January Yoon Cho Art Studio

Interdisciplinary visual artist exploring relationships between individuals and their environments

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  • PROJECTS
    • The Walk Project: Desert Walk Photo & Video Series
    • Orange City Photo & Video Series
    • Through the Eyes of Seven
    • Nuclear Family Project
    • Some Aspects of Love
    • Blurring Project
    • Cell
    • Hair Project
    • How to Spell My Name
    • Self-Portrait Series
    • Persona Series
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Installation view of January Yoon Cho's desert walk performances

The Walk Project

Explores our connection to the environment by combining photographs of the artist’s site-specific walk performances in diverse American landscapes with silhouette drawings of biological life forms. The Desert Walk Series comprises approximately one hundred of the artist’s walk performances. The Water Walk Series is currently in progress.

Current Projects

The Walk Project
Instagram @ january_yoon_cho_art

The Walk Project is a fiscally sponsored project of New York Foundation for the Arts, a 501(c)(3), tax-exempt organization. Make a tax-deductible DONATION to support The Walk Project.

• Funding for The Walk Project has been made possible in part by the Puffin Foundation and Barbara Deming Memorial Funds.

       

Through the Eyes of Seven
Instagram @ eyesofseven
A portrayal of our life as a frontline's family going through the COVID-19 pandemic era in New York.

Announcements

AWARDS
January Yoon Cho’s Umbilical City has been awarded a New York State Council on the Arts, Support for Artist Grant, YF 2026. This interdisciplinary project explores the ecology of New York City through drawing and participatory walks. Stay tuned for updates.

EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS

Group Exhibition: reEarthed -> reRooted
January 11 - February 8, 2026
The First Presbyterian Church, 12W 12th St., New York, NY
Presented by NY Artists Circle. Curated by Nicole Cooper.

• Opening Reception: Sunday January 11, 2026, 12-4pm
- Umbilical Walk performances with January Yoon Cho and Georgina Bates, 1pm & 3pm:
• Closing Reception: Sunday February 8, 2026, 2-4pm
• Climate Cafe: Date TBA

Group Exhibition: Breathe
February 6 - 22, 2026
Westbeth Gallery, 55 Bethune Street, New York, NY
Presented by NY Artists Circle. Curated by Hayley Ferber & Kristin Reed

• Opening Reception: February 6, 2026

PRESS

• Brochure essay of Amanda Douberley on Yoon Cho's solo exhibition, "Nothing Lasts Forever," at the Women and Their Work. For a hard copy, please contact Women and Their Work gallery.

• Yoon Cho's portfolio has been added to the Flat File at the PIEROGI gallery in Brooklyn, New York. The video project, How to Spell My Name, is also available at the PIEROGI.

The Walk Project
Instagram @ january_yoon_cho_art

Through the Eyes of Seven
Instagram @ eyesofseven

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