SUNGSOOK HONG SETTON
EDUCATION
2008 MFA, Interdisciplinary Art, Goddard College, Plainfield, VT
2002 BA, State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook (Major: Studio Art; Minor: Art History)
Trained in water-ink painting and calligraphy with Paul Chan, Mu Yang, Yisik Min, Sundoo Kim
SELECTED SOLO SHOWS
2020 The Spirit of the Brush, Board Room Gallery, O’Connor Hall, St. Joseph’s College, NY
2019 Transformation, The Alfred Van Loen Gallery, South Huntington, NY
2018 The Spirit of the Brush, Gallery North, Setauket, NY
2016 Dancing in Silence, BBCN Bank, Manhattan Branch, New York, NY
2013 The Zen Ox Herder Parable, John P. Humes Garden Gallery, Locust Valley, NY
2013 Rhythm of the Brush, Westchester Community College, Center for the Arts, White Plains, NY
2012 Capriccio, Hanbyeokwon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2011 Mystery of Empty Space, Yegam Art Space, Queens, NY
2008 Multi-Sensory Triptych, Synergy Gallery, Port Jefferson, NY
2005 Brush Voice, Spinnato Gallery, Setauket, NY
2004 Tradition and Innovation, BJ Spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY
MULTIMEDIA PROJECTS & PERFORMANCES
2018 Voice of the Brush: an Artist’s Interpretation to Live Jazz, Gallery North, Setauket, NY
2012 Art After Dark, live painting/performance with music, Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery, Dix Hills, NY
2010 Alea 5, The Local 269, live painting/performance with four trombonists (Ray Anderson, David Taylor, Justin Comito, Julie Josephson), New York, NY
2008 Multi-Sensory Triptych, live painting/performance in collaboration with Synergy Chamber Players, Synergy Art Gallery, Port Jefferson, NY
2005 Brush Voice, video art/multimedia collaboration with chamber music ensemble Ardesco, Charles B. Wang Center, SUNY at Stony Brook, NY
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2022 Healing Power of the Brush, Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery, Dix Hills, NY
2021 Long Island Biennial, The Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY
2019 Silver Linings, Long Island Museum, Stony Brook, NY
2016 Ink Imagist, Tenri Institute Gallery, New York, NY
2016 I’ve Got the Music in Me, Long Island Museum, Stony Brook, NY
2015 Korea: Contemporary Art from South and North Korea, Jorgensen Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
2014 Shades of Time, 1989-2001 (touring exhibition): Gallery Korea (New York, NY) and Queens Museum of Art Partnership Gallery (Queens, NY)
2014 The Lineage of Vision: Progress through Persistence, Gallery Korea, New York, NY
2014 Gesture & Beyond: Art of Ink in American Society, Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College, Queens, NY, Alexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art, University of Connecticut Avery Point, Groton, CT, and Charles Chu Asian Reading Room, Charles E. Shain Library, Connecticut College, New London, CT
2012 Garden, Gallery North, Setauket, NY
2010 2010 Third Taipei International Modern Ink Painting Biennial, National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan
2009 Living Ink, Gallery Korea, New York, NY
2009 Canada/USA Sumi-e Today, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, Toronto, Canada
2009 Alpan International 2009, Alpan Gallery, Huntington, NY
2009 Works on Paper, Long Island Museum, Stony Brook, NY
2005 Interpreting Music, Sumi New York, NY
1998 The Fragrance of Ink, Studio 703, Port Jefferson, NY
1997 Contemporary Asian Artists in America, Mills Pond House Gallery, St James, NY
1992 Three of a Kind, Museum of Oxford, Oxford, England
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2009 Living Ink, Gallery Korea, New York, NY (Korean Cultural Service New York)
2007 Exhibition Chair, 44th Annual Juried exhibition, the Sumi-e Society of America, Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery, Dix Hills, NY
2004 Tradition & Innovation, BJ Spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY
2002 Lyrical Brush: East Asian Calligraphy, Union Gallery, SUNY at Stony Brook, NY
2001 Brush Strokes: Four of Kind, Union Gallery, SUNY at Stony Brook, NY
1998 Fragrance of Ink, Founding Exhibit of the Long Island Chapter, Sumi-e Society of America, Studio 703 Gallery, Port Jefferson, NY
GRANTS, AWARDS & HONORS
2021 Juror & Judge for painting, 58th Sumi-e Society of America Juried Exhibition
2018 Best in Show, 55th National Sumi-e Society of America Juried Exhibition
2018 Award of Excellence, Art League of Long Island Members’ Exhibition, Part I
2018 SCNY Second Prize, Ninth Annual Sylvia Maria Glesmann Floral Members’ Exhibition, Salmagundi Art Club (SCNY), New York, NY
2016 Artist of the Month, Long Island Museum, Stony Brook, NY
2016 Workspace grant, AHL Foundation, New York, NY
2012 New York Foundation for the Arts Artist Fellowship
2010 Best in Show, 47th Sumi-e Society of America Juried Exhibition
2010 New York Foundation for the Arts Artist Fellowship
2005 New York Foundation for the Arts Artist Fellowship
2000 Best in Show, 37th Sumi-e Society of America Juried Exhibition
BOOK PUBLICATIONS
2017 The Spirit of the Brush, Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc., 2017 (text and illustrations)
2011 White, Claire Nicholas. Oberon Poetry, Ninth Annual Issue, Featured Artist, Stony Brook, NY
2008 The Spirit of Water-ink Painting: Cross Cultural Experience, MFA-IA Thesis, Goddard College,
Plainfield, VT
2000 Riordan, James. Korean Folk Tales (Oxford Myths & Legends), Oxford University Press, 2000 (cover/illustrations)
BIBLIOGRAPHY (selected reviews and catalogs)
2020 Miller, Sam. “The Spirit of the Brush: Korean-American Artist Sungsook Setton Visits SJC Long
Island, Discusses her Work.” On Campus: St. Joseph’s University, Patchogue, NY,
https://oncampus.sjny.edu/the-spirit-of-the-brush/?utm_campaign?utm_campaign
2019 Klein, Anne. Sumi-e Magazine, An Artist Journey: From East to West, West to East or both?, Spring/Summer 2019 (interview with editor)
2019 Gregory, Mary. Women around Town: Silver Lining at Stony Brook’s Long Island Museum, Stony Brook, NY
2017 Ruddock, Irene. “Artist of the Month: Sungsook Setton.” TBR News Media, April 14, East Setauket, NY,
https://tbrnewsmedia.com/tag/sungsook-setton/
2017 Choi, Heeun. “If I were to be a Guide to the Fragrance of Ink..,” The Korea Times NY, June 8, 2017
2016 Min, JiYoung. “New York Ink Painter Sungsook Setton Manhattan Exhibition,” NEWSIS, April 11,
http://www.okja.org/miju_dong/22580
2016 Liu, Charles. Ink Imagists: Modern Ink Paintings from Taiwan, Japan and the US (curator, exhibition catalog)
2015 The New York Times, Metropolitan Section, October 18, 2015 (image)
2014 Weinstein, Andrew (The Ambitious section curator), “Reading Women into the Story” plus images/statement in The Lineage of Vision: Progress Through Persistence (exhibition catalog). Korean Cultural Service New York, October 2014
2014 Sukie. “Vision and Evolution of 15 Korean-American Female Artists.” Nyculture, October 30, 2014, nyculturebeat.com
2013/14 Winter H., Amy (Director/Curator of the Museum at Queens College); Pavone, Julia (Curator/Director of the Gallery of Art at the University of Connecticut); Panciera, Benjamin (Dr. Qiang Ning, Chu-Niblack Associate Professor in Asian Art Curator of the Chu-Griffis Asian Art Collection at Connecticut College). Gesture & Beyond (exhibition catalog): Art of Ink in American Society
2014 Koster, Rick. “Artists in their own Write,” Daybreak, April 15, 2014
2013 Tess, McRae. “A New Spin on the Art of Ink Calligraphy.” Queens Chronicle, November 27, 2013
2013 The New York Times, Metro Section, July 7, 2013 (image)
2012 Huh, Unju. “From Nurse to Painter: Hong Sungsook Talks about the Strange Beauty of a Detoured Life.” Dong-A Women, August 8, 2012, pp. 334-337, https://woman.donga.com/3/all/12/144838/1
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2004-present Instructor, Brush Painting, China Institute, Manhattan, NY
1996-present Instructor, East Asian Water-ink Painting, the Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, NY
2007-18 Adjunct Faculty, Chinese Watercolor, Westchester Community College, White Plains, NY
Selected invitational workshops on calligraphy and Asian brush painting include Adelphi University, Berkshire Museum (NY), the Brooklyn Museum, Goddard College, Hammond Museum (NY), The Korea Society (NYC), Long Island Museum, Maryland College of Art, Nassau Community College, Natural History Museum (NYC), Newark Museum, Pacific Art League (CA), Pratt School of Architecture, Stony Brook University, Sumi-e Society of Minnesota (Ming Chiao Chapter), Victor D’Amico Institute of Art (The Art Barge, NY)
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Asian American Art Center Stony Brook University, NY
Natural History Museum in Oxford, England
Private collections located in England, Korea, New York, New Jersey, California, Arizona, New Mexico, and throughout the East Coast.