Reh-verloren, 2019,  Mischtechnik, 140x140 cm

Der Abschied-1, 2019, Mischtechnik auf Leinwand, Triptychon, 180x270 cm

Goldwind, 2023, Mischtechnik auf Leinwand, Triptychon,100x200 cm

o.T., Wandskulptur, 2023, Cotenstahl, Öl und Mixedmedia+Gold 

Biography

Born in Daejeon, Korea
Lives and works in Frankfurt and New York
 

EDUCATION

1984

MLA Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

1980

BFA Cornell University, Ithaca, USA

1978

Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, USA

1976

The Art Students League of New York, USA

 
RESIDENCY

2024

Residency Unlimited, Brooklyn, USA

 
SCHOLARSHIP AND HONORS

1983

Norman Newton Scholar

1982

Norman Newton Scholar

1977

Pratt Scholarship

 
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITION AND SITE-SPECIFIC PROJECTS

2024

Echoes in Time, Space776 Gallery, New York, USA

2023

Inside of Outside, Galerie Anna 25, Berlin, Germany

The Song of the Earth 2, Galerie Uhn, Königstein, Germany

2022

The Earth Project, Kunstverein Familie Montez, Frankfurt, Germany

Imaginary Landscape, Galerie Rieder, Munich, Germany

2021

Reise, Galerie Rieder, Munich, Germany

2020

Wanderer, Galerie Anna 25, Berlin, Germany

2019

Homeland, Galerie Rieder, Munich, Germany

2018

Lost Landscape, Galerie Hübner & Hübner, Frankfurt, Germany

Innerhalten, Galerie Hirschgarben, Zurich, Switzerland

2017

Naturreflektion, Galerie Rieder, Munich, Germany

The Song of the Earth, Stadtgalerie, Bad Soden, Germany

2016

Silberlandschaften, Galerie Tuttiart, Lucerne, Switzerland

Fermenta, Galerie Anna 25, Berlin, Germany

2015

Landschaft, Galerie Hübner & Hübner, Frankfurt, Germany

2014

Collection of Pierre Soulages at the Museum Ludwig, Koblenz, Germany

2007

Back to the History, Permanent Installation, Beijing, China

 
SELECTED TWO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025

Art Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany

2024

Rendez-vous in Königstein, Galerie Uhn, Königstein, Germany

Sky and Earth, Bau Gallery, Beacon, N.Y. USA

Fantasy in Abstraction, Open Call Show, AHL Foundation Gallery, New York, USA

Transition in Color, Galerie Reitz, Zurich, Switzerland

16th Annual Juried show, Prince Street Gallery, New York, N.Y. USA

2023

Encounter Two, Galerie Uhn, Königstein, Germany

2022

40 Years Galerie Rieder, Galerie Rieder, Munich, Germany

2021

Paper Position, Berlin, Germany

2019

Art Zurich 19, International Contemporary Art Fair, Zurich, Switzerland

2018

Interaction, Galerie Artstation, Zurich, Switzerland

2017

Art Zurich 17, International Contemporary Art Fair, Zurich, Switzerland

2016

Exposition Three, Galerie Tutii Art, Lucerne, Switzerland

1985 – 2010

Group Exhibitions in Germany and Switzerland

 
SELECTED LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN PROJECTS

1986 – 2010

Principle at Atelier Boehm & Park:

Hanover Expo Arial, Hanover, Germany (International Competition)

Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany (International Competition)

Museum for 21C Art, Berlin, Germany (International Competition: Finalist) 

Cambridge Housing, Beijing, China (Commission: Realized)

Collaborations with I.M. Pei and Mario Campi on International Competitions:

Oerlikon Arial Urban Renewal, Zurich, Switzerland (International Competition: 2nd Prize)

Beijing Olympic Athletes Housing, Beijing, China (International Competition: 2nd Prize)

 
TEACHING

1992 – 2000

Assistant Professor for Landscape Planning and Ecology, University of Stuttgart, Germany 

1997

Visiting Professor, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

1986 – 1990

Painting and Drawing Studio, Community College, Konstanz, Germany

 
SELECTED LECTURE AND TALKS

2020

Interdisciplinary Works and Artistic Project, University of Courburg, Courburg, Germany

2019

Landscape Architecture and Land Art, Technical University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

2018

Conceptual Art and Land Art in Urban Context, University of Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany

1999

Conceptual Art Projects, University of Duisburg-Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

1998

Concept Development in Land Art, Nürtingen-Geislingen University of Applied Science

1998

Land Art and Landscape Architecture, Paderborn University, Paderborn, Germany

 
PUBLICATION

1999

Spatial Concept of Far East, ISBN 3-00-003884-1, Germany

1998

Three Losers of the Potsdamer Platz, Garten und Landschaft Magazine, Germany