Exhibitions (past and Upcoming)
2027:
Museum of Northwest Art and Culture, Spokane, WA, May-June
2026:
Seattle Art Fair, with Blue Studio Gallery, July
Modus Fine Art Gallery, group show, Couer d’Alene, ID, June
JG Art Gallery, Material Mediations, 3 person show with Andy McConnell and Maria Cristalli, Bainbridge Island, WA, May
Jundt Art Museum, Permanent Collection: Recent Acquisitions, 2015-2025, Jan-May
Palm Springs Mod Show, Palm Springs, CA, February
2025:
Moscow Contemporary, Benefit Invitational, Moscow, ID, September
Seattle Art Fair, with The Art Spirit Gallery, July
The Art Spirit Gallery, group show, Epiphany, Coeur d’Alene, ID, June
SlipStitch Studio, solo show, Between Spaces, Seattle, WA, May-June
Pink House Gallery, We’re Still HERe, Genessee, ID, May
Reflections Gallery, University of Idaho, solo show, Between Spaces, May
Sears Art Museum, 38th Annual Sears Invitational Art Show, Utah Tech, St. George, Utah, February
2024:
Entropy Gallery, Illuminated, two person show with Ava Rummler, juried, Spokane, WA, November
Intersect Art Center, Evidence of Joy, juried, St. Louis, MO, August
Seattle Art Fair, with JDS Gallery, July
Jundt Art Museum at Gonzaga, Landscape Art Exhibition, juried, Spokane, WA, June
Art Spirit Gallery, Convergence, group show, June and July
Oregon State University, Resourceful, group show, juried, Giustina Gallery at the LaSalle Stewart Center, Rotunda Gallery at Central Oregon Community College, High Street Gallery at Oregon Coast School of Art, May-November
Gallery in the Park, MFA Scholarship Show, solo show, Richland, WA, April
Center for Art and History, But Where I Am Now, solo show, invited, Lewiston, ID, January
2023:
Art Spirit Gallery, Small Works Show, invitational
University of Montana, International MFA Online Exhibition: Day Dreams, juried, third place
Ridenbaugh Gallery, Control-MFA Collaboration Show, Moscow, ID
Seattle Art Fair, with JDS Gallery, Seattle, WA
Dahmen Barn, Magnificent World of Wood, Uniontown, WA
Gallery of Wood Art, POP Show, invited, St. Paul, MN
Moscow Intermodal Transit Center Sculpture Garden, juried, Moscow, ID
The Art Spirit Gallery, Inspired Design, group show, Coeur D’Alene, ID
Ridenbaugh Gallery, Transient Beings, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
2022:
University of Montana International MFA online exhibit, Here, There, Nowhere, juried
Yuan Ru Art Gallery, Transcending Boundaries, Bellevue, WA
Ridenbaugh Gallery, Convergence, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
Dahmen Barn, Wonderful World of Wood, Uniontown, WA
Art Center Highland Park, Nature vs Nurture, juried, Highland Park, IL
The Art Spirit Gallery, Terra, group show, Coeur D’Alene, ID
2020 – 2021:
Wharton Esherick Museum, Wood and…, juried, Malvern, PA
The Art Spirit Gallery, Unwrap the Creative, invitational, Coeur D’Alene, ID
The Art Spirit Gallery, Confluence/Influence, Coeur D’Alene, ID
Dahmen Barn, The Wood Show, Uniontown, WA
Boise Art Museum, Triennial, juried by Grace Kook-Anderson, Boise, ID, jurors award
2017 – and earlier:
Prichard Art Gallery, Benefit Show, Moscow, ID
3rd Street Gallery, Wood and Word, Moscow, ID
Interior Designers of Idaho, Chair Affair, Boise, ID, Most Creative Award, People’s Choice Award, Best Grad Student Design
McCleod Art Gallery, With the Grain-Fine Wood Working and Studio Furniture, Little Rock, AR
Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, Delta Des Refuses, Little Rock, AR
Arkansas Museum of Fine Art Instructor Gallery, Wood Show, Little Rock, AR
Korean American Museum, Adoptees, Los Angeles, CA
Nash Gallery, BFA show, Identity, U of Minnesota, 1997
Artist Talks:
•U of Idaho, Moscow, ID, March, 2026
•The Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur D’Alene, ID, June, 2024, 2025
•Center for Art and History, Lewiston, ID February 2024
•JDS Gallery, Seattle, WA, 2023
Awards
•Outstanding Service Award, College of Art and Architecture Art & Design Department, U of Idaho, 2024, 2025
•MFA Solo Show and Scholarship, Allied Arts Association, Richland, WA 2024
•3rd Place, International MFA Online Exhibit, University of Montana, 2023
•Outstanding Service Award, College of Art and Architecture Art & Design Department, U of Idaho, 2023
•Juror’s Merit Award, Boise Art Museum Triennial, 2020
•People’s Choice Award, Interior Designers of Idaho Chair Affair, 2019
•Best Grad Student Design, Interior Designers of Idaho Chair Affair, 2019
•Most Creative Award, Interior Designers of Idaho Chair Affair, 2019
Current Gallery Representation:
•Modus Fine Art Gallery, Coeur d’Alene, ID
•Slip Stich Studio, Seattle, WA
•JG Art Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA
Curator :
•Looking East, Looking West: A Dialog in Photographs – Seattle & Hanoi. photographers: Colin Fox Seattle and Nguyễn Chí Thành from Hanoi. Reflections Gallery, U of Idaho, 2026 North Idaho Community College, Coeur D’Alene, ID, 2027
•Studio Ghibli, AsiaPOP! 2025, University of Idaho, Reflections Gallery, 2025
•Chonnam National University, South Korea, Art Department Faculty and Grad Student Show, University of Idaho, Ridenbaugh Gallery, 2024
•The Korean Wave, AsiaPOP! 2024, University of Idaho, Reflections Gallery, 2024
•Manga and War, AsiaPOP! 2023, University of Idaho, Reflections Gallery, 2023
•Manga Contest, High School and College art contests with $12,000 in scholarships, U of Idaho, 2023
•Remembering Hiroshima, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Exhibit, U of Idaho, Reflections Gallery, 2022
Artistic Director:
•Habib Institute for Asian Studies, branding and graphic design work for promotional materials, current
•AsiaPOP! branding and design work, U of Idaho, 2023 and 2024
•MARACA, Mid-Atlantic Regional Association of Crime Analysts, logo and design work, Philadelphia, PA 2023
•Bixi Beer, design work for in-house assets, Chicago, IL
• Fat Willy’s Rib Shack: branding and design work for all visual assets, Chicago, IL
Organizations:
•Art & Design Graduate Student Group, Founder and President
Coordinated MFA art grads to show in the Grad Student Expo at the University of Idaho, the first time artists had been included.
Coordinated an MFA exhibition award for all MFA grad students to be eligible for exhibition award money to help offset the expenses of mounting an MFA thesis show.
Starving Artists Sale 2024 and 2025: organized and coordinated the first two student artist sales for the U of Idaho. Sixty-five artist vendors were accepted the second year with heavy emphasis on training students how to market and sell their art. Cash awards were given to best student art, best displays and Moscow Contemporary Art Gallery offered awards to sell art in their gift shop. The City of Moscow and other businesses also awarded artists with opportunities to show their work in their businesses. Proceeds from the sale were distributed to MFA grad students to help offset the costs of their thesis exhibition.
Education:
•MFA, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, 2025
•Post Baccalaureate, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Windgate School for Art & Design, 2018
•Artist Inc. Fellow, Mid-America Arts Council, Little Rock, AR, 2017
•BFA, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, sculpture & metal casting, 1997
Teaching:
•Instructional Assistant, University of Idaho College of Art and Architecture, Integrated Design, Drawing I and II, Sculpture I 2022-2024
•Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Windgate Art School, woodworking, 2012 – 2018
•Private and group art lessons to youth and teens, 1999-2001, 2015-2018
Press:
•“Exploring the World from the Gallery Wall”, Inland 360, January 24, 2024
•”Letting the Sun Shine In“, Moscow-Pullman Daily News, May 27, 2023
•“Form|Content: AAW POP Exhibition”, Woodworker West, May/June 2023
•“Wonderful World of Wood”, Woodworker West, August 2022
•“Contemporary Artist Explores New Beginnings”, Lewiston Tribune, April 29, 2021
•“Wood Artisans at the Dahmen Barn”, Woodworker West, Sept-Oct 2020
•“The Art Spirit Gallery”, Woodworker West, July 2021
•“Dahmen Barn Show”, Woodworker West, July 2021
•“Championing Idaho”, Boise Weekly, Mar 18, 2020
“Jill Kyong’s handsome “Shelf” works echo the precisionist aesthetic of early 20th-century American art with their machined look, smooth surfaces and crisp materiality. Kyong’s smart, strong rectilinear compositions in dark and light wood, accented by precisely milled “stones” of maple are beautifully executed.” Christopher Schnoor
Juror:
•The Starving Artist Sale, juried art sale, 2024, 2025
•Emerge Gallery, Origins of Identity, Coeur D’Alene, ID, 2023-How nationality, race, and sexual identity shape who we are as artists and the work we create.
•Emerge Gallery, Pop Up Show, Coeur d’Alene, ID, 2021
Volunteer:
•Starving Artist Sale Director, 2024, 2025
•Props and Costume designer, Champaign Urbana Ballet Company, 2002-2009
email:
jillkyong@gmail.com