RHEA EUNJOO IN 

Born 1989 in Seoul, South Korea

Live and work in Seoul and New York

Email: rheaeunjooinstudio@gmail.com

Education

2023   MBA in Contemporary Arts, IESA,  Paris, France (Pending)

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

One and Two Person Exhibitions

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

2020   <All Mine, You Have to Be>, curated by April Zhu, 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

2023

<An Intimate Moment in Libido>, curated by 반이정, 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

Media and Interviews 

2023 리비도의 친밀한 순간, Neolook Archives, Seoul, South Korea

2021 Rhea Eunjoo In Artist Interview, Common Auction, Seoul, South Korea

2020 The 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, A solo booth, Busan, South Korea

Award/Grant/Fellowship

2011  Korean American Community Service, Kew Sun Chai Art First Prize

2011  SAIC 17th Student Leadership Award

2010  SAIC 16th Student Leadership Award

Professional Experience

2023-Current Portfolio Instructor at The Portfolio in Seoul

2022-2023 Curator and Marketer for Berlin Group Curatorial Exhibition, <Ephemeral Utopia> at IESA

2018-2019 Portfolio Instructor at I.Prime Art School in New Jersey 

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

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