Yee, Sookyung | 48 Artworks at Auction

Yee Sookyung

Korean | 1963

Yee Sookyung is a Korean Asian Modern & Contemporary sculptor who was born in 1963. Their work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Locks Gallery in Philadelphia. Numerous key galleries and museums such as SeMA Seoul Museum of Art have featured Yee Sookyung's work in the past.Yee Sookyung's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 113 USD to 48,479 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2011 the record price for this artist at auction is 48,479 USD for Translated Vase Baby Elephant, sold at Seoul Auction in 2024. Yee Sookyung has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for ArtDaily in May 2025.

Artist's alternative names: Yee Sook-Yung , Yeesookyung

At Auction

Notable Lots

Translated Vase ,2015

By Yee Sookyung

-31%

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Translated Vase ,2008

By Yee Sookyung

Translated Vase ,2016

By Yee Sookyung

-21%

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Recent Auction Results

Translated Vase 29

By Yee Sookyung

+89%

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Translated Ceramics ,2008

By Yee Sookyung

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Translated Vase Baby Elephant - Yee Sookyung

Translated Vase Baby Elephant ,2011

By Yee Sookyung

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Current Exhibitions

Talking Heads

SeMA Seoul Museum of Art

Jung-gu | Seoul | South Korea

May 01,2025 - Jul 06,2025

Tea Party

Locks Gallery

Washington Square | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | USA

Jun 03,2025 - Jul 11,2025

Conversations II

Esther Schipper, Seoul

Yongsan-gu | Seoul | South Korea

May 27,2025 - Jul 12,2025

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Articles

ArtDaily 27/05/2025

Esther Schipper Seoul presents a two-person exhibition titled Conversations II featuring Prabhavathi Meppayil and Yeesookyung.

Hyperallergic 09/05/2025

From lesser-known Meret Oppenheim works to Anna Weyant鈥檚 jewel-box paintings, this over-the-top New York fair is rich with gems waiting to be discovered.

ArtDaily 23/03/2025

The 14th edition of the Taipei Biennial, titled Whispers on the Horizon, brings together 54 artists from 35 cities worldwide.

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Coverage

鈥� ..By allowing these newly configured ceramics to depart from the bounds of their native Korean ceramic cultures, Yeesookyung's transformation of their form yields to a translation into the experimental and... 鈥�
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Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo

鈥� ..But despite this sometimes light-hearted play with multiple allusions, an austere sense of spirituality is conserved at the very heart of Yeesookyung's work... 鈥�
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Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo

鈥� ..Yeesookyung has likened this way of drawing to bowing in penitence or prayer, and perhaps some spiritual energy may be evinced by the pulsations and wave lengths emanating from the bronzed flames... 鈥�
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Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo