We are delighted to welcome Heejin No to the Women in Art Prize 2026 jury as our new overseas judge.
A London and Seoul-based curator, art consultant, and co-founder of the Mayfair gallery Skipwiths, Heejin brings over two decades of international art world expertise — and a deeply personal commitment to championing women artists — to this year's selection committee.
Heejin holds an MA in Art Business from Sotheby's Institute of Art and began her career in the Impressionist and Modern Art department at Sotheby's before working at Bonhams. In 2015, she co-founded Skipwiths on Clifford Street in Mayfair — a gallery dedicated to bridging Korean and Asian contemporary art with European audiences. Her roster has included major Korean artists such as Kwang Young Chun and Kang-So Lee, as well as internationally recognised figures like Xing Danwen and Hyojin Park. Her curatorial insight is sought across continents: she has conducted studio conversations with leading painters including André Butzer, and curated exhibitions for galleries and public institutions alike.
Throughout her career, Heejin has consistently used her position to identify and support emerging women artists long before they achieved wider recognition. She was one of the first collectors to acquire works by Eemyun Kang, Hayoung Kim, Jill Mason, and Catherine Story — artists who have since gone on to exhibit internationally and enter major collections. Her collecting instinct extends to now-iconic figures such as Chiharu Shiota, Yayoi Kusama, and Louise Bourgeois, but she has always been most energised by discovering new talent and nurturing artists at the earliest stages of their practice.
I am quite proud of being one of the first buyers of many great young artists who are now taking their steps into established international galleries and museums.
Her passion for cultivating British-educated Korean and European artists reflects a career built on deep cultural fluency and a global perspective — the very qualities she brings to the Women in Art Prize as our overseas judge. Operating from both London and Seoul, Heejin's dual vantage point across the European and Asian art markets offers our entrants a uniquely international dimension.
Her presence on the jury underscores the Prize's commitment to identifying and celebrating women artists whose visual language is honest, courageous, and deeply connected to who they are and what they believe in. We are thrilled to welcome Heejin No to the Women in Art Prize family.