Mimi O Chun

Lives and works in New York City

 

education

Master of Fine Arts
Yale University, School of Art
New Haven, Connecticut

Bachelor of Fine Arts
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Selected exhibitions

Funny Weather
Curated by Imogen Aukland
Kunstraum LLC
Brooklyn, New York
May – June 2026

This Just In… Recent Acquisitions @SMoCA
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
Scottsdale, Arizona
March – September 2025

This can all be yours: New work from Lydia Ricci & Mimi O Chun
Curated by Paul Amitai
Spring/Break Art Fair NYC
New York, New York
September 2024

Eat Me: An exhibition examining cultural, societal, and personal relationships with the things we eat
Curated by Natalie Kates
Collar Works
Troy, New York
June – July 2023

Mimi O Chun: Hair Supply
Curated by Liz Fried & Susanne Karbin, Mutton Dressed as Lamb
Artsy.com
March – April 2023

Mimi O Chun: It’s all cake
Curated by Lauren R. O’Connell
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
Scottsdale, Arizona
September 2021 – January 2022

Social Fabric
Curated by Sue-Na Gay
Torrance Art Museum
Torrance, California
September – December 2021

Chew: Food As Muse
Curated by Judie Gilmore & Elizabeth Dubben
Opalka Gallery
Albany, New York
November – December 2019

Mirrors & Malfunctions: New work from Shyama Golden & Mimi O Chun
198 Allen Street Gallery
New York, New York
November 2018

Mimi O Chun: Stuffed Hipster Emblems
Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture
San Francisco, California
July 2015

selected bibliography

Taylor Bielecki. “Funny Weather at Kunstraum: Upheavals and new assumptions.” ArtSpiel.org, June 9, 2026.

Aliza Katzman. “Funny Weather: Art as Counterweight.” TussleMagazine.com, June 7, 2026.

ArtNews. “Take a closer look at these booths you have to see at SPRING/BREAK 2024.” Instagram, September 5, 2024. 

Lauren R. O’Connell. Mimi O Chun: It’s all cake. Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, 2021.

Claire Mazur and Erica Cerulo. “Mimi O Chun’s Delightful Art and Revisiting the Department Store.” A Thing or Two, podcast audio, November 1, 2021.

Steve Jansen. “Review: Mimi O Chun: It’s all cake at SMOCA.” Southwest Contemporary, October 18, 2021.

Alex Gallagher. “SMoCA unveils exhibit from young artists, Chun” Scottsdale.org, October 1, 2021.

Gabby Leighton. “Art Imitating Life.” So Scottsdale!, September 2021.

Juliette Cezzar. “Mimi Chun, Co-founder, an early-stage start-up,” The AIGA Guide to Careers in Graphic and Communication Design, pp. 203-205, October 5, 2017.

Naz Sahin Ozcan, ed. Curious Feast: 100 Postcards by 10 Artists. Princeton Architectural Press, 2016.

Craig Cannon. “Employee #1: General Assembly.” The Macro / Y Combinator, July 12, 2016.

Brenda Natoli, ed. “Rec Rec Rec: Recipes for Recreational Reciprocity.” Makeshift, vol. 14, December 2015.

Piercarlo Valdesolo. “On Magic and Alchemy in the Kitchen.” Gather Journal, vol. 6, F/W 2015.

Jessica Jungbauer. “Artist Mimi O Chun Creates Hipster Artisan Goods Out of Plush.” Ignant.com, July 2015.

Khushbu Shah. “Cheeky Artist Turns Hipster Foods Into Adorable Plush Toys.” Eater.com, June 18, 2015.

Elyssa Goldberg. “This Artist Fashions Plushy Toys to Look Like Artisanal Hipster Foods.” BonAppétit.com, June 2015.

“Stuffed Hipster Emblems.” Anthology Magazine, June 2015.

Tim Hoover and Jessica Karle Heltzel. “Mimi O Chun: Transcend Your Discipline,” Kern and Burn: A Conversation with Design Entrepreneurs, pp.238–243, 2014.

“Heritage Cured Meat.” White Zinfandel, vol. 3, F/W 2012.

Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan. “Smart Cultural Criticism in Sugar Cookie Form.” Fast Company, December 2012.

“Mimi O Chun.” We Are NY Tech, Febuary 4, 2011.