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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 and a BFA in Environmental Sculpture from the University of Seoul.
Yoo has been awarded fellowships and residencies from the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, The Watermill Center, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Loghaven, MASS MoCA, Vermont Studio Center, the Chicago Artists Coalition, the Eldon Danhausen Foundation, the Ucross Foundation, and the Luminary Center for the Arts. His accolades include 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, second place in the William and Dorothy Yeck Award, and the Grand Prize at the Hoguk Art Exhibition.
He has held solo exhibitions internationally at the Kumho Museum of Art (Seoul), Comfort Station (Chicago), SITE Gallery (Chicago), and Dos Gallery (Seoul). He has also participated in group exhibitions at the Hyde Park Art Center (Chicago), 6018 North (Chicago), Bridgeport Art Center (Chicago), and the United Nations Peace Memorial Hall (Busan).
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