Yun Suknam (Korean: 윤석남; born 1939) is a South Korean artist. Yun has been called "a pioneering figure in feminist art".[1]
Yun Suknam | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1939 |
| Nationality | South Korean |
| Education | Sungkyunkwan University, Pratt Institute |
| Website | www |
Early life and education
editYun Suknam was born in 1939 in Manchuria, China. She returned to Korea, a year after Korea's liberation from Japan in 1946. She studied English literature at Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea, It was not until her 40s that she entered the art world, moving to New York to study printmaking at Pratt Institute, and painting at the Art Student League in New York.[2][3]
Work
editYun has been an active feminist artist based in Seoul. Following her studies in New York City, she returned to Korea to found the feminist art collective October Group (Sewolmoyim) in 1985.[3][4] The following year, the group would hold what is widely considered to be Kora's first feminist exhibition.[5] Yun Suk-nam has dedicated her career to creating art advocating women's rights.[6]
Her work is included in the collections of the Tate Museum,[7] the Queensland Art Gallery[5] and the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum.[8]
References
edit- ^ Catlin, Roger. "Breakthrough Korean Feminist Artist Yun Suknam in Her First U.S. Museum Exhibition". Smithsonian Magazine.
- ^ "Yun Suknam Artist". The Artro. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Yun Suknam at OCI Museum". www.artforum.com.
- ^ "Portraits of the World: Korea". npg.si.edu. 17 December 2018.
- ^ a b Gray, Emily; Art (12 July 2021). "Women and Reality: Yun Suk-nam". QAGOMA Blog.
- ^ "Painter Yun Suk-nam calls out to souls of forgotten female activists". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Yun Suknam born 1939". Tate.
- ^ "福岡アジア美術館". 福岡アジア美術館.
Further reading
edit- The Biennale of Sydney at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Australian Centre for Photography. 2000. p. 130.
- Art and AsiaPacific. Fine Arts Press. 2005. p. 42.
- Review of Japanese Culture and Society. Center for Inter-Cultural Studies and Education, Josai University. 2003. p. 69.
- Chung, Hyng-Min; Furse, Raymond W. (2006). Modern Korean Ink Painting. Hollym. p. 136. ISBN 978-1-56591-238-0.
- Acta Koreana. Academia Koreana, Keimyung University. 2002. p. 10.