Jewyo Rhii b. 1971 Seoul Summary - Jewyo Rhii introduced her works of art, which she produced for about 5 years from 1998, mainly in the form of books in which she revealed an environment of the birth of works and the gradual flow of time. She published three art books in which urgent efforts that a man makes to improve the physical and mental environment of the everyday life are disclosed humorously in the form of photos, drawings, and unique makings. Later, she started to find interest in herself as an artist in non-retrospective nowness, various coincidences in different places, spontaneous events, unfamiliar space, and dynamics of each exhibition factor. Her interest in other's matters through the experience of her living abroad in many different cultures shows in the ephemeral objects with temporary materials and quick drawings that deal with the insecurity, resentment, deficiency, and vulnerability in individual existence. She often uses 'None-Finite' installation method, expressing the manner of hesitation and the pendency in the exhibition. Her recent works are distinctly characterized as undisclosed stories, revolving around a unique relationship that the other person's drifting life toward a particular fate has with the artist's continuing life. Rhii's unique method of physically and even corporeally recording those moments and stories in her recent pieces is a striking moment in the current progression of her work. Education - 1997 MFA, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia MA, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London 1995 BFA, Ewha Women's University, Seoul Solo Exhibitions - 2017 Dawn Breaks, Seoul, Collaborative project exhibition with Jihyun Jung, Art Sonje Center, Seoul 1 / 7
2015 Of Pictures, Sophie's Tree, New York Dear my love, Anti-Capitalist, Galerie Ursula Walbrol, Dusseldorf Jewyo Rhii, Wilkinson Gallery, London 2014 Commonly Newcomer, Queens Museum, New York 2013 Night Studio, Artsonje Center, Seoul Walls to Talk to, MMK, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt Walls to Talk to, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands 2012 Walls to Talk to, Galerie Ursula Walbrol, Dusseldorf 2010 Lodged, Galerie Ursula Walbrol, Dusseldorf Night Studio Project, The Artist's Studio in Itaewon, Seoul 2009 Muscle Aches: Arrivals, Doosan Gallery, New York 2008 Lie on the Han River, Bildmuseet, Umea, Sweden Airport Romance, Galerie Ursula Walbrol, Dusseldorf 2007 Ten Years, Please, Gallery27, Kaywon Art & Design School, Uiwang, Korea Liegen Am Han FLUSS (Lie on the Han River), Galerie Ursula Walbrol, Dusseldorf 2 / 7
2006 Jewyo Rhii, Samuso, Seoul 2001 Comfort Tools, Habitat Exhibition Space, London 1998 Feet Trip, Coca-Container of Contemporary Art, Uiwang, Korea 1991 Forty Fast Drawings, Dosan Park, Seoul Group Exhibitions - 2016 The 11th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea Ten Years, Please, Seoul Art Space Mullae, Seoul 2015 Dawn Breaks-Unknown Packages, Queens Museum, New York Le Souffleur: Schurmann Meets Ludwig, Ludwig Forum Aachen, Aachen, Germany 2014 Boom She Boom, MMK, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt 2013 Some End of Things, Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland 2012 Intense Proximity, La Triennale Paris, Palais de Tokyo, Paris 3 / 7
2010 The River Project, Campbelltown Art Center, Australien, Australia Trust, Media City Seoul, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul 2009 Everyday Miracles (Extended), Walter and McBean Galleries, San Francisco Everyday Miracles (Extended) II, REDCAT, Los Angeles 2008 The 7th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea To Burn Oneself with Oneself: Romantic Damage Show, De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam (Love) Will Tear Us, Kunstverein Medientrum, Graz, Austria 2007 Movement, Contingency and Community, Gallery 27, Kaywon Art & Design School, Uiwang, Korea Die Elbe in Between, Kunstmuseum Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany Not Only Possible but Also Necessary. Optimism in the Age of Global War: Deam House, The 10th Istanbul Biennale, Antrepo, Istanbul 2007 Hermès Foundation Missulsang Award Exhibition, Atelier Hermès, Seoul Videonale 11, Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany 2006 Somewhere in Time, Art Sonje Center, Seoul Plug-In Re-Imagining the Collection, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands Small, Galerie Ferdinand van Dieten, Amsterdam Tomorrow, Artsonje Center, Seoul 2005 Secret Beyond the Door, Korean Pavilion, The 51st Venice Biennale, Venice 4 / 7
2004 Somebody Else's Problem, Istanbul 2003 Under Construction>, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo Time After Time - Asia and Our Moment, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco The Postman Is Genius, Montevideo, Amsterdam 2002 Fantasia, Contemporary Arts Center, Beijing, China Korean Air France, Ssamziespace, Seoul 2001 Fantasia, Space ima, Seoul 2000 New Contemporaries Bloomberg New Comtemporaries 2000, MK Gallery, Milton Keynes; Corner House, Manchester; Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh Grants & Awards - 2011 Doosan Residency, New York 2010 Yanghyun Prize, Yanghyun Foundation, Seoul 2007 Hermès Foundation Missulsang Award, Seoul 5 / 7
2005 Artist-in-residency, The Rijksacademie, Amsterdam 2004 Artist-in-residency, The Rijksacademie, Amsterdam 2001 Fantasia Residency, Space ima, Seoul 2000 Selected Artist, New Contemporaries 2000, Edinburgh, UK 1998 Artist Residence Program, Ssamziespace, Seoul Publications - 2013 Walls to Talk to, Koenig Books, London 2009 Of Five Carts and on, Samuso, Seoul 2008 Jewyo Rhii, Samuso, Seoul Ten Years, Please, Story Index, Seoul 2005 Two, Jewyo Rhii, Seoul 6 / 7
2002 Warming and Humidfying, Jewyo Rhii, Seoul 2000 Once You Lie Down, Jewyo Rhii, London 7 / 7