A SINCE JOURNERY CAN CHANGE THCOUSE OF A LIFE
2010
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YUN Suknam
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
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
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
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
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