Invisible Bonds …이음새: Annual KAA exhibition at the KCC, August 2010

31 July 2010 KAA official events news

Invisible Bonds …이음새 Korean Cultural Centre UK 13th – 21st August 2010 (Preview: Friday 13. 08. 2010, 6 – 9 pm) An annual exhibition by Korean Artists Association UK Curated by: Soon Yul Kang, Kitty Jun-Im McLaughlin, Sunju Park, Bada Song Director: Bada Song Invisible Bonds …이음새 represents 13 artists who have various background and [...]

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Invisible bonds: profiles of participating performance artists

31 July 2010 KAA official events news

박선희 (Sunnee Park, Dance) suwnwe@hotmail.com Sunnee Park, the President of the Korean Artists Association UK is a Dancer. She started her training in Korean traditional dance at 7, progressing to become a member of the Korean classical dancing troupe Little Angels that performed worldwide. While studying at Sunhwa Art School, she joined the Korean Universal [...]

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Invisible bonds: profiles of participating visual artists

31 July 2010 KAA official events news

키티 준임 (Kitty Jun-Im McLaughlin) www.kittyjunim.com • youngha1810@hotmail.com Kitty Jun-Im McLaughlin, who has lived in England for over 30 years, integrates cultural duality and reflects her meandering journey through life. Her painting is a calligraphic choreography that layers the Korean art paper Hanji with collaged canvases to create depth and space and tactile textures that [...]

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박미소 – Miso Park – Photographer

30 July 2010 Artist Profiles

Miso Park is a professional freelancer with a wide range of work experience in journalism, publishing and photography. She completed a MA in Documentary Photography at the University of Wales in New Port in 2010. She is currently working for several South Korean magazines as a reporter (Innovation Leader, Consumer’s Life Q and Library Story) [...]

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박선주 – Sun Ju Park – Glass artist

30 July 2010 Artist Profiles

Sun Ju Park is a freelance glass artist and has worked for many years in the U.K. She studied Glass & Architecture (P.G.) at Central Saint Martins College, University of the Arts London in the U.K. She has recently completed commercial glass contracts for Ince and Co. and Queen Anne’s Chambers. Her work marries the tradition [...]

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강순열 – Soon Yul Kang – Textile artist

30 July 2010 Artist Profiles

Soon Yul Kang studied textile art in Korea, Japan and at West Dean College in the U.K. She completed a MA in textiles at Goldsmiths College, University of London and has been a resident artist in Kew Studio in Richmond since 1998. She now returns to Korea each year to lecture at Ewha Womans University. [...]

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최증현 – Jeung Hyun Choi – Traditional percussion

30 July 2010 Artist Profiles

Jeung Hyun Choi is a Korean traditional percussion player and currently working as managing director of DULSORI, the Korean traditional Music World Group. She has taught Korean traditional percussion and traditional songs for over 20 years. She has been working as a professional instructor for Pung-mul teachers since 2001. She has led many international workshops [...]

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정지은 – Ji Eun Jung – Kayagum

30 July 2010 Artist Profiles

Ji Eun Jung is a professional player of the traditional Korean stringed instrument, the Kayagum. She is an initiator of an Important Intangible Cultural Asset of Korea No.23, Sanjo in the style of Jook Pa Kim. She has a BA in Korean Traditional Music (Ewha Womans University) and MA in Asian Music (Dong Gook University). [...]

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천주희 – Joohee Chun – Painter

30 July 2010 Artist Profiles

Joohee Chun studied Painting (BFA) at Hong-Ik University in South Korea and completed a MA in Fine Art Practice and Theory: Painting at Winchester School of Art in the U.K. in 2007. She has participated in numerous art festivals and workshops, including LungA International Art Festival Project, Seydisfiordur in Iceland in 2007. Selected Exhibitions Pentland [...]

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박혜경 – Hye Kyung Park – Poet

30 July 2010 Artist Profiles

Hye Kyung Park is a writer, poet, columnist and a member of the International Pen Club. She has twice been awarded as an international writer by the Overseas Korean Foundation in 2001 and 2005. In 2006 her first poetry book was published by Togijangi House in South Korea. Her essay book, The Scarf of the [...]

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윤성필 – Sungfeel Yun – Painter

30 July 2010 Artist Profiles

Sungfeel Yun is studying at Goldsmiths College. Sungfeel Yun is a recipient of a number of awards, including the Korean National Museum of Contemporary Art Special Award (2006), the Seoul Museum of Art award (2005) and the Bucheon Metropolitan Museum of Art award (2004). The artist’s work is held in a number of private and [...]

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김민경 – Min Kyung Kim – Stage Designer

29 July 2010 Artist Profiles

Space is more than an object. Designing space starts from our needs of space physically, however, soon engaging with the surrounding environment. And human is an element of space. The value of space highlights whilst people interact within the space. Related to this, designing performance space for the Korean Artists Association UK’s Opening event for [...]

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Time for Stillness…Time for Silence: Solo Exhibition by Soon Yul Kang

20 June 2010 Member events and news

News of an exhibition starting tomorrow at Artspace Gallery: Time for Stillness…Time for Silence Solo Exhibition by Soon Yul Kang June 21 – July 3, 2010 at Artspace Galleries Artspace Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of works by Soon Yul Kang. Soon Yul Kang will exhibit her unique meditative hand woven tapestries and [...]

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Event report – an evening with the Korean Artists Association

21 October 2009 Events reports

Last summer, the Korean Artists Association put on an evening of performances at the Korean cultural centre. The evening was well attended and popular, but somehow you felt that they could do better. They came back 15 months later and did just that. Recognising that the visual artists did not get much of a look-in [...]

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Photos from “An Evening with the Korean Artists Association”, 16 October 2009

18 October 2009 Events reports

There will be a report of the evening soon, but in the meantime, here are some photos, courtesy of Lee Hyung-wook, managing editor of The East.

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An invitation to an evening with the Korean Artists Association

11 October 2009 KAA official events news

Detailed Programme | Performer Profiles | Visual Artist Profiles and credits The Korean Artists Association requests the pleasure of your company for an evening of Korean Art and Culture Friday 16th October 2009, 7pm – 9pm at the Korean Cultural Centre UK, Ground Floor, Grand Buildings, 1-3 Strand, London, WC2N 5EJ followed by drinks and [...]

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