ABOUT
Introducing the artist Sophie Oh.
Sophie Oh
Full member of the Korean American Fine Arts Association in New York, USA
Full member of the Korean Fine Arts Association
Master of Arts, TESOL, New York University
Bachelor of Arts, EESL, Hong Ik University
‘Happiness’ is the keyword
that runs through my artistic world
What does happiness mean to me? It is ‘tranquility’.
Silence is a state of mind that is not shaken by the turbulence of the world.
And it becomes a joy that wells up from deep within a heart.
Exhibition History
| Invited Solo Exhibition | 16 times in the United States, France, Korea, etc. (2008-2025) |
Art Space X Gallery, Seoul, Korea (2025/04) Gallerie Mona Lisa, Paris, France (2025/03) Gangwon-do Selabi Art Museum (2024/09/01-10/31) Gallery Andante (June 2024) La Croix Hotel USA (November 2023) Mapo Cultural Center Mac Gallery, Seoul (September 2023) Yeouido National Assembly Members' Hall (July 19-31, 2023) Gyeongin Art Museum (April 2022) La Croix Hotel gallery (December 2021) Sohyung Gallery (07-14 June 2021) and many others | |
| Limited Invitational Exhibition | 3-Person Exhibition “Beyond Boundaries” – Gooty Gallery (2025/02) 4-Person Exhibition “Urban Circulation - New York” – Kate Oh Gallery, NY, USA (2024/12) 2-Person Exhibition “Urban Dreamers” – Jung Gallery (2024/02) |
| Art Fairs | More than 60 fairs in the US, Japan, Europe, etc. (2008-2024) |
Miami Art Fair, US Tokyo Art Fair, Japan Osaka Art Fair, Japan JW Marriott Hotel Pink Art Fair, Korea Toronto Art Fair, Canada Taipei Art Cosmopolitan, Taiwan Overseas art fairs in Turkey Bama BEXCO Busan Hwarang Art Festival (COEX) Seoul Art Show (COEX) Shilla Hotel Grand Art Fair COEX World Art Fair Shilla Hotel Pink Art Fair Lotte Hotel Bank Art Fair Busan Lotte Department Store Arte Marco Gwangju Ramada Renaissance Blue Art Fair Aekyung Department Store Art Fair Dignam Gallery, Toronto, Canada Klimt Villa, Vienna, Austria Spazio Punch, Venice, Italy National Museum of History, Tbilisi, Georgia Lā Kūrua Hotel, Hawaii, USA and many others |
| Group Exhibition | France, Japan, Europe, etc. 150 times (2008-2025) |
SATELLITE Gallery Paris France Fukuzumi Gallery Osaka Japan National Museum of Literature Tbilisi Georgia Spazio Punzi Venice Italy Kubota Gallery Tokyo Japan Taipei ART COSMOPOLITAN BEYOND (Canada/Korea Artist Exchange Exhibition), Toronto, Canada Klimt Villa, Vienna, Austria Kate O'Gallery, New York, USA Korean Cultural Center Group Exhibition Washington, LA, USA Gyeom Jeong-seon Art Museum, Yeouido, Korea National Assembly Members' Hall, Seoul, Korea AEET Contemporary, Taipei, Taiwan Cheongju Shemae Museum, Cheongju, Korea Westwood Art Center, New Jersey, USA Overseas Exhibition, Turkey Hongik University Hongmoon Hall Insa Art Plaza Maru Art Center Hongdae Red Road Mapo Art Market Sohyung Museum of Art National Museum of Contemporary Art SETEC COEX Guti Gallery BEXCO and many others | |
| Works Collection Location | La Croix Hotel, Hawaii, USA Weill Cornell Medical College Hospital, USA Blue Owl New York Office Building, USA Nomura Securities, Seoul Korea Grand Central Building Harvest Asset Management Company Sookmyung Women's University Kookmin University Yeonil Gas Industry Headquarters P.R.1 Corporation A number of private collections, etc. |
| Awards | º Special Prize in the Western Painting Non-figurative Category at the Gyemjae Art Exhibition (21st and 22nd) º Excellence Prize at the Korean Women Artists Painting Competition (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Korean Fine Arts Association) º Grand Prize at the National Assembly Exhibition (Overseas Deployment Veterans Memorial Art Exhibition, Grand Prize awarded to Congressman Kim Sungjun, and production of postage stamps and exhibitions in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles, USA to commemorate the Overseas Deployment Veterans Memorial Day with the artist's works) º Special Award at the Art Korea Fine Arts Competition (Special Exhibition at Insa Art Plaza) º Selected for the Chungcheongnam-do Fine Arts Competition |
