HONORS AND AWARDS
• 2024, Commission Award for Crossing the Line: The Passport Re-Imagined by Cynthia Sears Artists’ Books Collection of Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, WA
• 2024, Project Grant, Book/Print Artist/Scholar of Color Collective, USA
• 2024, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, VCCA 50th Anniversary Fellowship, Amherst, VA
• 2023, Yaddo Fellowship, Saratoga Springs, NY
• 2021, UAH Contemporary Art Fellow funded by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) American Community Grant Program, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, AL
• 2020, West Collection LIFTS Grant and Acquisition Award, West Collection, Philadelphia, PA
• 2020, ANTE Magazine Open Call Winner, New York, NY
• 2019, NYSCA/ NYFA Artists Fellowship in Architecture/ Environmental Structures/ Design, New York Foundation for Arts, NY
• 2019, Honorable Mention, The COEX Starfield Library's Open Call for Public Arts, Seoul, Korea
• 2019, Vermont Studio Center Fellowship, VT
• 2018, Peripheral Vision Press Salon 2018 Publication Fellowship, Peripheral Vision Press, TX
• 2017-2018, Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant Award, The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, NY
• 2017, PRIX WHANKI Competition Award, Whanki Museum/Whanki Foundation, Seoul, Korea
• 2016, Meyer Family Award for Contemporary Art, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
• 2013-2015, Visual Artist Fellowship, The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA
• 2013, Finalist of Grand Prize (AMATERAS Annual Paper Art Exhibition/competition), Sofia, Bulgaria
• 2011, The State Museum Purchase Award and Honorable Mention, Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2011, Harrisburg, PA
• 2009, Wellesley College Purchase Award at the Hybrid Book Fair, Philadelphia, PA
• 2009, Jaffe Center for Book Arts Purchase Award at the Hybrid Book Fair, Philadelphia, PA
• 2009, Regional Award, Philadelphia Center for the Book at the Hybrid Book Fair, Philadelphia, PA
• 2007, Elizabeth C. Roberts Prize For Graduate Study in MFA Book Arts/Printmaking, Philadelphia, PA
• 2006, Harry Eaby/Piccari Press Scholarship, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
• 2006, The Korean Honor Scholarship, Korean Embassy, Washington, DC
RESIDENCIES
• 2024, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
• 2023, Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
• 2019-2020, Artist in Residence at Coalesce Center for Biological Art, The State University of New York at Buffalo, NY
• 2019, Artspace O, Seoul, Korea
• 2019, Vermont Studio Center, VT
• 2017, Siao-long Cultural Park through COPE NYC International Artists in Residence Exchange Program, Tainan, Taiwan
• 2013, Visiting Artist in Residence at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
SOLO EXHIBITION
• 2024, Memories, Veiled, YI Gallery, Industry City in Brooklyn, NY
• 2024, Sun Young Kang: Galeri D9 Online Exhibition, Department of Art and Art Education, The University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic
• 2022-2024, Whereabouts: Sun Young Kang In Between Presence and Absence, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
• 2022, In Between Presence and Absence: The Illusionary Reality, Outlook Gallery at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN
• 2021, In Between Presence and Absence, UAH Contemporary Art Fellow Exhibition
Wilson Hall Gallery, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL
• 2020, Impossibly Connected
Galeri D9 at the Department of Art and Art Education, The University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic
• 2019, 6973 miles of Force in 1cm, Artspace O, Seoul, Korea
• 2018, In Between Presence and Absence/ Freezing the Moments to Turn Them to Eternity: World of Threads Festival
Queen Elizabeth Park Community & Cultural Centre, Oakville, Canada
• 2017, Neither Here Nor There: PRIX WHANKI Competition Exhibition
Whanki Museum, Seoul Korea
• 2016, Transformations: Betsy Meyer Memorial Exhibition
Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
• 2015, The Edgeless Divide
Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
• 2015, Books Containing Yeo-Baek III
Azarian McCullough Art Gallery, St.Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, NY
• 2014, In-Between (Philadelphia Open Studio Tour 2014 Featured Exhibition)
The Center For Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA
• 2013, Books Containing Yeo-Baek II
Elihu Burritt Library, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT
• 2012, Books Containing Yeo-Baek I
The Rose Lehrman Art Gallery, Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg, PA
• 2010, Filtered Memories
Ganser Gallery, Millersville University, Millersville, PA
• 2009, In Between Presence and Absence
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
• 2008, The Inner Path
The Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA
• 2007, The Way to Be Empty
Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITION
• 2023, (Im) Possibly Connected: Sun Young Kang + Jenny Rafalson. Yi Gallery, Industry City in Brooklyn, NY
• 2017, 永線 The Endless Line (Soulangh Montage by Sun Young Kang and Sascha Mallon)
Siao-long Arti Village, Jiali District of Tainan, Taiwan
• 2013, Anne Canfield & Sun Young Kang University City Arts League, Philadelphia, PA
GROUP EXHIBITION
2024
• Crossing the Line: The Passport Re-Imagined, Sherry Grover Gallery at Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, WA
• Discount For The Apocalypse, Prachen Museum, Písek, Czech Republic
• Visualization of Absence, Gallery Hollar, Prague, Czechia
• Artist Book Month II: THE WORLD IS A SCANDAL, BravinLee programs, New York, NY
• Hair, Beautiful Hair, Hawthorne-Longfellow Library at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
2023
• Echoes of Home, A Retrospective Exhibition of Li Tang Community, RIVAA Gallery, New York, NY
• The Vessel of Memories (Nadoba vzpominek), Museum Jindřichohradecka, South Bohemia, Czech Republic
• Material Thinking: 1st International Contemporary Material Art Biennale (hosted by Tsinghua University), Beijing Nanchizi Art Museum, China
2022
• Bio Illusion (organized by The University of South Bohemia), The Gallery MILOŠ ALEXANDER BAZOVSKÝ, Trenčín, Slovakia
• Troubling: Artists’ Books that enlighten and disrupt old ways of being and seeing, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, WA
• 99th Annual Nicole and Harry Martin Spring Show, the Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
• AND, ALREADY, WORDS: Contemporary Text-based Work, YI Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2021
• By Hand: Women & Books, Fleet Library, Rhode Island School of Design, RI
• Up-cycling Detritus Online Exhibition, The Sculptors Alliance, New York, NY
• On Paper: Printmaking, Book Arts & Beyond, Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, Solomons, MD
2020
• SI MUOVE: Diplomatic Art 3D Virtual Exhibition, Diplomatic Art Association, Timisoara, Romania
• Affinities: Artists in the Libraries, Caxton Club, Chicago, IL
• These Times: Philadelphia Center for the Book’s Members Online Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
• Materiality: Hand Papermaking in an Age of Isolation, 2020 NAHP Juried Online Exhibition, NAHP
• VISIONARIES: AMAG 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Azarian McCullough Art Gallery, St.Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, NY
• Changing a Point of View (Online exhibition curated by all SHE makes and WoArt Blog), allshemakes.org/ woartblog.com
2019
• Object: The New Existence, Nitra Gallery, Nitra, Slovakia
• Variation on the Artist Book, Philadelphia Center for the Book Member Exhibition, City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
• Following the Threads, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Seattle, WA
• All Stitched Up, An international juried book arts exhibition, Collins Memorial Library University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
• Women Forward Part II: Innovative Women, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
• Open Sesame! The Magic of Artist's Books Revealed, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Seattle, WA
2018
•The Art of the State Purchase Award Collection, 1969-2017, Pennsylvania Governor's Residence, Harrisburg, PA
• Permanent Collection Show, Yuko Nii Foundation, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
• Artists Book Cornucopia IX, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO
• BIBLIOPHORIA V International Juried Book Art Exhibition, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
• Inter(national): Dual Identities, Atlantic Wharf Gallery of Fort Point Arts Center, Boston, MA
• 10th AMATERAS International Annual Paper Art Exhibition, National Palace of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria
• Art on Paper, Maryland Federation of Art, Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD
• Paper Trails, Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory & Educational Foundation, Cleveland, OH
2017
•The Art of the State Purchase Award Collection, 1969-2017, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
• International Biennial PAPER FIBER ART 2017/2018, The National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute, Nantou, Taiwan
• Paperscapes, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
• Expanded Readings Exhibition, The Sheppard Contemporary Gallery of the School of the Arts at the University of Nevada, Reno, NV
2016
• BÍLÁ LABORATOŘ - WHITE LABORATORY International Exhibition, Galerie města Olomouce (City Gallery Olomouc), Czech republic
• Biennale Internationale des Arts des Fibres et du Papier: "WATER - FIBRE – PAPER” – METAMORPHOSE
- Museum of World Religions, Taipei Taiwan (January - March 2016)
- Villa Du Toit, Geneva Switzerland (April – May 2016)
• Reading with the Senses, The College of Art and Design at Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
• Professional Artist Members Exhibition, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
2015
• DIPLOMATIC ART 2015, Bastionul Theresia, Timisoara, Romania
• An Inclusive World, Partnership Gallery/ Werwaiss Family Gallery, Queens Museum, Queens, NY
• Rebirth of the Wonder, Call for Bushwick International competition 2015, Brooklyn, NY
• Unhinged: Book Art on the Cutting Edge, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
• Words/Matter, Arts on Elston, Chicago, IL
• Biennale Internationale des Arts des Fibres et du Papier: "WATER - FIBRE – PAPER” – METAMORPHOSE
- Cirencester, UK New Brewery Arts Centre (April - June 2015)
- Lasalle France Filature, Petit temple & Mediatheque (September 2015)
• Book Arts: Structures and Stories, Bucks County Community College ArtMobile, Newtown, PA
2014
• REVEALED TERRAIN, Hamilton & Aronson Galleries, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
• OVER THE EDGE: PAPERWORKS UNBOUND, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
• The Book as Art: Expanding the Limit, The Art Institute of Atlanta-Decatur, Decatur, GA
• Grand Rapids ArtPrize 2014, Cathedral Square, Grand Rapids, MI
• AMATERAS Annual Paper Art Exhibition, Art Alley Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2013
• Sofia Paper Art Fest 2013, International Paper Art Biennial: “Messages of Light”, City Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
• 5th International Artists’ Book Exhibition, King St. Stephen Museum, Székesfehérvár, Hungary
• 4th Sheffield International Artist’s Book Prize, Bank Street Arts, Sheffield, England
• Seductive Alchemy: Books by Artists Exhibition, Visual Arts Gallery, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
• Artists’ Book Cornucopia IV, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO
2012
• 6th International Artist's Book Triennial Vilnius 2012
- 2nd International Printmaking Symposium, Bentlage, Germany
- Titanikas Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
- Leipzig Book Fair, Globus Galerie, “Internationale Ausstellung für Künstlerbücher und Handpressendrucke”, Leipzig, Germany
- Scuola Internazionale di Grafica Gallery, Venice, Italy
• Unfamiliarity and Familiarity, Identifying Communication Through Arts, Gallery 2, Korea Craft and Design Foundation, Seoul, Korea
• Artists’ Books: Creative Structures, Allen's Lane Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
• Artists Book Cornucopia III, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO
• A Reader's Art 12: Longing for Home, Susan Hensel Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
• WOMEN an Exhibition, D: Center Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
• Branching Together, Massachusetts College of Liberal Art, Gallery 5, North Adams, MA
• BiblioTech, Skylight Gallery, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA
2011
• ART of the State: Pennsylvania 2011, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
• 3rd Sheffield International Artist's Book Prize, Bank Street Arts, Sheffield, England
• Hand Lettered, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO
• ART of the BOOK, Lower Link Gallery, Rochester Public Library, Rochester, NY
• ON AND OF PAPER, THE BOOK ARTS, Springfield Art Association Gallery, Springfield, Illinois
• ArtBound Artists' Books Exhibition, Red Gallery, Glebe NSW, Australia
• Making It, Hamilton Hall's Gallery One, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
• AMATERAS Annual Paper Art Exhibition/competition, Art Alley Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2010
• Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2010, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
•Time and Again, Allen Library South, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
• Tri-Fold: New Perspectives on Book Art, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
• I will cut thrU: Pochoirs, Carvings, and Other Cuttings, The Center for Book Arts, New York/ Heimbold Visual Arts Center at Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
• Bright Hill 2010 Invitational Book Arts Exhibition, The Word & Image Gallery, Bright Hill Literary Center, Treadwell, NY
• ARTISTS' BOOKS: Radical Messages, Revolutionary Means, Carleton College Art Gallery, Northfield, MN
• Show and Bestow, The Ruth Hughes Collection of Artists' Book, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
• Quantified Aesthetics, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2009
• AAP, 99th Annual Juried Exhibition, Carnegie Museum of Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
• Show and Bestow, The Ruth Hughes Collection of Artists' Book, Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
• SYMBOLON: Symbols and Self, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
• PAPER NARRATIVES, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO
• Pittsburgh Biennial Selections, The Center for Emerging Visual Artists Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
• Beyond WORDS: BookFest 2009, The Long Beach Island Foundation for Arts and Science, Loveladies, NJ
• Contemporary Print Exhibition from Pittsburgh Print Group, The Merrick Free Art Gallery, Museum and Library, New Brighton, PA
• ART TO BE READ, The Hybrid Book Conference Exhibition, Hamilton/Anderson Gallery at the University of Arts, Philadelphia, PA
• BookEnds, Target Gallery, National Exhibition Space of Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA
2008
• Pittsburgh Biennial, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
• Maternal Legends: A Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Artist Books, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR
• Altered State: Pittsburgh Print Group Members' Juried Exhibition, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
• 7th Annual Bright Hill Literary Center Juried Americas Book Arts Exhibit, The Word & Image Gallery, Bright Hill Literary Center, Treadwell, NY
• 2nd National San Diego Book Arts Juried Show, University of California San Diego, Geisel Library, San Diego, CA
• The Places of Utopia-The Utopian Library, BAU Cultural Association, Viareggio, Italy
• Accidental Constellation, Gallery Korea, Korean Cultural Service NY, New York, NY
• ARTISTS BOOKS 2008, Owl and Lion Gallery-15 Grass Market, Edinburgh, Scotland
• Conceptually Bound 3, University Art Gallery, California State University, Chico, CA
2007
• BookMarksZMP, Museums 10, Florence, MA
• (Un)Contained Vessels, The Center for Book Arts NY, New York, NY
• Venue 5th Artists' Books + Multiples, Fair Brisbane, Dell Gallery, Griffith Queensland University College of Art, Brisbane, Australia
• MFA Biennial Exhibition, Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
• Action/Interaction, Conference Exhibition, Columbia College Chicago Center for Books & Paper Arts, Chicago, IL
• Visually Speaking: Art, Narrative and the Contemporary Press, The Street Gallery, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
• EAST/MIDWEST, Columbia College Chicago Center for Books & Paper Arts, Chicago, IL
2006
• Suggest Readings, Hamilton Hall, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
• ARTE PAGINA, Kelly Writer's House, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
• Pressing Matter, Gallery One, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
• Plunder Book, Ander Hall, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1998-2001
• Chaeyeon, Gong Pyung Art Center, Seoul, Korea
• E-Mok-Gu-Vi, Deok Won Gallery, Seoul, Korea
• Sejong Arts Competition Exhibitions (with 2nd Prize), Paek-Sang Memorial Hall, Seoul, Korea
• Korea Arts Culture Juried Exhibition, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
• Kwanak Modern Arts Juried Exhibition, Anyang Literary Art Hall, Anyang, Korea
• Danwon Arts Festival 2001, Ansan Danwon Exhibition Hall, Ansan, Korea
• Misulsegae Grand Prize Competition Exhibition, Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea
• The 15th Korean Painting Juried Exhibition, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
• New Frontier Juried Exhibition, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
• BFA Thesis Exhibition, Ewha Woman's University Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
• Ewha Action Vision, Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea
• May Day, Ewha Woman's University Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
COLLABORATION/ GROUP PROJECT
• 2024, Passport of Witness, commissioned artists’ book project by Cynthia Sears Artists’ Books Collection at Bainbridge Island Museum of Arts
• 2023, Ogansaek, Hanji Edition Project
BOOK/ ART FAIR
• 2024, Future Fair (with YI Gallery), Chelsea Industry, New York, NY
• 2024, Seattle Art Fair (with Bainbridge Island Museum of Art), Seattle, WA
• 2023, BOOKsmART Fair at Art on Paper (with Book Print Color Collective), Pier 36, Manhattan, NY
• 2023, Multiple Format (with Book Print Color Collective), Boston University School of Visual Arts, Boston, MA
• 2023, Book Arts Bazaar, Wishcamper Center(with Book Print Color Collective), Portland Campus, ME
• 2013, CODEX International Book Fair 2013, Craneway Pavilion, Richmond, CA
• 2012, Seoul International Bookfair (with University of the Arts), Coex, Samsung, Seoul, Korea
• 2009, The Hybrid Book, Intersection + Intermedia Conference Book Fair, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
• 2007, Action/Interaction Conference Book Fair, Columbia College Chicago Center for Book & Paper Arts, Chicago, IL
• 2006, 9th Pyramid Atlantic Book Fair (with University of the Arts), Silver Spring, MD
• 2006, Frankfurt Book Fair 2006, Frankfurt, Germany
• 2006, Oak Knoll Book Fair 2006 (with University of the Arts), New Castle, DE
INVITED LECTURE/TALK/ PANEL/JUROR
• 2023, Invited Juror of “Open Call: Materiality Unleashed”, Li Tang Gallery, New York, NY
• 2022, Visiting Artist Lecture and Studio Visit, the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
• 2022, Visiting Artist Lecture and Studio Visit, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
• 2021, Visiting Artist Lecture and Studio Visit, the University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL
• 2020, NAHP Virtual Conference Featured Artists’ Talk of Materiality: Hand Papermaking in the Age of Isolation
• 2020, Invited Panelist for New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA/NYSCA) 2020 Printmaking/Drawing/BookArts Fellowship Award, New York, NY
• 2020, Resident Artist Presentation, DISPERSE Report from The Laboratory: Art and Science in Global Pandemic, Coalesce Center for Biological Art, University at Buffalo, NY
• 2019, Artist Presentation, Total Museum Public Program Monday Salon, Total Museum, Seoul, Korea
• 2018, Invited Juror of “ART of the State: Pennsylvania 2018”, Pennsylvania State Museum, Harrisburg, PA
• 2017, Invited Juror of "Vessels: the Annual Exhibition 2017", Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
• 2017, Visiting Artist Lecture and Studio Visit, the Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
• 2017, Resident Artist Presentation, Siao-long Artists' Village, Tainan, Taiwan
• 2013, Visiting Artist Lecture, the Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT
OTHER EXPERIENCE (TEACHING/CONSERVATION)
• 2020, North America Hand Papermakers Exhibitions Committee members, NAHP
• 2016, Teaching a Bookbinding class at the Main Line Art Center School, Haverford, PA
• 2012 - 2016, Book Conservation Technician at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
- Bank of North America, Project funded by Wells Fargo
• 2007 - 2010, Book Conservation Technician at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
• 2008, Teaching a Bookbinding class at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts School, Pittsburgh, PA
• 2007, Book Conservator Intern at the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, PA
• 2006, Book Conservator Summer Intern at The Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia, PA
• 2005 - 2007, Part-time Conservator at The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
WORK IN SPECIAL COLLECTION
• West Collection at SEI, Oaks, PA
• Kendal College of Art and Design of Ferris State University (former Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts), Grand Rapids, MI
• The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Fine Arts collection, Harrisburg, PA
• University of Pennsylvania, University Library Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Philadelphia, PA
• Carnegie Melon University, Hunt Library Special Collections, Pittsburgh, PA
• Lafayette College, Skillman Library Special Collections, Easton, PA
• Swarthmore College, McCabe Library Rare Book Collections, Swarthmore, PA
• Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA
• Free Library of Philadelphia, Print and Picture Collection/ Artist Book Collection, Philadelphia, PA
• Harrisburg Area Community College, Rose Lehrman Art Gallery Special Collections, Harrisburg, PA
• Yale University, Haas Art Library, Special Collections, New Haven, CT
• Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
• University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
• Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
• Museum of Modern Art/Franklin Furnace, Artist Book Collection, New York, NY
• Columbia University, Libraries Special Collection, New York, NY
• Pratt Institute, Pratt Institute Libraries, Brooklyn, NY
• Yuko Nii Foundation Permanent Collection, Brooklyn, NY
• Book Smart Studio, INC, Penfield, NY
• University of Washington, Suzzallo and Allen Libraries Special Collections Rare Books, Seattle, WA
• Bainbridge Island Museum of Art Permanent Collection, Banbridge Island, WA
• Whitworth University Library, Special Collections, Spokane, WA
• University of Wisconsin-Madison, Special Collections, Madison, WI
• The Boson Athenaeum, Rare Books and Special Collections, Boston, MA
• Harvard University, Fine Art Library, Cambridge, MA
• Wellesley College, Clapp Library Special Collection, Wellesley, MA
• Smith College, Young Library Special Collections, Northampton, MA
• Tuft University, The W. Van Alan Clark, Jr. Library Special Collections, Boston, MA
• Amherst College, Amherst, MA
• Rhode Island School of Design, The Fleet Library Special Collections, Providence, RI
• Brown University, John Hay Library, Providence, RI
• School of Art Institute of Chicago, Flaxman Library Special Collections Artist Book Collections, IL
• Newberry Library, Chicago, IL
• DePaul University, Chicago, IL
• Stanford University Library Special Collection, Palo Alto, CA
• The University of California Irvine, Langson Library Special Collections, Irvine, CA
• University of Southern California, Doheny Memorial Library Special Collections, Los Angeles, CA
• University of California, McHenry Library Special Collections, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
• Los Angeles Public Library, Special Collections, Los Angeles, CA
• Letterform Archive, San Francisco, CA
• San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
• Denver Public Library, Central Library Collection, Denver, CO
• Colorado College, Tutt Library Special Collections, Colorado Springs, CO
• University of Denver, Penrose Library Special Collections, Denver, CO
• University of Delaware Library, Newark, DE
• Carleton College, Laurence McKinley Gould Library, Northfield, MN
• Malboro College, Rice-Aron Library Special Collections, Northfield, MN
• St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
• Bowdoin College, Bowdoin Library Special Collections & Archives, Brunswick, ME
• Denison University, Doane Library Special Collections, Granville, OH
• Oberlin College, Clarence Ward Art Library, The Ruth Hughes Collection, Oberlin, OH
• Ohio University Libraries Special Collections, Athens, OH
• Baylor University, Moody Memorial Library Collection, Waco, TX
• University of Louisville, Ekstrom Library Special Collections, Louisville, KT
• University of Virginia, Special Collections, Charlottesville, VA
• Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
• Bennington College, Crossett Library Special Collections, Bennington, VT
• University of Vermont, David W. Howe Memorial Library Special Collection, Burlington, VT
• Jaffe Center for Book Arts, Wimberly Library, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
• Ringling College of Art and Design, Alfred R. Goldstein Library Collection, Sarasota, FL
• Newark Public Library, Print Collection, Newark, NJ
• Appalachian State University, Belk Library Special Collections, Boone, NC
• University of North Carolina, University Library Special Collection, Greensboro, NC
• King St. Stephen Museum Artists' Book Collection, Székesfehérvár, Hungary
• AMATERAS Foundation Collection, Sofia, Bulgaria
• Artist’s Book Center, Sheffield International Artist’s Book Prize Collection, Sheffield, England
• Ethereal Open Network Archive, Viareggio, Italy
• Miguel A. Corzo, Arts administrator, and the Founder and President of the Global Alliance for Conservation
ARTICLES/REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS/MEDIA FEATURES
2024
• “Passing through Thin Places with Sun young Kang” Essay by Susan Moon, Art Spiel, New York, NY
• “Memories, Veiled Sun Young Kang, Yi Gallery, Brooklyn” Review by Calla Bai, Tussle Magazine, New York, NY
• “Sun Young Kang Presents a Deeply Personal and Evocative Body of Work at Yi Gallery” by Widewalls Editorial, Widewalls Magazine
2023
• Metaphor, Materiality, and the Space Between, New York-based Artist Sun Young Kang by Webson Ji, Li Tang, New York, NY
• "Material Thinking: The First International Contemporary Material Art Biennale" kicks off in Beijing, Art China, China
• Threading a New Look by Lin Qi, China Daily, China
• The Full Documentary of the 1st Material Thinking Biennale in Tsingtao and Beijing, China
2022
• Exhibition Preview｜"Material Thinking" The First International Biennale of Contemporary Material Art, Tsinghua Arts, Beijing, China
• “Sun Young Kang: Meditations On The In Between” by Laura Lake Smith, UAH Contemporary Art Fellow Exhibition Catalog (funded by NEA)
2021
• Body Chronology - Artists Books Unshelved by Catherine Alice Michaelis, Assistant Director of Cynthia Sears Collection at Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, WA
2020
• Artist Spotlight on Sun Young Kang, ANTE Open Call Winner, conducted by Audra Lambert of ANTE Magazine, NY
• Changing a Point of View (curated by all SHE makes and WoArt Blog), allshemakes.org, NY
2019
• Blog 더지쇼: 아트스페이스 오- 강선영 작가 ArtSpaceO-Sun Young Kang, Korea
• Blog 기억의 미술관: 아트스페이스 오 강선영: 6973 miles of force in 1 cm 展, Korea
• Interview with Sun Young Kang on the exhibition: 6973 miles of force in 1 cm conducted by Jeong Hyun Kim, Korea
• NeoLook Archive: 6973 miles of force in 1cm, 강선영展 / KANGSUNYOUNG, Korea
• The Korea Times: NYSCA/NYFA 아티스트 펠로우쉽 선정
• Seattle Channel (Art Zone with Nancy Guppy): Books as sculpture at BIMA, interview with Cynthia Sears the BIMA Founder/ Collector
2018
• Contemporary Tapestry Art: Paper Art in World of Threads by Ellen Ramsy
• FiberArtNow: World of ThreadsFestival 2018
• ARTNEW.com: Pollock-Krasner Foundation Names 2017–18 Grantees, Gives $100,000 to Madison Square Park Conservancy
• ARTFORUM.com: POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION AWARDS $3.9 MILLION TO 125 ARTISTS
• Interview: Siao-long Artist Village Residence( 紐約藝術家聯展 NY artists Joint exhibitions《蕭壠蒙太奇》) by 蕭壠文化園區 Siao-long Cultural Park
• Cleveland.com: 'Paper Trails': Cleveland's Morgan Conservatory showcases the versatility of paper art by Nikki Delamott
• 南天地方新聞, 紐約藝術家駐村成果 蕭壠蒙太奇聯展, Taiwan
• Siao-long Artist Village Residence Archive Catalog, Taiwan
• Biennial International Fiber Art 2017/2018: ECO-Sublime, Taiwan
2017
• Whanki Museum Blog: "프리환기 2017 환기미술관 창작공모전" 강선영: neither here nor there 展, Korea
• Arthub Blog, Visual Art Platform: "neither here nor there- 강선영 개인전 2017 프리환기 Prix Whanki 당선작 특별展 2017" Korea
• Blog 더지쇼: Whanki Museum (Sun Young Kang)-Gallery Hyun-Dai (Ju-Young Jung)- Gallery Hak-ko-Jae (Woo-Sung Lee), Korea
• Artbava Archive, 강선영 개인전: neither here nor there, Korea
• Queen Magazine, “12월의 전시소개 <neither here nor there>”, Korea
• 월간미술 12월호 추천전시, Korea
• China Daily News: 紐約藝術家來台駐村 蕭壠蒙太奇聯展登場, Taiwan
• China Times: 紐約藝術家重塑台灣在地故事 人與神鬼信仰成靈感, Taiwan
• Liberty Times: 無國界藝術對話 「台南－紐約對飛計畫」開展, Taiwan
• SEAWEED 2017 Vol.2, Art Magazine, Korea by 이나연
• Pennsylvania Heritage Volume XLIII, Number 3: Representing Pennsylvania's "Precious Heritage": Art of the State 50 by Amy S. Hammond
• The Korea Times NY: "뉴욕 설치작가 강선영씨 ‘폴락-크래스너 재단’그랜트작가 선정"
• 서울경제: 미술한류 꽃이 활짝 피었습니다. 우영탁 기자
• Philadelphia Art Alliance Blog: "The space between us - interacting with the art of Paperscapes" by Flora Ward
• Newsworks: "The changing nature of paper reflects the changing way we communicate." essay by Pamela J. Forsythe
2016
• MONTCO magazine: "Sun Young Kang" by John Cella
• Main Line Today: "Artist Sun Young Kang Negotiates the In-Between" by Melissa Jacobs
• The Artblog: “Transformations: Sun Young Kang, Matthew Courtney, and Zahra Nazari at the Main Line Art Center” by Michael Lieberman
• Main Line Times: "Mammoth, Miniature on display at MLA" by Joan A. Bang
2015
• ArteFuse: "Interview with Artist Sun Young Kang" by Nick Rogers
• Road Trip, "Trip to Bellingham and the Whatcom Museum, Part Two"
• Cascadia Weekly: "Unhinged, The Art of Books" by Amy Kepferle
• Artdaily.org, 'Unhinged: Book Art on the Cutting Edge' opens at the Whatcom Museum
• MEDIAFAX Poto: TIMISOARA - VERNISAJ - DIPLOMATIC ART 2015
• DoNArTNeWs: Philadelphia Art News Blog by Don Brewer "Edgeless Divide by Sun Young Kang"
• ArtsLife: "Our Selected Destination Show amongst Bushwick Open Studios Mayhem" by Nick Rogers
2014
• PaperClips215: "A Studio Preview with Sun Young Kang" by Allison Hardt
• Noblian Magazine: "A house made of PAPER" (August) by Sun-Hae Joen
• MLive Media Group: "Grand Rapid ArtPrize 2014 venue review: Cathedral Square hosts a calm, peaceful experience" by Joseph Becherer,
• "HeARTbeat: One Artist, Five Questions: Sun Young Kang" by Cathedral Square
• The New Collectors Book Blog (Basak Malone LLC), "Butterfly Effect-10 Young Contemporary Artists" by Tchera Niyego
2013
• 34th Street magazine of The Daily Pennsylvanian: "Open Studios Preview: Out in the Open with Nowhere to Hide" by Carolyn Grace
• Korean newspaper Newstomato Interview April 29, 2013: "북아트는 순수예술..장르 대한 이해 아쉬워" by Na-byut Kim
• ABECEDERIAN Blog" Cornucopia Miniatures -Boyd, Kang and Spring", by Alicia Bailey
• 500 Handmade Books Volume 2: Lark Crafts, "500 Handmade Books Volume 2" by Julie Chen
2012
• 1,000 Artists' Books: Quarry Books, "1,000 Artists' Books: A Showcase of Fine Hand-Bound Structures" by Sandra Salamony, Peter and Donna Thomas
• Central Penn Arts Guide, "Sculptural books on display at HACC's Rose Lehrman Art Gallery"
• "Branching Together" by Melanie Mowinski
• The Rogovoy Report, "Gallery 51 Exhibition Features Artists Working in Paper"
• ABECEDERIAN Blog"Artists Book Cornucopia III – Sun Young Kang", by Alicia Bailey
• "Contemporary Artists' Books", essay by Brad Freeman
2011
• Letter Arts Review Annual: John Neal Bookseller, "Letter Arts Review Annual 2011"
• Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2011: "Art of the State' leaves cool impression at The State Museum of Pennsylvania" by Ellen Hughes, The Patriot-News
• Book Juried Competition: "Form & Color 2011" by Form & Color Publishing
• ABECEDERIAN Blog"Artists Book Cornucopia II – Sun Young Kang", by Alicia Bailey
2010
• "Korean-born artist's works explore memory, loss" by Kathleen Daminger, Intelligencer Journal Lancaster New Era
• "Filtered Memories at Ganser Gallery" by Millersville University Exchange
• Filtered Memories: "An Interview with Sun Young Kang" Conducted by Ty Clever, Director, Ganser Gallery
• "Filtered Memories exhibit brings past to life through Sun Young Kang’s artwork" by Emily Kanter
• Wellesley magazine: "BOOKS UNBOUND" by Francie Latour (Fall 2010)
2009
• Journal of Artists' Books: "Emerging Artists & Awards" by Brad Freeman, JAB26 (Fall 2009)
• In Between Presence and Absence: "Pittsburgh Center for the Arts exhibit spiced with variety" by Mary Thomas, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, NINETY-NINTH ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION: "Associated Artists of Pittsburgh's 99th annual exhibition is one for the books" by Mary Thomas, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• ABECEDERIAN Blog" Paper Narrative", by Alicia Bailey
2008
• Pittsburgh Biennial: "Film and video get expanded presence in PCA/Filmmakers Biennial exhibit" by Mary Thomas, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• "Pittsburgh Center for the Arts offers a potent and diverse Pittsburgh Biennial" by Bill O'Driscoll, Pittsburgh City Paper
• "Pittsburgh Biennial @ Pittsburgh Center for the Arts" by Susan Constanse
• The Inner Path: "Exhibits explore various cultures" by the vindicator
• Conceptually Bound 3: "Books unbound" by Alexa Tondreau, Palo Alto
• Accidental Constellation: "8 Artists' Group Exhibition Accidental Constellation Opened" by the Segye Times (세계일보)
• Accidental Constellation: "Gallery Korea Group Exhibition of the Finalists from the Call for Artists 2008" by the Korea Times (한국일보)
• Accidental Constellation: "8 Selected Artists' Group Exhibition" by the Korea Daily (중앙일보)
EDUCATION
• MFA, Book Arts/Printmaking, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
• BFA, Korean Painting, Ewha Woman's University, Seoul, Korea