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1995 Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA, B.F.A
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
2010 Los Angeles World Airports Project/Terminal 2
2009 Los Angeles World Airports Project/Terminal 1/ Gate 2
2008 Los Angeles World Airports Project/Terminal 1/ Gate 1
Los Angeles County MTA Neighborhood Poster, Project Finalist
2003 Leah Middlebrook and Norio Sugano Fellowship
Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA
2002 KAFA Award Finalist, Juried by Howard Fox, Henry Hopkins, David Pagel
1999 Art/Omi Foundation, International Artists’Residency, Ghent, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Op Collage III (Forthcoming)
De/Form, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles World Airport Project/Terminal 2, LAX, CA
Op Collage II
Los Angeles World Airport Project/Terminal 1 Gate 2/US Airways, LAX, CA December 30, 2009 – May 3, 2010
2009 Op Collage
Los Angeles World Airport Project/Terminal 1 West Gate 1/SouthWest, LAX, CA December 10, 2009 – May 3, 2010
Rollover, Boardroom, Chamber of Commerce, San Pedro, CA
This Is The Same, But Different, Part II, AndrewShire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Rule Out, Curated by Kristina Newhouse South Bay Focus, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance,CA
This Is The Same, But Different, AndrewShire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Pattern Recognition, Sarah Lee Artworks and Projects, Santa Monica, CA
Squares and Zits, Antai Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Relatively the Same, Lendrum Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
2000 Yong Sin, Remba Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1999 Being and Nothingness , Remba Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1998 Being and Nothingness, Sunyata Gallery, San Pedro, CA
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2009 Plain And Simple, with Betsy Lohrer Hall. Curated by Marshall Astor, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
2002 Kent & Sin Curated by Carl F.Berg, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 KIAF-Korea International Art Fair, Seoul, Korea
2008 SICAF-Seoul International Contemporary Art Festival, Seoul, Korea
2007 Edith Abeyta’s Cry Me a River, Blue Drawings
50 Women Artists works on Handkerchiefs, El Camino College, Torrance, CA
Los Angeles Five Asian Contemporary Art, Curated by Sugar Brown/George Billis Gallery, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA
PlayitGround, Don O’Melveny Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Group Show, Back Room, Domestic Setting, Los Angeles, CA
Chromaluxe, Fine Arts Department Gallery, CSULA, Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Kristina Newhouse
Surface: Southern California Painters, L Street Fine Art, San Diego, CA
2005 Portraits, L Street Fine Art, San Diego, CA
Mix & Match, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon Korea
Fresh stART ‘05, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica,CA
2004 Open Call L.A. 2004, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Group Show, Artlab, San Pedro, CA
2003 So/Cal: Artists out of Southern California, Frederick Spratt Gallery, San Jose, CA
Djerassi Award Show, International Resident Artists’ program, Woodside, CA
2002 KAFA Award Show, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
Group Show, Artlab, San Pedro, CA
2002 Kent & Sin, Two-Person Show. Curated by Carl F. Berg, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
Fresh stART, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA. Curated by Tiffiny Lendrum & Nancy Baker-Cahill
2001 99.99. Curated by Carl F. Berg, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
Fractals, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Carl F. Berg
2000 Charm Offensive, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Yong Soon Min
Art Fair, Germany
Art Fair, New York, NY
The Spurgeon Experience II/ Raid Projects. Curated by Carl F. Berg & Max Presneill
100 rooms/100 artists Spurgeon Building, Santa Ana, CA
1999 Art Fair, Chicago, IL
International ART/OMI, Art/Omi Foundation, Ghent, NY
Art FairMiami, FL
1998 LA Artists, Mirren Gallery, Half Moon Bay, CA
The Group Show, Art Works Gallery, San Diego, CA
1997 Exhibitions No.3, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Leo S. Bing Center, Los Angeles, CA
1997 Second Annual National Competition Exhibition, SITE, Los Angeles, CA. Juried by Henry Hopkins
The Gate’s OwnAngels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
100 Dollar Show, POST, Los Angeles, CA
1996 Third Annual National Juried ExhibitionSt. John’s University, Jamaica, NY. Juried by Ross Barbera
The Gate’s Own, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
Alexandria Museum of Art’s 15th Annual Competition, Alexandria, LA, Alexandria Museum of Art, Juried by Eleanor Heartney
On Site at the Gate ‘96, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA. Juried by Suzanne Muchnic
Healing Works, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL. Juried by Hollis Sigler
1995 Music Without Words, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA. Curated by Betsy Lohrer
The Gate’s Own, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
Works on Paper, Jose Drudis-Biada Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Vy Pham, “More Than This: The Revealing Complexities of Plain and Simple,‘The Long Beach District Weekly, November 11, 2009
http://thedistrictweekly.com/2009/print/arts/visual/more-than-this/
Annie Buckley, “Yong Sin and Barry Markowitz at AndrewShire Gallery," Artweek, Volume 38, Issue 5, June 2007
Mat Gleason, “The Mat Gleason Seven”, March/April, 2007, “Yong Sin and Barry Markowitz at AndrewShire Gallery," Artscene, Visual Radio Podcasts - Mat Gleason Shows
www.artscenevisualradio.com/podcasts_main.cfm?casts=mg
Suvan Geer, “Yong Sin,” April 2007, enews, Women Around Town, Southern California Women’s Caucus For Art
John Souza, “This Is The Same But Different,” Press Release, andrewshiregallery.com, March, 2007
Sookhee Jung, “This Is The Same But Different,” The Korea Times, Section D 10, March 10, 2007
Yena Yoo, “This Is The Same But Different,” The Korea Central Daily, Section A-16, March 9, 2007
June Lee, “Mix & Match,” Daejeon Museum of Art, Exhibition Catalogue, P. 20 & P.54-P.57, April/May 2005
Tae Gi Moon, “LACMA’s Permanent Collection,” The Korea Times, Section A20, January 13, 2005
Yoo Hoi Ahn, “LACMA’s Permanent Collection,” The Korea Central Daily, Section A-18, January 7, 2005
Tae Gi Moon, “LACMA’s Permanent Collection,” The Korea Times, Section A20, December 30, 2004
Peter Frank, “Art Pick of the Week,” LA Weekly, October 2004
Eve Wood,“Happy Day,” Artnet.com, August 6, 2003
Changwook Jin/Sohyun Chang, “KAFA Show,” The Korea Central Daily, Section A-9, April 12,2003
TaeGi Moon, “KAFA Show,” The Korea Times, Section A17, March 20, 2003
Hyun Ah Lim, “KAFA Award,” The Korea Central Daily, Section A15, May 15, 2002
Jae Jin Rhee, “Fractals,” The Korea Times, Section A17, September 13, 2001
Charlene Roth, “Charm Offensive,”Artweek, Volume 31, Issue 11, November 2000
Jerome B. Block,“Yong Sin’s Peopled Landscapes,” The Aesthetic, July-September 2000
Leah Ollman, “The Power of Identity”, Los Angeles Times, Section F22, March 24, 2000
Jerome B. Block,“Zits”, Exhibition Catalogue, March 2000
Hae Jung Lee, “Contemporary Art in Los Angeles,” Wolganmisool, p.94-p.95, September 1999
Yoo Hoi Ahn, “Being and Nothingness,”, The Korea Central Daily, Section C2, January 6, 1999
Yoo Hoi Ahn, “Existentialism: Being and Nothingness in Visual Expression,” The Korea Central Daily, Section C2, July 1, 1998
Shirle Gottlieb,“Exploring Being and Nothingness,” Press-Telegram, Section C1, June 30, 1998
Jasmine Lee, “Life and Art...Being and Nothingness,” South Bay Weekly, Los Angeles Times, Front and p.8, February 27, 1997
Peter Frank, “Music to the Eyes: In Tune with Art,” Press-Telegram, Section D3, June 1, 1996
Eleanor Heartney,“15th Annual Alexandria Museum of Art,” Exhibition Catalogue, September 1996
Curatorial Experiences
2007 Holiday Art Sale, Group Show, Sabina Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 PlayitGround, Don O’ Melveny Gallery, Los Angeles,CA
2006 Special One-Day Art Sale, Group Show, Studio 414, San Pedro, CA
Presentations
2007 Drawing Center, Viewing Program, Artist’s Registry, New York, NY
2003 Drawing Center, New York, NY
2002 Art Here and Now, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
1999 Art Here and Now, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
1998 Art Here and Now, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Selected Collections
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Permanent Collection)
Microsoft Corporation
Art/Omi Foundation
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Pacific Design Center
341 Gallery
Mirren Gallery
Dr. Taylor’s Wellness Center, Inc.
Susan Baik, Jody Baral, Jerome B. Block, Ann Brennan, Julia Choo, May Chung, Mark Denton, Chrystal N. Falcioni, Walter Favaro, Sabino Gutierret, Kyung Hee Ha, Ellen & Robert M. Hirth, Bill & Elizabeth Hoverland, Leland & Irene Jessop, Hyung Keun Joo, Inhee Jung, Christine HY Kim, Myung Kim, Tom Kechtel, Mr. & Mrs. Kong, Nora Kracer, HaeJung Lee, Tiffiny Lendrum, Terry Lewis, Inok Lim, Marco Milovanovic, Hyun Sun Na, Karen Natapoff, Jane Nicholson, Deborah Paine, In Ae Park, Young Soon & Seung Hwan Park, Shaye Remba, Katy Rice, Mark & Sunrise Ruffalo, Russell P. Rumansoff, Howard D. Sacks, Linda Sauael, Robert Sobieszek, Fred Spratt, Steven & Barbara Stein, Jodie Aynn Stern, Gaby Stuart, Leslie C. Tanquary, Jack O. Taylor, Matthew Thomas, Jerry Weisberg, Rozalynn Woods, Rae Milford Wyman, Kum Yang, Eun Jin Yoo, Farah Yoon, Won Young Yoon, Eun Hyang Yun
Teaching Experiences
1995-97 South Bay Conservatory, Torrance, CA - Drawing/Painting
1997-99 Advanced Education, Lomita, CA - Drawing/Painting
1997-98 Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA - Monoprint Workshop
1995-10 Private Lessons - Drawing/Painting/Monoprint Workshop