Her work primarily stems from dissonant elements within architectural, urban, and sculptural contexts, revealing architectural, social, and artistic layers through recontextualisation. Rather than presenting finished objects, she focuses on visualising the structures of situations and relationships; through this process, viewers transcend fixed interpretations of spaces and objects that they have taken for granted in daily life, experiencing them from a multi-layered perspective.
This approach blurs the boundaries between art and everyday life and, by intervening in temporal and spatial conditions, reveals the points where different contexts intersect, suggesting possibilities for forging new connections.
ail.hwang@icloud.com
© 2026 AIL HWANG
2012–2014
Meisterschüler, Prof. Maik Löbbert, and Prof. Dirk Löbbert, Münster Academy of Fine Arts, DE
2005–2012
Fine Arts (Diploma), Prof. Maik Löbbert, Dirk Löbbert, and Henk Visch, Münster Academy of Fine Arts, DE
2000–2004
Fine Arts (Bachelor), Seoul Women’s University, Seoul, KR
Solo Shows
2025
Superposition
17717 Gallery,
Seoul, KR
2024
R̶e̶s̶t̶o̶r̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n
Blanck Gallery,
Seoul, KR
2023
Fractus Fractal
Cheongju Art Studio Gallery, Cheongju, KR
2023
Reconstruction VII
Glass Project,
Dongduk Women's University, Seoul, KR
2016
ETTELIOT
Reinraum,
Düsseldorf, DE
2014
Reconstruction
Januar Gallery,
Bochum, DE
Awards & Recognition
2024
Project @
Artist Creation Space Support, Seongbuk Cultural Foundation, KR
2021
Seongbuk N Artist
Seongbuk Art Creation Studio, Seoul, KR
2017
Arte Laguna Prize
Finalist,
Arsenale, Venice, IT
2016
Ida Gerhardi Grant
Lüdenscheid Municipal Gallery,
Lüdenscheid, DE
Residencies
2023
17th Resident Artist
Cheongju Art Creation Studio,
Cheongju, KR
2017
Artist in Residence
Onomato Art Studio,
Düsseldorf, DE
2012
Artist in Residence
Schulstrasse 43 Studio,
Münster, DE
2011
Artist in Residence
Karl-Hofer-Gesellschaft Studio,
Berlin, DE
Projects
2025
Birdhouse – New House
Cheongju City Art Museum,
Grru Collective, Cheongju, KR
2025
Birdhouse – New House
Co-Making Matters,
Grru Collective, Berlin, DE
2024
Artificial Habitat
Blanck Gallery,
Grru Collective,
Seoul, KR
2017
energie. wenden
Deutsches Museum,
Munich, DE
2026
(upcoming)
Revolving Door
Art Space Gwangmyeong Start, Gwangmyeong, KR
2025
The Journey Shining Anew: MMCA x CMOA Cheongju Project 2025 Cheongju Museum of Art, Cheongju, KR
2024
An Atypical Encounter
Cheongju Art Studio,
Cheongju, KR
2023
Goodbye, Hannam
aHsh LAB,
Seoul, KR
2023
Tangible Absence,
17717 Gallery,
Seoul, KR
2023
How Do We Come Across
Cheongju Art Studio,
Cheongju, KR
2022
Absence
Weltkunstzimmer
Düsseldorf, DE
2021
Cloud Shadow
Seongbuk Young Art Space
Seoul, KR
2019
GAM
Offraum 8
Düsseldorf, DE
2018
70 Years of the Basic Law
North Rhine-Westphalia State Parliament, Düsseldorf, DE
2018
Mont Blanc,
plan.d. Gallery
Düsseldorf, DE
2018
Onomato Fellows Exhibition Onomato, Düsseldorf, DE
2017
Märkisches Stipendium 2018
Lüdenscheid Municipal Gallery, Lüdenscheid, DE
2017
11th Arte Laguna Prize
Arsenal, Venice, IT
2016
“ART NOW!”: Ida Gerhardi Emerging Artist Award Lüdenscheid Municipal Gallery, Lüdenscheid, DE
2015
14A144
Ackerloft Flingern,
Düsseldorf, DE
2014
Scheinwerfer 2
Celle Art Museum
(Robert Simon Collection),
Celle, DE
2014
Förderpreis
Award Exhibition of the Münster Academy of Fine Arts,
Kunsthalle,
Münster, DE
2011
Ridge Walk
Hafenweg 22
Münster, DE
2011
Central
City Hall Gallery,
Münster, DE
2011
House Number 42
Wewerka Pavilion,
Münster, DE
2010
Art in der Region,
Kunsthaus Gravenhorst monastery, Hörstel, DE
2010
Ruhr Art Trail
RUHR.2010,
Essen, DE
2010
Golden Village EMSCHERKUNST, RUHR.2010,
Recklinghausen, KR