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Nicole Won Hee Maloof’s video works cover seemingly mundane topics such as bananas and Dunkin Donuts, but soon build towards a wider analysis of the inherent contradictions within American society and culture, touching on race relations, history, and society. Blending her own personal narrative with both geographic and pop culture markers, viewers are led down a path that uncovers little-known histories and facts that challenge dominant narratives surrounding our everyday liv...es. Image: Screenshot of What color is a banana?, 2017 Nicole’s work can be viewed in AHL Foundation’s current online exhibition, We Are Many, through November 15th. You can learn more about her work at tonight’s online Artist Conversation event at 8pm ET/ 5pm PT. [LINK IN BIO @ahlfoundation] #nicolewonheemaloof #artists #wearemany #onlineexhibition #nyc #artisttalks #conversation #artwork

Register Now! We will be hosting an online Artist Conversation event tomorrow, October 19th at 8:00 PM ET/ 5:00 PM PT for our current exhibition, "We Are Many". The event features the three participating artists, Nicole Won Hee Maloof(@nicolewonhee), Alex Myung(@alexmyung), and Meg O’Shea(@even.little.meg), and curator Leah Nichols(@mrawmrawsf). Attendees will gain deeper insight into the works of the artists as well as their identities and experiences as adopted Koreans. The event will take place via Zoom. Register through the link in our bio(@ahlfoundation)/below! Registration Link: https://us06web.zoom.us//register/WN_d7YntXlUQIGJBABkUVT5UA

We are proud to announce the recipients of our 2021 Artist Fellowship -- Yozmit, Dohee Lee, Heehyun Choi, and Gyun Hur! These four artists will showcase their work as part of a group exhibition here in New York, while sharing their stories and practice over the course of their fellowship period. Established in 2019, the AHL Foundation Artist Fellowship was made possible thanks to a generous contribution from the Dow Kim Family Foundation. The Dow Kim Family Foundation is a n...on-profit organization engaged in philanthropic activities in areas of education, social services, and arts & culture with a primary focus to help better and empower the lives of underserved and under-resourced Korean Americans. The judges for this year’s fellowship were Stephanie Jeanjean, Ph.D. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Cooper Union and Sotheby’s Institute of Art), Sara Raza @punkorientalism (International Curator & Writer/ Founder, Punk Orientalism), and Lumi Tan @lumit (Senior Curator, The Kitchen). We will be giving a more in-depth look at this year’s fellows from next week, so stay tuned!

| Register Now | As part of our latest online exhibition, We Are Many, the AHL Foundation will be hosting an online Artist Conversation event on October 19th at 8:00 PM ET/ 5:00 PM PT between the three participating artists, Nicole Won Hee Maloof, Alex Myung, and Meg O’Shea, and curator Leah Nichols. Attendees will gain deeper insight into the works of the artists as well as their identities and experiences as adopted Koreans. The event will take place via Zoom. Register through the link https://us06web.zoom.us//register/WN_d7YntXlUQIGJBABkUVT5UA

WE ARE MANY now live! AHL Foundation is excited to announce the opening of its newest online exhibition, We Are Many, running through November 15th! http://ahlfoundation.org/wearemany Curated by award-winning filmmaker and designer Leah Nichols(@mrawmrawsf), the exhibition showcases the works of three adopted Korean artists: Nicole Won Hee Maloof(@nicolewonhee), Alex Myung(@alexmyung) and Meg O’Shea(@even.little.meg)... This exhibit continues a legacy of adopted Koreans gathering since the 1980s. The intergenerational resistance to infantilization and the tokenizing pressure to serve as educators or ambassadors has paved the way for these three artists to reimagine play and self-expression within ideas of Koreanness. Through a visual language of color, humor, and pop culture symbology, each artist uses adoption as a means, not an end, to assert an evolving, intersectional selfhood. The connections between these artists as well as those that exist between adjacent adopted, fostered, trafficked, and displaced communities, squelch the individualist isolation myth of being ‘the only one’ and evoke, instead, abundance. We Are Many features Nicole Won Hee Maloof, a multidisciplinary artist whose drawings, prints, and videos delve into social relations, zooming in and out from the level of personal intimacy to the larger scale of society; Alex Myung, a queer animation artist whose work explores new intersections between sexuality and his Korean adoptee status; and Meg O’Shea, a comic artist whose autobiographical and non-fiction work as a means of both documenting and processing personal experiences and exploring issues of concern to her. We Are Many can be accessed through the Viewing Room on the AHL Foundation website. An Artist Talk will be held between Curator Leah Nichols and the participating artists on October 19th, 2021 at 8:00 PM ET/ 5:00 PM PT via Zoom. More information on how to register for the Artist Talk will be forthcoming. This exhibition was made possible thanks to support from the Overseas Koreans Foundation. Graphic Design: Brian You (@brian_you)

AHL Foundation is proud to announce its upcoming online exhibition, We Are Many, opening on Monday, October 11th! Curated by award-winning filmmaker and designer Leah Nichols, the exhibition showcases the works of three adopted Korean artists: Nicole Won Hee Maloof, Alex Myung, and Meg O’Shea. Through a visual language of color, humor, and pop culture symbology, each artist uses adoption as a means, not an end, to assert an evolving, intersectional selfhood. This exhibition was made possible thanks to support from the Overseas Koreans Foundation. # #exhibitions #comingsoon #overseaskoreansfoundation #

We have also officially opened our art auction as part of fundraising efforts to complete the purchase of the new space. The auction will run through January 1st, 2022 and features works by numerous prominent Korean contemporary artists, including Park Seo-Bo, Hyong Nam Ahn, and Ran Hwang. Bidding is officially open and proceeds from the auction will go towards the purchase and renovation of our new space. All artworks can be viewed and bid on through the link: https://www.ah...lfoundation.org/art-market/ Lastly, we are extremely excited to announce that the AHL Foundation’s 19th Annual Benefit Gala & Awards Ceremony will take place on December 4th, 2021 at Church of the Holy Apostles (296 9th Ave, NewYork, NY 10001) from 6 - 8 PM. This will be our first in-person event since the beginning of the pandemic. We look forward to seeing everyone’s faces in-person and celebrating the accomplishments and fortitude of our burgeoning Korean contemporary art community. More information on how to register for the event will be sent out in the coming weeks. Capacity will be limited in order to adhere to social distancing guidelines and all guests are required to show proof of vaccination upon entrance. We will share more information on these announcements in the coming days so stay tuned!

We have several major announcements to make! The AHL Foundation is incredibly excited to announce that we are in the process of purchasing our very own space in West Harlem, with the opening scheduled for Spring 2022. Located in the vicinity of City College of New York (CCNY) the space will have adequate square footage to host exhibitions, educational programs, and the foundation’s ever-growing Archive of Korean Artists in America (AKAA). This is a challenging endeavor, but ...with the backing of the foundation’s supporters we know that the realization of this project is well within reach. We genuinely hope that you share our vision of showcasing the imagination and artistry of multitudes of Korean contemporary artists active in the United States and welcome your support and input into this project.More information on the new space and how to contribute can be found through the link: https://www.ahlfoundation.org/ahl-space-grand-opening-2022/ See more

We are excited to announce that our 2021 Public Lecture Series, in collaboration with Korean Cultural Center NY (@kccny) has just kicked off! The first lecture, Masters of Disguise: Masquerade in Contemporary Korean Portrait Photography with Dr. Hyewon Yi is now available to watch on the Korean Cultural Center’s official YouTube channel. Link in bio. This lecture introduces four Korean photographers whose practices revolve around masquerading in self-portraitsNikki S. Lee..., Chan-Hyo Bae, Jung S Kim, and Youngho Kang. Explore the work of these four intriguing Korean contemporary artists right now! About the lecturer: Dr. Hyewon Yi is Director of Amelie A. Wallace Gallery and Lecturer of Art History at SUNY College at Old Westbury. An exhibition maker, she has mounted over fifty Contemporary art shows, written many essays about Contemporary art and artists, and conducted interviews with artists worldwide. Yi earned a PhD in Art History at The Graduate Center- City University of New York, where she was a recipient of a Leon Levy Center for Biography Fellowship. Yi’s principal area of research is Contemporary art photography, with a particular focus on the living proponents of quasi-documentary photographic and filmic methods. # #contemporaryphotography #lecture #koreanartists #photography #watchnow

We are excited to announce the lineup for our 2021 Public Lecture Series in collaboration with the Korean Cultural Center NY. This online lecture series aims to deliver diverse theoretical perspectives on Korean contemporary art, culture, and artists. Hyewon Yi (Director of the Amelie A. Wallace Gallery and Lecturer of Art History at SUNY College at Old Westbury,), Eugine Tsai (John and Barbara Vogelstein Senior Curator, Contemporary Art @ Brooklyn Museum) and Eleanor Hyun (A...ssociate Curator for Korean art @ Metropolitan Museum of Art) will be joining us this year’s lectures. Dr. Hyewon Yi, Director of the Amelie A. Wallace Gallery and Lecturer of Art History at SUNY College at Old Westbury, will lead the first lecture titled Masters of Disguise: Masquerade in Contemporary Korean Portrait Photography on September 29th! This lecture will introduce four Korean photographers whose practices revolve around masquerading in self-portraitsNikki S. Lee, Chan-Hyo Bae, Jung S Kim, and Youngho Kang. We will announce the premiere of the lecture on the Korean Cultural Center’s official YouTube channel within the coming days, so stay tuned! (https://www.youtube.com/user/KCSNY). Image Artwork 1. Nikki S. Lee, The Hip Hop Project (1), 2001, Chromogenic print. Courtesy of Sikkema Jenkins & co., New York. 2. Chan-Hyo Bae, Existing in Costume_1, 2006 from the series Existing in Costume (2006), Chromogenic photograph. Courtesy of the artist and Purdy Hicks Gallery, London. 3. Jung S Kim, A Fox Aged Almost a Thousand Years Old that was eager to be a Human being but never could, 2010 from series Circle II, Digital photograph, Courtesy of the artist. 4. Youngho Kang, The Sure Advance, 2009, Digital photograph, Courtesy of the artist. #korean #contemporary #contemporaryphotography #photography #portrait #portraits #artists # # # # #

#Deadline is TOMORROW at 11:59PM (EST) #2021 AHL Foundation Artist Fellowship will be awarded to established but under-resourced mid-career contemporary artists of Korean descent active in the United States to support their creative endeavors during key moments in their artistic and professional development. - Submit your application http://www.ahlfoundation.org/2021artistfellowship/... AHL Foundation Artist Fellowship was possible to be established with the generous contribution of the Dow Kim Family Foundation.

Mina Cheon Awarded the 2021 AHL - Andrew & Barbara Choi Family Foundation Grant! We are proud to announce that Mina Cheon has been awarded the 2021 AHL - Andrew & Barbara Choi Family Foundation Grant, an annual project grant of $5,000 awarded to recognize and support the creative process of a talented artist of Korean heritage working in the United States. The AHLAndrew & Barbara Choi Family Grant aims to nurture and assist talented visual artists of all career stages in r...ealizing forthcoming projects while building their capacity to sustain productive long-term careers. This year's juror was Daniel S. Palmer (@ddotpalmer), Ph.D., Curator at Public Art Fund. The grant will support Mina Cheon's upcoming solo exhibition at the American University Museum in Washington DC, which will be held next year. Stay tuned_ _ #grants #awards #minachoen #congrats #exhibition #upcoming #opportunity #contemporaryart #korean #artist

Sun You’s solo exhibition, "Summer Cut" was just installed at the Bank of Hope Manhattan (16 West 32nd Street, New York, NY) today as part of AHL Foundation's Art in the Workplace program. Be sure to stop by and check out! - Artist: Sun You @sunyou728 - August 4, 2021 - January 31, 2022... #nyculture #exhibition #sunyou #summer #summercut #artatbank #art_in_the_workplace #bankofhope @bankofhope.official

Register Now! Final online Mentoring Workshop, titled Keeping Focus and Diversifying Your Practice with Daru, Jung Hyang Kim (Jung Hyang Kim) will be held on Wednesday, July 28th at 7:00pm EDT via Zoom. Registration: https://zoom.us/.../tJYqd-Goqz8tEtDLa0jEx6aNqkjrDoMr_knt... Artists are becoming increasingly busy, challenged by the need to juggle the demands of studio time, social networks, part time jobs, and the rigors of everyday life. In the final session of AHL Foundation’s online Mentoring Workshop Program, acclaimed artist Jung Hyang Kim (Daru) will discuss how to find the proper work-life balance, diversify one’s portfolio, and navigate the tenacity of the ever-evolving contemporary art world in order to become the artist you want to be. Drawing on her decades of international experience in the contemporary art world, Daru will delve into ways to network with galleries and art consultants and how to branch out into public art commissions, imparting several important pieces of advice for aspiring contemporary artists along the way. _ Photo by Soojung Hyun Daru Jung Hyang Kim’s Studio

AHL Foundation is excited to announce the opening of applications for our 2021 Awards, Fellowships, and Grants, which include the following: AHL T&W Foundation Contemporary Visual Art Awards AHL Foundation Artist Fellowship AHL Wolhee Choe Memorial Art Writers Grant... AHL Grace Charity Foundation Research Fellowship AHL Chun Family Foundation Curatorial Fellowship AHL Andrew & Barbara Choi Family Foundation Project Grant AHL AKAA 2nd Year Research Fellowship These awards, grants, and fellowships are all designed to support the endeavors of artists, curators, and researchers of Korean descent active in the United States and provide them with opportunities to advance their careers in the contemporary art world. Please read the guidelines carefully before applying. More information is available through the link below. http://www.ahlfoundation.org/information/2021opportunities/

"In his installations and videos, Cheon pyo Lee tackles a variety of themes, stylistically marked with absurdity, play, and experimentation. He has a desire to subvert notions of value and authenticity through personal encounters and experiences. Installations such as so much freedom are visually stunning, conceptually provocative, and really fun. In the video Rhinemaiden: A shortness of breath and a taste of ash there are two women repeatedly spitting at each other, but protected with clear plastic masks. It is a simple gesture, at once unsettling and humorous." - Bill Carroll, Director EFA Studio Program Check out Cheon pyo Lee's work in our online exhibition, "C(K)urrent", here: http://www.ahlfoundation.org/ckurrent

"Chang-Jin Lee proposes provocative and bold presentations on topics often too taboo, and too traumatic, to be freely discussed socially and publicly. Her project COMFORT WOMEN WANTED, started in 2013, is an extensive and impressive body of works (so far already exhibited in China, Taiwan, Germany, and throughout the United States). For this project, she has developed various forms of installations and display modes, including a raw presentation in the form of a docu-reality ...video work that involves some of the protagonists sharing songs and hidden memories of their experiences as prisoners during World War II. Also developing on similar themes, are subtle expressive abstract ink and charcoal drawings." - Stephanie Jeanjean, P.h.D. (Adjunct Assistant Professor, The Cooper Union and Sotheby’s Institute of Art) Check out Chang-Jin Lee's work in our online exhibition, "C(K)urrent", here: http://www.ahlfoundation.org/ckurrent/

"In performances, videos and installations A young Yu explores aspects of her Korean heritage, often through elaborate and fantastical settings and with a suggestive narrative that borders on the surreal. These works are ritualistic in nature and have an iconography filled with signs and symbols of loss, decay, regeneration, transformation, transgression, and cultural hybridity. Yu’s aesthetically captivating imagery simultaneously suggests an ancient past and a distant futur...e, existing in an indeterminate temporal space. Ultimately, her works explore ideas of cultural heritage, the transmission and evolution of cultural practices, and how ritual might function when freed from its original context." Marshall Price, P.h.D. - Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. Check out A young Yu's work in our online exhibition, "C(K)urrent", here: http://www.ahlfoundation.org/ckurrent/

Don't miss out! The registration deadline for our Spring 2021 Online Art History Class is tomorrow. Tuition is a suggested donation of $300 that can be made through the link below. Contact us at [email protected] for any questions or inquiries. www.ahlfoundation.org/support/donation 2021 . 18 , ! [email protected]... # # #arthistoryclass #art #religion #ahlfoundation #onlineclass

The AHL Foundation would like to wish everyone a Happy Holidays. Thank you all for your support during this difficult and turbulent year. We could not have gotten through 2020 without the support and dedication of our wonderful supporters and staff members, who helped AHL Foundation adapt and continue to function through these uncertain times. We have plenty of programs and exhibitions lined up for next year. Hopefully we can go back to holding them in person again sooner, rather than later. Please stay tuned for our announcements after the New Year. Please stay in good health and spirits and we look forward to seeing you in 2021!