1924 Born in South Korea
1943, 1944 While at Tokyo Women’s Art College, for two years in a row, her paintings were accepted to the Korean National Exhibition
1944 Graduated from Tokyo Women’s Art College with a major in Oriental Painting
1946 Began teaching at Kwangju Girls’ High School, her alma mater
1952 Exhibited the painting “The State of Life” in Busan during the Korean war, which brought her national attention
1954 Appointed as professor at Hong-Ik University
1955 Received the Presidential Award at the Korean Art Association Exhibition
1971 Received the Seoul City Cultural Award
1963, 1965 Exhibited in Nishimura and Ito Galleries in Tokyo
1957-1995 Held numerous one-person exhibitions in Korea, including the retrospective at the Ho-Am Art Hall, which is run by Samsung, in Seoul in 1995
1955-1995 Published more than a dozen volumes of writing, including her autobiography, entitled, The 49thPage of My Sorrowful Legend.
1969-late 1990’s Traveled to many different parts of the world, including France, Tahiti, Hawai’i, Key West, Jamaica, Senegal, Uganda, and England, and created colorful and dynamic sketches
1978 Selected as a member of the Korean National Academy of Arts