Born in Seoul, Korea, in 1963
Lives and works in Seoul
Education & Residency
1989
MFA in Painting, Seoul National University, Seoul
1987
BFA in Painting, Seoul National University, Seoul
1995
Artist In Market Place, Bronx Museum, New York
1998
International Studio Program, Apex Art CP., New York
2003
Villa Arson Residency Program, Nice, France
2007
Ssamzie studio program, Seoul, Korea
2009
Gyeonggi Creation Center Pilot Program
Solo Exhibitions
2010
Jung Marie’s Jeongga, Yeesookyung’s devotion, Arko Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2009
Yee Ssookyung 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
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
Korean Gene, Korea Craft & Design Foundation gallery, Seoul, Korea
Oblique strategies, Kukje gallery, Seoul, Korea
Busan Biennale, Now Asian artist, Busan cultural center, Korea
Sculptures, Ota fine arts, Tokyo, Japan
Close encounter, Jeju museum of art, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, Korea
Triennale of KOGEI in Kanazawa, kanazawa City, Japan
The touch of history, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Germany
30th Annivrsary of the Young Korean Artists, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea, Gwacheon, Korea
2009
Vancouver Biennale, Canada
Platform, Kimusa, Seoul, Korea
Cheongju international craft biennale, Cheongju, Korea
Double Fantasy, Marugame Genichiro Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, Marugame city, Japan
Logic of Sensibility, Interalia, Seoul, Korea
Ceramics-Climax, Gyeonggido museum of Modern art, Ansan-city, Korea
Translated Koryo Celadon, Haegang Ceramics Museum, Ichon, Korea
Fragile-Fields of empathy, Museum of Modern Art of Saint Etienne, Saint Etienne, France
Lost and found, Rockby gallery, London, UK
Encounter: Dublin, Lisbon, Hong Kong and Seoul, Korea foundation cultural center, Seoul, Korea 2008 Meditation Biennale Poznan
2008
Poznan, Poland
Hirschwegeinundzwanzig, Kunstverin Coburg e. v., Coburg, Germany
Metamorphoses, Korean trajectories, Espace Louis Vuitton, Paris, France
Micro-narratives, Saint-ettiene Museum, France
Liverpool biennale, Fantasy studio, A foundation, Liverpool, UK
B side, Do Art Seoul, Seoul, Korea
To have or to be, Farmleigh gallery, Dublin, Ireland / Palacio Galveias, Lisboa, Portugal 2007 Possible Impossible, Art Park Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2007
Anyang Public Art Project, Hakun Park, Anyang, Korea
Shanghai E-arts Festival, Doll House, Shanghai, China
48th October Salon: Micro Narratives, Belgrade, Serbia
Icheon Ceramic Biennale, Icheon, Korea
Unfolding Korean Stories, Alcala 31, Madrid, Spain
2006
2006 Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, Echigo-Tsumari, Japan
Gwangju Biennale 2006: Fever Variations, Biennale Hall, Gwangju, Korea
Art in Life: Public Furniture, Busan Biennale 2006, Haeundae Beach, Busan, Korea
2005
V4 Video, Vostell Gallery, Berlin, Germany
The Exhibition on the Tales of 15 Villages, Gwangju, Korea
Against Translation, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Seoul Until Now, Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
2004
Episode, Chungju City Art Center, Chungju, Korea
A Praise for Still Life, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
MixMax, Artsonje Center, Seoul, Korea
2003
Attese-Ceramics in Contemporary Art (2nd Edition), Albisola Museum of Ceramics, Albisola, Italy
D.I.Y. Beyond Instruction, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
2002
Real–Interface, Space Ima, Seoul, Korea
2001
Attese-Ceramics in Contemporary Art, Albisola Museum of Ceramics, Albisola
Art Museum in Image, Gwangju Art Center, Gwangju/ Busan Art Center, Busan, Korea
2000
Das Lied von der Erde-Song of the Land, Museum Fridericianum Kassel, Kassel, Germany
Exit: International Film & Video Festival, Chisenhale Gallery, London, England
Con-Temporary-Super Expo 2000, Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo
Media City Seoul 2000, Subway Gallery, Seoul, Korea
art@design.org, Seoul Arts Center Hangaram Design Museum, Seoul, Korea
Leaving the Island: Busan International Biennale, Busan Museum of Modern Art, Busan, Korea
Another Space, Insa Art Space, Seoul, Korea
Art Museum In Image, Korea Center of Art and Culture, Seoul, Korea
Public Collections
Smart Museum of Art, Chicago University, Chicago, USA
Public collection of Yu-un, Tokyo, Japan
Times square, Seoul, Korea
Byucksan Corporation, Seoul, Korea
The ARCO Collection, IFEMA, Madrid, Spain
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
Gyeonggido Museum of Art, Ansan, Korea
City of Echigo-Tsumari, Japan
Acrovista, Seoul, Korea
The POSCO Museum, Pohang, Korea
Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
