Contact
jean.shon [at] gmail.com
@thebadrich
CV
EDUCATION
2020 University of California-Irvine, MFA in Studio Art. Critical Theory Emphasis, Asian American Studies Emphasis
2006 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, BS in Architecture
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 We are Human, Community Art Collective. Houston, TX (forthcoming)
2025 in a word, FAB Gallery, Florida State University. Tallahassee, FL
2024 in a word, Lawndale Art Center. Houston, TX
2023 Remains, Sabine Street Studios, Sawyer Yards. Houston, TX
2023 this place that bears my past doesn’t even know my name, Box 13. Houston, TX
2021 SUSPENSION : CONNECTION, Surel’s Place. Garden City, ID
2021 Mill Migration, The Mill at Vicksburg. Vicksburg, MI
2020 this place that bears my past doesn’t even know my name, Contemporary Arts Center Gallery. UC Irvine. Irvine, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2025 A Net Case for Something Like Hopefulness, Galveston Artist Residency, Galveston, TX
2025 11th Annual Allegany National Photography Competition, Stephanie Ann Roper Gallery, Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD. Juried by Crista Dix, Executive Director, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA.
2025 Cinematic Pictures, LoosenArt, Rome, Italy
2024 Traces of Being, Houston Endowment, Houston, TX
2024 Kinhouse, Kinhouse Art, Fort Wayne, ID
2024 Seeding Soil, K Space Contemporary. Texas Biennial 2024. Corpus Christi, TX
2024 Hole Show, The Ordinance, Fishers Island, NY
2024 Wordbildsalat / word-image-salad, Der Grief. Juried by Christiane Monarchi & Eva Eicker.
2024 FotoTexas III: People, Places & Culture, Texas Photographic Society, Museum of the Big Bend, Alpine, TX. Juried by E. Dan Klepper.
2023 MSU Faculty Show, The Juanita Harvey Art Gallery. Wichita Falls, TX
2023 Interlude: A Five-Year Residency Retrospective, James Castle House. Boise, ID
2023 The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center. Houston, TX. Juried by Dr. Kanitra Fletcher, Associate Curator of African American and Afro-Diasporic Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.
2023 Infernal Baby Oil, Phase Gallery. Los Angeles, CA
2023 Before Apollo, Before the Sun, Galveston Artist Residency. Galveston, TX
2022 WEDNESDAY F!RE, Galveston Artist Residency. Galveston, TX
2021 Backspace, PRJCT. Los Angeles, CA
2021 Rake the Dark Room, PRJCT. Los Angeles, CA
2020 Double Play, Gatov Gallery, CSU Long Beach. Long Beach, CA
2019 Spa Day, University Art Gallery, UC Irvine. Irvine, CA
2019 Open Relationships, Werby Gallery, CSU Long Beach. Long Beach, CA
2019 3rd Annual Photographic Competition, LA Artcore. Juried by Sarah Lee, Sarah Hadley, Aline Smithson. Los Angeles, CA
2018 Present Tense, Irvine Fine Arts Center. Irvine, CA
2018 Positive/Negative 33, East Tennessee University. Johnson, TN. Juried by Margaret Winslow, Curator of Contemporary Art, Delaware Art Museum, DE.
AWARDS & GRANTS
2025 First Year Assistant Professor Grand Award, Council on Research and Creativity, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
2025 Robin and Sandy Stuart Photography Fellowship, Ragdale, Lake Forest, IL
2024 Jones Artist Award, Houston Endowment, Houston, TX
2024 Support for Artists and Creative Individuals Grant, Houston Arts Alliance, Houston, TX
2023 Fall Trio Creative Grant: 1st place, Wendy Wagner Foundation, Houston, TX
2023 Let Creativity Happen Grant, Houston Arts Alliance, Houston, TX
2023 The Big Show 2023 Awardee, Juried by Dr. Kanitra Fletcher, Houston, TX
2023 CERF+ (Craft Emergency Relief Fund) Get Ready Grant, Houston, TX
2020 Graduate Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship, Graduate Division, UC Irvine, CA
2020 Research and Travel Grant, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, UC Irvine, CA
2020 Covid-19 Artist Grant, Community Engagement Inc, Orange County, CA
2019 H.B. and Isabelle Yolen Memorial Scholarship, UC Irvine, CA
2019 Dean’s Scholarship Award, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, UC Irvine, CA
2019 Research and Travel Grant, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, UC Irvine, CA
2018 Center for Critical Korean Studies Language Fellowship, UC Irvine, CA
2018 Dean’s Scholarship Award, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, UC Irvine, CA
2018 Research and Travel Grant, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, UC Irvine, CA
2017 Graduate Dean’s Recruitment Fellowship, UC Irvine, CA
RESIDENCIES & FELLOWSHIPS
2025 Artist Residency, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Amherst, VA (forthcoming)
2025 Residency Program, The Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA (forthcoming)
2025 Residency Program, Ragdale, Lake Forest, IL (forthcoming)
2024 Fellowship Program, Lighthouse Works, Fishers Island, NY
2023 James Castle House Residency, Boise City Dept of Arts & History. Boise, ID
2022 Residency Program, Galveston Artist Residency. Galveston, TX
2021 Artist Residency, Prairie Ronde. Vicksburg, MI
2021 Residency Program, Surel’s Place. Garden City, ID
TEACHING
2024-Present Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, Assistant Professor. Courses: All Media Critique (MFA), Contemporary Art Foundations, Digital Foundations
2023-2024 Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX, Visiting Assistant Professor. Courses: Photography I-V, Computers for Artists, Art Appreciation
2022-2023 University of Houston, Houston, TX, Instructor. Courses: Portfolio Development, Computer Imaging
2022-2023 San Jacinto College, Houston, TX, Instructor. Courses: Design 1, Design 1 [Hybrid]
2019-2020 University of California-Irvine, Irvine, CA, Teaching Associate (Instructor of record). Courses: Digital Photo
2018 University of California-Irvine, Irvine, CA, Teaching Assistant. Courses: Black & White Photo
PANELS & TALKS
2025 Walkthrough with the Artists, Lawndale, Houston, TX
2024 Artist Talk, Lighthouse Works. Fishers Island, NY
2023 Artist Talk, Sabine Street Gallery. Houston, TX
2023 Houston Arts Alliance Panel Review, City’s Initiative Grant. Houston, TX
2023 Artist Presentation, James Castle House. Boise, ID
2022 Artist Talk, Galveston Artist Residency. Galveston, TX
2022 Prairie Ronde Review Panel, Prairie Ronde Artist Residency. Vicksburg, MI
2021 Artist Talk, Surel’s Place. Garden City, ID
2021 Artist Talk, The Mill at Vicksburg. Vicksburg, MI
2019 Intergenerational Intersections. Society for Science, Literature, and the Arts (SLSA) Conference, Experimental Engagements. UC Irvine, Irvine, CA
COLLECTIONS
City of Boise, Boise, ID
Galveston Artist Residency, Galveston, TX
The Mill at Vicksburg, Vicksburg, MI
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