Mirang Wonne
Selected Solo Exhibits
Tes
2024
"Floral Alchemy," March 22 -April 14, The Studio Shop Gallery, Burlingame, CA
2021
"Ethereal," May 1 - 31, Aerena Galleries in St. Helena, Healdsburg, Napa, Yountville, CA
2020
"Every Day Is A Miracle," November, Solo Show at The Studio Shop Gallery, Burlingame, CA
"Unbound," March, Solo Show at The Studio Shop Gallery, Burlingame, CA
2019
“ALCHEMY: Fire and Gold,” April-June, SF Arthaus Gallery
"BURNISH," September 1 - 30, Aerena Galleries in St. Helena, Healdsburg, Napa, Yountville, CA
2018
May 10-June 11, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
2017
"Elemental," November, The Studio Shop Gallery, Burlingame, CA
2016
"Fire & Light," The Studio Shop Gallery, Burlingame, CA
2015
“Enmeshed: Mirang Wonne,” Showcase, Aerena Galleries, Previously I Wolk Gallery in Saint Helena, Maisonry Napa Valley in Yountville and Aerena in Sonoma, CA
2014
"Fire Script," De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA: April - June 2014
2013
“Mirang Wonne,” Arthaus Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012
“Mirang Wonne,” The Studio Shop Gallery, Burlingame, CA
2011
“Fire Strokes,” Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
“Mirang Wonne,” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010
"Mirang Wonne," Asain Art Museum, Korean Pavilion, San Francisco, CA
“Allure” I Wolk Gallery, St Helena & Maisonry Napa Valley, Yountville, CA
“California,” Auberge du Soleil, Rutherford, CA
“BulKot: Capturing Sunlight,” Gallery Sun Contemporary, Seoul, Korea
2009
“Mirang Wonne: Vision of Enchantment,” Invitation exhibit by curator,
Rotunda Gallery, School of Law, University of San Francisco, CA
“Nature’s Song,” 1 California Street, San Francisco, CA
2008
“Whispers,” Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2007
“Mirang Wonne: New Work,” Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2006
“Another Dream,” Salisbury Fine Art, San Luis Obispo, CA
2005
“Mirang Wonne: New Work,” Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2004
“Mirang Wonne,” 1212 Gallery, Burlingame, CA.
2001
“Mirang Wonne: New Work,” Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
“Floating”: Installation & Sculpture Exhibition, 600 Townsend , SF, CA
“Pathways,” Installations and Paintings, Manor House, San Mateo County Art Council, Belmont, CA
2000
“Mirang Wonne: Floating Rocks,” Installation Show, Gallery at Villa Montalvo, Saratoga, CA
“Redefining Space and Gravity,” Pacific Heritage Museum, San Francisco
1999
“Mirang Wonne,” Stanford Art Space, Stanford University, CA.
Selected Group Exhibits
2024
"Art Fair San Francisco 2024," represented by Studio Shop Gallery, April 25-28, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
2023
"Art Market San Francisco 2023," represented by Aerena Galleries, April 20-23, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
"Biophilia": April, Group Showcase, Aerena Galleries and Garden, St. Helena, Yountville, Healdsburg, Napa, CA
2022
"Fire Transforms," September 17 - December 10, Palo Alto Art Center in Palo Alto, CA
2019
“Core Evolution”, Three Artists show, Korean Cultural Center in Los Angeles, CA
2018
"Art Market San Francisco 2018," April 26-29, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
"Marking Time": April, SF Arthaus Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Shine": February, SF Arthaus Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2017
"20th Annivesary Show," Arthaus Gallery in San Francisco
"Variation & Improvisations"
City Gallery, San Diego City College, San Diego,CA
2016
“Blue," SF ArtHaus, San Francisco, CA
"San Francisco Art Market," San Francisco, CA
2015
“Art Silicon Valley/ San Francisco” Art Fair, San Mateo, CA
"Art Market San Francisco," San Francisco, CA
2014
"Contemporary Organic," three-artist show, The Studio Shop Gallery, Burlingame, CA
"Summertime," Arthaus Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013
“Yachts & Things," I Wolk Gallery, Saint Helena. CA and Maisonry Napa Valley Gallery, Yountville, CA
“2013 San Francisco Decorator Showcase,” Woodside, CA
2012
“Elevate,” I Wolk Gallery, Saint Helena & Maisonry Napa Valley, Yountville
“2012 San Francisco Decorator Showcase,” San Francisco, CA
“San Francisco Fine Art Fair," San Francisco, CA
2011
“San Francisco Art Market,” represented by Aerena Galleries, San Francisco, CA
“SF Art Fair,” represented by Aerena Galleries, San Francisco, CA
2010
San Francisco Asian Art Museum, Korean Pavilion, San Francisco, CA
“Here from Korea” 3 Pioneering Generations, CJ Art Gallery and Stuart Collection at UC San Diego, San Diego, CA
“San Francisco Fine Art Fair,” San Francisco, CA
“Seoul Open Art Fair,” Seoul, Korea
“Los Angeles International Art Fair,” Los Angeles, CA
"Sculpture walk," Yerba Buena Garden
2009
“Inchon International Artfair” and “Diaspora’s return," Inchon
Emigration Museum, Inchon, Korea
“Diverse Impressions: Bay Area Abstraction,” Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
“Flora,” Ira Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, CA
“Group Artists,” Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2008
Kyunggi 100 Anniversary Invitation Show, Sungkok Museum, Seoul, Korea
“Female Visionary Artists,” School of Law, University of San Francisco, SF
“Red Dot Art Fair,” New York, New York
2007
“Affordable Art Fair,” New York, New York
2006
“Art Auction 2006,” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, presented by the Modern Art Council
“Spring Green and Woven Things,” ArtScape Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
2005
“Double Nature: Organic and Industrial,” Four artists show, Susan Street Fine Art, Solana Beach, CA
“Art is always fashionable,” ArtScape Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
2004
“Common Thread,” Los Angeles Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
“Imbued,” Gallery at Thoreau Center, Presidio, San Francisco, CA
2003
“Four Artists,” SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Gallery Artists Show,” 1212 Gallery, Burlingame, CA.
2000
“Sculpture Walk at Yerba Buena Garden,” Yerba Buena Art Center, San Francisco, CA.
“Gallery Artists Show,” Jernigan Wicker Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1999
“Selections,” Invited by Art Span for the Best SF Open Studio Artists Capella Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1973
“Sculptures En Papiers,” Installation, Parc Floral de Vincennes, Paris, France (Solo Exhibition)
“Salon de Mai,” Musee d’Art Moderne, Paris, France
“Grands et Jeunes d’Aujourd’hui,” Grand Palais, Paris, France
“Septentrion,” Musee de Lilles, Lilles, France
“Exposition des Residents de la Cite des Arts,” Cite des Arts, Paris, France
1972
“Exposition des Boursiers du Gouvernment de France” ORTF, Paris
“Exposition des Residents de la Cite des Arts,” Paris, France
Education
Selected Exhibitions in France
Ph. D., Esthetics, Sorbonne (Universite de Paris 1), Paris, France
Diplome, 3 Cycle, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France
B.F.A. & finished courses for MFA, Seoul National University & Graduate School
Grants
UNESCO Grant for Arts
Bourse de la Creation Artistique de la Ministere des Affaires Culturelles
French Government Grant for Arts
Teaching and Art related Work Experience
President: Bay Area Korean Artists Association, 2003 to 2006
San Mateo Art Council, 2000-2001
Art Director and Freelancer: 1978-1989
Seoul National University, College of Fine Arts, Seoul, Korea
Sung-Shin Women’s College, Seoul, Korea
Galleries Representing Mirang Wonne's Work
The Studio Shop Gallery, Burlingame, CA
Arthaus Gallery, San Francisco
Aerena Galleries, St. Helena, Healdsburg, Napa, Yountville, CA
SF Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery in San Francisco, CA
Collections and Commissioned Works
As a full-time professional artist in the San Francisco Bay area for over 30 years, her work has been shown at venues as Triton Museum in Santa Clara, San Francisco Asian Art Museum, De Saisset Museum in Santa Clara, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery, Pacific Heritage Museum of San Francisco, Villa Montalvo of Saratoga, San Francisco Fine Art Fair, San Francisco Art MRKT, LA Art Fair of Los Angeles, Red Dot Art Fair of New York, Sung Gok Museum of Seoul, Korea, Gallery Sun Contemporary of Seoul; and many other San Francisco Bay Area galleries.
Her work is collected and shown in a number of major museums and public spaces including the Seoul City Museum Seoul, Korea, Triton Museum of Art in Santa Clara, and Musee d’Art Moderne de Paris, Paris, France. In 2015, Stanford Health Care commissioned large metal installation works for the lobbies and four major paintings per floor of the new Stanford Cancer Center in San Jose.