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Overview
“The fabric is a small still life and a vast ocean all at once."
Leeah Joo is a Korean-American painter based in Connecticut. Born in 1971 in Seoul, Leeah was raised by a sculptor father and an illustrator mother. At age ten, her family moved to Indianapolis, where she spent her youth. She studied painting and art history at Indiana University in Bloomington and received her MFA in painting from Yale School of Art.
Her paintings have exhibited widely in U.S. and South Korea and recognized with awards from Pollock Krasner, George Sugarman Foundation and Connecticut Commission on Arts. Since 1996, she has taught and served as visiting artist at many institutions including the Kansas City Art Institute, Maryland Institute College of Art, Hartford Art School and Fairfield University. She lives and paints in Middlebury and teaches at Southern CT State University.
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New In Leeah Joo Paintings
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Works
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Exhibitions
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News
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Daydream: A Curatorial Partnership With The Pink Lemonade
March 5, 2024Guy Hepner is pleased to present 'Daydream' curated by The Pink Lemonade opening March 21st in New York City. Featuring works by Jeff Muhs, Suzanna...Read more -
Leeah Joo: Crafting Illusions
Drapery As A Still-Life Motif March 4, 2024Leeah Joo's artworks celebrate the beauty and rich traditions entwined with Korean textiles, infused with cross-cultural references that deepen their significance. Originally from Seoul, Joo...Read more
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