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JeongMee Yoon

Background and Education

JeongMee Yoon was born in Seoul Korea in 1969. She earned a BFA from Seoul National University, in 1992. After she earned her MFA from Hong-Ik University in South Korea, in 1999. Later, in 2006, she earned another MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. After gaining many exhibitions, awards, and publicity as a Korean photographer, she lectured in six prominent academic institutions in South Korea. This began in 1999. Currently, Yoon teaches photography at Seoul Nation University, which is well-regarded as a prestigious school for undergraduate and postgraduate studies in visual and performance art.

Early Works

Yoon’s early works include Zoo, Space-Man-Space, Natural History Museum, Korea at NYPLY, the Stars & Stripes, and more. Zoo (1998-1999) shows a darker side of zoos and the cages within them. Natural History Museum (2002) shows photographed work of enclosures within The Natural History Museum. Korea at NYPLY (2004), shows how limited and non-distinguished Korean photographs were at the New York Public Library. There were only 12 files and non-distinguished from North or South Korea. The Stars & Stripes (2004-2006) project examined patriotism and diversity within the ‘newly’ founded country: the U.S.A.

The Pink and Blue Project

The Pink and Blue Project began in 2005 and is still in progress. This work is the most notarized of Yoon’s work. Through photographing girls displaying everything pink that they own and boys with everything blue that they own. The work talks about gender as well as globalization and consumerism. She found the affinity her (at the time) 5-year-old daughter shared for pink was common amongst many girls of many ethnic backgrounds. In an interview with Plastik, she says “girls train subconsciously and unconsciously to wear the color pink in order to look feminine. the saccharine, confectionary pink objects that fill my images of little girls and their accessories reveal a pervasive and culturally manipulated expression of “femininity” and a desire to be seen. the clothes and toy sections for children are already divided into pinks for girls and blues for boys. In 2012, JeongMee Yoon did a Ted talk about her work, and talks again about the divide between blue for boys and pink for girls in shopping centers, she also speaks towards the lack of choice boys and girls have in choosing a color for gender identity. Lenscratch wrote praise for this project in a titled piece: “South Korea Week: JeongMee Yoon: The Pink and Blue Project”. She received many exhibitions and awards for this work that is still talked about today.

Exhibitions and Awards

Solo Exhibition

2009 The Pink & Blue Project (Paris-Beijing Photo Gallery, Beijing, China)

2009 The Pink & Blue Project (Bolinas Museum, CA, USA)

2009 The Pink & Blue Project (San Francisco International Airport Museum (SFO Airport Museum), SF, CA, USA)

2009 The Pink & Blue Project (Jenkins Johnson gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA)

2009 The Pink & Blue Project (EM Art Gallery, Seoul, South Korea)

2008 The Pink & Blue Project (Children's Museum of the Arts, NY, USA)

2008 The Pink & Blue Project (Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, USA)

2008 The Pink & Blue Project (La Caja Blanca Gallery, Spain)

2007 5th Daum Prize Solo Show - The Pink & Blue Project (Kumho Museum, Seoul, South Korea)

-Supported by Geonhi Art Foundation

2001 Natural History Museum (Gallery Boda, Seoul, South Korea)

-NokUmBangChoBunKiTaengChon Solo Invited Exhibition

2000  Zoo II (Time Photo Space, South Korea)

1999  Zoo (Gallery Boda, Seoul, South Korea)

Two Person Exhibition

2007 Two Persons Exhibition (Gallery Skape, Seoul, South Korea)

2000 Portrait & Landscape of Naegok-dong (Gu Gallry in Seocho Art Institute, Seoul, South Korea)

Group Exhibition and Selected Exhibition

2008

On Photography (Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, South Korea)

Seoul International Photography Festival 2008 (Ancient Seoul Station, Seoul, South Korea)

NC cell (Natural Color Cell) (Sungbo Gallery, Seoul, South Korea)

The Figure Today (Jenkins Johnson Gallery, NY, SF, USA)

B-side (Do Art Seoul, Seoul, South Korea)

SVA Alumni Society Auction (Visual Arts Gallery, NY, USA)

Korean Contemporary Photography 60 Years, 1948~2008 (National Museum of Contemporary of Art, South Korea)

3rd Artist Mapping (Gallery Miru, Seoul, South Korea)

Art at Home : Wonderful Life (Doosan Art Center, Seoul, South Korea)

Beyond Representation (Jenkins Johnson Gallery, SF, USA)

Play / Quatre Jeux (O Born Contemporary, Toronto, Canada)

Rethink (Gallery Grimson, Seoul, South Korea)

Market Forces, Part II : Consumer Confidence - Carriage Trade, NY, USA

Mellow Fever - La Galerie des Galeries, Galeries Lafayette, Paris, France

Fun Fun - N Gallery, South Korea

The neighborhood institution - Alternative space pool, Seoul, South Korea

From Korea in Beijing - Beijing Art Seasons Gallery

Dunk - Dunk "Be True" Art Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

The Frontier in Korean Photography - Galleyr Now, Seoul, South Korea

The Big and Hip _ Korean Photography Now - Rho Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

2007

East of Arden (Studio 107 Gallery, Austin, TX, USA)

Cornucopia : Documenting the Land of Plenty (Montserrat College of Art Gallery, Beverly, MA, USA)

Pink at Perkins (Perkins Center for the Arts, NJ, USA)

Thermocline of Art - New Asian Waves (ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany)

10th Anniversary Show (Jenkins Johnson Gallery, SF, USA)

Gyeongnam International Art Festival 2007 (Gyeongnam Art Museum, South Korea)

Flash Cube (Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea)

Regime and Relationship (Phos Gallery, Seoul, Korea)

2007 Korea Contemporary Photography Spectrum "Five Projects" (Trunk Gallery, Seoul, South Korea)

The Representation 2007 (Jenkins Johnson Gallery, SF, USA)

Imagine Ourselves : A Global Generation of Women  (International Museum of women, San Francisco, CA, USA)

Fast Break (PKM Gallery, Beijing, China)

Sugar Rush (Reed Whipple Gallery, Las Vegas, USA)

Public / Private (Jenkins Johnson Gallery, NY, USA)

2006

Chrome (Room gallery, NY, USA)

ISCP Open Studio (ISCP, NY, USA)

Busan Biennale (Busan, South Korea)

Pipe Lines (Nars Foundation Studio Space #2, Brooklyn, NY, USA)

Dual Scenery (Artcom center gallery, NJ, USA)

Casa Asia (Barcelona, Spain)

Loop-Barcelona Video Art (Barcelona, Spain)

Paris Cinema ( Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France )

The 12th Annual International Exhibition (Soho20 Gallery, NY, USA)

Resonance (The Photographic Center Northwest Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA)

Image 06 (Thomas Werner Gallery, NY, USA)

The Early Work (Visual Arts Gallery, NY, USA)

Doors Mirrors Windows (School of Visual Arts Gallery, NY, USA)

Slick, Furry, Lush, Line (Studio 107 Gallery, Austin, TX, USA)

International Studio & Curatorial Program Open Studio (ISCP, NY, USA)

Positive / Negative (The Center for Fine Art Photography, CO, USA)

Top 40 (Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, LA, USA)

Archaeology of New York (Gallery Korea, Korean Cultural Service NY, NY, USA)

Photography 25 (Perkins Center for the Arts, NJ, USA)

2005

Night of 1000 Drawings (Artists Space, NY, USA)

50 Artists Mushroom arts (Mushroom Arts Gallery, NY, USA)

‘Fallayavada : Bahc Yiso Project and Tribute` at UCI`s Gallery (the University Art Gallery of

Univ. of California. Irvine (UCI))

Undertone (Mushroom Arts Gallery, NY, USA)

Obsession (Cork Gallery in Lincoln Center, NY, USA)

The Collection (Postcrypt Art Gallery in Columbia Univ. NY, USA)

1st Edge Zones Video & Performance Festival (Edge zones, Miami, FL, USA)

2004

Packed / Unpacked (Ssamzie Collection, Heili Art Valley, South Korea)

Atelier (Savina Museum, Seoul, Korea)

2003

Discover of life Seoul (Ssamzie Space, Alternative space Loof, South Korea)

Fables of Animal (Daelim Contemporary Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea)

4th Ssamzie open studio (Ssamzie studio, South Korea)

2002

Boiling Point (ShinSa-dong House, Seoul, South Korea)

Hanam International Photo Festival (HaNam special established exhibition, South Korea)

Dream of public society - JongLo - Some episode about unfamiliar street (Alternative Space Pool, Seoul, South Korea)

International Eco-Environmental Art Exhibition-`The Call of the Toad` (Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea)

A large number of `I ` - Power of sight (Gana Art Center, Seoul, South Korea)

Gwangju Biennale - Project 1 - Alternative Group Workshop – Flying City – (Biennale Hall, Gwangju, South Korea)

Gwangju Biennale - Project 3 - Stay of Execution (Reconstructed May 18 Liberty Park, Gwangju, South Korea)

Eye of 1000, Road of 1000 (KwanHun Gallery, DukWon Gallery, Seoul, South Korea)

2001

Artificial/Life (Busan Metropolitan Art Museum, Busan, South Korea)

Photo Click, (www.ganaart.com-www.auctionhouse.co.kr)

SanjeonSoojeon (Alternative Space Pool, Seoul, South Korea)

Seoul, by Atget`s view (HowArt Gallery, Lux Gallery, Seoul)

PS Exhibition (Gallery Wooduk, Seoul)

HowArt Photo Collection 2000 (HowArt Gallery, Seoul)

2000

Relay Relay (The Korean Culture & Arts Foundation Insa Art Space, Seoul)

Text Tower - Insa-dong Fantasy (Gallery Boda, Street of Insa-dong, Seoul)

Gas Man Flaner (Alternative Space Pool, Namu Gallery, Seoul)

3th ShinSeGae Art Festival (Gwangju, Inchon ShinSeGae Gallery, Gwangju,Inchon, South Korea)

ShinSaDong-Yakurt Woman (Gallery Wooduk, Seoul, South Korea)

2000-1998 Calm Land (Alternative space Pool, Sai Gallery, Seoul, South Korea)

1999

Seoul Photo Grate Exhibition (Seoul City Museum, Seoul, South Korea)

Prohibition (Art Sonje Center, Seoul, South Korea)

Print Show of 3 Artists (Indeco Gallery, Seoul, South Korea)

Award

2011 The Sovereign Asian Art Prize, HongKong

2008 2008 One of six finalists for the Critical Mass book award, sponsored by Photolucida

2006 International Photography Awards (IPA) - Honorable Mention

2006 ArtKudos International Juried Art Competition & Exhibition

2006 Selected as one of the ‘Photography Now : One hundred portfolios' (DVD)( http://www.wright.edu/photonow )

2006 Photo Review Competition

2006 PCNW 3rd Award, (Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA, USA)

2006 Image 06 – Nation wide photo contest, Honorable Mention

(New York American Society of Media Photographers, NY, USA)

2006 Daum Prize (Geonhi Art Foundation, Seoul, South Korea)

2006 Paula Rhodes Memorial Award, NY, USA

2006 Santa Fe Center for Photography, Color Single Image, Honorable Mention, NM, USA

2006 Photography 25, 2nd Juror's award (Juror : Kate Ware – Curator of Philadelphia Museum),

Perkins Center for the Arts, PA, USA

2000 3th ShinSeGae Art Festival, Seoul, South Korea

1999 1st Sajin Bipyong, Seoul, South Korea

1992 12th Korea Contemporary Print, Seoul, South Korea