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I am on a never-ending journey to find new ways to innovate and add extra depth to my work. Explore my updated Artist Portfolio to discover my influences and inspiration behind some of my proudest accomplishments.
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About My Art
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.
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
Solo
Exhibizion.com Invitation SoloS-14 International online solo exhibition
2024
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
Yuan Ru Art Center, Bellevue, WA
2024
Lynwood event center, 33rd KAAW exhibition, Lynwood, WA
2024
Biafarin call for art (Passage of Life), International online, Exhibition.com
2024
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