Biographical Information for Yeonmi Kang:

Residence: Seoul, Korea

EDUCATION

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


AWARDS AND HONORS

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
1999 "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


PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS

2005 Portraits, doArt Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2000 Yeonmi Kang Art Jewelry Exhibition, Gana Art Space, Seoul, Korea


TWO-PERSON SHOW

2001 Jewelry, Introspections and Mediated Interactions, I space, Chicago, IL


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007
International Crafts Trade Fair, COEX, Seoul, Korea
May I have your order? Restaurant Jang, Seoul, Korea
SOFA Chicago, New York, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts
International Inspirations, Gallery De Novo, Palo Alto, CA
Pins for Men, Facere Jewelry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
Link, A Joind Exhibition of NSCAD and KMU Metalwork and Jewelry, Kookmin Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Metalwork and Jewellery for the Aged, Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Jewelry Conception, Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea

2006
Body: Internalized/Externalized, I space, Chicago, IL
Sofa Chicago, New York, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts

2005
Metomorphoses of Happy Invention, The Chiwo Craft Museum, Seoul, Korea
Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Cheongju Arts Center
Signs of Life, Facere Jewelry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA

2004
Suggestion, Gana Art Space, Seoul, Korea and Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju, Korea
Plastic, Plastic, Plastic, Korean Craft Promotion Foundatin, Seoul, Korea
Portraits, The Society of Art and Crafts, Boston, MA

2003
International Jewelry Exhibition curated by Charon Kransen ,Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, AZ
Forces of Nature, Object of Desire Gallery, Louisville, KY
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 Gallery, Seattle, WA

2002
Alchemists, 700 Rings, Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Exhibition in Print, Metalsmith, USA
At Beauty's Edge, curated by Charon Kransen Arts, Patina Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
BIJOU, Yaw Gallery, Birmingham, MI
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
New Makers/ Fresh Visions, Facere Jewelry Art, Seattle, WA
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
International 20th Century Arts Fair at the Armory -New York, Charon Kransen Arts, New York, NY
Attitude &Action: North American Figurative Jewelry, (Traveling Exhibition)
1. Atrium Gallery, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England
2. Jewellery Gallery at DESIGNyard, Dublin, Ireland
Drawing the Lines: Selection from Artists Sketchbooks, Society of Art & Craft, Boston, MA
M.F.A Thesis Exhibition, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
New Metal: Emerging Views, Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR

1999
International 20th Century Arts Fair at the Armory -New York, Charon Kransen Arts, New York, NY
Craft Forms '99, Wayne Art Center, Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Gallery, Wayne, PA
USA Craft Today '99, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT
National Crafts, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
SOFA Chicago, repr. By Charon Kransen Arts
Playful Intent, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
SNAG Juried Student Exhibition, Maryville University, St. Louis, MO
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


PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

Museum of Decorative Arts, Montreal, Canada
National Museum of Modern Art, Gwacheon, Korea


PUBLICATIONS

2006 500 Necklaces, Lark Books
2005 500 Brooches, Lark Books
2003 Art Jewelry Today by Dona Meilach
2002 Metalsnith, Exhibition in Print
2002 Metalsmith, Spring Issue, "Reviews"
2001 Craft, September, "Portfolio"
2000 Art Jewelry Forum News, Spring Issue
2000 SNAG News "Art Jewelry Forum Emerging Artist Award"
1999 Sep. 19, The New York Times "At Silvermine, The Art of Craft"- group exhibition review
1999 SNAG News "99 SNAG Educational Endowment Scholarship Awards"
1999 April 22, Lancaster New Era "Skill and style-National Craft 99"- group exhibition review
1994 Zeitgenössische Schmuckkunst in Korea, Schmu