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Jihae Kwon

Associate Professor
Faculty of Arts & Letters

McKay Classroom Building 138 D

EDUCATION


April-May 2024
Scuola Internationale di Grafica Venezia, Venice, Italy
Artist Residency

August 2020
Savannah College of Art and Design
M.F.A., Graphic Design

August 2014
Corcoran College of Art+Design, Washington, D.C.
M.A., Art and the Book

May 2003
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT Second Emphasis, Graphic Design

May 1999
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
B.F.A., Illustration

GROUP EXHIBITIONS


2024
Emersed
VII International Mini Print Cantabria
SM Pro Art Cricle, Cantabria, Spain
Water Flows Life
Point of Inspiration: Color prints by John Kjargaard
Honolulu Printmakers, Honolulu, HI

2023
Just Another Day
95th Annual Juried Exhibition
Honolulu Printmakers, Honolulu, HI
Forward
VI International Mini Print Cantabria
SM Pro Art Cricle, Cantabria, Spain
Fixed Roots
Emerald Print Exchange
Whiteaker Printmakers, Eugene, OR

2022
Reflections
Print and Books Honolulu, HI
Homeless Chickens
Manoa Library
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI

2021
Stratum
Works on Paper
The In Art Gallery

2020
Down Here
Print & Book Fair Honolulu Printmakers
Honolulu, HI
Abandoned Cars
Illustrated Accordion 2020
Kalamazoo Book Arts Center, Kalamazoo, MI

2019
Homeless Chickens
Regenerate! Book Arts in Hawaii
Donkey Mill Art Center, Holualoa, HI
Stratum
Regenerate! Book Arts in Hawai’i
Donkey Mill Art Center, Holualoa, HI
Homeless Chickens
HoMA School + Connect
Honolulu Museum of Art School, Honolulu, HI

2018
Homeless Chickens
Illustrated Accordion 2018
Kalamazoo Book Arts Center, Kalamazoo, MI
Homeless Chickens
90th Annual Juried Exhibition
Honolulu Printmakers, Honolulu, HI
Abandoned Cars
90th Annual Juried Exhibition
Honolulu Printmakers, Honolulu, HI

2017
Homeless Chickens
Paper is Part of the Picture Juried Exhibition Anderson Gallery, Drake University, Demoines, IA
you are with me Protest Profest:
Global Burdens
The Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
Homeless Chickens
Small Wonders Juried Exhibition Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
you are with me 89th Annual
Juried Exhibition
Honolulu Printmakers, Honolulu, HI
Unhappily Ever
89th Annual Juried Exhibition Honolulu
Printmakers, Honolulu, HI
you are with me
Social Justice Gutfreund Cornett Art Exhibition
St. Mary’s College Museum of Art, Moraga, CA

2016
A Different Kind of Carousel POP UP NOW II
23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR
To The New Land, you are with me, and bending
Faculty Art Show
Brigham Young University, Laie, HI
you are with me
Blood Quantum Juried Exhibition 23
Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR
bending
Small Wonders Juried Exhibition
Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD

2015
Accidents Waiting To Happen
Hello Hedi Juried Exhibition
23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR
Silent Roar
Corcoran Forever Print Portfolio Carroll Square Gallery, Washington, D.C.
bending and you are with me
Corcoran Revival
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Silver Spring, MD
A Different Kind of Carousel
Beyond Words: Contemporary Juried Book Art Exhibition
Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO
Accidents Waiting To Happen
2nd Annual Juried Artists’ Books Exhibition WoCA
Projects, Fort Worth, TX
bending
Study Away Show 2014 Corcoran School of the Arts+Design George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

2014
you are with me
ARTBOUND 2014 Juried Student Book Arts Competition
George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Rainy Day and Together
Printmaking Show
Corcoran College of Art+Design, Washington, D.C.
Borders
Printmaking Portfolio Show
Corcoran College of Art+Design, Washington, D.C.
A Different Kind of Carousel
Illustrated Accordion 2014
Kalamazoo Book Arts Center, Kalamazoo, MI
Unhappily Ever
Less is More: Small Works in a Great Space
The Mitchell Gallery, St. John’s College, Annapolis, MD
Charting San Miguel
Corcoran Study Away Studio
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

2013
Superstition
Charting Courses, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Superstition
918 Letterpress Ephemera, Samford University, Birmingham, AL
Superstition
Open Studio D.C., Washington, D.C.

2008
A Season of Joy
AIGA 100 Show, Salt Lake City, UT

2007
Show and Tell
AIGA 100 Show, Salt Lake City, UT

2003
A Life Cycle of a Chicken
AIGA 100 Show, Salt Lake City, UT

COLLABORATIVE BOOKS


2014
Charting San Miguel
Corcoran Study Away Studio, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

2013
Reliquiae
Corcoran College of Art+Design, Washington, D.C.
Superstition
Corcoran College of Art+Design, Washington, D.C.
The Missing Piece
Corcoran College of Art+Design, Washington, D.C.

COLLECTIONS


2024
A Way Back Home
Scuola Internazionale di Grafica Venezia, Venice, Italy
Homeless Chickens
Private collection

2023
You Are With Me
Cynthia Sears Artists’ Books Collections
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA
You Are With Me
Bromer Booksellers Boston, MA
MA
Just Another Day
Private collection
You Are With Me
School of the Museum of Fine Arts W. Van Alan Clark, Jr. Library Special Collections Tuft Univeristy, Medford, MA
You Are With Me
Collins Memorial Library Special Collections
University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA

2022
Homeless Chickens
Rare Books Division
New York Public Library, New York, NY
Abandoned Cars
Temple University Libraries Special Collections
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Homeless Chickens
Young Library Special Collection
Smith College, Northampton, MA
Homeless Chickens
Cynthia Sears Artists’ Books Collections
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA
Abandoned Car I (print)
Private collection

2021
Stratum
RISD Fleet Library Special Collections
Providence, RI
Stratum
Zane Bennett Galleries Santa Fe, NM
Abandoned Cars
Cynthia Sears Artists’ Books Collections
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA
Stratum
Private collection
Stratum
Watson Library, Special Collections
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Stratum
George A. Smathers Libraries Special Collection
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

2020
Homeless Chickens
Private collection
Stratum
Central Libraries Special Colletions
Baylor University, Waco, TX
Stratum
Denison Library Special Colletions
Scripps College, Claremont, CA

2019
To The New Land
National Museum of Women in the Arts Washington, D.C.
Homeless Chickens
Langsam Library Special Collection
University California Irvine, Irvine, CA
You Are With Me
Langsam Library Special Collection
University California Irvine, Irvine, CA

2018
To The New Land
Private collection
To The New Land
Private collection
To The New Land
Private collection
Homeless Chickens
Private collection

2017
A Different Kind of Carousel
Rare Books and Printed Collections
University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
A Different Kind of Carousel
Rare Books and Special Collections
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
A Different Kind of Carousel Private collection
A Different Kind of Carousel National
Museum of Women in the Arts Washington, D.C.

2016
A Different Kind of Carousel
Private collection
A Different Kind of Carousel
Center for Archives and Special Collections
Ohio University, Athens, OH
A Different Kind of Carousel
Private collection
A Different Kind of Carousel
Baylor University Libraries Special Collections
Baylor University, Waco, TX
A Different Kind of Carousel
Private collection
you are with me
Main Library Special Collections
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Unhappily Ever
Baylor University Libraries Special Collections
Baylor University, Waco, TX
Unhappily Ever
Rubenstein Rare Book Library Special Collections
Duke University, Durham, NC

2015
Unhappily Ever
Private collection
you are with me
Art Library Special Collections
Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Reliquiae
University Library Special Collections
California State University East Bay, East Bay, CA
Reliquiae
Norlin Library Special Collections University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO
you are with me
Olin Library Special Collections Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
you are with me
Fenwick Library Artists’ Book Collection George Mason University, Washington, D.C.
Unhappily Ever
Fenwick Library Artists’ Book Collection George Mason University, Washington, D.C.
Reliquiae
Crouch Library Special Collections
Baylor University, Waco, TX
Reliquiae
Kennedy Library Special Collections
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA
Reliquiae
McHenry Library Special Collections
University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
Reliquiae
Olin Library Special Collections
Mills College, Oakland, CA

2014
Reliquiae
Fenwick Library Artists’ Book Collection George Mason University, Washington, D.C.
Unhappily Ever
Private collection
Charting San Miguel Cordels
Gelman Library Special Collections
George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
Reliquiae
Artists’ Book Collection
Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
Accidents Waiting To Happen
Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
Accidents Waiting To Happen
Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
Unhappily Ever
Private collection
you are with me
George A. Smathers Libraries Permanent Collection
University of Florida Permanent Collection, Gainesville, FL
Reliquiae
Olin Library Special Collections
Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
Reliquiae
Gelman Library Special Collections George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

2013
Reliquiae
UCLA Biomedical Library, Los Angeles, CA
Superstition
Samford University Permanent Collection, Birmingham, AL
Superstition
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Yale University, New Haven, CT
Superstition
Gelman Library Special Collections
George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

WORK EXPERIENCE


September 2021 – Present
Brigham Young University, Laie, HI Associate Professor

November 2015 – August
Brigham Young University, Laie, HI
Assistant Professor

August 2013 – May 2015
Gimga Design Group, Vienna, VA Contract Graphic Designer

April 2008 – January 2013
Nu Skin Enterprises, Provo, UT Senior Designer

July 2004 – August 2007
Making Memories, Centerville, UT
Senior Designer / Graphic Designer Manager

February 2004 – June 2004
Mrs. Fields’ Original Cookies, Salt Lake City, UT
Graphic Designer

September 2003 – January 2004
Fluid Studio, Bountiful, UT Graphic Designer

June 2002 – May 2003
Kinde Nebeker Design, Salt Lake City, UT Intern Graphic Designer

May 2002 – June 2002
Kinde Nebeker Design, Salt Lake City, UT Intern Graphic Designer

May 2002 – June 2002
O.C. Tanner Company, Salt Lake City, UT Illustrator / Brochure Professional

AWARDS

2023
College Book Arts Association
2023 Member Support Grant

2021
Stratum
Works on Paper
The In Art Gallery
Award of Excellence

2020
Brigham Young University-Hawaii, Laie, HI
Faculty Recognition Award 2019-2020

Abandoned Cars
92nd Annual Juried Exhibition
Honolulu Printmakers, Honolulu, HI

2018
Homeless Chickens
Illustrated Accordion 2018
Brigham Young University-Hawaii, Laie, HI
Faculty Recognition Award 2017-2018
Homeless Chickens
90th Annual Juried Exhibition
Honolulu Printmakers, Honolulu, HI
Award for Excellence Lithography in Honor of John Chin Young
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA Academic Honors
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
Artistic Honors

2017
you are with me
89th Annual Juried Exhibition
Honolulu Printmakers, Honolulu, HI
Excellence Award in Honor of Jean Charlot

2016
you are with me
39th Annual Art on Paper Juried Exhibition
Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
Best of Show Award

2015
you are with me
Blood Quantum Juried Exhibition
23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR Best of Show Award
bending
Small Wonders Juried Exhibition
Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
Honorable Mention Award

2014
you are with me
ARTBOUND 2014 Juried Student Book Arts Competition
George A. Smathers Libraries
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Honorable Mention Award
Corcoran College of Art+Design, Washington, D.C. Art and the Book Faculty Award for Excellence in Thesis Work
Corcoran College of Art+Design, Washington, D.C. Printmaking Plaza Artist Material Award

2013-2014
Corcoran College of Art+Design, Washington, D.C.
M.A. Fellowship

1998 – 1999
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Department of Fine Arts, Carmen M. Christensen Scholarship

AFFILIATIONS


American Printing History Association (APHA)
Marginalia (Corcoran student press), treasurer 2013-2014
The Center for Book Arts (CFBA)
College Book Art Association (CBAA)
Fine Press Book Association (FPBA)
American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA)
Honolulu Printmakers
Boston Printmakers

CV Last Revised 6/10/24

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Divine Love and Temple

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Devotional by Jihae Kwon | March 5, 2024

"Love is something we are born with. It is a divine character to love and divine desire to be loved. This divine love moves Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ to do all they have done, do, and will do for us. They are love. It is this divine love that we respond to, be motivated, and be moved."
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