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Unu Sohn
Unu Sohn (b. 1994) is a visual artist based in London. She primarily makes abstract ceramic sculptures that range from free-standing works to wall-based ceramic paintings. Unu is a graduate of the Royal College of Art, where she achieved her MA Ceramics & Glass in 2022, following a BA Gender Studies degree at UCLA in 2016. Her work has been exhibited internationally including PAD Fair (London), Galerie Joseph (Paris), and David Salkin Creative (Chicago). She is a recipient of Arts Council England DYCP funding (2024) and the Barbican Arts Group Trust award (2023), and was shortlisted for the Charlotte Fraser Prize (2024).
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Education
Royal College of Art, MA Ceramics & Glass, 2020-2022
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Post-Baccalaureate Ceramics, 2018-2019
University of California - Los Angeles, BA Gender Studies (honors), 2012-2016
Selected Exhibitions
2025 Dry Cleaning, Max Radford Gallery, London, UK (Group)
2025 South Open 3, OHSH Projects, London, UK (Group)
2024 PAD Art + Design Fair, Bryan O’Sullivan Studio, London, UK (Group)
2024 Uncarved Block, Unbleached Silk, Meeting Point Projects curated by Matilda Liu, London, UK (Group)
2024 Dearly Impossible, Barbican Arts Group Trust, London, UK (Solo)
2024 In Clay, Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London, UK (Group)
2023 ArtWorks Open 23, Barbican Arts Group Trust, London, UK (Group)
2023 Two for Joy, San Mei Gallery, London, UK (Group)
2023 11:11 (London Design Festival), Jan Hendzel Studio, Staffordshire St, London, UK (Group)
2023 Skulpturepark Amager 2023, Copenhagen, Denmark (Group)
2023 Night Boat, TRA Collective, Fitzrovia Gallery, London, UK (Group)
2023 Colour, Texture, Substance, No Name, Warbling Collective, Kingsgate Project Space, London, UK (Group)
2022 RCA Degree Show, Royal College of Art - Battersea, London, UK (Group)
2022 Melting Point, Preston Fitzgerald Advisory, London, UK (Group)
2021 Rethinking the Physicality of Space, Staffordshire St, London, UK (Group)
2021 Bursting in the Neutral Zone, Sugarhouse Studios, London, UK (Group)
2020 1000 Vases, Galerie Joseph, Paris, France (Group)
2019 Meeting, Gallery 1922, Chicago, IL, USA (Solo)
2019 Our Intimates, Leroy Neiman Center, Chicago, IL, USA (Group)
2018 Intermixed, David Salkin Creative, Chicago, IL, USA (Group)
2018 Planation, Iang Gallery, Seoul, South Korea (Group)
Awards and Grants
2025 a-n The Artists Information Company Bursary
2024 Arts Council England Develop Your Creative Practice Grant
2024 Charlotte Fraser Ceramics & Glass Prize Shortlist at Holt Festival
2023 Barbican Arts Group Trust Award
2019 School of the Art Institute of Chicago Grant
Residencies
2022 51Cth Residency, Roskilde, Denmark (Solo residency funded by Det Obelske Familiefond)
2020 Vermont Studio Center Residency, Johnson, VT, USA
2019 Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild Residency, Woodstock, NY, USA
Publications
Tecbuchet - “Uncarved Block, Unbleached Silk: Meeting Point Project”
1883 Magazine - “Matilda Liu”
Wallpaper - “Emerging stars and established makers unite in show for London Design Festival”
Dezeen - “Emerging Talents Require Nurture”
Royal College of Art - Homepage feature
Emerging Potters - Profile
1000 Vases - Print publication