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Sangwoo Yoo (b. Seoul) is a Chicago-based artist whose work explores ephemerality, materiality, and ecological cycles through sculptures and installations that incorporate olfactory elements. He earned an MFA in Sculpture from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the United States, and a BFA in Environmental Sculpture from the University of Seoul in Korea.
Yoo has been awarded fellowships and residencies from Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, The Watermill Center, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Loghaven Artist Residency, MASS MoCA, Vermont Studio Center, Chicago Artists Coalition, and the Eldon Danhausen Foundation. His accolades include the Kumho Young Artist Award, the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts Award, second place in the William and Dorothy Yeck Award, and the Grand Prize at the Hoguk Art Exhibition in Korea.
He has held solo exhibitions internationally at the Kumho Museum of Art (Seoul), Comfort Station (Chicago), SITE Gallery (Chicago), and Dos Gallery (Seoul), and has participated in group exhibitions at the Hyde Park Art Center (Chicago), 6018 North (Chicago), Bridgeport Art Center (Chicago), and United Nations Peace Memorial Hall (Busan).
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Credits: Courtesy of Loghaven by Shawn Poynter
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