Jinny Yu, University of Ottawa
Professor
Visual Arts
Ottawa, Ontario
jyu@uottawa.ca
Office:
(613) 562-5800 ext. 2770
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Bio/Research
Born in Korea and based in Canada and Italy, Jinny Yu’s work attempts simultaneously to scrutinize conventions of painting and to explore new possibilities within the medium. Her work has been shown widely, including exhibitions at the ISCP Gallery (Brooklyn), Pulse New York (NY), Scope New York ...
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Bio/Research
Born in Korea and based in Canada and Italy, Jinny Yu’s work attempts simultaneously to scrutinize conventions of painting and to explore new possibilities within the medium. Her work has been shown widely, including exhibitions at the ISCP Gallery (Brooklyn), Pulse New York (NY), Scope New York (NY), Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation (Venice), Kunst Doc Art Gallery (Seoul), the Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art (Kyoto), the Conduit Street Gallery, Sotheby's (London, UK), Carleton University Art Gallery (Ottawa), the Taehwa Eco Art Festival (Ulsan City, Republic of Korea), the Confederation Centre Art Gallery (Charlottetown), and McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton). Yu, who is Associate Professor of Painting at the University of Ottawa, was awarded Laura Ciruls Painting Award from Ontario Arts Foundation in 2012 and was a finalist for the Pulse Prize New York 2011. She has received grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, and le Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Quebec. She is represented by Galerie Art Mur in Montreal and General Hardware Contemporary in Toronto.
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