About

Born and raised in South Korea, Jihae Kwon started drawing and painting at six. She received her BFA in illustration from the University of Utah in 1999 and completed her second emphasis in graphic design in 2003. She was recognized by the American Institute of Graphic Arts 100 Show for her design and illustration in 2003, 2007, and 2008. She was a graphic designer for twelve years before starting her graduate studies. She is a 2014 MA graduate in the Art and the Book Program at the Corcoran College of Art+Design and is a 2020 MFA graduate in Graphic Design and Visual Experience at the Savannah College of Art and Design. Her artist books have been selected for Honolulu Printmakers Annual Juried 2020 and 2018 Exhibitions, Kalamazoo Book Arts Center’s Illustrated Accordion 2018, Small Wonders Juried 2017 Exhibition, Social Justice Gutfreund Cornett 2016 Art Exhibition, Less Is More Juried 2014 Exhibition, the Charting Courses / Corcoran Student Juried 2013 Exhibition, and the 918 Letterpress Ephemera Show in 2013. Her work is a part of special collection libraries at National Museum of Women in the Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Otis College of Art and Design, George Washington University, Stanford University, Duke University, George Mason University, Yale University, and more.