| EDUCATIONS | |
| 2013-16 | The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH MFA in Sculpture - Recipient of University Fellowship and Graduate Teaching Associate |
| 2009-11 | School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL BFA - Recipient of Merit Scholarship |
| 2006-08 | Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA. |
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RESIDENCIES |
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| 2021-22 | HATCH Residency at Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago, IL |
| 2021 | Wedge Projects, Chicago, IL |
| 2019 | Summer Intensive at High Concept Labs, Chicago, IL |
| 2018 | The Birdsell Project, South Bend, IN |
| 2017 | ACRE, Steuben, WI. - Recipient of Work-Study Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY - Recipient of Work-Study |
| 2015 | The Birdsell Project, South Bend, IN |
| 2014 | 8550OHIO, Chesterhill, OH |
| 2013 | Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT - Recipient of Artist Grant and Work-Study |
| 2012 | Harold Arts (8550OHIO), Chesterhill, OH |
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HONORS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS |
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| 2021 | Individual Artist Support Grant, Illinois Arts Council Agency |
| 2014 | Maya Angelou Awards, Buckeye Civic Engagement Connection Award |
| 2012 | Best of Show, Beverly Arts Center's 36th Annual Juried Exhibition |
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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS |
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| SOLO | |
| 2022 | 육안으로 보이는 밤 (A Night Visible to the Naked Eye, in conjunction with the exhibition in Chicago), Rund Gallery, Seoul, S. Korea |
| 2021 | 1448 W. Howard St. Wedge Projects, Chicago, IL |
| 2019 | 나의 낯선 천장과 벽에 손 흔들기 (Waving to My Foreign Ceiling and Walls), Mythtake Museum, Cheongpyeong, Gyeonggi, S. Korea |
| 2017 | Nayeon Yang l Sa'dia Rehman, Roy G. Biv Gallery, Columbus OH. US |
| 2015 | Standard Woman, Mote078 Gallery Columbus, OH. US |
| 2014 | Practices of the Absence-i.l.o.v.e.y.o.u. Hopkins Hall Gallery, Columbus, OH. US |
| Stay with Me: Membranes of Space in Time, Hopkins Hall Gallery, Columbus, OH. US | |
| 2011 | Writing on Breathes, Defibrillator Performance Art Gallery, Chicago, IL. US |
| GROUP | |
| 2022 | The Rounds, two-persons show with Osée Obaonrin, curated by Yi Cao, Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago, IL. US. |
| 2021 | Direct Messages, curated by Tess Elliot The Wrong Biennale (Forthcoming) Survey 3: I Sense Something Has Changed, Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago, IL. US. |
| 2020 | Here We Are, Suchang Youth Mansion, Daegu, S. Korea |
| 2019 |
Moving_Image_00:05, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL US WAGE: Nayeon Yang & Marcela Torres (two-persons show), Roots & Culture Contemporary Art Center, Chicago, IL US |
| 2018 | In Transit, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL. US The Birdsell Project, Vested Interest, South Bend, IN. US |
| 2017 | Get out of Referent, Door and Room, Daejeon, South Korea Objectified, CICA Museum, Gimpoo, Kyeungi, South Korea |
| 2016 | stArtup Art Fair in Chicago, presented by Defibrillator Performance Art Gallery, MileNorth Hotel, Chicago, IL. U.S. Extended Family,849 Gallery at Kentucky College of Art and Design, Louisville, KY. US notitleanytitle, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Urban Arts Space, Columbus, OH. US The Unfolding, Mirage Gallery at Thompson Library 165, Columbus. HO. US |
| 2016 | PAB Open, Performance Art Bergen, Bergen, Norway Performance Art Festival 15, Bunker Projects, Pittsburgh, PA. US The Birdsell Project, The Commerce Center, South Bend, IN. US |
| 2015 | Audience Appeals and Performing Assistance, The Art Museum at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. US |
| 2014 | Charters, Mirage Gallery at Charters, Columbus, OH. US Movement (Visualeyez 2014), Canada's Annual Performance Art Festival,Latitute 53, Edmontons, AB Canada Roy G. Biv Gallery ImageOHIO 14, The Shot Tower Gallery, Columbus, OH. US |
| 2013 | A John Cage MUSICIRCUS, HamMer Art Studio, Columbus, OH. US ASYAAF(Asian Students and Young Artists Art Festival) 2013, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul, South Korea Stay with Me Part 3- Breathing Togeter, Gunpoo Youth Center, Gungoo, Kyeongi, South Korea Spit & Sin, Defibrillator Performance Art Gallery, Chicago, IL. US |
| 2012 | Midway Fair, presented by Defibrillator Performance Art Gallery at Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL. US Beverly Arts Center's 36th Annual Juried Exhibition, Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL. US |
| 2011 | Creativity in the Workp place Exhibition, The Legacy at Millennium Park, Chicago, IL. US BFA Show, Sullivan Galleries,Chicago, IL. US Happiness,Kirk's Apartment Chicago, IL. US |
| 2010 | ME.ME.WE., Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, IL. US Spill, Betty Rymer Galleries, Chicago, IL. US Dreams of Healing, Swedish Covenant Hospital, Chicago, IL US |
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESS |
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| 2022 | "Perpetual Motion: A Review of The Rounds at Chicago Artists Coalition" review by Kerry Cardoza Newcity, July 24, 2022. |
| 2018 | "Birdsell Project Summer Residency Exhibition Examines History, Space of South Bend's Vested Interest." by article by Nora McGreevy,South Bend Tribune, July 25, 2018. |
| 2017 | get out of referent : 지시 대상에서 벗어나라, review by NaHyun Kim |
| 2016 | 'Nayeon Yang", notitleanytitle, review by Mabi Ponce de León "An Abandoned Power Plant Is Reborn as an Art Space", The Creators Project, May 12 "Practice on Becoming An-other", Thesis by Nayeon Yang, OhioLink, May 10 The Birdsell Project / The Commerce Center, Film by Chuck Fry, April |
| 2015 | "Interview with Artist in Residence: Nayeon Yang", The Birdsell Project, July 16 Hayes Graduate Research Forum, "Recording Presence of Absence: History of Emotions / Emotions of Histories", Feburary 20 |
| 2014 | The Lantern,"Body of work: Ohio State student uses a more natural canvas" December 9 Edmonton Journal, pp.B6, September 20 Roy G. Biv Gallery March 8 Panel Discussion at Hopkins Hall Gallery, Feburary 17 |
| 2013 | Artist Story Time at ASYAAF 2013, July 27 Center Square Journal April 19 |
| 2011 | "Episode 2" on (Channel 21) CAN tv, April 11, May 16 |
TEACHING EXPERIENCES |
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| 2014-16 | Instructor (Graduate Teaching Associate), Visual Studies: Expended Media at Ohio State University, Columbus OH. US |
| 2015 | Co-instructor, Summer Art Class at Charles Martin Youth Center, South Bend, IN. US. |