Visual Art

Yoonmi Nam

Associate Professor of Art

Yoonmi Nam was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea, spending part of her youth in Canada. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Printmaking from Hongik University in Seoul, Korea. She moved to America to study at the Rhode Island School of Design, where she received a Master of Fine Arts degree in Painting and Printmaking in 2000. Her work considers the cross-cultural experience and sense of transience through prints, installations and drawings. Her recent research interests include the study of traditional ink paintings and woodblock prints from East Asia, including those from Japan, Korea, China, and Tibet. To this end, Yoonmi has traveled and lectured in China, and lived and worked in Japan, Korea and Tibet. She has received numerous grants and fellowships to support her research and travel. Most recent grants include, the Hall Center Creative Work Fellowship, the Kansas Arts Commission Mid-Career Artist Fellowship, the Center for East Asian Studies International Research Travel Grant and the Ngwang Choephel Fellowship from the U.S. State Department. Her work has been shown both nationally and internationally including countries such as Japan, New Zealand, Scotland, Korea, Bulgaria and Paraguay. Currently, she teaches printmaking and drawing at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, where she has been a faculty member since 2001.

Department of Visual Art
Art & Design Building
1467 Jayhawk Blvd., room 212
Lawrence, KS 66045-7531
785.864.5504
yoonmi@ku.edu
Website: http://www.yoonminam.com/