Kim Yik-yung

Kim Yik yung

Kim Yikyung at her studio
Born 19 Feb 1935
Chongjin, Hamgyong, Korea
Known for Ceramic crafts
Kim Yik-yung
Hangul 김익영
Hanja 金益寧
Revised Romanization Gim Ik-yeong
McCune–Reischauer Kim Igyŏng
This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.

Kim Yik Yung, born in 1935 in Chongjin, Hamgyong, is a South Korean ceramic artist.

She studied chemical engineering in Seoul national university and go to the New York, studied ceramic in M.F.A. college of ceramics at Alfred university. After that she came back to Korea, work in the national gallery of contemporary arts as researcher.

Kim was co-winner of the 2004 "Artist of the Year" award from the National Museum of Contemporary Art, South Korea, for significant contribution to the development of Korean contemporary ceramic art. Her work has been shown in major exhibitions in Korea, Japan, the United States, and Europe.

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