Posoon Park Sung
Beyond II, 2013
Ottchil (Asian Lacquer) on canvas
23 ½ x 28 ¼ inches
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Born Seoul, Korea
Lives and works in Seoul, New York City and Tampa, Florida |
Education |
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1983 |
MFA, Painting,
Pennsylvania State University |
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1976-78 |
Harrisburg Area Community
College, Harrisburg, PA |
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1971 |
1971 BFA, Hong-Ik
University, College of Art, Seoul, Korea |
Solo Exhibitions |
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2013 |
Beyond: Recent
Paintings, June Kelly Gallery, New York |
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2010 |
Being and Soul: New
Paintings, June Kelly Gallery, New York, catalogue |
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2006 |
Anam Ċara, June
Kelly Gallery, New York, catalogue |
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2002 |
Passage, Scarfone/Hartley
Gallery, University of Tampa, FL, catalogue |
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1997 |
Two Artists,
Fulton Burt Gallery, Sarasota, FL |
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1996 |
Gallery Simon, Seoul,
Korea |
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1994 |
Resnick Gallery, Long
Island University, New York |
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1993 |
Rose Herman Lehrman Art
Center, Harrisburg, PA |
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1986 |
Caro Miller Gallery, York
College, PA |
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1984 |
Kaufman Gallery,
Shippensburg University, PA |
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1983 |
Zollar Gallery,
Pennsylvania State University |
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1980 |
Garden Gallery, Carlisle,
PA |
Selected Group Exhibitions |
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2010 |
25th Anniversary,
June Kelly Gallery, New York |
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2009 |
Light,
Invitational Exhibition, Rivus Gallery, Incheon Catholic University, South
Korea |
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2008 |
Gana Atelier Artists
Exhibition, Insa Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea
Gana Atelier Artists Exhibition, Gana Art, Pusan, South Korea |
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2007 |
Faculty Show,
Rivus Gallery, Incheon Catholic University, South Korea |
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2005 |
Faculty Show,
University of Tampa, FL |
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2004 |
Cutting Edge, G.
R. N’ Namdi Gallery, Detroit, MI |
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2003 |
Faculty Show,
University of Tampa, FL |
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2001 |
Private Universities of
Florida Faculty, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL |
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2000 |
International Voices,
Brad Cooper Gallery, Tampa, FL
Stendahl Gallery, New York |
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1998 |
National Invitational
Exhibition of Works on Paper, University of Hawai‘i, Hilo
National Group Show, Artists Unlimited, Tampa, FL
Elements of Nature, Westwood Gallery, New York |
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1997 |
National Group Show,
Art League of Manatee County, FL
National Group Show, Lebo Robbins Gallery, Aspen, CO |
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1994 |
International
Invitation, Tokyo, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Uenokoen, Taito, Japan
National Group Show, Art Educator, Doshi Center for Contemporary Art,
Harrisburg, PA |
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1991-1992 |
International
Invitation, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art, Uenokoen, Taito, Japan |
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1990 |
National Group Show,
Rose Herman Lehrman Art Center, Harrisburg, PA |
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1982 |
National Group Show,
Westmoreland County Museum of Art, Greensburg, PA |
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1981 |
National Group Show,
Rose Herman Lehrman Art Center, Harrisburg, PA |
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1979 |
National Group Show,
Doshi Center for Contemporary Art, Harrisburg, PA |
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1978 |
National Group Show,
Harrisburg Art Association, Harrisburg, PA |
Public & Corporate Collections |
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Ottchil Art Museum,
Tongyeong, South Korea
Jinmyeong Girls’ High School, Seoul, South Korea
University of Tampa, FL
Avon Product Research Development Center, Suffren, NY
Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital, New York
Benihana Corporation, Miami, FL |
Articles, Interviews, Publications and Reviews |
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2008 |
“Message for the Light in
the Darkness,” Weekly News Magazine, SISA Press,
October |
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2006 |
Harmon, Maureen, “Art for
the Soul,” The Penn Stater, The Penn State University, pp.40-45,
VOL.93, NO. 6, July/August, 7 illustrations
Kim, J.H., “Hope and The Light of a Life on the Canvas,” The Korea Times
NY, Culture
Section, p. C-3, January 12
Park, Suki, “Soul Spirit on Canvas,” Korean Daily NY, Culture
Section, p. A-13, New York,
January 10
Dantzic, Cynthia Maris, “One Hundred New York Painters,” Schiffer
Publishing Ltd, Atglen,
PA, book |
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2004 |
Alberts, Hana R.,
“Painting the Big Apple Red,” The New York Daily News,
August 11
Kim, J. H., “A Hopeful Message for Cancer Patients,” The Korea Times
NY , August 4
Lee, Hong, “Korean Woman Artist Participated in Big Apple Fest with Message of Global
Hope,” Ming Pao Daily
News, September 25
Interview, New York Channel One, interview, July
Interview, Fox News, interview, New York, September
Interview, Ming Pao Daily News, September |
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2002 |
Hammer, Esther, “Korean
Artist Brings Complex Concepts to Painting,” The
Tampa Tribune,
October 24
Iadarola, Lea, “U.T. Exhibit Examines View of Life, Death,” St.
Petersburg Times, October 25 |
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2000 |
“One Planet, One People,”
Fine Art Magazine, Millenium Issue, Jamey Alan Forbes
Publications, Ronkonkoma, NY |
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1999 |
Dantzic, Cynthia Maris,
Drawing Dimensions, Prentice-Hall, NJ , book |
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1997 |
Altabe, Joan, “Shade Upon
Shades of Meaning,” Sarasota Times, March |
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1996 |
Interview, Korean TV,
Seoul, Korea, June |
Catalogues |
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2010 |
Being and Soul,
essay by Jonathan Goodman, June Kelly Gallery, New York |
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2006 |
Posoon Park Sung:
Reasons for Being, essay by Jonathan Goodman, June Kelly
Gallery, New
York |
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2002 |
Passage, essays by
Cynthia Maris Dantzic, “The Transcendent Vision of Posoon Park
Sung,” Dr. Loretta S. Loftus, “Illness and
Art,” Richard Mayhew, “Poetic Artist,” and
Constance Schwartz, “Poetic
Sensibility,” Scarfone/Hartley Gallery, Tampa, FL |
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1996 |
PO-SOON PARK,
essays by Cynthia Maris Dantzic, and Julie Goodrich-Benbow, Gallery
Simon, Seoul, Korea |
Public Commissions |
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2010 |
Hope for Children,
Korea Pediatric Cancer Foundation, sponsored by SK
Communications,
Seoul, South Korea |
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2004 |
Big Apple Fest,
“Pink Ribbon,” sponsored by the Avon Foundation, New York
Big Apple Fest, “Circle Dance for Diversity,” sponsored by collectors
and friends, New York |
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2003 |
Guest Artist, created
prints for patrons of the gallery, Scarfone/Hartley Gallery,
University
of Tampa, FL |
Teaching Experience |
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2008-2012 |
Professor of Painting and
Director of International Affairs, Incheon Catholic University
College of Fine Art & Design, Seoul, South
Korea |
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1997-2007 |
Painting and Drawing,
University of Tampa, FL |
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1984-1994 |
Painting, Drawing and
2-Dimensional Design, Harrisburg Area, Community College, PA |
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1981-1983 |
Drawing and Watercolor,
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA |
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