Yeesookyung

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Born in 1963 in Seoul, Korea

Lives and works in Seoul, Korea

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Education

 

1989     M.F.A. in Painting, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

1987     B.F.A. in Painting, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

 

 

Solo Exhibitions

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2023      

Translated Vase, MASSIMODECARLO – Pièce Unique, Paris, France

Yeesookyung: Temple portatif, Musée Cernuschi, Paris, France

In Dialogue With Uli Sigg, Yeesookyung Studio, Goyang, Korea

Yeesookyung: Une Rose, Gana Art Nineone, Seoul, Korea

 

2022       

Yeesookyung: Nine Dragons in Wonderland, The Page Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Intimate Sisters, Duson Gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

2021

Moonlight Crowns, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, Korea

Little ASJC: Yeesookyung: Moonlight Crown – Intimate Sisters, Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark

Flame Seed, Gana Art Nineone, Seoul, Korea

The Story of a Girl Named Long Journey, Buk-Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

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2020

I am not the only one but many, Massimo De Carlo, London, UK

Oh Rose!, Space Willing N Dealing, Seoul, Korea

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2019

Whisper Only to You, Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy

Whisper Only to You, MADRE · Museo d'arte Contemporanea Donnaregina, Naples, Italy

Fragments of Form-Carla Accardi, Yeesookyung, Massimo De Carlo, Hong Kong (two-person exhibition)

 

2017       

Yeesookyung: Translated Vase, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, USA

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2015 

Yeesookyung: Contemporary Korean Sculpture, Asia Society Texas Center, Houston, TX, USA

Saint Breeders, Atelier Hermès, Seoul, Korea

When I Become You, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea

When I Become You, Yeesookyung in Taipei, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taiwan

 

2014

The Meaning of Time, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Take Me Home Country Roads, Space Willing N Dealing, Seoul, Korea

 

2013 

Flame, Ota Fine Arts, Singapore, Singapore

 

2012 

Yeesookyung, Sindoh Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

2011 

Yeesookyung, Almine Rech Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

 

2010 

Jung Marie’s Jeongga, Yeesookyung’s Devotion, Arko Art Center, Seoul, Korea

Broken Whole, Michael Schultz Gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

2009

Yeesookyung, Thomas Cohn Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Yeesookyung, Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan

Yee Sookyung im Schloß Oranienbaum, Museum Schloß Oranienbaum, Dessau, Germany

 

2008 

Broken Whole, Michael Schultz Gallery, Berlin, Germany

Paradise Hormone, Mongin Art Center, Seoul, Korea

 

2007 

Earth Wind &Fire, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

 

2006 

Flame, One and J. Gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

2005

Breeding Drawing, Gallery SSamzie, Seoul, Korea

 

2004 

Island Adventure, Alternative Space Pool, Seoul, Korea

 

2002 

Off-shoot Flower/ Painting/ Pottery, SSamzie Space, Seoul, Korea

 

1997

Domestic Tailor Shop, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

 

1996 

Lee Sookyung, Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA

 

1992

Getting Married to Myself, Indeco Gallery, Seoul/ K Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

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1989       

Yeesookyung Solo-Exhibition, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

 

Group Exhibitions

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2026 

Absence Takes Form, Wasserman Projects, Detroit, MI, USA

Blanc Black Panorama, Suwon Museum of Art, Suwon, Korea

Woman on the Boundary on the Boundary, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea

Fail Better, VIDO Gallery, Jeju, Korea; Forum and Space, Seoul, Korea

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2025

Monstrous Beauty: A Feminist Revision of Chinoiserie, Metropolitan Museum, New York, NY, USA

Talking heads, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea              

Unknown Landscapes, Garage Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Conversations II, Esther Schipper Seoul, Seoul, Korea

Code in Narratives, Ulsan Art Museum, Ulsan, Korea

Rose Rabbit Salt: A Living Ritual, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea

A Century and a Day, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul, Korea

2025 Cheonggyecheon Public Art Project: Inter-Flow Cheonggye, Cheonggyecheon, Seoul, Korea

Écriture with the Body: Contemporary Korean Women’s Art, Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, Washington, D.C., USA

Fantastic Ordinary, PLACE C, Gyongju, Korea

Colors of Korea: Spotlight on Korean Contemporary Art, Korean Cultural Center, Paris, France

2025 Taipei Biennial: Whispers on the Horizon, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan

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2024

Indian Ceramics Triennale 2024: Common Ground, Arthshila Delhi, New Delhi, India

UNBOXING PROJECT 3: Maquette, New Spring Project, Seoul, Korea

The Spinning Earth, Namwon City's Kim Byungjong Art Museum, Namwon, Korea

SeMA Omnibus: At the End of the World Split Endlessly, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

FangWu/方物－2024 Asian Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition, Juming Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Gangwon International Triennale 2024: Ecological Art from Beneath, Pyeongchang, Korea 

UNBOXING PROJECT 3.2: Maquette, VSF, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial, Abu Dhabi and Al Ain, UAE 

Worlds Beyond Extraordinary, Gyunggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea

Korea Museum Expo 2024, Bexco, Busan, Korea 

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2023       

K=XY: Transcending Time and Space, KF XR Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Natura, Seoul Auction, Seoul, Korea

TRADE&TRANSFORMATION, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK, USA

The Shape of Time: Korean Art After 1989, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Time States: Contradiction and Accordance, Seoul National University Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Hysteria: Contemporary Realism Painting, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Penetrate, CL Art, Seoul, Korea 

Hidden Prophecy, MASSIMODECARLO VSpace, Milan, Italy (Curated by Yeesookyung)

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2022       

Paik Nam June Effect, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

West Bund Art & Design 2022: Contourless, artnow VIP Lounge, West Bund Art & Design, West Bund Art Center, Shanghai, China

Fantastical Worlds, The David Roche Foundation House Museum, North Adelaide, Australia

Setouchi Triennale 2022, Seto Inland Sea, Japan

Conversing in Clay: Ceramics from the LACMA Collection, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LA, CA, USA

The Usefulness of the Useless, Osan Museum of Art, Osan, Korea

Porcelain: Material and Storytelling, Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, USA

Four Poems: Korean Abstraction, Helen J Gallery, LA, CA, USA

Wabi Sabi, Sun Valley Museum of Art, Ketchum, ID, USA

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2021

The Art of Communicating, from Goryeo to the Present, Horim Museum Sinsa, Seoul, Korea

BVLGARI Colors, Hangaram Design Museum, Seoul, Korea

Art Macao: Macao International Art Biennale 2021, Macau, China

Dynamic & Alive Korean Art, National Museum of Contemporary Art at Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea

The Real DMZ Project, NIROX Sculpture Park, Krugersdorp, South Africa

In Bloom, HITE Collection, Seoul, Korea

L'Invitation au voyage, Esther Schipper, Berlin, Germany

Border Crossings: North and South Korean Art from the Sigg Collection, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Encounters Between Korean Art and Literature in the Modern Age, National Museum of Contemporary Art at Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea

Jamunbak Museum Project Part 2, Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea

2021 Jeonnam International SUMUK Biennale ‘Spendor of Monochrome’, Mokpo Culture Art Center, Mokpo, Seoul, Korea

When the light comes out of the sun, Jeonnam Museum of Art, Gwangyang, Korea

Valentino Re-Signify Part II, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China

KOREA. Gateway to a Rich Past, The Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics, Leeuwarden, Netherlands

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2020

The Moment of Gieok (Korean Alphabet ㄱ), Seoul Calligraphy Art Museum, Seoul, Korea

2020 Changwon Sculpture Biennale: Non-Sculpture - Light or flexible, Changwon, Korea

Artists Respond, Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA

To the Moon with Snoopy, Wooyang Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeongju, Korea

Wandering in Art, Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeju, Korea

Collecting for All, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

CASA, Seoul Auction x One Ordinary Mansion, Seoul, Korea

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2019
Aspect of Korean Modern Sculpture, Seosomun Shrine History Museum, Seoul, Korea
To the Moon with Snoopy, Lotte Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Sunblink, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, USA
50/50, Alternative Space Loop, Multiplex Art Salon, Seoul, Korea

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2018
The Book of Disquiet, Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon, Korea
Exhibition Paradoxa. Art from Middle Korea, Casa Cavazzini, Udine, Italy
Far East Film Festival of Udine, Casa Cavazzini, Udine, Italy
Highlight K-Art, Culture-ICT Pavilion, Pyeongchang Olympic Plaza, Korea

Total Support for TOTAL MUSEUM, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea

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2017

2017 Real DMZ, DMZ Peace and Culture Square, Cheorwon, Korea

Ghost, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea

The 57th International Art Exhibition,  La Biennale di Venezia, Viva Arte Viva, Venice, Italy

 

2016

70 Years of College of Fine Arts: Another History of Korean Modern Art, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Pungryunamdo Art Project, Haengcheon Museum, Haenam, Korea

MMCA Gwacheon, 30 Years 1986-2016: As the Moon Waxes and Wanes, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, Gwacheon, Korea

Born in Flames : Korean Ceramics from the National Museum of Korea, The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

When Words Fail, HITE Collection, Seoul, Korea

Rivers-The Way of Living in Transition / Asia Contemporary Art Links, Gallery 1 at Gwangju Biennale Hall, Gwangju, Korea

Earth, Fire, Soul -Masterpieces of Korean Ceramics, Salon d'Honneur at the Grand Palais, Paris, France

Art from Elsewhere, Bristol Museum & Art Gallery and Arnolfini, Bristol, U.K. (Travelling Exhibition)

Motions, Ota Fine Arts, Singapore

CERAMIX: Art and Ceramics from Rodin to Schütte, Sèvres – Cité de la Céramique, La maison rouge Paris, France

Art from Elsewhere, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, U.K. (Travelling Exhibition)

 

2015

My Blue China, Fondation d'entreprise Bernardaud Limoges, France

Art and the Measure of Liberty, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations, NY, USA

Paradox of Place: Contemporary Korean Art, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Seattle, USA

Contemporary Art, Infiltrated into a Museum, Gyeonggi Provincial Museum, Yongin, Korea

[ana] please keep your eyes closed for a moment, Maraya Art Center, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

CERAMIX: Art and Ceramics from Rodin to Schütte, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, Netherlands

Reshaping Tradition: Contemporary Ceramics from East Asia, USC Pacific Asian Museum, Pasadena, USA

Pungnyu Namdo Manwha Bangchang, Daeheung Buddist Museum, Baekryunsa, Gangjin, Korea

Water and Land - Niigata Art Festival, Closed school in Niigata, Niigata, Japan

Memories of artistic soul, Cheonan Arts Center Museum, Cheonan, Korea

Rivers-The Way of Living in Transition, PIER-2 Art Center, Kaosiung, Taiwan

Accidental Encounter, Buk-Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Blessed Land, Yang Pyeong Art Center, Yangpyeong, Korea

Art from Elsewhere, Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston, U.K. (Travelling Exhibition)

Art from Elsewhere, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, Middlesbrough, U.K. (Travelling Exhibition)

Art from Elsewhere, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Birmingham, U.K. (Travelling Exhibition)

 

2014 

2014 Busan Biennale: Inhabiting the World, Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea

Jakarta Contemporary Ceramics Biennale, National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia

Beyond and Between, Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Art from Elsewhere, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, U.K. (Travelling Exhibition)

Time of Resonance, Jeju Museum of Art, Jejudo, Korea

From Corea to Korea, Fine Art Gallery Art Link, Seoul, Korea

Encounters 2014, Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong

K-P.O.P.─Korean Contemporary Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, Taiwan

Dual Natures in Ceramics, SFO Museum, San Francisco, USA

Warmth, Culture Station 284, Seoul, Korea

Objectified: Sculpture Today, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK

 

2013

Korea-NRW, Osthaus Museum Hagen, Hagen, Germany

Apakabar Indonesia, Lotte Shopping Avenue Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

Women Healing the World, Osan Museum of Art, Osan, Korea

La Route Bleue, Fondation Boghossian, Bruxelles, Belgium

THE MOON JAR and Contemporary British Ceramics, Korean Cultural Centre, London

Biennaleonline 2013, www.biennaleonline.org

The Collectors Show: Weight of History, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore

 

2012 

Berliner Festspiele, Seitenbuhne Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Deoksugung Project, National Museum of Contemporary Art at Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea

Women In-Between: Asian Women Artists 1984-2012, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan

Flower in the Moment, OCI Museum, Seoul, Korea

Constellation Gemini, Korea Artist Prize, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

The Diverse Spectrum: 600Years of Korean Ceramics, Museum of Art, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Korean Eye, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK

The 18th Biennale of Sydney: All Our Relations, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, Australia

Arsenale: First International Biennale of Contemporary Art in Ukraine 2012, Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine

Walk in Asia, Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan

Buam Project, Whanki Museum, Seoul, Korea

Art project 2012: communion, Nuclear Summit Seoul, 2012 Media Center, Seoul, Korea

Ceramics Commune, Artsonje Center, Seoul, Korea

 

2011

Elephant Parade, Singapore 2011, Singapore

Poetry in Clay: Korean Buncheong Ceramics from Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA, USA

Epic of Units, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea

Countdown, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul, Korea

Tell Me Tell Me: Australian and Korean contemporary art 1976-2011, National Art School Gallery, Sydney, Australia. Travelled to: National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

The object of Every Life, Pohang Museum of Steel Art, Pohang, Korea

New address, New works, Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan

Chopping Play-Korean Contemporary Art Now, Ion Art Gallery, Singapore

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2010

Design Made 2010: My Dear Object, KCDF Gallery, COEX Public Design EXPO, Lotte Department Store’s Avenuel Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Korean Gene, Korea Craft & Design Foundation Gallery, Seoul, Korea 

Busan Biennale 2010, Now Asian Artist, Busan Cultural Center, Korea

Oblique strategies, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea    

Sculptures, Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan

Close encounter, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea

First International Triennale of KOGEI in Kanazawa, Culture Hall, Kanazawa City, Japan

The 30th Anniversary of the Young Korean Artists, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea, Gwacheon, Korea

The Touch of history, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Germany

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2009

Vancouver Sculpture Biennale 2009-2011, Cardero Park, Vancouver, Canada

Platform Seoul 2009: Platform in Kimusa, Art Sonje Center, old Defense Security Command site, Seoul, Korea

Cheongju International Craft Biennale, The Old Cheongju Tobacco Processing Plant, Cheongju, Korea

Temptation Body, Galleria Alessandro Bagnai, Florence, Italy

Double Fantasy, Marugame Genichiro Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, Marugame city, Japan

Logic of Sensibility, Interalia, Seoul, Korea

Fragile-Fields of Empathy, Museum of Modern Art of Saint Etienne, Saint Etienne, France

Translated Koryo Celadon, Haegang Ceramics Museum, Ichon, Korea

Ceramics-Climax, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea

Contemplation of Tradition under the Context of Contemporary Art, Gallery Grimson, Seoul, Korea

Lost and Found, Rokeby Gallery, London, UK

Encounter: Dublin, Lisbon, Hong Kong and Seoul, Korea Foundation Cultural Center, Seoul, Korea

 

2008

Meditation Biennale 2008, Poznan, Poland

Hirschwegeinundzwanzig, Kunstverin Coburg e. v., Coburg, Germany

Metamorphoses: Korean Trajectories, Espace Louis Vuitton, Paris, France

Liverpool Biennale: Fantasy studio-A foundation, Liverpool, UK

B side, Do Art Seoul, Seoul, Korea

To have or to be, Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin, Ireland / Palacio Galveias, Lisboa, Portugal

Micro-narratives, Saint-Etienne Museum, France

GMA New Acquisitions: Collection Reconstructed, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea

 

2007

Anyang Public Art Project, Hakun Park, Anyang, Korea

Shanghai E-arts Festival,: Doll House, Shanghai, China

Possible Impossible, Art Park Gallery, Seoul, Korea

The 48th October Salon: Micro Narratives, Belgrade, Serbia

The 4th Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale: Vessels for Meditation, Icheon, Korea

Trace Root_Unfolding Korean Stories, Alcala 31, Madrid, Spain

 

2006 

Sea Art Festival Busan Biennale 2006: Art in Life-Living Furniture Public Furniture, Haeundae

Beach, Busan, Korea

Gwangju Biennale 2006: Fever Variations, Biennale Hall, Gwangju, Korea

Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, Abandoned house, Echigo-Tsumari, Japan

Imagery of Estrogen, MBC Gallery M, Daegu, Korea

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2005 

V4 Video, Vostell Gallery, Berlin, Germany

The Exhibition on the Tales of 15 Villages, Gwangju, Korea

Against Translation, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea

Seoul Until Now, Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark

 

2004

Episode, Chungju City Art Center, Chungju, Korea

MixMax, Artsonje Center, Seoul, Korea

A Praise for Still Life, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

 

2003 

Attese-Ceramics in Contemporary Art 2003, Albisola Museum of Ceramics, Albisola, Italy

D.I.Y. Beyond Instruction, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea

 

2002

Real–Interface, Space Ima, Seoul, Korea

 

2001 

Attese-Ceramics in Contemporary Art 2001, Albisola Museum of Ceramics, Albisola, Italy

Art Museum in Image, Gwangju Art Center, Gwangju/ Busan Art Center, Busan, Korea

 

2000 

art@design.org, Hangaram Design Museum, Seoul, Korea

Con-Temporary-Super Expo 2000, Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan

Exit: International Film & Video Festival, Chisenhale Gallery, London, England

Leaving the Island: Busan International Art Festival, Busan City Museum of Art Busan, Korea

Media City Seoul 2000, Subway Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Das Lied von der Erde-Song of the Land, Museum Fridericianum Kassel, Kassel, Germany

Another Space, Insa Art Space, Seoul, Korea

Art Museum in Image, Korea Center of Art and Culture, Seoul, Korea

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1999       

10 Years anniversary exhibition, Kumho Museum, Seoul, Korea

Exit: International Film & Video Festival, Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK

Korean Contemporary Art-Trend in the 90’s, Ellen Kim Murphy gallery, Seoul, Korea    

VIDEO VIDEO, Batanggol Art Center, Jangheung, Korea

99 Feminist Art Festival-Patji's on Parade, Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea

Art & Art wear, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

Pleasant Restaurant, Ganaart Web Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Sandowich(Sandwich), Gallery Yeh, Seoul, Korea

Samjibanjeom, SSamzie space studio, Seoul, Korea

SSamzie Work + shop, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea 

Frame favorable to Painting, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea 

 

1998       

Sale, Sale, Sale, Ganaart Web Gallery, Seoul, Korea 

The Human and Doll, Total Museum, Jangheung, Korea

Silk Light: Four Artists From Korea, Asian American Art Center, New York, NY, USA

The 2nd SEOUL in MEDIA FOOD, CLOTHING, SHELTER, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

 

1997       

97 Kwangju Biennale Special Exhibition: Kwangju Aperto- Scientificity, Characteristic of Namdo, Re-viewing the Image, Kwangju City Museum of Art, Kwangju, Korea

Body as Text, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

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1996       

A. I. R. 2nd Biennial Exhibition, A. I. R. Gallery, New York, NY, USA

 

1995       

Artist In Marketplace, Bronx Museum, New York, NY, USA

Members Choice, A. I. R. Gallery, New York, NY, USA

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1993       

Across the Pacific: Contemporary Korean Art and Contemporary Korean-American Art, Queens Museum, New York, USA

 

1992       

The Grouping Youth '92, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

Show Show Show, Space Ozone, Seoul, Korea

Woman and Empty Scene, Galleria Gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

1991       

Follow Your Fingers-Dish Washing, Sonahmoo Gallery, Seoul, Korea

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1990       

Logos & Pathos, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Five Woman Artist, Indeco Gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

1889       

New Direction 1989, Yoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Logos & Pathos, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Contemporary Form Exhibition, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

1988       

The 3rd Logos & Pathos, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea

The Opening Doll Gallery Exhibition, Doll Gallery, Seoul, Korea

The '88 Korea-Japan Contemporary Art Exhibition, Growrich Gallery, Seoul, Korea

The New Generation, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea

The Grand-Prize Exhibition of Jung-Ang Ilbo, Ho-Am Art Hall, Seoul, Korea

The 14th Seoul Contemporary Art Festival, Fine Arts Center, Seoul, Korea

The 14th Independent Exhibition, National Museum of Modern Art, Gwacheon, Korea

On the Paper Wave Exhibition, GwangJu-Namdo Arts Center, Gwangju, Korea

Contemporary Form Exhibition, Growrich Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Mail Art Exhibition, The 3rd Gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

1987       

The City's Image-Drawing Exhibition, The 3rd Gallery, Seoul, Korea

The Creative Fine Art Association Comepetition, Fine Arts Center, Seoul, Korea

The 13th Seoul Contemporary Art Festival, Fine Arts Center, Seoul, Korea

The Two-Dimensional Three-Dimensional Exhibition, Growrich Gallery, Seoul, Korea

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Awards

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2025     Sejong Culture Award (Culture, Arts, and Humanities), Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Seoul, Korea

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Artist Residencies

 

2015   Grass Mountain Art Residency, Taipei, Taiwan

2012   Transfer Korea-NRW, Hagen, Germany

2009   Gyeonggi Creation Center Pilot Program, Ansan, Korea

2007   SSamzie Studio Program, Seoul, Korea

2003   Villa Arson Residency Program, Nice, France

1998   International Studio Program, Apex Art CP., New York, USA

1995   Artist in Market Place, Bronx Museum, New York, USA

 

 

Collections​

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National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, USA

The British Museum, London, UK

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, USA

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, CA, USA

Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA, USA

M+ Museum, Hong Kong

Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy

Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan

The Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics, Leeuwarden, Netherlands

Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia

Bristol Museum, Bristol, UK

 

Gyeonggi Museum of Art, Ansan, Korea

Jeonnam Museum of Art, Gwangyang, Korea

Daegu Museum of Art, Daegu, Korea

Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Suwon Museum of Art, Suwon, Korea

Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeju, Korea

Ha Jungwoong Museum of Art, Yeongam, Korea

 

Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ, USA

Reeves Museum of Ceramics, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA, USA

Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA

Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA

 

Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Amorepacific Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine

NIROX Sculpture Park, Krugersdorp, South Africa

Mongin Art Center, Seoul, Korea

 

Gana Foundation for Arts and Culture, Seoul, Korea

LOTTE Foundation for Arts, Seoul, Korea

Hoban Cultural Foundation, Seoul, Korea

HITE Collection, Seoul, Korea

The Tia Collection, Santa Fe, NM, USA

Salama Bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Uli Sigg Collection, Switzerland

YU-UN Obayashi Collection, Tokyo, Japan

ARCO Collection, IFEMA, Madrid, Spain

Jesse & Julie Rasch Foundation, Toronto, Canada

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Times Square, Seoul, Korea

DMZ Peace & Culture Square, Pyeongchang, Korea

Byucksan Corporation, Seoul, Korea

Setouchi Triennale Executive Committee, Seto Inland Sea, Japan

Standard Chartered Bank, Hong Kong

Acrovista, Seoul, Korea

The Ambassador Seoul, Korea

CHA Bio Complex, Seongnam, Korea

POSCO, Pohang, Korea

Bogaksa, Seoul, Korea