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Education

2004 Master of Professional Studies in Art Therapy, School of Visual Arts, New York, USA
2000 Master of Fine Arts in Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, New York, USA
1998 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Arts, cum laude, State University of New York-Purchase College, New York, USA

 

Selected Exhibitions and Viewings

2009 Galleria Jangva, Solo exhibition, Breath, Helsinki, Finland  more info & images
2008 The Guild Art, Group Exhibition, Visual Reflection, NY, USA
  Mikael Agricola Church Crypt, Finnish Art Therapy Association's Group Exhibition, Hiljaisuuden polku (Path of Silence), Helsinki, Finland
2007 FACES Etnofestival, Group Exhibition, Billnäs, Finland
  Peace Center Screm do Mira, Group exhibition, Kozarac, Bosnia
  Gallery Korea, Korean Cultural Service NY, Group exhibition, Reprised Reality, NY, USA
2006 International Christian Center, Spring Window, Helsinki, Finland
2005 Stoa, Video viewing in Group Performance, Tales of Beauty, Helsinki, Finland
2004 The Korea Society, Three-person-exhibition, Balancing Acts, NY, USA
  Hamuro, Forest of Creation, Two-person-exhibition, Fukui, Japan
  Seoul Gallery, Three-person-exhibition, Seoul, Korea
  SVA Westside Gallery, Group exhibition, Visual Dialog, New York, USA
2003 SVA Westside Gallery, Drawn Together: Vision & Expression, NY, USA
2002 The Korean Association of Greater New York, Group Show, Faith of Life, NY, USA
2001 Eunkwang Church, Solo exhibition, Dew from Dawn, Seoul, Korea
  Upriver Loft Gallery, Solo exhibition, Dew from Dawn, Kunming, China
2000 SVA Wooster Gallery, Group exhibition, Thesis Show, NY, USA
1999 SVA 2 Ave. Gallery, Two-person-exhibition, Reinventing Loss, NY, USA
1998 SUNY Purchase Perception Hall, Three-person-exhibition, Purchase, NY, USA

 

Projects

2010 (upcoming in July & September) ANTI-Festival, Collaborative outdoor installation with Shoji Kato, Kuopio, Finland
2010 Gathering Forests and Lakes, Mäntän kuvataideviikot, Collaborative outdoor installation with Shoji Kato, Mänttä, Finland
2008 Lands on the Field, Collaborative outdoor installation with Shoji Kato, Fljótsdalur, Iceland
2007 Art/ Art Therapy Project, Hope for Children, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Co-led art and art therapy groups with homeless children and youth
2006 Community Art Project, Me in You, You in Me: Portraits and Reflections, Rauma, Finland
- Created art pieces with children, adolescents and adults living in Rauma and installed in a public space expressing the identities of the individuals and the community

 

Art Therapy Experiences

2009-10 Finnish Art Therapy Association Training Program, Helsinki, Finland
- Teaching art therapy material courses to art therapy & art psychotherapy students
2009 Art in English for Kids, Helsinki, Finland
- Led an art workshop with therapeutic focus for children aged 7-10
2008 Multicultural Artist Community Kassandra, Helsinki, Finland
- Facilitated art therapy groups for children at day care centers
  Kindergarten Aksentti, Järvenpää, Finland
- Implemented therapeutic art teaching for kindergarten children
  YLE- Finnish Broadcasting Company, Art Club, Helsinki, Finland
- Led artistic art therapy group for employees at YLE
  Seoul Arts Center, Summer Arts Academy, Seoul, Korea
- Facilitated a workshop, Self-discovery through Art and Dialog, for children aged 9-10
  Etno-markkimat, Rastis, Helsinki, Finland
- Art therapy workshop for both children and adult groups
2007- present EK TAIDE, Helsinki, Finland
- Running a private company for art therapy services including art and art therapy groups and individual therapy
2007-8 Jorvi Hospital, Espoo, Finland
- Taught art therapy techniques to occupational therapists
  Finnish Art Therapy Association Training Program, Helsinki University Palmenia Centre for Continuing Education, Vantaa and Helsinki, Finland
- Taught art therapy materials course to art therapy students
2006-7 Materials and Techniques in Art Therapy, Finnish Art Therapy Association, Helsinki, Finland
- Led art therapy groups for art therapy professionals
2006 City of Helsinki Cultural Office, Caisa, Adult Art Therapy Group, Helsinki, Finland
- Lead weekly art therapy groups with adults at a cultural center
  Association of the Unemployed in the Region of Rauma, Rauma, Finland
- Facilitated a workshop on art therapy and book-making with people who were unemployed
  City of Helsinki Cultural Office, Caisa, International Women’s Livingroom, Helsinki, Finland
- Led an art therapy workshop for women from various cultural backgrounds living in Finland
2005-6 Geriatric Service Center, Palvelutalo Kantti ry, Helsinki, Finland, Art Therapy Volunteer
- Assisted in art therapy groups and facilitated individual and group sessions at geriatric service center
2005 City of Helsinki Cultural Office, Caisa, International Women’s Livingroom, Helsinki, Finland
- Led an art therapy workshop for women from various cultural backgrounds living in Finland
2004 Rita Project, New York, USA
- Co-led a group art therapy session for suicide prevention at Park East High School
2003-4 Flowers with Care Youth Services, Catholic Charities, New York, USA, Art Therapy Internship
- Led individual art therapy sessions and co-led group art therapy sessions with at-risk adolescents preparing for their GEDs
2003 Lenox Hill Neighborhood, New York, USA
- Co-led a group art therapy session with children in after-school program
2002-3 Bronx-Lebanon Adolescent Day Treatment Program, New York, USA, Art Therapy Internship
- Led therapeutic sculpture groups, individual art therapy sessions and co-led studio art groups for severely emotionally disturbed adolescents

 

Grants & Academic Honors

2010 The Arts Council of Finland- Project grant for children's culture
2003 The Estelle Bellomo Scholarship Award for Excellence in Art Therapy, New York, USA

 

Bibliography

2007 Common Ground, Raumars ry, Finland, p. 16, 21
2006 Portraits at Construction Site, Newspaper Länsi-Suomi, Finland, Sept. 29
2004 Review- Finding Korean Identity in America, Joongang Ilbo, October 26, p. A9
2001 Review, Newspaper Spring City Evening, China, November 13, p. 13
  Preview, Newspaper Spring City Evening, China, November 10, p. 16

 

Professional Memberships

American Art Therapy Association
  Finnish Art Therapy Association (Suomen taideterapiayhdistys ry)
  Arts in Therapy Network
  Helsinki Artist Association (Helsingin taiteilijaseura)