HYUN (b. 1997, Seoul, South Korea) is a New York-based painter whose process-driven practice engages abstraction through instability, layering, and material resistance. At the core of her work is an interest in how the surface becomes active through perception, presence, and physical encounter.

Working with acrylic paint alongside unconventional materials such as discarded packaging, paper towels, worn textiles, and dried paint fragments, Hyun constructs layered compositions through accumulation, disruption, and repetition. Her process unfolds through sustained interaction with the surface, where control and instability remain in tension.

Education:

• Pratt Institute, MFA in Painting

• Parsons, The New School, BFA in Communication Design

Group Exhibition:

2025

No Place Like Home, The Latitude Gallery, NY, USA
Lineage and Latitude, IW Gallery, NY, USA
Stochastic Drift, Studio in Factory, NY, USA
Inside/Out, Pratt MFA Thesis Show, NY, USA

2024

Stay, 25 E Gallery, NY, USA
Press Play, 200 Willoughby, South Hall, NY, USA