Jiyoung Pyo
Oil on linen
Oil on aluminium, suit, hessian, wood
Oil on organza, canvas
Oil on acetate, canvas
Oil on canvas
Oil on linen
That’s Not What I Said, 2026. 12.7 x 12.7 cm
Oil on aluminium
Oil on viscose
Oil on satin
Oil on canvas
Mixed media
Oil on canvas
Mixed media
Oil on canvas
Oil on canvas
Oil on canvas
Oil, oil stick on linen
Informed by collective memory, personal experience, and found imagery, her practice engages with cultural forms, power dynamics, and moral ambiguity through an expanded multimedia approach centred around painting. Her work explores psychological states and the ways individual experience intersects with broader social and historical narratives. At its core, the practice investigates vulnerability and power, the seen and unseen, and the unstable boundaries between them, creating layered and emotionally charged spaces where viewers may feel both exposed and implicated.
Education
Goldsmiths MFA, London, U.K.
Central Saint Martins, MA Womenswear, London, U.K.
Central Saint Martins, Graduate Diploma Fashion, London, U.K.
Hong-ik University, BA Fine Arts, Textile Art, Seoul, South Korea
Awards
Winner of Samsung SFDF award 2018
Winner of Samsung SFDF award 2017
Winner of British Fashion Trust Fund 2016
Winner of HAN NEFKENS AWARD 2012 - A biennial award, including a commission for new work and a solo exhibition in the Boijmans Museum Rotterdam. Jury : Viktor & Rolf, Penny Martin, Han Nefkens and Jose Teunissen.
Exhibitions
Group exhibition Royal Academy Summer exhibition 2026
Group exhibition ‘Rule of Thumb’, SET, London 2026
Group exhibition ‘As She Is’ featuring 19 artists including Angela de la Cruz, Chantal Joffe, Antonia Showering at Soho Revue Gallery, London 2024
Group exhibition ‘Future of Fashion is Now’ with Hussein Chalayan at Boijmans Museum, Rotterdam 2014
Solo exhibition ‘Structural Mode’ solo exhibition at Boijmans Museum, Rotterdam 2014
Group exhibition as part of ‘A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes’ The World Chess Hall of Fame in Saint Louis, Missouri, US. 2013
Group exhibition as part of ‘Monsters in Fashion’ along with Margiela, Issey Miyake at Gallery La Gaite Lyrique, Paris 2013 and Athens, Greece 2011