Won Youngmi
Youngmi Won
Born in Seoul, Korea. Lives and Works in Toronto, ON.
Youngmi Won is a Korean Canadian interdisciplinary artist and educator born in Seoul, Korea. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Painting and Art History from Ewha Womans University in Korea and worked as an art educator for ten years. She currently lives and works in Toronto, completing her BFA in Drawing and Painting with a minor in Art History at OCAD University. Her practice focuses on navigating the collaborative and innovative possibilities between analogue and digital techniques through photography, painting, and video installation. Her work has been exhibited in Seoul, Korea, at Grimson Gallery and in Toronto, ON, at Dignam Gallery and Ruth Upjohn Gallery of the Women’s Art Association of Canada. She is the recipient of the Lynne Ritchie Scholarship (2020), Barbara Mitchell Scholarship (2021), and the Robbie Award (2023).
Education
2023 BFA in Drawing and Painting, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2011 BFA in Painting, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
2011 BA in History of Art, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
Solo Exibition
2023 In Between, The Ada Slaight Gallery, Toronto, ON
2020 Ephemeral Eternal, Eternal Ephemeral, Ruth Upjohn Gallery, Women's Art Association of Canada, Toronto, ON
Group Exibition
2023 GradEx 108, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2020 Scholarship Recipients Group Show, Dignam Gallery, Women's Art Association of Canada, Toronto, ON
2008 Love Actually, Grimson Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Awards
2023 The Slate Asset Management 2023 Career Launcher Award, Toronto, ON
2023 Robbie Award, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2022 Bursary for Part-time Student, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2021 Barbara Mitchell Scholarship, Women's Art Association of Canada, Toronto, ON
2020 Lynne Ritchie Scholarship, Women's Art Association of Canada, Toronto, ON
2019 Project 31 Bursary, OCAD University, Toronto, ON