RHEA IN
b. 1989 in Seoul, South Korea
Live and work in Seoul and New York
Education
2023 MBA in Contemporary Arts, IESA, Paris, France (coursework completed)
2017 MFA in Painting and Drawing, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2011 BFA in Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
2007 Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts, Fine Arts Department, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Award/Grant/Fellowship
2025 Gwak Jae Seon Cultural Foundation Hwasa Exhibition, Excellence Award
2011 Korean American Community Service, Kew Sun Chai Art First Prize
2011 SAIC 17th Student Leadership Award
2010 Nippon Steel USA Inc/SAIC, SAIC Presidential Award
One and Two Person Exhibitions
2024 Rhea In: Love & the Warrior, Hermon Gallery, Busan, Korea
Rhea In: Don’t Let Anyone Know You Want It, Depthend Gallery 1, Seoul, Korea
2023 <Unity, A dialogue between luxury & art>, IESA arts&culture Gallery, Paris, France
2021 Rhea In: Romanticism, Gagosipo Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2020 Rhea In: Beauty in Grace, Parnas Tower, Seoul, South Korea
<All Mine, You Have To Be>, Tutu Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2016 Rhea In: New Paintings, Young Artist Invitation, Yeasong Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea
2012 Rhea In: New Paintings, Korean Cultural Center, Wheeling, IL, USA
Selected Group Exhibition
2025 <Give Me More Sugar>, Hermon Gallery, Busan, Korea
<Eland 16th Art Contest Group Show>, Cultural Foundation x Dapsimni Art Lab, Seoul, Korea
<Snake Sense>, Gallery Sun, Seoul, Korea
2024 <Joy>, Gallery Colorbeat, Seoul, Korea
<Curtain Call>, Hermon Gallery, Busan, Korea
2023 <An Intimate Moment in Libido>, Arting Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2022 <Reinterpretation of travel>, Art Square Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2021 <Heal the World>, OCI Museum x Common Auction, Seoul, South Korea
2020 <Over Exposed>, Online Group Exhibition, Visionary Projects
<Gaze>, Online Group Exhibition, Arts to Hearts Project
<Art Teleported NY 2020>, CICA Museum, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2019 <Contemporary Landscape>, CICA Museum, Kimpo, South Korea
2018 <Contemporary Landscapes>, Walt Meade Gallery, Roxbury, NY, USA
2017 <Marathon>, Mezzanine of Pfizer Building, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2015 <Gwanghwamun International Art Festival>, Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
2013 <Welcome Show>, South Stubeun Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
<Morphing Identity>, South Stubeun Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
<EV Project Part 7>, Emma Chelsea Space, Manhattan, NY, USA
<The Beginning>, Korean Association of New York Art Schools, Manhattan, NY, USA
2011 <With Children>, Navy Pier Great Hall, Chicago, IL, USA
<SAIC B.F.A Show>, Sullivan Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
<Embracing>, Korea Cultural Center of Chicago Wheeling, IL, USA
2010 <North Park Art Work>, 5510 N. Kedzie, Chicago, IL, USA
<Fortitude>, Skokie Public Library, Skokie, IL, USA
<Sprouting>, Noyes Cultural Art Center, Evanston, IL, USA
2009 <smARTshow Winter>, Flat Iron Arts Building, Chicago, IL, USA
<Wicker Park Festival>, Flat Iron Arts Building, Chicago, IL, USA
2008 <SAIC Selected Student Group Exhibition Summer>, Nippon Steel USA Inc./SAIC, Chicago, IL, USA
<SAIC Selected Student Group Exhibition Winter>, Nippon Steel USA Inc./SAIC, Chicago, IL, USA
Curatorial Experiences
IESA Berlin Group Curatorial Exhibition, Ephemeral Utopia, Paris and Berflin 2022-2023
Media and Interviews
2023 리비도의 친밀한 순간, Neolook Archives, Seoul, South Korea
2021 Rhea In Artist Interview, Common Auction, Seoul, South Korea
2020 Honey Pump, by Suzana Poghosyan, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2017 몽환적 고독으로 빚어낸 아름다움…레아 인, 개인전, 세계일보, 한국
2012 New Artists: Paintings by Rhea Eunjoo In, The Flaneur
Art Fairs
2023 Busan International Art Fair, Solo Presentation, Busan, South Korea
Artist Residency
2018 Cope NYC Residency program, The Pfizer Building, Brooklyn, NY
Collections
KG Gwak Jae Seon Cultural Foundation
Professional Experience
2013 Graduate Assistant in Junior Undergraduate Painting Class at Pratt Institute
2010 Intern Assistant in the Study Room at Prints and Drawings Department in Art Institute of Chicago
2009 Intern Assistant in Thomas Masters Gallery, Chicago, IL