Young Ah Ahn
Young Ah Ahn
Living in Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.
Born in Incheon, South Korea
Email_ yoa19@pitt.edu / artayaseoul@gmail.com
Education Background
2024, 9 - Majoring in English Writing, Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
2025 Dean's list, University of Pittsburgh ( 2024-2025, Part-time Students )
2024 Certificate in Digital Media & Writing for the Professions, CGS, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
2020- 2022 Intensive English Program, English Language Institute at the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
2005 MA in Dept of Painting & Printmaking, The Graduate School of Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
2002 BA in Dept of Painting & Printmaking, The Undergraduate School of Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
https://sites.google.com/view/youngahn/profile
Professional Experiences
May 5, 2023 - Present Manager & Caricature Artist at Goofy Faces PGZ (Seasonal)
2026 Featured Artist in August, Associate Artists of Pittsburgh (AAP), Pittsburgh, PA, USA
2005- Present Associated Artists of Pittsburgh ( AAP)
2024- Present International Society of Caricature Artists ( ISCA)
2016 - 2022 Founder of Gallery Artistroom
Solo Exhibition
2017 Landscape/People/Canvas (Far Beyond Gallery, Seoul, South Korea)
2016 Small, International Solo exhibition (Cole Gallery, PA, U.S.A.)
2016 Young Ah Ahn's Solo Exhibition (Arthub Online Gallery, arthub.co.kr)
2010 1st Exhibition_ YOUNG-AH's EXPEDITION International
(Tokyo Shinagawa Intercity, Japan)
Group Exhibition & Art Fair
Jun 13-Aug 14, 2026 AAP New Member Exhibition, Associate Artist of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15201.
Jun 4th – Aug 10th, 2026 Online Variety Show, juried by Alison Brand Oehler, Concept Gallery , Pittsburgh, PA.
Nov 7- 2025 115x115, AAP, 100 43rd St, Unit 107, Pittsburgh, PA 15201.
May 21–July 11, 2025 Online Variety Show, juried by Jeff Jarzynka, ZYNKA Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA.
2022 Art Show@Pitt-Greenburg ( Milstein Library of Pitt-Greenburg, Greensburg, PA, U.S.A)
2022 Online Exhibition | My Front Yard ( https://youtu.be/rsKFJx2gekU / sites.google.com/view/myfrontyard)
2021 Project "Challenging Artist: Drawing is Seeing" (Namsan Gallery, Seoul, Korea_ )
2021 International Online Art Show "The Forty Windows" in Amsterdam (https://youtu.be/S5RegNC3ey0)
2020 Virtual Art Exhibition_Reflection of the city: Seoul @gartistroom
2020 Virtual Art Show@Pitt-Greenburg Alumni (Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A)
2020 Project "Women Artist Challenge: A long-run" 3days3works3artists (facebook.com)
2019 Pages of Mind: Chapter 1 (Yang Cheon Library Gallery, Seoul, Korea)
2019 Amsterdam International Art Fair 2019 (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
2019 Tokyo International Art Fair 2019 (Tokyo, Japan)
2019 #Planet Green I 4 Artists (Space Gallery, Seoul, Korea)
2018 MANIF Seoul International Art Fair_Solo platform (Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea)
2018 Selected by Suwon Cultural Foundation | Imaginary Scenery (Gallery Haeng Gung Street, Suwon, South Korea)
2017 Modern Landscapes: Selected by The National Academy of Arts of The Republic of Korea(Seoul, South Korea)
2017 MANIF Seoul International Art Fair_Solo platform (Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea)
2007 Aesthetic Topology (Gallery Dream, Seoul, South Korea)
2016 130th ECAF (Ewha Art Center, Seoul, South Korea)
2016 Selected by Take 5 Breathing Exhibition. (Hotel Denim, Seoul, South Korea)
2015 Art Seoul_ Solo platform (Seoul Art Center, Seoul, South Korea)
2010 Art Seoul_ Solo platform (Seoul Art Center, Seoul, South Korea)
2009 Art Seoul_ Solo platform (Seoul Art Center, Seoul, South Korea)
2008 Art Seoul_ Solo platform (Seoul Art Center, Seoul, South Korea)
2006 Art Seoul_ Solo platform (Seoul Art Center, Seoul, South Korea)
2005 Selected by Team Preview: 4th Preview (Team Preview, Seoul, South Korea)
2005 A Plateau (Ewha University Museum, Seoul, South Korea)
2003 Art News (Art-Link, Seoul, South Korea)
2001 Art House (POSCO House Pavilion, Seoul, South Korea)
As Exhibit Planner
2022 Online Exhibition | My Front Yard ( https://youtu.be/rsKFJx2gekU / sites.google.com/view/myfrontyard)
2021 Project "Challenging Artist" ( Namsan Gallery, Seoul, South Korea )
2021 International Online Art Show "Ther Forty Windows" in Amsterdam (https://youtu.be/S5RegNC3ey)
2020 Virtual Art Exhibition | Reflection of the city: Seoul @gartistroom
( https://youtu.be/UnlpClTMmiQ)
2019 Pages of Mind: Chapter 1 (Yang Cheon Library Gallery, Seoul, South Korea)
2018 #Planet Green | 4 Artists (Space Gallery, Seoul, South Korea)
2018 Project via _The Second Pre-research for Amsterdam International Art Fair (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
2018 Project via _ The First Pre-research for Tokyo International Art Fair (Tokyo, Japan)
2018 Selected by Suwon Cultural Foundation | Imaginary Scenery (Gallery Haeng Gung Street, Suwon, South Korea)
2017 Student Art Exhibition (Gallery Artistroom, Seoul, South Korea)
2017 Modern Landscapes | Group Exhibition 2017 : Selected by The National Academy of Arts of The Republic of Korea(Seoul, South Korea)
Awards & Honors
2018 Selected by Korea Arts Management Service: Project via _The Second Pre-research for Amsterdam International Art Fair
2018 Selected by Korea Arts Management Service: Project via _The First Pre-research for Tokyo International Art Fair
2017 Selected by Far beyond Gallery (Far beyond Gallery, Seoul, Seoul Korea)
2008 Selected by Lee sang Gallery: [One’s Eyes: Gaze at ], (Seoul, South Korea)
2005 Selected by Seoul Forum for Media Art (Ssamzie Space, Seoul, South Korea)
2004 4th EMAF: Ewha Prize of Single-Channel Part (Ewha University, Seoul, South Korea )
2000 Selected by Korea Print Society (Seoul Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea)
As Illustrator
2019 Illustration in the <Advanced Material>(Germany)
2018 Illustration in the inside back cover of<Advanced Material>(Germany)
2018 Illustration in the <Angewandte Chemie>(Germany)
Public / Private Collection
2019 Landscape Cabinet _ Old Faithful E 2/10, Private, Netherlands
2016 13 people – left, Private, South Korea
2013 Walk on the Edge 4-1, Far Beyond Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2010 Out of the Corner 3, Private, South Korea
2010 Nakanobu Bench, private, Japan
2009 Walk on the Edge 3, Private, South Korea
2008 Out of the Corner 4, Private, South Korea
2007 Art Price, South Korea
