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Asia Art Archive
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A dialogue about the work and experiences of artist Il Lee with AAA Chair Jane DeBevoise, Director of Art Projects International Jung Lee Sanders and AAA-A Project Coordinator Ali Van on the occasion of the exhibition Representation/Abstraction in Korean Artin the Korea Gallery of the Metropolitan Museum of Art [Nov. 23, 2010 – Mar. 20, 2011].
Jane DeBevoise (JD): Congratulations on the exhibition of your work at the Metropolitan Museum and thank you for meeting with us. I thought we could start by talking a little about your education in Korea. I understand that you went to university and attained an undergraduate degree in art, but the preparations necessary for entrance into a university in Korea were extremely rigorous, so you had six years of junior high school at which time you also worked with a famous Korean artist. Can you talk about your training prior to college?
Il Lee (IL): Entering college in Korea is different from entering college here in the United States. We studied history, English and Korean, and we also had to build our drawing skills. It was very competitive – the preparation time was formal – I also had to make several drawings and watercolors or oil paintings for the examination, during which time we
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Sundaram Tagore Room, New Dynasty, Chelsea
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Mizuma Art Heading, Tokyo
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Jane Kim
American politician
For the American artist, see Jane Kim (artist).
Jane Jungyon Kim[1] (born July 9, 1977) is an American attorney and politician, and the first Korean American elected official in San Francisco. She represented San Francisco's District 6 on the Board of Supervisors between 2011 and 2019.[2] She is a member of the San Francisco's Democratic County Central Committee.[3] She is executive director of the California Working Families Party.[4]
Prior to her election to the Board of Supervisors, Kim was a member and then president of the San Francisco Board of Education.[2] In 2016, she ran for the 11th California State Senate District, but lost to Scott Wiener in a run-off election after finishing first place in the primary. She was a candidate for mayor in the 2018 San Francisco mayoral election, finishing third with 24.03% of the first-round vote.[5]
She was the California political director and national regional political director for Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign.[6]
Early life and education
[edit]Jane Kim was born in Manhattan on July 9, 1977,[7] to South Korean parents who immigrated to the U.S. from Seoul in 1971.[2]
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