Hee J. Jo
Hee J. Jo (b. 1987) is a Korean Canadian artist based in Mississauga, Ontario. Her abstract work is inspired by nature and life across different scales, from the human body to the universe. Using organic forms and layered compositions, she explores ideas of connection, change, and balance. Feminism quietly informs her practice, shaping how forms relate to one another rather than appearing as a direct narrative. Through abstraction, Jo creates visual spaces that reflect the interdependence of human life, the natural world, and larger systems beyond individual experience.
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EDUCATION
2020 B.F.A., Drawing and Painting
OCAD University, Toronto, ON, Canada
2011 B.A., Educational Psychology
Sookmyung Women’s University, Seoul, Korea
2011 B.A., English Language and Literature
Sookmyung Women’s University, Seoul, Korea
EXHIBITIONS
2026 Artist Project, Toronto, Canada (Upcoming)
2025 Visionary Projects Benefit Exhibition, New York, USA
2025 Echoes, Living Arts Centre, Mississauga, Canada
2025 Artist Project, Better Living Centre, Toronto, Canada
2025 The Power of She, Summer & Grace Gallery, Oakville, Canada
2024 Ephemera, Small Arms Inspection Building, Mississauga, Canada
2023 Radiant Resilience (Duo), Cedar Ridge Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2023 TOAF62: Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Toronto, Canada
2022 Get Noticed 2022, The Red Head Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2022 Immersed In Bliss (Duo), The Red Head Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2022 Art Comp, 100 Kellogg Lane, London, Canada
2022 Creative Resilience/Resilient Creativity, First Canadian Place, Toronto, Canada
2022 TOAF61: Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Toronto, Canada
2021 Unsettler’s Chair (Solo), Selected Marong, Seoul, Korea
2021 Collective Experience, Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2021 VAM43 Juried Show, Visual Arts Mississauga at Riverwood, Mississauga, Canada
2021 Sanitized Activity, Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2020 Fresh Paint / New Construction, Art Mûr, Montreal, Canada
2016 Why the @#&! Do You Paint?: Go Figure, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, Canada
RESIDENCY
2023~2025 City of Mississauga Resident Artist, Living Arts Centre, Canada
AWARDS
2020 Fred Hagan, Passion in Painting Award, Canada
2020 Drawing & Painting Class of 2020 GRADEx 105, Emerging Artist Award, Canada