Lot 1145: Wonsook Kim (Kim Wonsook) (B. 1953)

Wonsook Kim (Kim Wonsook) (B. 1953)
Wind and tree, 1987
Signed and dated Wonsook 87
Oil on canvas, box frame with acrylic window
20 7/8 x 17. 13/16in. (53 x 45cm.)

Kim moved to the United States in the early 1970s. She lives and works in Illinois. She was born in Busan and received her MFA from Illinos State University in 1976. Since 1976 she has had numerous one-person and group exhibitions at the Myungdong Gallery, Seoul, in 1976; Gallery Yeh, Seoul, in 1983, 1991, 1997 and 2000; Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Seoul, in 1993; Allrich Gallery, San Francisco, in 1993; Walsh Gallery, Chicago, in 1998; Kong Gan Gallery, Busan, in 2002: Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, in 2004; and at McCormick Gallery, Chicago, in 2006. Her work was exhibited at the FIAC International Art Fair, Paris, in 1996 and at Kang Collection Korean Art, New York, in 2007.