Sang-Mi Yoo, Emergence

Sang-Mi Yoo

Emergence

May 14 - June 12, 2014

Sang-Mi Yoo - Emergence

Table of Contents

The Artist ........................................................................ 1
Images ........................................................................... 2
Index ............................................................................ 15
Curriculum Vitae ............................................................ 17

Sang-Mi Yoo

My current work is based on my childhood memories of New Village houses
from Korea and everyday encounters of standardized residential buildings
from living in West Texas, and a recent travel to Northern Ireland and other
global locations.

At first, seeing the never-ending rows of tract homes was a dreadful experience,
but I found an odd comfort from living in such a house for a while. As in an animal’s camouflage, this
homogeneity provided a means to blend into my neighborhood. I have created installations of large-
format digital prints and lasercuts which are based upon patterns created from cookie-cutter homes
found in Texas, Northern Ireland and South Korea. I recently created wearable forms from these prints
by collaborating with an apparel designer, Su-Jeong Shin. Then, I combined these printed garments with
digital banners and lasercut felt to create the installation. This additional clothing element allowed me to
explore more facets of our everyday life.

For this exhibition, I continue my interest in homes. I have taken photographs of homes in the city that are
at the edge of urbanization and tradition. After studying and selecting different architectural structures of
residential houses, I have transformed the original photos into organic patterns, using collage, drawings,
paper/felt laser cuts and prints. Various cookie-cutter homes resonate an archetypal architecture residing
in my memory, questioning whether my memories of an ideal home were ever uniquely “Korean.” The
juxtaposed installation of photo-based prints and laser cut wool felt creates optical illusions through
distortions of the original houses, which compares the notion of ideal home as a tangible subject versus
illusion.http://www.sangmiyoo.com

Bio
Korean-born artist, Sang-Mi Yoo is an Associate Professor of Art at Texas Tech University, and received an
MFA in printmaking from The Ohio State University and a BFA in painting from Seoul National University. Her
creative activity features the 2012 Seacourt Print Workshop Artist-in-Residence in Northern Ireland, a 2010
Puffin Foundation Artist Grant, the 2009 Springfield Art Museum Purchase Award, exhibitions at the Museum
of Printing History and Lawndale Art Center in Houston, the Moonshin Museum in Korea, the Gyeongnam
International Art Festival in Korea and the 2008 Pacific Rim International Print Exhibition in New Zealand, and
museum collections at the Art Bank at the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Korea, the Springfield Art
Museum and The Museum of Texas Tech University, among others. As an active organizer of panels and events,
she has also curated exhibitions including Convergence: Korean Prints Now and Makers in Print.

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Index

1, 6 (Closest Horizontal Banner)
Anomalous Traces, 2014, hand-cut pigment inkjet print, 96 x 44 x 24 inches

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Traces retraces, 2012, 4 screen prints, 28 ½ x 42 ½ inches

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Traces retraces - Hot Tomato, 2013, laser cut on wool felt, 38 x 35 inches
Traces retraces - Light Blue, 2012, laser cut on English wool felt, 38 x 35 inches
Traces retraces - Bright Lime, 2012, laser cut on English wool felt, 38 x 35 inches
Traces retraces - Orchid, 2012, laser cut on English wool felt, 38 x 35 inches

6 (Furthest Horizontal Banner)
Anomalous Traces, 2014, striped pigment inkjet print, 96 x 44 x 24 inches

6, 7, 8, 10, 13
Anomalous Traces, 2013, 8 pigment inkjet prints (photographic), 96 x 44 inches each
Anomalous Traces, 2013, 8 pigment inkjet prints (striped), 96 x 44 inches each

8 (In Background)
Anomalous Traces - Green, 2013, laser cut wool felt, 63 x 48 inches

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Anomalous Traces - Yellow, 2012, laser cut wool felt, 63 x 48 inches

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Anomalous Traces - Red, 2011, laser cut wool felt, 63 x 48 inches

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Anomalous Traces - Burgundy, 2013, laser cut wool felt, 63 x 48 inches

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Anomalous Traces - Purple, 2013, laser cut wool felt, 63 x 48 inches

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Curriculum Vitae

Education

2001 M.F.A. in Printmaking, Department of Art, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
1992 B.F.A. in Painting, College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Solo Exhibitions

2013 Superficial Outgrowths, Lawndale Art Center (John M. O’Quinn Gallery), Houston, TX
Composite Habitats, South Plains College Fine Arts Gallery, Levelland, TX
2012 Tracing/Retracing, The Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX
Mimicry, Pratt Gallery at Tashiro Kaplan Studios, Seattle, WA
Trace reTraces, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland
Trace reTraces, North Down Museum, Bangor, Co. Down, Northern Ireland
2011 Anomalous Traces, UTSA Satellite Space, San Antonio, TX
2009 Afterimage, Light Gallery in Moonshin Museum, Seoul, Korea
2006 Long Long Ago, Smoyer Gallery in Olin Hall, Roanoke College, Salem, VA
2004 Encounters, Walsh Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003 New Work: Lotus Garden, Walsh Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002 Contradictions, Walsh Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001 Observing Contradiction, Hoyt L. Sherman Studio Center, The Ohio State University,
Columbus, OH

Selected Group Exhibitions

2013 In The Year 2000, Moudy Gallery at TCU, Fort Worth, TX
Makers in Print: International Exhibition, INOVA, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Taking Home with You, Belfast Print Workshop, Belfast, Northern Ireland

2012 Hell or High Water, Curated by David Dubose, Tulane University, SGCI Conference,
New Orleans, LA
Taking Home with You, Organized by the Artist, Tulane University, SGCI Conference,
New Orleans, LA

2011 Soma Drawing Artists, Selected for Online Archive, Soma Drawing Center, Seoul, Korea
Printed Matters, Curated by Blake McAdow, Fort Hayes Shot Tower Gallery, Columbus, OH
Just Press Print, Co-curated by Alexander Squier, Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, TX
Hot Houston Cool Prints Exhibit I: Sojourns, Metaphors, and Flying Machines,
Juried by Patrick Palmer, The Museum of Printing History, Houston, TX
Ambiguous Object, Curated by Cook & Rudd, Pump Project Art Complex, Austin, TX

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2010 Texas Works, Curated by Jacqueline Bober, Fine Arts Gallery, Buddy Holly Center,
Lubbock, TX
Intransigent: Stacy Elko and Sang-Mi Yoo, Co-Lab, Austin, TX
Convergence: Korean Prints Now, Curated by the Artist, Williams Tower Gallery,
Houston, TX and Landmark Arts, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Plastic Poem by KiMi for You Artists, Curated by Jeongwon Park, KiMi art, Seoul, Korea
Crossing Over Making Contact, Curated by Eunkang Koh and Melanie Yazzie, Sierra Arts,
Reno, NV
(S)Edition, UICA (Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts), Grand Rapids, MI

2009 Selected Korean Artists, Organized by Art & Criticism Magazine, Seoul Municipal Museum,
Korea
Craft Out of Bounds, Curated by Dan Askew, Nancy Fyfe Cardozier Gallery, UTPB,
Odessa, TX
Prints U.S.A. 2009, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
Monochrome: An International Competitive Exhibit, Manifest Creative Research Gallery,
Cincinnati, OH
Monumental Ideas in Miniature Books, Curated by Hui-Chu Ying, 1 Exhibition hosted by
SGC Conference and National and International Traveling Exhibitions hosted by numerous
academic institutions
Corner to Corner: Urban Poster Explosion, SGC Conference Event, Selected by
SGC Committee, Columbia College Conaway Center, Chicago
The Boston Printmakers’ 2009 North American Print Biennial, Juried by Roberta Waddell
(Curator Emerita, New York Public Library), 808 Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA
No Danger, Curated by Ed Bernstein and Franco Vecchiet, SoFA Gallery, Indiana University,
Bloomington, IN

2008 International Art Book Making Festival, Curated by Myoung-Shik Cho, Baum Art Gallery,
Seoul, Korea
Pacific Rim International Print Exhibition, SOFA Gallery-University of Canterbury,
Christchurch, New Zealand
Novel Works: Artist Altered Books, Curated by Deba Swan, Oveta Culp Hobby Memorial
Library, Central Texas College, Killeen, TX
New Prints 2008/Summer: Artists’ Commentary, Selected by Nick Lamia, Gary Simmons,
Robin White Owen, and Martha Wilson, International Print Center New York,
New York, NY
Bound/Unbound, Curated by Amy Gerhauser and Duane Johnson, StoneMetal Press,
San Antonio, TX

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2008 No Danger: Paper Airplanes, Curated by Ed Bernstein and Franco Vecchiet, National and
International Traveling Exhibitions hosted by the following exhibition venues: The Richmond
International Airport, Richmond, VA; Robert L. Ringel Gallery, Purdue University,
West Lafayette, IN
Reinterpreting the Middle East II: Artist Rethinking Today’s Terminology, Curated by
May Hariri Aboutaam, School of the Arts, National Traveling Exhibitions hosted by
the following academic institutions: Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA;
Rueff Galleries, Pao Hall, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; Evergreen Valley College
Library, San Jose, CA
Giving Shelter, Curated by Deborah Gavel, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM

2007 Internal Illumination, Juried by Julia Cole, Foundry Arts Centre, St. Charles, MO
Gyeongnam International Art Festival: International Multiple Art Exhibition, Curated by
Yong-Sik Kim (President of Korean Contemporary Printmakers’ Association),
Gyeongnam State Museum, Masan, Korea
Orange and Blue: Study of Monochrome, Nancy Fyfe-Cardozier Gallery, University of
Texas-Permian Basin, Odessa, TX
Strenuous Depth of Time: Seoul Print 2007, Curated by Sang-gon Chung,
TOPOHAUS Gallery, Seoul, Korea
(Un)Contained Vessels, Curated by Pamela Spitzmueller, James. W. Needham and
Alexander Campos, The Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
Out of the Blue, 3-person invitational, LHUCA, Lubbock, TX

Public Collections

Seacourt Print Workshop, Bangor, Northern Ireland
Newcomb Art Department, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Rawls College of Business, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Art Bank, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea
Department of Art and Art History, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Department of Art, University of Nevada, Reno, NV
Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
Southern Graphics Council International, Statesboro, GA
School of Art, The University of Akron, Akron, OH
Anchor Graphics at Columbia College, Chicago, IL
School of the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
The Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Bradbury Gallery, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR

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Credits
LSC-Kingwood Media - Jason Watson, Diana Sorenson

LSCK TV - Garrick Joubert, Edwin Brega, Dan Ko
Designs in Print - Pamela Clarke
Gallery Volunteer - Jude Kirkeeide
Professor Mari Omori

Photographers - Sang-Mi Yoo, T.C. Robson
Graphic Artist - T.C. Robson

LSC-Kingwood Fine Art Gallery
20000 Kingwood Drive

Kingwood, TX 77339-3801
Phone 281.312.1534
LoneStar.edu/Kingwood

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