Education
2020 MFA, Columbia University, School of the Arts, New York, NY
2011 BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2010 Yale Summer School of Art and Music, Norfolk, CT
Solo Exhibitions
2017 Felt Like a Privilege, Curated by Jeongyoon Choi, Weekend, Seoul
2011 American Dream Exchange, Roger Williams National Memorial, Providence
Group Exhibitions and Screenings
2021 Columbia Visual Arts MFA Thesis Exhibition, Curated by Amy Sadao, Katharina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room and Wallach Art Gallery, Lenfest Center for the Arts, New York
The 8th Annual Centrally Isolated Film Festival (CIFF), Cornell University, Ithaca
In Response: We Fight to Build a Free World, Jewish Museum, New York
Properties of…, Curated by Hitomi Iwasaki and Dahye Kim, AHL Foundation, New York
2020 Minorly Magical, Curated by Annette Hur, Backyard Ghost, Brooklyn
Alone Together, Steve Turner, Los Angeles
2019 Aesthetically Functional Only, Curated by Edsel Williams, 1675 Broadway, New York
Columbia Visual Arts First Year MFA Exhibition, Curated by Natalie Bell, Wallach Art Gallery, Lenfest Center for the Arts, New York
2017 Interlude (in conjunction with an artist talk), Insa Art Space, Seoul
2016 Chronicles of Influence, CHAPTER II, Seoul
2015 Doctor’s House, Curated by Lee Bul, Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2015, Tokamachi City, Japan
2013 The 35th JoongAng Fine Arts Prize Exhibition: Selected Artists of the Year, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center
Grants, Residencies and Awards
2020 AHL Foundation Artist Fellowship Grant, AHL Foundation, New York, NY, USA
2019 Helen Hartley Mead Platt Prize, Columbia University, School of the Arts, New York, NY, USA
D’Arcy Hayman Scholarship, Columbia University, School of the Arts, New York, NY, USA
Visual Arts Program Scholarship, Columbia University, School of the Arts, New York, NY, USA
2018 Visual Arts Program Scholarship, Columbia University, School of the Arts, New York, NY, USA
2013 The 35th JoongAng Fine Arts Prize, 10 Selected Artists of 2013, JoongAng Ilbo Culture Media, Seoul, South Korea
2011 Public Art Project Grant, The National Park Service, Providence, RI, USA
2010 Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship, Yale University, School of Art, New Haven, CT, USA
Hallmark Scholarship Award, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, USA
Bibliography
2021 Nwuke, Olachi. “CIFF Interviews with Filmmakers,” Centrally Isolated Film Festival (CIFF), April 22
“AHL Foundation’s 2nd Artist Fellowship Exhibition,” The Korea Times, February 23.
2020 Iwasaki, Hitomi et al. “17th Annual Benefit Gala and Awards Ceremony,” AHL Foundation, December 12
Cassell, Dessane Lopez. “Outstanding MFA Work from Columbia, Cornell, and SVA,” Hyperallergic, August 19
“MFA Thesis Exhibition: Columbia University School of the Arts,” Art & Education, July 23
“MFA Spotlight: Columbia University School of the Arts,” Artforum, July 1
2018 “Chapter II 2016-2017,” Chapter II, March
“Interlude 2017,” Insa Art Space of the Arts Council Korea, January
2017 Choi, Jeongyoon. “Interview with Artist Yi Sa-Ra,” Weekend, May 23
2013 Ho, Kyoung-yun et al. “The 35th JoongAng Fine Arts Prize, Selected Artists of the Year,” JoongAng Ilbo Culture Media, September 5
Lee, Jeonghun. “South Korea’s 10 Rising Stars in JoongAng Fine Arts Prize Exhibition,” JTBC, September 5
Kwon, Geunyoung. “JoongAng Fine Arts Prize Announces 10 Artists Selected From Among 293 Applicants,” JoongAng Ilbo, August 7