b. 1993, Seoul, South Korea
Korean-Canadian
yunaa.cho93@gmail.com
Resting low to the ground and pressed against the existing space, the sculptures are shaped by everything that surrounds them—a blanket of sunlight, a trace of dust, a passing breeze—just as we are. This responsiveness echoes the principle of interdependence (known in Korean as 연기 yeon-gi), the understanding that all existence arises in relation rather than in isolation.
We give parts of ourselves to others, become deeply entangled, and inevitably part ways—emotionally, physically, spiritually.
Yet something always remains:
a residue, a fold, a soft dent in the self. In these cycles of softening and hardening, I recognize something deeply human.
My work offers a space to reflect on how life unfolds beyond our control. In slowing down, our gaze shifts and attunes to gradual change. It is an embodiment of quiet acceptance, a gesture of yielding, absorbing, and becoming.
EDUCATION
2026 MFA, Painting and Printmaking, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
2015 BFA, Painting, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
GROUP AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2025 Feedback Loop, Green Hall Gallery, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
2024 Binary Equilibrium, Gallery Chang, New York, NY
Light on: 우연히 발견하다, Jimin Park & Yuna Cho, Ray Projects Seoul, Seoul, South Korea
2023 Spotted, Gallery Jiha, Seoul, South Korea
| Asian Students & Young Artists Art Festival, Hongik Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea |
| Nameless City, Keep In Touch Gallery, Seoul, South Korea |
| Europia, Unhide x VVS Museum, Seoul, South Korea 2016 Summer Salon Show, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2014 Asian Students & Young Artists Art Festival, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul, South Korea |
PRESS
2026 “Interview Feature: Kurotani Washi”, Kakimoto Shoji Co., Ltd (upcoming)
2025 Issue 177, MFA Annual, New American Paintings
2024 “뉴욕한인예술인연합, 맨해튼서 미술작가 그룹전시 개최”, Naver News
“KANA, 갤러리 장, 한인작가 단체전 개최”, The Korea Daily
“뉴욕한인예술인협회 (KANA) 그룹전 1부 ‘Binary Equilibrium’ @갤러리 장 NY (7/30-8/7)”, NY Culture Beat
“뉴욕한인 미술 작가들 조명 그룹전”, Korea Times
2023 2023 Asian Students & Young Artists Festival, Chosun Ilbo Daily
2016 No. 16, Art Reveal Magazine
2015 Issue XII Spring 2015, The Round Magazine
Volume 15 Ed. 2, Visions Magazine
2014 2014 Asian Students & Young Artists Festival, Chosun Ilbo Daily
GRANTS, RESIDENCIES, CERTIFICATIONS
2025 AICAD Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Nominee (2026–27), Yale School of Art
Council on East Asian Studies Summer Travel & Research Grant, Yale University
Washi Making Workshop, Kurotani Washi Paper Company, Kyoto, Japan
2023 October Grant, Honorable Mention, MyMA
2020 Florida Educator Certificate Program, TeacherReady (Online)
2017 Artist in Residence (April-May), KulttuuriKauppila Art Centre, Ii, Finland
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2025 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Painting Basics (Fall), Yale University, New Haven, CT
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Basic Drawing (Summer), Yale University, New Haven, CT
2017-23 Visual Arts Teacher (Grades 9–12), Seoul Scholars International Art & Design School, Seoul, South Korea
2015-17 Fine Art Portfolio Instructor, Art In Studio, Seoul, South Korea
2015 Art Curriculum Writer, Kim Choong Won Art School Co., Seoul, South Korea