About Me

After a 19-year hiatus from art making, I realized my dream of studying art in Italy during the summer of 2001. During an all too short 3-week workshop I discovered plein air landscape painting and was reminded how much I loved drawing from life.  Then, after a year and a half of drawing and painting on weekends, in Spring 2003 I made a full-time commitment to artwork. 

These past years have been an extraordinary journey and gift. I have maintained a studio in the Gowanus neighborhood in Brooklyn since 2002. Having this space enables me to grow and develop as an artist. Without a degree in art, in some ways I may have ended up freer to pursue what interests me without worrying about trends in the “art world.”

I began to receive positive feedback very soon after I started down my art path. Not only did I sell paintings right away, but I was awarded a month-long fellowship residency at the Vermont Studio Center and was included in the book 100 New York Painters (C.M. Dantzic, Schiller Books) in 2006. I took these as signs to continue whole-heartedly.

Since then, in addition to a steady schedule of exhibitions, I have participated in almost every annual Gowanus Open Studio event since 2002. My paintings are in private collections in the USA, as well as Switzerland, Italy, France, and Austria, as well as in the collections of Brooks Brothers, Inc., the NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City, and the Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, NY. In 2014, three of my paintings were selected by the Arts in Embassies program of the US State Department and were loaned to the US Embassy in Geneva for four years.

In my constant desire to contribute to and be a part of a community of artists, I have been actively involved with various arts organizations. I have volunteered extensively for Arts Gowanus (a nonprofit), regularly donate paintings to Brooklyn Arts Council and Arts Gowanus fundraising events, have curated and organized several group exhibitions, and for a few years helped to manage a local cooperative gallery.

Given my prior life experiences I find myself more open-minded about how and where to show my work. Some might say that I prefer a more broadly inclusive and welcoming approach, which I intend to continue.

ARTIST RESUME

Born:  New York, NY
First generation Korean-American

Solo and 2-person Exhibitions

2022
My Muse, Brooklyn, Sterling Place (Atlantic Ave Artwalk), Brooklyn, NY
Green Hues of Vermont, Two Tannery Restaurant, West Dover, VT

2019
So Wonderful, Sweetwaters Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
My Verdant Oasis, PBX Gallery (Nu Hotel), Brooklyn, NY

2018
Un Bel Sogno, Baciccia, Brooklyn, NY

2016
Line of Sight (with Amy Williams, photographer), Brooks Brothers, Manhassett, NY
Brooklyn Moments, Fabio Scalia Salon+Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
Pretty Gritty, pop up at Aloft New York Brooklyn Hotel, Brooklyn, NY

2014
Look Again, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Made in Brooklyn (with Martha Walker), Brooks Brothers, Manhasset, NY

2012
Brooklyn Seen, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2011
Being There (with Mary Connelly), Callahan Center Gallery, St Francis College, Brooklyn, NY

2009
In/Sight=On/Site, (with Mary Connelly) Patrons' Gallery, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2007
From Brooklyn to the Sea, Baruch Performing Arts Center, New York, NY

2007
New York Shines, Underbridge Pictures, Brooklyn, NY

2005
Brooklyn Views, Shakespeare's Sister, Brooklyn, NY

2004
Broad Strokes, Celia Hirsch Gallery, Chappaqua, NY

2004
A Room of My Own, Re*Past Bakery & Café, NY, NY

Group Exhibitions

2023
Annual Small Works Show, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
CityLife: Captured, Scene and Unseen, New York Artists Circle curated online exhibit
National Arts Club Roundtable Exhibit, National Arts Club, New York, NY

2022
Brooklyn Around the Edges, FGD Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn Utopias: Along the Canal, curated by Katherine Gressel, The Old Stone House Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2021
The Other Art Fair, Arts Gowanus group, Brooklyn Expo Center, NY
Artmageddon II, Flatbush, NY
Simply Local, Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse, Brooklyn, NY
We’re Still Here, J.J. Byrnes Playground, Brooklyn, NY

2020
Atlantic Avenue Artwalk, curated exhibit, Brooklyn, NY
90th Annual Juried Open Exhibition, National Art League (online)
WFH Blues, Art in Res (online)
The Outside Painters, Court Tree Collective, Brooklyn, NY

2019
Inhabited, Black Moth Gallery, Ardmore, PA
Blue, 440 Gallery, Artsy.net

2018
Stillness, Curated by Elizabeth Mead, New York Artists Circle (online)

2017
Commodity and Ideology, Korean Art Forum, Klapper Art Gallery, Queens College, Flushing, NY

2015
Brooklyn Color/Form, Presented by Sotheby's International Realty, 17 Heronvue Rd, Greenwich, CT

2014
GEM Arts | NYC, Spring Affordable Art Fair, NYC
The Brooklyn Invasion: Pop Up, 62 Walker St, NYC

2013
From Pavement to Paradise, FrameWorks Studio & Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Summer Invitational, Art Essex Gallery, Essex, CT
Everyone in the Pool, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2012
Parallax AF: International Art Fair, Prince George Hotel, NYC

2011
Art for Clearwater, First Street Gallery, NYC
Convergence, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Summer in the City, Purume Gallery, NYC
My Favorite Place, Windham Fine Arts, Windham, NY
Landscape Re-Imagined, Purume Gallery, NYC

2009
101st Annual Thumb Box Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, NYC,
A River Runs Through It, Windham Fine Arts, Windham, NY
The Brooklyn Show (juried), 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
18th Annual Roundtable Exhibition, National Arts Club, New York, NY
Contemporary NY Waterways, Fraunces Tavern Museum, New York, NY

2008
Gowanus Basin: A Sense of Place, Gowanus Canal Conservancy Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
100th Annual Thumb-Box Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Black and White, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
100th Annual Members Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Landscape, Columbia County Council for the Arts, Hudson, NY
Spring into Summer, NAWA Gallery, New York, NY

2007
118th NAWA Annual Exhibition, Monroe Center for the Arts, Hoboken, NJ
Images of Brooklyn, Underbridge Pictures, Brooklyn, NY
Small Works Invitational, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY
Summertime, Underbridge Pictures, Brooklyn, NY
Summertime: From the Pool to Provence, Celia Hirsch Gallery, Chappaqua, NY
Women of the Streets, Shakespeare’s Sister, Brooklyn, NY

2006
A Taste of Old New York, Manhattan Center for Kitchen and Bath, New York, NY
Sunlit Impressions, Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT
Transformations, BWAC Pier, Brooklyn, NY
Home Away From Home, Liberty Condominiums, Brooklyn, NY

2005
Crossing Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Borough Hall Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Small Works Show, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2004
Small Works Invitational, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY
Brooklyn Artists, Shakespeare’s Sister, Brooklyn, NY
Holiday Gift Show, Celia Hirsch Gallery, Chappaqua, NY
Crossing Brooklyn Bridge, Williamsburg Art & Historical Society, Brooklyn, NY
Talking Hands, AIR Gallery, NY, NY
In the Midst of Things, AAWAA Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2003
Accumulative Efforts, Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY, 2003

Collections

Brooks Brothers, Corporate Office, New York, NY
Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
NYU Langone Health, Hand Center, New York, NY

Publications/Press

Awards & Distinctions

Artist-in-Residence, Aloft Hotel, Brooklyn, NY, 2015
Art in Embassies program, US State Department, 3 paintings at US Embassy in Geneva, Switzerland, 2014-2017
Vermont Studio Center, 4-week artists residence, June 2006
MTA Arts for Transit, Finalist, 2006, 2015

Events

Gowanus Open Studios, October 2002-2018, 2021-2023
Park Slope Windsor Terrace Artists, Spring Open Studios @ Ossam Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2023
GO Brooklyn, open studio event sponsored by Brooklyn Museum, 2012
Panelist, "Become a Savvier Art Collector," English Speaking Union, 2009
Panelist, "Become a Savvy Art Collector," Salmagundi Club, 2008

Memberships

2023 Artist Member, Park Slope Windsor Terrace Artists, Brooklyn, NY
2015-2017, Arts Gowanus, Volunteer in charge of Business Sponsorships, Brooklyn, NY
2011-2014  Elected Artist Member, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
200?-2023 Artist Member, NY Artists Circle, New York, NY

Education

International School of Art-Umbria, Figure Drawing and Landscape Painting, Italy, 2001
Corcoran School of Art, Color Theory, Washington, DC, 1995
Torpedo Factory Art Center, Drawing and Figure Painting, Alexandria, VA, 1994
Columbia University, New York, NY, 1986, MBA
Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1982, BA