Bio:
Min Baek (b. 1994, South Korea) is a New York-based visual artist whose practice spans painting, writing, sculpture, and ephemeral installation. She examines the intersection of life cycles and feminine experiences to explore the failures and fears intertwined within them. Baek earned a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA from the University of Pennsylvania. She held a solo exhibition at Spectrum Gallery (Seoul, KR) and a two-person show at the Helen J Gallery (Los Angeles, CA). She has participated in group exhibitions at venues such as Artspace Boan 1942 (Seoul, KR), Rainbow Cube (Seoul, KR), Youngeun Museum (Gwangju, KR), Gummies Gallery (Brooklyn, NY), New Works (Chicago, IL), and Viridian Artists (New York, NY). In recognition of her achievements, Baek received the Oakley Medal of Achievement in 2020 (Philadelphia, PA). Currently, she is participating in the NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program.
CV:
Education
2023
MFA, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2017
BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Solo Exhibition & Two-person Exhibition
2022
Rough Growth, Helen J Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2021
Lava Lamp, Spectrum Gallery, Seoul, KR
Group Exhibitions
2024
In/Between 2024: Cosmic Domestic, New York Live Arts, New York, NY, USA
2023
The $99 Exhibition: Little Windows, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Aftermath, Worthless Studio, Brooklyn, PA, USA
Space-States and Other Realms, Charles Adaams Fine Arts Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, USA (curated by Jackie Tileston and Rain Gideon Jacobson)
Terminal Degree: Philly 2023 MFA Graduates, Commonweal Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, USA
VOX XVIII: Oil of Milk, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, USA (curated by Nirvana Santos-Kuilan)
We Emerge at the Sunset of Your Ideology, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Away From Center, Atelier Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Vestige, Automat Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2022
the sun sets at noon, Clutter Gallery, Charles Adaams Hall, Philadelphia, PA, USA
215|610 CONTEMPORARY Juried Exhibition (juried by Alex Klein), Gallery at Delaware County Community College, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Cabinet, Gblue Gallery, Seoul, KR
Living Relation, Namsan Park, Seoul, KR
LAYERING: Three to Four Layers of Weather Today, Boan Art Space, Seoul, KR
Out of Crosshair, Faction, Seoul, KR
No Mistakes Just Happy Doubts, Sangheeut, Seoul, KR
2021
Serials, Rainbow Cube, Seoul, KR
SEEA, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, KR
CONTACT, CHJ Project, Seoul, KR
Train to My Dream, Gummies Gallery, Workshop 4200, Chicago, USA
2020
Make Me Love You in 10 Jpgs or Less, Skylab Gallery, Columbus, USA
2019
Young & Young Artist 4th Project 4th, Youngeun Museum, Gwangju, KR The Art of the Small, Brodsky Gallery, Kelly Writers House, Philadelphia, USA
Jip, Gummies Gallery, New York, USA
2018
Delicate Cycle, World’s Largest Laundromat, Chicago, USA
Prelude To The Flood, New Works, Chicago, USA
30 Under 30, Viridian Artists, New York, USA
Residencies & Fellowships
2024
NYFA Inmigrant Artist Mentoring Program for Visual & Multidisciplinary Artists, New York
2023
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, USA
Honors & Awards
2023
Residency Funding, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
VSC Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, USA
Project Grant Award, Center for Experimental Ethnography, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
2022
First Time Young Artist Grant, Arts Council Korea, Seoul, KR (organized by Junga Kim)
2021
Art Seeds, Korean Artist Welfare Foundation, Seoul, KR
Around Curator + Artist Program Grant, Incheon Foundation For Arts & Culture, Incheon, KR
2020
The Oakley Medal of Achievement, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
2019
Penn Design Scholarship, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
2018
30 Under 30 (juried by Chrissie Iles) Viridian Artists, New York, USA
Advanced Painting Studio, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA
2013
Presidential Scholarship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA
Public Talks
2023
Public Presentation “We Emerge at the Sunset of Your Ideology”, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts,
Philadelphia Museum, PA, USA
2022
Lighting Lecture, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Artist Talk “Painting and Atmosphere”, The Preview Seongsu, Seoul, KR
2019
Lighting Lecture, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Permanent Collections
2021
Uijeongbu Eulji Medical Center, Uijeongbu
2020
Seoul Metropolitan Government, Seoul
Interviews & Press
2018
Meet Min Baek, The Thought-Provokers, Voyage Chicago, Chicago, USA
Teaching Experience
2023
Teaching Assistant (Alexis Granwell), Drawing I, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2022
Teaching Assistant (Jackie Tileston), Mystics and Visionaries: Art and Other Ways of Knowing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2021
Art Instructor, RaM School of Art, Seoul, KR
2020
Art Instructor, The Portfolio, Seoul, KR
Teaching Assistant (Matthew Freedman and Gregory Vershbow), 3 Dimensions: Time and Space, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Min Baek (b. 1994, South Korea) is a New York-based visual artist whose practice spans painting, writing, sculpture, and ephemeral installation. She examines the intersection of life cycles and feminine experiences to explore the failures and fears intertwined within them. Baek earned a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA from the University of Pennsylvania. She held a solo exhibition at Spectrum Gallery (Seoul, KR) and a two-person show at the Helen J Gallery (Los Angeles, CA). She has participated in group exhibitions at venues such as Artspace Boan 1942 (Seoul, KR), Rainbow Cube (Seoul, KR), Youngeun Museum (Gwangju, KR), Gummies Gallery (Brooklyn, NY), New Works (Chicago, IL), and Viridian Artists (New York, NY). In recognition of her achievements, Baek received the Oakley Medal of Achievement in 2020 (Philadelphia, PA). Currently, she is participating in the NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program.
CV:
Education
2023
MFA, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2017
BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Solo Exhibition & Two-person Exhibition
2022
Rough Growth, Helen J Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2021
Lava Lamp, Spectrum Gallery, Seoul, KR
Group Exhibitions
2024
In/Between 2024: Cosmic Domestic, New York Live Arts, New York, NY, USA
2023
The $99 Exhibition: Little Windows, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Aftermath, Worthless Studio, Brooklyn, PA, USA
Space-States and Other Realms, Charles Adaams Fine Arts Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, USA (curated by Jackie Tileston and Rain Gideon Jacobson)
Terminal Degree: Philly 2023 MFA Graduates, Commonweal Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, USA
VOX XVIII: Oil of Milk, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, USA (curated by Nirvana Santos-Kuilan)
We Emerge at the Sunset of Your Ideology, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Away From Center, Atelier Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Vestige, Automat Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2022
the sun sets at noon, Clutter Gallery, Charles Adaams Hall, Philadelphia, PA, USA
215|610 CONTEMPORARY Juried Exhibition (juried by Alex Klein), Gallery at Delaware County Community College, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Cabinet, Gblue Gallery, Seoul, KR
Living Relation, Namsan Park, Seoul, KR
LAYERING: Three to Four Layers of Weather Today, Boan Art Space, Seoul, KR
Out of Crosshair, Faction, Seoul, KR
No Mistakes Just Happy Doubts, Sangheeut, Seoul, KR
2021
Serials, Rainbow Cube, Seoul, KR
SEEA, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, KR
CONTACT, CHJ Project, Seoul, KR
Train to My Dream, Gummies Gallery, Workshop 4200, Chicago, USA
2020
Make Me Love You in 10 Jpgs or Less, Skylab Gallery, Columbus, USA
2019
Young & Young Artist 4th Project 4th, Youngeun Museum, Gwangju, KR The Art of the Small, Brodsky Gallery, Kelly Writers House, Philadelphia, USA
Jip, Gummies Gallery, New York, USA
2018
Delicate Cycle, World’s Largest Laundromat, Chicago, USA
Prelude To The Flood, New Works, Chicago, USA
30 Under 30, Viridian Artists, New York, USA
Residencies & Fellowships
2024
NYFA Inmigrant Artist Mentoring Program for Visual & Multidisciplinary Artists, New York
2023
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, USA
Honors & Awards
2023
Residency Funding, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
VSC Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, USA
Project Grant Award, Center for Experimental Ethnography, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
2022
First Time Young Artist Grant, Arts Council Korea, Seoul, KR (organized by Junga Kim)
2021
Art Seeds, Korean Artist Welfare Foundation, Seoul, KR
Around Curator + Artist Program Grant, Incheon Foundation For Arts & Culture, Incheon, KR
2020
The Oakley Medal of Achievement, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
2019
Penn Design Scholarship, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
2018
30 Under 30 (juried by Chrissie Iles) Viridian Artists, New York, USA
Advanced Painting Studio, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA
2013
Presidential Scholarship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA
Public Talks
2023
Public Presentation “We Emerge at the Sunset of Your Ideology”, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts,
Philadelphia Museum, PA, USA
2022
Lighting Lecture, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Artist Talk “Painting and Atmosphere”, The Preview Seongsu, Seoul, KR
2019
Lighting Lecture, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Permanent Collections
2021
Uijeongbu Eulji Medical Center, Uijeongbu
2020
Seoul Metropolitan Government, Seoul
Interviews & Press
2018
Meet Min Baek, The Thought-Provokers, Voyage Chicago, Chicago, USA
Teaching Experience
2023
Teaching Assistant (Alexis Granwell), Drawing I, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2022
Teaching Assistant (Jackie Tileston), Mystics and Visionaries: Art and Other Ways of Knowing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2021
Art Instructor, RaM School of Art, Seoul, KR
2020
Art Instructor, The Portfolio, Seoul, KR
Teaching Assistant (Matthew Freedman and Gregory Vershbow), 3 Dimensions: Time and Space, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA