Sola Scriptura Shalom

About the Artist

Joy H. Kwon

Mixed Media

Joy Hyobin Kwon is a New York, New Jersey based artist specialized in Korean & Asian brush painting and calligraphy. She graduated from Keimyung University in South Korea, majoring in Calligraphy, she was awarded a master’s degree in fine art (Asian Ink Painting) and a Doctorate degree from the China Academy of Art. She was the first foreigner to obtain a Doctorate in Chinese bird and flower ink painting in the art history of China. Since moving to New York in 2011, she has served as the Chairman of the Oriental Painting Division, senior vice president, and president of the Korean New York Art Association. Since 2015, she has been teaching at Rutgers University and Zhejiang University in China, starting with CUNY. Her art works have been exhibited internationally in cities such as New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Venice, Barcelona, London, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Seoul.