born in 1977    
    
Education    
2005    M.F.A. - Maryland Institute College of Art, Rinehart School of Sculpture, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A
2003    Post Baccalaureate Program, Certificate, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A
2002    B.F.A-Studio, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA, U.S.A
    
Solo Exhibition    
2017    Reminiscene, Gallery Chosun, Seoul, Korea
2013    SungMi Lee: Empty to Be Filled, DOOSAN Gallery New York, New York, N.Y, U.S.A
2012    Young Sculptor of Today, Kim Jong Yung Museum, Seoul, Korea
            Empty to be filled, Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2010    Behind My Door, Gana Art Gallery, New York, N.Y, U.S.A
2007    Evanescence, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A
2006    The Space Between, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A
    
Group Exhibitions    
2017    Once upon a time: A Fairy and A Woodcutter, Sulwhasoo Flagship Store, Seoul, Korea
            2016 SeMA Selected Works from New Acquisitions, SeMA Nam Seoul, Seoul, Korea
2015    Artist file 2015: next Doors, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
            Artist file 2015: next Doors, National Art Center Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
            SOMA Drawing_Mindful Mindless, Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2014    The Breath of Fresh, Gyeonggi Museum of Mordern Art, Ansan, Korea
2011    The Echo of Disappearance, Kang Collection, New York, N.Y, U.S.A
            The Downtown Dinner 2011, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, N.Y, U.S.A
2010    Floating World, LMCC Art Center, New York, N.Y, U.S.A
            Plus One, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York, N.Y, U.S.A
2009    Art Prize, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A
            Luck of The Draw, Lush Arts Gallery, New York, N.Y, U.S.A
            Forever Summer, Platform Space, New York, N.Y, U.S.A
            LATITUDE, Lush Arts Gallery, New York, N.Y, U.S.A
2008    Color/No Color, Onish Gallery, New York, N.Y, U.S.A
            The ART In Embassies Program, Curated by Virginia Shore, Seoul, Korea
            WYSIWYG, Jenny Jaskey/ Tower Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A
            An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Art, National Academy Museum, N.Y, U.S.A
            Aljira’s Emerge 9, Aljira: A center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ, U.S.A
2007    Summer Show, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A
            Agents of Change: Women, Art, and Intellect, Ceres Gallery, New York, N.Y, U.S.A
2006    Maryland Art Place’s 25th Anniversary, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A
            Bringing up, Gallery Korea, New York, N.Y, U.S.A
            Bearable Lightness…Likeness, P.S.1MOMA, New York, N.Y, U.S.A
            Gallery 10 Sculpture Invitational, Gallery 10 LTD, Washington, DC, U.S.A
2005   Washington Square Sculpture Invitational, Washington Square, Washington, DC, U.S.A
           Gallery Korea Exhibition, Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Washington, DC, U.S.A
            Montpelier Invitational sculpture Exhibition, Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, MD, U.S.A
2004   (In) visible Silence, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A
           Surplus: Construction, Area405 Gallery, Artscape’ 04 Festival for the Arts, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A
           Our Perfect World, Maryland Art Place (MAP), Artscape, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A
2003   10, Fox 3 Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A
            23 point of perspective, Fox 3 Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A
    
Awards & Residencies    
2014    Visual Art Creative grants, Gyeongi Cultural Foundation, Suwon, Korea
2012    Young Sculptor of Today Award, Kim Chong Yung Museum, Seoul, Korea
2010    Swing Space / LMCC, New York, N.Y, U.S.A
2009    The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH, U.S.A
2008    S.J. Wallace Truman Fund Award, National Academy Museum, New York, N.Y, U.S.A
2007    Aljira Emerge 9 Fellowship, Newark, NJ, U.S.A
2006    The Viewing Program, Drawing Center, New York, N.Y, U.S.A
2005    Vermont Studio Center, Visual Art Fellowship/ Studio Residency, Johnson, VT, U.S.A
            Amalie Rothchild Award, Maryland Institute College of Arts, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A
            Walters Traveling Fellowship Award, Maryland Inst. College of Art, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A
2003    Rinehart Merit scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A
2002    Post baccalaureate Merit scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A
            Cum laude, and Distinction in the field, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA, U.S.A
    
Collections    
    Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
    Royal Hotel Seoul, Seoul, Korea
    Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry(KCCI), Seoul, Korea
    RCHN Community Health Foundation, Inc., New York, N.Y, U.S.A
    DOOSAN Collection, DOOSAN Yonkang Foundation, Seoul, Korea