BIO

Korea-born Canadian, Jihee Min explores art as means to formulate a voice for an identity. Min often includes herself as a posing sculpture to respond to her displaced existence, and her yearning for childhood creates an imaginary character that relates across the complexity of time and space of a visual minority in Canadian society.

Jihee Min obtained MFA in Studio Arts at Concordia University in May 2008 and BFA with Honors in Sculpture & Installation at Ontario College of Art & Design in May 2005. She has received numerous awards and scholarships for her work including the Travel Grant from Canada Council for the Arts, the Concordia MFA Studio Arts Award from Concordia University, the Sir Edmund Walker Scholarship, the Carmen Lamanna Scholarship and the Sumo Art & Technology award from Ontario College of Art & Design.


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Education

2005-2008
Master of Fine Arts; Studio Arts
Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

2001-2005
Bachelor of Fine Arts; Sculpture & Installation
Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2002-2003
Out of Campus study
Ontario College of Art & Design, Florence, Italy

1999-2001
College Graduation Diploma (D.E.C) Fine Arts
Dawson College, Montreal, Quebec, Canada


Residency

Summer, 2005
CACC Residency
The Banff Art Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada


Solo Exhibition

2010
Une Fois Sur Les Fleurs De Camélias Feb 7th – 28th
Centre d'art du Vieux Presbytère, St-Bruno, Quebec, Canada

2008
Once Upon Camellia Blossoms Oct 3rd-29th
Temple Bar Gallery - Gallery Lampton, Sarnia, Canada
Once Upon Camellia Blossoms
May 7th-9th
Galerie LaCentrale Powerhouse, Montreal, Canada


Duo Exhibitions

2005
Untold Stories February 23rd-March 5th
Gallery 64 Steps, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2004
Untitled April 7th-17th
Gallery 64 Steps, Toronto, Ontario, Canada


Group Exhibitions

2009
Scotia Bank Nuit Blanche: In Search of Wife, In Search of Husband Oct 3rd
Collaboration with/under direction of John Shipman Toronto, Canada
CAFKA. 09: Veracity Sept 18th-Oct 4th
Kitchener City Hall, Kitchener, Canada

2007
Connective Tissue June 28th-September 2nd
Musee des maitres et artisans du Quebec, St-Laurent, Canada
Orientite May 18th-June 10th
La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse, Montreal, Canada
Compression:MFA group show March 24th-April 5th
Galerie Art Mur, Montreal, Canada

2006

White Cube On The Move April 8th-9th
MFA Concordia, Montreal, Canada
Displaced March 29th-April 22nd
OCAD gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2005

10th Annual Juried Graduation Students Exhibition May 31st-June 24th
John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
OCAD Annual Exhibition May 5th-8th
OCAD, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Go West, OCAD thesis exhibition April 22nd-24th
Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lucky Charms, new performance art event April 5th
The Drake, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Williamsburg Bridging February 19th
Galapagos Art Space, New York, U.S.A.

2004
Ready to Activate September 24th-Oct 3rd
Gallery Xpace, 303 Augusta Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2003
Easy Money-performance event
The Gladstone hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Clay / Identity,Genesis 2ND annual exhibition May 16th-18th
Korean Consulate, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dentro l'immagine March 28th-30th
Via Nazionale 7, Firenze, Italy

2002
Untitled, Genesis 1st annual exhibition June 11th-17th
Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada


Festivals & Screening

2008
Cine-Asie's First Annual Video Contest May 13th
La Sala Rossa, Montreal, Canada
Dreaming A New Real January 11th
The Chapel + Cultural Center at Rensselaer, New York, USA

2007
Herland Film and Video Festival May 3rd-10th
Plaza Theatre, Kensington, Calgary, Canada
Evenement Interuniversitaire de Creation Video March 22nd-23rd
L'Alize, Montreal, Canada

2006
Made-In Video: International video art festival Sept 7th-10th
Chamber of Public Secrets, Copenhagen, Denmark
Edges: a selection of the best Canadian short films and videos Apr, 4th-7th
MediaNet, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

2005
Short Shorts: projections de courts videos Nov, 3rd
Gallery Skol, Montreal, Quebec, Canada


Collections

Public

2009
Je Cris Donc Je Suis: winning piece of “Concours en Arts Visuels”
City of St-Bruno, Centre d'art du Vieux Presbytère, St-Bruno, Canada 2005

Private

2005
Hope commissioned and installed permanently.
Five Fathom Partners, 266 King Street West, Suite 405.


Scholarship and Awards

2008
Canada Council Travel Grant
Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa, Canada

2007
Sir Edmund Walker Scholarship (renewed)
Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, Canada

2006
CIAM Travel Grant
Centre Interuniversitaire des arts mediatiques, Montreal, Canada
Sir Edmund Walker Scholarship (renewed)
Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, Canada

2005
Concordia MFA Studio Arts Award
Graduate Studio Arts Advisory Committee, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Abraham and Malka Green Award
The Sculptors Society of Canada, Toronto, Canada
Sir Edmund Walker Scholarship
Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, Canada
Carmen Lamanna Scholarship
Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, Canada
Sumo Art & Technology Award
Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, Canada

2003
Women's Art Association Mary E. Dignam Tuition Scholarship
Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, Canada
Solomon Painting Award
Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, Canada

2002
Peacock's Hardware Prize
Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, Canada