EDUCATION
1994 M.F.A. Photography, School of Visual Arts, New York
1992 B.F.A. with honor, Photography, School of Visual Arts, New York
1989 M.F.A. Industrial Design, Hong Ik University, Seoul, Korea
1984 B.A. Urban Design, Hong Ik University, Seoul, Korea
EXPERIENCE
1999~2013: Instructor at University (Seoul Women's University / E-Wha Women's University / Chung-Ang University / Seoul National Univ. of Technology in Seoul, Korea)
1995~2005: Photo Director for Magazines (Premiere / Noblian / The Noble / Wolf / Lunch Box / Neighbor / She's / Yuhaeng Tongshin / Him in Korea)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 'Inhabiting / Uninhibited' Gallery Now, Seoul, Korea
2022 'Urban Odyssey II' Gallery Seohwa, Seoul, Korea
2021 'Poetics of Tranquility' Joong Jung Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2019 'Urban Odyssey' Gallery Soluna, Hong Kong
2018 VOLTA NY, New York, USA
2017 'Philosophizing the Landscape' Gallery Simon, Seoul, Korea
2016 'Poetics of Tranquility : Kim Woo Young’s Korean Landscape'
Choi Sunu House Memorial Museum, Seoul, Korea
2016 'Along The Boulevard' Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Jeju, Korea
2016 'Along The Boulevard' Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2014 'Boulevard Boulevard' BOE, Seoul, Korea
2014 'Boulevard Boulevard' Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Jeju, Korea
2014 'Boulevard Boulevard' Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2013 'THROUGH MY EYES' THE PERFECT EXPOSURE GALLERY, Los Angeles
2013 'THROUGH MY EYES' ANDREWSHIRE GALLERY, Los Angeles
2007 'HELLO EVERYONE' Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2006 'NEIGHBOR' Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2005 'BEAUTIFUL PROMISE' Gum-Ho Museum, Seoul, Korea
2005 'THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CHALLENGE IN THE WORLD' Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2003 'THERE AFTER' Il-Min Museum, Seoul, Korea
2003 'BEAUTIFUL FACES' Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2001 'JUST HERE' Gallere Bhak, Seoul, Korea
1997 'WOMB' Gallere Bhak, Seoul, Korea
1993 'EARTH' East West Gallery, New York
1993 'DIALOGUE WITH NATURE' Seoul Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1991 'TO MY MOTHER AND TO YOU SOO' Visual Arts Gallery, New York
1989 'NEW WORKS' Space Gallery, Seoul, Korea
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 'Immaculate and Stark Scenery', DOSI PAVILION, Busan, Korea
2022 Defacement, Centerfield, Seoul, Korea
2022 'Ode to the Moon: 吟風詠月(음풍영월)', Korean Cultural Center, Hong Kong
2021 JAD FESTA 2021, Jeju, Korea
2021 'PRISM: Third Anniversary Group Show', Soluna Fine Art, Hong Kong
2020 Fine Art Asia 2020, HKCEC, Hong Kong
2020 '淸風明月 | An Ode to Life', Korean Cultural Center, Hong Kong
2019 'Dear Paradiso,' Re\turning, Gunsan, Korea
2019 'Simon's Friends' Gallery Simon, Seoul, Korea
2019 '溫故知新', Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2018 Art Fair Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2017 'Seoul Museum of Art Selected Works from New Acquisitions' Seoul Museum of Art, Korea
2017 'Your Hand, My Heart' Gallery Simon, Seoul, Korea
2016 'ARRIVAL' Gallery Simon, Seoul, Korea
2014 SCOPE Artfair, Miami, USA
2014 Art Hamptons, New York, USA
2014 LA Art Show, LA, USA
2007 'EYE ON KOREA' Hofburg Imperial Palace, Insbruck, Austria
2006 'SPOTLIGHT 30 WOMEN' Papertainer Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2006 'PEOPLE UNDER THE LANDSCAPE OF SEOUL' 175 Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2006 'PHOTOGRAPHY NOW' Gallery Now, Seoul, Korea
2005 'INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR' Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2004 'B-CUTS' Daelim Museum, Seoul. Korea
2003 'FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY' Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju, Korea
2003 'FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY' Daelim Museum, Seoul, Korea
2003 'SONG-DAM ART FESTIVAL' Song-Dam Gallery, Yongin, Kyungki-Do
2002 'INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR' Pingyao, China
2001 'FASHION ART FESTIVAL' Convention Center, Pusan, Korea
2001 'PERSONAL COLOR' How Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1997 'C.K.N.P Show' Camelot, Seoul, Korea
1997 'FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY AS AN ART' Coex, Seoul, Korea
1993 'Art Biennale' Cepa Gallery, Buffalo, New York
PUBLICATION
2023 'THE VASTNESS II', Chaeg Chaeg, Seoul, Korea
2022 'THE VASTNESS I', Chaeg Chaeg, Seoul, Korea
2022 'Poetics of Tranquility', Chaeg Chaeg, Seoul, Korea
2007 'HELLO EVERYONE', H & C, Seoul, Korea
2006 'NEIGHBOR', Sol, Seoul, Korea
2005 'BEAUTIFUL PROMISE', Human Expedition, Seoul, Korea
COLLECTION
Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Leeum Samsung Foundation, Seoul, Korea
Wooran Foundation, Seoul, Korea
Bonte Museum, Jeju, Korea
Il-Min Museum, Seoul, Korea
Yun Posun Memorial Foundation, Seoul, Korea
Seoul Women's University, Seoul, Korea
Ryse Hotel, Seoul, Korea
MCM of Sungjoo Group, Seoul, Korea
JEI Corporation, Seoul, Korea
Brandston Partnership Inc. Korea, Seoul, Korea
Giheung Country Club, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
THE STAR HUE Golf & Resort, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
COSTAY Songdo, Incheon, Korea
NUDAKE, Lotte department store, Dongtan, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
NUDAKE, HAUS Shanghai, China
Dongsung Chemical, Seoul, Korea
SHINYOUNG E&C, Seoul, Korea
Owners Club / Capella Hotels & Resorts, Seoul, Korea
DOSI PAVILION, Busan, Korea
H/HUS, Seoul, Korea