Contact︎


Guimi You lives and works in Seoul, Korea

︎  youguimi@gmail.com
︎  @guimi_you


Education︎


2014 MA Painting, Royal College of Art, London, UK

2011 / 2008  M.F.A / B.F.A
Oriental Painting, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea


Solo Exhibition︎


2024
Unwind, Almine Rech, London
Neighborhood, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco

2023 
Winter Blossom, MakeroomLA
Frieze LA, duo presentation with Shanna Hoehn, MakeroomLA

2022
Kiaf Seoul, solo booth, MakeRoomLA
Art Brussels, two-person booth with Jacopo Pagin, Belgium, MakeRoomLA

2021
Color Me, MakeRoomLA

Lucid Dreaming, galleryplatform.la (online), MakeRoomLA

2020
NADA Miami, solo booth, Helena Anrather, New York

Soft Light Somewhere, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York

2018
Mystical Moist Night Air, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York


Group Exhibition︎



2024
Frieze London, Almine Rech, London
Wonderland, Lehmann Maupin, Seoul
NGV Triennial, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

2023
PRESENT 23’ Building the Scantland Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art
X PINK 101, X Museum collection exhibition, Beijing
Independent New York, Bradley Ertaskiran 
Evening Shadow, MakeroomLA
Art SG, Singapore, MakeroomLA

2022 
Parallel Universe, Bradley Ertaskiran, Montreal
Machines of Desire, Simon Lee, London
Through a Glass, Darkly, Carl Kostyal, Milan
Fire Figure Fantasy, ICA Miami, FL 
At the Table, Christie’s, New York

2021 
Urban Whispers, Woaw Gallery, Hong Kong
Urban Whispers, Make Room LA
My Secret Garden, Asia Art Center, Taipei
Hissing Haze, in Lieu Gallery, LA
Desire Encapsulated, Make Room LA

2020
Life in a Pressure Cooker co-curated by Adam D. Miller, Young Space, online
Backyard Dream Keeps Me Awake, Tutu Gallery, online 

2019
Night Garden, Young Space, online
Downward Flower, Fourteen30, Portland, OR, US

2018 
Paper Cuts, Kristian Day, London, UK 
Every Thing, Assembly Point, London,UK
Bathers, Curated by Drawer NYC, Bass&Reiner, San Francisco, US
 


Article / Interview︎


Artnet, South Korean Artist Guimi You Taps Into the Sublimity of Everyday Life, Nov 2023
Hyperallergic, Guimi You Finds the Poetic Possibilities of Paint, Nov 2023
The Korea Times, Californian Sunshine, Seoul Winter Inspire You Gui-mi's Canvases, Nov 2023
Artsy, Data Spotlight: Artists to watch at New York’s May 2023 fairs
Artsy, The 10 Best Booths at Frieze LA, 2023
The Art Newspaper, Frieze LA, Edition 1, 2023
Frieze, 10 Emerging Artists to Watch at Frieze LA 2023

Artsy, 5 Artists on Our Radar in July 2022
Office, May 2022
Artsy, April 2022
NINU NINA, Sept 2021
The Here and There Collective, Sept 2021

OBSERVER, Desire Encapsulated, June 2021

HYPEBEAST, NADA Miami 2020, November 2020

Gamma Mama! Magazine, Interview, August 2020
Wassaic Project, Interview with Joe Brommel, April 2019
Sound&Vision Podcast, Episode 110, June 7, 2018
ArtMaze Magazine, "Guimi You", Editors, Issue 7, April 2018
Hyperallergic, "8 Artists to Watch from Bushwick Open Studios 2017" September, 2017


Public Collection︎


de Young Museum, San Francisco, US
Orange County Museum of Art, CA, US
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
The Perimeter, London, UK
Pond Society, Shanghai, China
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, US
X-Museum, Beijing, China
Hammer Museum, LA, US
Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami,  US
Columbus Museum of Art, US
Yuz Foundation, Shanghai, China
Seoul National University Museum of Art, Korea
College of Fine Art, Seoul National University, Korea


Residency Program︎


2019 Wassaic Project, NY, US
2018 Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, AB, Canada
2017 The Studios at MASS MoCA, MA, US
2016 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, US


Award / Grant︎


2018  Linda and Richard Singleton Endowment Fund - Banff Centre Artist Residency
2016 Artist Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, US
2015 Contemporary Visions VI, shortlisted, Beers London, UK
2013 Creekside Open 2013 Selected by Paul Noble Prize winner, A.P.T Gallery, London, UK