YUN SUKNAM

 

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

              beLonging – 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