Faculty (CEAS)

Professor Soyoon Ryu is an Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Chicago, specializing in modern and contemporary Korean art. Her research and teaching span East and Southeast Asian art from the late 19th century to the present. Her interests include art’s engagement with land and the natural environment, artistic collectivism, rurality and regionalism, interregional art histories, and ethnographic practices in art.  Professor Ryu received her Ph.D. in the History of Art at the University of Michigan in 2025. At the University of Chicago, she serves as a member of the Committee on Korean Studies and the Center for the Art of East Asia.