IM Suniy – ART MARKT

Im Suniy has been working on her mountain scenes for her uneasy view on the modern society’s transformation. She observed Namsan, central mountain in Seoul and analyzed structures and spaces around the place to quantify for its topography. Her topographic sculpture installation is finally photographed with fog for mystic view before printed. Since 2019, She has been working on a large-scale installation with ten old, broken, and life-ending chandeliers from the 1980’s and 1990’s, collected from four different cities. She created a scenario of light that could breathe again by creating light on a chandelier that might have had a splendid past.

IM Suniy received MFA and BFA from Chung-Ang University in sculpture major. Her works have been presented through many local galleries and museums including Arco Art Center, Ilmin Museum of Art, Gana Art Center, Seoul Museum of Art, Zaha Museum of Art, Jeju Museum of Art, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Songeun Art Apace, Gallery Jandari, Doart Gallery, Space So, Suwon i-Park, Kwanhoon Gallery, and many more. Such notable public collections in Korea include her works as Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Modern Art in Korea, Seoul Museum of Art, Woomin Art Center, Daegu Art Museum, and Goverment Art Bank in Korea and more.

Educations

2004: M.F.A Chung-Ang University of Sculpture
2001: B.F.A Chung-Ang University of Sculpture

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)

2014: Evolving City-Changing Landscape_SUSPECT, Gallery Zandari, Seoul, Korea
2009: Descriptive Sight, Gallery CHA, Seoul, Korea
2008: Trifocal Sight, Drawing Center at SOMA Museum, Seoul, Korea
2005: Isolated-Island, Space Cell, Seoul, Korea
2003: Shelter, Seoul, Korea

Group Exhibition (Selected)

2015: Blessed Land, Yang Pyeong, Yangpyeong Art Museum, Korea
2012: Metadata, Wumin Art Center, Korea
2012: Playground, Arko Art Center, Dukinfield, England
2012: Exciting Museum-山水, meeting digital, Gyeongnam Art Museum, Korea
2010: Him of Gyeonggi-do, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Korea
2010: Invitation to a Wondrous House, Nam Seoul Annex Building of the Seoul Museum of Art, Korea

Award

2008: 8th Songeun Artist Award, Songeun Foundation
2006: Korea Young Artists Biennale, Daegu
2006: 25Artists of Year
2006: The 28th Choon-Ang Fine Arts Prize

Residency Programs

2014~2016: Yangju City Art Studio
2013~2014: Gyeonggi Creation Center
2012~2013: Cheongju Art Studio
2011~2012: Incheon Art Platform
2008~2009: Seoul City Nanji Art Studio
2006~2007: and The National Art Studio Chang-dong

Collections

Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art(Korea)
Art Bank(Korea)
Seoul Museum of Art(Korea)
wumin art center(Korea)
Daegu Art Museum(Korea)
JangHeung Art Park(Korea)