Yoonmi Nam Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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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Artist: Yoonmi Nam
"Unfolding #2" pressure printed monotype of unfolded package boxes on paper
By Yoonmi Nam
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Unfolding #2" is an original piece by Yoonmi Nam made from pressure printed monotypes featuring layers of unfolded package outlines, creating dimension and abstraction. This piece m...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Yoonmi Nam Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Found Objects, Sumi Ink
"Unfolding #4" Framed pressure printed monotype of abstracted package silhouette
By Yoonmi Nam
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Unfolding #4" is an original piece by Yoonmi Nam made from pressure printed monotypes featuring layers of unfolded package outlines, creating dimension and abstraction. This piece m...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Yoonmi Nam Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Found Objects, Sumi Ink
"Unfolding #3" pressure printed monotype of unfolded package boxes on paper
By Yoonmi Nam
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Unfolding #3" is an original piece by Yoonmi Nam made from pressure printed monotypes featuring layers of unfolded package outlines, creating dimension and abstraction. This piece m...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Yoonmi Nam Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Found Objects, Sumi Ink
"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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Yoonmi Nam Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Found Objects, Sumi Ink, Synthetic Paper
"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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Yoonmi Nam Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Found Objects, Sumi Ink, Synthetic Paper
"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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Yoonmi Nam Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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"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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Yoonmi Nam Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Yoonmi Nam Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Synthetic Paper
"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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Yoonmi Nam Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Found Objects, Sumi Ink, Mixed Media, Synthetic Paper
"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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Found Objects, Sumi Ink, Synthetic Paper
"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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Found Objects, Sumi Ink
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