Rachel Youn
Rachel Youn (b. 1994) is an American artist working across sculpture and installation.
Solo exhibitions include G Gallery (Seoul, South Korea), Night Gallery (Los Angeles, CA), Sargent’s Daughters (New York, NY), Soy Capitán (Berlin, Germany), HAIR + Nails (Minneapolis, MN), and the Contemporary Art Museum (St. Louis, MO). Their work has been exhibited internationally in Hong Kong, China, Italy, Germany, England, Sweden, and The Netherlands, amongst others.
Youn is a recipient of the Lighthouse Works Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center Fellowship and the 2020 Great Rivers Biennial Award. They received their BFA from Washington University in St. Louis and their MFA at the Yale School of Art in New Haven, CT. Youn’s work has been reviewed in Art in America, Artsy, ARTnews, Vogue, LA Review of Books, Artillery Magazine, Elephant, amongst others. In 2025, they were selected by Art in America for their New Talent issue.
Quench, 2025. Riding exercise simulator, bird spikes, artificial flowers, wire rope, monitor riser stand, hardware, glass, mica pigment, doll roller skates. Photo courtesy of the artist.
Plunge, 2025. Modified circulation massager, artificial orchids, grow light, hardware, snake chain, glass. Photo courtesy of the artist.
Rend, 2025. Sissy bar, roller skates, shoulder massager, hardware, fake flower, shoelaces. Photo courtesy of the artist.
NO SWEAT installation view, 2025. G Gallery, Seoul, South Korea. Photo courtesy of the artist.
CLEANSE (I’ll do it myself), 2023. Steel, aluminum, AC motor, hardware, nylon, UHMW, “Escape Photoreal Ocean” PEVA shower curtains. Photo courtesy of the artist.
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