Based in South Korea, Haena Yoo works between Los Angeles and Seoul. She received her MFA from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, and her BFA from Ewha Woman’s University in Seoul. Yoo makes installations constructed with found materials, video, sound, and smell, exploring themes of labor, identity, and global capitalism. With a tinkering process, she is interested in the urgency created by limiting materials to what is at hand, showing the archeological and socio-political status of the maker.
Solo Exhibitions
2022
The Oriental Sauce Factory (Part II), Gallery Shilla,
Seoul, Korea
2021
The Oriental Sauce Factory, Murmurs, Los Angeles, CA
2021
The Birth of Venus, P.Bibeau, Brooklyn, NY
2019
Erin Calla Watson & Haena Yoo, As It Stands, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Woaman Fantastic Plastic, u’s, Calgary, Canada
2018
Maintain Disgust, collaborated with Sterling Wells, AWHRHWAR, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Guttin’ n Out, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
2016
Under Construction, La Croix, Pasadena, CA
2013
Walking with, Nadri, Seoul, South Korea
Group Exhibitions
2022
With her voice, penetrate earth’s floor, Eli Klein, New York, NY
Chambres d'Amis, Office Baroque, Antwerp, Belgium
2020
The Struggle For Change, Murmurs, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Other Places Art Fair (OPAF), exhibiting with Harborview and Pole, San Pedro, CA
2018
La Biennale di Vista del Oro, Yard Pedro, San Pedro, CA
Dae-Bak, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
An Arm’s Length, Tierra de La Culebra, Los Angeles, CA
It’s Snowing in LA, AALA, Los Angeles, CA
Ecoshamanism, Leroy’s, Los Angeles, CA
Some Ruins, Scranch, Wonder Valley, CA
Greater Los Angeles MFA (GLAMFA), Max L.Gatov Gallery, California State University Long Beach, CA
2017
I AM ERICA, New Wight Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Amplified Presence, Scranch, Wonder Valley, CA
Refresh, La Croix, Pasadena, CA
2016
Winter Story, Kyungmin, Seoul, South Korea
2015
Printmaking Exhibition 2015, The Wichita Center, Wichita, KS
2013
Walking with, Johoyun Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Fairs
2023Art-o-rama in Marseille, France
Press
The New York Times
Korea Herald
CNN
Hyperallergic
Artsy
CARLA
Artforum
EBM
CARLA
Curate LA
Artforum
Long Beach Post
