About

Jeongmin Ahn is an emerging Korean hyperrealist painter, based in Edmonton, Alberta. He graduated from Emily Carr University of Art and Design in 2020, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. He has trained professionally with hyperrealist artists in Korea, such as Jeong-Hae Kwang. His past exhibitions in British Columbia include Arts2024 with the Surrey Art Gallery in 2024, This Gift, with the Port Coquitlam arts Council in 2023, Trash, with the Queen’s Park Gallery, and ArtRich 2021 with the Richmond Art Gallery, among others. He was the recipient of the 2019 Richard Alm Scholar Award from the Federation of Canadian Artists. He works primarily in oils, usually painting still lives, and sometimes large-scale portrait works. Much of his work pursues the idea of perfectionism and explores the ability of excessive detail in lending power to, and redefining the value of, the subjects he chooses to paint.