BENTLEY GALLERY 215 East Grant Street Phoenix, AZ 85004 480.946.6060 BENTLEY www.bentleygallery.com
Chul Hyun Ahn
b. 1971, Busan, South Korea
EDUCATION 2002 MFA, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD 2000 MA Studies, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI 1997 BFA, Chu-Gye University for the Arts, Seoul, South Korea
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2018 GYRE, New Media Gallery, Vancouver, Canada 2017 Looking Glass, Cornell Art Museum at Old School Square, Delray Beach, FL Seeking Perspective (solo), Galerie Paris-Beijing, Paris, France 2016 Reaching into Infinity (solo), Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL Reaching into Infinity (solo), Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI Movado Group, Basel, Switzerland Light/Licht/Lumière, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD 2015 Smoke and Mirrors: Sculpture and the Imaginary, Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville Line of Site: Chul Hyun Ahn & Cheryl Goldsleger (two-person exhibition), C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD 2014 Imagining Deep Time, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC Chul Hyun Ahn: Infinite Space, Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, MI Perceiving Infinity, Movado Group, Basel, Switzerland Korean Shape, Galerie Paris-Beijing, Brussels, Belgium 2013 Personal Structures: Culture, Mind, Becoming, Palazzo Bembo Sanctioned by the 55th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy Perceiving Infinity (solo), Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD Illuminated Void (solo), Sharon London Liss Fine Art, Ontario, Canada Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL 2012 Korean Eye, Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom Neon, Museo D’Arte Contemporanea Roma, Rome, Italy Segment 2, Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, Turkey Selections from the Samawi Collection II, Ayyam Art Center, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Infinite Voyage (solo), Hada Contemporary, London, United Kingdom 2011 Illuminated Void (solo/catalog), C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD Aha! Moment, Hangaram Art Museum at Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea Visual Echo (solo), Galerie Paris-Beijing, Paris, France ARCO, Madrid, Spain Touching the Void, Kunstraum: Morgenstraße, Karlsruhe, Germany Perception/ Deception: Illusion In Contemporary Art, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE 2010 Look Again, curated by Steven Matijcio, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston Salem, NC Solo Exhibition, Caprice Horn Gallery, Berlin, Germany 2009 A Sculpture Show, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD 2008 Phenomena: Visual Echo (solo/catalog), C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD Momentum: Contemporary Art from the Harn Collection, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 2007 Light and Transition, Caprice Horn Gallery, Berlin, Germany New Work (solo), C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD 2006 Janet & Walter Sondheim Semi-Finalist Exhibition, Decker Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore Group Exhibition, CPS Gallery, New York, NY 2005 Biennial Exhibition, School 33, Baltimore, MD Visual Echoes (solo), C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD 2004 New Work (solo), Conner Contemporary, Washington DC Infinite Directions (solo), C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD 2003 Luminous Recurrence, The Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, NJ 2002 Infinity - Emptiness (solo), C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD ACADEMY 2002, Conner Contemporary, Washington, DC 2001 Six Degrees in Cold Storage, CAA Conference, Philadelphia, PA 1999 Multiplicity, Gallery 4, Baltimore, MD 1996 Group Exhibition, Creole Gallery, Lansing, MI New Frontier Exhibition, Kyung-In Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea The Joong-Ang Biennale, City Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea The Grand Art Exhibition of Art World, City Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea 1995 The 15th Grand Art Exhibition of Korea, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, South Korea Finder Complex, Indeco Gallery, Seoul, Korea
SELECTED COLLECTIONS Commission, MGM National Harbor Heritage Collection, Washington, D.C. Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Martin Z. Margulies Foundation Inc., Miami, FL Jordan D. Schnitzer Family Foundation, Portland, OR Washington D.C. Convention Center, Washington, D.C. Sammlung Schroth, Soest, Germany The Hearst Foundation Collection, New York, NY Borusan Foundation Collection, Istanbul, Turkey; New York, NY Cordish Family Foundation, Baltimore, MD Samawi Collection, Dubai, United Arab Emirates The Marvin and Elayne Mordes Collection, West Palm Beach, FL Mr. & Mrs. Eric Moscahlaidis, New York, NY McDonald’s Corporation (McDonald’s Baltimore, Washington Regional Office) The American Society of Nephrology, Washington, D.C. Ron and Una Brasch Collection Movado Group, Inc., New York, NY Ian Schrager Company, London, UK
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Kaufman, Fran. "Introduction: Light/Licht/Lumiére." Light/Licht/Lumiére. Baltimore: C. Grimaldis Gallery, March 2016: 7-9. Donoghue, Katy. “Chul Hyun Ahn.” Whitewall Issue 40 Winter 2016: 56. Bodick, Nicole. “5 Best Booths at Art Miami.” Blouin Artinfo 2 December 2015 < http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/1289477/5-best-booths-at-art-miami>. Helander, Bruce. “Making Waves at Art Silicon Valley/San Francisco.” The Huffington Post 5 October 2015. Pound, Kara. “Use Your Illusion: The latest exhibit at MOCA challenges our perceptions of reality.” Folio Weekly Art 7 October 2015 < http://folioweekly.com/USE-YOUR-ILLUSION,13766>. Smith, Tim. “Engaging the eye and mind at C. Grimaldis Gallery.” The Baltimore Sun 16 April 2015. Helander, Bruce. “Just Desserts in the Valley of Green Giants.” The Huffington Post 5 November 2014. Civin, Marcus. “Chul Hyun Ahn: The Academy Art Museum.” Sculpture Magazine July/August 2014. Small, Rachel. “How the Dallas Art Fair Takes You In.” Interview Magazine 12 April 2014. McCoy, Mary. “Review: Chul Hyun Ahn - Perceiving Infinity at the Academy Art Museum.” The Chestertown Spy 26 November 2013. Sheets, Hilarie. “Limitless Realms.” Personal Structures: Culture, Mind, Becoming (la Biennale di Venezia 2013). Vol. 5 Germany: Global Art Affairs Foundation, Kruger Druck + Verlag, 2013. Itzkowitz, Laura. “SCOPE Art Show Editor’s Picks.” Untapped Cities 11 March 2013 < http://untappedcities.com/2013/03/11/scope-art-show-editors-picks/>. Tanikawa, Tomomi. “SCOPE New York 2013.” New York Art Leaf 10 March 2013 < https://enewyorkartleaf.wordpress.com/2013/03/10/scope-new-york-2013/>. Eberhart, Jennifer. “Art fair highlight: SCOPE (Photos).” Examiner 8 March 2013 < http://www.examiner.com/article/art-fair-highlight-scope>. Shultz, Charlie. “From the Vernissage Floor: Armory Week in 48 Hours.” Artslant 8 March 2013 < http://www.artslant.com/9/articles/show/33841>. “The Fascinating World of Light Artists,” All-that-is-interesting 7 March 2013 < http://all-that-is-interesting.com/the-fascinating-world-of-light-artists>. Roffino, Sara. “Former Rebel Scope Art Fair Brings a More Subtle, Refined Array of Quality Works.” Blouin Artinfo 7 March 2013