BIO
Isolina Minjeong (b. 1997, Chicago, IL) lives and works in New York City. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics from the Maryland Institute College of Art. Her work has been exhibited at Ceramic Brussels (2026), The Other Art Fair (2025), NADA Miami (2023), and the Spring/Break Art Show (2022), amongst others.
CVIsolina Minjeong
Born 1997, Chicago, IL
Lives and works in New York, NY
EDUCATION
Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ceramics, Baltimore, MD
SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2026
“SHADOWLAND”
Galerie Lefebvre et Fils (Paris, FR) Ceramic Brussels Booth A20
2025
“Pink Soldiers”
Court Tree Collective, Brooklyn, NY
2024
“Defender”
Duo show with Keya Tama
Court Tree Collective, Brooklyn, NY
2023
“Ghost Ride”
Galerie Lefebvre et Fils Gallery (Paris, FR) NADA Miami Booth B100
“Blomme”
Duo show with Keya Tama
Smoll Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2022
“Resident Artist Show”
Bklyn Clay, Brooklyn, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
“Bloom & Bliss”
Curated by Shani Judes
Brutal. Projects Space, 48 Alberta Rd, Capetown, South Africa
“Court Tree Collective at Foundations, Summer 2024”
Artsy “Foundations” Online Art Fair
2022
“Conversations with a Stranger”
Curated by Madi Shenk & Milly Cai
Land to Sea, Brooklyn, NY 11211
“Heterotopic Home: A Farmiliar Site of Daily Life”
Curated by Madi Shenk & Milly Caii
Spring/Break Art Show New York, NY
“Project M”
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts
Edgecomb, ME 04556
“Half Baked”
Tchotchke Gallery, New York City, NY
“LUNAR: A New Year”
Curated by Adam Chau
Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
2021
“70 Hester St”
Strada Gallery, New York City, NY
2020
“NCECA Juried Student Exhibition
Curated by Virginia Scotchie & Salvador Jiménez-Flores; Artspace Gallery, Richmond, VA
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2022
Summer Artist in Residence
Bklyn Clay; Brooklyn, NY
2021
Summer Residency Session with The Color Network
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, Maine.
2020
Long-Term Artist in Residence
Summer Artist in Residence
Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
2019
MICA University Fellow
Arrowmont School of Arts & Craft, Gatlinsburg, TN
INVITED LECTURES/PRESS
2022
Korean Art History, Artist Talk, Professor Mina Cheon
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Isolina Minjeong (b. 1997, Chicago, IL) lives and works in New York City. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics from the Maryland Institute College of Art. Her work has been exhibited at Ceramic Brussels (2026), The Other Art Fair (2025), NADA Miami (2023), and the Spring/Break Art Show (2022), amongst others.
STATEMENT
Working in ceramic—a material historically associated with burial, preservation, and ritual—Isolina Minjeong emphasizes scale, weight, and surface as primary carriers of meaning. Her figures draw inspiration from mystical soldiers, guardians, and ritual forms found in ancient Incan and Korean tombs—cultures separated by geography yet united in their role as protectors of humankind. By juxtaposing these traditions with cartoon imagery and orientalist references, Minjeong’s guardians emerge as contemporary sentinels: watchful, grounded, and psychologically charged.
Working in ceramic—a material historically associated with burial, preservation, and ritual—Isolina Minjeong emphasizes scale, weight, and surface as primary carriers of meaning. Her figures draw inspiration from mystical soldiers, guardians, and ritual forms found in ancient Incan and Korean tombs—cultures separated by geography yet united in their role as protectors of humankind. By juxtaposing these traditions with cartoon imagery and orientalist references, Minjeong’s guardians emerge as contemporary sentinels: watchful, grounded, and psychologically charged.
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Born 1997, Chicago, IL
Lives and works in New York, NY
EDUCATION
Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ceramics, Baltimore, MD
SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2026
“SHADOWLAND”
Galerie Lefebvre et Fils (Paris, FR) Ceramic Brussels Booth A20
2025
“Pink Soldiers”
Court Tree Collective, Brooklyn, NY
2024
“Defender”
Duo show with Keya Tama
Court Tree Collective, Brooklyn, NY
2023
“Ghost Ride”
Galerie Lefebvre et Fils Gallery (Paris, FR) NADA Miami Booth B100
“Blomme”
Duo show with Keya Tama
Smoll Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2022
“Resident Artist Show”
Bklyn Clay, Brooklyn, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
“Bloom & Bliss”
Curated by Shani Judes
Brutal. Projects Space, 48 Alberta Rd, Capetown, South Africa
“Court Tree Collective at Foundations, Summer 2024”
Artsy “Foundations” Online Art Fair
2022
“Conversations with a Stranger”
Curated by Madi Shenk & Milly Cai
Land to Sea, Brooklyn, NY 11211
“Heterotopic Home: A Farmiliar Site of Daily Life”
Curated by Madi Shenk & Milly Caii
Spring/Break Art Show New York, NY
“Project M”
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts
Edgecomb, ME 04556
“Half Baked”
Tchotchke Gallery, New York City, NY
“LUNAR: A New Year”
Curated by Adam Chau
Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
2021
“70 Hester St”
Strada Gallery, New York City, NY
2020
“NCECA Juried Student Exhibition
Curated by Virginia Scotchie & Salvador Jiménez-Flores; Artspace Gallery, Richmond, VA
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2022
Summer Artist in Residence
Bklyn Clay; Brooklyn, NY
2021
Summer Residency Session with The Color Network
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, Maine.
2020
Long-Term Artist in Residence
Summer Artist in Residence
Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
2019
MICA University Fellow
Arrowmont School of Arts & Craft, Gatlinsburg, TN
INVITED LECTURES/PRESS
2022
Korean Art History, Artist Talk, Professor Mina Cheon
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD