Hi, my name is Chuan! (Pronounced choo-ahn or joo-ahn)
I am a New Jersey/New York based multidisciplinary artist who recently graduated from Rutgers University with a BFA in Visual Arts. Through a variety of art disciplines that ranges from 2D, to 3D, to 4D, my work primarily deals with narratives of family, culture, and my identity as a first-generation Korean-Japanese immigrant living in America. By retelling stories of personal experiences, I hope to connect to a wider audience and provide a chance to reflect on their own life experiences. Although printmaking is my primary medium, I’m exploring new ways to take the medium away from the paper.
Outside of the studio I can be found either playing games on my Nintendo Switch, cafe hopping with friends, or sipping on my favorite Korean banana-flavored milk. (Despite being lactose intolerant.)
Let’s connect!
Exhibitions & PUBLICATIONS
2023 | unchARTed, Group Exhibition, Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ
2022 | Wavering Rhythms, CSB Undergrad Project Space, New Brunswick, NJ
2022 | I Know A Place, BFA Thesis Exhibition, Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ
2021 | Omni-Conscious, Civic Square Building, New Brunswick, NJ
2021 | Now is the Time, Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ
2021 | New Lens Film Festival, Virtual
2020 | Owch! Magazine, Issue No. 1
2019 | Visions for the Future, Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ
2019 | Rutgers Day Film Showing - New Brunswick, NJ
2018 | MICA First Year Experience Exhibition, MICA, Baltimore, MD
2018 | MICA Open House Exhibition, MICA, Baltimore, MD
2017 | MICA Sketchbook Annual Exhibition, Decker Library, Baltimore, MD
Awards & honors
2019 — 2022 | Mason Gross School of the Arts Dean’s List
2021 | Victor J. Mastrobuono Memorial Scholarship Fund
2019 | Rutgers Class of 1953 Endowed Scholarship
2017 | Maryland Institute College of Art Dean’s List
2017 | Trustee Scholarship
2017 | Ruth Jenkins Bristor Scholarship
2017 | Academic Excellence Scholarship