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Sangwoo Yoo (b. Seoul) is a Chicago-based artist whose sculptures and installations investigate ephemerality, material memory, and ecological cycles, often incorporating olfactory elements. He holds an MFA in Sculpture from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BFA in Environmental Sculpture from the University of Seoul.
Yoo has received fellowships and residencies from the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, The Watermill Center, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, MASS MoCA, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Loghaven, The Luminary, Vermont Studio Center, The Nicholson Project, Chicago Artists Coalition, and the Ucross Foundation. His honors include the AHL-T&W Foundation Contemporary Visual Art Award, Liu Shiming Artist Grants, Breakout Artist by Newcity, the Kumho Young Artist Award, the Creative Young Artists Award from the Kim Chong Yung Museum, the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts Award, and the Grand Prize at the Hoguk Art Exhibition.
His work has been exhibited at the Kumho Museum of Art, Kim Chong Yung Museum, Hyde Park Art Center, Comfort Station, 6018 North, Chicago Artists Coalition, Bridgeport Art Center, and the United Nations Peace Memorial Hall.
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