TeaYoun Kim-Kassor , Foundation Faculty

TeaYoun Kim-Kassor is originally from South Korea, where she received her B.F.A. in Fiber Arts at Sungshin Women’s University in Seoul. She continued her research in Art Education as the Japanese equivalent of a Fulbright Scholar at Saitama University in Japan, where she earned a Master of Arts in Art Education. In America, TeaYoun continued her exploration of fine arts in the M.F.A. program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, focusing on Spatial Practice.

Her professional activities have long been aimed at exploring more effective and responsive teaching methods in education - a path that has shaped her vocation as an educator, artist, and cultural ambassador. TeaYoun has been a very active artist having numerous exhibitions, including at The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA, The Alabama Contemporary Art Center, Mobile, AL, The Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Washington, D.C., Korean Cultural Center, Consulate General of the Republic of Korea, LA, CA, College of Southern Nevada Gallery, NV, SUNY Cortland, NY, Textile Arts Center in Brooklyn, NY, Montana State University Gallery, Bozeman, MT, University of South Carolina Beaufort, SC, La Macina di San Cresci in Florence, Italy, Folklore Museum in Sendai, Japan, CESTA in Tabor, Czech Republic, and Can Serrat in Barcelona, Spain. Please visit her website for more details: https://teayounkim-kassor.org

Awards/Honors:

2022-2023, Emerging Arts Administrators Fellowship by National Council of Arts Administrators
2023, Award of a Fulbright Administrators Peer Review r: Japan - The peer-review recommendation was not selected for grants by the host country, Japan, due to their priorities and budget.
2019, International Residency Award, Joya: arte + ecología / Joya: AiR, Vélez Rubio, Spain
2019, 2017, 2016, 2013, 2012, 2010, Grant: Faculty Creative Research, GCSU, Milledgeville, GA
2014, Academic Tenure, GCSU, Milledgeville, GA
2013, Invitational Festival International d’Art vidéo de Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco
Print-making Studio Residency Award, Murano, Venice, Italy
FY13 Faculty Research Grants, Georgia College, Milledgeville, Georgia
2012, Invitational Residency Award, La Macina di San Cresci (AIR), Chianti, Italy
FY12 Faculty Research Grants, Georgia College, Milledgeville, Georgia
2010, A Completion Certificate of Japanese Traditional Fiber Arts “Katazome”, The Folklore Museum, Sendai-city, Japan
2005-2009, The Visual Artists Network Exhibition Residency Award, The National Performance Network, New Orleans, LA
Invitational Cultural Exchange Station Residency Award, Tabor, Czech Republic
Terry Burnette Memorial Residency Award, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
Dorothy Dille Materials Award, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
UT Potter’s Award: Annual Art Competition, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
1998 – 2000, Recipient of Monbukagakusho scholarship for two years with the stipend, Japanese equivalent of a Fulbright Scholar, The Japanese Department of Education, Japan

Professional Accomplishments/Exhibitions:

Solo Exhibitions

2021, Illusion vs. Reality, College of Southern Nevada Gallery, Nevada
2020, A Migrant’s View | Emery Community Arts Center, University of Maine Farmington, ME Virtually Close Socially Distant | Cat Eye Creative, Atlanta, GA
2019, Beyond Places in Time, State University of New York at Cortland, New York
Paradox Series, University of Montevallo, Alabama
2018, Access for All, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA), Gyeonggi-do, S. Korea
2017, Open Studio Exhibition, Access for All + Ah, Un, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont
2016, Migration, Korean Cultural Center, Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Washington, D.C.
Tension, Korean Cultural Center, Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Washington, D.C.
Migration Series, ZSP Gallery, Knoxville, Tennessee
2015, Interplay, Sungshin Women’s University, Seoul, South Korea
Migration Series, Sea Islands Center Gallery, University of South Carolina Beaufort, South Carolina
2014, Story of Two Lovers, Black-bridge Hall Gallery, Milledgeville, Georgia
Undercurrent, Invitational Exhibition, The Festival of Arts, Laguna Beach, California
2013, Undercurrent, Venice Print-making Studio Gallery, Murano, Venice, Italy
2012, Platform 948, Pianta Gallery, La Macina di San Cresci (AIR), Chianti, Italy
Installation Performance, Black Box Theater, Milledgeville, Georgia
Migration, TAC Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Tension, Maryville College Blackberry Farm Gallery, Maryville, Tennessee
Modulation, Helen E. Copeland Gallery, Bozeman, Montana
2011, Truth Serum, Wooten-Garner House Art-Fix Gallery, Milledgeville, Georgia
2010, Summer, The Folklore Museum, Sendai-city, Japan
Passage, GCSU Museum, Milledgeville, Georgia

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023, Juried exhibition (Forthcoming, 3-person Show) | Greenville Center for Creative Arts, Greenville, South Carolina
Drawing in Space, The Alabama Contemporary Art Center, Mobile, AL
2022, LA Art Project (Juried 4-person exhibition) | Korean Cultural Center, Consulate General of the Republic of Korea, Los Angeles, CA
K-Art Diaspora (Invitation) | Korean Cultural Center, Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Washington, D.C.
2021, K-Art Diaspora (Invitation), Korean Cultural Center, Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Washington, D.C.
2020, A Migrant’s View, Emery Community Arts Center, University of Maine, Farmington, Maine
Virtually Close Socially Distant, Cat Eye Creative, Atlanta, Georgia
2019-2023, Collector's Exhibition, Cat Eye Creative, Atlanta, Georgia
2018, (E)merged, Peacock Gallery, Middle Georgia State University, Cochran, Georgia
Meraki, Leland Gallery, Georgia College, Milledgeville, Georgia
2017, Residency Group Exhibition, Khan Art Gallery, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont
(E)merged, Frances Sewell Plunkett Gallery, Mercer University, Macon, Georgia
2010-16, Interfaith Biennial Exhibition, O’Connor Art Gallery (Dominican University), River Forest, Illinois
Gathered, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MoCA), Georgia
Invitational Fiber Arts Exhibition, Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center, Buford, Georgia
Heritage of Textile, International Juried Exhibition, Art Factory, Paterson, New Jersey
Perspectives, Museum of Fine Arts, Milledgeville, Georgia
Juried Exhibition, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Invitational Exhibition, Downtown Gallery, Kent, Ohio
Emerging Issues, Invitational Exhibition, The Gallery at Willesden Green, London, United Kingdom
Permanent Collection Exhibition, Library, Milledgeville, Georgia
Adaptation | NCECA Exhibition | Pittsburgh, PA
CESTA Collaboration − Věc | Tabor, Czech Republic

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