Mirror of Life: Exploration of the Built Environment
Landmark Arts at the Texas Tech University School of Art presented Mirror of Life: An Exploration of the Built Environment, curated by Sangmi Yoo, Associate Professor in Printmaking at the Texas Tech School of Art. The exhibit was on view at the Landmark Arts Studio Gallery, on the first floor of the TTU School of Art Building, from January 21 – February 21, 2016. On February 11th in the gallery, a reception for the exhibit was held from 2:00 to 3:30 PM. Preceding the reception from 12:30 to 2:00 PM, there was a panel discussion moderated by the curator and including panelists, Rafael Beneytez-Duran, Associate Professor, College of Architecture,Mari Michael Glassell, Assistant Professor, College of Architecture, Kuhn Park, Associate Professor, College of Architecture, and artist, Jessica Meuninck-Ganger, Assistant Professor of Art, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
For Mirror of Life, the curatorial aim of Sangmi Yoo was to choose contemporary printmaking artists whose work depicts observations and interactions with the Built Environment. Built Environment, in the discipline of architecture, is a phrase used to describe the surroundings in which human activity occurs, composed by the man-made settings of cities, neighborhoods, buildings, landscape architecture, supporting infrastructures, and public spaces. Yoo looked for how artists were influenced and interpreted everyday life within various urban settings. The six artists, including one collaborative team, chosen for this exhibition represent a sampling of the day-to-day user interaction and extraction of elements from the Built Environment. The artists, Yoo chose for this exhibition are Amze Emmons, Kevin Haas, Jessica Meuninck-Ganger, Nick Satinover, Nick Conbere and John Holmgren.
Exhibition Dates: January 21 - February 21, 2016
Exhibition Events Thursday, February 11th
Panel Discussion - 12:30 - 2:00 PM Escondido Theatre, SUB
Sang-Mi Yoo (Associate Professor, School of Art), Moderator
Rafael Beneytez-Duran (Associate Professor, College of Architecture)
Mari Michael Glassell (Assistant Professor, College of Architecture)
Jessica Meuninck-Ganger (Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Kuhn Park (Associate Professor, College of Architecture)
Exhibition Reception- 2:00- 3:30 PM in Studio Gallery, School of Art
For more info: http://www.depts.ttu.edu/art/SOA/nav/landmark/exhibitsschedule/mirror_life/main_page.php
For Mirror of Life, the curatorial aim of Sangmi Yoo was to choose contemporary printmaking artists whose work depicts observations and interactions with the Built Environment. Built Environment, in the discipline of architecture, is a phrase used to describe the surroundings in which human activity occurs, composed by the man-made settings of cities, neighborhoods, buildings, landscape architecture, supporting infrastructures, and public spaces. Yoo looked for how artists were influenced and interpreted everyday life within various urban settings. The six artists, including one collaborative team, chosen for this exhibition represent a sampling of the day-to-day user interaction and extraction of elements from the Built Environment. The artists, Yoo chose for this exhibition are Amze Emmons, Kevin Haas, Jessica Meuninck-Ganger, Nick Satinover, Nick Conbere and John Holmgren.
Exhibition Dates: January 21 - February 21, 2016
Exhibition Events Thursday, February 11th
Panel Discussion - 12:30 - 2:00 PM Escondido Theatre, SUB
Sang-Mi Yoo (Associate Professor, School of Art), Moderator
Rafael Beneytez-Duran (Associate Professor, College of Architecture)
Mari Michael Glassell (Assistant Professor, College of Architecture)
Jessica Meuninck-Ganger (Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Kuhn Park (Associate Professor, College of Architecture)
Exhibition Reception- 2:00- 3:30 PM in Studio Gallery, School of Art
For more info: http://www.depts.ttu.edu/art/SOA/nav/landmark/exhibitsschedule/mirror_life/main_page.php
Makers in Print: International Exhibition
Inova Gallery at University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee presents an exhibition in conjunction with the annual Southern Graphic Council (SGC) International conference, Print: MKE, being held March 20–23, 2013, organized by the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) and The Peck School of the Arts at UWM. Inova’s Makers in Print features the work of artists from South Africa, South Korea and Mexico. Coordinating curators from these countries have selected artists whose work demonstrates a range of innovative techniques and meaningful approaches to this time-honored genre. Exhibiting artists from South Africa: William Kentridge, David Koloane, Terry Kurgan, Sam Nhlengethwa, Fiona Pole and Chloe Reid. From South Korea: Sanggon Chung, Young-Hoon Kim, Oh-Shin Kwon, Sujin Shin and Sang-Mi Yoo. From Mexico, portfolios from three print workshops—Escuela de Cultura Popular Martires del 68, Máquina Binaria Ediciones and Artistas Veracruzanos Bajo la Ceiba—will be exhibited. MIAD’s Layton Gallery has a partner exhibition of works by artists from Argentina, China, and Poland.
Curator of Korean Artists: Sangmi Yoo >>Download the curator's statement.
Exhibition Dates: January 18 - March 24, 2013
Opening Reception: January 18, 5-8 pm
Gallery Hours: Wednesday, Friday–Sunday 12-5 pm/Thursday 12-8 pm
Inova/Kenilworth, 2155 N. Prospect Ave, Milwaukee, WI >>Website: arts.uwm.edu/inova
Artworks in the Exhibition
Curator of Korean Artists: Sangmi Yoo >>Download the curator's statement.
Exhibition Dates: January 18 - March 24, 2013
Opening Reception: January 18, 5-8 pm
Gallery Hours: Wednesday, Friday–Sunday 12-5 pm/Thursday 12-8 pm
Inova/Kenilworth, 2155 N. Prospect Ave, Milwaukee, WI >>Website: arts.uwm.edu/inova
Artworks in the Exhibition
Taking Home With You - 2012 SGC International Conference Event
Friday, March 16, 2012, 11:30 am - 4:00 pm, Woldenberg Art Center at Tulane University, Room 214
Organizer: Sang-Mi Yoo
Description of the Event: New Orleans is a city reminding us of the frequent history of natural disasters including the recent hurricane Katrina. Home is an important place for everyone as it provides us with a sense of protection and identity.Contemporary life often causes us move from one place to another as a result of many factors, including employment, family, education, war and violence, in addition to natural disasters. However, this transitory habitation may reflect how our contemporary lives are moving toward more nomadic lifestyles. This event touched on the idea of home as well as positive thoughts on being nomadic or non-territorial. The home resides more within our minds than within the physical world.
In this event, each participating artist presented prints of an imaginary home. Each print had cutting and folding marks, allowing it to be cut and folded into a house form. The viewer was invited to visit the site, select a print, cut out the shape, fold it into a collapsible three-dimensional home and took it with them, examining the ideal notion of home and participation in a good cause. All of the proceeds from suggested donations were sent to Peace Winds America to support those affected by the recent tsunami/earthquake in Japan. This event entailed a few international exhibitions at North Down Museum and Belfast Print Workshop in Northern Ireland and Limerick School of Art and Design in Ireland.
Building and sharing imaginary homes in print forms allow a new kind of culture to be spread, overcoming a sense of fragility in memories and in illusions of the world we believe. This new wave is like the surface of a body of water, spreading towards available spaces and filling in the gaps. Disasters can interrupt the smooth flow, but the strong power of this wave can help us to find a sense of home in their wake.
Artists who participated:
Denise Bookwalter, David DuBose, Stacy Elko, Michael Glenn, Anita Jung, Elizabeth Klimek, Kathy McGhee, Yoonmi Nam, Amanda Rouse, Marianna Smith, Melanie Yazzie, Sang-Mi Yoo
Event Assistants: Juanita Exiga, Joshua Meier
For more info: 2012 SGCI Conference Highlights, See What You Think Blog, Printeresting Article by Claire Siepser
Organizer: Sang-Mi Yoo
Description of the Event: New Orleans is a city reminding us of the frequent history of natural disasters including the recent hurricane Katrina. Home is an important place for everyone as it provides us with a sense of protection and identity.Contemporary life often causes us move from one place to another as a result of many factors, including employment, family, education, war and violence, in addition to natural disasters. However, this transitory habitation may reflect how our contemporary lives are moving toward more nomadic lifestyles. This event touched on the idea of home as well as positive thoughts on being nomadic or non-territorial. The home resides more within our minds than within the physical world.
In this event, each participating artist presented prints of an imaginary home. Each print had cutting and folding marks, allowing it to be cut and folded into a house form. The viewer was invited to visit the site, select a print, cut out the shape, fold it into a collapsible three-dimensional home and took it with them, examining the ideal notion of home and participation in a good cause. All of the proceeds from suggested donations were sent to Peace Winds America to support those affected by the recent tsunami/earthquake in Japan. This event entailed a few international exhibitions at North Down Museum and Belfast Print Workshop in Northern Ireland and Limerick School of Art and Design in Ireland.
Building and sharing imaginary homes in print forms allow a new kind of culture to be spread, overcoming a sense of fragility in memories and in illusions of the world we believe. This new wave is like the surface of a body of water, spreading towards available spaces and filling in the gaps. Disasters can interrupt the smooth flow, but the strong power of this wave can help us to find a sense of home in their wake.
Artists who participated:
Denise Bookwalter, David DuBose, Stacy Elko, Michael Glenn, Anita Jung, Elizabeth Klimek, Kathy McGhee, Yoonmi Nam, Amanda Rouse, Marianna Smith, Melanie Yazzie, Sang-Mi Yoo
Event Assistants: Juanita Exiga, Joshua Meier
For more info: 2012 SGCI Conference Highlights, See What You Think Blog, Printeresting Article by Claire Siepser
Convergence: Korean Prints Now - Exhibitions
September 9 - October 15, 2010
Williams Tower Gallery, 2800 Post Oak Blvd, Houston, TX 77056
Opening Reception: Thursday, September, 9, 6-8 pm
Media Coverage: The Houston Chronicle, Korea Times
November 1 – December 18, 2010
Landmark Arts Gallery, School of Art, Texas Tech University
18th and Flint, Lubbock, TX 79409-2081
Texas Tech School of Art Gallery Website, Daily Toreador Article about the show
Convergence: Korean Prints Now, curated by Sang-Mi Yoo, showcased the works of 29 artists of Korean descent whose ideas are constantly influenced by the socio-political structure in the place where they live and work, especially artists working around the edges of cultural exchange or subordination. The geographic regions cover South Korea and the United States. This exhibition focused on the introduction of artists who are incorporating and expanding the uses of print media to comment on these issues.
Williams Tower Gallery, 2800 Post Oak Blvd, Houston, TX 77056
Opening Reception: Thursday, September, 9, 6-8 pm
Media Coverage: The Houston Chronicle, Korea Times
November 1 – December 18, 2010
Landmark Arts Gallery, School of Art, Texas Tech University
18th and Flint, Lubbock, TX 79409-2081
Texas Tech School of Art Gallery Website, Daily Toreador Article about the show
Convergence: Korean Prints Now, curated by Sang-Mi Yoo, showcased the works of 29 artists of Korean descent whose ideas are constantly influenced by the socio-political structure in the place where they live and work, especially artists working around the edges of cultural exchange or subordination. The geographic regions cover South Korea and the United States. This exhibition focused on the introduction of artists who are incorporating and expanding the uses of print media to comment on these issues.