ABOUT SOOMIN HAM
Soomin Ham is a photographer and multimedia artist based in the Washington, D.C., area. Originally trained as a musician with a Bachelor of Music from Ewha Women’s University in Seoul, Ham holds a Master of Art in Photography and New Media from New York University and the International Center of Photography in New York.
Her work including photography, mixed media, and multimedia installations has been exhibited extensively across the DC area, New York City, and Seoul, Korea. Ham is a recipient of the Visual Arts Fellowship from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and has been awarded multiple grants from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, including the Individual Artist Fellowship and Small Projects Grants. A winner of the 2019 LensCulture Portrait Awards, her work has been featured in publications such as LensCulture, Lenscratch, Shadow and Light Magazine, and the UK’s Black + White Photography.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2026 Carte Blanche, Invitational Exhibit, Gallery Neptune and Brown, Washington, DC
2025 Absence Group Exhibit, Juried by Gavin Glakas, Multiple Exposures Gallery, Alexandria, VA
Luminance Group Exhibit, Juried by Crista Dix, Multiple Exposures Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2024 In the Company of Trees, Invitational Exhibit, Strathmore Mansion, MD
RECOLLECTIONS: Solo Exhibition, Multiple Exposures Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2023 Touch of Red, Group Exhibit juried by Phil Hutinet, Multiple Exposures Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2021 Emergence, Invitational Exhibit, Studio Gallery, Washington, DC
Lingering Glimpses: Solo Exhibition, Multiple Exposures Gallery, Alexandria, VA
Unbound 10!, Invitational Exhibit, Candela Books + Gallery, Richmond, VA
2019 Recollection: Reinterpreting Tradition and Heritage, Korean Cultural Center, Washington, DC
Lost/Found: Explorations in Photographic Time and Space, Invitational Exhibit, Studio Gallery, Washington, DC
VMFA: Futures, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship Exhibit, McGuireWoods Gallery, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA
Beyond Boundaries, LensCulture Discoveries in Contemporary Photography, Aperture Foundation, New York, NY
The County Collects II, the 2018 Contemporary Works on Paper Collection, Betty Mae Kramer Gallery, Silver Spring, MD
2018 NARRATIVE, Invitational Exhibit, Studio Gallery, Washington, DC
Photography Group show juried by Mark Power, Multiple Exposures Gallery, Alexandria, VA
“Portraits and Windows”: Solo Exhibition, Multiple Exposures Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2017 ABSTRACTION / REPRESENTATION, Invitational Exhibit, Studio Gallery, Washington, DC
Ephemera, Juried by Pam Rogers, Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA
Reflective Meditations, Invitational Exhibit, The Gray Gallery, Winchester, VA
2016 Sound of Butterfly: Solo Exhibition, Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA
Photography/Praxis, Invitational Exhibit, Studio Gallery, Washington, DC
Sound of Butterfly: Solo Exhibition, Flashpoint Gallery, Washington, DC
Unseen/Expired, Two Person’s Show, Multiple Exposures Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2015 Hill Center Galleries, Juried by Mark Leithauser, Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital, Washington, DC
In The Flesh 5, Juried by Jeff Huntington, Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2014 Invitational Photography Exhibit, Juried by Jack Rasmussen, Multiple Exposures Gallery, Alexandria, VA
Sound of Butterfly: Solo Exhibition, Multiple Exposures Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2013 Art in City Hall, Del Ray Artisans Award of Merit, Alexandria City Hall, Alexandria, VA
Three-person Exhibit, Multiple Exposures Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2012 Invitational Photography Exhibit, Juried by Brooks Jensen, Multiple Exposures Gallery, Alexandria, VA
Art in City Hall: Still life series, Department of Transportation and Environmental Services, Alexandria, VA
2011 In The Flesh 3, Juried by Dr. Jamie Smith, Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA
About Face: Stories in Portraits, Juried by Carolyn Egeli, Lynn Heidelbaugh, Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, Solomon, MD
2010 Still Life Series, Invitational Exhibit, Window Gallery, Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2006 Lightscapes, Spring Solos 2006, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
2005 “Projection and Inference” Korean-American artists in the Mid-Atlantic, Curated by Chris Mona, Cade Center for Fine Arts Gallery, Arnold, MD
Two Persons Show, Berta Koteniuk & Soomin Ham, Invitational Exhibit, Gallery Skape, Seoul, Korea
Mind/Self, Artscape 2005, Juried Show, Villa Julie College Gallery, Baltimore, MD
(Re)Alignments, Artscape 2005, Juried Show, Gormley Gallery at College of Notre Dame, Baltimore, MD
In Focus: Photography Techniques and Trends, Juried by Sarah Kennel, Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA
The Unseen: Solo Exhibition, Margaret W. & Joseph L. Fisher Art Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2004 East/West, Two Persons Show with Zoe Leoudaki, Korean Cultural Center, Washington, DC
Against the Wall, Juried Show of Experimental Film and Video, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
Artscape, Our Perfect World, Juried Exhibition, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
Installation Space, Juried Exhibition, School 33 Arts Center, Baltimore, MD
Penelopeia, The Other Journey: Collaborative project with Zoe Leoudaki, Flashpoint Gallery, Washington, DC
2003 Beyond the Blue, Window Gallery, Invitational Exhibit, Gallery HYUNDAI, Seoul, Korea
Ricemap: Solo Exhibition, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE
AWARDS
LensCulture Portrait Awards 2019: International Photography Competition
Winner 2nd place series
2019
VMFA Visual Arts Fellowship: Professional Fellowships
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
2019-2020
Del Ray Artisans Award of Merit
Art in City Hall, Alexandria, VA
Spring 2013
Best of Show, “In Focus: Photography Techniques and Trends”, curated by Sarah Kennel of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2005
Individual Artists Fellowship Grant
D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Washington, DC
2003
Images of Washington Competition, Purchase Award
D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Washington, DC
Fall 2002
Small Projects Grant
D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Washington, DC
Fall 2001