Born in Seoul, Korea
She has lived and worked in Berlin and Seoul since 1994
education
1994-1997: Studied Fine Arts at the Berlin University of the Arts, FB1 with Wolfgang Knapp and Monika Murasch
1996: Winchester School of Art, England (winter semester)
1991-1993: Master’s degree at Seoul National University
1987-1991: Studied Sculpture at Seoul National University
prizes and scholarships
Junge Kunst Saar – Ferngas Förderpreis, 3rd prize
2004/2005: Scholarship, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
2006: Residency program, Tokyo Wonder Site
2007: Korean Cultural Foundation
2008: Kyunggi Cultural Foundation
2009: Seoul Cultural Foundation
solo exhibitions (selection)
2020: Gallery Z22, Berlin
2018: Kommunale Galerie Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Berlin
2018: Schwartzschen Villa, Berlin
2015: St. Matthew’s Church, St. Matthew’s Cultural Foundation
2014: Gallery Körnerpark, Berlin
2012: Gallery Förster, Berlin
2011: Berlin Weekly, Berlin
2011: Gallery Saloon SudéCoucou, Berlin
2010: Gallery Förster, Berlin
2009: Gallery Wohnlabor, Berlin
2008: Gallery Robrecht, Berlin
2007: GLS Campus, Berlin
2006: Open Studio, Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo
2005: Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
1999: Heidelberger Kunstverein
collections
Museum für Moderne Kunst (MMK), Frankfurt am Main (2001)
Korean Embassy, Switzerland (2003)
Nam June Paik Museum (2004)
exhibition participations
2020 Gallery Irrgang, Leipzig, Berlin
2019 Gallery Helle Coppi, Berlin
2019 Korean Culture Center Project ON, Berlin
2017 Gallery DISKURS, Berlin
2015 Moritzburg Art Museum, Hale Saale
2013 Women’s Museum Bonn
2013 Be-Rufkuenstlerin, Kunst Halle Brennabor, Brandenburg
2011 Gallery Wedding, Berlin
2010 Gallery KunstvereinNeukoelln, Berlin
2010 Gallery Futura, Berlin, Germany
2010 “Das Bad” T27 Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2010 City of Blind BoanYeokwan, Seoul, Korea
2010 Be Rufkuenstlerinen, Women’s Museum, Bonn, Germany
2010 “Bath-culture-Liver” H2O Museum, Berlin, Germany
2010 Berliner Liste, Art Fair Berlin, Germany
2009 Let’s go Home, DWI Building, Hamburg, Germany
2009 Frauen Blick Gallery Wedding, Berlin, Germany
2009 Art space in Masoleum, Alter St. Matthaeus Kirchhof, Berlin, Germany
2009 Sinseagae Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2008 Gallery La Condition Japonese, Berlin, Germany
2008 MBC Broadcast, Daegu, Korea
2007 Yoeuido Park outdoor project, Seoul, Korea
2007 “Shall we smell” koreana Museum, Seoul, Korea
2007 Sammzi Art Space open Studio, Korea
2006 German contemporary exhibition, Jeonjoo Museum, Jeonjoo, Korea
2005 Tradition and Zeitgeist, Muenchner Kultfabrik(White Box), Munich, Germany
2005 Tradition and Zeitgeist, Gallery Hellhof, Kronberg, Germany
2004 Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea
2004 Apeldoorn Modern Art Museum opening show, Holland
2004 Exhibition Gallery Robert Dree, Hanover, Germany
2003 Tradition&Innovation III, Hyundai Gallery, Korea
2002 International Arts festival Venray, Holland
2002 Tradition&Innovation II, UN building, Switzerland
2002 Tradition&Innovation II, Zollverein, Essen, Germany
2001 Presentation Art Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2001 Heimat Kunst, Zehnscheuer Kunstverein, Rottenburg am Neckar, Germany
2001 International Arts Festival Exit/Via, Creteil, Maubeuge, France
2000 Presentation Art Cologne Koln, Germany
2000 Presetation Art Form Berlin, Germany
2000 “Heimat Kunst” House of World Cultures, Berlin, Germany
2000 “Expo 2000” Kestner Museum, Hanover, Germany
2000 Tuchfuhlung 2, Kunsthaus Langenberg EV, Germany
1999 Presentation Art Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
1999 Kunstverein Ludwigshafen, Germany
1999 Museum Brandenburgische Kunstsammulungen, Cottbus, Germany
1999 Exhibition Gallery Nagonaja, Moscow, Russia
1999 Exhibition Gallery Kunstraum, Berlin, Germany
1998 Exhibition, Young Art Saar Ferngas Forderpreis Saarland Museum, Germany
1998 Schlosspark Museum, Bad Kreuznach, Germany
1998 City Museum, Osaka, Japan
1998 Gallery Asian Fine Arts Berlin, Germany
1998 “Observe” Cultural Office Treptow, Berlin, Germany
1998 Prisma Haus, Berlin, Germany
1998 “New artists in Wedding”,
1998 Schering Kunstverein and Kunstraum Berlin, Germany
1998 Presentation ARCO Madrid, Spain
1997 Project Exhibition “Security”, HdK, Berlin, Germany
1997 Group Exhibition Dong-Ah Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1997 Exhibition with Annie Wu, Gallery Asian Fine Arts Berlin, Germany
1997 Group exhibition, City Hall, Schwalbach, Germany
1997 Exhibition “Das kleine Gluck die grosse Sehnsucht”, Darmstadt, Germany