korea
2019
"Paris Photo", Paris, France (selected Exhibition Highlight)
"Photo Phenom Penh 2019", Phenom Penh, Cambodia
"Photo Fairs Shanghai 2019", Shanghai, China
"Photobook Exhibition": The Athens Photography Festival, Benaki Museum, Greece
KIAF : Kips Gallery, COEX, Seoul, South Korea
"The Memory of Space", Kimchungup Architecture Museum, Anyang, Korea
"Studying Sensation", Soda Museum, HwaSung, South Korea
"Haute Photography"; Case Publishing, Rotterdam, Netherland
"Print", Photography and Present (Art Asia), COEX, Seoul, South Korea
2018
"Space; Crashes in Street Life" Triennal of Photography Hamburg
"Festival Images Vevey" Vevey, Switzerland
"Entity of Spatial Existence: SIPF 2018" Gillman Barracks, Blk 7, Singapore
"Body Politics" Kana Kawanishi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
"Art Busan: Kips Gallery" BEXCO, Busa, Korea
2017
"If Art Can Start A New Again" Lishui International Photography Festival, China
"Asia Woman Artists" Jeonbok Museum of Art, Korea
"Judgement Reservation" BEXCO, Busan, Korea
"2017 You 流자적展" Ujung Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2016
„Ich“ Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
2015
„As Far as the Mind Can See“ exd'15, Porto, Portugal
2014
Double Mirror:
„Korean-American Artists“ American University Museum, Washington, United Staates
2013
„The Youth Code“ Christophe Guye Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
2012
„Rookie Photo Festival" Hongik, University Museum, Seoul, South Korea
„Beyond Bridge" Bridge Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
„KIAF 2012" Kumsan Gallery, COEX, Seoul, South Korea
„AHAF 2012" Kips Gallery, Choson Hotel, Seoul, South Korea
„Pride of Place“ YeoSu International Art Festival, Yeosu, South Korea
„Korean Show“ New Meridian Hotel, Noumea, New Caledonia
„The Unfamiliarity Cais Gallery, Hong Kong, China
„A Vision Across Boundaries“, VT Art Salson, Taipei, Taiwan
„GwangHwa Moon International Art Festival" Main Exhibition Hall 1, Sejong Center for the Porforming Arts, Seoul, South Korea
„The Unfamiliarity“ Cais Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
„The Private City“ Kumsan Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
„The Private City“ Kumsan Gallery, Paju, South Korea
„Hong Kong in my Mind“ AHAF Special Exhibition, Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong, China
„Hong Kong in my Mind“ Kumsan Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2011
„Photo Review“ Seoul Photo Festival,Seoul Museum of Art 서울시립미술관, Seoul, South Korea
„Contemporary Interpretations of Beauty in the Museum“ The State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Parsons Festival, New York, United States
„Aliosha Gorskok“ Petrozavodsk City Exhibition Hall, Petrozavodsk, Russia (Traveling show)
„White Nights Festival” Perm, Russia
2010
„States of Flux“ Aperture Gallery, New York, United States
„Aliosha Gorskok“ Thomas Werner Gallery, New York The Fade, Paper Mill Gallery, Sydney,
Australia (Traveling show)
„Aliosha Gorskok“ Krasnoyarsk Museum Center, Russia (Traveling show)
2009
„Reflections“ Fitton Center of Creative Art, Hamilton, United States
„Some Place Like Home“ Dan Cooney Gallery, New York, United States
„Global Identity: Through Our Eyes“ UN Plaza German Consulate, New York, United States
2008
„Inflaing“ Aswoon Gallery, Brooklyn DUMBO, New York
„Preeeminent Origins“ Lucky Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Two person exhibition
2013
„Jun Ahn and Martin Kim Wada“ Garou Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
2011
„Jun Ahn and Ho Chang Chelsea“ West Gallery, New York, United States
2010
„Perspectives“ Onishi Gallery, New York, United States
“Jun Ahn and Kazuba Taguchi“ PS 122 Gallery, New York, United States
Awards
2019
Curator’s Choice, Paris Photo, Paris, France
2016
Emerging Artist, 63 Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2013
Asian Artist to Watch in 2013 South China Morning Post, Hong Kong
Ones To Watch British Journal of Photography, Great Britain
2012
International Photography Award (Honorable Mention, Fine Art-Others
Category)
Belt 2012 (Photography), South Korea
New Caledonia Traveling Grant
New Caledonia Tourism Board/Kumsan Gallery
2011
2011 Graduate Directory
Wallpaper* Magazine, Great Britain
Hong Kong in my Mind, Exhibition Traveling Grant, Hong Kong Tourism Board
Deans Scholarship, Parsons-The New School for Design, New York, United States
Departmental Scholarship, Parsons-The New School for Design, New York, United States
2010
Deans Scholarship Parsons-The New School for Design, New York, United States
2009
Deans Scholarship Parsons-The New School for Design, New York, United States
Teaching
2012
MFA program, Multimedia Art 성신여자대학교 SungShin Woman’s University
BFA program, Printmaking 추계예술대학교 ChuGye University for the Arts
Collections
JP Morgan
Statoil, Norway
Harbor City, Hong Kong
GoEun Photography Museum, Busan, Korea
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
HanHwa,Korea
SamJung Construction, Korea
Space 22, Seoul, Korea
Ujung Foundation, Korea
