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Sang-Mi Yoo, who teaches in Foundations and in Printmaking, is a native of Korea who works in various media. She was awarded a Jentel Artist Residency Fellowship and an Artist-in-Residence at Anderson Ranch Arts Center. Recent exhibitions include Roanoke College in VA, CAC-North Adams, MA, Central Wyoming College in WY, Walsh Gallery in Chicago, the 16th Seoul Space International Print Biennial in Korea and 2002 Colorprint USA. Her prints are in the collection of Arkansas State University and the Museum of Texas Tech University.Label Type
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"Re-interpreting the Middle East II: Artists Re-thinking
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Organizer: May Hariri Aboutaam
Re-interpreting the Middle East is a print exchange and a thematic portfolio that is a foundation for a discussion on paper. It functions as an abstraction of behavior (artistic, cultural and social level) and increases the individual understanding of a particular issue by creating the environment for an interactive and thriving community.
This collection furthers the groupís interest to explore the infinite world of terms referring to misrepresentations about the Middle East. This stigmatized Middle East is under a large campaign of invented new terminology some of it action based and some of it descriptive such as: Islam-phobia, the new world, re-create, re-structure, re-map, re-organize all in the name of democratization. Each artist is asked to seek visual representations of these terms within his/her background and experiences.
List of participants:
May Hariri Aboutaam, Sadik Alfraji, Samia Allaw, Sama Alshaibi, Stephanie Bacon, Heather Bryant, Dina Charara, Chaouki Chamoun, Youmna Chlala, Matthew J. Egan, Gordon Fluke, Annie Gedicks, Samina Iqbal, Hiba Kalache, Ina Kaur, Zusan Khayrallah, Scott Ludwig, Heather Muise, Candace Nicol, Andrew Polk, Kathryn Reeves, Jeffrey Rollins, Annie Ross, Farouk Saad, Nada shalaby, Ozlem Silverstein, Sylvia Taylor, Melanie walker, Sue Wilson, Melanie Yazzie, Ala younis, Sang Mi Yoo. Stacy Elko, Elizabeth Klimek and Delita Martin."