Okyoung Noh is an interdisciplinary artist based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Seoul, South Korea. She visualizes and interrogates the violence experienced by displaced Asian female migrants. Through performance, video, community engagement, and multimedia installations, Noh creates spaces where dis/misplaced bodies connect and reclaim power, place, and presence. Her work has been exhibited internationally at Wave Pool Gallery (Cincinnati, US), Ann Arbor Art Center (Ann Arbor, US), Athens Institute for Contemporary Art (US), Tribowl (KR), Hangaram Museum (KR), Seoul Artist’s Platform_New & Young (KR), among others.Her videos have been awarded and featured in biennales and festivals such as Every Woman Biennial (New York, US), Indie Short Fest (Los Angeles, US), Toronto International Women Film Festival (CA), Oakland Short Film Festival (Oakland, US), Freep Film Festival (Detroit, US), KYLYN APIA Art & Culture Festival (Ann Arbor, US), among others. Noh holds an MFA in Art from the University of Michigan (expected 2025) and a BFA from Seoul National University (2021).

Solo Exhibitions

2025 Chimeric Womb, Duderstadt Center, Ann Arbor, US (forthcoming)

2024 I Take Care of You and Survive, Wave Pool Gallery, Cincinnati, US

2023 Can You Welcome Me, Czong Institue for Contemporary Art Museum, Gimpo, KR

2022 A Living Library for a Better Life, Seoul Artist’s Platform_New & Young (SAPY), Seoul, KR

2021 Better-Life Round Table, SAPY, Seoul, KR

Group Exhibitions

2025 Stop-Loss, Stamps Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, US

2024 Present Futures: Experiment in Feminist Futurity, Transnational Feminist Networks Symposium, Pennsylvania, US

2024 Leaning Against the Wrong Place, Two-person exhibition with Seok Woo Song, TriBowl, Incheon, KR

2024 I Will Always Love You, Every Woman Biennial, La MaMa, New York, US

2023 Surface, Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, US

2023 We Are Here Because They Were There, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, US

2023 Chunman Art For Young Award Exhibition, Samchully Building, Seoul, KR

2023 aZn luv luv t0ur, Two-person performance with Caroline Yoo, Duderstadt Center, Ann Arbor, US

2023 As Far As Here, Green Road Studio, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, US

Residencies

2025 Mass MoCA Residency, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, US (forthcoming)

2024 Art Space is Your Space Residency, Wave Pool Gallery, Cincinnati, US