Education
1987, Graduated from Western Painting at Seoul National University College of Fine Arts 1989, Majored in Western Painting at Seoul National University Graduate School of Fine Arts
Career
Major Solo Exhibitions 2015 <When I was you> Daegu Museum of Art, Daegu, Korea / Taipei MOCA, Taipei, Taiwan 2014 <The Meaning of Time>, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, USA 2013 <Flame>, Ota Fine Arts, Singapore 2012 <Lee, Soo Kyung Solo Exhibition>, Sindorico Cultural Space, Seoul, Korea 2011 <YEESOOKYUNG>, Almine Rech Gallery, Brussels, Belgium 2010 <Commemorating the Restoration of Chungmari Lee>, Arko Art Museum, Seoul, Korea 2009 <Yeesookyung>, Thomas Kon Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil 2009 <Yeesookyung solo show>, Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan 2009 <Yeesookyung solo show>, Oranienbaum Art Museum, Dessau, Germany 2008 <Broken Whole>, Michael Schulz Gallery, Berlin, Germany 2008 <Paradise Hormone>, Mongin Art Center, Seoul, Korea 2007 <Earth, Wind & Fire>, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea 2006 <Fireworks>, One & J Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2005 <Stunning Woman>, Ssamji Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2004 <Fantasy Island>, Alternative Space Pool, Seoul, Korea 2002 <Flower / Painting / Pottery>, Ssamzie Space, Seoul, Korea   Major group exhibition 2014 <Sympathy>, Leeum Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea 2014 <Busan Biennale: Living in the World, Busan Museum of Modern Art, Busan, Korea 2014 Jakarta Modern Ceramic Biennale, National Museum of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia 2014 <Time of Resonance>, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju Island, Korea 2014 <Koryo celadon and its heirs>, Gallery Artlink, Seoul, Korea 2014 <Encounters 2014> Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong 2014 <Dual Natures in Ceramics>, SFO Museum of Art, San Francisco, USA 2014 <K-P.O.P.>, Taipei Contemporary Art Museum, Taiwan 2014 <On · Gye>, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul, Korea 2014 <Objectified: Sculpture Today>, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK 2013 <Hello Indonesia>, Lotte Shopping Avenue Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia 2013 <Woman, Healing>, Osan Museum of Art, Osan, Korea 2013 <THE MOON JAR and Contemporary British Ceramics>, Korean Cultural Center in England, London, UK 2013 <Korea-NRW>, Osthaus Museum Hagen, Hagen, Germany 2013 <La Route Bleue>, Foundation Boghossian, Brussels, Belgium 2013 <The Collectors Show: Weight of History>, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore 2013 <Biennaleonline 2013>, www.biennaleonline.org 2012 <Deoksu Palace Project: Heritage>, National Museum of Contemporary Art Deoksugung Palace, Seoul, Korea 2012 <Artist of the Year>, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea 2012 <Berliner Festspiele>, Seitenbuhne Berlin, Berlin, Germany 2012 <Korean Ceramics 600 Years Old>, Sao Paulo Museum of Art, Sao Paulo, Brazil 2012 <Korean Eye>, Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom 2012 <Women In-Between: Asian Women Artists 1984-2012>, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan 2012 <Sydney Biennale>, Sydney Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia 2012 <Arsenale: First International Biennale of Contemporary Art in Ukraine 2012>, Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kiev, Ukraine 2012 <Walk in Asia>, Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan 2012 <Art Project 2012: Sympathy>, 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit Media Center, Seoul, Korea 2012 <Buam Project>, The Venture Museum, Seoul, Korea 2012 <Ceramics Commune>, Artsonje Center, Seoul, Korea 2011 <Poetry in Clay: Korean Buncheong Ceramics from Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art> 2011  Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, USA 2011 <Elephant Parade Singapore 2011>, Singapore 2011 <The Tell Me Tell: Korea-Australia Contemporary Art, 1976-2011>, National Art School Gallery, Sydney, Australia / National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea 2011 <Epic of Units>, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea 2011 <Countdown>, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul, Korea 2011 <New address, new works>, Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan 2010 <Korea Jin>, Korea Craft Design Culture Promotion Agency, Seoul, Korea 2010 <oblique strategies>, International Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2010 <Busan Biennale _ Now Asian Artist>, Busan Cultural Center, Busan, Korea 2010 <Sculptures>, Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan 2010 <Close encounter>, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju Island, Korea 2010 <Triennale of KOGEI in Kanazawa>, Kanazawa City, Japan 2010 <The touch of history>, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Bettienne, Germany 2010 <The 30th Anniversary Exhibition for Young People>, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea 2009 <2009 Vancouver Biennale>, Canada 2009 <Platform Seoul 2009>, Former Korean Armed Forces Command / Artsonje Center, Seoul, Korea 2009 <Cheongju International Craft Biennale>, Cheongju, Korea 2009 <Ceramic Climax>, Gyeonggi Museum of Art, Ansan, Korea 2009 <Translated Celadon, Five Stories>, Haegang Ceramics Museum, Icheon, Korea 2009 <Fragile-Fields of empathy>, Museum of Modern Art of Saint Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France 2009 <Temptation Body>, Galleria Alessandro Bagnai, Florence, Italy 2009 <Lost & Found>, Rokeby Gallery, London, United Kingdom 2009 <Encounters: Dublin, Lisbon, Hong Kong and Seoul>, Korea Foundation Cultural Center, Seoul, Korea 2008 <Meditation Biennale Poznan 2008>, Poznanany, Poland 2008 <Hirschwegeinundzwanzig>, Kunstverein Coburg e. v., Coburg, Germany 2008 <Metamorphoses>, Korean trajectories, Espace Louis Vuitton, Paris, France 2008 <Micro-narratives>, Museum of Modern Art of Saint Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France 2008 <Liverpool biennale>, Fantasy studio, A foundation, Liverpool, UK 2008 <B-side>, Do Art Seoul, Seoul, Korea 2008 <To have or to be>, Farmleigh gallery, Dublin, Ireland / Palacio Galveias, Lisbon, Portugal 2007 <Possible Impossible>, Art Park Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2007 <2007 Anyang Public Art Project>, Hyeonwoon Park, Anyang, Korea 2007 <Shanghai E-arts Festival>, Doll House, Shanghai, China 2007 <48th October Salon: Micro Narratives>, Verdugrad, Serbia 2007 <Finding the Roots: Unfolding Korean Stories>, Alcalá 31, Madrid, Spain 2006 <Echigo Tzumari Triennale>, Echigo-Tsumari, Japan 2006 <The 6th Gwangju Biennale _ Fever Variation _ First Place>, Gwangju, Korea 2006 <Busan Biennale_ Sea Art Festival>, Busan, Korea 2006 <Image of Estrogen>, Daegu MBC Gallery M, Daegu, Korea 2005 <V4 video>, Vostell Gallery, Berlin, Germany 2005 <Image archive five stories of fifteen villages>, Jeollanam-do Government building, Gwangju, Korea 2005 Resisting Translation, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea 2005 <Seoul: Until Now>, Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark 2004 <MIXMAX>, Artsonje Center, Seoul, Korea 2003 <Attese-ceramics in contemporary art (2nd edition)>, Albisola Ceramic Museum, Albissola, Italy 2002 <Real-interface: swimming across your eyes>, Space Ima, Seoul, Korea 2001 <Attese-ceramics in contemporary art>, Albisola Ceramic Museum, Albisola, Italy 2000 <Das Lied von der Erde> Song of the Land>, Museum Fridericianum Kassel, Kassel, Germany 2000 <Exit-International Film & Video Festival>, Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK 2000 <Con-Temporary-Super Expo 2000>, Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan 2000 <Media City Seoul 2000>, Subway Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2000 <art@design.org>, Design Museum, Seoul, Korea 2000 <Leaving the Island-Pusan ​​International Art Festival>, Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea