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EDUCATION:         

 

                                   The Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA

                                   Master of Fine Arts - Painting, 1989

                                   

                                   California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA

                                   Bachelor of Fine Arts - Painting, 1987

 

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

 

2008                             Insa Gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

2004                             LA Artcore Center, Los Angeles, CA

 

2001                             LA Artcore Brewery Annex, Los Angeles, CA

 

2000                             Yemac Gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

1991                             South Bay Contemporary Museum of Art, Torrance, CA

 

                                    Art Exhibition in conjunction with 1991 Asian Pacific American Heritage

                                    Month, Los Angeles City Hall Rotunda, Los Angeles, CA

 

1990                             Mendenhall Gallery, Whittier College, Whittier, CA

 

1989                             M. F. A. Show, East Gallery, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA

 

                       

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

 

 

2009                             World Wide New Year Show, Gallery Western, Los Angeles, CA

 

                                    Seoul Open Art Fair, COEX , Seoul, Korea

 

2008                             Art Singapore, Suntec, Singapore

 

                                    Korea International Art Fair, COEX, Seoul, Korea         

 

                                    Asia Top Gallery Hotel Art Fair, Hotel New Otani Tokyo, Japan 

 

                                    Seoul Open Art Fair, COEX Seoul, Korea

 

Rubicon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

2007                             Something New, Something Different, and Something Beautiful, Two Artist

                                    Show, Rubicon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

2006                             24 Group Exhibition, Lotus Gallery, CA

 

                                    Exodus, Gallery Blue Wave, Los Angeles, CA

 

                                    Hysterical Delight, Lotus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

2005                             Twisted Christmas, BGH Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

 

                                    Small Is, Andrew Shire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

                                   

                                    21 Drawing Exhibition, Lotus Gallery, CA

 

                                    Studio SA, Santa Ana, CA

 

2004                             Global Cultural Center’s 8th International Group Show, KickArts, Cairns, Australia

 

                                    Borm and Associates, Irvine, CA

 

2003                             Small Piece Exhibition,           Andrew Shire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

                                     

                                    Auction for KAFA, Beverly Hills, CA

           

                                    Summer Art Exhibit, Bistango Gallery Restaurant, Irvine, CA

                                   

2002                             Roppongi Artrend 2002, Tokyo, Japan

                                   

                                    S&M- Sublime & Mystique, Zone Six, Los Angeles, CA

 

                                    An Evening of Curiosity, Carnival and Art, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA

 

Neo Painting, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Kwangiu-city Kyunnggi-do, Korea

 

Beauty of Diversity, Korean Artists from America, Paris, and Firenze, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea

 

2001                             Two Peninsulas, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA

 

                                    The Small Works, ANDLAB Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

                                    The 6th international IGS Group Show: Seoul-Peace,

                                    The War Memorial Museum, Seoul, CA

 

                                    Korea and Mexico: Images of Female Creativity

                                    The Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA

                                    The Mexican Cultural Institute, Los Angeles, CA

 

2000                             Mixed Media Exhibit, Hilton La Jolla, Torrey Pines, CA

                                   

                                    Color Experience, Bistango Gallery Restaurant, Irvine, CA

 

                                    In the Pink, BackStreet Gallery, West Los Angeles, CA

                                   

                                    Rhythms, Tustin Renaissance Gallery, Tustin, CA

                                   

                                    GCC International Global Show Osaka 2000, The World Trade Center, Osaka, Japan

 

                                    Shifting Perceptions: Contemporary L.A. Visions, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA

                                   

                                    Big Wave 2, Andrew-Shire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

                                   

1999                             Small Pleasure, Sabina Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

                                    International Global Show Mexico '99, Museo de Arte Moderno de Toluca,

                                    Toluca, Mexico

 

                                    Hop Hope, Gallery Prince, Los Angeles, CA

 

                                    Surrealism, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA

 

1998                             LA 98, Modern Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

                                    Hollywood Digital, Hollywood, CA

                                   

                                    That Figures, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA

                                   

1997                             The Big Wave, Andrew-Shire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

                                    Sabina Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

                                    John & Joe Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

                                    The 29th Annual Exhibition of The Korean Artists Association of Southern

                                    California, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA

 

                                    Scene 1997: Contemporary Korean American Artists:

                                    Korean American Museum, Los Angeles, CA

Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, CA

 

1996                             Blessings, John & Joe Gallery, Los Angeles, CA  

 

                                    Little Big Art, Mendenhall Gallery, Whittier College, Whittier, CA 

 

1995                             Continuum, work by artists of Korean descent, Fine Arts Gallery,

                                    Cerritos College, Norwalk, CA    

                                   

                                    Solitude: A Journey Home, The Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA

         

                                    Collaborations

The Unity Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA

Sabina Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Black Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

1994                             Pop Goes the Easel, Bistango Gallery Restaurant, Irvine, CA

 

                                    Get Back

Kohn Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.

East Gallery, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA

                                  

                                    L.A. Rhythms, Spring Street Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

                                    Transformations: The Human Form in Diverse Contexts,

                                    Wignall Museum, Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA

                                                                   

                                    Memories of Romance, John Wayne Airport, Costa Mesa, CA

 

                                    Dances with a Line, Cafe Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

An Asian American  Perception

Marjorie Barrick Museum, University of Nevada Las Vegas

Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, Nevada

                       

1993                             The Autobiography of Difference: Diversity and the Asian American Experience,

                                    Side Street Project, Santa Monica, CA

         

                                    Los Angeles Festival: Crossing LA

Museum of African American Art, Los Angeles, CA

Leimert Park, Los Angeles, CA.

 

                                    Works of Peace: 111 Artists, Galerie Bhak Young Duk, Seoul, Korea

                                   

1992                             Barefoot in the Embers, Highways, Santa Monica, CA

 

                                    Cross Section, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA

           

                                    The 3rd Exhibition of Contemporary Art Exchange Association,

                                    Dae-Gu Cultural Art Center, Dae-Gu, Korea

 

                                    Caught Between the Sheets, Los Angeles Photography Center, Los Angeles, CA

 

                                    Celebration and Protest, William Grant Still Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA.

 

                                    Energy: Interaction of Contrast

                                    Art Core Annex, Los Angeles, CA

                                    South Bay Contemporary Museum of Art, Torrance, CA

 

1991                             The Exhibition of Korean Artists in LA, NY, and Paris

Mexico Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City, Mexico

Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

 

                                    Korean American Arts and Artists, Korean American Coalition Meeting, Hobart

                                    Elementary School Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA

 

 

1990                             Asian Artists in Los Angeles, Electronic Cafe International, Santa Monica, CA

 

 

AWARDS:

 

2002                              Fellowship for Kawaguchi Art Station, Kawaguchi, Japan

 

1998                             Second Prize in the Fifth Annual Visual Art Competition for the Los Angeles                 

                                    Arts Council Art Scholarship Awards, Los Angeles, CA

 

 

CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE:

 

2006                             Hysterical Delight, Lotus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.

 

2002                             S&M- Sublime & Mystique, Zone Six, Los Angeles, CA

 

1993                             Los Angeles Festival: Crossing L.A., Los Angeles, CA.

 

 

 

WORK EXPERIENCE:

 

2009                             Lecture on " Understanding of Drawings",  James S. Thalman Chino HIlls Library, Chino Hills, CA

 

2007                             Lecturer of Art History, Rubicon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

1989- 2008                   Instructor of visual art education at Ji's Art Studio, Walnut, CA

 

2006                             Lecturer of Art History, Andrewshire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

2004- 2005                    Lecturer of Art History, Patten University, Los Angeles, CA

 

2002                             Children Workshop At Lilia Cultural Center, Kawaguchi, Japan

 

1997- 1998                    Instructor of Painting and Drawing, Idyllwild Arts Academy, Idyllwild, CA    

                       

1997                             Instructor of Youth Painting and Drawing for Summer Program at Idyllwild Arts,

                                    Idyllwild, CA

 

1994                             Instructor of Barrier Free Program, “Korean Arts of the Eighteenth Century:

                                    Splendor & Simplicity,” Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA

 

                                    Lecturer, "Walking Through History: Woman Artists Past & Present,"

The Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA

           

                                    Guest Artist, Art Department, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA

 

1993                             Judge, "Affaire in the Gardens,” City of Beverly hills, CA

                                                                                                                                               

                                    Guest Panel, “Los Angeles/Next Decade 1992 – 2002,” Watts Towers Arts   

                                    Center, Los Angeles, CA

 

 

PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION:

 

2002                             Lilia Cultural Center, Kawaguchi City, Japan

 

 

             

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS, INTERVIEWS, AND REVIEWS

 

2002                             Chattoapadhyay, Collette. LA Artcore Quarterly, January/April, review.   

 

2000                             Wan, Betty Phoenix and Chattoapadhyay, Collette. Shifting Perceptions –   

Contemporary L.A. Visions, exhibition catalog.

 

                              Mori, Aisha. “Does Art Necessarily Reflect Ethnicity?” Los Angeles Times, May 19.

 

1995                             Kim, Jung Sub. “17 Korean American Artists Invitation Show at Cerritos.”

The Korea Times, October 13, p. B1.

                 

                                    “Small Is Beautiful.” Los Angeles Times, Editorials, January 2, p. B14.

 

1994                             “Las Vegas Strikes It Rich with Asian American Art.” The Rafu Shimpo, March 9.

 

 

1993                             Frank, Peter. “Pick of the Week; Crossing LA.: Home, Place, Memory.” LA

Weekly, September 10-16, p. 124.

                                                           

                                    Min, Susette S. “Ours in Art.” Koream Journal, April, p. 40.

 

1992                             Nolan, Timothy. “Collaborations; Barefoot in the Embers: A Conversation with the

                                    Curator and Artists.” Artweek, December 17, p. 18.                                              

 

                                    Frank, Peter. “Pick of the Week; Cross Section: Physical Abstraction.

                                    ” LA Weekly, November 13-19, p.124.

                       

                                    Suravech, Glenn. “Highways to Address Black-Asian Relations in 10-Week Series.”

                                    Rafu Shimpo, October 16, p. 1.  

                                               

Snow, Shauna. “Identity Trapped ‘Between the Sheets.’" Los Angeles Times, Calendar, July 31, p. F14.

 

1990                             Webster, Adam. “Oh Opens in Mendenhall Gallery with Realism and

                                    Abstraction.” QC, November 15, p. 5.

           

                                   

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