Taekyung(Tk) Suh

sutagu1@gmail.com


EDUCATION

2024 MFA; Columbia University, New York, NY

2018 BFA; the School of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL


Solo Exhibitions

2022

Bad Paintings Forever, CICA Museum, Gimpo, South Korea

2021

Boogie Nights, Gallery LVS, Seoul, South Korea

2019

Eye Kill You, Korean Cultural Center of Chicago Art Gallery, Wheeling, IL

2017

Vertigo Through the Night, Gallery No One, Chicago, IL


Group Exhibitions

2024

Visual Arts MFA Thesis, Wallach Gallery, New York, NY

2023

Departure, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York, NY

In Medias Res, The Blanc, New York, NY

Trading Cards, Field of Play Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

First Year Show, Wallach Gallery, New York, NY

2019

Fire Alert, R. Mona Gallery, Chicago, IL

Nineteenth Annual Benefit, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL

Got It For Cheap(GIFC), Western Exhibition, Chicago, IL

2018

FLESHCUT: Figure Salon with Nicole Chaput, Z-1 Gallery, Chicago, IL

Tk Suh, The Winchester, Chicago, IL

July Drawing Exhibition, Korean Cultural Center of Chicago Art Gallery, Wheeling, IL

Smile Behind the Mask, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL

Delicate Cycle, the World’s Largest Laundromat, Berwyn, IL

May Exhibition, Korean Cultural Center of Chicago Art Gallery, Wheeling, IL

2017

Crosscurrents (Juried Exhibition), Annenberg Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Fall 2017 BFA Show, Sullivan Gallery, Chicago, IL


Award/ Scholarship/ Residencies

2023 – 2024 Leading Teaching Fellowship(LTF), Columbia University, NY

2022 Visual Art program Scholarship, Columbia University, NY

2018 Vermont Studio Center Residency, Johnson, VT

2018 VSC Artist’s Grant, Vermont Studio Center Residency, Johnson, VT

2017 Crosscurrents Award Recipient, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2017 Merit Scholarship, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI

2017 Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI

2017 - 2018 Anne Zanzi memorial Scholarship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2016 – 2017 Advanced Painting Studio Practice, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2016 Summer Institute in Seoul National University, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

2012 - 2018 Merit Scholarship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL


Bibliography

2024 (Forthcoming) New American Paintings #171 MFA Annual

2024 Columbia University “MFA Thesis Exhibition 2024”, April 21, 2024.

2023 Salmera Estrosos “Emotional Landscapes with Artists Tk Suh”, August 9, 2023.

2022 CICA Museum “CICA Art Now 2022”, CICA Museum, September 24, 2022.

2020 Sumire Skye Taniai “Asian Artists and Young Artists Art Festival 2020”, ADF Web Magazine, August 22, 2020.

2019 Mi Soon Bae, “Tk Suh shows his twelve paintings at ‘Eye Kill You’”, Chicago Times, January 18, 2019.

2018 Roger Brown, “Check out Taekyung (Tk) Suh’s Artwork”, Voyage Chicago, August 21, 2018.

2018 KT Hawbakwer, “Sweet, sweet fantasy, baby; So ugly, it’s punk”, Chicago Tribune, May 14, 2018.

2017 Gallery No One media. “Vertigo Through the Night – Artist talk”, September 12, 2017.