South Korean-American artist
Yunhee Min (born 1962 Seoul , Korea) is a Korean-American artist.[ 1] She lives and works in Los Angeles , California.[ 2] In 1991 she received a BFA from ArtCenter College of Design .[ 3] In 1993 she attended the Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf as a guest student under Professor Günther Uecker . In 2007 she received an MA in Design Studies from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design .
Min's two-fold art practice, which includes both painting and site-projects, is rooted in abstraction, as expressed through color, gesture, surface and form.[ 1] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
Her work has been featured in gallery and museum exhibitions including: Los Angeles County Museum of Art ; UCLA Hammer Museum , Los Angeles; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts , San Francisco; Art Sonje Center , Seoul, Korea; Artists Space , New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego and others. She is represented by Vielmetter, Los Angeles [ 9] and Miles McEnery Gallery, New York.[ 10] [ 11] In 2008, she co-founded Silvershed, an artist-run space in Chelsea, NYC with Patrick Meagher .
Yunhee Min, Wild is the Wind #10-22 (detail), 2022, Acrylic on mural cloth, 72 x 60 in.
Min is a recipient of the Korea Arts Foundation of America Artist Grant,[ 12] the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Individual Artist Grant, and University of California Institute for Research in the Arts Grant. In 2022 she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in Fine Art .[ 13]
Min is a Professor of Art at the University of California, Riverside .[ 14] [ 15] [ 16] [ 17] [ 18] [ 19]
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^ ArtCenter College of Design, 2017-2018 . ArtCenter College of Design Archives and Special Collections.
^ Ollman, Leah (March 3, 2000). "Happily Enduring Vertigo Amid Min's Mix of Colors" . Los Angeles Times . pp. C1. Archived from the original on August 14, 2023. Retrieved August 14, 2023 .
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^ Hudson, Suzanne (2021). Contemporary Painting . World of Art . London: Thames & Hudson . pp. 176, 209. ISBN 978-0500294635 . OCLC 1233310518 .
^ Lloyd, Ann Wilson (January 1, 2000). "Yunhee Min at Sala Diaz" (PDF) . Art in America . p. 10. ISSN 0004-3214 . Archived (PDF) from the original on June 29, 2023. Retrieved August 15, 2023 – via Amazon CloudFront .
^ "Artists - Yunhee Min" . Vielmetter Los Angeles . Archived from the original on September 22, 2023. Retrieved August 14, 2023 .
^ "Artists - Yunhee Min" . Miles McEnery Gallery . Archived from the original on May 26, 2023. Retrieved August 14, 2023 .
^ Chaplin, Julia (February 12, 2016). "Art Scene Heats Up in Downtown Los Angeles" . The New York Times . Archived from the original on March 26, 2024. Retrieved August 14, 2023 .
^ "Yunhee Min" . Korea Arts Foundation of America . Archived from the original on August 14, 2023. Retrieved August 14, 2023 .
^ "Yunhee Min" . John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation . Archived from the original on December 1, 2023. Retrieved August 14, 2023 .
^ "Yunhee Min" . University of California, Riverside | Department of Art . Archived from the original on September 25, 2023. Retrieved August 14, 2023 .
^ Davis, Jeff (2015). Foundations of Color . Tempe, AZ: Tempe Digital. pp. 10–12. ISBN 978-0986163708 . OCLC 933604805 .
^ "Yunhee Min – Copenhagen Denmark" . Art in Embassies . United States Department of State . Archived from the original on December 4, 2023. Retrieved August 14, 2023 .
^ "Image: Remake/Remodel (LowSlide) by Yunhee Min (1999)" . Artstor . JSTOR community.14231650 .
^ Pagel, David (June 3, 2005). "What Happens Naturally - A Method to the Crookedness" . Los Angeles Times . pp. E18–E19. Archived from the original on March 26, 2024. Retrieved August 15, 2023 .
^ Keefe, Alexander (March 2016). "Yunhee Min Equitable Vitrines" . Artforum . Vol. 54, no. 7. p. 23. Archived from the original on November 9, 2023. Retrieved August 15, 2023 .