SUNGSOOK HONG SETTON
EDUCATION
2008 MFA-Interdisciplinary Art. Goddard College
2002 BA. SUNY Stony Brook. Major: Studio Art Minor: Art History
1990-92 Open College of Art. Oxford, U.K.
1981-94 Trained with Kwiim Lee, Jungmuk kim, Yisik Min, Paul Chan and Mu Yang
1977-79 Studied with Professor Yederman of the Berliner Kunst Academy. Berlin, Germany
SELECTED ONE/DUO SHOWS
2008 Christopher Gallery, Stony Brook, NY
2005 Brush Voice, Mill Pond House 2nd Floor Gallery, St James, NY
2005 Brush Voice, Spinnato Gallery, Setauket, NY
2004 Christopher Gallery, Stony Brook, NY
1998 Gallery East, East Hampton, NY
1997 East meets West, Gallery at Studio 703, Port Jefferson, NY
1991 St. Giles Church Gallery, Oxford, UK
MULTI-MEDIA PROJECTS
2008 Multi-Sensory Triptych, live painting/performance in collaboration with Synergy Chamber Players, Synergy Arts Gallery, Port Jefferson, NY
2005 "Brush Voice" video art/multimedia collaboration with chamber music ensemble Ardesco, Charles B. Wang Center at SUNY Stony Brook
2005 Contributing artist to Nickelodeon’s Wonder Pets animated series for the episode “Save the Crane," which takes place against the backdrop of a sumi-e painting in Japan
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
1998-2008 Annual Juried Exhibitions, the Sumi-e Society of America,
received eight different awards including “Best of Show” in 2000.
2008 The Silk Road, GE Cultural Fine Art Gallery, GE Fairfield Headquarters West Building, CT
The Art of Music, Mills Pond House Gallery, St. James, NY
2007 Duality, An EEAC All Media Juried Show, EEAC Gallery, Riverhead, NY
In & Out, 2x13 Gallery, Soho, NYC
Scapes Within, Poetis Gallery at Poet's Den Art Center, NYC
2005 & 2007 Blossoming Seeds of Vision, China Institute Gallery, NYC
2006 Masters Show, Main Street Petit Gallery, Huntington, NY
2006 Eastern View, Gallery North, Setauket, NY
2005 Interpreting Music, Sumi New York, Soho, NY
Here Between, AAWAA Group Show, AAWAA Alternative Space, Brooklyn, NY
2004 Talking Hands, AAWAA Group Show, A.I.R. Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
2003 APA(Asian Pacific American) Heritage Month Art Exhibition, Inter-Cultural Center Galeria, Georgetown university, Washington, DC
Artist's Choice, BJ Spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY
Accumulative Efforts, AAWAA Group Show, Phoenix Gallery, Soho, NYC
100 Years, 100 Dreams, Space World Gallery, L.I.C., NY
Different Strokes, B. J. Spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY
2001 Brush Strokes: Four of Kind, Union Gallery, Stony Brook University, NY
1999 En Plein Air, Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
A Prismatic Mirror, AAWAA group Show. Phoenix Gallery, NYC
Eat Art, AAWAA Group Show, Steinbaum Gallery, Soho, NYC
1997 Contemporary Asian Artists in America, Mills Pond House Gallery, St James, NY
1992 Five Artists, Gundry Gallery, Oxford, UK
Three of a Kind, the Museum of Oxford, Oxford, UK
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2009 Living Ink, Gallery Korea, NYC
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, Stony Brook University, NY
2001 Brush Strokes: Four of Kind, Union Gallery, Stony Brook University, NY
1998 The Fragrance of Ink, Founding Exhibit of the Long Island Chapter, Sumi-e Society of America, Studio 703 Gallery, Port Jefferson
PUBLICATIONS
2008 “The Spirit of Water-ink Painting: Cross Cultural Experience,” MFA-IA Thesis
2007/2008 “Art As Communication: Bridging East and West,” Sumi-e Magazine, Winter/Spring 2007/2008
CITATIONS
2009 Clockworks, Goddard Alumni Magazine, cover image of Spring 2009
2007 Collaborative Voice, Goddard College MFA-IA online Journal, Fall 2007
2006 The Korea Daily, page 1, "Curious Korean Calligraphy,” 12/1/2006
2005 The New York Times, L.I. Section, "Holiday Art", Helen A. Harrison, 12/11/2005
Newsday Part 2, Long Island Section "Different Strokes,” 7/15/2005
Piri's Art Criticism
2004 Hankook Ilbo, Society Section, 2/19/2004
2003 The Improper Hamptonian Magazine, page 30, "Sumi-e,” Joel Frederic Hopkins, 8/2003
2002 Sumi-e Susan Frame, D&S; Books, Devon, England. p105, 125
1998 The Sound Observer, "Sung-Sook Setton Strokes Shown" Volume IV, Number 24, 4/24/1998
1997 Chosun Ilbo, "East West Opposition and Harmony,” 4/10/1997
1996 The Three Village Herald, Endpaper, "The Brushstrokes and the Woman - Elegant Garden,” 1/17/1996
The Three Village Herald, Endpaper, "Artist melds Eastern and Western world,” 1/10/1996
1995 The New York Times, L.I. Section, "Local Color", Helen A. Harrison, 8/20/1995
1992 Oxford Today, the University Magazine, "Land of Morning Calm,” Trinity issue 1992
The Oxford Times, "Gundry Gallery", John Billingham, 9/1992
TEACHING POSITIONS
2007-Present Adjunct Faculty, Westchester Community College, White Plains, NY
2004-Present Instructor, China Institute, Manhattan, NY
1996-Present Instructor, the Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, NY
EDUCATION
2008 MFA-Interdisciplinary Art. Goddard College
2002 BA. SUNY Stony Brook. Major: Studio Art Minor: Art History
1990-92 Open College of Art. Oxford, U.K.
1981-94 Trained with Kwiim Lee, Jungmuk kim, Yisik Min, Paul Chan and Mu Yang
1977-79 Studied with Professor Yederman of the Berliner Kunst Academy. Berlin, Germany
SELECTED ONE/DUO SHOWS
2008 Christopher Gallery, Stony Brook, NY
2005 Brush Voice, Mill Pond House 2nd Floor Gallery, St James, NY
2005 Brush Voice, Spinnato Gallery, Setauket, NY
2004 Christopher Gallery, Stony Brook, NY
1998 Gallery East, East Hampton, NY
1997 East meets West, Gallery at Studio 703, Port Jefferson, NY
1991 St. Giles Church Gallery, Oxford, UK
MULTI-MEDIA PROJECTS
2008 Multi-Sensory Triptych, live painting/performance in collaboration with Synergy Chamber Players, Synergy Arts Gallery, Port Jefferson, NY
2005 "Brush Voice" video art/multimedia collaboration with chamber music ensemble Ardesco, Charles B. Wang Center at SUNY Stony Brook
2005 Contributing artist to Nickelodeon’s Wonder Pets animated series for the episode “Save the Crane," which takes place against the backdrop of a sumi-e painting in Japan
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
1998-2008 Annual Juried Exhibitions, the Sumi-e Society of America,
received eight different awards including “Best of Show” in 2000.
2008 The Silk Road, GE Cultural Fine Art Gallery, GE Fairfield Headquarters West Building, CT
The Art of Music, Mills Pond House Gallery, St. James, NY
2007 Duality, An EEAC All Media Juried Show, EEAC Gallery, Riverhead, NY
In & Out, 2x13 Gallery, Soho, NYC
Scapes Within, Poetis Gallery at Poet's Den Art Center, NYC
2005 & 2007 Blossoming Seeds of Vision, China Institute Gallery, NYC
2006 Masters Show, Main Street Petit Gallery, Huntington, NY
2006 Eastern View, Gallery North, Setauket, NY
2005 Interpreting Music, Sumi New York, Soho, NY
Here Between, AAWAA Group Show, AAWAA Alternative Space, Brooklyn, NY
2004 Talking Hands, AAWAA Group Show, A.I.R. Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
2003 APA(Asian Pacific American) Heritage Month Art Exhibition, Inter-Cultural Center Galeria, Georgetown university, Washington, DC
Artist's Choice, BJ Spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY
Accumulative Efforts, AAWAA Group Show, Phoenix Gallery, Soho, NYC
100 Years, 100 Dreams, Space World Gallery, L.I.C., NY
Different Strokes, B. J. Spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY
2001 Brush Strokes: Four of Kind, Union Gallery, Stony Brook University, NY
1999 En Plein Air, Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
A Prismatic Mirror, AAWAA group Show. Phoenix Gallery, NYC
Eat Art, AAWAA Group Show, Steinbaum Gallery, Soho, NYC
1997 Contemporary Asian Artists in America, Mills Pond House Gallery, St James, NY
1992 Five Artists, Gundry Gallery, Oxford, UK
Three of a Kind, the Museum of Oxford, Oxford, UK
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2009 Living Ink, Gallery Korea, NYC
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, Stony Brook University, NY
2001 Brush Strokes: Four of Kind, Union Gallery, Stony Brook University, NY
1998 The Fragrance of Ink, Founding Exhibit of the Long Island Chapter, Sumi-e Society of America, Studio 703 Gallery, Port Jefferson
PUBLICATIONS
2008 “The Spirit of Water-ink Painting: Cross Cultural Experience,” MFA-IA Thesis
2007/2008 “Art As Communication: Bridging East and West,” Sumi-e Magazine, Winter/Spring 2007/2008
CITATIONS
2009 Clockworks, Goddard Alumni Magazine, cover image of Spring 2009
2007 Collaborative Voice, Goddard College MFA-IA online Journal, Fall 2007
2006 The Korea Daily, page 1, "Curious Korean Calligraphy,” 12/1/2006
2005 The New York Times, L.I. Section, "Holiday Art", Helen A. Harrison, 12/11/2005
Newsday Part 2, Long Island Section "Different Strokes,” 7/15/2005
Piri's Art Criticism
2003 The Improper Hamptonian Magazine, page 30, "Sumi-e,” Joel Frederic Hopkins, 8/2003
2002 Sumi-e Susan Frame, D&S; Books, Devon, England. p105, 125
1998 The Sound Observer, "Sung-Sook Setton Strokes Shown" Volume IV, Number 24, 4/24/1998
1997 Chosun Ilbo, "East West Opposition and Harmony,” 4/10/1997
1996 The Three Village Herald, Endpaper, "The Brushstrokes and the Woman - Elegant Garden,” 1/17/1996
The Three Village Herald, Endpaper, "Artist melds Eastern and Western world,” 1/10/1996
1995 The New York Times, L.I. Section, "Local Color", Helen A. Harrison, 8/20/1995
1992 Oxford Today, the University Magazine, "Land of Morning Calm,” Trinity issue 1992
The Oxford Times, "Gundry Gallery", John Billingham, 9/1992
TEACHING POSITIONS
2007-Present Adjunct Faculty, Westchester Community College, White Plains, NY
2004-Present Instructor, China Institute, Manhattan, NY
1996-Present Instructor, the Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, NY
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