Maria Won

Maria Won is a Toronto based artist, curator, and a current MFA student at Oxford Brookes University. After achieving her Masters degree in Art History & Curatorial Practice along with her diploma in Asian Studies in Toronto, she decided to pursue her practice with a keen interest in multidisciplinary, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and plastic art.

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Her curatorial practice commenced as a curator at Eleanor Winters Art Gallery, collections assistant for Leeum Samsung Museum of Art in South Korea, and program coordinator for the Busan Biennale (2013). Won’s recently curated artist received a grant of $50,000 from the exhibition Won had programmed and executed. 

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In her art practice, Won explores the element of plastic in video art, mix media, and performance art. She has exhibited her work in solo and group exhibitions in Toronto, Seoul, Tokyo, and recently in Brooklyn, New York.

 

Won has an Honours in Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Arts & Art History from York University, Toronto, Canada, as well as accredited from Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea.