Bella Yongok Kim bellaartstudio@gmail.com www.bellakim.com
Selected Exhibitions
2023 Collectors cabinet, The Gallery, Tacoma Community College, WA
2022 Felt and Fiber, University House Wallingford, Era Living, Seattle, WA (10.16-2.12, 2023 )
2022 Art on Main, Auburn, WA ( 10.15 -1.1, 2023 )
2022 Fantasy Footwear, Clarke & Clarke Art + Artifact, Mercer Island, WA
2022 20th Annual Juried Local Art Exhibition, TCC, Tacoma, WA
2022 KAAW Member’s Show, University House Wallingford, Era Living, Seattle, WA
2022 Itty Bitty Show, Gallery Row, Gig Harbor, WA
2022 REFASHION, Bainbridge Arts &Crafts, Bainbridge Island, WA
2022 Experimental Exploration, Columbia city gallery, Seattle, WA
2022 Pacific Northwest Landscape, The Gallery @ TCC Exhibition, Tacoma, WA
2021 Fresh Talent, Bainbridge Arts & Crafts, Bainbridge Island, WA
2021 Interdependence, Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, WA
2021 22nd Juried Show, Schack Art Center’s Everett, WA
2021 Shifting Tides, ColumbiaCity Gallery, Seattle, WA
Group Exhibitions
2021 KAAW Member's Exhibition Online Exhibit, Kaaw.net
2020 KAAW Member's Exhibition Online Exhibit, Kaaw.net
2019 KAAW Member's Exhibition, Tacoma Community College Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2018 KAAW Member's Exhibition, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA
2017 KAAW Member's Exhibition, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
2016 KAAW Member's Exhibition, Mercer view Gallery, Mercer Island, WA
2015 KAAW Member's Exhibition, Handforth Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2014 KAAW Member's Exhibition, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA
2013 KAAW Member's Exhibition, Tacoma Community College Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2012 KAAW Member's Exhibition, Lakewood Library Gallery, Lakewood, WA
2012 17th ‘RAGS’ Juried Wearable Art Show- Gallery division, Tacoma, WA
2012 Gallery 3 member Exhibition, Puyallup, WA
2011 KAAW Member's Exhibition, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA
2011 16th ‘RAGS’ Juried Wearable Art Show- Market division, Tacoma, WA
2011 Gallery 3 member Exhibition, Puyallup, WA
2010 KAAW Member's Exhibition, Mercer view Gallery, Mercer Island, WA
2010 Gallery 3 member Exhibition, Puyallup, WA
2010 Featured Artist, BKB & Company, Tacoma, WA
2009 KAAW Member's Exhibition, the New Dimensions Frame & Gallery, Bellevue, WA
2007 Artist Review Today showcase at Galleria, Cleveland, OH
1995 Exhibition Celebrating The 50th Anniversary of Art and Design EwhaWomansUniversity, Seoul, Korea
1992, 1996 Seoul Fiber Art Festival, Seoul Metropolitan Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
1990 The 30th Ewha Alumni of Fine Arts Exhibition, Museum of Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
1991-1997 Korea Crafts Council Exhibitions, Seoul, Korea
1986-2000 Cheyeom Fiber Artist Group Annual Exhibitions, Seoul, Korea
Awards
2022 Honorable mention, 20th Annual Juried Local Art Exhibition, TCC, Tacoma, WA
2021 People’s Choice & Honorable mention, Fresh Talent, Bainbridge Arts & Crafts, Bainbridge Island, WA
2021 Honorable mention, 22nd Juried Show, Schack Art Center, Everett, WA
2011 17th ‘RAGS’ Juried Wearable Art Show- Gallery division, Tacoma, WA
2010 2nd Award ‘Korean Art Show’: Pierce College, Lakewood, WA
1990 National Special Art Award: The Korean Craft and Art Competition, Seoul, Korea
1988 National Art Award: The Korean Craft and Art Competition, Seoul, Korea
Experience
2011, 2021-2022 President of KAAW (Korean American Artist Association of WA)
2002-2005 Painter, McHugh’s Restorations, Richmond, VA
1994-1998 Instructor, Myungji Junior College, Seoul, Korea
1995 Instructor, Daejeon University, Daejeon, Korea
1994 Instructor, Kunsan University, Kunsan, Korea
1986-1987 Teaching Assistant, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
Education
1986-1988 M.F.A Fiber Art, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
1982-1986 B.F.A. Design & Fabric dyeing, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
Links
KAAW (Korean American Artist Association of WA) www.kaaw.net
NWDC (Northwest Designer Craftsmen) www.nwdesignercraftsmen.org
BAC (Bainbridge Arts & Crafts) www.bacart.org
Refashion www.refashionbainbridge.org