EDUCATION

 

1984           Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, M.F.A.

1980           Hong Ik University, Seoul, Korea, B.F.A.

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

 

2020-21     Waiting for Equilibrium, Mizuma & Kips Gallery, New York, NY

2011           Forever Young, Tenri Gallery, New York, NY

                    The Sung Ho Choi, 210 Gallery, New York, NY

                    American dream, Space womb Gallery, New York, NY

2008           My America, Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, SUNY at Old Westbury, NY (with catalog)

2007           Transfiguration, Edna Kawulitzki Gallery, Tenafly, NJ

                    Transfiguration, Gallery Oms, Fort Lee, NJ

1999           Morning Calm, Sand Point-Five Sites, Seattle, WA              

1994           Conceptions/Deceptions, Augusta Savage Memorial Gallery, University of Massachusetts

                    at Amherst, MA

1987           Langage Plus, Alma, Quebec, Canada

1984           Pratt Institute, New York, NY

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

2024           Legacies: Asian American Art Movements in New York City (1969-2001) New York University, NY

2022           Korean Diaspora-Ricepaper Airplane, Incheon Art Platform Gallery, Incheon, Korea (with catalog)

                    NJ State Council on the Arts Fellowship Exhibition, Artworks Visual Art Center, Trenton, NJ

2019           The Foodie Fever, Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery, NY (with catalog)

                    The Flaneur in New York, Maggi Peyton Gallery, NY

2018           Post modernism and Aesthetics: Collide or Steer, Gallery Korea, NY (with catalog)

                    Wind, KCC Gallery, Tenafly, NJ

2017-18     Passion.  Connected., Gallery Korea, NY

2016           Korea with Korea, Ozaneaux Artspace,  NY

2015           Korea, Jorgensen Gallery at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

                    ARS Continuum: Amelie A. Wallace Gallery 1978 to the present, Amelie Wallace Gallery,

                    SUNY at Old Westbury, NY

                    Life and Limn, Korean community Center Gallery, Tenafly, NJ

2014           Pixel, Elga Wimmer-Hyun Contemporary, NY

                    Double Mirror: Contemporary Korean-American Art, American University Museum,

                    Washington, DC

2013           Coloring Time: An Exhibition from the Archive of Korean-American Artists, Part One (1955-1989),

                    Gallery Korea, New York, NY (with catalog)

2011-14     Infinite Mirror: Images of American Identity, nation-wide touring show organized by

                    International Arts and Artists, Washington, DC

                    The Richard E. Peeler Art Center, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN

                    Foosaner Art Museum, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL

                    Washakie Museum & Cultural Center, Worland, WY

                    Juniata College Museum of Art, Huntington, PA

                    James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA

                    Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL

                    Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

                    The Art Galleries, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL

                    Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN

                    University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, MD

                    Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery, Keene State College, Keene, NH

                    Syracuse University Art Gallery, Syracuse, NY     

2011           Quiet places, The Bronx Art Space, NY

                    Breathing, SW & PK Gallery, NY

2010           Dream in Midsummer, Yegam Art gallery, NY

                    Six Senses, Maum Gallery, NY

2010           Open Kitchen, Da Gallery, NY

2009-10     Faces & Facts: Contemporary Korean Art in New York, SW & PK Gallery, NY (with catalog)

2009           America for Sale, Exit Art, NY

                    Salon de Independants, Grand Palais, Paris, France (with catalog)

                    AHL Winners at Nabi Gallery, Nabi Gallery, NYC

2008-09     ES 2008 5th International Biennial of Standards, Tijuana B.C., Mexico (with catalog)

                    Fourteen Hands, Closter Art Studio Gallery, Closter, NJ

2007           Winter 0708, Art Gate Gallery, NY (with catalog)

                    Contemporary Korean Artists in New York, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea (with catalog)

                    Art Daegu Special Exhibition, Daegu Convention Center (EXCO), Daegu, Korea

                    The Most Curatorial Biennial of the Universe, Apex Art, NY

                    Cursive, Artist Commune, Hong Kong, China (with catalog)

                    Korea Transfer, Permanent Mission of R.O.K. to U.N., NY (with catalog)

2006           Spi-ritual: Three Artists, with Mi Kyung Kim, Jung Hyang Kim, Gallery Korea, NY

                    Studio Visit, Exit Art, NY

2005           Artville, 2x13 Gallery, NY

                    Parasolka Floats, Silk Mill, Union City, NJ

                    Eight Korean Artists, White Box Gallery, NY (with catalog)

     Beyond Acculturation: Stimulus, Response and Mutual Benefit, Tenri Cultural Institute of

                    New York, NY (with catalog)

                    New York Eviction Blues, Asian American Art Center, NY

                    Other America, Exit Art, New York, NY

2004           Merging Cultures, Ben Shan Center Galleries, William Patterson University, NJ (with catalog)

2003           New York, Paris Artists Exhibition, the 4th Shinsaimdang Art Festival, Gangneung, Korea

                    At the Crossroads: Celebrating the Centennial of Korean Immigration to the U.S.,

                    Korean Cultural Service, New York, NY (with catalog)

                    100 Years, 100 Dreams, Space World, NY (with catalog)

2002           Between Places, Salena Gallery, LIU Brooklyn Campus, NY

                    Storefront LIVE! : Korean American Small Businesses, Korean American Museum, LA

2001           Gestures of Time, Space World, NY

                    Artexts, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Inc. NY (with catalog)

2000           The Impact of Millenium, Space World, NY

                    Confluence of Cultures, Pratt Institute, NY

1999           Confluence of Cultures, Gallery Korea, NY (with catalog)

                    Exploring America's Cultures: Korean American Arts Exhibition,

                    Macy Gallery, Columbia University, NY

1998           Meaning and Metaphor, Space World, NY

1997           Fermented, Arnold & Sheila Aronson Galleries, Parsons School of Design, NY

                    Footsteps since 1977, Steuben East Gallery, Pratt Institute, NY

                    Kimchee Xtravaganza, Korean American Museum, Los Angeles, CA (with catalog)

1994-96     Asia/America: Identities in Contemporary Asian American Art, nation-wide touring show

                    organized  by Asia Society, New York, NY  (with catalog)

                    Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA

                    Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, CA

                    Honolulu Academy of Art, Hawaii, Walker Art Center, MN., Tacoma Art Museum, WA.,  

                    The Asia Society Galleries, New York, NY

1994           Across the Pacific: Contemporary Korean and Korean American Art,

                    Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

                    Food and Water: Source and Commodity, Longwood Arts Gallery, Bronx, NY (with catalog)

1993           Across the Pacific: Contemporary Korean and Korean American Art,

                    Queens Museum of Art, New York, NY (with catalog)

                    New Expressions in Asian American Art, The CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY

                    Exhibit of Asian Artists, Schimmel Center for the Arts, Pace University, NY

                    A New World Order lll: The Curio Shop, Artist Space, New York, NY (with catalog)

1992           Korean American Arts Festival, Berkeley Store Gallery, Berkeley, CA (with catalog)

1991           Marginal Majority-Artist against Racial Prejudice, Aaron Davis Hall at City College, NY

                    Out Loud: Artists Engulfed Against War, Art in General Gallery, New York, NY

1990           Public Mirror, Clocktower Gallery, New York, NY

1990           The Mosaic of the City, the Center for Art and Culture of Bedford Stuyvesant, NY

1989           Art against Apartheid 1989, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY

                    China-June 4, 1989, Blum Helman Warehouse Gallery, New York, NY

1988           Immigrant Show, Alpine Gallery, New York, NY

                    Trans Ego Show, Minor Injury Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

1986           Korea/New York, Thorpe Intermedia Gallery, Sparkill, NY (with catalog)

                    Korea/New York, O.C. Cultural Center, Demarest, NJ

                    Minor Injury Group Show, Brooklyn, NY

                    New York's Current Korean Art, Gallery Korea, New York, NY

1985           Roots to Reality, Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY (with catalog)

                    The 10th International Print Exhibition, Pratt Manhattan Center Gallery, New York, NY

                    Ego Show, Minor Injury Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

1984           The Pratt House Art Exhibition, Caroline Ladd Pratt House, Brooklyn, NY

1983           Touring Exhibitions of Pratt Collection, Japan

                    The 9th International Print Exhibition, Pratt Manhattan Center Gallery, New York, NY

1981           The 8th Hong Ik Group Exhibition, Art Center, Seoul, Korea (with catalog)

1979           The 5th Exhibition of Independents, National Museum of Modern Art, Seoul, Korea

                    The 6th Hong Ik Group Exhibition, Hee Gallery, Seoul, Korea

1978           The 27th Korean National Art's Exhibition, National Museum of Modern Art, Seoul,

                    Korea (with catalog)

                    The 5th Hong Ik Group exhibition, Kyon Jee Gallery, Seoul, Korea

                    The 5th Korean Art Grand-Prix Exhibition, National Museum of Modern Art, Seoul

HONORS AND AWARDS

 

2020           Public Project Commission for Kyung Dong High School, Seoul, Korea

 

2019           NJSCA Individual Artist Fellowship

 

2018           Public Project commission for McGowan Park, Ridgefield Park, NJ

 

2005           AHL Foundation Artists Award

 

2004           Mid-career Artist Exhibition Grant, Korean Cultural Service New York

 

1999           Mural Commission for U.S. Courthouse, Seattle, WA, U.S. General Services Administration

                    Project Commission for Sand Point in Seattle, WA, Seattle Arts Commission

                    Finalist, Midway Airport Terminal Building Complex project, Chicago, IL

                    Finalist, Administration for Children’s Services’ new Child Care Center, NY

 

1996           Artists' Project Grant, the National Endowment for the Arts,

                    The Rockefeller Foundation, Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.

 

1995           The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant

 

1994           The Travel Grants Fund for Artists, National Endowment for the Arts, Art International, NY

 

1993           Mural Commissions for Public School I.S. 5, Queens, NY, Percent for Art, DCA, NY

                    Queens Regrants  for Individual Artist Support, Queens Council on the Arts, NY

PROFESSIONAL  ACTIVITIES

 

2018           Essay writing, “Cheolho Mo Yiso” the exhibition catalogue of “Yiso Bahc, Memos and Memories” National Museum of Modern

                    and Contemporary Art, Seoul, 2018, p. 22-29

 

2017           Organized “The Stream of Ink,” The Exhibition of 7 Korean American Calligraphers,

                    Tenafly Public Library, Tenafly, NY

 

2007           Artist selection panel for Elmhurst Public Library, Percent for Art, DCA, NY

 

2001          Selection panel for Mid Career Artist Exhibition Series, Asian American Art Center, NY

 

1996           Artist selection panel for 33rd/ 40th/ 46th Street Stations, NY, Arts for Transit, MTA, NY

 

1994           Artist selection panel for the new Flushing Library, Queens, NY, Percent for Art, DCA, NY

 

1993           Co-organized "Across the Pacific: Contemporary Korean and Korean American Art,"

                    Queens Museum of Art, New York 1993, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea, 1994

 

1992           Review writing, "The American Dream Behind Bullet-Proof Windows" the exhibition "Turtle Boat

                    Head" by Y. David Chung, the Monthly Art Magazine, Seoul, Korea, September, pp. 83-87

 

1991           Review Writing, "Asian American Artists and Aids" the group exhibition "Dismantling Invisibility,”

                    Seoro Bulletin, NY, winter 1991, pp. 4-5

 

1990           Co-founded SEORO KOREAN CULTURAL NETWORK, NY and published SEORO,

                    Quarterly publication (Fall 1991-Summer 1994)

 

1990           Review writing, "The Decade Show," The Monthly Art Magazine, Seoul, Korea, July 1990,

                    pp. 50-53, 61-64

 

1988           Co-organized "The Immigrant Show," Alpine Gallery, New York, NY 1988

                    Co-organized "Symposium-Korean Art Today," Asian American Arts Center, NY

GUEST LECTURER / VISITING ARTIST

 

2022           Ewha Woman's University, Seoul, Korea

 

2019           Korea Art Forum, “Seoro: One Moment in Korean American Art” Ozaneaux Art space, NY

 

2013           Korea Art Forum, “Rethinking the 14th Day of November 1947” Queens Museum of Art, NY

 

2011           Dan Kook University, Seoul, Korea

 

2009           Parson School of Designs, NYC

 

2006           Parson School of Designs, NYC

 

1998           School of Visual Art, NYC

 

1997           New School for Social Research, NYC

                    Lecture presentation, "Public Art/Public Space," Hunter College, NYC

                    School of Visual Art, NYC

 

1996           Visiting Artist Lecturer, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, IL

                    Caterville High school, Carbondale, IL

 

1995           The Allen -Stevenson School, NYC

 

1994           "Korean Artists Today-Global Cultures in a Changing World,"

                    Leonhardt People Center, American Museum of Natural History, NYC

                    P.S. 143, New York

 

1992           "Korean American Artists in Transition," The 14th Annual ECASU Conference,

                    "The Changing Faces of the Asian American Community," Harvard University, MA

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

 

Kyung Dong High School, Seoul, Korea

 

The Village of Ridgefield Park, NJ

 

United States Courthouse, Seattle, WA

 

Board of Education, NYC

 

Ms. Ki Kim

 

Mr. Young Chul Kong

 

Mr. and Mrs. Houng Chul Lee, Spabelles, NY

 

Mr. David Saltz

 

Mr. and Mrs. Diogo Shin 

2022           The Alchemy of Pattern, Bank of Hope, New York, NY

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