M.A. Ceramics Art, California State University Fullerton, CA, USA
M.A. Korean Art History, Hong Ik University, South Korea
B.A. English Literature, Ewha Women’s University, South Korea

2025 KAWAA EK Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2024 KAWAA, Shatto Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2024 Tong-In Gallery store, Seoul, Korea
2023 Nokmee “Harmony in Art”, 1st Gallery OC, Anaheim, CA
2023 Generations of Clay, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA
2023 KAWAA, EK Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022  KAWAA Exhibition, Muckenthaler gallery, Fullerton, CA
2021  COVID 19 Beyond the Time, Lee & Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021  San Diego Museum of Art Juried Summer Exhibition Virtual Gallery, San Diego, CA
2020  Color, Language of Heart (마음의 언어, 컬러), KCC Gallery, NJ
2020  The Language of Color, Gallery Elim, Astoria, NY
2020  “Nestle into Nature/Movements Seeking Balance”, Muckenthaler C.C., Fullerton, CA
2019   Celebration of Clay “Many Hands, Many Ways”, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2018   LA Artcore Brewery, Los Angeles, CA
2017   “Echoes of Buncheong Ceramics”, Nikkei Museum, Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton, CA
2017   “Echoes of Buncheong Ceramics”, Culture & Art Center, Yong-In, South Korea
2017    Nokmijun, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA
2017   “California Palms”, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA
2016   Solo Show, City Hall of Irvine , Irvine, CA
2016   Cultural Identity, Korean Cultural Center Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2016   MENTORS & MILESTONES Blinc 20/20, NCECA, Kansas City, Missouri
2016    Showcase Gallery, Orange County Fine Art, Santa Ana, CA
2015   Retrospective Exhibition Muckenthaler Cultural Center 50^th anniv., Fullerton, CA
2014   “Meet and Greet”, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA
2013   Icheon: Reviving Korean Ceramics Tradition, AMOCA, Pomona, CA
2013   International  Buncheong Exchange Exhibition, Gyeonggi Provincial Museum, Korea
2013   “The Lasting Beauty of  Buncheong Pottery”, Arboretum Museum, Fullerton, CA
2013   John Wayne Airport, Irvine, CA
2012   Lynn J Galley Invitation, Buena Park, CA
2012   Korean Cultural Center(Somang Gallery), Los Angeles, CA
2011   International Exchange Art Exhibition, Yong-In, Korea
2010   Solo Show, Lee & Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA,
2010   Intl Exchange exhibition with Yong-in, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA
2009   Beatrice Wood Center, Ojai, CA
2008   “Paper & Clay” Shy Rabbit Gallery, Pagosa Springs, CO
2007   “21+Kindred Currents In Clay” Lee & Lee Gallery, Los Angeles
2006   “Clay in California” Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA
2005   “Clay & Glass” Grand Central Art Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
2003   World Ceramic Biennale, Icheon, Korea
2003   Cheong Ju International Craft Biennale, Cheong Ju, Korea
2003   Solo Show, Hanmi Cultural & Education Center, Anaheim, CA
2003    “Clay in 2003” Korean Cultural Center, LA. CA
2002   The Brewery Fall  2002 Artwalk,  LA, CA
2002   “From  Stoneware to Porcelain” Fallbrook, CA
2001   Biennial Orange County Juried Exhibition, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA
2000   Solo Show, Hand & Mind Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2000   “Clay Workers” Whittier Art Gallery, Whittier, CA

Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA (2006-2024)
California State Univ. San Bernardino, Summer workshop (2013-2015)
Adjunct Faculty, N. Orange County Community College District (2007-2014)
Outreach Project w/grant by Kenneth Picerne Foundation (2011-2012)
Mudd Art Institute, Fullerton, CA (2003-2006)

Fullerton/Yong-in, Korea    International Ceramics Exchange Exhibition (2013, 2017)
“Across the Pacific”, International Ceramics Exhibition, Fullerton, CA (2007)

American Museum of Ceramic Art. Pomona, CA USA
Yong-in City Hall, Yong-in, South Korea
Dae Sun Flour Mill Co., Seoul, South Korea
Irvine City Hall, Irvine, CA, USA
Ewha Girls High School, Seoul, South Korea
KICB(Korea International Ceramic Biennale) 2003, Icheon, South Korea

LA Times OC: “Ceramicists take on loss of communication at Muckenthaler exhibit highlighting Korean contemporary art”
LA Times: “Muckenthaler draws Korean American artists close with ‘Embrace’ exhibition”
S. CASA: “Poetry Molded in Clay, Ceramist Young Shin Kim”
The Korea Daily: “Admittance as a permanent collection at AMOCA”
The Korea Times: ” ‘천년 숨결’ 한국 도자기를 찾아”
Video: “Korean Pottery: Story of a Thousand Years, Episode 2”
Video: “Movement Seeking Balance”
Video: “Rediscovery of Korean Ceramics” (한국 도자기 재발견)