About

Born in Jinju, South Korea.

Lives and works in Singapore.

Currently an Associate Professor of Photography and Digital Imaging, Nanyang Technological University.

Education

2004

Ed D, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

2002

MFA, Photography and Related Media, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, USA

1998

MA, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

1996

BFA, Pratt Institute, New York, NY, USA

Solo Exhibitions

2017

The Private Museum, “Coastal Regions: Delta”, Singapore

2014

Jeonju International Photography Festival, “Women in Asia”, South Korea

2013

SG Private Banking Gallery, Alliance Française, “Quiet Dream & Steep Price”, Singapore

2013

Pingyao International Photography Festival, Cotton Mill Factory, China

2011

Lucca Photo Festival, “Looking East”, Tuscany, Italy

2010

Photo Space Gallery, National University of Australia, Canberra, Australia

2010

India International Centre, New Delhi, India

2009

SG Private Banking Gallery, Alliance Française, Singapore

2006

Macy Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

2002

New Image Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, USA

2001

Visual Arts Gallery, SoHo, New York, NY, USA

Group Exhibitions

2017

Annex Delphi, Athens School of Fine Arts, “Light”, Greece

2016

Seoul Photo, Asia Contemporary Photography, COEX Seoul, South Korea

2016

Wilson Outdoor Photo Festival, “Eyes on the Main Street”, NC, USA

2016

Daejeon Lotte Gallery, Asia Contemporary Photography, South Korea

2015

COEX P&I PRO, Asia Contemporary Photography, Seoul, South Korea

2015

Seoul Lotte Gallery, Asia Contemporary Photography, South Korea

2015

Gwangju Lotte gallery Asia Contemporary Photography, South Korea

2015

315 Art Center: Gyeongnam International Photo Festival, Changwon, South Korea

2015

Wilson Outdoor Photo Festival, “Eyes on the Main Street”, NC, USA

2014

ADM Gallery, “Postmodern Documentary Photography”, Singapore

2014

SYO Gallery, “Postmodern Documentary Photography”, South Korea

2014

Purdue University, East Gallery, “Postmodern Documentary Photography”, West Lafayette, IN, USA

2014

The Private Museum, “Her Image”, Singapore

2013

The Museum of Greek Folk Art, “So well suited”, Athens, Greece

2012

Doors Art Fair, Seoul, South Korea

2012

Pingyao International Photography Festival, Cotton Mill Factory, China

2011

Goodman Art Center, “Eye Pumping”, Singapore

2011

ADM Gallery, “Port of Call”, School of Art, Design and Media, NTU, Singapore

2011

2902 Gallery, “Angsana”, Singapore

2010

ION Art Gallery, “In Transition”, Singapore

2010

ION Art Gallery, “One exhibition”, Singapore

2010

India International Center, “Forest and People”, New Delhi, India

2010

Australia National University, “Women in Asia”, Canberra, Australia

2010

Asian Civilization Museum, “Housing Memories”, Singapore

2010

National Library of Singapore, “Housing Memories”, Singapore

2009

Former Nature Museum, “The Pursuit of Happiness”, Groningen, the Netherlands

2008

Calumet Photo Art Gallery in San Francisco, CA, USA

2008

Calumet Photo Art Gallery, New York, NY, USA

2008

Fotofest in Houston, TX, USA

2007

St. Edward’s University Art Gallery in Austin, TX, USA

2007

The Center for Contemporary Art in Abilene, TX, USA

2007

Pocheon Asia Art Biennale, BanWol Art Hall, Kyongido, South Korea

2007

UV House, “6th Sense”, Haeiri Art Village, Kyongido, South Korea

2005

SSAMZIE Space: “M_A_P”, Seoul, South Korea

2004

Macy Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

2003

Asian American Art Center, “Provocations”, New York, NY, USA

2002

Society for Contemporary Photography, “Celebrities’ Best Shots”, Kansas City, MO, USA

2002

The Gallery at the Dodds Hall, West Haven, CO, USA

2002

South Korean Cultural Center, “Parallel Connections,” Los Angeles, CA, USA

2002

Midlands Arts Centre, John Kobal Portrait Photography Award Exhibition, Birmingham, UK

2001

The Robert & Mary Montgomery Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL, USA

2001

National Portrait Gallery, The John Kobal Photographic Portrait Award, London, UK

2001

Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO, USA

2001

Art Center, Harper College, “Small Works”, Palatine, IL, USA

2001

New Image Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, USA

2001

Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA

2001

Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA, USA

2001

Robert A. Peck Arts Center, “Exhibition 2001”, WY, USA

2001

Central Wyoming College, Riverton, WY, USA

2001

Kreft Center Gallery, “Kreft: RED”, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

2001

Pietra Di Luna Gallery, Hollywood, FL, USA

2001

Sotheby’s International Young Art Program, Internet Auction and Exhibition, Tel Aviv, Israel

2000

LRC Gallery, Rhinelander, WI, USA

2000

Robeson Gallery, Penn State College, PA, USA

Public Presentations

2016

Auckland Art Gallery: Artist Talk organized by Auckland Festival of Photography, New Zealand

2015

A Women’s Studies Symposium, Co‐organized by Cambridge University and NTU, Singapore

2015

Pingyao International Photography Festival, Photographic education forum, China

2015

Deck, Photography speaker series, Invited speaker: “Constructed Realities”, Singapore

2015

JeonJu International Photography Festival, Academic Panel Discussion, “After Photography” with Prof Jim Ramer, Parsons Design School in NYC, Prof YaoLu, Central
Academy of Fine Art in Beijing, South Korea

2015

ChungAng University, Photography Department, Invited Speaker, “The three different aspect of contemporary photography”, Angsung, South Korea

2014

The Private Museum, Artist Talk: Her Image, Singapore

2014

International Symposium: Women in Photographs from Asia and Middle East, NTU, Singapore

2013

Bandung International Photography Festival, Invited Speaker, “Photographic Thinking and Learning”, Indonesia

2013

Pingyao International Photography Festival,
Public Talk: “Steep Price”: Globalization and Impacts on Muslim Weavers”, China

2013

Pingyao International Photography Festival, “Photographic Education Forum”, China Public Forum: Ways of developing interdisciplinary photography curriculum

2013

Photographic Society, Invited Speaker: Contemporary Photography in SouthAsia, Seoul, South Korea

2013

Umahseni Gallery,
Invited Speaker, Roundtable Presentations & Discussions, Beyond Boundaries: “When collector curates a show”, Jakarta, Indonesia

2013

Parsons the New School for Design, MFA Photo Program, Invited Visiting Artist Talk, New York, NY, USA

2013

Parsons the New School for Design, MFA Photo Program, NYC Master Class Critique

2013

Columbia College Chicago, IL, USA
Invited Visiting Scholar Public Lecture

2013

Columbia College Chicago, IL, USA
Master Class Critique

2013

Visiting artist talk, MFA photo, video, and related media department, School of Visual Art (SVA), New York, NY, USA

2012

Singapore International Photo Festival
Academic symposium, Invited Speaker, “The Limits of Photography in Digital Age”

2012

Pingyao International Photography Festival, Floor Talk, Pingyao, China

2012

Beijing Film Academy, Conference, “Photographic practice as research”Beijing, China

2012

Central Academy of Fine Arts, Public talk on “Thinking with a camera”, Beijing, China

2012

Singapore International Photography Festival
Invited speaker for public talk “On Preparing Your Portfolio”

2012

University of Brunei Darussalam, Artist talk, Brunei

2011

National University of Singapore Museum
Invited speaker for the lecture series, “Framing the Familiar” talk

2011

National University of Singapore Museum
Invited speaker for the lecture series, “Gender /Identity”

2010

Plymouth University,
Invited guest speaker for the research group “Land/ Water”, PhD program, Exeter, UK

2010

2902 Gallery, Part of Singapore international photography festival (SIPF)
Invited guest speaker, “Portfolio Review PreparationTalk”

2010

Singapore Art Museum, Chapel
Panelist, “Photography Education in Singapore,” Public program, SIPF

2010

The Australia National University (ANU),
Visiting artist workshop, Photography & Digital Media Department at ANU, Canberra, Australia

2009

The 4th International Conference on The Arts in Society,”
“Contemporary Visual Artist Practice: Network of Relationships as a Transitional Mechanism in Professionalization”, Venice, Italy

2009

National Art Education Association: “Artist as Researcher and Teacher”, Minneapolis, MN, USA

2009

2902 Gallery, Invited guest speaker, “What makes a good portfolio?”, Singapore

2008

Singapore Art Museum, “Emerging Artists in New York”, Invited guest speaker by Singapore International Photography Festival

2007

InSEA Asia Regional Congress, “Making professional artists in Singapore”, Seoul, South Korea

2007

European Research Network Sociology for the Arts, “And, can it sell?”: A descriptive case study on artist-¬dealer relationships, Lueneburg, Germany

2007

Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, “Professionalization of Young Artists”, Honolulu, HI, USA

2006

Singapore Biennale Symposium: “BELIEF”, coordinated the symposium Symposium jointly presented by Arts Council Singapore & ADM

2004

National Art Association Conference (NAEA): “Can Teaching Benefit Career Artist?”, Denver, CO, USA

2004

Panelist for the Ohio Arts Council Fellowship in Photography, OH, USA
Reviewed and selected artworks to be awarded with the Ohio Arts Council Fellows

2003

Asian American Art Center, Artist Talk, New York, NY, USA

2001

International Center for Photography, Artist Talk, New York, NY, USA