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Traced from collective memories, reforged from broken pieces, Korean artist Yee Sookyung, born in 1963 in Seoul, has translated ideas into forms by transfigured imageries using her unique cultural approach. She works on ancient porcelain pieces and gold. Her works, since 2000, have been displayed under the invitation of many internationally well-known museums. Museums such as the Saatchi Gallery, Boston Museum of Modern Art, Chicago Smart Museum of Art, National Museum of Korea, Kumho Museum, and Gyeonggi Museum have even included some of her works as their exclusive collection. Using her particular artistic lexis, Yee Sookyung has successfully secured herself in the art field and has become one of Korea's most influential contemporary artists.
Her creation has three major features: ritualistic majesty, genre-crossing, and philosophical transfiguration. These three concepts are not only localized artistic presentation but also globalized cultural trend.
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Yee Sookyung can recognize the extend significance of the material she uses while creating sculptures, paintings, videos, or even installations. She can understand the internal strength and magical influence of her works, studying ideas and mind-sets. Her works are elegant and rich metamorphosis. The series "Translated Vase" can best illustrate how she transforms traditional and noble craft into contemporary and novel art. This series thus transcends time and definition. Gathering broken pieces from today's Korean master craftsmen and from excavated historical ceramic site, Yee Sookyung has forged these pieces with 24K pure gold, discussing the meaning and the possibilities of perfection. She has rendered what should be forgotten into what should be cherished. The presentation thus flashes with both oriental elegance and contemporary wit.
In 1992, Yee Sookyung's first sole exhibition in Seoul and Tokyo had opened her a door to international stage. Since then many countries started to invite her for exhibitions. In 2014, she was invited to National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art for Asia Biennial Exhibition; the Museum of Contemporary Art in Taipei also included her for their exhibition on Korean Contemporary Arts. In the spring of 2015, her sole exhibition "When I Become You" was displayed first in Daegu Art Musuem in Korea and then in Taipei, revealing the transition between subject and object.
Comparing different times and backgrounds, the materials she used and her methods have already transcended craftsmanship and have become art, weaving East and West, present and past all together. In recent days this creative method has crossed over to traditional music and dance, criticizing but at the same time studying the tradition, breaking the differences among social and cultural strata. Her art is poetic, emotional, dreaming, visionary, and attractive. It is so convincing as it transcends daily experience almost like magic.
Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on.
"Ode on a Grecian Urn." John Keats |
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| 1963 |
Born in Seoul, Korea |
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| Education
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| 1989 |
MFA in Painting, Seoul National University, Seoul |
| 1997 |
BFA in Painting, Seoul National University, Seoul |
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| Solo Exhibitions
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| 2021 |
Moonlight Crowns, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, Korea
Little ASJC: Yeesookyung: Moonlight Crown – Intimate Sisters, Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
Flame Seed, Gana Art Nineone, Seoul, Korea
The Story of a Girl Named Long Journey, Buk-Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea |
| 2020 |
I am not the only one but many, Massimo De Carlo, London, UK
Oh Rose!, Space Willing N Dealing, Seoul, Korea |
| 2019 |
Whisper Only to You, Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy
Whisper Only to You, MADRE · Museo d'arte Contemporanea Donnaregina, Naples, Italy
Fragments of Form-Carla Accardi, Yeesookyung, Massimo De Carlo, Hong Kong (two-person exhibition) |
| 2016 |
Yeesookyung: Translated Vase, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, USA |
| 2015 |
"When I become you", Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, Taiwan
"When I become you", Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea |
| 2014 |
"The Meaning of Time", Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, USA |
| 2013 |
"Flame", Ota Fine Arts, Singapore |
| 2012 |
"Yeesookyung solo show", Sindoh Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea |
| 2011 |
"Yeesookyung solo show", Almine Rech Gallery, Brussels, Belgium |
| 2010 |
"Jung Marie’s Jeongga, Yeesookyung’s devotion", Arko Art Center, Seoul, Korea |
| 2009 |
"Yee Sookyung solo show", Thomas Cohn gallery, Sao Paolo, Brazil
"Yee Sookyung solo show", Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan
"Yee Sookyung solo show", Museum Schloß Oranienbaum, Dessau, Germany |
| 2008 |
"Broken Whole", Michael Schultz gallery, Berlin, Germany
"Paradise Hormone", Mongin Art center, Seoul, Korea |
| 2007 |
"Earth Wind & Fire", Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea |
| 2006 |
"Flame", One and J. Gallery, Seoul, Korea |
| 2005 |
"Breeding Drawing", Gallery SSamzie, Seoul, Korea |
| 2004 |
"Island Adventure", Alternative Space Pool, Seoul, Korea |
| 2002 |
"Off-shoot Flower/ Painting/ Pottery", SSamzie Space, Seoul, Korea |
| 1997 |
"Domestic Tailor Shop", Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea |
| 1996 |
"Yee Sookyung", Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, Il, USA |
| 1992 |
"Getting Married to Myself", Indeco Gallery, Seoul/ K Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
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| Group Exhibition - |
| 2021 |
The Art of Communicating, from Goryeo to the Present, Horim Museum Sinsa, Seoul, Korea
BVLGARI Colors, Hangaram Design Museum, Seoul, Korea
Art Macao: Macao International Art Biennale 2021, Macau, China
Dynamic & Alive Korean Art, National Museum of Contemporary Art at Deoksugung Palace, Seoul, Korea
The Real DMZ Project, NIROX Sculpture Park, Krugersdorp, South Africa
In Bloom, HITE Collection, Seoul, Korea
L'Invitation au voyage, Esther Schipper, Berlin, Germany
Border Crossings: North and South Korean Art from the Sigg Collection, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Encounters Between Korean Art and Literature in the Modern Age, National Museum of Contemporary Art at
Deoksugung Palace, Seoul, Korea
Jamunbak Museum Project Part 2, Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2021 Jeonnam International SUMUK Biennale ‘Spendor of Monochrome’, Mokpo Culture Art Center, Mokpo,
Seoul, Korea
When the light comes out of the sun, Jeonnam Museum of Art, Gwangyang, Korea
Valentino Re-Signify Part II, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China
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| 2020 |
The Moment of Gieok (Korean Alphabet ?), Seoul Calligraphy Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2020 Changwon Sculpture Biennale: Non-Sculpture - Light or flexible, Changwon, Korea
Artists Respond, Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
To the Moon with Snoopy, Wooyang Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeongju, Korea
Wandering in Art, Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeju, Korea
Collectiong for All, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
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| 2019 |
Aspect of Korean Modern Sculpture, Seosomun Shrine History Museum, Seoul, Korea
To the Moon with Snoopy, Lotte Museum of Art, Seoul. Korea
Sunblink, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, USA
50/50, Alternative Space Loop, Multiplex Art Salon, Seoul, Korea
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| 2018 |
The Book of Disquiet, Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon, Korea
Exhibition Paradoxa. Art from Middle Korea, Udine, Casa Cavazzini, Italy
Far East Film Festival of Udine, Udine, Casa Cavazzini, Italy
Highlight K-Art, Culture-ICT Pavilion, PyeongChang Olympic Plaza, Korea
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| 2017 |
Real DMZ Project, DMZ Peace and Culture Square, Cheorwon-gun, Korea
Ghost, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea
The 57th International Art Exhibition: La Biennale di Venezia: Viva Arte Viva, Venice, Italy
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| 2016 |
Pungryunamdo Art Project, Haengcheon Museum, Haenam, Korea
MMCA Gwacheon, 30 Years 1986-2016: As the Moon Waxes and Wanes, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, Gwacheon, Korea
Born in Flames: Korean Ceramics from the National Museum of Korea, The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
When Words Fail, HITE Collection, Seoul, Korea
Rivers-The Way of Living in Transition / Asia Contemporary Art Links, Gallery 1 at Gwangju Biennale Hall, Gwangju, Korea
Earth, Fire, Soul – Masterpieces of Korean Ceramics, Grand Palais, Paris, France; travelling to The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Art from Elsewhere, Bristol Museum & Art Gallery and Arnolfini, Bristol, U.K. (Travelling Exhibition)
Motions, Ota Fine Arts, Singapore
CERAMIX: Art and Ceramics from Rodin to Schütte, Sèvres – Cité de la céramique, Sèvres, France
Art from Elsewhere, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, U.K. (Travelling Exhibition)
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| 2015 |
'New Light---Catch Your Eye', Metaphysical Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
'Seoul vite vite!', Lille 3000 'Renaissance', Le Tripostal, Lille, France
'Re:Kontemporary_Fermented Souls', Waterfall Mansion, New York, USA |
| 2015 |
'New Light---Catch Your Eye', Metaphysical Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
'Seoul vite vite!', Lille 3000 'Renaissance', Le Tripostal, Lille, France
'Re:Kontemporary_Fermented Souls', Waterfall Mansion, New York, USA |
| 2014 |
'Signature Art prize 2014', Asia Pacific Breweries Foundation, Singapore
'The brilliant art project 2nd--Dream Society: Xbrid', Seoul Museum, Seoul, Korea
'Leeum 10th Anniversary--Beyond and Between', Leeum Samsung Museum, Seoul, Korea
'Myth/History: Yuz Collection of Contemporary Art', YUZ Museum Shanghai, Shanghai, China
'ThingWorld; International Triennial of New Media Art 2014', National Art Museum of China(NAMOC), Beijing, China |
| 2013 |
'Post-humanist Desire: Sexuality and Digitality in Contemporary Art' Museum, MOCA, Taipei, Taiwan
'Site Specific Art Project: Choe-U-Ram', National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
'Who is Alice?’, Spazio Lightbox, Venice, Italy
'Era of Grand Navigation Korean Art', Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea
'Kinesthetics: Art Imitating Life’, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, USA
'Flow, Just Flow', University of Richmond Museums, Richmond, USA
'DNA (Design and Art)', Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea |
| 2012 |
'Korean Eye 2012', Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
'Re-Opening', DOOSAN Gallery Seoul, Seoul, Korea
'Google Zeitgeist 2012', The Grove, London, UK
'Dream Walking in the Magical Reality', the National Museum of 'Contemporary Art', Gwacheon, Korea |
| 2011 |
'The Creators Project; New York 2011', DUMBO, New York, USA
'Opening Exhibition', Jung-a choi gallery, Seoul, Korea
'Code Name: Save Joseph Clinic Part2', Joseph Clinic, Seoul, Korea |
| 2010 |
'Made in Popland', the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
'Power House', Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
'Printemps Parfume', Centre des Arts d’ Enghien les Bains, Enghien les Bains, France
'SACA-Soul of Asian Contemporary Art', Hakgojae gallery, Seoul, Korea
'i-Robot', Soma Museum', Seoul, Korea
'Cybernetics', Poma Museum, Pohang, Korea |
| 2009 |
'Beginning of New Era', the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
'The imaginary line', Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
'No longer empty – Transformation', New York, USA
'D-AiR', Doosan Gallery, New York, USA
'Eye of the pacific rim-SU:MBISORI', JMOA(Jeju Museum of art), Jeju, Korea
'The Garden at 4PM', Gana Art, New York, USA |
| 2008 |
'Made Up ; Liverpool Biennial', FACT, Liverpool, UK
'1st Asian Art Triennial', Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, UK
'Open Space', NTT Intercommunication Center[ICC], Tokyo, Japan |
| 2007 |
'Sprit of Place; Genius Loci, 3th Biwako Biennale', Omi Hachiman City, Japan
'Summer Show', Bitforms Gallery, New York, USA
'Korean Host Country Exhibit', ARCO, Madrid, Spain |
| 2006 |
'6th Shanghai Biennale-Hyper Design', Shanghai, China
'Seoul Forest Open Air Sculpture Symposium', Seoul Forest Park, Seoul, Korea
'Art Basel', Museum Basel, Basel, Switzerland |
| 2005 |
'Opening Exhibition', Bitforms Gallery Seoul, Seoul, Korea
'Art Basel', Museum Basel, Basel, Switzerland
'Hardcore Machine', Art Space Hue, Seoul, Korea
'Opening Exhibition', Gallery Chiwoo, Gwacheon, Korea |
| 2004 |
'Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art Opening Exhibition', Leeum, Seoul, Korea
‘Stillness & Movement’, Seoul Olympic Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
‘Busan Biennale’, Busan Metropolitan Art Museum, Busan, Korea
‘Art Basel’, Museum Basel, Basel, Switzerland
‘Chinese International Gallery Exposition’, Beijing Expocenter, Beijing, China
‘Offisina Asia’, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
‘The Armory Show’, Pier 90 & 92, New York, USA |
| 2003 |
‘Artist is a Magician’, Gallery Artside, Seoul, Korea
‘Fake & Fantasy’, Art Center Nabi, Seoul, Korea
‘International Digital Art Exhibition’, Uijeongbu Arts Center, Uijeongbu, Korea
‘D.U.M.B.O. art under the bridge festival, DUMBO, Brooklyn, New York, USA
‘Art Basel’, Museum Basel, Basel ,Switzerland
‘Cartoon in Art, Art in Cartoon’, Ewha Women’s University Museum, Seoul, Korea
‘Prince & Princess’, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
‘Electric Power’, Kepco Plaza Gallery, Seoul, Korea |
| 2002 |
‘Our House’, Shinsa-dong House, Seoul, Korea
‘Football through Art’, Chosun Ilbo Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
‘Space! Unlimited possibility performance’, Jayu Theater, Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea
‘Planet of Insect’, Seoho Art Museum, Yangsu-ri, Korea
‘Faery’, Mongwan, Seoul, Korea
‘New Face 2002’, Total Open-Air Museum, Jangheung, Korea
‘Imagination & Curiosity’, Insa Art Space, Seoul, Korea |
| 2001 |
‘Working Degree Zero’, Gallery Boda, Seoul, Korea
‘Children’s Month’, Kumho Museum, Seoul, Korea
‘Digital Art Networking Project’, Techno Mart, Seoul, Korea
‘Artificial Life’, Busan Municipal Art Museum, Busan, Korea
‘Net-Plant Project’, Art Center Nabi, Seoul, Korea |
| 2000 |
Sculpture Amusement Park’, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
‘The Exhibition of Paints which make you better smart’, Savina Gallery, Seoul, Korea
‘Expression of Period-eyes & hands’, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
‘Chungang Sculpture Society’, Jongro Gallery, Seoul, Korea
‘Im-pregnancy’, Art Gallery, The Korea Culture & Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
‘Expression of Age’, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea
‘Unexpected Visit’, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea |
| 1999 |
‘Republic of Gadget’, Gallery Warehouse, Ilsan, Korea
‘Korea Contemporary Art Trends in the 90’s’, Ellen Kim Murphy gallery, Seoul, Korea
‘Seoul Lumia of Century in Media’, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
‘Demonstration Bus’, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
‘Chungang Sculpture Society’, Seonam Art Center, Seoul, Korea
‘’99 Nine Dragon Heads’, Cheongju national Museum, Cheongju, Korea
‘Blasphemy, Total Museum of Contemporary Art’, Seoul, Korea
‘Garden of Mimesis – A Note on Life Written by Technology Artists’, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea |
| 1998 |
’98 Nine Dragon heads’, Daecheongho, Cheongju, Korea
‘Chungang Sculpture Society’, Total Open-Air Museum, Jangheung, Kore |
| 1997 |
‘Three hundred spaces’ , Dam gallery, Seoul, Korea
‘Gwangju Aperto – The Special exhibition of 2nd Gwangju Biennale’, Education & PR Hall, Gwangju, Korea
‘Chungang Sculpture Society’, Seonam Art Center, Seoul, Korea
‘Sound – II’, Yookyong Gallery, Seoul, Korea |
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| Awards and Residencies - |
| 2006 |
'Young Artist Today Award', Fine arts part, Korean government, Korea
'POSCO Steel Art Award', grand prize, POSCO TJ Park foundation, Korea |
| 2009 |
Residency at Doosan Art Center, New York
‘Kim se choong Sculpture Award’, Young sculptor part, Kim se choong memorial work organization, Korea |
| 2014 |
2014 Finalist, Signature Art Prize, Asia Pacific Breweries Foundation
Autodesk AIR program ,San Francisco U.S.A |
| Public Collections |
| 2006 |
Acrovista, Seoul, Korea
ARCO Collection, IFEMA, Madrid, Spain
Art Institute of Chicago Museums, Chicago, IL, USA
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
Bristol Museum, Bristol, UK
The British Museum, London, UK
Byucksan Corporation, Seoul, Korea
Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy
City of Echigo-Tsumari, Japan
Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
Gyeonggido Museum of Art, Ansan, Korea
Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeju, Korea
Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, CA, USA
Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine
M+ Museum, Hong Kong
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, USA
POSCO Museum, Pohang, Korea
Princeton University, New Jersey, USA
Salama Bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
Suwon Museum of Art, Suwon, Korea
Times Square, Seoul, Korea
Uli Sigg Collection, Switzerland
YU-UN Obayashi Collection, Tokyo, Japan |
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