Education
1938, Entered Uljindong Elementary School 1944 Entered Gyeongseong Girl's Commercial Middle School 1948∼1950, Entered Seoul Girls' Commercial High School and and graduated later 1950, Entered Department of Applied Arts, Seoul National University Colleg
Career
1962 ~ 1964 Seoul Culture Commission 1965 ~ 1997 Professor, Duksung Women's University 1972 ~ 1975 Jury member and director of Korean Art Council membership 1973 ~ 1981 Director of Museum of Duksung Women's University 1976 Selected member of Hyundai Craft Grand Exhibition (National Museum of Contemporary Art) 1979 MBC Grand Prize Judge             Judge of University Standards of the Ministry of Education             Member of the Korean Contemporary Art & Crafts Fair 1979 ~ 1983 Vice President, Korean Society of Design Science 1980 ~ 1981 National Judging Committee Member (Chairman of the Craft Committee) 1981 1st book review committee (Ministry of Education) 1981 ~ 1985 Chairman, Korea Designer Association 1981 ~ 1982 Policy Advisor, Ministry of Culture and Public Affairs 1983 Judge of the Korean Art Exhibition 1983 ~ 1990 Judge of the Dong-A Craft Festival 1984 Member of the Korean Craft Festival 1984 ~ 1987 Vice Chairman, Korea Fiber Art Biennale 1984, 85, 88, 91, 92 Advisory Committee Member, Korean Literature Promotion Agency 1984, 89, 91 Korea Industrial Design Exhibition Executive Committee 1985 ~ 1986 Dean, Deoksung Women's University             Chairperson of the National College Student Design Competition Jury 1986 Advisor to the Korea Crafts Association             Design Daejeon Judge (Design Promotion Agency) 1986 ~ 1994 Director, Museum of Duksung Women's University 1986 ~ 1987 Member of the Korean Craft Festival 1987 Judge of Industrial Art Exhibition of Chungcheongnam-do             Judge at the Dong-A Fine Arts Festival 1988 Chairman of the Judging Committee of Korea Craft Festival 1988 ~ 1991 Judge of Shilla Art Exhibition 1988 ~ 1989, 92~97 Deansung Women's University Dean of College of Art 1988 ~ 1992 President, Korea Textile Artists Association 1988 ~ 2002 Steering Committee of Korean Designers Association             Director, Korean Art Association             Korea Industrial Design Exhibition Executive Committee 1989 ~ 1992 Jeju Art Festival Jury Chairman (Jeju Cultural Center) 1989 ~ 1996 Sejus Art Prize Management Committee 1990 ~ 1993 Past Minister of Tourism 1990 ~ 1992 Member of Seoul Textile Art Festival (Seoul Metropolitan Art Museum) 1991 Korea Industrial Design Exhibition Executive Committee             Member, Korea Craft Arts Festival             Invitation Exhibition of Contemporary Art             Judge of Dong-A Craft Festival (Vice-chairman) 1992 ~ 1993 former Gyeonggi Provincial Tourism Commissioner             92 Design Daejeon Jury Chairperson             Special Committee for Cultural Properties Committee             National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea             Jeju Art Daejeon Jury Chairperson 1993 ~ 1996 Judge of Busan Art Exhibition (Busan)             Daily Art Competition Judge (Daegu) 1993 ~ 1994 Chairman of the Korea Craft Festival 1993 ~ 1996 Chairman of Seoul Textile Art Festival Steering Committee 1994 ~ 1995 Cultural Property Committee Expert 1995 95 'The Year of Art' Organizing Committee 1996 Judge, Korea Craft Competition 1997 Judge of the Donga Craft Festival             National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea 1997 ~ 2013 Director of UDUK Culture, Director UDUK Gallery 1997 ~ 2014 Professor Emeritus of Duksung Women's University / Member of Korean Academy of Arts 1998 ~ 1999 Advisory Committee Member, National Museum of Contemporary Art 1999 Special committee for improvement of Daejeon, Judge of Cheongju International Craft Biennale 2000 Uijeongbu Culture and Arts Center Judge             Member of Dong-A Craft Festival             Advisory Committee Member, National Museum of Contemporary Art 2002 Chairman of the Korea Crafts Festival 2005 ~ 2007 President, Fine Arts Department, Korea Arts Academy 2008 President of Korea Crafts Society             Chairman of the Iksan Korea Craft Festival 2008 ~ 2012 Lausanne-Beijing International Fiber Art Biennale Jury Chairman and Executive Member (Korea Representative)             Judge, Korea Crafts Festival 2011 2nd Judge of the 2nd Grand Art Exhibition of Korea 2011 ~ 2013 Vice President of the 35th Korea National Academy of Arts 2013 ~ Iksan Korea Crafts Festival Operation Chairman, Chairman
Awards career
1956 Awarded the Minister of Education Prize of the 5th National Exhibition 1957 The 6th National War No Thanks Specials 1958 Awarded the 7th National Exhibition Minister's Prize 1959 The 8th National War No Thanks Specials 1966 Won the 15th Seoul City Cultural Award 1970 8.15 Recognition of Prime Minister's Prize 1995 Won the Korea Culture and Art Award 1997 National Medal Award 1999 Silver Medal (President) 2002 Awarded the prize of the Korean Art Prize 2011 Awarded Grand Prize in Korea Art Award