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Yoonmi Nam Figurative Sculptures

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.
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Artist: Yoonmi Nam
"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...
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2010s Contemporary Yoonmi Nam Figurative Sculptures

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Glass, Paper, Lithograph

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...
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2010s Contemporary Yoonmi Nam Figurative Sculptures

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Porcelain, Paper, Lithograph

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