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Ail Hwang
Ail Hwang, who works between Korea and Germany, reinterprets everyday spaces, objects, and relationships to explore the layered meanings embedded in them. Primarily through installation works that use fluid materials and existing objects, she reveals layered qualities and the potential for transformation that transcends fixed interpretations. These works interact with the conditions of the exhibition space and unfold in relation to their surrounding environment. They originate from the dissonant elements within architectural, urban and sculptural contexts—elements that, though often concealed, structure our everyday lives. Through this process, moments emerge where temporal and spatial conditions intersect with individual and collective contexts, giving rise to new relationships.

ail.hwang@icloud.com

Education

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
Galerie Januar, 
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

2024 
Co-founded Art Community Grru Germany & Korea 
https://grru.xyz

2017
energie. wenden
Deutsches Museum, 
Munich, DE
Group Shows (selection)

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
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

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
Ruhr Art Trail
RUHR.2010, 
Essen, DE

2010
Golden Village EMSCHERKUNST, RUHR.2010, Recklinghausen, KR



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