EDUCATION
1997 MA, Studio Art, New York University, New York, NY
1989 B.F.A, Painting, Sook Myeung University, Seoul, Korea

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
Times Composed, CH’I Contemporary Fine Art, NY
2007
Livable Drawing Gallery Skape Project, Gallery Skape, Seoul, Korea
2006
Space Take-out, Hyundai Window Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2005
Black Masking Tape Drawing, Brain Factory, Seoul, Korea
2004
One Hundred One Hours of Conversation, CH’I Contemporary Fine Art, NY
2003
Untitled, City 75, Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, NY
2001
Time and Space III: Tidal Wave, Queens Museum of Art at Bulova Center, NY
2000
Time and Space II, Historic Oella Mill Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1996
Time and Space I, 80 Washington Square Gallery, New York, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
Re-Imagining Asia, The New Art Gallery, Walsall, England (upcoming)
2008
Synthetic Supernova, Mixed Green Gallery, NY
Re-Imagining Asia, Hause Der Kulturen der Welt Museum, Berlin, Germany
Brain Factory Benefit Show, Total Museum of Art, Seoul Korea
Aljira Fine Art Auction, Newark, NJ
Bridge art fair, Miami, FL *commission project for CH’I contemporary art gallery
2007
Abbundanza, Salvatore Ferragamo, NY
Bridge Art Fair, London, England
Bridge Art Fair, Miami, FL
New York- Paris Korean Artists Invitational Exhibition, Space World Gallery, LIC, NY
ARCO 2007, Buscando la raiz, Sala Alcala`31, Madrid, Spain
Samsung Life Insurance Building main lobby, Seoul, Korea
2006
Bridge art fair Miami, FL
6 Degrees of Separation, CH’I Contemporary Fine art, NY
The 6th Gwangju Biennale, Fever Variation, Gwangju, Korea
PS.122 Project Studio Residency Gallery, NY
2005
Working Space, Cuchifritos Gallery, NY
Wall to Wall Drawing: Selections Summer 2005, The Drawing Center, NY
2004
Play Pen, The Drawing Center, three days wall drawing in Public, NY
Enchantment, Untitled Space Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
2003
637 Running Feet: Black on White Wall Drawings by 14 Artists, Queens Museum of Art, NY
AAF Art Fair, London and New York City
2002
Wave Art Fair, Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Diaspora, Difference Division: New York, 473 Broadway Gallery, NY
2001
On the Wall, Untitled Space Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
Spunky, Exit Art Gallery, NY
Freedom Aftermath, Korean Embassy Gallery, Washington D.C.
Peripheral Vision, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California
2000
Flurry, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
1999
Bathe in Blue Light, collaborated with a composer for a projected animated drawing supported by American Composers Alliance, Here Theatre, NY
1998
98 Contemporary art Invitation, Seoul City Museum, Seoul, Korea
Art Now, Korean Embassy Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

SELECTED REVIEWS
2008
Christina Tilmann, ‘What do we know of Asia?’ Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin,Germany
Deepak Shahdadpuri, Berlin Exhibition Explores Perceptions of Asia
Indian Art News, Berlin, April16, 2008
Radio Interview, radioeins - Berlin-Bühnen, Berlin, Germany
Jihae Kim, 'Art and Space: Sun K. Kwak' Bob international magazine of space design, Korea
Window Show, Wallganmisool magazine, Feb. issue, Korea
2007
Jeongim Suh, 'Livable Drawing 2007', Public Art Megazine, Nov. issue, Korea
Gokhan Nalcaci ‘Korea Episode of World in America’, Ebru TV, NY
Elisa Lipsky, ‘Art and Commerce’, W-magazine, Nov. issue, NewYork
‘Hot Space’, Wallganmisool magazine, May. Korea
Katharine Herrup, ‘Curating Outside the Gallery Space’,The New York Sun, Mar27th, NY
Lisa Loon, ‘Eastern Existencialismo’, La Revista Mensual Del Siglo, Feb.Madrid, Spain
2006
Lisa Loon, ‘Eastern Existencialismo’, La Revista Mensual Del Siglo, Feb.Madrid, Spain
Heejung Kim, ‘Sun K. Kwak’s “Untying Space”, Dae Han Daily, Nov7, Korea
Soeun Kim, ‘Face to face with the Wind of Asia’, Maison Marie Claire, Sep, Korea
‘A day trip to Gwangju Biennale’, KTX magazine, Sep, Oct, Korea
‘Gwangju Biennale’, Wallganmisool magazine, Oct. Korea
Dukjin Cho,‘Going East in a Great Spatial Line Drawing’ Moodeung Daily, Oct 31, Korea
Wanbok Jang, ‘A Plus’, interview for Gwangju Biennale, Arirang TV, #30, Sep 21, Korea
Interview for Gwangju Biennale, KBS TV, Sep 5, MBC TV, Sep1, Korea
Gwangju Biennale, Donga daily news, Sep 4, Chosun daily news, Sep2, Korea
Kiseek Kim, High score for inviting and interactive‘Open Biennale’, Gwangju Daily
Dukjin Cho, ‘Sun K. Kwak’s Eastern Abstract’, Moodeung Daily, Aug 8, Korea
Jinwha Choi, ‘All eyes on the dynamic Drawings connecting the space and time’, The Chunnam Daily, Korea
Kiseek Kim, ‘Strength and Identity of Asian Art Surfaces’, Gwangju Daily, Korea
Youngki Yoon, ‘Expressing Eastern Stroke and Chi with Black Masking Tape’, Gwangju Daily, Sep12, Korea
Eunjin Jin, ‘Energy of East Contained in Tape Drawing’, Namdo Daily, Korea
Preview Gwangju Biennale, Art in Culture magazine, Aug. Korea
Soyoung Lee, Interview for Gwangju Biennale, Galleria magazine, May, Seoul, Korea
2005
Noah Chasin, Around Town- Museums, Time Out New York, July, Issue# 510 p.74, NY
Goings on About Town, The New Yorker, July 11,18, New York, NY
Holland Cotter,‘Where Drawing is What Counts’, The New York Times, June 25, NY
2003
Mihee Ahn, ‘Art Now in New York’, Open Art, Korea
Carl Mac Gowan, ‘Turning Walls in to Art Queens Museum’, News Day, NY
2001
TaeHee Kim, ‘Special Interview with Sun K. Kwak’, Maison- Marie Claire, Sep., Korea
JinHyae Kim, ‘Sun K. Kwak’s Installation’ The Korea Times March 19, NY
2000
Mihee Ahn, ‘Then & Now; Asian presence of difference,’ Art World , Sep., Seoul, Korea
Anthony Lane, ‘Flurry,’ The New Yorker, 75th anniversary issue, Feb. page 50, New York

VISITING ARTIST
2008 “Re-Imagining Asia” Artist talk during conference both at Hause Der Kulturen der Welt Museum, Berlin, Germany and Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, England
2006 Visiting Artist, Pace University, New York, NY
2001 Visiting Artist, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA.