::: Sunhee Kim Jung ::: Biography :::

SUNHEE KIM JUNG

The Korean-born painter Sunhee Kim Jung, who received her higher education in the U.S., where she has lived for more than two decades now, creates a kind of art that is immediately appealing to the senses—and to the great majority of the general public— while posing a dilemma to critics.

Sunhee Kim Jung was born in Seoul, Korea and studied painting at Corcoran College of Art & Design with a BFA (1994) and a MFA (2006) at American University. She has been selected by the US Department of State's Art in Embassy Program for the third times and her paintings have shown at the U.S. Embassies in Burma and Trinidad over a period of nine years.

Remembering the familiar natural environment of childhood, she draws plants and landscapes, or she paints pictures while putting the images she thinks of and the message she wants to convey into her paintings.

In particular, the comparative work of brightness and saturation, which she studied herself while teaching Color Theory at Anne Arundel Community College for 18 years, often appears in her work, and various color schemes and color interactions can be observed.

After her residency at the Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, which helped her further develop her work, she had finished her second residency at Tong Lau Space in Hong Kong in 2018. She finished the Cuttyhunk Island artist residency workshop with Suzanne Brooker in 2019. She finished the Residency at the Millay Art for the Arts for the Steepletop Residency, NY in 2025 and she will do the residency at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, VA in 2026.

She had 18th solo exhibitions and numerous juried shows. Her work is shown at Alexandria Museum of Art, Louisiana. American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington DC. Queens Museum, New York. Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Texas. Peale Museum, Baltimore, Carrol Museum, Baltimore. Goldstein Treasury Building, Maryland States Arts Council. Korean Cultural Center New York. LA and Washington DC.

Eduard vilde Museum, Tallin Estonia. Florence Biennale, Italy. Costa Rica National Art Museum, Costa Rica. Danya International Art Fair, Korea. ArtBox Gallery, Switzerland. Niagara Falls History Museum, Canada. Gye Hang (Open Port) Museum, Incheon Korea.

She is the recipient of the AHL foundation: Andrew & Barbara Choi Family Grant 2019. She accomplished the Mural Project in Thailand for non-profit organization that houses rescued trafficked children after 12 years later she finished Mural Project in Swaziland Africa.

She is currently the Residency artist at DC Arts Studio. She will have an invited solo exhibition at the Iran American Community Center, Vienna, VA. in October and November 2025.