James SOE NYUN*
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solo and featured exhibitions |
2007
- "Help MoPA Buy This Print," a "1-print-exhibition," Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego.
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2003
- Detritus, an installation. Sierra Club Larry Dumlao Gallery, San Diego and Bookstore Window, San Diego.
- California Republic, an installation. Sierra Club Larry Dumlao Gallery and Bookstore Window, San Diego.
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2001
- RE: Sushi, A Retooling, by Efishix Corporation, Efficiency Consultants. Sushi Performance and Visual Art, San Diego, California. (Collaborative exhibition and performance with Brian Goeltzenleuchter)
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2000
- Destructive Testing/Engineered Food. Houston Center for Photography.
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1999
- Destructive Testing. Sushi Performance and Visual Art, San Diego, California.
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selected group and juried exhibitions |
2008
- The Photographer's Eye: A Way of Seeing, Museum of Photographic Arts (San Diego, California) (Carol McCusker, curator)
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2007
- Sixteenth Annual Juried Exhibition, Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, California. Arthur Ollman, juror
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2005
- Canon Gallery Juried Biennial Exhibition. William D. Cannon Art Gallery (Carlsbad, California) (Hugh Davies, juror)
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2004
- Wanderers, Travelers, and Adventurers: Photographs from the Permanent Collection. Museum of Photographic Arts (San Diego, California) (Arthur Ollman, curator)
- Thirteenth Annual Juried Exhibition, Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, California. Mark Quint and Reesey Shaw, jurors. (Second Prize)
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2003
- Twelvth Annual Juried Exhibition, Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, California. (Honorable mention)
- America, Second City Council, Long Beach, California.
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2002
- Humor, Gallery Sink, Denver
- Eleventh Annual Juried Exhibition, Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, California. Mark Elliot Lugo and Tina Yapelli, jurors.
- Lifestage. Sushi Performance & Visual Art, San Diego.
- Florals: Masterpieces of Floral Photography, Gallery Sink, Denver
- Yosemite Renaissance XVII, (touring through 2003) Yosemite Museum, Yosemite National Park, California.
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2001
- Ephemeral, California State University, Pomona. Patrick Merrill and Mary Cecile Gee, curators
- Violence, Second City Council, Long Beach, California. Todd Gray, juror. (Third prize)
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2000
- Yosemite Renaissance XV, (touring through 2001) Yosemite Museum, Yosemite National Park, California. Harvey Jones and Roger C. Brit, jurors. (Honorable mention)
- Photography: Past/Present, Student/Staff, Grove Gallery, University of California, San Diego. Chet Wooding, curator.
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1999
- Spectra '99, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, Connecticut. Tom Gitterman, juror.
- A Vision Honored, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, Washington. Linda Connor, juror.
- Eighth Annual Juried Exhibition, Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, California. Diana Gaston and Toby Kamps, jurors.
- Yosemite Renaissance XIV, (touring through 2000) Yosemite Museum, Yosemite National Park, California. Arthur Ollman and Leah Ollman, jurors. (Award, plus Honorable mention )
- National Exposure at Kishwaukee Gallery" (curated selection from "National Exposure") Kishwaukee College Art Gallery, Malta, Illinois. Barbara Thomas, curator.
- National Exposure, A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, Illinois. Colin L. Westerbeck, juror.
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1998
- First Annual Juried Exhibition, Denver Darkroom, Denver, Colorado. Sandy Skoglund, jurror.
- Seventh Annual Juried Exhibition, Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, California. Liz Armstrong and Bonnie Wright, jurors. ( Honorable mention )
- California Works, California State Fair, Sacramento, California. Robin Lasser, jurror. (Award of Merit)
- 2nd Annual California National, 750 Gallery, Sacramento, California. Phil Linhares, jurror. (Second prize)
- Feed, San Francisco Camerawork. Joanne Chen, Stephanie Comer, and Trena Noval, curators.
- Yosemite Renaissance XIII, (touring through 1999) Yosemite Museum, Yosemite National Park, California. Ted Orland and Karen Tsujimoto, jurors.
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1997
- Captured by Light, Sparked by Fire, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, California. Tim B. Wride, juror. (Honorable mention)
- Landscape and Still Life: A New Look, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, California. Carol Goldmark, juror.
- Spectra '97, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, Connecticut. Robert Sobieszek, juror. (Board of Trustees Award (First Prize))
- Sixth Annual Juried Exhibition, Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, California. Leah Ollman and Margaret Porter Troupe, jurors. (Honorable mention)
- The Black and White Exhibit, Long Beach Arts, California. Jim Murray, juror.
- Illuminance '97, Lubbock Fine Arts Center, Texas. Terrence Pitts, juror.
- Global Warning, Galeria Mesa, Mesa, Arizona. Ann Coe, juror.
- Yosemite Renaissance XII, (touring through 1998), Yosemite Museum, Yosemite National Park, California. Arthur Ollman and Karen Tsujimoto, jurors.
- Me, Myself, and . . ., Museum of Arts, Downtown Los Angeles.
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1996
- Member Show, Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies. Fran Seagull, juror.
- 31st Annual Open Exhibition, Fine Arts Institute of the San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, California.
- 41st Annual International Juried Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute, California. Peter Frank, juror.
- Fifth Annual Juried Exhibition, Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, California. David Zapf and Louis Grachos jurors.
- Merged Realities: Special Extended Exhibit, Flandrau Science Center, University of Arizona, Tucson. Gail Hewlett, curator.
- Yosemite Renaissance XI, (touring through 1997), Yosemite Museum, Yosemite National Park, California. Arthur Ollman and Greg Kondos, jurors. ("First Award" (One of two awards after Best of Show))
- Merged Realities: A Synthesis of Art and Science, Central Arts Collective, Tucson, Arizona. Gail Hewlett, curator.
- Photography: 4 Reference Points (4-person show), Grove Gallery, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California.
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1995
- Brand XXV, Brand Library and Galleries, Glendale, California (through January, 1996). Peter Alexander, juror.
- Worth a Thousand Words, Benham Studio-Gallery, Seattle, Washington (Photographic Center School [now Photographic Center Northwest]). Duane Michaels, juror. (First Prize)
- Rethinking the Natural (touring through 1997), Austin Museum of Art at Laguna Gloria (Texas Fine Arts Association). Jon Ippolito, juror.
- Photropolis '95, San Diego Port Commission B-Street Pier Gallery (San Diego Art Institute), California. Diana Gaston and Richard Lou, jurors.
- Yours truly, Grove Gallery, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California. (Jurors' Award)
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1993
- Communicating Cultural Diversity: The Bi-National Challenge (conference and group show), University of San Diego, California.
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publications |
| "El Capitan and Half Dome, Yosemite Valley, after Ansel Adams' ca. 1972 'Clearing Thunderstorm' (Spam and Tofu)" printed with a brief interview in Carolyn Wyman. Spam, a Biography. (San Diego: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1999. A Harvest Original) |
| "Food for Thought." Technology Review, April, 1996. (Winner of Technology Review annual photography competition) |
| Rethinking the Natural. (Austin, Texas: Texas Fine Arts Association, 1995) Essay by Jon Ippolito. (Exhibition catalog) |
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residency |
| 1997-98 |
Artist-In-Residence, Yosemite National Park.
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collections |
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |
Museum of Photographic Arts (San Diego) |
| Sushi Performance & Visual Art |
| Yosemite Museum |
| Private and corporate collections |
vita
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| 1991-98 |
Photographic studies with Ruth Wallen, Richard Lou, Chet Wooding, Alan Decker, and Michael Oletta. Workshops with Mark Klett, Len Jenshel, Dan Burkholder |
| 1983 |
M.A., Music -- University of California, San Diego (Composition emphasis) |
| 1980 |
B.A., Music -- University of California, Riverside |
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music stuff
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| 2002 |
| Guest performer with Touch Me Hear in performance of a trio realization of my 1980 Solo for a string player (San Diego Mesa College) |
| 1998 |
| Piano soloist, Rhapsody in Blue with the Hillcrest Wind Ensemble. |
| Commission by University of California, San Diego Carilloneur to compose Mingun, a piece for carillon in celebration of Homecoming, 1998. |
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