Yunhee Min
Born in Seoul, Korea
Lives and works in Los Angeles
Education
2008 Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA Master in Design Studies
1994 Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
1991 Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, BFA
One-Person Exhibitions & Site Projects
2023
New Paintings, Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
2021
Vitreous Opacities, Vielmetter Los Angeles, CA
2020
Up Close in Distance, Gallery Platform LA (online), Vielmetter Los Angeles, CA
2019
Up Close in Distance (bars, flags, pools), Hammer Projects: Yunhee Min, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Red Carpet in C, Collaboration with Peter Tolkin, Culver ArtsBlock, Riverside, CA
Wilde Paintings, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles, Culver City, CA
2016
movements, Ameringer McEnery Yohe, New York, New York
2015
Luminaire Delirium (Equitable Life or soft machine), Equitable Vitrines, Los Angeles, CA
movements, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles, Culver City, CA
2013
Into the Sun, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles, Culver City, CA
Solo project for Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles at Los Angeles Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles
Shade for Night, Night Gallery 2, Los Angeles
2012
Spectra: fixtures, attachments, and ornamentals, Exercise, Vancouver, BC
For Instance, re-sited for The Lindbrook Terrace at Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
2011
Rise, Independent Art Fair, New York, NY
2010
Attraction, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles, Culver City, CA
2009
Continuum: Structure#003, LAX ART Exhibitions, Culver City, CA
2008
Recent Paintings, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
For instance, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, The Amie and Tony James Gallery, New York, NY
2007
Swell Ground, Merit Badge 2, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, New York, Curated by Jason Middlebrook
2006
Above & Beyond, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA
2005
Distance is llike the future, Circa Series, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, San Diego, CA
Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles, Culver City, CA
2004
Difference and Repetition (Invisible Cities), Microsoft Corporation at Redmond, WA
Fading Wild, Finesilver Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Double Positive, Artpace, San Antonio, TX
2003
James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
Out of Bounds (from here and afar), Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2002
Events in Dense Fog, Luckman Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
2001
Recline, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
2000
ACME, Los Angeles, CA
1999
I Put a spell on you too, Plug In, Winnipeg, Canada
Tugboat, Sala Diaz, San Antonio, TX
1998
Work in two and three dimensions, Post, Los Angeles, CA
Windows on Wilshire, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Curated by Howard Fox, Los Angeles, CA
1997
One foot in front of the other, Or gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
Home Improvement Paintings, Lasca, Los Angeles, CA
Between the Sheets, The Full Moon Gallery, Foundation for Art Resources, Los Angeles, CA
Agent Orange, Post, Los Angeles, CA
1996
Fast times, ACME, Santa Monica, CA
1995
Domestic Setting, Culver City, CA
Two-Person Exhibitions, Other Projects
2020
Peggy Ahwesh, Heart_Land, Curtain Accompaniment, JOAN, Los Angeles, CA
INCOGNITO 2020, ICA, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Glenarm Powerplant Public Art Project, Finalist with Peter Tolkin Architecture
2014
BLAST! [11], Guest curator, SASSAS (The Society for the Activation of Social Space Through Art and Sound)
2013
Listening Party with Charles Gaines and Yunhee Min, SASSAS (The Society for the Activation of Social Space Through Art and Sound)
2011
Collective Show Los Angeles 2011, Organizer, Silvershed, Los Angeles, CA
Rise, Patrick Meagher, Yunhee Min, Independent Art Fair, New York, NY
2010
Walk through tour and conversation for Blinky Palermo: Retrospective 1964-1977, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
2009
Fly Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee, Guest curator, Artist Curated Projects, Los Angeles, CA
ABCyz, Launch Exhibition, Silvershed, New York, NY
2008
Digital with Monument, Silvershed, New York, New York
2007
The City of the Future: A Design and Engineering Challenge, Los Angeles Competition, Harvard Graduate School of Design Team participation, Sponsored by the History Channel
2005
iT House, OutFiT Design for TaalmanKoch Architecture
2004
Herbert Hamak, Yunhee Min, 101 California Street Lobby, San Francisco, CA
Group Exhibitions
2021
Twenty Year Anniversary Exhibition Part 2, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles, CA
2019
The Light Touch, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles, CA
Art in Embassies Exhibition, US Embassy Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
2018
Evolver, LA Louver Gallery, Venice, CA
Quintessence: 6 Perspecitves on Abstraction, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Belief in Giants, Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
2016
L.A. Exuberance: New Gifts by Artists, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
2015
A line in the sand, Artist Curated Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Magic Mountain, Curated by Brooke Kelloway, Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
Elemental: Seeing the light, Curated by John O'Brian, Sturt Haaga Gallery at Descanso Gardens, La Cañada Flintridge, CA
Speed Space, Curated by Alexandra Gaty, Tif Sigfrids, Los Angeles, CA
2013
Spectra, San Diego State University Downtown Gallery, Curated by Catherine Gleason and Tina Yapelli
Nacker Gläubigen, at Infernoesque//Pascal Richter, Berlin. Curated by Davida Nemeroff
The Object Salon, Roberts & Tilton Gallery, Curated by Calvin Marcus
2012
Lost line, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Curated by Rita Gonzalez
Vis-à-vis Visitation Field, Collaboration with Patrick Meagher, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, Curated by Aaron Wrinkle
2011
WP9, Yunhee Min, Patrick Meagher, Miles Coolidge, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Plain Brown Wrapper, Human Resources, Los Angeles, Curated by Statler Waldorf Gallery
Night Gallery at The Chateau Marmont, Bar Marmont, Los Angeles, Curated by Night Gallery
Painting in Parts, Maryland Art Place, Maryland, Curated by Michael Klein
2009
ABCyz, Launch Exhibition, Silvershed, New York, NY
2008
Digital with Monument, Silvershed, New York, New York
2007
The Trans-Aestheticization of Daily Life, University of California, Riverside Sweeney Gallery, Curated by Peter Zellner, Riverside, CA
2006
Too much love, Angles Gallery, Curated by Amy Adler, Los Angeles, CA
2005
Around About Abstraction, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina
Wall Painting, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Korean American Museum, Los Angeles,CA
2003
Warped Space, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, Curated by Ralph Rugoff, San Francisco, CA
International Abstraction, Seattle Art Museum, Curated by Lisa Corrin, Seattle, WA
Abstruction, Artist Space, Curated by Eungie Joo, New York, NY
Cal’s Art, University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, TX
2001
Rogue Wave, LA Louver Gallery, Venice, CA
Snap Shot, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA (Traveled to Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL)
Fresh, Altoids Curiously Strong Collection, New Museum, NY
2000
The Next Wave, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, Curated by Noriko Gamblin, Escondido, CA
KOREAMERICAKOREA, Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Curated by David Ross and Sun-Jung Kim, Seoul, Korea (Traveled to Kyung Ju, Korea)
Deterritorialization of Process, Artist Space, Curated by Michael Joo, New York, NY
Shimmer, Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Art Park, Curated by Thomas Lawson, Los Angeles, CA
1999
Hubcap Diamond Star Halo, Claremont Graduate University, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Curated by Leonardo Bravo & Christopher Miles, Claremont, CA
Other Paintings, Huntington Beach Art Center, Curated by Julie Joyce, Los Angeles, CA
Under 500/Intimate Abstract Painting, The Black Dragon Society, Curated by James Hayward, Los Angeles, CA
After the Goldrush, Thread Waxing Space, Curated by Joe Wallin & Lea Gongitano, New York, NY
1998
Wings of Desire, San Francisco Art Institute, Walter/McBean Gallery, Curated by Michelle Guy, San Francisco, CA
1997
W139, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Ambient Suburbs, Post, Curated by Julie Joyce, Los Angeles, CA
1996
Human Condition, Caren Golden Fine Art, Curated by Bennett Roberts, New York, NY
1994
Current Abstractions, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Art Park, Curated by Noel Korten
Rundgang, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
Grants, Awards, Residencies
2016
Creative Capacity Fund (CCF) Quick Grant Program, Los Angeles, CA
2015
UCIRA Grant (University of California institute for Research in the Arts for a Major Grant), Riverside, CA
2013
Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York, NY
2010
Aurobora Press, San Francisco, CA
2009
Artist in Residence, Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeju-Do, South Korea
2008
Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Derek Bok Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2006
Alpert Ucross Residency Prize
2003
Wattis Artist in Residence, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
1999
COLA, City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Individual Artist Grant
1996
KAFA, Korea America Foundation for the Arts Individual Artist Grant
Articles, Reviews
2021
Preston Zappas, Lindsay. ‘KCRW Events'
Zellner, Peter. ‘I, Chromophobe,' Horizontal Fault, May 3
Zellner, Peter. ‘Spring Break,' Horizontal Fault, Apr 12
Campbell, Andy. ARTFORUM, Mar
Hudson, Suzanne. World of Art Contemporary Painting, Thames & Hudson, p. 209-210
2020
Gauthier, Olivia. The Brooklyn Rail, Nov
2019
Eun Seon Ha. Culture, The Korea Times, May 8, A18
Leung, Phillip. Daily Bruin, April 25
2018
Blouin Modern Painters, June
2017
Pasadena Now, June 6
2016
Vitamin P3: New Perspectives in Painting, Phaidon Press, Oct
Golden, Dan. Interview, Curator, May
Gleesen, Bridget. Review, ARTSY, May 25
2015
Drohojowske-Philp, Hunter. Art Talk KCRW, Sep 10
Goldman, Edward. Review, The Huffington Post, Sep 8
MutualArt. Review, The Huffington Post, Jan 16
Napoli, Lisa. Review, KCRW Arts & Culture, Jan 14
2013
Enholm, Molly. Art Ltd, Sep/Oct, p. 70
Wagley, Catherine. LA Weekly, June 21
Shaw, Michael. ArtScene, July/August
2012
Tuck, Geoff. ‘Notes on Looking,' Dec 20
2010
Gaines, Malik. Frieze, Jan/Feb
2007
Knight, Christopher. ‘45 Painters under 45,’ LA Times, Dec 2, F10
2006
Dea, Cynthia. ‘Making art an optical test,’ LA Times, June 8, E45
2005
Jankauskas, Jennifer. GlassTire, Oct
Firstenberg, Lauri. Art Papers, Sep/Oct, p. 55
Frank, Peter. LA Weekly, June 15, Pg
Pagel, David. ‘A method to the crookedness,’ LA Times, June 3, E19
Oliver, Retha. ‘Yunhee Min, Chuck Ramirez and Carter Potter,’ ARTLIES, #45, Winter, p. 102
2004
Kekonen, Alan. ‘Fading Wild Yunhee Min at Finesilver,’ VOA, Volume 13, Issue 1
2003
Gaines, Malik. ArtUS, November, Pg11
Van Proyen, Mark. ‘Yunhee Min at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts,’ Artweek, October, Volume 34, Issue 8
Farr, Sheila. ‘Mesmerizing art aims to put viewer off balance,’ The Seattle Times, September 26
Baker, Kenneth. ‘Welcome to Yerba Buena’s bargain basement of summer shows,’ San Francisco Chronicle, July 31
Kim, Christine. ‘Color Blind,’ V Magazine, March/April
Tsai, Eugenie. ‘Abstruction,’ Time Out New York, Issue 419, Oct 9-16, p. 64
2002
LaBelle, Brandon. Contemporary, March, p. 106
Ollman, Leah. ‘The Art of Disorientation,’ LA Times, February 9, F2
Knight, Christopher. ‘A Snapshot of LA Artists,’ LA Times, June 20, F1
2001
Martin, Victoria. ‘Rogue Wave: Eleven Artists from LA,’ Artweek, September, p. 19
Knight, Christopher. ‘A ‘Snapshot’ of LA Artists,’ Los Angeles Times, June 6, F4
Goodale, Gloria. ‘Art goes west,’ The Cristian Science Monitor, July 6, p. 16
Cotter, Holland. ‘Fresh,’ NY Times, January 19, B40
H.K. Leo. ‘Yunhee Min ‘Recline’ at James Harris Gallery, International Examiner, July 4-17, Vol 28, Number 13
2000
Fark, Bill. ‘California artists show diversity in museum show,’ North County Press, June 9, p. 34
Knight, Christopher. ‘Catching the ‘Next Wave’ of Painters,’ LA Times, June 20, F1
Knight, Christopher. ‘Unsteady Glow,’ LA Times, March 17, F25
Mahoney, Robert. ‘Deterritorialization of Process,’ Time Out, New York, Issue 233, March 9-16
‘Voice choices,’ Village Voice, Feb 23-29
Cotter, Holland. ‘Deterritorialization of Process,’ NY Times, March 17, B35
Frank, Peter. LA Weekly, March 10-16
Ollman, Leah. ‘Happily enduring vertigo amid Min’s mix of colors,’ LA Times, March 3, F30
Wilson Lloyd, Ann. Art in America, January, p. 125
1999
Watson, Laurie. ‘put a spell on me too,’ Tart, Issue 7
Johnson, Ken. ‘After the Gold Rush,’ NY Times, June 18, B31
Knight, Christopher. ‘Publicly funded artists rise to the challenge,’ LA Times, June 4, F16
Morgan, Susan. ‘The spirit of place:Art in Los Angeles,’ COLA Catalogue Essay, p. 10
1998
Scott, Kitty. ‘Vertical economy,’ Canadian Art, Spring, p. 112
Webster, Mary Hull. Artweek, April, p. 19
Baker, Kenneth. ‘LA imports at Art Institute,’ San Francisco Chronicle, February 19, E1
Helfand, Glen, ‘Wings of desire,’ Guardian, February
1997
Spaid, Sue. ‘Foreign policy,’ LA Weekly, December 12-18, p. 65
Cutajar, Mario. ‘Sally Elesby, Yunhee Min and Cynthia Phillips at LASCA,’ LA Weekly,’ April 11-17, p. 10
Young, Paul. ‘On the edge,’ LA Magazine, November, p. 92
1996
Kandel, Susan. ‘No way out,’ LA Times, March 21, F10
1994
Kandel, Susan. ‘Current Abstractions,’ Art Issues, May-June
Teaching
2013 - Present
University of California Riverside, Professor, Riverside, CA
2009 - 2013
Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Assistant Professor, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2008
Visual and Environmental Studies, Teaching Fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Lecturer, Boston, Massachusetts
Vermont College of Fine Arts, Visiting Artist, Montpelier, Vermont
2007
Visual and Environmental Studies, Teaching Fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
2006
Visual and Environmental Studies, Teaching Fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
Vermont College, Montpelier, Vermont
2005
University of California San Diego, Lecturer, San Diego, California
2004
University of Texas at San Antonio, Visiting Artist, San Antonio, Texas
2003
Otis College of Art and Design, Lecturer, Los Angeles, California
Art Center College of Design, Lecturer, Pasadena, California
2002
Art Center College of Design, Lecturer, Pasadena, California
University of California Irvine, Lecturer, Irvine, California
2001
Otis College of Art and Design, Lecturer, Los Angeles, California
2000
Otis College of Art and Design, Lecturer, Los Angeles, California
1998
California Institute of the Arts, Visiting Artist, Valencia, California
Otis College of Art and Design, Lecturer, Los Angeles, California
1997
University of California Los Angeles, Lecturer, Los Angeles, California
1996
University of California Los Angeles, Lecturer, Los Angeles, California
Public Collections
Hammer Museum
The Altoids Curiously Strong Collection
New Museum, New York
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art
Stuart House Collection
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles
Seattle Art Museum
Microsoft Art Collection
UBS Art Collection