Yunkyoung Cho

YunKyoung Cho was raised in Busan, South Korea. Cho has dedicated her life expressing beauty in the physical form carefully designed with aesthetic, technical, and symbolic aspects. Cho studied her undergraduate degree in Beauty Art practicing body painting, hair sculpting, and aesthetics research and design to explore the art of the human body. Upon graduation, she traveled the world to study different cultures and perceptions of art around the globe. Her talent has been measured and competed in early stage of work by receiving many prizes and awards from various competitions, including 3rd prize in Body Painting at Korean Make-up Competition, Seoul, South Korea (2008); 1st prize in Fashion Tattoo Creative Design at International Beauty Olympic, Changwon, South Korea (2008); 1st prize in Mixed Media at Beauty Art Festival, Busan, South Korea (2008); Vermont Studio Center Fellowship(2020) Major exhibitions of her work which includes Reminiscence at Solo Show, Baltimore, MD (2019); Selected group show hosted by the Embassy of Republic Korea at Korean Culture Center, Washington DC (2020). Cho is currently at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States to pursue her MFA in Rinehart Sculpture Program anticipating graduation in May 2020.