Kyung Youl Yoon
B. Kangjin, South Jeolla, South Korea
E. University of Bellas Artes in Madrid, Spain
Solo Exhibition
2024 The Echoes of Materiality, Towards Infinity, G & J Gallery, Jeonnam Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
2022-2023 Kyung Youl Yoon: Cubic Inceptions & Mixed Media on Canvas 2, New York Hall of Science Museum, NY
2022 Kyung Youl Yoon: Cubic Inceptions & Mixed Media on Canvas 2, The Art Gallery at the Rockefeller State Park Preserve, NY (Curated by Audrey Leeds)
2021 Galerie Bhak, Seoul Korea
2017 Kyung Youl Yoon, Cubic Inception Series, Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Art Gallery, NY
Kyung Youl Yoon, Metaphors of Abstractions, The Art Gallery at the Rockefeller
State Park Preserve, NY
2015 Kyung Youl Yoon, JOURNEY. United Gallery, United Foundation Seoul, Korea
2014 Kyung Youl Yoon, APPROACH 2014. World of Wings Museum of the Arts, NJ
Kyung Youl Yoon, An Elegy of April, Riverside Gallery, NJ
2013 Kyung Youl Yoon, Abstract Paintings/ Poetry of Metaphor’s Shanghai Liu Hai Su
Museum, Shanghai, China
2013 Kyung Youl Yoon, Relation Series, Riverside Gallery, NJ
2006-2005 Kyung Youl Yoon, The Invitational Exhibition, Korean Community Center, NJ
1999-2010 Kyung Youl Yoon, Window Exhibition, K. Fine Art Studio, NJ
1996 Kyung Youl Yoon, Pul-eonaegi, Gallery Icon, Seoul Korea
Kyung Youl Yoon, A Symphonic Variation on Cosmopolitan universality and the
Quintessence Seoul Museum of Art (Seoul Art Center), Seoul Korea
1994 Kyung Youl Yoon, An image of life, Galleria de Arte Detursa, Madrid, Spain
1993 Kyung Youl Yoon, An Interval of History, Jain Marunochi Gallery New York, NY
1992 Kyung Youl Yoon, Paintings, Gallery Siena, Ponferrada, Leon, Spain
1992 Kyung Youl Yoon, Grieta de History, Cultural Center “Clock House, Madrid, Spain
Selected Exhibition & Group Exhibition
2020 Public Inje Naeseorak Art Museum, May International Artist Modern Art Exhibition,
South Korea
2019 Spring Benefit Exhibition, Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Art Gallery, NY
2018 Selected Encounter Korea, Southern Utah Museum of Art (SUMA), UT
2018 Selected First Encounter LA Korean Culture Center Los Angeles
2017-2018 Passion Connected 100 X 100 – Pyeong Chang Olympic 2018, Gallery
Korea, Korean Culture Center, NY
Passion Connected: A Wave of Peace From Korea to the World, Gallery Korea,
Korean Culture Center, NY
2017-2018 Benefit Action, Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Foundation Po Kim Gallery, NY
2016 Benefit Action, Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Foundation Po Kim Gallery, NY
2015 Laura Borghi Fine Art, NJ
2015 Abstraction and Penmanship, Riverside Gallery, NJ
2015 SIA Gallery, Chelsea, NY
2015 Prospecting, Riverside Gallery, NJ
2014 AWCA Gala Exhibition, NJ
2014 Shades of Time, The Archive of Korean-American Artists, Part Two, Korean
Culture Center, NY
2014 Shades of Time, Part Two, Queens Museum, Queens, NY
2014 New York Fountain art Fair, New York, NY
2014 New York Asia Art Week, Artosino Gallery, NY,
2014 Total Talent International Belskie Museum, NJ
2014 Color And Shape, Riverside Gallery, NJ
2013 The Gathering of the Artists in 2013, Riverside Gallery, NJ
2013 Seol Won Foundation Event Exhibition, Asia Society, New York, NY
2012-2013 Prospecting 2013, Riverside Gallery, NJ
2012 Milal Foundation Silent Auction, NJ
2012 Breast Cancer Benefit at Trump National Golf Club, Silent Auction, NJ
2011-2012 Abstraction 12 Artists Interpret life and Material With Variation Abstract
Composition Blue Hill Art & Culture Center, NY
2011 Special Joint Exhibition Riverside gallery & JS Sun Gallery, New York, NY
Contemporary Visions: Paintings, Riverside Gallery, NJ
Post 21 Club First Annual Gala Show, NJ
Comfort and Confidence in Past and Present, Riverside Gallery, NJ
2010 Award Ceremony and Benefit GALA/AHL Foundation, New York, NY
2002 New York Independent Art Fair, Plaza Hotel, New York, NY
2001-2002 Birds, Beasts & Bugs, Blue Hill Cultural Art Center, NY
2001 First Prize Exhibition, Mikhail Zakin Gallery, NJ
2000 Currents, Arts Forum, New York, NY
1996 Chelsea Art Walk, New York, NY
Bonier Gallery, New York, NY
L’Atelier Gallery, New York, NY
1994-1995 Este Y Complutense, Una Senda Que va Hacia Dentro (Comisario de la
Exposición José Marín Medina),
Educación y Cultura, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
Alcala de Henares, Arganda del rey, Coslada, Rivas Vaciamadrid, San
Martin de la Vega, Alcorcon, Aranjuez,
The Spanish Museum of Contemporary Art (M.E.A.C)
1994 Cross Section Contemporary Korean Art, Sala Paloma, Madrid, Spain
1993 Scholars Valdearte Obarco de Valdeorras, Galicia, Spain
Heringer Kunstverein Europe, Germany
1992 Young Korean Painter’s Exhibition at Madrid’s Faculty of Bellas Artes,
Madrid, Spain
“End of Career” exhibition at Madrid’s Faculty Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
“Aid for Africa” exhibition of Engravings at Madrid’s Faculty of Fine Arts,
Madrid, Spain
“End of Career” exhibition of Engravings at Madrid’s Faculty of Fine Arts,
Madrid, Spain
1992 First Prize of Painting at Ponferra, Leon, Spain
1986-1988 The Seoul Contemporary Art Festival, Seoul Korea
1987 Group Exhibitions, Woo Jung National Museum & Suk Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1986 Selected Art Competition of Dong-A National Modern Museum, Seoul, Korea
1985 K I S International Gun San, Seoul, Korea
1984 Group Exhibition Suk Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1980-1983 Independents, National Modern Museum, Seoul, Korea
Art Fairs
2023 Art Miami, Miami FL, Donghwa Ode Gallery
2023 Art on Paper, New York, New York, Donghwa Ode Gallery
2023 Kiaf SEOUL Galerie Bhak, Seoul, South Korea
2022 Art Miami, Miami, FL, Donghwa Ode Gallery
2022 Art on Paper, New York, NY, Donghwa Ode Gallery
2022 Art Market Hamptons, Nova’s Ark Project, Watermill, NY, Donghwa Ode Gallery
2022 Art Market San Francisco, CA, Dong Hwa Ode Gallery
2022 Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary, FL, Dong Hwa Ode Gallery
2021 Art Miami, FL, Dong Hwa Ode Gallery
2021 Market Art & Design the Hamptons, Dong Hwa Ode Gallery
2020 Art Miami, Art Fair FL, Dong Hwa Ode Gallery
2020 Art New York, Art Fair NY, Pier 94, Dong Hwa Ode Gallery
2020 Art On Paper, Art Fair NY, Dong Hwa Ode Gallery
2019 Art Miami, Art Fair FL, Dong Hwa Ode Gallery
2019 Art New York, Art Fair NY, Pier 94, Dong Hwa Ode Gallery
2019 Art On Paper, Art Fair NY, Dong Hwa Ode Gallery
2018 Art Palm Spring, Art Fair CA, Dong Hwa Ode Gallery
2017 Context New York Art Fair, NY, Dong Hwa Ode Gallery
Context Miami Art Fair, Dong Hwa Ode Gallery
Context Aspen Art Fair, Dong Hwa Ode Gallery
2016 Hamptons Art Fair, NY, Dong Hwa Ode Gallery
2015 Aspen Art Fair, Art Fair CO, Dong Hwa Ode Gallery
2014 KIAF, International Art Fair Seoul, Korea
2011-2012 New York Fountain Art Fair, New York, NY
2011 Scope New York Art Fair, Soo Yu Art New York, NY
2010 Scope Miami Art Fair, FL
Awards
-Selected by Jeonnam Museum of Art (JMA) Seoul for procurement of Yoon’s paintings
-Selected for the exhibition “The Intersection of Contemporary Art” at the Public Inje Naeseorak Art Museum
-Selected for solo exhibition “Kyung Youl Yoon: The Cubic Inception” at the Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Art Gallery, New York, USA
-Selected for the exhibition “Project Encounter Korea” at the Southern Utah Museum of Art, Utah
-Selected for the exhibition “First Encounter” at the Korean Culture Center, Los Angeles
-Selected for solo exhibition “Poetry of Metaphors” at the Liu Hai Su Museum, Shanghai, China
-Selected for solo exhibition “Journey” at the United Gallery, Seoul, Korea
-First Prize, Mikhail Zakin Gallery, NJ
-First Prize, Competition of Paintings in Ponferrada, Leon, Spain
-Scholarship by the Faculty of the Fine Arts of Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
-Scholarship by the Council of Valdearte, Galicia, Spain
-Selected by ABC and El Pais Newspaper’s “Este y Complutense” at various cultural centers like The Spanish Museum of Contemporary Art (M.E.A.C., Arte Contemporaneo) and Alcobendas for two years.
-Selected for the exhibition “Shades of Time,” the Archive of Korean-American Artists, Part Two, Korean Culture Center, NY and Queens Museum, Queens, NY
-Selected by Dong-A Daily Newspaper Competition at the National Modern Museum, Seoul, Korea
Publications
-AHL Foundation, “The Archive of Korean Artists in America,” 2023, New York, USA.
-KIAF, "KIAF Preview - BHAK artist," 2023, Seoul, South Korea.
-'Cubic Inception' by 'Aluminum Artist' Kyung Youl Yoon, Hannam-dong Galerie BHAK, news.nate.com (Korean News Site)
-Seoul Art Guide, Volume 239, 2021, 60 EXTERNAL(9) Cubic Inception: Cubic Series by Yoon Kyung Youl
-"Cubic Inception" (Galerie Bhak Solo Exhibition), 2021 catalog, Miro Printing, USA
-"Cubic Inception: Yoon's Cubic Series," Peter Frank, Seoul Art Guide November 2021 (vol. 239) external article
-Kang Jonghoon, [Art News] Yun Gyeong-ryeol BHAK · Kang Seung-hee Noh Rang Solo Exhibition, November 2022
-Reporter Baek Hyun-seok, [Exhibition] ‘Beautiful Warning’ on Environmental Issues, Invitational Exhibition of Aluminum Artist Yoon Kyung Youl, November 2021
-Reporter Shin Hyun-ji, ‘Aluminum Artist’ Yoon Kyung Youl Invitational Exhibition… A new perspective with a poetic nature, November 2021
-Reporter Sohyun Ahn, Yoon Kyung Youl, an ‘aluminum artist’ active in New York, exhibits works in Korea, November 2021
-The Intersection of Contemporary Art (현대미술의 시대적 교차점), Inje Public Naeseorak Museum, 2020
-Reporter Ilgon Kim, Participated in the 'Meet Korea' exhibition by Yoon Kyung Youl, December 2018
-The Chosun Ilbo, Reused aluminum is used as a painting... Yoon Kyung Youl Solo Exhibition, 2017
-Noh Chang-hyun, (Yoon Kyung Youl and Harper Yoon) Participated side by side in the Korean Cultural Center New York 100 Artists Exhibition, 2017 (okja.org)
-Peter Frank, Kyung Youl Yoon: The Cubic Inception Series, July 2017 (nyculturebeat.com)
-Jiyoung Min, ‘Artistic Evolution of Aluminum Containers’ Pay attention to ‘Recycling Art’ by Kyung Youl Yoon, an interesting artist, December 2015
-Reporter Kang Hyeon-seok, <Art & Artist> Yoon Kyung Youl, a fun painter who returned after 20 years, October 2015
-Yoon Kyung Youl: Pintura Y Grabado, Centro Cultural "casa Del Reloj" Sala de La Lonja, 1992, Madrid, Spain
-Castaño, Adolfo. (ABC Cultural Art Newspaper Critic). “Images of Life” 1994 Madrid, Spain Pallares, Carmen.
-ABC de las artes, Detursa Art Gallery Exhibition, 9 June – 8 July 1994 Madrid, Spain Nomblot, Javier Rubio.
-“Yoon Kyung Youl: el paisaje invisible” El Punto, 17 June 1994: p.8, Madrid, Spain Prieto, Carmen.
-“A paisaxe dos obxetos en cico procesos artisticos” Pontevedra 15 December 1994: p.36 Galicia, Spain Riopa, Miguel.
-Este Y Complutense, Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 1994
-“Yoon Kyung Youl. Un pintor coreano en Pontevedra: Interviene en la exposición colecti- va ‘A paisaxe dos obxectos’ en el Palacio de la Diputación” Diario de Pontevedra 29 November 1994: p.11, Galicia, Spain Beraza, Joaquin Castro. (Art Critic and Former director of Gallery Detursa) “El Mundo de Yoon Kyung Youl” 1993, Madrid, Spain Balboa, J. “Yoon Kyung, un pintor coreano el Ponferrada” Encina 93 La Cronica 16 de Leon 4 September 1993: p.53, Leon, Spain, Parralo, Manuel. (Head of the Fine Arts Faculty, University of Bellas Artes)
-Yoon Kyung Youl, Exhibition of paintings, Jain Marunochi Gallery, New York, NY, 1993
-“Art Critic’s Essay” 1992 Madrid, Spain Lopez, Jose Sanchez Carralero. (Former director of the Fine Arts Department, University of Bellas Ar- tes) “Yoon Kyung Youl: A Determined Vocation” 1992 Madrid, Spain
-Choi, Hee Eun. “Yoon Kyung-Youl, a New York-based Painter, ‘full of metaphorical resonance and tec- tile appeal’ ” ny.koreatimes.com 6 Jul. 2017, The Korea Times Web, 6. Jul. 2017, http://ny.koreatimes.com/article/20170706/1064461
-Park, Sukie. “Yoon Kyung Youl Solo Exhibition: The Cubic Inception at Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Gallery,” www.nyculturebeat.com, 5 Jul. 2017, NY Culture Beat Web, 6. Jul. 2017 http://www.nyculturebeat.com/index.php?document_srl=3600942&mid=CulBeatExpres
Reviews
-Korea Times, Kyung Youl Yoon Solo Exhibition at New York Hall of Science Museum, January 2023
-Byun, Kyunghee, State University of New York Professor, Art History Major, Korea Daily,
[Art & Technology] Aluminum Abstraction at the New York Science Museum: Artist Yoon Kyung Youl, 2023
-Goodman, Jonathan, December 21, 2022, "Kyung Youl Yoon at the New York Hall of Science (Queens),” Tussle Magazine, New York, USA
-Kyung Youl Yoon: Cubic Inceptions & Mixed Media on Canvas 2 at the Rockefeller State Park Preserve Art Gallery, 09/15/2022
-AHL Foundation Kyung Youl Yoon Interview with Peter Frank, Archive of Korean Artists in America (AKAA), 2022
-Frank, Peter. “Kyung Youl Yoon: The Cubic Inception Series” Review of Kyung Youl Yoon: The Cubic Inception Series, Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Art Gallery, 2017, New York, USA
-Morgan, Robert C. “Cling to the Earth, Reach for the Sky,” Review of Journey, United Gallery, 2015, Seoul, South Korea
-Zhang, Jian. “Preface” Review of Poetry of Metaphors: Abstract Paintings by Kyung Youl Yoon, Liu Haisu Art Museum, 2013, Shanghai, China.
-Poetry of Metaphors: Abstract Paintings by Kyung Youl Yoon Catalog, p.10
-Cong, Zhiyuan. “Professor Poetry of Visual Arts- Kyung Youl Yoon’s Imagery Art Exhibition” Review of Poetry of Metaphors: Abstract Paintings by Kyung Youl Yoon, Liu Haisu Art Museum, 2013, Shanghai, China.
-Poetry of Metaphors: Abstract Paintings by Kyung Youl Yoon Catalog, p. 12
-Lim, Mark J.S. (Graduate Professor at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York) “Artist Kyung Youl Yoon and His Creative World” 2013 New York, USA
-“Life is Art, Art is Life, Yin Jing Lie’s Self-explanation on His Creations” Shanghai Artists No.4, September 2013, Shanghai, China
-Yoon Kyung-Youl, Ikon Gallery and Seoul Art Center, Seoul Korea, 1996
-Lee, Koo-Yeol.(Art Critic) “Yoon Kyung- Youl: A Symphonic Variation of Cosmopolitan Universality and the Korean Quintessence” 1996 Seoul, South Korea
Collections
New York Hall of Science Museum (Queens, NY)
Jeonnam Museum of Art (JMA)
Public Inje Naeseorak Art
Museum Liu Haisu Art Museum in Shanghai China
Shanghai Embassy in China Embassy in Madrid, Spain
Seoul Arts Center in Korea AnyTape Corporation in Korea
Korea’s Nordson’s Corporation
Casa de Reloi, Cultural Center in Madrid, Spain
Facultad de Bellas Artes in Spain Cacabelos in Leon, Spain
Bontier Gallery in New York
The KCC Center, New Jersey
Private collections in Spain, USA, and Taiwan: Galicia, Segovia, El Bierzo J. Balboa Millennium Bank Property Development Companies (NYC), NY Other private collections