Yeonmi Kang



Born:

1968, Seoul, Korea

Training / Education:

  • 1998-2000 M.F.A. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Metals)
  • 1991-1993 M.F.A. Seoul National University (Metals)
  • 1987-1991 B.F.A. Seoul National University, College of Fine Arts, Department of Craft Arts (Metals)

Work Experience:

  • 2003-Present Teaching: Seoul National University, KookMin University, Korea
  • 2000-2002 Teaching: KookMin University, Konkuk University, Korea
  • 1994-1995 Teaching: Kyung-sung University, Korea
  • 1993-1994 Teaching : Contemporary Jewelry Design Institute, Korea

Exhibitions (Solo & Group Shows):

PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS

  • 2000 Yeonmi Kang Art Jewelry Exhibition, Gana Art Space (Seoul, Korea)

TWO- PERSON SHOW

  • 2001 Jewelry, Introspections and Mediated Interactions, I space (Chicago, IL U.S.A.)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 2004 Plastic Plastic Plastic, Korean Craft Promotion Foundation (Seoul, Korea)
  • Portraits, The Society of Art and Crafts (Boston, MA, U.S.A.)
  • SOFA, New York, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts
  • SOFA, Chicago, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts
  • Int. Art + Design Fair NY, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
  • PalmBeachContemporary Florida, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts
  • 2003 International Jewelry Exhibition curated by Charon Kransen ,Gallery Materia (Scottsdale, AZ.U.S.A.)
  • Forces of Nature, Objects of Desire Gallery (Louisville, KY U.S.A.)
  • The beautiful rainbow arisen in Mongolian steppe/ The Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery (Mongolia)
  • Suggestion (traveling exhibition)
  • 1. Insa Art Center (Seoul, Korea)
  • 2. Gallery Pfo (Busan, Korea)
  • SOFA Chicago, New York, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts
  • ArtForm Palm Beach, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts
  • Int. Art + Design Fair New York, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts
  • All Mixed Up, Facere Jewelry Art (Seattle, WA U.S.A.)
  • 2002 2002 Alchemists, 700 Rings, Insa Art Center (Seoul, Korea)
  • Exhibition in Print, Metalsmith (U.S.A.)
  • At Beauty's Edge, curated by Charon Kransen Arts, Patina Gallery (Santa Fe, NM U.S.A.)
  • Holiday Artist Show, Facere Jewelry Art (Seattle, WA U.S.A.)
  • Seoul Metalsmiths Bienalle, Samsung Plaza Gallery, (Bundang, Korea)
  • BIJOU, Yaw Gallery (Birmingham, MI U.S.A.)
  • Int. Art + Design Fair New York, repr. By Charon Kransen Arts
  • SOFA Chicago, New York, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts
  • 2001 Suggestion, Mokkumto Craft Space (Seoul, Korea)
  • Nine East/ Nine West, curated by Charon Kransen Gallery DeNovo (Palo Alto, CA U.S.A.)
  • New Makers/ Fresh Visions, Facere Jewelry Art (Seattle, WA U.S.A.)
  • Artists for the Future, Gallery Gainro (Seoul, Korea)
  • Jewelry in Imagination, Craft Space Mokkumto (Seoul, Korea)
  • SOFA Chicago, New York, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts
  • 2000 Melting point, Susan Cummins Gallery (Mill Valley, CA U.S.A.)
  • International 20th Century Arts Fair at the Armory -New York, Charon Kransen Arts (New York, NY U.S.A.)
  • Attitude &Action: North American Figurative Jewelry, (traveling exhibition)
  • 1. Atrium Gallery, University of Birmingham (Birmingham, England)
  • 2. Jewellery Gallery at DESIGNyard (Dublin, Ireland)
  • SOFA Chicago, New York, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts
  • Drawing the Lines: Selection from Artists Sketchbooks, Society of Art & Craft (Boston, MA U.S.A.)
  • M.F.A Thesis Exhibition, Krannert Art Museum (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
  • New Metal: Emerging Views, Contemporary Crafts Gallery (Portland, OR U.S.A.)
  • 1999 International 20th Century Arts Fair at the Armory -New York, Charon Kransen Arts (New York, NY U.S.A.)
  • Craft Forms '99, Wayne Art Center, Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Gallery (Wayne, PA U.S.A.)
  • USA Craft Today '99, Silvermine Guild Galleries (New Canaan, CT U.S.A.)
  • National Crafts 1999, Lancaster Museum of Art (Lancaster, PA U.S.A.)
  • SOFA Chicago, , repr. by Charon Kransen Arts
  • Playful Intent, Craft Alliance (St. Louis, MO U.S.A.)
  • SNAG Juried Student Exhibition, Maryville University (St. Louis, MO U.S.A.)
  • 1995 The 3rd TOOL Metal, Gallery Yoon (Seoul, Korea)
  • 1994~1995 Korean Contemporary Jewelry (Traveling Exhibition)
  • 1. Schumuck Museum (Pforzheim, Germany)
  • 2. Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus (Hanau, Germany)
  • 3. Galerie für Angewandte Kunst (Munchen, Germany)
  • 4. Museum für Natur und Stadtkultur (Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany)
  • 1994 The 1st Women Metal Artists, Jewelry House (Seoul, Korea)
  • 1993 Metallegefäße, Galerie für Angewandte Kunst (Munchen, Germany)
  • Seoul Metalsmiths Bienalle, Galleria Gallery (Seoul, Korea)
  • M.F.A. Show, Seoul National University (Seoul, Korea)
  • The 8th Korean Crafts, National Museum of Contemporary Art (Seoul, Korea)
  • 1992 The 2nd TOOL Metal, Gallery Aju (Seoul, Korea)
  • 1991 The 3rd Korean Contemporary Jewelry Competition, Sheraton Walker Hill Gallery (Seoul, Korea)

Awards / Grants:

  • 2000 Art Jewelry Forum Emerging Artist Award 2000
  • 1999 USA Craft Today '99 -The Liquitex Art Award
  • 1999 SNAG(Society of North American Goldsmiths) Endowment Scholarship
  • "In The Palm of Your Hand" SNAG Juried Student Exhibition- Michael Good Award
  • 1993 The 8th Korean National Crafts Exhibition
  • 1991 The 3rd Korean Contemporary Jewelry Competition

Collections (Private & Museum):

  • 1999 Acquisition Museum of Decorative Arts (Montreal, Canada)

Publications:

  • Art Jewelry Today by Dona Z. Meilach, pg. 141, 2003
  • Metalsmith, Exhibition in Print 2002, pg. 28, 2002
  • Metalsmith, "Reviews", pg. 48, Spring, 2002
  • Crart, , "Portfolio", pg. 86 September 2001
  • Art Jewelry Forum News, Spring, 2000
  • SNAG News "Art Jewelry Forum Emerging Artist Award" pg. 2, 2000
  • The New York Times "At Silvermine, The Art of Craft"- group exhibition review, Sep. 19, 1999
  • SNAG News "99 SNAG Educational Endowment Scholarship Awards" pg.4, 1999
  • Lancaster New Era "Skill and style-National Craft 99"- group exhibition review, April 22, 1999

Artist Statement:

I like to transform personal experience, dreams related to human condition in to three- dimensional object jewelry. I question the inevitable fate of human being by exploiting symbolism. Through the everyday journey of transforming questions into objects, I want to be an observer of the unbalanced connection between the world and myself.