Yong Jo Ji Artistic Biography

EDUCATION

1998 MFA, Painting, University of Wisconsin-Madison

1997 School of the Art Institute of Chicago

1995 Cleveland Institute of Art

1994 BSA, Studio Art, Department of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison

SELECTED SOLO AND TWO MEN EXHIBITIONS

2016 Monika Olko Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY: Acrylic Paintings

2015 SOHO ART CLUB II, East Hampton, NY: Acrylic Painting

2015 Gansevoort Hotel, New York, NY: Acrylic Paintings

2015 SOHO ART CLUB, New York, NY: Acrylic Paintings

2014 Gallery Ho, New York, NY: Mixed Media Paintings

2014 Donna Leatherman, New York, NY: Acrylic Paintings

2012 Monika Olko Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY: Acrylic and Mixed Media Paintings

2011 Armstrong-De Graaf International Fine Art, Saugatuck, MI: Acrylic, Oil and Encaustic Paintings

2010 4 North Main Gallery, Southampton, NY: Acrylic, Oil and Encaustic Paintings

2010 Armstrong-De Graaf International Fine Art, Saugatuck, MI: Acrylic, Oil and Encaustic Paintings

2009 Calvin Charles Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ: Acrylic, Oil and Encaustic Paintings

2009 De Graaf Fine Art, Saugatuck, MI: Acrylic, Oil and Encaustic Paintings

2008 Walk Tall Gallery, East Hampton, NY: Acrylic Paintings

2007 De Graaf Fine Art, Saugatuck, MI: Acrylic and Oil Paintings

2006 Thomas Gathman Gallery, Chicago, IL: Acrylic Paintings

2006 Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI: Acrylic Paintings

2006 Lindens Gallery, Ellison Bay, WI: Encaustic Paintings

2006 SGI-Sokka Gakkai International Cultural Center, Chicago, IL: Acrylic and Encaustic Paintings

2006 Lazzaro Signature Gallery, Stoughton, WI: Acrylic Paintings

2006 De Graaf Fine Art, Saugatuck, MI: Acrylic and Encaustic Paintings

2006 De Graaf Fine Art, Grand Rapids, MI: Acrylic and Encaustic Paintings

2005 Calvin Charles Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ: Acrylic, Mixed Media and Encaustic Paintings

2005 De Graaf Fine Art, Saugatuck, MI: Oil, Acrylic, Mixed Media and Encaustic Paintings

2005 Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI: Encaustic Paintings

2003 Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI: Encaustic Paintings

2002 Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI: Encaustic Paintings

2000 Society for Arts, 1112 Gallery, Chicago, IL: Oil, Mixed Media and Encaustic Paintings

1999 Society for Arts, 1112 Gallery, Chicago, IL: Oil, Mixed Media and Encaustic Paintings

1999 Space 504, New York, NY: Oil, Mixed Media and Encaustic Paintings

1999 BWA Museum, Warsaw, Poland: Oil, Encaustic and Mixed Media Paintings

1999 BWA Museum, Krakow, Poland: Oil, Encaustic and Mixed Media Paintings

1999 BWA Museum, Olsztynie, Poland: Oil, Encaustic and Mixed Media Paintings

1999 Lazarro Signature Gallery, Stoughton, WI: Encaustic Paintings

1999 Art Institute of Chicago Student Museum, Chicago, IL: Oil, Encaustic Paintings

1998 Porter Butts Gallery, Madison, WI: MFA Exhibition: Oil, Mixed Media and Encaustic Paintings

1997 France: Oil Paintings

1997 Wisconsin Center Gallery, Madison, WI: Oil Paintings

1996 Porter Butts Gallery, Madison, WI: Oil Paintings

1996 Humanity Gallery, Madison, WI: Oil Paintings

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2015 Sara Nightingale Gallery, Water Mill, NY: Acrylic Painting

2014 Southampton Art Fair, Southampton, NY: Encaustic Paintings and mixed Media paintings

2013 Amanda Brown Management, New York, NY: Encaustic Paintings

2013 Mark Borghi Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY: Encaustic Paintings

2012 Calvin Charles Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ: Encaustic Paintings

2011 Winston Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY: Encaustic Paintings

2011 Delaney Cooke Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY: Acrylic, Encaustic and Mixed Media Paintings

2011 Sara Nightingale Gallery, Water Mill, NY: Encaustic and Mixed Media Paintings

2011 Armstrong-De Graaf International Fine Art, Saugatuck, MI: Acrylic, Oil and Encaustic Paintings

2011 Calvin Charles Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ: Oil and Encaustic Paintings

2010 Sara Nightingale Gallery, Water Mill, NY: Encaustic Paintings

2009 Sara Nightingale Gallery, Water Mill, NY: Encaustic Paintings

2009 Calvin Charles Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ: Acrylic, Oil and Encaustic Paintings

2008 Sara Nightingale Gallery, Water Mill, NY: Encaustic Paintings

2007 Sara Nightingale Gallery, Water Mill, NY: Encaustic Paintings

2006 Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI: Acrylic Paintings

2006 Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI: Acrylic Paintings

2006 “Art Scottsdale” – An International Gallery Show, Scottsdale, AZ: Encaustic Paintings

2005 DeGraaf Fine Art, Palm Beach, FL: Acrylic, Mixed Media and Encaustic Paintings

2005 DeGraaf Fine Art, Grand Rapids, MI: Acrylic, Oil and Encaustic Paintings

2005 Linden Gallery, Ellison Bay, WI: Acrylic, Mixed Media and Encaustic Paintings

2005 Thomas Gathman Gallery, Chicago, IL: Acrylic, Oil and Encaustic Paintings

2004 Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI: Showing the Colors: Painting with Water and Wax: Encaustic Paintings

2004 De Graaf Fine Art, Palm Beach, FL: Oil, Mixed Media and Encaustic Paintings

2003 De Graaf Fine Art, Saugatuck, MI: Oil, Mixed Media and Encaustic Paintings

2003 De Graaf Fine Art, Palm Beach, FL: 1st De Graaf Palm Beach Invitational: Oil, Mixed Media and Encaustic Paintings

2002 Las Manos Gallery, Chicago, IL: Around the Coyote Art Festival: Encaustic Paintings

2001 Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI: Recent Work: Oil, Encaustic and Mixed Media Paintings

1999 William A. Koehnline Gallery, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL: Expressions Toward the End of the Millennium: Oil, Mixed Media and Encaustic Paintings

1998 516 Gallery, Desmoines, IA: Oil, Mixed Media and Encaustic Paintings

1998 World Youth Culture Center, Tokyo, Japan: The 12th Sokka Student Art Exhibition: Acrylic

1998 Seventh Floor Gallery, Madison, WI: 3rd Year Exhibition: Oil Paintings

1997 Seventh Floor Gallery, Madison, WI: 2nd Year Exhibition: Oil Paintings

1997 World Youth Culture Center, Tokyo, Japan: The 11th Sokka Student Art Exhibition: Acrylic

1996 Ave Gallery, Chicago, IL: Las Familias Unidas: Oil Paintings

1996 Class of 1925 Gallery, Madison, WI: Intercultural Interactions: Oil Paintings

1996 Seventh Floor Gallery, Madison, WI: Gateway to Heaven and Earth: Oil Paintings

1995 Pangia Gallery, Chicago, IL: Primal Virtue: Oil Paintings

1994 Seventh Floor Gallery, Madison, WI: Psychic Transition: Oil Paintings

1993 Humanity Gallery, Madison, WI: Body and Form: Oil Paintings

1981 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL: St. Clement Church: Pencil Drawing

1978 National Art Exhibition, Seoul, Korea: Temple: Pastel Crayon