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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, Loghaven, MASS MoCA, and the Ucross Foundation. His honors include the Liu Shiming Artist Grants, 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 (Seoul), Comfort Station (Chicago), SITE Gallery (Chicago), Dos Gallery (Seoul), Hyde Park Art Center (Chicago), 6018 North (Chicago), Bridgeport Art Center (Chicago), and the United Nations Peace Memorial Hall (Busan).
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