Born in Seoul, South Korea
Lives and works in Los Angeles, the US as a visual artist specializing in painting and mixed media.
Education
1996 M.A. California State University at Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, USA
1993 B.F.A. Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Solo Exhibitions
2000 Paintings, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA, USA
1997 Tangible Space, Foyer Gallery, USC Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA, USA
1996 Totality of Space, Gallery C, Cal. State University at Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, USA
Two-Person Exhibitions
2000 Line Flowing in Space, Sabina Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1995 Elegant Abstraction, Cypress College Fine Arts Gallery, Cypress, CA, USA
1992 Paintings, The Helen Bolsky Gallery, OTIS College of Art, Los Angeles, USA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 ARCHIVE MACHINES, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery(LAMAG), Los Angeles, CA, USA
2017 Office Hours, The Main Museum, Los Angeles
2016 The Art of Change, Marylyn & Chuck Klaus Center for the Arts, Marymount California University, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, USA
2015 International Exhibition, Art Gallery Le Logge - Plaza del Comune, Assisi, Italy
2014 Spirit of Place, St. John's Art Wall-Public Gallery, St. John Health Center, Santa Monica, CA, USA
2012 Spirit of Place, St. John's Art Wall-Public Gallery, St. John Health Center, Santa Monica, CA, USA
2008 OMAGE, TRACK 16 Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA, USA
2004 Transcendence in Process, Sabina Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2004 Paintings, Don O'Melvyn Gallery, West Hollywood, CA, USA
2002 Diversity, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
2001 Nature of Abstraction, Irvine Valley College Art Gallery, Irvine, CA, USA
2001 Pigmentation, California State University at Fullerton Grand Art Center Gallery, Santa Ana, CA, USA
2000 The Homogeneity and Heterogeneity - Daejon and Los Angeles Contemporary Art, Woo Yeon Gallery, Daejon, Korea
2000 Immigrant Eyes, The Gate Gallery, San Pedro, CA, USA
1999 Spiritual Practice, Korean American Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1999 Convergence, Cerritos College Art Gallery, Norwalk, CA, USA
1999 Igniting the Edge: Forging New Geographies, Categories & Identities in Conjunction with women's Caucus for Art National Conference, El Pueblo Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1998 LA98, Modern Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1998 The 8th International Print & Drawing Exhibition, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
1997 Exhibition Number Five, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Art Rental Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1996 "Who's Afraid of Freedom?," Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA, USA
1995 Cheekwood National Contemporary Painting, Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, TN Juror: Robert Ryman, Inge-Lise Eckmann
1995 Artists Guild All California Juried Exhibition, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA, USA,
Juror: Henri Hopkins
1994 The Alvan G. and Carol Lampke Art Competition, The Parents' Foundation, New Haven, CT, USA,
Juror: Janet Saleh Dickson
1993 18th Annual Multi-Media Art Exhibition, Creative Arts Center Municipal Gallery, Burbank, CA, USA
Publication
Lee, Yuna, The Korea Daily U.S.A., May 31, 2016
The KOREA TIMES, Nov 27, 2015
Illustration for THE PEACE TIMES U.S. A., 2003-2006
Cheng, Scarlet, LOS ANGELES TIMES, Sep 24, 2000
Kim, Soyoung, The Korea Daily U. S. A., July 20, 2000
Kim, J. S., THE KOREA TIMES, March 27, 2000
Kim, Tae Eun, THE KOREANA NEWS U. S. A., Oct 18, 1999
Pak, Minju, KOREAM, June 1998
Madela, Anthony, and Green, Stephanie, ASIANWEEK, Mar 26, 1998
Wilson, William, LOS ANGELES TIMES, Nov 24, 1997
NFAA(National Foundation of Advancement in the Arts) NEWS, Fall/Winter 1997
Chattopadhyay, Collette, ASIAN ART NEWS, May/June 1996
Interviewed by Mrs. Kleinberg, Article by Newport Harbor Art Museum, Feb 6, 1996
Lecture
2007 Ryman Program, USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2006 Ryman Program, USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1996 Totality of Space in conjunction with "Who's Afraid of Freedom?," Orange County Museum of Art, Newport
Beach, CA, USA
Teaching
OTIS College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA, USA
January 2005 - May 2013
FNDT 180 Life Drawing I
FNDT 181 Life Drawing II
FNDT 190 Drawing and Composition I
FNDT 191 Drawing and Composition II
Mount St. Mary's University, Brentwood, CA, USA
January 2000 - May 2003
ART Drawing
ART 22 Watercolor
Cerritos Community College, Norwalk, CA, USA
January 1998 - December 2004
ART 30.2 Fundamentals of Painting
ART 31 Intermediate Painting
ART 36 Beginning Painting for Art Majors
ART 110 Freehand Drawing I
OCCCA(Orange County Center for Contemporary Art), Santa Ana, CA , USA
1997-1998 Instructor and Director of Community Outreach Program
Artist Residency
2015 Arte Studio Ginestrelle, Assisi, Italy
Award
2024 Finalist, the Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Individual Artist Grant Program
2022 Finalist, the Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Individual Artist Grant Program
2020 Finalist, the Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Individual Artist Grant Program
2017 Winner, 2nd 2017 ArtSlant Prize Showcase in the Painting Category
2016 Winner, 2nd 2016 ArtSlant Prize Showcase in the Painting Category
1995 Merit Award, Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, TN, USA. Juror: Robert Ryman, Inge-Lise Eckmann
1990 Paris Scholarship Award, OTIS PARSONS College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1989 Bank of America Achievement Award in the Field of Art, A.W. Clausen, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer
1989 Honorable Mention Award in Visual Art, National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts
1988 Honorable Mention Award in Visual Art, National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts