KELLY  H.  PAIK  

Dr. Kelly H. Paik is a Seattle based artist.  After a career as a journalist & producer for a National, Korean Broadcasting Systems in Seoul, Korea, she came to US for higher education.  After receiving Doctoral degree in Mass Communication at Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, she moved on to an academic career as a Professor at the University of Oklahoma teaching and research in Mediated Communications.  In the year 2000, she and her family moved to Seattle, Washington, joined the University of Washington, and then went on the pursue and dedicate herself to Arts.       

Her paintings are often inspired by the physical environment (sea, sky, cloud, land scapes) she lives in, everyday objects that surrounds her, fused with her past images and memories.   Her paintings are derived from intuition, memory, and direct observation.  Living in Seattle with its beautiful nature where there are waters (Sound) and mountains everywhere she looks, she paints what impresses her and naturally demand pause and close examination.  Shapes, colors, textures mesmerizes her - be it nature, or still life objects that she collects.  That is the theme of her paintings.

 

 

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• 2009-2010  November 15 - January 7  Rosen Gallery, Seattle, WA

• 2009   June 15 – July 15    Steele Gallery, Seattle, WA

• 2008   November 1 - December 12  New Voices  Rosen Gallery, Seattle, WA

• 2008   June 20 – July 14    Steele Gallery, Seattle, WA

• 2007   June 15 – July 30    Steele Gallery, Seattle, WA

• 2006   June 15 – July 30    Steele Gallery, Seattle, WA

• 2005   August   Magnolia Summer Festival Art Show, 2005, Magnolia, Seattle, WA

• 2005   June  The City of Normandy Park Art Festival, Normandy Park, WA

 

AWARDS

• First Place Winner, Still Life: 16th Annual Best of Gage, Juried Art Exhibition & Competition: Gage Academy of Art, June 2008: Guest Juror Billy Howard, Howard House Gallery, Seattle, Washington.

• First Place Winner, Landscape: 15^th Annual Best of Gage, Juried Art Exhibition & Competition: Gage Academy of Art (formerly the Seattle Academy of Fine Art), June, 2007: Guest Juror Lisa Harris, Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington.  

• Second Place Winner, Landscape: 14^th Annual Best of Gage, Juried Art Exhibition & Competition: Gage Academy of Art (formerly the Seattle Academy of Fine Art), June 2006: Guest Juror Greg Kucera, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, Washington.