Exhibitions
- 02.2021: Fluid Eyecons. Florida Mining Gallery, Jacksonville, FL
- 06.2020: Irises Irises. Guthrie Comteporary, New Orleans, LA
- 05.2019: "Practicing Art" Show. Albany-Carroll Art, Chicago, IL
- 12.2017: Collide, Collapse, Control. Artspace 8, Chicago, IL
- 10.2017: Iris. Guthrie Contemporary, New Orleans, LA
- 05.2015: Giseng Series; Winner of Juried Exhibition - "Cultural Conversations". Korean Cultural Center Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 06.2014: Chicago Arts District Showcase, Chicago, IL
- 11.2013: "Suk Ja Kang" Bill Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- 10.2012: Indulgence. Guthrie Contemporary, New Orleans, LA
- 05.2012: Annual opening. Bill Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- 10.2011: 2011 Works. Guthrie Contemporary, New Orleans, LA
- 01.2011: Group Show - "Commence: A Philosophical Détente". Bill Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- 07.2010: Nan. Guthrie Contemporary, New Orleans, LA
- 05.2010: New works. Feather Loft, Chicago, IL
- 04.2010: Group show. River East Arts Center, Chicago, IL
- 11.2009: Group show. Bill Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- 9.2008: Grand Re-Opening. Bill Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- 7.2008: "19th Anniversary Exhibition" Bill Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- 11.2007: "Suk Ja Kang" Guthrie Contemporary, New Orleans, LA
- 11.2006: "Visions of Land" Guthrie Contemporary, New Orleans, LA
- 11.2005: "Focus: Suk Ja Kang Engles" Betty M Collection, Chicago, IL
- 9.2005: Solo Show. Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- 9.2005: "Remnants of Boundaries" Solo Show. Guthrie Contemporary, New Orleans, LA
- 2.2005: "After Whiteness" Group Show. Tarble Arts Center, IL
- 1.2005: Group Show. Push2Gallery, Jacksonville, FL
- 1.2004: "Encoded." Group Show. FE Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA (installation)
- 1.2004: "Tell Me the Story of the World without Words." Group Show. City Without Walls. Newark, NJ (video installation)
- 10.2003: "After Whiteness." Group Show. I-Space, Chicago, IL (Curator, and Participant with video installations)
- 10.2003: Solo Show. Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- 10.2003: "Flora and Fauna." Group Show. Swim Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI (video installation)
- 11.2002: Group Show. Lowe Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- 10.2002: Group Show. Pedestrian: A Gallery of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, FL
- 6.2002: "30th Anniversary Exhibition." Group Show. Neiman Marcus, Atlanta, GA
- 3.2002: "Inspired in Illinois." Group Show. Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL
- 3.2002: "Anima." Group Show. Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- 11.2002: Group Show. Spiller Vincenty Gallery, Jacksonville, FL
- 8.2001: "Hypnotic Post: Atlanta Abstraction Now." Group Show. Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- 3.2001: "Index." Group Show. City Gallery East, Atlanta, GA (installation)
- 2.2001: "Pecking Orders." Solo Show. Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- 9.2000: "Summer Writing." Group Show. Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
- 8.2000: "Lowe Gallery Eleventh Anniversary Show." Group Show. Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- 3.2000: Group Show. Gallery 5, SoHo, NY
- 2.2000: "Hypnotic Post: Atlanta Abstraction Now." Group Show. Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- 1.2000: "An Encumbrance of Lyrics." Solo Show. Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- 10.1999. Group Show. Robert Lowery Gallery. Watkinsville, GA
- 6.1999: "Transitional Heresies." Solo Show. Kwan Galleries, Seoul, Korea
- 2.1999: "Other Words that Got Me Into Trouble." Solo Show. Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- 5.1998: Group Show. Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- 5.1998: Juried Group Show. Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, GA
- 12.1997: Group Show. Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- 10.1997: "Herstory." Group Show. Open Studios, Athens, GA
- 8.1997: "Athens Underground." Group Show. Fay Gold Galleries, Atlanta, GA
- 8.1997: Group Show. Gallery B, Atlanta, GA
- 6.1997: "Multiple Identities." Group Show. Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA
- 6.1997: Dual Show (with Katie Bauman). Suil Art Gallery, Athens, GA
- 2.1997: Group Show. Emory University Law Library, Atlanta, GA
- 8.1996: Group Show. Clayton Street Galleries, Athens, GA
- 4.1996: "Traced Crossings." Solo. African American Cultural Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
- 4.1996: Group Show. Student Print Competition, Visual Arts Building, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
- 12.1995: Group Show. The Art Place, Hollywood, FL
- 10.1995: Solo Exhibition. The Big A Art Show, Atlanta, GA
- 9.1995: Solo Exhibition. Visual Arts Bldg, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
- 7.1995: Group Show. Kiang Galleries, Atlanta, GA
- 11.1995: Group Show. WSSO Art Expo, Tate Center, Athens, GA
- 7.1994: Group Show. NASAD Exhibition, Athens, GA
Activities and Presentations
- 11.2003: Curator: "After Whiteness" (group exhibition), I-Space, Chicago, IL
- 11.2003: Co-organizer, "After Whiteness: Race and the Visual Arts." (symposium; keynote speaker: Adrian Piper, "Now What?
Awakening from the Dream of Whiteness")
- 3.2000: Juror: Tate Center Spring
Art Show, Athens, Georgia
- 10.1998: Lecture: "Diss/Orienting:
What Is 'Asian American' about Asian American Art?" Department of English, U
of Georgia
- 4.1997: Lecture: "Why I Can't Be
(Just) 'An Artist,'" U of Georgia
- 9.1996: Lecture: "My Grandfather's
Granddaughter," Department of Comparative Literature, University of
Georgia
- 7.1996: Director: International
Olympic Mural project, Athens, GA; funding provided by NAFSA, the Association
of International Educators, and The Office of International Services and
Programs, U of Georgia
- 6.1996: Lecture: "The View from
Here: One 'Korean' 'Woman,'" Korean Student Association, Athens,
GA
- 4.1996: Lecture: "Traced Crossings,"
African American Cultural Center, U of Georgia
Honors and Awards
- 2015: Winner, Juried Exhibition - "Cultural Conversations"; Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
- 2003: Research Fellowship, Center on Democracy in a Multiracial
Society, University of Illinois (Project: "Whiteness and Symbolic
Violence: Asian American Women and the Visual Arts Sphere")
- 2003: Research Grant, Center on
Democracy in a Multiracial Society, University of Illinois
($3000)
- 2003: Creative and Performing Arts
Fellowship, University of Illinois
- 2003: University Fellowship,
University of Illinois
- 2001, 2002, 2003: Brody Foundation
Grant, University of Illinois
- 1999: Travel and Development Grant,
R. F. Arts Foundation
- 1996: Lamar Dodd School of Art
Scholarship, University of Georgia
- 1996: American Scholar
Award
- 1996: USA Today All-American
Academic Team, honorable mention
Published Reviews and Features
- Interview, "Arts: After Whiteness." The Buzz October 9-15, 2003.
- Featured artist, "Artists Corner." The Buzz September 11-17, 2003.
- Retrospective, "Some Things Never Leave a Person," Agora 27.4 May, 2002
- Review of group show, Art
Papers, Sep/Oct, 2001
- Review of group show, "Me,
Myself, and Eye," Creative Loafing, August, 2001
- Featured artist, New American Paintings,
Volume 28, June, 2000
- Featured work, Metropolitan
Home, January/February, 2000
- Review, Art in America,
October, 1998
- Review, Art Papers,
September/October, 1998
- Feature/review, Dossier
Magazine, April, 1998
- Featured work, Suitcase: A
Journal of Transcultural Traffic 3.1-2 (1998): p. 249 (UCLA
Press)
- Featured Artist, Women
Artists of Color: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook to 20th Century Artists in the
Americas, Phoebe Farris, ed., Greenwood Press (1998)
- Featured Artist, Atlanta
Journal-Constitution, April, 1997
- Feature/review, "Artist's Corner,"
The Red and Black, April, 1996
Education
- MFA Painting Program, University of
Illinois
- BFA Drawing and Painting, School of
Art, University of Georgia
Public Collections
- AGL Resources (Atlanta Gas Light)
- Saks Fifth Avenue (national distribution)
- Four Seasons Hotel, Atlanta, GA
- Fragomen, Del Rey & Bernsen, P.C., Atlanta, GA
- Hartsfield International Airport, Atlanta, GA
- Johnson & Ward, Atlanta, GA
- King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA
- Fifth Restaurant Group, Atlanta, GA
- Stanfield Capital, New York, NY
- Town Park Ravine, Atlanta, GA
- Mandarin Hotel, New York, NY
- Grande Lakes Marriott, Orlando, FL