Education:
1998 MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1997 American Photography Institute – National Graduate Seminar, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
1996 BA, University of California, Irvine
Solo Exhibitions:
2008
-Sojourner, DoBaeBacSa, Seoul, Korea
-Offerings & Outlines, S1F Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005
- Interspace, Paxico Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2000
- bona fide, Chicago, IL
1998
- bona fide, Chicago, IL
- Ms. Sampoong, 847 West Jackson, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
- Teething, Gallery 2, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
1996
-Lifeline, The Art Gallery, University of California, Irvine, CA
Group Exhibitions:
2008
- Cocktail Hour with Skip Arnold and Friends, Bonelli Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
- Near West – LA Weeks, Makii Masaru Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan
- New Work, Unit 8, Los Angeles, CA
2007
- humor us, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, CA
- U Can’t Touch This, ZONE: Chelsea, New York, NY
- The Rainbow Goblin, The Advocate & Gochis Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
- Exquisite Crisis & Encounters, A/P/A Gallery, NYU, New York, NY
2006
- The Belly of the Whale, Unit11, Los Angeles, CA
2005
- USUK, Three Colts Gallery, London, United Kingdom
- Come Together, enView, Long Beach, CA
- Korea Mexico, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
- Scene ‘05, Korean American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
- Into Thin Air, One Institute, Los Angeles, CA
- Heaven on Earth: Hell on Wheels, Art LA, Santa Monica Civic Center, Santa Monica, CA
2004
- Irrational Exhibits 3, Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- Launch, Paxico Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003
-Open Ticket, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, CA
2002
- There: Sites of Korean Diaspora, Gwangju Biennale, Project 2, Gwangju, Korea
- Storefront Live, Korean American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Publications:
Camper, Fred. “Finding Their Place.” Chicago Reader, October 30, 1998, pp. 40 & 42.
Gaines, Malik. “Scene ’05.” (Exhibition Brochure), Korean American Museum, 2005.
Hunt, Ashley. “A Body is Not Only a Body.” Itch Journal, Issue #8 (Pornocracy), Early Fall 2008, pp. 18-21.
Ise, Claudine. “Framing the Many Possibilities of Photography in the Tech Age.” Los Angeles Times, March 5, 1999, F34.
Min, Yong Soon. “Certain Latitudes.” (Exhibition Catalog), There: Sites of Korean Diaspora. Gwangju Biennale, Project 2, pp. 26 & 46.
Min, Yong Soon. “Korean Fever.” (Exhibition Brochure), Spring Fever, 1999.
Morris, Gary. “Less is less.” Bay Area Reporter, March 5, 1998, pp. 39 & 40.
Morris, Gary & Booth, Tod. “Beauty and the East.” SF Weekly, March 4-10, 1998, p. 66.
Park, Hyesook. Korea Times Los Angeles, February 28, 2008.
Reyes, Eric. “The Impossibilities of Standing Still.” (Exhibition Brochure), Open Ticket, 2003.
Awards:
James Nelson Raymond Fellowship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1998
Trustee Scholarship, Photography Department, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1996-8