Yoonmi Nam Art
Korean
Yoonmi Nam, born in Seoul, South Korea, is a professor of printmaking at the University of Kansas. Her work has appeared in national and international exhibitions, including 2023’s “Found in Translation: Explorations by 8 Contemporary Artists” at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and on the Block Artspace Project Wall in 2022-23.
Yoonmi Nam is an artist born in Seoul, South Korea, and has studied in Korea, Canada, US, and Japan. Yoonmi is interested in the observation and depiction of everyday objects and occurrences, especially when they subtly suggest contradictions - a perception of time that feels both temporary and lasting and a sense of place that feels both familiar and foreign. Growing up as an only child with working parents, she often engaged in quiet observations of things around her. Experiences of living in disparate cultures with different people and their histories allowed her to notice what often is unobserved in one’s own familiar spaces. She works in traditional printmaking processes such as mokuhanga (Japanese-style water-based woodblock printing) and lithography to make imagery as well as explore other materials such as clay, glass, and paper to make three-dimensional still lifes.
Yoonmi received her MFA degree from the Rhode Island School of Design and BFA degree from Hong-Ik University in Seoul, Korea. She was awarded residencies at Mokuhanga Innovation Laboratory in Japan three times (2004, 2012, 2019) to study traditional Japanese woodblock printing techniques and is the recipient of the Keiko Kadota Award for Advancement of Mokuhanga. She has participated in artist residencies at Brandywine Workshop and Archives in Philadelphia, Frans Masereel Centrum in Belgium, Kala Art Institute in California, Vermont Studio Center, and a 3-year studio residency at Studios Inc. in Kansas City. Her work is in the collections of the RISD Museum, RI; Spencer Museum of Art, KS; and the Hawai’i State Art Museum, HI; among others, and has shown her work in over 25 solo exhibitions and 200 group exhibitions both nationally and internationally. Yoonmi is a professor of printmaking at the University of Kansas.to
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"Cairn #2 (5 Stack)" Stacked Takeout Containers Porcelain Sculpture
By Yoonmi Nam
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Cairn #2 (5 Stack)" is an original green ceramic sculpture by Yoonmi Nam made from directly slip casting the negative space of precariously stacked takeout containers and finishing ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Yoonmi Nam Art
Materials
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"Remains (Stack of Cups)", wood fired sculpture of balanced to-go cups
By Yoonmi Nam
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Remains (Stack of Cups)" is an original ceramic sculpture by Yoonmi Nam made from directly slip casting the negative space of precariously stacked to-go cups in a tray and wood firi...
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Materials
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"Unfolding #3" pressure printed monotype of unfolded package boxes on paper
By Yoonmi Nam
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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"Take Out", Takeout Container Sculpture Cast in Porcelain with a Celadon Glaze
By Yoonmi Nam
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Take Out "is an original free-standing sculpture by Yoonmi Nam as part of the artist's ongoing "Cairn" series. To create the work, the artist the slip casts the ceramic by pouring ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Yoonmi Nam Art
Materials
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Take Out (Csirke-Fogo)
By Yoonmi Nam
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Take Out (Csirke-Fogo)" is an original lithograph on Gampi paper, and glazed porcelain artwork by Yoonmi Nam measuring 5”h x 13”w x 16”d (variable).
Yoonmi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Yoonmi Nam Art
Materials
Porcelain, Paper, Lithograph
"Delivered and Discarded (positives) #3" Dimensional wall-hanging sculpture
By Yoonmi Nam
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Delivered and Discarded (positives) #3" is an original wall-hanging piece by Yoonmi Nam. This piece is made from the flattening out packing boxes that the artist traces to depict t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Yoonmi Nam Art
Materials
Found Objects, Sumi Ink, Synthetic Paper
"Delivered and Discarded (positives) #4" abstract collage of sumi ink on Tyvek
By Yoonmi Nam
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Delivered and Discarded (positives) #4" is an original wall-hanging piece by Yoonmi Nam. This piece is made from the flattening out packing boxes that the artist traces to depict t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Yoonmi Nam Art
Materials
Found Objects, Sumi Ink, Synthetic Paper
"Delivered and Discarded (negatives) #1" Wall Hanging Sumi ink layered collage
By Yoonmi Nam
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Delivered and Discarded (Negatives) 1 " is an original wall-hanging piece by Yoonmi Nam. This piece is made from the flattening out packing boxes that the artist traces to depict t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Yoonmi Nam Art
Materials
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"Delivered and Discarded (negatives) #3" abstract layers of manipulated sumi ink
By Yoonmi Nam
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Delivered and Discarded (Negatives) 3 " is an original wall-hanging piece by Yoonmi Nam. This piece is made from the flattening out packing boxes that the artist traces to depict t...
Category
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"Delivered and Discarded (negatives) #2" layered & manipulated sumi ink on Tyvek
By Yoonmi Nam
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Delivered and Discarded (Negatives) 2 is an original wall-hanging piece by Yoonmi Nam. This piece is made from the flattening out packing boxes that the artist traces to depict th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Yoonmi Nam Art
Materials
Sumi Ink, Mixed Media, Synthetic Paper
Cairn Vase (small #1)
By Yoonmi Nam
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This vase sculpture titled "Cairn Vase (small #1)" is an original artwork by Yoonmi Nam made of ceramic and clear glaze. This piece measures 6.75” x 4.5” x 4.75”.
Yoonmi Nam’s work ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Yoonmi Nam Art
Materials
Ceramic, Glaze
"Delivered and Discarded (positive) #1" dimensional collage of sumi ink on Tyvek
By Yoonmi Nam
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Delivered and Discarded (positives) #1" is an original wall-hanging piece by Yoonmi Nam. This piece is made from the flattening out packing boxes that the artist traces to depict t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Yoonmi Nam Art
Materials
Found Objects, Sumi Ink, Synthetic Paper
"Take Out (Thank You Thank You Thank You)", Glass and Lithograph Sculpture
By Yoonmi Nam
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This white and red sculpture titled "Take Out (Thank You Thank You Thank You)" is an original artwork by Yoonmi Nam made of lithograph on Gampi paper, and ca...
Category
2010s Contemporary Yoonmi Nam Art
Materials
Glass, Paper, Lithograph
"Delivered and Discarded (negatives) #4" ink and layered cut Tyvek silhouette
By Yoonmi Nam
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Delivered and Discarded (negatives) #4" is an original wall-hanging piece by Yoonmi Nam. This piece is made from the flattening out packing boxes that the artist traces to depict t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Yoonmi Nam Art
Materials
Found Objects, Sumi Ink
Cairn Vase (large #2)
By Yoonmi Nam
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This vase sculpture titled "Cairn Vase (large #2)" is an original artwork by Yoonmi Nam made of ceramic and white glaze. This piece measures 10.5” x 4.5” x 4.75”. Flowers not included. Main image photographed by Zane Smith...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Yoonmi Nam Art
Materials
Ceramic, Glaze
"Delivered and Discarded (positives) #2" wall hanging ink and Tyvek assemblage
By Yoonmi Nam
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Delivered and Discarded (positives) #2" is an original wall-hanging piece by Yoonmi Nam. This piece is made from the flattening out packing boxes that the artist traces to depict t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Yoonmi Nam Art
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Handmade Sculptural Takeout Containers Porcelain Vase
By Yoonmi Nam
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Cairn Vase (small)", is a one-of-a-kind piece as part of Yoonmi Nam's recent collection. This piece is handcrafted by the artist in the United States with porcelain and hand-painted with clear glaze. This piece measures 6.75”h x 4.5”w x 4.75”d.
Yoonmi Nam’s work considers cross-cultural experience and sense of transience through observations of everyday objects and occurrences. In her prints, drawings, sculptural works, and installations, she uses familiar disposable objects and cut flower arrangements as subject matter and explores their materiality, ephemerality, persistence, and the common and extraordinary way we structure our surroundings. Born and raised in Seoul, South Korea, Yoonmi received a B.F.A. degree in Printmaking from Hong-Ik University in Seoul, Korea. She moved to the U.S. to study at the Rhode Island School of Design, where she received an M.F.A. degree in Painting/Printmaking in 2000. Currently, she teaches at the University of Kansas, where she has been a faculty member since 2001.
"I am drawn to man-made spaces and objects that we surround ourselves with, especially when they subtly suggest a contradicting sense of time that seems both temporary and lasting. In the arranged flower imagery, the flowers, once cut from their roots, have only a short remaining time to live. They will quickly wither and die, but before they do, they are elegantly and elaborately arranged, as if time will stand still for them. The containers that hold them are disposable objects, such as a yogurt cup, a Styrofoam take-out box, and an instant noodle bowl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Yoonmi Nam Art
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Vase, Handmade Sculptural Takeout Containers
By Yoonmi Nam
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Cairn Vase (large)", is a one-of-a-kind vase by Yoonmi Nam.. This piece is handcrafted by the artist in the United States with porcelain and hand-painted with clear glaze. This piece measures 10.5” x 4.5” x 4.75”.
"I am drawn to man-made spaces and objects that we surround ourselves with, especially when they subtly suggest a contradicting sense of time that seems both temporary and lasting. The containers that hold the flowers are modeled after disposable objects in porcelain, such as a yogurt cup, a Styrofoam take-out box, and an instant noodle bowl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Yoonmi Nam Art
Materials
Porcelain
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