Biography

Born    Seoul, Korea 1979

Lives    Singapore / Seoul, Korea / Los Angeles

Education

2007   MFA, Painting, Korea National University of Arts. Seoul, Korea

2002   BA with Honors, Studio Arts/Economics, Wesleyan University. CT, USA

2000   Dept. of Western Painting, Seoul National University. Seoul, Korea

1997   United World College of South East Asia. Singapore

 

Solo Exhibitions

2018  What Dreams Are Made Of, UOB Art Gallery, Singapore

2017   Ad Infinitum, Far Beyond Gallery. Seoul, Korea

2016   Reviewed Belief, KSD Gallery. Seoul, Korea

2016   Renewed Belief, Gallery 175. Seoul, Korea

2015   New Belief, Gallery Pop. Seoul, Korea

2012   I Came to Believe, Alliance Française Gallery. Singapore

2011   Chaos Control, TAB. Singapore

2008   I Need to Believe, Alliance Française Gallery. Singapore

 

Group Exhibitions

2018   World Grand Art Festival, Seoul Arts Center. Seoul, Korea

2017   36th UOB Painting of the Year Regional Showcase, UOB Art Gallery. Singapore

2017   Disposal in Transit, Muse House. Singapore

2017   KiMi For You, Kimi Gallery. Seoul, Korea

2017   Special Event, Lee HwaIk Gallery. Seoul, Korea

2017   Printing Matter, East Iceland Technical Museum. Seyðisfjörður, Iceland

2017   Art Yellow Book #3 Exhibition, CICA Museum. Gyeonggido, Korea

2017   Art Apart Fair, Pan Pacific Orchard Hotel. Singapore

2016   20th Anniversary Exhibition, Artsonje Center. Seoul, Korea

2016   Autumn, Yangpyeong Museum. Yangpyeong, Korea

2016   Standing Tall, Emok Gallery. Seoul, Korea

2011   Pameran Postkard, Viridian Gallery. Singapore

2009   Palimpfest, Sculpture Square. Singapore

2009   8, Gallery 175. Seoul, Korea

2008   Pameran Postkard, Viridian Gallery. Singapore

2008   Director’s Cut, Gallery 175. Seoul, Korea

2006   Better Together, Gallery Gaia. Seoul, Korea

2005   Magazine Volume 2, Gallery 175. Seoul, Korea

2005   New Beginnings, Gallery 175. Seoul, Korea

2002   Far From the Maddening Crowd, Zilka Gallery. CT, USA

 

Commissions

2018   Artrooms Fair, Hotel Riviera, Seoul, Korea

2018   Art Stage UOB Art Space, Marina Bay Sands Hotel, Singapore

2017   Art Apart Fair, Pan Pacific Orchard Hotel, Singapore

2015   Harmony, Q Art Management. Park Royal Hotel, Singapore

2014   Affordable Art Fair, Art Fellas. Singapore

2014  Multiple Collisions in Heavy Rain, Yeo Workshop. Gillman Barracks, Singapore

2011   Homage to Keith Haring, SC Global. Martin 38, Singapore

2011   Chaos Control, TAB. Singapore

 

Grants and Awards

2017   36th UOB Painting of the Year Winner, UOB Art Gallery. Singapore

2008   Emerging Artist Grant, National Arts Council. Singapore

1998   Participant, Scholarship, Wesleyan Writers’ Conference. CT, USA

 

Residencies

2017   Residency, Skaftfell Center for Visual Art. Seyðisfjörður, Iceland

2011   Visual Artist in Residence, TAB. Singapore

2010   Residency, Taipei Artist Village. Taipei, Taiwan

2008   Summer Residency, School of Visual Arts. New York, NY

 

Collections

Freeman Foundation. NY, USA

Wesleyan University. CT, USA

Davison Art Center. CT, USA

SC Global. Singapore

Korea Securities Depository. Seoul, Korea