Profile

Born in Seoul . Korea
Lives & works in Korea & Germany


Studies:
Fine Arts at Hongik University . Seoul +
Kunstgeschichte and Philosophy,Universität Freiburg i.Br. +
at National Academy for Fine Arts - Städelschule . Frankfurt . Germany

Grants :
2005/06 Goyang Studio Program of the National Museum of Modern Art Korea
2001 SsamzieSpace . Seoul . Korea
1999 Art Omi . NY. USA
1994/95 Grant of Ministry for Arts & Science in the state of Hessen . Germany




Solo-Exhibitions:

2008
hunting dance. Gallery Noon. Seoul. Korea

2004
Hm. Project Space Sarubia. Seoul. Korea
If I were you. Gallery Ssamziegil. Seoul. Korea

2001
Watching you watching me. Ausstellungshalle 1A . Frankfurt

1998
Was hab zu tun ich mit dem Rest . Goethe-Institute Rotterdam

1996
Stillhalten der Kinnlade. Gallery Huber-Nising . Frankfurt



Group-Exhibitions (selection) :

2008
Eonni is back. Gyeongido Moma. Korea
Gallery C5. Peking. China

2006
Drawing Energy . Arko Art Center.Seoul
Wake Up Andy Warhol . Ssamzie-Gil.Seoul
sub . Goyang Studio . Corea

2005
Since 1999 . Gallery Loop. Seoul
Visible or Invisible . Seoul Museum of Modern Art (SeMA)
Play Inbetween . Andrewshire Gallery.Los Angeles +
Arena 1 Gallery.Santa Monica.USA
Meeting . Seoul Art Center Gallery +
Art Gallery of Tokyo University. Japan

2004
Stranger than Paradise . Total Art Museum.Seoul
Wertpapiere . Ausstellungshalle 1A.Frankfurt
Spring Picnic . Seoul Museum for Modern Art (SeMA)

2003
Beauty. Seoung-Gok Museum. Seoul
Uncanny. Gallery La Mer. Seoul
At Home. KEPCO Plaza Gallery. Seoul
Where are you? Marronier Art Center. Seoul

2002
44 Puzzles. Gallery La Mer. Seoul
Neopainting. Young-Un Museum for Modern Art. Korea
Ssamzie Open Studio. Ssamzie Gallery. Seoul

2001
Desire . Museum for Art Bologna. Italy +
Kunstraum Innsbruck . Austria

2000
Man and Space . Kwangju Biennale 2000. Korea
Invisible Boundary . Utzunomia Museum for Modern Art +
Niigata Citizenhall Gallery. Japan

1999
3 Persons Show . Gallery Juno. New York City. USA

1998
Von Kopf bis Fuss . Kunstraum Innsbruck . Austria
Feed & Back . Kumho Museum for Modern Art. Seoul +
Frauenmuseum Bonn


E-mail: yisoonjoo@yahoo.co.kr

Installation_SeMA

View of National treasure MMV at exhibition Visible or Invisible . Seoul Museum of Modern Art (SeMA).2005







View of National treasure MMV - detail - at exhibition Visible or Invisible . Seoul Museum of Modern Art (SeMA).2005



View of National treasure MMV - detail - at exhibition Visible or Invisible . Seoul Museum of Modern Art (SeMA).2005



View of National treasure MMV - detail - at exhibition Visible or Invisible . Seoul Museum of Modern Art (SeMA).2005


View of National treasure MMV - detail - at exhibition Visible or Invisible . Seoul Museum of Modern Art (SeMA).2005

Installation_Loop & more

View of I want to be a tiger again - detail - at exhibition Since 1999 . Gallery Loop. Seoul



Couple 2005

Wall drawings _ Total Art Museum

Wall drawings _ Sarubia

Paintings

Signs_Kwangju & SeMA

Kwangju Biennale 2000




at Spring Picnic . SeMA


at Spring Picnic . SeMA



at Spring Picnic . SeMA



at Spring Picnic . SeMA



at Spring Picnic . SeMA



at Spring Picnic . SeMA



at Spring Picnic . SeMA

Drawings

View of Miss World (the true,the good,the beautiful) at exhibition Meeting . Seoul Art Center Gallery +
Art Gallery of Tokyo University. Japan


















Myoungpum



KFC



barbie 2004

Yi Soonjoos Arbeiten haben mir von Anfang an wegen ihres bekenntnishaften Charakters gefallen,der immer durch Humor gebrochen ist.Ich schätze sie ihrer biographischen Authentizität wegen - und ich meine damit die innere Biographie,die hier Ausdruck findet.Und ich schätze sie wegen ihrer Entscheidung,sich realistischer Kunstmittel zu bedienen und endlich aufgrund der subtilen Qualität ihrer Malerei. Es gehört Mut dazu,sich zu den eigenen Erfahrungen,Obsessionen,Erinnerungen und Vorstellungen zu bekennnen,sie in gleichnisartige Bilder zu überführen, die Ausdruck ihrer Verhältnisse zu Dingen und Menschen werden.

Peter Weiermair