Yeonjoo Cho
Bio
Yeonjoo Cho (b. 1991) is a Korean artist and researcher based in Seoul, South Korea, and Glasgow, United Kingdom. Drawing from her transnational experience of living between these two cultures, Cho creates paintings and drawings that explore themes of displacement, hybridity, tradition, and repetitive everyday space. Her recent works investigate the social and physical distances between individuals, employing contrasts of opaque and translucent surfaces, layered imagery, and subtle gradations of colour to evoke a sense of fluidity and transition. Central to her practice is the ambition of creating visual portals—visual and conceptual spaces that bridge multiple temporalities, geographies, and individual histories.
Cho studied painting and art history at Ewha Womans University before completing her interdisciplinary PhD, which integrates contemporary art practice, art history, and postcolonial discourse as its foundational elements. Her work has been exhibited in major art institutions across the UK and South Korea, including the Scottish Royal Academy, Edinburgh City Art Centre, Cambridge University, Cheongju Creative Art Studio, and Uijeongbu Art Centre.
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Education
2023 PhD, Glasgow School of Art, UK
2018 MLitt (Fine Art Practice), Glasgow School of Art, UK
2016 MFA (Painting), Ewha Womans University, KR
2014 BA (Art History) & BFA (Painting), Ewha Womans University, KR
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2024 <Round Song>, South Block, Glasgow, UK (two-person)
2019 <Things between the Sun and the Moon>, Cheongju Creative Art Studio, Cheongju, KR
2017 <Dream Journey>, Art Space Seo:ro, Seoul, KR.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
<40 Dimensions>, & Gallery, Edinburgh
<Atelier Mansion Program>, Mansion 9 Gallery, Seoul
<Home in Home>, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
2024
<GIS Members Show>, Glasgow Project Room, Glasgow
<Pieces of Us>, Dohing Art Gallery, Seoul
<K-Women: Celebrating Korean Female Artists>, Kingston Museum, London
<Then & Now: VAS Centenary Show Part Two>, Dalkeith Palace, Dalkeith
<Hope is the Things with Feathers>, The SOC Waterston House, Aberlady
<Then & Now: 100 Years of Visual Arts Scotland>, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2023
<Scottish Landscape Awards>, City Art Centre, Edinburgh
<Glasgow Independent Studio Members Show>, Glasgow Project Room, Glasgow
<CV: Busan>, Hello Artist, Busan
2022
<Reverb>, Visual Arts Scotland, Online
2021
<Human Perspectives>, Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge
2020
<Yule Hair is Large>, Glasgow Project Room, Glasgow
<Contemporary Young Artist>, The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle upon Tyne
2019
<Open Code>, Cheongju Creative Art Studio, Cheongju
2018
<We Are Together Because...>, The Vacant Space, Glasgow
<Close by>, 38 Trongate, Glasgow
<No Safe Haven>, The Pipe Factory, Glasgow
2017
<UAC Young Artists>, Uijeongbu Art Centre, Uijeongbu
<Love & Respect>, AK Gallery, Suwon
2016
<Storytelling Painting>, Seoul Western District Court Gallery, Seoul
<美貪>, Sang-am DMC Art Gallery, Seoul
<Notwithstanding X>, SeMA, Buk Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
2014
<The 4th Art Factory Project>, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul
<Scout>, Gallery Imazoo, Seoul
Awards / Grants
2024 Creators' Fund +, We Are Here Scotland
Visual Artists and Craft Makers Award, Creative Scotland
2023 Scottish Landscape Awards, Scottish Arts Trust (shortlisted)
Youngmin International Artist Residency Programme (Travel Grant—Domaine de Boisbuchet), Hanwha Foundation
2022 Flora Wood Award for Originality, Visual Arts Scotland
2020 Biscuit Factory Contemporary Young Artist (shortlisted)
2018 Lit Award, Kendall Koppe Gallery, Glasgow
Secret Art Prize, Curious Duke Gallery (shortlisted)
2017 UAC Emerging Artist Award (shortlisted)
AK Artist Award, AK Gallery (shortlisted)
Artist-in-Residence Programmes
2024 Atelier Mansion Programme, Seoul
2023 Domaine de Boisbuchet, Lessac
2019 The Cheongju Art Studio, Cheongju
2018 Project Ability, Glasgow
Talks / Research Conference
2025 Have Some Imagination: Towards a Manifesto for Arts Education, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
2024 Research Forum, Drawing Room, London - Online
Glasgow School of Art Learning & Teaching Conference, Glasgow - Online
2022 Artist Talk, Painting & Printmaking Department
The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow
2021 Call and Response Research Presentations,
RCA, Greenwich University and the NAFAE network, Online
2020 Encounters PhD Symposium,
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee
2019 PGR Research Methods Symposium,
The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow
Artist Talk at Cheongju Art Studio, Cheongju
Teaching
2025 - Present, Lecturer (Part-time), Incheon Catholic University, Incheon Songdo
2024 - Present, Lecturer (Part-time), Dongguk University, Seoul
2022 - 2024, Visiting Lecturer, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow
2020 - 2022, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow