Eemyun Kang
Born 1981, Pusan, Korea
Lives and works in London
www.eemyun.com
EDUCATION
2009 The Royal Academy of Arts, London, MA, Fine Art
2007 Tihany International Postgraduate Program, Tihany, Hungary
2006 The Slade School of Fine Art, London, BA Honours, Fine Art
2002 Fine Art Painting and Sculpture, Ewha Woman's University, Seoul, Korea
AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
2009 Royal Academy of Arts Gold Medal
Royal Academy of Arts Dunoyer de Segonzac Award
2006 - 09 Celia Walker Foundation award, Royal Academy Schools
2005 Project Award, Slade School
2004 Icarus Bursary, Slade School
2003 - 06 Thomas Scholarship, Slade School
2003 Project Award, Slade School
The Old Student Association Trust Scholarship
2002 Friends' Programme Hardship Scholarships, UCL
Duveen Bursary, Slade School
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 Emerging Korean Artists in the World 2009 – U•S•B, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Art Centre, Korea
Code of Being, Gallery WITHSPACE, Beijing, China
Crossfields: Young Korean Artists in London, Korean Cultural Centre UK, London, UK
RA Schools Show 2009, London, Royal Academy Schools, London, UK
Summer Exhibition 2009, Royal Academy of Art, London, UK
Traveling Light, Venice Biennale 2009, London, UK; Venice, Italy
Eemyun Kang & Ben Pritchard, Cafe Gallery at Royal Academy of Art, London, UK
Mindscape of the 21st Century, Andrew James Art, Shanghai, China
The M.A.& Other Postgraduate Art Show, Atkinson Gallery, Somerset, UK
2008 4482, Korean Contemporary, OXO, Barge House, London, UK
Lock on, Splitter, Reinickendorfer Str.97, Berlin, Germany Premiums 2008, The Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
Good Morning, Mr. Nam Jun PAIK, Korean Cultural Centre, London, UK
2007 What Can a Desert Island Do, Seventeen Gallery, London UK
Influx, Nolia's Gallery, London , UK
2006 Landscapades: The war on terra?, Undermilkwood Gallery, London, UK
Gussing Exhibition, Gussing, Finsbury Square, London, UK
Painting Music, Sweet ECA, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, UK
2004 Art@work, Aylesbury House, London, UK
Anywhere out of the world, Platform Saab Showroom, London, UK
Artskool Paris London Project, Galerie Gauche (Ecole National Superieure des Beaux-Art), Paris, France
2003 Collaborate Drawings, Pearson Gallery (UCL), London, UK
Hibernation, UCL Main Quadrangle, London UK
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2008 Rose, Rebecca. New Talent: Eemyun Kang. The Silver Library [http://rebecca-rose.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-talent-eemyun-kang.html]
Eemyun Kang, Eastern Art Report Online, [http://www.eapgroup.com/korean_art/eemyun.kang1.htm]
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Mizuho International plc London, UK
Ronnie Wood, UK