ROBERT YI

ROBERT YI   

Born 1968, S. Korea

Lives and works in Fairfax, VA

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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

 

2021     Hindsight/Foresight, Kunsthaus, Alexandria, VA

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2020     Art From Crisis, Kunsthaus, Alexandria, VA

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2019      Selected Works Solo Exhibition,  Buchanan Partners Gallery, Manassas, VA

              Year of the Pig, Kunsthaus, Alexandria, VA

              

2018     Selected Works Solo Exhibition,  Artists & Makers Studio, Rockville, MD

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             Seven Deadly Sins, Kunsthaus, Alexandria, VA

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2016     Generation Queer, Griffin Gallery, Washington, DC

             

             Common Roots, Cade Gallery, Arnold, MD

 

2015     Korean Pop Art in America, Herndon ArtSpace, Herndon, VA

              

             icono-pop! Studio Gallery, Washington, DC

              

             Constructed Identity, Vilnius Academy of Arts, Vilnius, Lithuania

 

             Blueprint, Katzen Art Center Museum, Washington, DC

            

             Bodylore, Olly Olly, City of Fairfax, VA

 

2014    Hands On, Curated by Naoko Wowsugi, Capitol One Gallery, Richmond, VA 

 

            Micro Machines, Katzen Art Center Museum, Washington, DC

 

            Champion Divers, Katzen Art Center Museum, Washington, DC

 

2013    Are We What We Eat? Sustainability and Art, Curated by Antonio d’Avossa,

            Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan

 

            Eclipse, Metropolitan Art Project, City of Fairfax, VA

 

            Catalyst, Metropolitan Art Project, City of Fairfax, VA

                 

            Fast Forward, Gateway Art Center, Brentwood, MD

 

            NEXT, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

 

2012    Elephant in the Room, Civilian Art Projects, Washington, DC

 

            Unseen, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC 

 

2011    Milk Boy, AICAD NYSP, Brooklyn, NY

 

AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES:

 

2014    Glogauair Artist in Residence Program, Berlin Germany

 

2011    AICAD New York Studio Residency Program, New York, NY
          

2011    A.H.O. Roll Prize in Fine Arts - Corcoran College of Art + Design

 

2010    Mae W. Jurow Scholarship - Corcoran College of Art + Design

 

 

PUBLICATIONS:

 

2016    Lee, Sunhee, Koalife Magazine, Artist: Robert Yi, April 2016

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2013    John Edmonds, About-Face, http://johnedmonds.tumblr.com

 

            Lanie Rivera, Art Students use NEXT exhibit to address political issues, Art of Simplicity,  

            http://artofsimplicitydc.wordpress.com/page/2/

 

            Julie Taboh, Students Share a Political Message Through Art, Voice of America,

            http://www.voanews.com/content/students-share-political-messages-through-art/1640104.html

 

            Michael O'Sullivan, Art Review: 'Next' at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, The Washington Post,    

            http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/exhibits/next-at-the-corcoran-class-of- 2013,1247026.html 

 

            Antonio d’Avossa, Siamo Quel Che Mangiamo: Sostenibilitá e Arte, New Academia Publishing, 2013

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PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE:

 

NOW   Assistant Director, School of Art and Design

             Interim Director of Drawing and Painting

             Assistant Professor

             George Mason University, City of Fairfax, VA

 

 2014    Director, Corcoran Arts Continuing Education Programs

             Faculty

             George Washington University, Washington, DC

 

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EDUCATION:

 

2015   Master of Fine Arts, American University, Washington, DC

           

2013   Bachelor of Fine Arts, Corcoran College of Art + Design, Washington, DC

 

1990   Bachelor of Arts, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA