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Born
1952
Inchon, South Korea
Education
1986
MFA, Drawing and Painting, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
1983
BA, Drawing, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
1974
BS, Ewha Womens University, Seoul, Korea
Selected Awards
2009
Studio Residency, Loft Nota Bene, Cadaques, Spain
2007
Studio Residency, Fundacion Valparaiso, Mojacar Playa, Spain
2006
Studio Residency, Loft Nota Bene, Cadaques, Spain
2005
McCormick Place Public Project, Chicago, IL
2004
MacDowell Artists Residency. Peterborough, NH
Studio Residency, Loft Nota Bene, Cadaques, Spain
2003
Pool tile project, Laguna Honda Hospital, Public Art Commission, San Francisco, CA
Southern Illinois Artists Open Competition and Exhibition, Cedarhurst, Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL (1st Place)
MacDowell Artists Residency, Peterborough, NH
Studio Residency, Loft Nota Bene, Cadaques, Spain
Phi Kappa Phi Outstanding Artist for 2003, SIUC Chapter, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
2001
16th District Police Station Public Project, Public Art Program, Chicago, IL
1993
National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artists Fellowship Grant
1983
First Award, Distaff Side/Women Artists, Mitchell Museum, IL
Rickert-Ziebold Trust Award, Southern Illinois University, IL
Solo Exhibitions
2020
Murmur, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA; Exhibition catalog
2016
Memoir: Portraits, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mt. Vernon, IL
2013
Portrait, Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2012
Cheonae Kim, The Gallery Space, Murphysboro, IL
2010
New Work, Philip Slein Gallery, Saint Louis
Mediterranean 224, Zolla Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009
Murmur, Zolla Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006
Interplay, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery Inc., Chicago, IL
2005
Interplay, Willian Shearburn Gallery, Stl Louis, MO
2004
Cheonae Kim: turn and turn again, Biggin Gallery at Auburn University, Auburn, AL
2004
Inner Positive, Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL
2003
Cheonae Kim, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2002
Checkerboard Lounge, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
Foyer Installation, Elliot Smith Gallery, St. Louis, MO
22 Days, Goodstein Gallery, Casper College, Casper, WY
2001
16th District Police Station Public Project, Public Art Program, Chicago, IL
Cheonae Kim: New Work, Vanier Galleries, Tucson, AZ
Interspaces, Murals, Wallworks and Paintings, Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL
2000
Interstice, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
Structures, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
Paintings, Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL
1999
Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL
1998
Elliot Smith Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1996
R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1994
Forum for Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO
1992
Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL
1991
Creative Art Gallery, University City, MO
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021
Picnic, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
Shift 2021, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
2020
30th Anniversary Exhibition, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA; exhibition catalog
2019
Fe(male), Kress on Dexter Community Art Gallery, Montgomery, AL
Science Paints our World: Chemistry & Art, Midland Center for the Arts Museum, Midland, MI
The Art of Collaboration, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY (with Kurt Steger)
2017
Poetic Minimalism, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
2016
Summer Breeze, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
2015
New American Paintings: Midwest Edition, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL
Everywhere and Elsewhere, Meramec Contemporary Art Gallery, St.Louis Community College, St. Louis, MO
2011
Repertoire, Zolla Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
An Exchange with Sol LeWitt, Cabinet and MASS Moca, North Adams, MA
Repertoire, Zolla Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
An Exchange with Sol LeWitt, Cabinet and MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
Paint Snob 2011, Fine Arts Center Gallery, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
2010
Process, Performance & Projection VIII, Surplus Gallery, SIUC, Carbondale, IL
Scott Draves & Cheonae Kim, Michael Berger Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
We’re on Huron, 223 W Huron, Chicago, IL
2009
Checkerboard Lounge, McCormick Place, Chicago, IL
East Meets West, Michael Berger Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Control_Shift_Option: Contemporary Drawing, Space 301, Mobile, AL
2008
2008 Paint Snob Invitational, McLennan Community College, Waco, TX
Art Miami, William Shearburn Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
Combined Art Faculty Exhibit, University Museum, SIUC, Carbondale, IL
’GAPP’ miniprint preview show, Glove Factory, SIUC, Carbondale
4th Annual Art Over Easy, Glove factory, SIUC, Carbondale
Chicago Looks: Portraits by Chicago Artists, Public Art Program, Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Arts Desire; Art and Wine Auction, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
Artropolis, William Shearburn Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
Artropolis, Zolla Lieberman Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
The Faculty Art Show, Art Alley, SIUC, Carbondale, IL
2007
Bright, I-space, Chicago, IL
Word/Music, Michael Berger Art Gallery, Pittsburg, PA
Summer Group Show, William Shearburn Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Spring Benefit Exhibition, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
Lucky 13: The Artists of Carbondale, Cedarhurst, Mitchell Museum, Main Gallery, Mt. Vernon, IL
D.I.C.K., Cheonae Kim & Artists Collective, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, Evansville, IN
The Inland See: Contemporary Art around Lake Michigan, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo
2006
ink, Miami 2006, William Shearburn Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
drawing conclusions: an inquiry, Biggin Gallery, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
Compilation 2, Rocket Gallery, London, England
Go Forth and Multiply, Surplus Gallery, Glove Factory, SIUC, Carbondale, IL
Drawing Game, Vergette Gallery SIUC, Carbondale, IL
Play, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, TX
Not I: A Samuel Beckett Centenary Celebration, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
2005
Combined Art Faculty Exhibit, University Museum, SIUC, Carbondale, IL
Arts Desire, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
Planned Parenthood, Choice Art, St. Louis, MO
Just Good Art, Hyde Park Art Center Benefit Auction, Chicago, IL
30th Anniversary Exhibition, New Harmony Gallery, New Harmony, IN
Printmakers Ball 2005, Anchor Graphics, Chicago, IL
Southern Illinois University School of Art and Design Faculty Exhibition, Paducah’s Artist Relocation Program, Paducah, KY
Process, Performance, & Projection III, Surplus Gallery, SIUC, Carbondale, IL
The Hard Way, Phillip Slein Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2004
Mapped: From there to here, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
Sheldon Art Galleries, Saint Louis, MO
2002
Abstraction: An Invitational Exhibition, Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC
Edge, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
2000
Cool Painting 2000, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
Bad Directions, Gallery 312, Chicago, Illinois
Two Persons Show, Southern Illinois University Museum, Carbondale, IL
41 Days and 4 Seasons, Armstrong Gallery, Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, IA
Quarto, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA (lobby project)
Summer Indulgence, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
Out of Line, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Interventions: New Art in Unconventional Spaces, Milwaukee Art Museum, WI
Of World and Self, Innsbrook Resort and Conference Center, Innsbrook, MI
2000, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999
Drawing Rules, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
Otherville, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Illinois Women Artists: The New Millennium, Illinois Art Gallery, Illinois State Museum, Chicago, IL
1998
The 3rd Occasional Survey of Abstract Art in Chicago, Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL
100 Days, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
Painted Music, Louisville Visual Art Association, Water Tower, Louisville, KY
Paintings and Prints, Bourdon Gallery, Glasgow School of Art and Design, Glasgow, Scotland
Works on Paper, Lower Foyer Gallery, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee, Scotland
1997
A Box, Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC
Matrices, Art Academy of Cincinnati, OH
Thirty-Five Drawings, Anchor Graphics, Chicago, IL
Small Works, Hinsdale Center for the Arts, Hinsdale, IL
1996
New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, IN
Plane Speak, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Print, Broward Community College of Fine Arts Gallery, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
1995
10th Annual Harwell Mail-in Art Show, Margaret Harwell Art Museum, Popular Bluff, MO
Gender Gaze, Art St. Louis, MO
Piecing Together, Sheppard Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno, NV
1994
R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO
A Detailed Surface, Sawhill Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA
1993
Abstract: Chicago, Klein Gallery, Chicago, IL
Is Poetry Visual Art, Turman Gallery, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
1992
On Condition, Gallery 400, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
Speak, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
1991
Kunst aus Illinois USA Profssoren and Studenten, SIUC, Kuntlerhaus, Pali Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, Austria
1990
Water Tower Annual, Louisville Visual Art Association, Kentucky
1989
Circle of Friends Group Show, Nevertheless Press, University City, IL
1987
Twelfth Southern Illinois Artist Open Competition and Exhibition, Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL
1985
First Illinois Graduate Art Exhibition, Northeastern University, Evanston, IL
1984
Purchase Award Show, Student Center, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Selected Collections
Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
Block Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Brehm School Foundation, Carbondale, IL
Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL
City and County of San Francisco, CA
Franklin Furnace, New York, NY
Glasgow School of Art and Design, Scotland
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Hangeul Museum, Seoul, Korea
Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
Michael and Sherle Berger Foundation, Pittsburg, PA
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
New York Public Library, New York, NY
Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
Bibliography
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Chicago Tribune, April 25, 2009 (Murmur, Zolla/Lierberman Gallery, Chicago, IL)
Chicago Tribune, December 14, 2007 (Bright, I space, Chicago, IL)
Chicago Tribune, March 17, 2006 (Interplay, Zolla/Lierberman Gallery, Chicago, IL)
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 7, 2003 (Schmidt’s Picks, A Look at New Art in St. Louis since 1990, Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis, MO)
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