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Education
BFA in Studio Art magna cum laude, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
Solo Exhibitions
2021
A New Plane Blooming, mural at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, Atlanta, GA
2019
Living Room, Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA
MEMORANDUMLAND, Institute 193, Lexington, KY
2018
paintings, Poem 88, Atlanta, GA
2017
Nothing Lasts Forever Until It Does, Mammal Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Group Exhibitions
2024
The Sea Swept the Sandcastles Away, MARCH, New York, NY
2023
In Unity, As in Division, Johnson-Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2022
The gift horse’s mouth, Hilo Press, Atlanta, GA
2020
Parallels, whitespace, Atlanta, GA
2019
Painting Who?, The Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw, GA
Project, Temporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA
Of Origins and Belonging, Drawn from Atlanta The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Phantoms and Soft Time, Swan Coach House, Atlanta, GA
2018
Inside the Perimeter, Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, Atlanta, GA
Edge Award Finalist Exhibition, Swan Coach House, Atlanta, GA
Til the Lights Go Out, Hathaway Contemporary, Atlanta, GA
2017
Building a Ship from a Shipwreck, MOCA GA, Atlanta, GA
Blue Willow, Poem 88, Atlanta, GA
2016
The Sofa Show, 701 N. Highland, Atlanta, GA
Silken Fiction, Hi-Lo Press, Atlanta, GA
Where We Are Going, Where We Have Been, MINT Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Residencies and Fellowships
2017
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2016
Hughely Fellowship, WonderRoot, Atlanta, GA
Press
2023- Gemima, Clare “New York who? Spotlight on Rial Rye, Ellex Swavoni and Wihro Kim – 3
hot Atlanta based artists featured in Atlanta Art Week, 2023.” White Hot Magazine. October 24,
2023.
2023- Feaster, Felicia. “Strength in numbers in impressive show of seven ATL artists” Atlanta
Journal Constitution. November 3rd, 2023.
2020- Cullum, Jeffrey. “Review: Alternate realities of Covid-19, protests prompt ‘Parallels’ at
Whitespace.” ArtsATL. July 27, 2020.
2019- Lockner, Logan. “‘We Need to Belong to Each Other’: Atlanta Artist Roundtable” Burnaway.
June 28, 2019.
2019- Feaster, Felicia. “Immigration and dislocation are themes of a group show at the High”
Atlanta Journal Constitution. June 13, 2019.
2019- Amussen, Jasmine. “Finding A Secret Place: In Conversation with Wihro Kim” Burnaway.
February 6, 2019.
2018- Lockner, Logan. “Review: Wihro Kim’s speculative landscapes dazzle at Poem 88”. ArtsAtl.
June 21, 2018.