About Ara Youn
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Education
2009 - 2010
University of the Arts London, UK
2007 - 2009
University of the Arts London, UK
2005 - 2006
Samsung Art and Design Institute (SADI), South Korea
1998 - 2000
Kyungwon University, South Korea
Awards
2025
The Lido Open
2024
BEEP Painting Biennial, UK
2007
Penguin Book Design Award, UK
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Event: The Lido Open 2025
Dates: 20 Sep 2025 - 8 Oct 2025
Contemporary art exhibition curated by the independent gallery Lido.
Event: Do Androids Dream?
Dates: 27 Apr 2025 - 7 Sep 2025
Contemporary painting exhibition in Wales.
Event: BEEP Painting Biennial 2024
Dates: 9 Nov 2024 - 21 Dec 2024
BEEP Painting Biennial Long-listed.
Biography
Ara Youn is a Korean artist based in the UK. Raised in Seoul and shaped by three decades of creative practice across Korea and London, she has always moved between disciplines with curiosity rather than constraint.
Before she was a painter, Ara was a textile artist, a graphic designer, a global corporate creative, and a fashion founder. These rich experiences each added a new artistic language, and all of them show up in her work today.
Ara's work is held in private and commercial collections in the UK, the United States, South Korea, Saudi Arabia and Norway.