Born in Seoul, Korea, in 1963

Lives and works in Seoul
1987    BFA in Painting, Seoul National University, Seoul
1989    MFA in Painting, Seoul National University, Seoul
1995    Artist In Market Place, Bronx Museum, New York
1998    International Studio Program, Apex Art CP., New York
2003    Villa Arson Residency Program, Nice, France
2007    Ssamzie studio program, Seoul, Korea
2009    Gyeonggi Creation Center Pilot Program

Solo Exhibitions
2011    Yeesookyung solo show, Almine Rech gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2010    Jung Marie’s Jeongga, Yeesookyung’s devotion, Arko Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2009    Yeesookyung solo show, Thomas Cohn gallery, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Yeesookyung solo show, Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan
Yeesookyung solo show, Museum Schloß Oranienbaum, Dessau, Germany
2008    Broken Whole, Michael Schultz gallery, Berlin, Germany
Paradise Hormone, Mongin Art center, Seoul, Korea
2007    Earth Wind & Fire, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2006    Flame, One and J. Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2005    Breeding Drawing, Gallery SSamzie, Seoul, Korea
2004    Island Adventure, Alternative Space Pool, Seoul, Korea
2002    Off-shoot Flower/ Painting/ Pottery, SSamzie Space, Seoul, Korea
1997    Domestic Tailor Shop, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
1996    Yeesookyung, Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, Il, USA
1992    Getting Married to Myself, Indeco Gallery, Seoul/ K Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Group Exhibitions
2011    Count Down, Seoul Station, Seoul
Poetry in Clay, Asian Art Museum, San Fransisco, USA
Elephant Parade Singapore 2011, Singapore
Epic of Units, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
Tell Me Tell Me: Australian and Korean contemporary art 1976-2011, National Art School Gallery, Sydney, Australia / National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
Chopping Play_Korean Contemporary Art Now, Ion Art gallery, Singapore
New address, new works, Ota fine arts, Tokyo, Japan
2010    My dear object, Avenuel gallery, Seoul, Korea
Korean Gene, Korea Craft & Design Foundation gallery, Seoul, Korea
Oblique strategies, Kukje gallery, Seoul, Korea
Busan Biennale, Now Asian artist, Busan cultural center, Korea
Sculptures, Ota fine arts, Tokyo, Japan
Close encounter, Jeju museum of art, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, Korea
Triennale of KOGEI in Kanazawa, kanazawa City, Japan
The touch of history, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Germany
30th Annivrsary of the Young Korean Artists, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea, Gwacheon, Korea
2009    Vancouver Biennale, Canada
Platform, Kimusa, Seoul, Korea
Cheongju international craft biennale, Cheongju, Korea
Double Fantasy, Marugame Genichiro Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, Marugame city, Japan
Logic of Sensibility, Interalia, Seoul, Korea
Ceramics-Climax, Gyeonggido museum of Modern art, Ansan-city, Korea
Translated Koryo Celadon, Haegang Ceramics Museum, Ichon, Korea
Fragile-Fields of empathy, Museum of Modern Art of Saint Etienne, Saint Etienne, France
Lost and found, Rockby gallery, London, UK
Encounter: Dublin, Lisbon, Hong Kong and Seoul, Korea foundation cultural center, Seoul, Korea

Collections
    Saatchi gallery, London, UK
    Boston Museum of Contemporary Art, Boston, USA
    Smart Museum of Art, Chicago University, Chicago, USA
    Public collection of Yu-un, Tokyo, Japan
    Times square, Seoul, Korea