Sunghee Pae

Sunghee Pae
“My work redefines the urban landscapes as an ideal place. The observations I have made living in Seoul, Korea has inspired me to create an ideal landscape in response to a rapidly urbanizing city. Architectural designs in public spaces have always fascinated me. We live in a landscape in which artificial structures have been fabricated, and human desire to build ideal space is inherent.”
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Artist Story
Sunghee Pae graduated from Hongik University, Seoul in Printmaking and subsequently completed her MFA at the Rhode Island School of Design, USA.

Her body of work revolves around Urban landscapes as ideal places- and the pristine appearance of my work is offset by a sense of loneliness, distancing the viewers from entering the landscapes I create. The impossibility of perfection leads me to question the ideal of what modern society strives to accomplish. Through utopic and dystopic narratives, she hopes to engage the viewer with the inherent duality that is ever present. The elements of absence in her work are meant to allow for a kind of longing from the viewer and give them the desire to complete her landscapes as ideal places for modern society.
Location
South Korea
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Artist CV

Artist CV

EDUCATION

2008
Rhode Island School of Design, MFA, Printmaking, Providence
RI, USA

2005
Hongik University, BFA, Printmaking
Seoul, Korea

SOLO EXHIBITION

2013
Urban Park, Gallery Absinthe
Seoul

2010
Ideal Landscape, Space Zip
Seoul

2010
Ideal Landscape, Dongsanbang Gallery

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION

2013
Round-up: 2013 Emerging Artists, Seoul Museum of Art
Seoul. Korea

2013
White, Shinsegae Gallery
Gwangju, Korea

2013
Stroll: walking slowly, Jeju Museum of Art
Jeju, Korea

2013
Birth, Yangpyeong Art Museum
Yangpyeong, Korea

2013
Interpenetrate, Changdong National Art Studio Gallery
Seoul, Korea

2013
New Print 2012, Visual Art Center, University of Texas
Austin, USA

2012
Hongik International Art Festival, Hongik Museum of Art
Seoul, Korea

2012
New Print 2012/ Autumn, International Print Center
New York, USA

2012
Novosibirsk Graphic Art Triennial, Novosibirsk State Art Museum
Russia

2011
Pohang Art Festival
Pohang, Korea

2011
Up-and-Comers, Total Museum of Contemporary Art
Seoul, Korea (supported by Paradise Culture Foundation)

2011
Into 4pm, Space 15th
Seoul, Korea

2011
Human & Nature, Jincheon Print Museum
Jincheon, Korea

2010
Floating World, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Arts Center
New York, USA

2010
In Absentia, Dongduk Art Gallery
Seoul, Korea (curated by Dongduk Women’s Univ. Dept. of Curatorial Studies)

2009
The Map is not the Territory, DUMBO Art Festival, New York, USA
Over and Out, The Elizabeth Laurence Contemporary Art Space, San Francisco, USA

AWARD/ HONOR/ RESIDENCY

2013
Emerging Artists Program, Seoul Museum of Art
Seoul, Korea

2012
International Residency Grant, Art Council Korea
Seoul, Korea

2012
Augarten Contemporary, Belvedere Museum
Vienna, Austria (Seoul-Wien Exchange Program)

2012
Goyang Art Studio, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art
Korea

2012
Santa Fe Art Institute (Full Scholarship)
Santa Fe, NM, USA

2010
Swing Space/ Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Governors Island
New York, USA

2008
Vermont Studio Center (Full Fellowship Award), Johnson
VT, USA

2008
Kala Art Institute, Berkeley
CA, USA

2008
RISD Museum Purchase Award, Rhode Island Foundation
Providence, RI, USA

2007
Awards of Excellence, Rhode Island School of Design (Juried by Anne Ellegood)
Providence, RI, USA

COLLECTION
Art Bank (National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea)
Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea
Jincheon Print Museum, Jincheon, Korea
Hongik Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA, USA
Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI, USA

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