Sungsook Hong Setton


Education

2008MFA Goddard College (projected)
2002BA in Studio Art, SUNY at Stony Brook, NY (Cum Laude)
1990- 92Studied at the Open College of Art in Oxford, U.K.
1981- 94Trained under Kwiim Lee, Jungmuk kim, Yisik Min (Korea), Paul Chan (East Asian brush painting) and Mu Yang (Chinese calligraphy) (U.K.)
1977- 79Studied with Professor Yederman of the Berliner Kunst Academy, Berlin, Germany

Awards & Honors

200643rd Annual Juried exhibition, the Sumi-e Society of America, Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, Minnesota - Judge's Award
2006Participated in "Artist Studio Tour" sponsored by the Heckscher Museum of Art
2005 42nd Annual Juried exhibition, the Sumi-e Society of America, J. Harrison Smith Fine Art Gallery and Studio, Clearwater, FL - Sarasota Chapter Award
2005 SOS grant from New York Foundation for the Arts
2005 Commissioned by Nickelodeon for "the Wonder Pets" series of TV illustrations
2005 Juried Landscape Show, Main Street Petite Gallery, Huntington, NY
- Honorable Mention
2005 "Brush Voice" Collaboration with Ardesco (Innovative chamber music ensemble), at the Charles B. Wang Center at SUNY at Stony Brook
2004 41st Annual Juried exhibition, the Sumi-e Society of America, Virtual Exhibition at www.sumiesociety.org - National Capital Area chapter Award
2003 Artist of the month in the Improper Hamptonian magazine
2002 Senior Show, University Art Gallery, Staller Center For The Arts, Stony Brook University, NY - Honorable Mention
2000, 01Award Judge for South Hampton Artist Alliance Exhibition
2000 37th Annual Juried Exhibition, the Sumi-e Society of America, Strathmore Art Center, North Bethesda, Maryland - Best of Show & Benihana Corporation Award
1999 36th Annual Juried Exhibition, the Sumi-e Society of America, Bayard Cutting Arboretum, Oakdale, NY - The Paul Schwartz Memorial Award
1997 3rd Annual Juried Show, Bellport Lane Gallery, Bellport, NY - Bellport Lane Gallery Award
1996 BACCA Juried Show, West Babylon, NY - Honorable Mention

Selected Solo Shows

2005 Mill Pond House 2nd Floor Gallery, St James, NY
2005 Spinnato Gallery, Setauket, NY
2004 Christopher Gallery, Stony Brook, NY
2004 BJ Spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY
1999 Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
1998 Gallery East, East Hampton, NY
1997 Gallery at Studio 703, Port Jefferson, NY

Selected Invitationals & Group Shows

2007Scapes Within, Poietis Gallery at Poet's Den Art Center, NYC
2006MFA-IA Students Show, Eliot Pratt Center, Goddard College, Vermont
2006Masters Show, Main Street Petit Gallery, Huntington, NY
2006Eastern View, Gallery North, Setauket, NY
2006Romancing the Palette, Christopher Gallery, Stony Brook, NY
2005 Interpreting Music, Sumi New York, Soho, NY
2005 Here Between, AAWAA Group Show, AAWAA Alternative Space.Brooklyn, NY
2005 Blossoming Seeds of Vision, China Institute Gallery, NYC
2004 Talking Hands, AAWAA Group Show, A.I.R. Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
2004 Savor Long Island, EEAC Gallery, Riverhead, NY
2004 ALLI Faculty Show, Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery, Dixhills NY
2004 Now & Then, BJ Spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY
2003 APA(Asian Pacific American) Heritage Month Art Exhibition, Inter-Cultural Center Galeria, Georgetown university, Washington, DC
2003 Artist's Choice, BJ Spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY
2003 Accumulative Efforts, AAWAA Group Show, Phonenix Gallery, Soho, NYC
2003 100 Years , 100 Dreams, Space World Gallery, L.I.C., NY
2003 Different Strokes, B. J. Spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY
2002 39th Annual Juried Exhibition, the Sumi-e Society of America, Virtual Exhibition at www.sumiesociety.org
2001- 05The Fragrance of Ink, Annual Exhibition, Long Island chapter, the Sumi-e Society of America, Bayard Cutting Arboretum, Oakdale, NY
2001- 05Holiday Show, Annual Exhibition, Gallery North, Setauket, NY
2001 38th Annual Juried Exhibition, the Sumi-e Society of America, Court House Galleries, Portsmouth, VA
2001 Brush Strokes: Four of Kind, Union Gallery, Stony Brook University, NY
2000 AAWAA 2000 Group show, Phoenix Gallery, Soho, NYC
1997- 006th to 9th Annual of Oriental Brush Painting, Metro NY chapter, the Sumi-e Society of America, Steinhardt Conservatory, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, NY
1999 A Prismatic Mirror, AAWAA group Show. Phoenix Gallery, NYC
1999 Faculty Exhibition Art League of Long Island, Hutchins Gallery, Brookville, NY
1999 Eat Art AAWAA Group Show, Steinbaum Gallery, Soho, NYC
1998 Art League Holiday Show, Vincent Louise Gallery, West Village, NY
1998 Media Expo, Brook Haven Art Council Gallery, Farmingville, NY
1998 AAWAA (Asian American Women Artist Alliance) Members Group Show, the New World Art Center, Soho, NYC
1998 35th Annual Juried Exhibition, the Sumi-e Society of America, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama
1998 Our Towns, Gallery East, East Hampton, NY
1996, 982nd & 3rd Akilan International Group Show, University Art Gallery, Arnold Bernhard Center, University of Bridgeport, CT
1997 Image of Eden, Art Premier, Georgetown, Washington DC
1997 34th Annual Juried Exhibition, the Sumi-e Society of America, Tweed Museum, Duluth, Minnesota
1997 Contemporary Asian Artists in America, Mills Pond House Gallery, St James, NY
1996- 00Local Color, Annual exhibition, Gallery North, Setauket, NY
1992 Five Artists, Gundry Gallery, Oxford, UK
1992 Three of a Kind, the Museum of Oxford, Oxford, UK

Curatorial Experiences

2007Exhibition 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, Studio 703 Gallery, Port Jefferson, NY
1993- 4Associate Director at Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Selected Bibliography

Dec. 1, 06The Korea Daily, Section A and A-2 "Curious Korean Calligraphy"
Dec. 11, 05The New York Times, L.I. Section, "Holiday Art", Helen A. Harrison
"Sungsook Setton uses Asian brush technique to distill the essence of nature motifs."
July. 15, 05News Day Part 2, Long Island Section "Different Strokes"
July. 05Piri's Art Criticism visit: http:/piri.home.mindspring.com/pjuly05.html
"Symphony," a gracious abstract with a feeling of landscape by Sungsook Setton;
Oct.15, 04From the Mayor's Doorstep by Piri Halasz
Feb.19, 04Hankook Ilbo, Society Section
Aug. 03The Improper Hamptonian Magazine, page 30, "Sumi-e", Joel Frederic Hopkins
2002 Sumi-e, Susan Frame, D&S Books, Devon, England. page 105, 125
Aug.30, 00Chungang Ilbo, Culture Section
Apri.24, 98The Sound Observer, "Sung-Sook Setton Strokes Shown" Volume IV, Number 24
Jan. 3, 98Chosun Ilbo, "'98 Seeding Korean Culture in America"
Apri.10, 97Chosun Ilbo, "East West Opposition and Harmony"
Jan.17, 96The Three Village Herald, Endpaper, "The brush strokes and the woman - Elegant Garden"
Jan. 10, 96The Three Village Herald, Endpaper, "Aritist melds eastern and western world"
Aug. 20,95The New York Times, L.I. Section, "Local Color", Helen A. Harrison
Trinity issue 92Oxford Today, the University Magazine, "Land of Morning Calm"
1992 The CBPS(Chinese Brush Painters Society) U.K. News Letter, Exhibition Reviews, Alison Mcleod
1992 The Oxford Times, "Gundry Gallery", John Billingham, September

Teaching Positions

2004- Instructor, China Institute, Manhattan
1999- Instructor, Nassau & Suffolk BOCES (Board of Cooperative Educational Service) - Art in Education
1998- Instructor, SCOPE (Suffolk County Organization for Promotion of education)
1997- Instructor, East End Art Council, Riverhead, NY
1997- Instructor, the Stony Brook Union Craft Center, Stony Brook University
1996- Instructor, the Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, NY