statement

My work grows from small discoveries I make in life. These discoveries, ranging from banal objects to human gestures, may be found after much searching or simply dictated by chance. I intuitively select certain imagery that often reflects an abstract idea. These images become subconscious connotations to larger more intensely personal subject matters in which I become captivated.

bio

born: 1966, Seoul, South Korea

education

Fontbonne University, MFA, 2012
Fontbonne University, BFA, 1995

selected awards/honors

Award of Excellence, 4th Annual Juried exhibition, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, IL, 2008
Award of Excellence, Page & Passages, Juried exhibition, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 1997
Purchase Award and Sax Arts & Craft Award, University of Wisconsin, 1995

selected publications

2nd International Painting Annual, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 2012
Fontbonne University Magazine, Summer, St. Louis, MO, 1995
University of Wisconsin, 9th Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, Kenosha, WI, 1995
St. Louis Post Dispatch, "In Review," Robert W. Duffy, October 13, 1994

selected group shows

"High Realism's Realism," Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 2013
"Transplanted," Four Asian Artists Invitational Show, Maryville University, St. Louis, MO, 2013
"Figure Now" International Show, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO, 2010
"6 Artists Show," Jacoby Arts Center 2009, Alton, IL, 2009