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Born
in 1940 in Seoul, South Korea, Sung began
to exhibit his artistic talents early in childhood.
Beginning in grade school, Sung entered and
won various art contests by displaying his
creativity and artistic imagination. He decided
to pursue his passion for art and graduated with
honors from Seorabol Art College in Seoul.
Later he opened his own studio and worked
as an illustrator for various magazines and
children’s books.
Sung’s artistic abilities were acknowledged
when he was awarded the Grand Prize in an
art competition by the Minister of Culture in
South Korea and the Gold Medal prize in the
art competition given by the Mayor of Seoul.
He traveled throughout Europe before
immigrating to the United States in 1980.
For the last 20 years, Sung has worked with
various fine art galleries and has produced over
400 original landscape paintings. Sung is
represented by many galleries and has sold his
paintings to people from all over the world.
Sung Kim is published and licensed exclusively
by Bentley Publishing Group in Walnut Creek,
California.
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