Born in Jinju, South Korea.
Lives and works in Singapore.
Currently an Associate Professor of Photography and Digital Imaging, Nanyang Technological University.
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
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
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
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