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  IMI HWANGBO
The University of Georgia
imihwangbo@aol.com
Lamar Dodd School of Art
104 Visual Arts Building
Athens, Georgia 30602-4102
 
     
EDUCATION
1991
M.F.A. in Sculpture, Stanford University
1989
B.A. cum laude in Visual Studies, Dartmouth College
     
  SOLO EXHIBITIONS  
2008
New Work, Dwight Hackett Projects, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2007
New Work, Miller Block Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
2005
Constructed Drawings, Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
2004
Device for Not Being, Hiestand Gallery, Miami University of Ohio, Oxford, Ohio
1999
New Work, Chidlaw Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
1999
New Work, Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
1998
The Waiting Chamber, Artemisia, Chicago, Illinois
1998
The Waiting Chamber, Gallery 10, Washington, D.C.
  TWO-PERSON AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS  
2008
Imi Hwangbo and Jae Ko, David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University,
Providence, Rhode Island
2007
Contemporary Printmaking at the Crossroads, George Segal Gallery, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey
2007
Works on Paper, Art Fair, Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, New York
2006
Scope, New York, New York
2006
Garden, Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia
2006
The New Collage, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, New York
2006
Cutting, Miller Block Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
2005
Draw, Dwight Hackett Projects, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2005
Homegrown:  Southeast, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
2004
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina
2004
Drawn into Light:  Works with Paper by Imi Hwangbo and Kay
Hwang, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia. Exhibition
essay by Lilly Wei, New York
2004
New Prints Spring 2004, International Print Center, New York, New York. Guest Curator:  Barry Walker, Curator of Prints and Drawings, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
2004
Under Different Circumstances, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, Georgia
2004
Flora, U.S. Botanical Garden, Washington, D.C., curated by Virginia Mecklenberg and Lillian Fitzgerald, catalogue
2004
Contemporary Drawing, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
2003
Kiang Inaugural Exibition, Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2003
Emory Chairs Project, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
2003
Visceral, Athens Institute for contmporary Art, Athens, Georgia
2002
Summer Show, Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2001
Impact, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia
1998
Us, Schmidt/Dean Galllery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1998
East of the Sun, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, curated by Jason Yi, catalogue
1998
Constructions in Multiple Hues, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, curated by A.M.Weaver, catalogue
1998
Folds, Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
1997
Showcase '97, Alternative Museum, New York, New York
1997
New Work, Spacelab Gallery, SPACES, Cleveland, Ohio
1996
Across the Miles, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California
1996
Faculty Exhibition, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
  1993 Faculty Exhibition, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine  
       
  1991 Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, Stanford University, Stanford, California  
       
  1990 A Stanford Perspective, Rococo Gallery, San Francisco, California 1990 The New Genre, Berkely Art Center, Berkely, California  
       
  ARTIST RESIDENCIES  
2005
Artist Fellowship, The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire
2001
Artist-in-Residence, The Camargo Foundation, Cassis, France Supported by a grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation
2000
Artist-in-Residence, The Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, Nebraska
1998
Artist Fellowship, Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York
1997
Artist Fellowship, Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York Supported by a grant from the Kentucky Foundation for Women
1996
Visiting Artist Residency, American Academy in Rome, Italy
1994
Artist-in-Residence, Sculpture Space, Utica, New York
  1991 Artist-in-Residence, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee, Scotland  
       
  REVIEWS OF EXHIBITIONS  
  Ken Johnson, “From Carved Creatures to Disneyland Rugs,” Boston Globe, September 24, 2006  
  Carole Van Sickle, “The Space Between,” UGA Research Magazine, UGA Research Foundation, June 2006  
  Cate McQuaid, “Marks of Distinction,” The Boston Globe, February 9, 2006, ill.  
 

Max Halperon, “Homegrown: Southeast at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Art Papers, November/December 2005, p. 50-51

 
  Tom Patterson, “SECCA’s ‘Homegrown’ Exhibition is a Feast of Provocative Works,” Winston Salem Journal, September 11, 2005  
  Ellen Sung, “More than Meets the Eye,” The Raleigh News and Obsever,” July 31, 2005, ill.  
  Diane Armitage, “Draw: Dwight Hackett Projects,” THE Magazine: Santa Fe’s Monthly Magazine of the Arts, May 2005  
  Jerry Cullum, “Technology and Craftsmanship in Delicate Balance,” Atlanta
Journal Constitution, March 13, 2005, ill.
 
  Cathy Byrd, “Under the Surface: Imi Hwangbo,” Sculpture Magazine, January/February 2005, p. 23-4, ill.  
Catherine Fox, "Works United in Having Wonderfully Disparate Voices," Atlanta Journal Constitution, January 25, 2004, ill.
Catherine Fox, "Atlanta Art-a-thon," Atlanta Journal Constitution, January
11, 2004, ill.
Michael O'Sullivan, "Weekend's Best: 'Flora' at the U.S. Botanic Garden," The Washington Post, January 30, 2004
WETA on the Town, PBS. WETA, Washington, D.C., January 29, 2004
L.Kent Wolgamott, "Back to the Drawing Board," Lincoln Journal Star, January 26, 2004
"Artful Atlanta," The Best for the Contemporary Traveler Feature Section, Sky Magazine, Delta Airlines, January 2004, ill.
Catherine Fox, "Campus Sit-in: Diverse, Provocative Creations Stand their Ground at Emory," Atlanta Journal Constitution, March 28, 2003
Robin Dana, "Visceral: Images of the Internal Body," Artpapers, May/June 2003
Cate O'Hara, "Imi Hwangbo: New Work," Dialogue, March/April 2000, ill.
Cathy Byrd, "Red on Red: Minimalist Sculpture Featured at Kiang," Creative Loafing, March 26, 1999, ill.
Catherine Fox, "Rubber Sculptures, Catchy Confidence," Atlanta Journal Constitution, March 26, 1999, ill.
Cathy Byrd, "Folds," Artpapers, November/December 1998, ill.
Glenn Harper (Sculpture Magazine editor), "Imi Hwangbo at Gallery 10," Sculpture Magazine, September 1998, ill.
Jerry Cullum, "Looking Between 'Folds' Illuminates Craft's Direction," Atlanta Journal Constitution, July 31, 1998
Robin Rice, "Watching the Weather at Schmidt/Dean," Philadelphia City Paper, July 10-16
Gerard Brown, "Attack of the Killer Summer Shows!" Philadelphia Weekly, July 8, 1998
Ferdinand Protzman, "Imi Hwangbo: Sculpture," The Washington Post, April 16, 1998
Jean Cohen, "Body Conscious," Where Magazine, Washington, D.C., April 1998, ill.
Ken Oda, "Imi Hwangbo: The Waiting Chamber," KOAN (Ken Oda's Art Newsletter), Washington, D.C., April 1998, ill.
A.M. Weaver, "The Waiting Chamber" catalogue essay, April 1998
James Aur, "Exhibit Weaves Strands of Memory," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 5, 1998
Diane Heilenman, "Viewpoints," Louisville Courier-Journal, February 4, 1996, ill.
Carolee Weglarz, "Colby Art Impresses and Entertains," Central Maine Morning Sentinel, November 20 & 21, 1993, ill.
Roger Anderson, "'The New Genre' at the Berkeley Art Center," Bay Area Express, January 12, 1990
GALLERY REPRESENTATION  

Dwight Hackett Projects, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Miller Block Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts

Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia

 
     
SELCTED AWARDS  
  2005 M.G. Michael Award, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Georgia
 
2001 Camargo Artist Fellowship Grant, The Andy Warhol Foundation  
2000 Artist Fellowship Grant, The Bemis Center for Contemporary Art  
1998 Individual Artist Grant, The Kentucky Foundation for Women  
1997 Al Smith Fellowship in the Visual Arts, The Kentucky Arts Council  
1991 Reynolds Grant for Overseas Study, Dartmouth College  
1990 Korean Honor Scholarship, Korean Embassy  
 

VISITING ARTIST LECTURES

 
  2005 Print Cocktail, 93rd Annual College Art Association Conference, Atlanta, Georgia
 
  2004 Gallery Talk, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia  
  2004 Global Ambitions: Art, Culture, and National Identity in South Korea,” Atlanta College of Art Symposium, Oglethorpe University Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia.  
  2004 Artist Lecture, Miami University of Ohio, Oxford, Ohio  
2001 The Camargo Foundation, Cassis, France  
2000 The Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, Nebraska  
1999 Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio  
1997 Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, Wisconsin  
1997 University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
1993 Art Institute of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
1991 Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen, Scotland
 

 

 
  ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT  
       
  2001- Associate Professor of Sculpture, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia  
       
  COLLECTIONS  
     
  Coca-Cola, Atlanta, Georgia  
     
  The Fidelity Bank Collection, Boston, Massachusetts  
     
  The John Grisham Collection, Charlottesville, Virginia  
     
     
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