Sangmi Yoo: Dream a little dream of me
October 29 @ 8:00 am - December 5 @ 5:00 pm
Sangmi Yoo: Dream a little dream of me is on view in the Upper Traylor Gallery from October 29 through December 5, 2025. Sangmi Yoo will give an artist talk at the exhibition’s opening reception on Wednesday, October 29, at 5:00pm in the Upper Traylor Gallery in the Rogers-Traylor Art Building. All are welcome; no RSVP required. For more information, visit our Events page.
The installation and prints in Sangmi Yoo: Dream a little dream of me originate from her research, gleaned from the Huntington Museum’s William Morris Co. collection and her studies on labor in the history of textile printing. She brings us back to the nineteenth-century frenzy over printed cotton with floral motifs in English households, the popular Chintz imports from India, and the subsequent arrival of the English textile revolution. Yoo’s personal memory also reflects on the women workers in textile factories of the 1970s who contributed to the rapid economic development of post-war South Korea.
Born in South Korea, Yoo’s recent work has considered the often-problematic cultural representations of botanic gardens. Her print installations combine various digital, traditional, and post-digital printmaking techniques. Awards for her work include a Denbo Fellowship from Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, an AHL Foundation’s Visual Arts Prize, and a Puffin Foundation Artist Grant. She has exhibited in venues, such as Lucca Biennale Cartasia 2024 in Lucca, Italy, MOCA Jacksonville in Florida, the American University Museum in Washington DC, Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, the Museum of Printing History in Houston, the Moonshin Museum in South Korea, the Gyeongnam International Art Festival in South Korea and the Pacific Rim International Print Exhibition in Christchurch, New Zealand.