My art is based on the interplay between my Asian background and my experience with western aesthetics, as I was born in Korea, studied art there, and then moved to Washington state when I was 30 years old. I have had a dual artistic identity ever since.

 

These two cultural and technical roots have helped to form who I am as an artist and have shaped the way I see the world and communicate my ideas. In my art, I try to reflect my appreciation for nature by often taking natural objects and minimalizing their shapes or colors to emphasize the feelings they evoke or the various themes that I want to express. Through the use of simplified artistic elements, my aim is to symbolically represent moments when I’ve been inspired and touched. All the while, I do not want to limit the viewer’s own perspective, and I may avoid outlining the exact shape of an object to enable the limitless possibilities of interpretation by others.

 

I hope that my art can expand the imaginations of my viewers and stimulate them to want to seek more and dig deeper. To do this, I may give them a hint about my own thoughts, but I leave it up to them to develop their own.

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Professional Experience

President - KAAW Korean-American Artist Assoc. of Washington State

2010

Curator - Handforth Gallery Invitation, Contemporary Art of Korea Exhibition (Calm Spirit)

2010

Workshop Instructor - King County Library Cultural Program

2005

Art Commissioner - City of Federal Way

1999 - 2001

Instructor - Private Art Studio

1998 - 2000

 

Education

Student - Pratt Art Center, Seattle, WA

2000 - 2003

MFA Candidate - Hongik University, Seoul, Korea

1986

BFA Degree - Hongik University, Seoul, Korea

1981

 

Exhibitions

Solo

Seun Gallery Invitation, Ulsan, Korea

2014

APCC Asia Pacific Cultural Center, Tacoma, WA

2014

Zoom Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2013

Lakewood Friends Library Gallery, Lakewood, WA

2006

 

Group

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Shack Art Center, Everett,Wa-Featuring 32nd KAAW Member's Exhibition & The 70th Anniversary of the R.O. K & U.S Alliance

2023

Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA - Juried Show of Selected Art “Heroes & Villains” Exhibition

2023

The Gallery, TCC, Tacoma, WA

31st KAAW Member Exhibition

2022

Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA - “Shifting Tides” Exhibition

2021

Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA), Seattle, WA -  “Not Your Monolith” Exhibition

2020

Gallery Space @ Bellevue College, Bellevue, WA - Seattle Print Artists

2018

Insa Gallery, Seoul, Korea - Hongik University Art School Alumni

2017

Pyunghwa Gallery, Seoul, Korea - Artist Invitation of Four

2017

Pyunghwa Gallery, Seoul, Korea - Korea Catholic Artist Association

2016

Hotel Intercontinental COEX, Seoul, Korea - Pink Art Fair

2014

WSCC Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA - KAAW

2011

Mercer View Gallery, Mercer Island, WA - KAAW

2010

Daniel Smith Art Store Events Gallery, Seattle, WA - KAAW

2008

Ewha Womans High School Alumni Hall, Seoul, Korea - Artist Invitation

2006

Seattle Artist Gallery, Seattle, WA - KAAW

2005

APCC Asia Pacific Cultural Ctr. Exhibition Hall, Tacoma, WA - KAAW

2004

Sochi Gallery, Federal Way, WA - KAAW

2002

Dumas Bay Centre Gallery, Federal Way, WA - KAAW

2001

Bank of America Gallery, Seattle, WA - KAAW

2000

American Art Company, Tacoma, WA - KAAW

1999

Wing Luke Asian Museum, Seattle, WA - Korean Artist Invitation

1999

Green River College Helen S. Smith Gallery, Auburn, WA - Invitation

1998

Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, Seattle, WA - KAAW

1998

WSCC Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA - KAAW

1997

New Dimension Design Center, Bellevue, WA - KAAW

1996

Hongik University Art Museum, Seoul, Korea - Graduate School Exhibit

1986

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