RHEA EUNJOO IN Born 1989 in Seoul, South Korea
Live and work in Seoul and New York
Education
2023 MBA in Contemporary Arts, IESA, Paris, France (Pending)
2017 MFA in Painting and Drawing, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2011 BFA in Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
2007 Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts, Fine Arts Department, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
One and Two Person Exhibitions
2024 Rhea In: <Love & the Warrior>, Hermon Gallery, Busan, South Korea
2024 Rhea In: <너가 원한다는걸 아무에게 말하지 마아>, Depthend Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2023 <Unity, A dialogue between luxury & art>, IESA arts&culture Gallery, Paris, France
2021 Rhea In: <Romanticism>, Gagosipo Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2020 Rhea In: <Beauty in Grace>, Parnas Tower, Seoul, South Korea
2020 <All Mine, You Have to Be>, curated by April Zhu, Tutu Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2016 Rhea In: <New Paintings>, Young Artist Invitation, Yeasong Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea
2012 Rhea In: New Paintings, Korean Cultural Center, Wheeling, IL, USA
Selected Group Exhibition
2024
<Curtain Call>, Hermon Gallery, Busan, South Korea
<Joy of Being With>, Colorbeat Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2023
<An Intimate Moment in Libido>, curated by 반이정, Arting Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2022
<Reinterpretation of travel>, Art Square Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2021
<Heal the World>, OCI Museum x Common Auction, Seoul, South Korea
2020
<Over Exposed>, Online Group Exhibition, Visionary Projects
<Gaze>, Online Group Exhibition, Arts to Hearts Project
<Art Teleported NY 2020>, CICA Museum, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2019
<Contemporary Landscape>, CICA Museum, Kimpo, South Korea
2018
<Contemporary Landscapes>, Walt Meade Gallery, Roxbury, NY, USA
2017
<Marathon>, Mezzanine of Pfizer Building, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2015
<Gwanghwamun International Art Festival>, Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
2013
<Welcome Show>, South Stubeun Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
<Morphing Identity>, South Stubeun Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
<EV Project Part 7>, Emma Chelsea Space, Manhattan, NY, USA
<The Beginning>, Korean Association of New York Art Schools, Manhattan, NY, USA
2011
<With Children>, Navy Pier Great Hall, Chicago, IL, USA
<SAIC B.F.A Show>, Sullivan Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
<Embracing>, Korea Cultural Center of Chicago Wheeling, IL, USA
2010
<North Park Art Work>, 5510 N. Kedzie, Chicago, IL, USA
<Fortitude>, Skokie Public Library, Skokie, IL, USA
<Sprouting>, Noyes Cultural Art Center, Evanston, IL, USA
2009
<smARTshow Winter>, Flat Iron Arts Building, Chicago, IL, USA
<Wicker Park Festival>, Flat Iron Arts Building, Chicago, IL, USA
2008
<SAIC Selected Student Group Exhibition Summer>, Nippon Steel USA Inc./SAIC, Chicago, IL, USA
<SAIC Selected Student Group Exhibition Winter>, Nippon Steel USA Inc./SAIC, Chicago, IL, USA
Media and Interviews
2023 리비도의 친밀한 순간, Neolook Archives, Seoul, South Korea
2021 Rhea Eunjoo In Artist Interview, Common Auction, Seoul, South Korea
2020 The Honey Pump, by Suzana Poghosyan, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2017 몽환적 고독으로 빚어낸 아름다움…레아 인, 개인전, 세계일보, 한국
2012 New Artists: Paintings by Rhea Eunjoo In, The Flaneur
Art Fairs
2023 Busan International Art Fair, A solo booth, Busan, South Korea
Award/Grant/Fellowship
2025 Gwak Jae-seon Cultural Foundation, Hollys 3rd Hwasa Art Contest - Excellence Award
2011 Korean American Community Service, Kew Sun Chai Art First Prize
2011 SAIC 17th Student Leadership Award
2010 SAIC 16th Student Leadership Award
Professional Experience
2022-2023 Curator and Marketer for Berlin Group Curatorial Exhibition, <Ephemeral Utopia> at IESA
2018-2019 Portfolio Instructor at I.Prime Art School in New Jersey
2013 Graduate Assistant in Junior Undergraduate Painting Class at Pratt Institute
2010 Intern Assistant in the Study Room at Prints and Drawings Department in Art Institute of Chicago