Aaron Chung (b. San Francisco, CA 1990, lives in Queens, New York) received his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree at the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2013 with a painting major and art history minor. His work explores themes of identity, Korean Art History, and his experiences within the Korean American diaspora.

Aaron received a Fulbright Fellowship in 2013 to research muninhwa (traditional Korean literati painting) and classical drawing techniques with ink on mulberry paper. He also participated in an artist residency in Onishi Gunma, Japan, at Shiro Oni Studio, where he explored Wabi-Sabi and Junichiro Tanizaki's essay, In Praise of Shadows. Aaron has shown pieces in group exhibitions at Baltimore's Subbasement Artist Studios, Current Space, galleries at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition Brooklyn, New York, Culture House DC, Maryland, and IMUR Gallery at Salmagundi NYC, NY. Internationally, he has exhibited at the Kana Art Festival in Gunma, Japan, and the Topohaus Art Gallery and United Gallery in Seoul, South Korea. Aaron continues his studio practice in New York and is a member of the Korean American Artist Collective (KAAC).

Photo Credit: Nora Truskey