Jungil Hong, also known as Jung-li Hong (born 1976), is a Korean-American artist based in

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. She is best known for her psychedelic, cartoon-inspired silkscreen poster art and paintings. More recently she has expanded into textiles.

Early life and education

Hong moved to Providence, Rhode Island in 1995 in order to attend Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and that same year taking up residency

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. Hong, with Lightning Bolt drummer/frontman

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worked on pioneering an art movement between the mid 1990s to early 2000s in Providence, sometimes referred to as the "Providence/RISD" scene. Hong received her B.F.A. degree in 1999 in ceramics and her M.F.A. degree in 2015 in textiles from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).

Work

She has won scholarships to the Penland School of Arts and Crafts,

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, and Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts. She has won the 2006 Rhode Island State Council of the Arts (RISCA) Fellowship Merit Awards in the Drawing and Printmaking and Crafts categories. She was selected for the 2007 deCordova Annual award, from

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. Her work has been shown at Gallery Agniel in Providence,

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, the New Image Art Gallery in West Hollywood, Space 1026 in Philadelphia, The Museum of the Rhode Island School of Design, International Print Center New York (IPCNY), Florsitree Space in Baltimore, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, Cinders Gallery, New York, The Rhode Island Foundation Gallery, Limner Gallery, New York, Las Sucias Studio, Brooklyn, and the Cheongju Craft Museum, Cheongju, Korea.Tannenbaum, Judith, and Maya Allison. (2006) ''Wunderground: Providence,1995 to the Present''. Providence, R.I.: Museum of Art, RISD. Print. Hong currently shares a large industrial studio space in Providence with her husband, Brian Chippendale, that they call the "Hilarious Attic". Together the couple has a son.

References

External links

Official Webpage
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hong, Jungil Living people American artists South Korean artists 1976 births South Korean emigrants to the United States Artists from Rhode Island Rhode Island School of Design alumni American poster artists South Korean poster artists 21st-century American artists 21st-century American women artists 21st-century South Korean artists