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Known for
  
Ceramic crafts


Name
  
Kim Yik-yung

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Born
  
19 Feb 1935
Chongjin, Hamgyong, Korea

Kim Yik Yung, born in 1935 in Chongjin, Hamgyong, is a South Korean ceramic artist.

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Kim Yik-yung Kim Yikyung Wikipedia

She studied chemical engineering in Seoul national university and go to the New York, studied ceramic in M.F.A. college of ceramics at Alfred university. After that she came back to Korea, work in the national gallery of contemporary arts as researcher.

Kim was co-winner of the 2004 "Artist of the Year" award from the National Museum of Contemporary Art, South Korea, for significant contribution to the development of Korean contemporary ceramic art. Her work has been shown in major exhibitions in Korea, Japan, the United States, and Europe.

Education

  • 1957 B. S. Degree, Chemical Engineering, Seoul National University
  • 1958 Finished 1-year course of Ceramic Engineering, Seoul National University
  • 1959 Finished 1-year course of Crafts and Arts, Hongik University
  • 1961 M. F. A. College of Ceramics at Alfred University

    • Experiences

  • 1958-1959 Research Assistant, AID Central Design Demonstration Center
  • 1960-1961 Teaching Assistant, College of Ceramics at Alfred University
  • 1961-1963 Assistant to the Curator, National Museum of Korea
  • 1963-1964 Full-time Instructor, Duksung Women's College
  • 1964-1965 Invitational Research instructor, Kyoto Municipal College of Arts
  • 1965-1967 Instructor, Housing and Interior Design, Yonsei University
  • 1967-1968 Research Assistant, AID Design Development Project
  • 1969-1974 Planning Manager, Design Development Section, Korea Trade Promotion Center
  • 1975-2000 Professor, Ceramics Design, College of Design and Architecture, Kookmin University in Korea
  • 2000- Professor emeritus, Kookmin University.

    • Work in Collections

  • National Gallery of Contemporary Arts, South Korea
  • Hoam Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
  • Youngeun Museum of Art, Daeyu Cultural Foundation, Korea
  • Everson Museum, Syracuse, U. S. A.
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, U. S. A.
  • Royal Mari Mont Museum, Brussels, Belgium
  • British Museum, United Kingdom
  • National Museums of Scotland, United Kingdom
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, United kingdom
  • Detroit Institute of Art, U. S. A.
  • Royal Ontario Museum, Canada
  • Smithsonian Institution, U. S. A.
  • Taipei National Museum of History, Taipei
  • San Francisco Oriental Museum, U. S. A.
  • Philadelphia Museum of Arts, U. S. A.
  • Chicago Smart Museum, U. S. A.
  • Honolulu Academy of Arts, U. S. A.
  • Hawaii University Gallery, U. S. A.
  • San Antonio Museum of Art, U. S. A.

    • References

    Kim Yik-yung Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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