KAILI CHUN

BIO

Kaili Chun is a sculptor and installation artist who uses processes and materials that transform physical spaces into unique environments that comment on contemporary issues.

Chun’s diverse training includes receiving her Bachelor’s in Architecture from Princeton University, during which time she also studied with renowned ceramicist Toshiko Takaezu; an MFA from the University of Hawaii at Mānoa; and an apprenticeship with master canoe builder and woodworker Wright Elemakule Bowman, Sr.

Numerous museums and galleries have exhibited Chun’s installations, including: Queensland Art Gallery|Gallery of Modern Art (QaGOMA), Brisbane, Australia; University of Alaska Museum; Linden Museum, Stuttgart, Germany; Museum of Art & Design, New York; Sacred Circle Gallery, Washington; The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu; and the Honolulu Museum of Art.

Kaili has received a number of significant visual art awards. Most recently, her installation for the Tenth Asia Pacific Triennial for Contemporary Art was acquired by the Queensland Art Gallery_Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane, Australia. She has also been an Artist in Residence at the Joan Mitchell Center, New Orleans (2012), awarded the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant, New York City, NY (2010); Artist Residency at the Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM (2008); the Individual Artist Visual Arts Fellowship in Conceptual Art (2000) and the Catherine E.B. Cox Award for Excellence in the Visual Arts (2006) from the Honolulu Academy of Arts. Her work is included in private and institutional collections in Hawaii, Germany and Australia.

Kaili is currently an artist with G70 Design and I-ON Group.

EDUCATION
MFA – University of Hawaʻi, Mānoa
BA – Princeton University