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| Eungie Joo | |
|---|---|
| Name | Eungie Joo |
| Occupation | Curator, Critic, Educator |
| Known for | Curatorial practice, Exhibition-making, Writing |
Eungie Joo is a curator, critic, and educator known for interdisciplinary exhibition-making and critical writing that engages architecture, design, contemporary art, and urbanism. Her work has intersected with leading museums, biennials, universities, and cultural institutions across North America, Europe, and Asia, informing dialogues on spatial politics, labor, and material culture.
Born in South Korea, Joo completed undergraduate and graduate training that bridged art history, architecture, and critical theory. She studied in programs connected to prominent institutions such as Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Columbia University, Yale University, and University of California, Berkeley through exchanges, fellowships, or collaborations while also engaging with regional centers like Seoul National University and Korea University. Her formation was influenced by dialogues circulating at venues including Guggenheim Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern, Centre Pompidou, and pedagogical networks tied to Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Royal College of Art, Pratt Institute, and Cooper Union.
Joo has held curatorial and leadership roles at museums, biennials, and cultural organizations. Her positions connected her to institutions such as San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Walker Art Center, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Hammer Museum, and New Museum. She participated in large-scale initiatives including the Venice Biennale, Istanbul Biennial, Shanghai Biennale, São Paulo Biennial, and regional exhibitions at venues like Queens Museum, Brooklyn Museum, Palais de Tokyo, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, and Hong Kong Museum of Art. Collaborations brought her into conversation with funders and cultural agencies such as the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Korean Cultural Center, and municipal arts councils in cities like Seoul, New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Chicago.
Her curatorial projects often addressed intersections of design, labor, and urbanization through commissions, retrospectives, and thematic group exhibitions. Notable projects aligned with collections and programs at The Getty Center, Smithsonian Institution, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Victoria and Albert Museum. She curated exhibitions that engaged artists and practitioners associated with Maya Lin, Ai Weiwei, Tavares Strachan, Cao Fei, Santiago Sierra, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Theaster Gates, Mendieta, Marina Abramović and also foregrounded designers linked to Christoph Niemann, Hella Jongerius, Patricia Urquiola, nendo, Ingo Maurer. Projects interfaced with architectural practices such as OMA, Herzog & de Meuron, SANAA, MVRDV, Kengo Kuma, and research initiatives from MIT Media Lab, Berkeley Center for New Media, and Harvard Graduate School of Design.
Joo has taught and lectured in programs at major universities and art schools, contributing to curricula and symposia at Columbia University School of the Arts, Pratt Institute, Rhode Island School of Design, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Yale School of Architecture, Harvard Graduate School of Design, UC Berkeley, and Goldsmiths, University of London. She participated in panels and workshops with institutions like The Architectural Association, Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, Bard College, CalArts, UC Santa Cruz, CUNY Graduate Center, and research centers including Institut für Raumexperimente, Strelka Institute, and The New School.
Her critical writing appears in exhibition catalogues, journals, and major periodicals. Publications and outlets associated with her texts include Artforum International, Frieze, Parkett, October Journal, Flash Art, Art in America, ArtReview, Architectural Digest, Domus, The New Yorker, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, The Guardian, Dezeen, ArchDaily, Metropolis Magazine, Design Observer, and catalogues from Sternberg Press, Afterall Books, Phaidon Press, Tate Publishing, and Mousse Publishing. She has contributed essays on artists and designers such as Kara Walker, Gordon Matta-Clark, Rachel Whiteread, Sol LeWitt, Olafur Eliasson, Anish Kapoor, Eve Hesse, Jean Nouvel, Zaha Hadid, Rem Koolhaas, Daniel Libeskind, and historical figures represented in museum collections like Auguste Rodin, Marcel Duchamp, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Wassily Kandinsky, Piet Mondrian, Kazimir Malevich, and Claude Monet.
Her work has been recognized by awards, fellowships, and grants from organizations including the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Guggenheim Fellowship, MacArthur Foundation, Fulbright Program, Kress Foundation, Getty Research Institute, Rijksstudio Fellowship, Richard Florsheim Art Fund, and local arts councils in regions such as California, New York, and Seoul. Recognition has come in forms such as curated exhibitions highlighted by The New York Times, acquisitions by museums like the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Museum of Modern Art, and invitations to serve on juries for prizes including the Turner Prize, Korean Arts Prize, Hugo Boss Prize, Praemium Imperiale, Artes Mundi, and biennial selection committees for Venice Biennale and Istanbul Biennial.
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