Education
MA, Studio Art , New York University, New York , NY
B.F.A, Painting, Sook Myeung University , Seoul , Korea
Selected Solo Exhibition
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, Brooklyn , NY
2003 Untitled, City 75, Rockefeller Plaza , New York City, NY
2001Time and Space III: Tidal Wave,Queens Museum of Art at Bulova Center , Queens , NY
2000 Time and Space II, Historic Oella Mill Gallery, Baltimore , MD
1996 Time and Space I, 80 Washington Square Gallery , New York , NY
2007 Abbundanza, Salvatore Ferragamo, New York , 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 6 thGwangju Biennale, Fever Variation, Gwangju , Korea
PS.122 Project Studio Residency Gallery , NY , NY
2005 Working Space, Cuchifritos Gallery , New York , NY
Wall to Wall Drawing: Selections Summer 2005 , The Drawing Center , NY , NY
2004 Play Pen, TheDrawing Center, three days wall drawing in Public, New York
Enchantment, Untitled Space Gallery, New Haven , Connecticut
2003 637 Running Feet: Black on White Wall Drawings by 14 Artists,
Queens Museum of Art, Queens , New York
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, New York , NY
2001 On the Wall, Untitled Space Gallery, New Haven , Connecticut
Spunky , Exit Art Gallery , New York , 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 , New York , NY
1998 98 Contemporary art Invitation, Seoul City Museum , Seoul , Korea
Art Now, Korean Embassy Gallery, Tokyo , Japan
Selected Reviews
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, New York
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, New York
2000 Mihee Ahn, ‘Then & Now; Asian presence of difference,’ Art World , Sep., Seoul, Korea
Anthony Lane , ‘Flurry,’ The New Yorker, 75 th anniversary issue, Feb. page 50, New York
2006 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
2005 PS.122 Project Studio Residency, New York, NY
2004 Artist Alliance Residency, New York, NY
Henry Street Settlement Artists in Residency, New York, NY
2002 Special Prize, Wave Art Fair, Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2001 Brooklyn Community Access TV and Rotunda Gallery Joint Residencies Brooklyn , NY
1998 Film and Video Arts, Grant for Project, New York, NY
Permanent Collection
2007 Samsung Life Building , selected and commissioned by Leeum Museum , Seoul , Korea
2006 Voltz Clarke LLC, New York , NY
2003 City 75, 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York , NY
