STELLA SUJIN
Born in 1983 in Korea, lives and works in Paris and Grenoble
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 — Into the Deep, and Deep Forest: Dorothy’s Wandering, curated by Seonyeong Go, Daejeon Museum of Art Open Storage, Daejeon, South Korea
2024 — Femmes lisant la nuit parmi les fleurs du jardin, étoiles, choses à peine visibles, Backslash, Paris
2022 — Défixions sucrées, Espace Diamant, Department of Culture of the City of Ajaccio, Ajaccio
2021 — Camp: Post-naturalized Gender, Next Code 2021, curated by Yeseul Hong, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, South Korea
2020 — Biaisées, curated by Vivie, La Maison Juste, Paris
2017 — Oratorio, Noblesse Collection, Seoul, South Korea
2015 — Circle II: Unfinished Organism, Espace Icare, Issy-les-Moulineaux
2014 — Memento Mori, Jazzy M.A.S, Seoul, South Korea
2013 — Organisme poétique, residency restitution, Galerie RX, Ivry-sur-Seine
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
— Read My Lips, Choi & Choi Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
— μm, Backslash, Paris
2025
— Like a Poem She Never Wrote, Choi & Choi Gallery, Cologne, Germany
— Drawing Now 2025, with Backslash, Carreau du Temple, Paris
— Les vies fabuleuses, curated by Anne-Sophie Bérard, CURA programme (Ministry of Culture, DGCA), La Garance – Scène nationale de Cavaillon, Cavaillon
2024
— SmallS, Backslash, Paris
— Collection highlights 2024, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, South Korea
— BAMA 2024: My First Collection, BEXCO, Busan, South Korea
— Ce qui est vivant tend à disparaître, Galerie du Montparnasse, Paris
2023
— Metamorphosis, Art SoHyang Gallery, Busan, South Korea
— Human, Choi & Choi Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
— Art Busan 2023, with Art SoHyang Gallery, BEXCO, Busan, South Korea
— Drawing Now 2023 (Drawing Now Prize), with Backslash, Carreau du Temple, Paris
2022
— Friends & Family 2, Backslash, Paris
— Futur parfait, La Générale Nord-Est, Paris
— Asia Now 2022, with Choi & Choi Gallery, Monnaie de Paris, Paris
— Tactile Moment, Art SoHyang Gallery, Busan, South Korea
— Nourrir le terreau, curated by Alexandra Goulier Lhomme, Villa Belleville, Paris
— SALO X, curated by Laurent Quénéhen, Prép’art, Paris
— À l’orée du bois, duo with Elisabeth Lincot, curated by Agathe Anglionin, Galerie Openbach, Paris
— Flower, Choi & Choi Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2020
— Jardinet, curated by Vivie, La Maison Juste, Paris
— A Fleur de Peau: Asian Connection, A cent mètres du centre du monde, Perpignan
— Forms Fired, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, United States
— Color 2020, CICA Art Museum, Gimpo, South Korea
2019
— Vivre en n’ayant que ça à faire, trio with Jérémie Grandsenne and Yu Matsuoka, DOC!, Paris
2018
— Asia Now 2018, with Choi & Lager Gallery, Les Salons Hoche, Paris
2017
— Sur Rendez-vous, Galerie Arnaud Deschin, Paris
2016
— Women’s Independence, curated by Magda Danysz, Asia Now, Les Salons Hoche, Paris
— Women’s Independence, as part of Etam’s centenary celebrations, curated by Magda Danysz, K11 Art Museum, Shanghai, China
— Collection type #4, curated by Arnaud Deschin, Paréidolie, Marseille
— Please Return to Busan Port, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Vestfossen, Norway
2015
— Have a Good Day, Mr. Kim, Kunsträume der Michael Horbach Stiftung, Cologne, Germany
— Bloop, curated by Arnaud Deschin, HLM, Marseille
— La Confidentielle du YIA Art Fair #02, with La GAD, Bastille Design Center, Paris
— Hello Future, curated by Double Decker, Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens, Greece
— Comment l’art soigne avec des mots?, trio with Ben and Charles Dreyfus, curated by Arnaud Deschin, Cité Radieuse, Marseille
2014
— 82-33-44, curated by Choi & Lager Project, Paris
— Post-faces, curated by Cécile Croce and the CEA4 team, La Maison des arts, Bordeaux
— Asia Hotel Art Fair, with Keumsan Gallery, Hong Kong, China
AWARDS, RESIDENCIES & GRANTS
2023
— Nomination for the Drawing Now Prize, Paris
— Les Ateliers Daguerre Residency, Paris
2022
— Exceptional grant, CNAP, Paris
— Residencies: Villa Belleville, Paris; City of Ajaccio Artists’ Residency, Ajaccio; La Générale Nord-Est, Paris
2021
— Exceptional grant, CNAP, Paris
— Grant and support, Next Code 2021, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, South Korea
2013
— Artists’ Residency, Galerie RX, Ivry-sur-Seine
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
Since 2023
— Professor, École Supérieure d’Art et Design Grenoble-Valence, Grenoble: student supervision (2nd and 5th years), project follow-up, DNSEP preparation, research and exhibition design
2025 — Coordination of 5th year; organisation of DNSEP 2026
2024 — Head of Painting Studio; co-coordination of 5th year; co-organisation of DNSEP 2026
2023 — Head of Painting Studio; co-coordination of 2nd year
ARTIST TALKS & WORKSHOPS
2023 (May) — Artist talk, RETiiNA conference, Paris 8 University (directed by François Soulages), Paris
2022 (March) — Artist talk, “Questionner le dessin (L2),” École des arts de la Sorbonne, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Paris
2022 (February–June) — Workshop, CM1 pupils, École Tourtille, with the Paris Academy and Villa Belleville, Paris
SPECIAL PROJECTS
2026 — Public Art — DMA Cube Project: Fig Tree & Bats, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, South Korea
2016 — Commission for Etam’s centenary, Paris
COLLECTIONS
Permanent Collection, Daejeon Museum of Art, South Korea
Zabludowicz Collection, London, United Kingdom
EDUCATION
2013–2017 — PhD in Art, MICA, Bordeaux Montaigne University (programme discontinued)
2012 — Master’s degree in Art Research, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Paris
2010 — Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy, Sorbonne University, Paris
2008 — Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts (minor in Philosophy), Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
PUBLICATIONS
Catalogue — Into the Deep, and Deep Forest: Dorothy’s Wandering, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, South Korea
Catalogue — SALO X, Paris, June 2022
Article — Public Art Magazine, Next Code 2021, January 2022, Seoul, South Korea
Catalogue — Next Code 2021, Daejeon Museum of Art, October 2021, South Korea
Article — Art Now Magazine #18, June 2017, Seoul, South Korea
Article — Noblesse Korea, “Bring Art to Life,” Lee Jae-yeon, Choi Yunjeong, April 2017, Seoul, South Korea
Catalogue — Women’s Independence, September 2016, Paris
Catalogue — Please Return to Busan Port, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, May 2016, Vestfossen, Norway
(French below)