Kwon Asian Painting Lessons

HYOBIN KWON

www.hyobinkwon.com

[email protected]

BIO

Hyobin Kwon is a New York-based artist specializing in Asian calligraphy and brush paintings. Born and raised in South Korea, Kwon received her BFA in calligraphy from Kei Myung University in 2000. She then moved to China to pursue her MFA and PhD at China Academy of Art. She was the first foreigner to obtain a Doctorate in Chinese bird and flower brush painting in the art history of China. She has had six solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group exhibitions. Her accomplishments include the residency fellowships for New York CHASHAMA. Her works have been exhibited internationally in cities such as New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Seoul.

AFFILIATION

New York Korean Artist Association, Executive Vice-Chairman

Korean American Cultural Arts Foundation USA (KACAF), Chairman of

the Asian Painting Subcommittee

Instructor at Sarah’s Art School, New Jersey

Instructor at Borough of Manhattan Community College (CUNY)

Member of the Korean Literary Painting Association

Member and translator of West Lake International Artists Association

Painter, Research Institute of Chinese painting art of West Lake, Hangzhou, China