As an art critic, Soyeon Ahn has written in various ways on the topic of linguistically based contemplation of images. Recently, she has been exploring the values of the artistic life and methods of praxis based on the language and writing of criticism, while experimenting with methods of critical collaboration as a form of creation. She organized the Interview Project - An Artist of Our Time (Space Willing N Dealing, Seoul, 2021) as an activity of ‘critical speaking,’ and her research has investigated the process of establishing a new contemporary awareness of sculpture. In 2012, Ahn was awarded the New Vision art criticism prize by Art in Culture. She is currently a university lecturer of art history, art theory and writing.
Education
2013 Ph.D. Candidate in Art Theory and Criticism, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea
2008 M.A. in Art Theory and Criticism, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea
2001 B.A. in Sculpture, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea
Selected Project
2021 Interview Project - An Artist of Our Time, Space Willing N Dealing, Seoul
2017 AMADO ANNUALNALE REUNION, Amado Art Space, Seoul
2014 AMADO ANNUALNALE, Amado Art Space, Seoul
Selected Text
2024 "The bird on the roof outside that window," Jihyun Jung: Handdog, Art Sonje Center
2023 "Why are the sculptures large and heavy?," Sculpture Impulse, SeMA
2022 "Molded Textures Seen in SONG YUNG-SU's Welded Sculptures: The Compromised Senses of Volume and Space," SONG YUNG-SU: The Eternal Human, POMA
2022 A Study of Contemporary Art in the 30th Anniversary of Korea-China Diplomatic Relations, SAMUSO: "Multi-channeling through Disturbance, Synthesis, and Additional Stimulation: Donghee Koo", "Era of Loss, a Night to Sing an Unforgotten Love: Bae Young-whan", "Re-rolling to Keep Them Alive: Minouk Lim"
2021 "Alternative Space and Me," Public Art (April, 2021)
Residency
2024 SeMA Nanji Residency, Seoul, Korea
Awards
2012 New Vision Art Criticism Prize, Art in Culture, Seoul, Korea
