1939      Born in Manchuria, China

1983      Pratt Institute Graphic Center, New York

             Art Student League, New York

             Lives in Seoul and works in Hwaseong, Korea

 

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

2013      I’m Not a Pine Tree, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul

2011      Pink Room 5, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea

             With or Without Person - 282, Gallery Soo, Seoul

2009      Busan Art Center, Busan, Korea

             Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul

2008      YUN Suknam 1,025: With or Without Person, Arko Art Center, Seoul

2004      Youlinhwarang, Busan, Korea

2003      To Be Lengthened, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul

             To Be Lengthened, Kamakura Gallery, Kamakura, Japan

1998      The Seeding of Light, Kamakura Gallery, Kamakura, Japan

1997      The Seeding of Light, ChosunIlbo Art Gallery; Art Space Seoul; Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul

1996      Kamakura Gallery, Kamakura, Japan

             Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea

1993      The Eyes of Mother, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul

1982      Arts Council Korea Fine Arts Center, Seoul

 

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

2013      Haein Art Project 2013 – ‘Maum’, Haeinsa Temple, Hapcheon, Korea

             Yun Suknam, Choi In Ho Exhibition, Gallery aHsh, Paju, Korea

             The 3rd IPAP, SEA OF PEACE, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea

             A Soldier’s Tale – 60 Years of Memories, 130 Years of Friendship, London Asia House, London

             Person Panorama, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Wanju, Korea

             Stream of Contemporary Art in Korea IV - Feminism, Gimhae Art Center, Gimhae, Korea

             Wannabe Your Family Members - Story of Companion Animals, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea

             Seek & Desire, Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon, Korea

             Nature, Curated by Kim Jae Sun Gallery, Raim Kindergarten, Busan, Korea

2012      Woman+Body - Korean and American Women Artists Joint Exhibition, Kepco Gallery, Seoul; Media Cube 338, Gwangju, Korea83

             The 2nd IPAP Sea of Peace, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea

             Incheon - Terra Galaxia: Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, UK

             International Stone Sculpture Project, Central Athletic Park, Iksan, Korea

             Breathe, KCDF gallery, Seoul

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

             Be Longing – 10 Curators & 10 Futures, Seoul Arts Center Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul

             Here are People, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea

             Motherhood - Mother Images in Korea Art, Mother Images in Asian Art, EwhaWomans University Museum, Seoul

             Korean Art from the Museum Collection - Grand-Narrative Part I, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

             HUMAN 1, Jung MunGyu Museum, Ansan, Korea

             2nd Final Exhibition of Residency Artists, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea

2011      Life·Nature·Art, Amway Gallery, Seongnam, Korea

             Chang ChangInSaeng, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea

             Nature, Life, Human, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea

             Sculptor’s Drawing, Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul

             Sea of Peace, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea

             Elegance and Grace: Beautiful People of East Asia, EwhaWomans University Museum, Seoul

             Informal Argument, Zaha Museum, Seoul

             Korean Rhapsody - A Montage of History and Memory, Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul

             Incheon Landing Operation - Incheon Art Platform Preview Exhibition, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea

2010      Walking Mammamia, National Women’s History Exhibition Hall, Seoul

             Korean Avant-Garde Drawing 30 years: 1970-2000, Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul

             Spring and Autumn, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul

             CAP: Celadon Art Project, The 38th Gangjin Celadon Festival, Gangjin, Korea

             The Masters of Korean Modern and Contemporary Art - 63 SKY ART MUSEUM+Korea University Museum Special Joint Exhibition, 63 SKY ART MUSEUM, Seoul

             Cross Over the Yellow Line, Kyunghyang Gallery, Seoul

             Time Machine, Eul Gallery, Seoul

             Him of Gyeonggi-do, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea

             10 Artists of Contemporary, Kim Jae Sun Gallery, Busan, Korea

2009      Mirror Mirror – The Story of People in the Picture, Children`s Gallery in National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

             Luci& Orange Museum, Hello Museum, Seoul

             The Opening Exhibition of the Busan National University Arts Center, Busan National University, Busan, Korea

             Peace Arts Festival 2009, Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeju, Korea

             Beginning of New Era, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul84

             No. 85 Crane: A History of Mangloo, Peace Museum, Seoul

2008      Eonni is Back, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea

             Three Feminists Artists in Korea Special Exhibition for 25th Anniversary of Korean Women`s Development Institute, Korean Women`s Development Institute, Seoul; Dangjin Culture Center, Dangjin, Korea

             2nd Anniversary of Space*Peace, Peace Museum, Seoul

             20 Years of the Lee Jung Seop Award, ChosunIlbo Art Gallery, Seoul

             Daily Life in Korea, Queens Gallery, Bangkok

             Traveling Art Museum - How Can This Place be Forgotten Even in Dream, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Festival House, Tongyeong, Korea

             Memorize, Kim Jae Sun Gallery, Busan, Korea

2007      Gyeonggi, National Highway No.1, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea

2006      Woman, Work, Art, Portrayal of Woman at Work in Korea Art, EwhaWomans University Museum, Seoul

             Spot Light 30 Women, Papertainer Museum, Seoul

             The Power of Imagination - The 47th Special Exhibition of Korea University Museum, Korea University Museum, Seoul

2005      Mysteries of the Orient – Travel to Angkor Wat, Geoje Arts Center, Geoje, Korea

             Seoul Auction Special Exhibition - Kisaeng, Seoul Auction House, Seoul

             People, House, Family, JeBiWool Museum, Gwacheon, Korea

             100 Years of Korean Art, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

             10th Anniversary of Sungkok Art Museum - Cool & Warm, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul

2004      The Breath of House, EwhaWomans University Museum, Seoul; Yeongam Pottery Culture Center, Yeongam, Korea

             Traveling Art Museum, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

             BAHGDAD 551km, JeBiWool Museum, Gwacheon, Korea

             Art with Life, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea

             Stillness and Movement, Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul

             Composition & Center, Seoul Arts Center Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul

             The Exhibition of Korean and German Woman Artists Siegen–Seoul–Siegen-Seoul, Siegerland Museum, Siegen, Germany

             The 15th Anniversary Exhibition, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul

             Look & See “Absolutely Landscape”, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul

             The Declaration for Peace by 100 Artists from All around the World, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

             Feminists Visions by 23 Artists Exhibition, Korea Gallery, Seoul

             The Blue, Kamakura Gallery, Kamakura, Japan

             Borderline Cases, A.R.T. and F.A.A.B Presents, Tokyo

2003      Hang, Kamakura Gallery, Kamakura, Japan

             Whisper of Nature, JeBiWool Museum, Gwacheon, Korea

             Mother; Encouraging Name, MunhwaIlbo Gallery, Seoul85

             Life and Humor of Our Times, Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul

             The Exhibition of Korean and German Woman Artists, MunhwaIlbo Gallery, Seoul

             Against for War, Make a Peace, Alternative Space Pool, Seoul

             What is Sculpture? - Korean Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition, Seoul Arts Center Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul

2002      The Opening Ceremony Exhibition, National Women’s History Exhibition Hall, Seoul

             The Family: Imagination & Creation Exhibition III, Kasugai City Library, Culture and Art Center, Kasugai, Japan

             Poem and Painting, Baekdamsa Temple, Inje, Korea

             The 2nd Women`s Art Festival: East Asian Women and Herstories, National Women’s History Exhibition Hall, Seoul

             The 33th Special Exhibition of EwhaWomans University Museum - Another History of Art: Representation of Feminity, EwhaWomans University Museum, Seoul

             People Art for 20 Years Exhibition, Cheongju Arts Center, Cheongju, Korea

2001      Missing, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea

             The Family, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

2000      Man + Space: Gwangju Biennale 2000, Gwangju Biennale Hall, Gwangju, Korea

             Special Millennium Exhibition - Koreans by Koreans: Portraits from Prehistory to Modern Times, Ho-Am Art Museum, Seoul

             Earth`s Festival, Yeongam Pottery Culture Center, Yeongam, Korea; EwhaWomans University Museum, Seoul

             Agents of Change: 12th Biennale of Sydney 2000, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

1999      99 Women’ Art Festival: Patjis on Parade, Seoul Arts Center Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul

             The Circumstance of 1990`s, Ellen Kim Murphy Gallery, Seoul

             Korea+Jala, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

             10 Years of the Lee Jung Seop Award, ChosunIlbo Art Gallery, Seoul

             Exhibition for 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Seoul Arts Center Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul

             Art, People and Event in the Park, Yeouido Park, Seoul

             Facing Up to the Reality, Eung-Jeon Gallery, Seoul

             Art of Kum Gang from 18th Century to 20th Century in Korean Art, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul

             Self-portrait of 1999, Art M&C Gallery Fusion, Seoul

             The Sculptures in the Theater, National Theater of Korea, Seoul

1998      Site of Desire - Taipei Biennial, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei

             Kim’s Outlet Off-Museum: Displacement Replacement, Kim`s Outlet, Seongnam, Korea

             Ancient Traditions New Forms Contemporary Art from Korea, Joseloff Gallery: University of Hartford, Hartford, USA

             Commemorate Exhibition for Building the Japanese Military Comfort Women Memorial Hall, The House of Sharing, Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

             Nature+Environment+Human: Seoul Olympic 10th Anniversary Sculpture Symposium, Olympic Park, Seoul

1997      Portraits of Our Times - the Father, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul

             River - Minjung Art, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

             VERSUS III, Velan Center for Contemporary Art, Velan, Turin, Italy

1996      The 200th Anniversary of Suwon Hwaseong - Exhibition of Environment Art, Suwon Hwaseong, Suwon, Korea86

             An Aspect of Korean Art in the 1990s – Story of Full Size, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan

             The Second Triennial Asia-Pacific of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia

             Traditions/Tensions, Asia Society Center, New York

             Development of Korean Modernism: Conquest of Modern 1970-1990, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul

             Interpretation of Human, Savina Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul

             Minjung Art Exhibition, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

             The Korean Historical Portraits of 20th Century in Art, Rho Gallery, Seoul

1995      Tiger`s Tail Venice Biennale Special Exhibition for Korean Contemporary Art, Venice

             The 6th TriennaleKleinplastik : Europa-Ostasien, SüdwestLB Forum, Stuttgart, Germany

             Korea, 100 Self-Portraits - From Yi Dynasty to Contemporary, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul Ssak, Art Sonje Center, Seoul

             Reviewing or Overcoming Women • History, Garam Gallery, Busan, Korea

             Korean Art ‘95: Quality, Quantity, Sensation, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

             Where We Are: 1945-1995, Seoul Arts Center Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul

             Primitivism 1995, Moran Museum of Art, Namyangju, Korea

             Korean Women Artists’ Festival 1995, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

             Korean Modern Art, National Art Museum of China, Beijing

             Korean Sculpture Now, Jongno Gallery, Seoul

             Looking Mirror in Our Time, Dong-A Gallery, Seoul

             The Road of Self-Respect, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul

1994      Technology, Environment, Information, Daejeon Expo, Daejeon, Korea

             Commemoration for Centennial Dong Hak Revolution, Seoul Arts Center Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul

             15 Years of Minjung Art, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

             Women, the Difference and the Power, Korea Gallery, Seoul

1993      Across the Pacific, Queens Museum of Art, New York; Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul

             Open Show, GalerieBhak, Seoul

             The Exhibition for Opening, Koart Gallery, Seoul

             Peak of Contemporary Korean Art, Geurimmadang Min, Seoul

             HerstoryII, Batanggol Gallery, Seoul

1992      Women and Reality, Geurimmadang Min, Seoul

1988      Cross Encounter of Woman Liberated Poets and Paintings, Geurimmadang Min, Seoul

             Women and Reality, Geurimmadang Min, Seoul

1987      Women and Reality, Geurimmadang Min, Seoul

1986      From Half to One, Geurimmadang Min, Seoul

1985      October Group Show, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul

 

 

AWARDS

 

2007      The 4th Goh Jung-hee Award, Alternative Culture, Seoul

1997       The Prime Minister Price for Women Development, Seoul

1996      The 8th Lee Jung Seop Award, ChosunIlbo, Seoul

 

 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

 

National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia

Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan

Velan Art Association, Turin, Italy

Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Mie, Japan

Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taipei

Olympic Park, Seoul

The House of Sharing, Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul

Ssamzie Art Space, Seoul

EwhaWomans University Museum, Seoul

National Women’s History Exhibition Hall, Seoul

Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea

Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul

Kamakura Gallery, Kamakura, Japan

Tochigi Prefectural Museum of fine Arts, Tochigi, Japan

Tokushima Prefectural Museum, Tokushima, Japan

Arko Art Center, Seoul

Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea