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In haunting paintings and mixed-media works, SoHyun Bae visualizes themes and figures traditionally suppressed in Korean culture. Often done in a muted palette of white, gray, and beige, her surfaces suggest forms while also alluding to latent narratives and alternate histories. Bae is particularly influenced by the lack of female portraiture in the Josun Dynasty (1392–1910), a period in which many of the country’s mores and much of its culture developed. Many of her works offer a belated corrective to its absence of female representation by depicting women or referring to traditionally female Korean handicrafts.
In her Nature of Water series we see a continuation of the Wrapped Shards series, which is inspired by the Jewish Mystical understanding of why we have suffering in this world. It is an exploration of tzimtum, the “Mystery of the Breaking of the Vessels.” In the Nature of Water series, Bae continues to examine the precariousness and fragility of life and the strength in vulnerability through depicting shards found in our natural world. Both series reflect the influence of Elie Wiesel, the Nobel laureate and mentor to Bae who introduced her to the Jewish mystical thought, providing a profound impact on her vision as an artist.
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EDUCATION
MTS, Harvard University, Master of Theological Studies, Cambridge, MA
MFA, Boston University, Boston, MA
BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
European Honors Program, Rome, Italy
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
SoHyun Bae, 375 Hudson Street/Jay Grimm Advisory, New York City
2021
Nature of Water, Skoto Gallery, New York, NY
2020
Bearing the Burden, NAVA Contemporary, New York/San Francisco
2018
SoHyun Bae, Philips/450 Park Ave, New York City
2015
SoHyun Bae, RH Contemporary Art, New York, NY
2011
Subliminal Icons: SoHyun Bae and Traditional Korean Art IN CONTEXT, Curated by Mario Diacono, Kang Contemporary, New York, NY
2009
Adorned/Unadorned: SoHyun Bae/Fathi Hassan, Skoto Gallery, New York, NY
2008
Persimmons and Birds: SoHyun Bae, Philip Kang Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2005
Wrapped Shards, Skoto Gallery, New York, NY
2004
An Ode to the Women of Josun Dynasty, Nikola Rukai Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2000
SoHyun Bae, Skoto Gallery, New York, NY
1998
Kore, Mario Diacono Gallery, Boston, MA
1997
Painting as Prayer, Harvard University Center for World Religions, Cambridge, MA
An Ode to the Women of Josun Dynasty, Harvard University Yenching Institute, Cambridge, MA
1994
SoHyun Bae, Harvard University Hilles Library Art Gallery, Cambridge, MA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
(Re)Work It!: Women Artists on Women's Labor, MattatuckMuseum, Waterbury, CT
2023
Blue Air, TechnoSonics Festival
Rotunda Dome Room, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
2022
Blue Air, NYC Electronic Music Festival, New York City
30th Anniversary Exhibition, Skoto Gallery, New York City
2019
GrahamDeconstructed: Steps in the Street with SoHyun Bae, Martha Graham Studio Series New York, NY
Summer Selections, Hollis Taggart, New York, NY
2018
Grahm + Google, New York City
Art New York with Nikola Rukaj Gallery, Pier 94, New York City
Sympathetic Magic, Westbeth Gallery, New York City
2017
Group Show, Skoto Gallery, New York, NY
2016
Art New York, Pier 94, New York, NY
2014
Archive of Korean-American Artists, Part 2, Queens Museum and Korean Cultural
Center/Ahl Foundation, New York, NY
2013
Paint: Selected Artists, Nikola Rukaj Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2012
Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Canada
20th Anniversary Exhibition, Skoto Gallery, New York, NY
2011
Group Exhibition, Skoto Gallery, New York, NY
SoHyun Bae's Egg Woman II, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
2010
Abundance, Kang Collection, New York, NY
Group Exhbition, Skoto Gallery, New York, NY
2009
Triple Light: SoHyun Bae, Shil-Il Kim, Ran Hwang, Museo Nacional di Visual Artes, Montevideo, Uruguay
Group Exhibition, Skoto Gallery, New York, NY
2008
The Korean International Art Fair, Seoul, Korea
The Shanghai Art Fair, Shanghai, China
Gallery Artists, Skoto Gallery, New York, NY
2007
Korean Artists in the World: New York, Seoul Arts Center Hangaram Museum, Seoul, Korea
Concurrence Divergence: Three Korean Women Painters - Wonsook Kim, SoHyun Bae, Changsoon Oh, Kang Collection Korean Art, New York, NY
The International Asian Art Fair, New York, NY
2006
The International Asian Art Fair, New York, NY
Contemporary Art Asia, Sotheby's, New York, NY
Mostly Ink, Kang Collection, New York, NY
Group Exhibition, Rosenberg and Kaufman Fine Art, New York, NY
2004
Selected Works, Skoto Gallery, New York, NY
San Francisco Arts of Pacific Asia, San Francisco, CA
Per l'Europa, Bibliotecca Lame, Bologna, Italy
2003
Group Exhibition, Rosenberg and Kaufman Fine Art, New York, NY
Works on Paper, Sanford L. Smith & Associates, Ltd., New York, NY
The International Art Fair, Chicago, IL
New American Paintings, Nikoa Rukaj Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Hundred Years, Hundred Dreams, Space World, Long Island City, NY
On and Off the Wall: New York Foundation for the Arts Painting Fellows, Philips, de Pury & Luxembourg, New York, NY
The Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY
Arts of Asia & Oceania Show, Santa Monica, CA
Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Canada
2002
Group Exhibition, Andrew Bae Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001
Presence, Skoto Gallery, New York, NY
Stories, Gallery Korea, New York, NY
1994
Thesis Exhibition, Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA
1993
Juried Group Exhibition by Lois Dodd and Rosemary Trockel, The Bowery Gallery, New York, NY
1992
Alumni Exhibition, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Invitational Exhibition, De Havilland Fine Art, Boston, MA
1990
Group Exhibition, William Busta Gallery, Cleveland, OH
1988
Group Exhibition, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
1986
Group Exhibition, Yale University East Rock Institute, New Haven, CT
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2023
Le Moulin à Nef in Auvillar, France
2019
Lucas Artists Program, Montalvo Arts Center
2007
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship in Fine Art
2002
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Painting
2000
Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc. Grant
Artist Residency, The Corporation of Yaddo
1996
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, Virginia Center for Creative Arts
1993
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
1991
Vermont Studio Center
1986
Chautauqua Summer Institute
COLLECTIONS
The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
The Peabody Archaeological Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
The Museum of Modern Art, Finland
Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Kang Collection, New York, NY
Woods Collection, Lincoln, NE
Mario Diacono, Boston, MA
Neal, Gerber and Eisenberg, Chicago, IL
The Ritz Carlton Hotel, Dubai, UAE
Various private Collections
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2023
Zoom Lecture/Studio Visit, Graduate students at Harvard Divinity School (Spirituality andArt taught by Ann Braude, Director of the Women's Studies in Religion Program and SeniorLecturer on American Religious History)
Slant Podcast with Dana Tai Soon Burgess
Member of the Board of Directors, VCCA (Virginia Center for Creative Arts)
KSACS Speaker, Columbia University
Fellows Council Representative to the VCCA Board of Directors
2022
Guest Speaker, Korean-American Student Conference, US and Korea
2021
Zoom Studio Visit, Graduate students at Harvard Divinity School (Spirituality and Abstract Art taught by Ann Braude, Director of the Women's Studies in Religion Program and Senior Lecturer on American Religious History)
Featured Artist, First Glance, a special preview event featuring artists SoHyun Bae, Bill Jacobson, and Pat Lipsky for Long Views, an online art auction for the Virginia Center for Creative Arts
Member, Fellows Council at the Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Mt. San Angelo, VA
2019
Guest Artist, Martha Graham Studio Series, GrahamDeconstructed: Steps in the Street with SoHyun Bae, New York City
2018
Guest Artist, Google + Graham, Google, New York, NY
2017
Guest Speaker, Memorial for Richard Niebuhr, Hollis Professor of Divinity Emeritus, Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, Boston, MA
2012
Juror, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Fellowships and Individual Artist Awards for
Maryland and New Jersey, Baltimore, MD
Guest Critic, Graduate Students Final Critiques, Boston University School of Fine
Art, Boston, MA
2011
Guest Critic, Graduate Students Final Critiques, Boston University School of Fine
Art, Boston, MA
2010
Judge Panel for Visual Art, The Corporation of Yaddo
2008
Lecturer, Guest Critic, Rhode Island School of Design European Honors Program,
Rome, Italy
2006
Juror, Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Grants Program (Painting), Boston, MA
2005
Guest painter, Final Critiques, Academia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milano, Italy
2003
Artist Talk, Philips, de Pury & Luxembourg, New York, NY
2002
Lecturer, Artist & Audience Exchange, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
1998-2000
Archivist, Assistant to Karel Appel, New York, NY
1998
Assistant to Esteban Vicente, New York, NY
1997
Curator, About Drawing April 9 - May 9, 1997, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
1996
Professor of Painting, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
Tutor of Visual Art at Cabot House, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
1995-1997
Painter of Dioramas, The Peabody Museum Photo Archives, Harvard
University, Cambridge, MA
PUBLICATIONS2023
Slant Podcast, SoHyun Bae: Exploring the Universality of Imagery in Visual Art, Dana TaiSoon Burgess
2020
Invincible Women: Conversations with 21 Inspiring and Successful American Immigrants, Bilha Chesner Fish, MD
2019
Forbes, "Martha Graham Dance Company Brings A Historic Dance Piece Into A Contemporary Lens With "Steps In The Street," September 20, 2019, Risa Sarachan
Oberon's Grove, "GrahamDeconstructed: Steps in the Street," September 26, 2019, Oberon
2018
The New York Times, "In the Dance Lab with Math Graham," May 25, 2018, Gia Kourlas
2015
Channel 13, NYC-ARTS, SoHyun Bae at RH Contemporary Art, May 14, 2015, Christina Ha
The Chicago Times, "SoHyun Bae, Solo Exhibition in New York at RH Contemporary Art," March 13, 2015, Mee-soon Bae
The Korea Times of New York, "SoHyun Bae in Manhattan at RH Contemporary Art," March 27, 2015, Hee-Eun Choi
Sky Voice Special Issue, "Wrapped Shards, SoHyun Bae in New York at RH Contemporary Art," February 28, 2015, Bong-soo Moon
2011
Kang Collection, "Subliminal Icons: SoHyun Bae and Traditional Korean Art IN CONTEXT," November 4 - 23, 2011, Mario Diacono
2009
La Diaria, "Corea en Montevideo pasando por Nueva York," September 23, 2009, Riccardo Boglione
The Korea Times of New York, "Adorned/Unadorned: SoHyun Bae, 1.5 Generation Artist," March 25, 2009, Park Won Young
The Korea Central Daily of New York, "SoHyun Bae: Adorned/Unadorned," March 25, 2009, Sukie Park
2008
Philip Kang Gallery, "SoHyun Bae," October 29, 2008, David Cohen
Philip Kang Gallery, "SoHyun Bae's Birds," October 29, 2008
City Shinmoon, City Gallery, "SoHyun Bae," October 31, 2008
Kukminilbo Kukinews, "Dormant Wings," November 3, 2008
Double A Magazine, "Sohyun Bae at Philip Kang Gallery: Persimmons and Birds," Nov/Dec Issue, 2008
2007
Korean Herad, "Artists Bring Holiday Cheer from New York," November 23, 2007, Jean Oh
Gyung-Hyang-Shin-Moon, "Korean Artists in the World: New York," November 26, 2007, Im Young Joo
Han-Gyeo-Rae, "Their Art, After Korea, New York," November 13, 2007, Im Jong Ub
Moon-Wha-Il-Bo, "Korean Contemporary Art in New York," November 14, 2007, Shin Sae Mi
Mae-Il-Gyung-Jae, "Korean Artists Active in New York," November 9, 2007, Han Bae Sun
The Korea Times of New York, "Rich and Meaningful Touch," September 6, 2007, Jin-Hae Kim
The Korea Central Daily of New York, "Three Women Artists: Kim Wonsook, Bae SoHyun, Oh Changsoon," September 20, 2007, Sukie Park
New York Times, "John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Announcement of the United States and Canadian Fellows," April 6, 2007
Korea Central Daily of New York, "SoHyun Bae Receives the Guggenheim Fellowship," April 7, 2007, Sukie Park
The Korea Times of New York, "SoHyun Bae Receives the Guggenheim Fellowship," April 7, 2007, Jin- Hae Kim
Il Resto del Carlino, "Ha vinto SoHyun Bae, l'Americana di Bologna," 18 Aprile, 2007, Lorella Bolelli
Associated Press Korea, "Artist, SoHyun Bae, wins the Guggenheim," April 11, 2007, Chaehee
2006
Korea Central Daily of New York, "SoHyun Bae at The International Asian Art Fair," March 31, 2006, Oon- sook Kim
The Korea Times, "SoHyun Bae at Sotheby's," September 15, 2006, Heung-Keun Kim
2005
The Korea Times of New York, "SoHyun Bae: Wrapped Shards," February 22, 2005, Jin-Hae Kim
The Korea Central Daily of New York, "Wrapping the Shattered World," February 25, 2005, Sukie Park
The Segye Times, "Memories of Korea," February 19, 2005, Jessica Park
Skoto Gallery, "Configuring Wrap," February 17, 2005, George Quasha
2003
The Korea Central Daily of New York, "SoHyun Bae," June 28, 2003, Oon-sook Im
The Korea Central Daily of New York, "SoHyun Bae," May 8, 2003, Oon-sook Im
2002
The Korea Central Daily of New York, "SoHyun Bae -- Rceipient of The New York
Foundation for the Arts Fellowship," June 8, 2002, Oon-sook Im
Open Studios Press, "New American paintings," No. 38 Northeastern Competition
2001
The Segye Times, "SoHyun Bae -- Feature Artist at Space World," July 30, 2001, Ok-ki Kim
The Segye Times, "Absorption on Ground 31," April 30, 2001, Ok-ki Kim
The Korea Times of New York, "SoHyun Bae at Gallery Korea," March 7, 2001
The Korea Central Daily of New York, "SoHyun Bae at Gallery Korea," March 14, 2001
2000
The Segye Times," 1.5 Generation Artist SoHyun Bae Debut Solo Exhibition in New York," October 27, 2000
The Korea Times of New York, "Interview with SoHyun Bae -- An Ode to the Women of Josun Dynasty," November 4, 2000, Jin-Hae Kim
Skoto Gallery, "SoHyun Bae's Sisterhood," October 13, 2000, Alexi Worth
The New Yorker, "Short List," December 11, 2000
1998
Boston Sunday Herald, "Shared Korean heritage informs divergent art," July 12, 1998, Mary Sherman
1997
Yisei Magazine, Harvard University, "SoHyun Bae: Korean-American Artist," Summer 1997 Issue, Jonathan Harlow
