
Bin Youn is a Korean multimedia artist and educator based in Vietnam, whose practice bridges lens-based media, poetic spatial installation, and participatory environments. Currently serving as an Associate Lecturer teaching imaging in Digital Media, School of Design and Communication at RMIT University Vietnam, Youn explores diasporic identity, otherness, and language through her work. Her practice examines displacement, alienation, and technological intimacy through ephemeral encounters, investigating how alienation itself can become a generative force that creates new forms of connection across species, technological, and cultural boundaries.
Working primarily with photography, spatial video installation, light, and sculptural forms, Youn creates sensory-based moving image installations that invite viewers to navigate spacetime. Her installations explore the invisible interactions between light-forms and space-colors through bodily experience while addressing the ruptures of cultural disparities. She is dedicated to weaving cultural and material narratives into transformative spatial encounters, where the boundaries between self, space, and time are continually reimagined.
Youn holds an MFA from California State University, Long Beach (2023), and dual degrees in Consumer Family Sciences (B.A.) and Business Administration (B.B.A.) from Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, South Korea (2013). She was recognized on the Dean's List from 2009 to 2011 and studied abroad at Paris Graduate School of Management in 2011. Having exhibited internationally, Youn continues to create sensory experiences that foster cultural reflection and emotional resonance.
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Honors & Awards
Distinguished Achievement in Creative Activity
California State University Long Beach, May 2023
Second Place in “Here, There, and Nowhere” exhibition
University of Montana and Montana State University, November 2022
USU Art Purchase: Warmest Night
University Student Union, California State University Long Beach, May 2022
2022 - 2023 Joy of Life Scholarship
California State University Long Beach, May 2022
California State University Long Beach, May 2023
Second Place in “Here, There, and Nowhere” exhibition
University of Montana and Montana State University, November 2022
USU Art Purchase: Warmest Night
University Student Union, California State University Long Beach, May 2022
2022 - 2023 Joy of Life Scholarship
California State University Long Beach, May 2022
RSCA Award
California State University Long Beach, December 2021
Top Performer in 3 fields: Language, Volunteering and IT
Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea, February 2013
California State University Long Beach, December 2021
Top Performer in 3 fields: Language, Volunteering and IT
Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea, February 2013
Solo Exhibitions
Through Islands
Shakarian student success center Gallery, California. USA, May 2023
Breathscape
Shakarian student success center Gallery, California, USA, April 2023
Shakarian student success center Gallery, California. USA, May 2023
Breathscape
Shakarian student success center Gallery, California, USA, April 2023
Projective Verse of ᄋ
Max L. Getov East and West Galleries, California, USA, March 2023
Max L. Getov East and West Galleries, California, USA, March 2023
Your Leaves Touch My Planes
Shakarian student success center Gallery, California, USA, November 2022
Shakarian student success center Gallery, California, USA, November 2022
ᄆotherisland
Max L. Getov East Gallery, California, USA, September 2022
Max L. Getov East Gallery, California, USA, September 2022
Somatic Blinds
Werby Gallery, California, USA, February 2022
Werby Gallery, California, USA, February 2022
W(AV)E
Shakarian student success center Gallery, California, USA, December 2021
Shakarian student success center Gallery, California, USA, December 2021
LiSTeN
Shakarian student success center Gallery, California, USA, December 2021
Shakarian student success center Gallery, California, USA, December 2021
Super-F-icial S
Shakarian student success center Gallery, California, USA, November 2021
Shakarian student success center Gallery, California, USA, November 2021
Natura Naturata
Max L. Getov West Gallery, California, USA, October 2021
Max L. Getov West Gallery, California, USA, October 2021
BE@IT
Vision Photography Academy Hall, Seoul, South Korea, October 2017
Vision Photography Academy Hall, Seoul, South Korea, October 2017
Moments in Paris
Hanchae Restaurant Gallery, Seoul, South Korea, September 2017
Hanchae Restaurant Gallery, Seoul, South Korea, September 2017
Group Exhibitions
Our Common Ground The Little Gallery
The Little Gallery, California, USA, April - May 2024
Let it Linger
Max L. Gatov Gallery, California, USA, February 2024
Exchanges: dialogues between poetry and art
The Ruth Foster Gallery at the University
of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, September - October 2023
(A poem and an artwork were selected)
The Little Gallery, California, USA, April - May 2024
Let it Linger
Max L. Gatov Gallery, California, USA, February 2024
Exchanges: dialogues between poetry and art
The Ruth Foster Gallery at the University
of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, September - October 2023
(A poem and an artwork were selected)
CSULB President House Selection
Miller House, California, USA, July 2023 - July 2024
Now Trending: 7th Annual AIpay Scholarship Exhibition
Palos Verdes Art Center, California, USA, June 2023
Visions of Motherhood
Photography Online Showcase by the Luupe, 2023
Miller House, California, USA, July 2023 - July 2024
Now Trending: 7th Annual AIpay Scholarship Exhibition
Palos Verdes Art Center, California, USA, June 2023
Visions of Motherhood
Photography Online Showcase by the Luupe, 2023
Flourish & Flow, AAPI Exhibition
Atrium Gallery, Ventura County Government Center, California, USA, May - June 2023
Insights 2023
Max L. Getov East Gallery, California, USA, May 2023
Atrium Gallery, Ventura County Government Center, California, USA, May - June 2023
Insights 2023
Max L. Getov East Gallery, California, USA, May 2023
Butterflying
Dr.Maxine Merlino Gallery, California, USA, February 2023
Under the Same Sun, AAPI Exhibition
Max L. Getov East Gallery, California, USA, February 2023
Dr.Maxine Merlino Gallery, California, USA, February 2023
Under the Same Sun, AAPI Exhibition
Max L. Getov East Gallery, California, USA, February 2023
Here, There, Nowhere
Online exhibition juried by University of Montana, November 2022
Online exhibition juried by University of Montana, November 2022
Graduate Week of Critique
Max L. Getov Gallery, California, USA, October 2022
Max L. Getov Gallery, California, USA, October 2022
Abyss
Max L. Getov East Gallery, California, USA, October 2022
Double Exposure
Werby Gallery, California, USA, September 2022
INSIGHTS 2022
Werby Gallery, California, USA, May 2022
Max L. Getov East Gallery, California, USA, October 2022
Double Exposure
Werby Gallery, California, USA, September 2022
INSIGHTS 2022
Werby Gallery, California, USA, May 2022
Weeks of Arts: Fiber show
Dutzi Gallery, California, USA, April 2022
Dutzi Gallery, California, USA, April 2022
Recovery
Ryugaheon, Seoul, Korea, March 2022
Ryugaheon, Seoul, Korea, March 2022
Advancement Show
Max L. Getov West Gallery, California, USA, February 2022
Max L. Getov West Gallery, California, USA, February 2022
MFA Graduate Week
Max L. Getov Gallery, California, USA, October 2021
Max L. Getov Gallery, California, USA, October 2021
MFA Graduate Critique Week
Dutzi Gallery, California, USA , November 2018
Dutzi Gallery, California, USA , November 2018
WHO ARE WE? II
Ryugaheon, Seoul, Korea, March 2018
Ryugaheon, Seoul, Korea, March 2018
Student Final Photo Exhibition
Sungkyunkwan University Library, December 2012
Sungkyunkwan University Library, December 2012