1939       Born in Manchuria, China

1966-67  English Language and Literature, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul 

1983-84  Pratt Institute Graphic Center, New York

               Art Student League of New York, New York

Lives in Seoul and works in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

Solo Exhibitions

2019     The Portraitures of my friends, OCI Museum of Art, Seoul 

2018     Haeum Museum of Art, Suwon, Korea

             YUN Suknam, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul

2017     Leesangwon Museum of Art, Chuncheon, Korea

             A spot of recollections With or Without Person – YUN Suknam, BONGSAN Cultural Center, Daegu, Korea

             Finally, I Become a Glass of Water, Zaha Museum, Seoul

2016     The Hollow, Hakgojae Shanghai, Shanghai

2015     This is not a coincidence but meant to be, Kamakura Gallery, Kamakura, Japan

             YUN SUK NAM – Heart, Five-Hundred Generals Gallery at Jeju Stone Park, Jeju, Korea

             2015 SeMA Green: YUN SUKNAM – Heart, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

2013     I’m not a pine tree, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul

2011     Pink Room 5, Incheon Art Platform Incheon, Korea

             YUN Suknam 1,025 – With or Without Person, Songpa-Gu 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     Yeolinhwarang (Kimjaesun Gallery), Busan, Korea

2003     To Be Lengthened, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul

             Kamakura Gallery, Kamakura, Japan

1998     Kamakura Gallery, Kamakura, Japan

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

1996     Kamakura Gallery, Kamakura, Japan

             Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea

1993     The Eyes of Mother, Kumho Gallery, Seoul

1982     The Fine Art Center The Korean Culture and Art Foundation, Seoul

Group Exhibitions

2019     Landscape of Yeokdan, Zaha Museum, Seoul 

             Journey through Art 2 Summer Project – Paper Shock, Yangpyeong Art Museum, Yangpyeong, Korea 

2018     Portraits of the World: Korea, The National Portrait Gallery, The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

2017     YUN Suknam, Bang Jeong Ah – Two Mothers, Shinsegae Gallery Centum City, Busan, Korea

             Unforgettable Faces, Lee Han Yeol Memorial Museum, Seoul

             Asia Women Artists, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Wanju, Korea

2016     South Korean Art: Examining Life through Social Realities, American University Museum at the Katzen Arts

             Center, Washington, D.C.

             Art in Society – Land of Happiness, SeMA Buk Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

             Sculptural Turn, Moran Museum of Art, Namyangju, Korea

             Gongjae Reimagined, Nokwoodang, Haenam, Korea

             Oh Sweet, Sweet, Sweetness, emu Artspace, Seoul

             skyA&C Atelier STORY – Atelier Story, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

             Beautiful Temple at The Village of the end of the Earth, Mihwangsa Jaharoo Art Museum, Haenam, Korea

             Contemporary Artists, The Tokushima Modern Art Museum, Tokushima, Japan

2015     Mother, My First Love, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea

             THE HOURS, Artspace Hue, Paju, Korea

             Korea Tomorrow 2015, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul

             An Excellent Fortune – telling House, Zaha Museum, Seoul

2015     Poongryu Namdo Art Project – Taste and Style of Namdo, The Blossom Stories and Art, Hangchon Art 

             Museum, Haenam, Korea

             Animals’ Story in Museum, Pohang Museum of Steel Art, Pohang, Korea

2014     Inner Voices, Danwon Art Museum, Ansan, Korea

             Retro_’86~’88 “The Original Contemporary Art in Korea”, Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul

             Voyage to Biennale – 50 years of Korean Contemporary Art in Overseas Biennales, Busan Cultural Center, 

             Busan, Korea

             Gwangju Biennale 2014 ‘Burning Down the House’, Gwangju Biennale Exhibition Hall, Gwangju, Korea

             Korean Portraiture, Beyond Memories, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Wanju, Korea

             2014 Taehwa Eco – River Art Festival Bridge to the Future, Ulsandaegyo Bridge, Ulsan, Korea

             SeMA Gift, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

2013     The Lost Archives, emu Artspace, Seoul

             MAUM Haein Art Project 2013, Haeinsa, Hapcheon, Korea

             YUN Suknam, Choi Inho 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, Asia House, London

             A Panoramic View of Characters, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Wanju, Korea

             The Stream of Korean Contemporary Art Ⅵ – feminism, Gimhae Arts and Sports Center Yunseul Art Gallery, 

             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, Dongdong (童動), Lime Kindergarten, Busan, Korea

2012     Woman+Body, Kepco Gallery, Seoul; Bitgoeul Citizen Cultural Center Media Cube 338, Gwangju, Korea

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

             Liverpool Biennial 2012 Terra Galaxia, LJMU Copperas Hill Building, Liverpool, U.K.

             International Stone Sculpture Project, Iksan central sports park, Iksan, Korea

             Breath, KCDF Gallery, Seoul

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

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

             Korean Art Special Exhibition Here Are People, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea

             Motherhood, Ewha Womans University Museum, Seoul

             Korean Art from the Museum Collection_Grand Narrative Part 1, National Museum of Modern and 

             Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

             Today’s Tendency, After the Human Exhibition of 1980s, Chungmunkyu Museum, Ansan, Korea

             The 2nd Final Exhibition of the Incheon Art Platform Resident Artists, Platform Artists, Incheon Art Platform, 

             Incheon, Korea

2011     Modern To Contemporary, Amway Gallery, Seongnam, Korea

             Creative and Vigorous Lives, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea

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

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

             The 1st IPAP Sea Of Peace, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea

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

             An Informal Arguments, Zaha Museum, Seoul

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

             Incheon landing operation, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea

2010     Working Mamma Mia, The National Women’s History Exhibition Hall, Seoul

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

             Spring and Autumn, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul

             Gangjin Celadon Art Project 2010, Gangjin Celadon Museum, Gangjin, Korea

             The Masters of Korean Modern and Contemporary Art, 63 SKY ART Gallery, Seoul

             Cross Over the Yellow Line, Kyunghyang Gallery, Seoul

             Time Machine, Erl Gallery, Seoul

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

             10 Contemporary Artists, Kimjaesun Gallery, Busan, Korea

2009     Mirror Mirror on the Wall: Stories about People in Art, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, 

             Gwacheon, Korea

             Luci&Orange Museum, Hellomuseum, Seoul

             The Opening Exhibition, Pusan National University Arts Center, Busan, Korea

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

             Beginning of New Era, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

             No. 85 Crane: A history of ‘Mangloo’, SPACE*PEACE, Seoul

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

             Three Feminist Artists, Korean Women’s Development Institute, Seoul

             Three Feminist Artists, Dangjin Cultural Center, Dangjin, Korea

             Tibet Belongs To Tibetan!, SPACE*PEACE, Seoul

             20 Years of The Lee Jung-seob Award, Chosun Ilbo Art Gallery, Seoul

             Daily Life in Korea, Queen’s Gallery, Bangkok

             How Can This Place be Forgotten Even in Dream, FESTIVAL HOUSE, Tongyeong, Korea

             Memories, Kimjaesun Gallery, Seoul

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

2006     WomanㆍWorkㆍArt – Portrayal of Women at Work in Korean Art, Ewha Womans University Museum, Seoul

             Spotlight 30 Women, Paper Tainer Museum, Seoul

             The Power of Imagination, Korea University Museum, Seoul

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

             Kisaeng, Seoul Auction Center, Seoul

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

             100 Years of Korean Art(Part 1) In Celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Liberation of Korea, National 

             Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

             Cool & Warm, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul

2004     15th Anniversary Special Exhibition, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul

             The Breath of House, Ewha Womans University Museum, Seoul; Yeongam Pottery Center, Yeongam, Korea

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

             Bahgdad 551km, JeBiWool Museum, Gwacheon, Korea

             Art With Life, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea

             Stillness & Movement, Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul

             Seoul Arts Center Special Exhibition Ⅱ, Center & Composition, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, 

             Seoul

             Siegen-Seoul-Siegen-Seoul, Siegerlandmuseum, Siegen, Germany

              Look & See – Absolutely Landscape, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul

              Declaration for Peace: 100 Artists from Korea and Overseas, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, 

              Gwacheon, Korea

             Feminist’s Visions by 23 Artists, Hankuk Art Museum, Yongin, Korea

             Blue, Kamakura Gallery, Kamakura, Japan

             Borderline Cases – Women on The Borderlines, A.R.T., Tokyo

2003     Hang, Kamakura Gallery, Kamakura, Japan

             Whisper of Nature, JeBiWool Museum, Gwacheon, Korea

             Mother, Encouraging Name, MunhwaIlbo Gallery, Seoul

              life and humour in these days: natureㆍpastㆍlifeㆍpresentㆍfuture, Sejong Center, Seoul

             The Exchange Exhibition of Korean and German Female Artists, MunhwaIlbo Gallery, Seoul

             Mountains and Streams of Our Homeland, Anti – War and Peace, alternative space pool, Seoul

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

             Seoul

2002     The 2nd Women’s Art Festival: East Asian Women and Her Stories, The National Women’s History Exhibition 

             Hall, Seoul

             Man Hae Poem and Painting, Baekdamsa, Inje, Korea

             Another History of Art: Representation of Feminity, Ewha Womans University Museum, Seoul

             People Art for 20 years, Cheongju Arts Center, Cheongju, Korea

2001     Missing, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea

             The Family, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

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

2000     The 3rd Gwangju Biennale, MAN+SPACE, Gwangju Biennale Exhibition Hall, Gwangju, Korea

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

             Gurim Village Project 1, Yeongam Pottery Center, Yeongam, Korea; Ewha Woman’s University Museum, 

             Seoul

             The Biennale of Sydney 2000, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia 

1999     Patjis on parade: Women's art festival 99, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

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

             Korea+JAALA, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

             10 years of the Lee Jung-seob Award, Chosun Ilbo Art Gallery, Seoul

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

             Facing up to the Reality, Woongjeon Gallery, Seoul

             Diamond Moundtaion_Art of Kumgang from 18th Century to 20th Century, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul

             Self – portrait of 1999, Gallery Fusion, Seoul

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

1998     Exhibition for 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul 

             Arts Center, Seoul

             The 1st Taipei Biennale “Site of Desire”, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei

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

             Hartford, U.S.

             Commemorative Exhibition for Building the Japanese Military Comfort Women Memorial Hall, House of 

             Sharing, Gwangju, Korea

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

             Park, Seoul

1997     Portrait of Our Times – Father, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul

             Versus III, Velan Center, Torino, Italy

             MANIF 3! 97 SEOUL, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

             APARTMENT An Accidental and Happy Encounter with Objects, Gallery Artbeam, Seoul

1996     The 8th Mountains and Streams in Our Homeland, Rivers, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

             Exhibition of Environment Art, Gyeonggi Arts Center, Suwon, Korea

             An Aspect of Korean Art in the 1990s, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; The National Museum of 

             Art, Osaka, Japan

             The 2nd Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Australia

             Contemporary Art in Asia: Traditions/Tensions, Asia Society, New York

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

1996     Interpretation of Human, Gallery Savina, Seoul

             The 20th Century Koreans Viewed Through Art, Rho Gallery, Seoul

1995     The Tiger's Tail: 15 Korean Contemporary Artists for Venice 95, Palazzo Vendramin ai Carmini, Venice, Italy

             6 Triennial of small-scale sculpture: Europe – Eastern Asia, SüdwestLB Forum, Stuttgart, Germany

             Korea, 100 Self-Portraits, Seoul Museum, Seoul; Cheongju National Museum, Cheongju, Korea

             Ssack, Art Sonje Center, Seoul

             Reviewing or Overcoming WomenㆍHistory, Garam Gallery, Busan, Korea

             Korean Art 1995 QualityㆍQuantityㆍSensation, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, 

             Gwacheon, Korea

             The 50th Anniversary of Liberation, Historical Paintings Exhibition: Where are We, Hangaram Art Museum, 

             Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

             Primitivism, Moran Museum of Art, Namyangju, Korea

             Korean Women Artists’ Festival ‘95, 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

1994     The Road of Self-Respect, Kumho Gallery, Seoul

             Technology, the Environment and Information, Recycling Art Pavilion, Daejeon Expo Science Park, Daejeon, 

             Korea

             100th Commemoration for Centennial Dong Hak Revolution, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

             The 15 Years of Korean Minjoong Arts: 1980-1994, The National Museum of  Contemporary Art, Gwacheon,

             Korea

             Woman, The Difference And The Power, Hankuk Art Museum, Seoul

1993     Across the Pacific: Contemporary Korean and Korean American Art, Queens Museum, New York; Kumho 

             Gallery, Seoul

             Open Show, Gallerie Bhak, Seoul

             The Exhibition for Opening, Koart Gallery, Seoul

             Peak of Contemporary Korean Art, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

             Herstory II, Batangol Art Center, Seoul

1992     The 6th Women and Reality, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

1988     Cross Encounter of Women Liberated Poets and Paintings, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

             The 2nd Women and Reality, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

1987     The 1st Picture Feast of 40 Female Artists – Women and Reality, What Do We Look?, Grimmadang Min, 

             Seoul

             87 Human, Grorich Gallery, Seoul

             Anti-Torture, Grimmadang Min, Seoul; Gwangju Catholic Museum; Gwangju, Korea 

1986     The 2nd Siwol-Moim, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

              20 Artists in their 40s, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

1985     The 1st Siwol-Moim, Kwanhoon Museum, Seoul

1982     The 1st 82 Human 11 Artists, Kwanhoon Museum, Seoul

Awards

2019     Moran Medal, Order of Civil Merit, Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, Seoul

2015     The 29th Kim Se-Choong Sculpture Award, The Kim Se-Choong Commemoration Foundation, Seoul

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

1997     Prime Minister Prize, Seoul

1996     The 8th Lee Jung-seob Award, Chosun Ilbo, Seoul

Public Collections

Tate Collection, London

National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea

Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea

Arko Art Center, Seoul

Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Australia

University of Oregon’s Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Oregon, U.S.

Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei

Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan

Velan Center, Torino, Italy

Ewha Womans University Museum, Seoul

Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul

Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul

The Tokushima Modern Art Museum, Utsunomiya, Japan

Tochigi Prefectural Museum of fine Arts, Tochigi, Japan

Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu, Japan

Kamakura Gallery, Kamakura, Japan

The National Women’s History Exhibition Hall, Goyang, Korea

Olympic Park, Seoul

SSamzie Space, Seoul

House of Sharing, Gwangju, Korea