Jung Sunmi
Education
1987-89 Louisiana State University, MFA, Louisiana, USA
1982-86 Concordia University, BFA, Quebec, CANADA
Grants and Award
2010 Ontario Arts Council Project Grant for Individual
2009 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Grant
2009 Honourable Mention, ‘Cheongju International Craft Biennale Competition’ Korea
2007 Merit Award, Purchase Award, ‘Feats of Clay’, Lincoln, California, USA
2007 Honourable Mention, Korean Ceramic Exposition Biennale, Icheon, Korea
2007 Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada for the travelling show
2005 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Grant (Mid career)
2005 Canada Arts Council Grant for Individual
2004 Ontario Arts Council Grant for Individual
2003 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Grant
2002 Ontario Arts Council Grant for Individual
2000 Ontario Arts Council Grant for Millennium Group Exhibition
1991 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Grant
Solo Exhibitions
2011 Court Yard Installation, Burlington Art Center, Burlington, Ontario
2010 Muse Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2009 Lafreniere and Pai gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
2006 Canadian Sculpture Centre, Toronto, Ontario
2005 New Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2004 Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, Ontario
2003 A.W.O.L Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2003 Circa Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1995 Court Yard Installation, Burlington Art Center, Ontario
1993 Mississauga Art Gallery, Ontario
1993 Homer Watson Gallery, Ontario
1991 Ashton’s Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Group Exhibitions
2012 ‘Mix of 10’, Sculptors Society of Canada, Toronto
2011 ‘Diversity, 3 sculptors show’ DoSan Gallery, Toronto
2009 John B Aired Gallery, Sculptors Society of Canada
2009 ‘16th Annual SOFA in Chicago’, USA
2009 ‘6th Cheongju International Craft Biennale Competition’, South Korea
2009 Korean Artist invitational exhibition, Toronto, ON
2009 ‘Mix X’, Canadian Sculpture Center, Toronto,ON
2008 ‘15th Annual SOFA in Chicago’, Chicago, USA
2008 Canadian Sculpture Centre, ‘Sculpture 80th Anniversary Exhibition’, Toronto
2008 McDonald’s heritage house, ‘Mixture of color’, Thornhill, ON
2007 Ontario Craft ’07, a biennale juried exhibition, Toronto, ON
2007 Lafreniere and Pai gallery Ceramic Sculpture Today’, Ottawa, Ontario
2007 Lennox Contemporary Gallery ‘without boundary’, Toronto, Ontario
2007 Int’l ceramics competition, ’Feats of Clay xx’, Lincoln Arts Center, Lincoln, CA
2007 Canadian Sculpture Center, East meets West’, Toronto, Ontario
2007 Muse Gallery, ’Heart to Art’, Toronto, Ontario
2007 Icheon, Korea Ceramics Biennale, 2007, Korea
2007 Canadian Sculpture Center, Toronto, ON
2006 John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON
2006 Canadian Sculpture Centre, ‘East meets West’, Toronto, ON
2005 Junction Arts Festival, Toronto, ON
2005 Canadian Sculpture Centre, Toronto, ON
2004 Circle Art Gallery, Tobermory, ON
2004 Canadian Sculpture Center, Toronto, ON
2004 Etobicoke Civic Center, Toronto, ON
2004 Toronto Art Expo, Metro Toronto Convention Center, Toronto,ON
2003 The Craft Gallery, Toronto, ON
2003 Scarborough Civic Center, Toronto, ON
2002 John B Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON
2002 Toronto Sculpture Center, Toronto, ON
2002 Gallery at Korean Consulate, Toronto, ON
2001 Neilson Art Center, Toronto, ON
2001 Mississauga Living Art Center, Mississauga, ON
2000 Columbus Art Center, Toronto, ON
2000 Ukrainian Art Gallery, Toronto, ON...etc
Publications
2007 Ceramics Monthly Magazine, ’Featured Artist’, January issue, Ohio, USA
2006 ‘Korea Central Daily’ September, Toronto, Ontario
2005 ‘Korea Central Daily’, December, Toronto, Ontario
2004 ‘Dundas Star News’, January, Dundas Publicity, Ontario
2004 ‘Vie des ART’ Art magazine,2003-2004 winter, Quebec
2004 ‘Hamilton Spectator’, January, Hamilton, Ontario
2003 ‘Toronto Star’, December, Toronto, Ontario
1995 ‘Fusion Magazine’, fall, Ontario
1993 ‘Ontario Craft’, fall, Ontario
1993 ‘American Craft’, winter, USA
1993 ‘Mississauga News’ July, Mississauga, Ontario
1992 ‘Art and Perception’, fall, Australia
1990 ‘Ontario Craft’, summer, Ontario
Teaching Experience
1996-98 Ceramic Instructor, Burlington Art Center
1987-89 Teaching Assistant, Louisiana State University
Organization Membership
Ontario Craft Council
Sculptors Society of Canada
Korean Artists Society in Canada
