2011 Doctor of Education, (art and art education), Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, USA
2005 M.F.A. (painting and printmaking), Department of Painting and Printmaking, School of Art, Yale University, New Haven, USA (Fulbright Award for Graduate Study in the United States)
2001 B.F.A. (painting), Department of Painting, College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Yewon School, Seoul Art High School, Seoul, Korea

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2024 Yetae Museum, Life is Vibrant: Painting Strokes, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Chilgok County*
2023 Superior Gallery, Dreamscape, Seoul, Korea
2022 Banyan Tree, Sangbin IM: Mindscape, Seoul, Korea
2022 Government Buildings Management Office, a Variety of Ideas Growing Together, Seoul, Korea
2022 Gallery Now, Sangbin IM: Strokes, Seoul, Korea
2021 Soul Art Space, Sangbin IM: Structures, Busan, Korea
2021 Severance Art Space, Sangbin IM: Viewpoints, Seoul, Korea
2019 RYAN LEE Gallery, Sangbin IM: AI/IM, New York, USA
2019 Soul Art Space, Sangbin IM: Artificiality, Busan, Korea
2017 Soul Art Space, Sangbin IM: Energia, Busan, Korea
2016 RYAN LEE Gallery, Sangbin IM: Collection, New York, USA
2015 Soul Art Space, Sangbin IM: Mapping, Busan, Korea
2014 Soul Art Space, Antarctica, Busan, Korea
2013 RYAN LEE Gallery, Sangbin IM: Spectacle, New York, USA
2012 Soul Art Space, In the City, Busan, Korea
2010 Mary Ryan Gallery, Sangbin IM: Confluence, New York, USA
2010 PKM Trinity Gallery, Sangbin IM: Encounter, Seoul, Korea
2008 Gallery Sun Contemporary, Sangbin IM: Recent Works, Seoul, Korea
2008 L2kontemporary Gallery, Sangbin IM: Recent Work, LA, USA
2008 Walter Randel Gallery, Recent Works, New York, USA
2008 MeatMarket gallery, Naturing, Washington DC, USA*
2007 Miki Wick Kim Contemporary Art, Sangbin Im, Zurich, Switzerland
2007 Janet Oh Gallery, Dreamscape, Seoul, Korea
2006 Cristinerose Gallery, Sangbin IM Photographs, New York, USA
2006 Gana Art Center, Sangbin IM & NEWSCAPE, Seoul, Korea
2005 Zone Chelsea Center for the Arts, Body I City I History, New York, USA
2003 Sungkok Art Museum, Hybrid, Seoul, Korea*
2002 Gallery Sun & Moon, Hybrid Scape, Seoul, Korea*
2002 Indeco Cafe Gallery, The Body Trace, Seoul, Korea*
2002 Gallery Boda, Scanned Land, Seoul, Korea*
2001 Gallery People, Analogital, Seoul, Korea
* two persons exhibition

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023

Samgaksan Seoul Citizens Hall Building 1 & 2, Beyond the Seasons, Seoul, Korea (curator)

2022

Government Buildings Management Office, As Bright As It Gets, Seoul, Korea (curator)
Government Buildings Management Office, The Magic of Personification, Seoul, Korea (curator)
Museum1, Technique of Healing, Busan, Korea

2021

Chungmu Art Hall, Junggu Cultural Foundation, The Future of Holocene, Seoul, Korea
Government Buildings Management Office, Flowers: the View of the World, Seoul, Korea (curator)
Samtan Art Center, Ari Samtoh, & Gangwon Land High1 Resort, Observe Dependent Originations over Space & Time, Jungsun, Korea

2020

National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Artists in Their Times: Korean Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
Art Center Art Moment, Unfolding, Seoul, Korea  

2019

Kimchungup Architecture Museum, The Memory of Space, Anyang city, Korea
Hanwon Museum of Art, Mentor Mentee, Seoul, Korea  

2018

Jungnang Art Center, Reste, Seoul, Korea
Sehwa Museum of Art, Wonder City, Seoul, Korea 

2017

National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Samramansang: from KIM Whanki to YANG Fudong, Seoul, Korea
PohangCulture & Arts Center, Adelante, Pohang, Korea 

2016

K Museum of Contemporary Art, Lobbyist, Seoul, Korea
Daegu Culture and Arts Center, Daegu Photo Biennale, We are from somewhere, but where are we going?, Daegu, Korea
Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, The Discovery of Space, Ansan City, Korea
Dangjin Culture& Art Center, Architecture Translated, Dangjin-gun, Chungcheognam-do, Korea

2015

Artium Museum, The Trick in the Smile, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
63 Sky Art Museum, a Glorious Dream, Seoul, Korea
Museum of Art Seoul National University, Sublime Masochism, Seoul, Korea

2014

Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Cross Genre, Ansan City, Korea
Museum of Sungshin University, Perceving a human Touch, Seoul, Korea
Museo Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat, Simultaneous Echoes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Art Basel-Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

2013

National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, The Eyes of Photography, Gwacheon, Korea

2012

Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Art Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Pier 94, The Armory Show, New York, USA

2011

Seoul Museum of Art, GoEun Museum of Photography, & Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Cross Scape, Seoul, Busan & Wanju-gun, Korea
Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul Photo Festival, Seoul, Korea
Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Art Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Kind Contemporary Art, Ansan City, Korea

2010

Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, 1072 Society Exhibition, Auburn, USA
Seoul Arts Center, Cross-cultural Visions, Seoul, Korea
Daegu Culture and Arts Center, Daegu Photo Biennale 2010: tru(E)motion, Daegu, Korea

2009

Garden 5, Seoul International Photography Festival 2009, Seoul, Korea
ICAM IE-YOUNG Contemporary Art Museum, Antipodes, Yongin-City, Korea
Messe Basel, the Swiss Exhibition Center, Art 40 Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Pier 94, The Armory Show, New York, USA
Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Another Masterpiece, Ansan City, Korea

2008

Yeosu Cultural Center, Garden of Delights, 2008 Yeosu international Art Festival, Yeosu, Korea
Messe Basel, the Swiss Exhibition Center, Art 39 Basel, Basel, Switzerland

2007

Soka art center Taipei, Soka art center Beijing, beyond language-China Japan Korea Multimedia exhibition, Taipei City, TaiwanBeijing, China
Changwon Culture and Arts Center, peach flower, apricot flower, Changwon, Korea

2006

Pacific Asia Museum, Banquet: A Feast for the Senses, Pasadena, USA
Seoul Museum of Art, Media_City Seoul Biennale 2006, Seoul, Korea

2005

Seoul Museum of Art, Walking by Cheonggyechun, Seoul, Korea
Shanghai Zendai MoMA, ElectroScape, Shanghai, China
Seoul Museum of Art, Gyeongheegung Palace Annex, Namseoul Annex, Seoul Exhibition of Young Artists, Seoul, Korea

2004

Art Museum of Woo Jae Gil, Self-Scape, Gwangju, Korea
Kimmel Center, Ism Gala, New York, USA

2003

Seoul Arts Center, Power of the Color, Seoul, Korea
Seoul Museum of Art, People Who Walk On Water, Seoul, Korea
Hongik University Museum of Contemporary Art, New illusion, Seoul, Korea
Daegu Citizen Hall, New Frontier, Daegu, Korea

2002

Seoul Museum of Art, Media_City Seoul Biennale 2002, Seoul, Korea
Museum of Seoul National University, Bodies & Clothes, Seoul, Korea
Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Osaka Museum of Modern Art, & Iwate Prefectural Museum of Art, The Color of Korea, Japan
Seoul Museum of Art, The Color of Korea, Korea

2001

Museum of Seoul National University, History & Consciousness, Dokdo, Seoul, Korea

Selected Publications

2023 Sangbin IM, Artistic Face and Emotional Control (Pakyoungsa)
2022 Sangbin IM, Art Methodology (Pakyoungsa)
2020 Sangbin IM, Artistic Emotional Control (Pakyoungsa)
2020 Sangbin IM, Art Dreams Us (Maronie Books)
2020 Sangbin IM, Artistic Face Book (Pakyoungsa)
2019 Sangbin IM, the Artist's View of the World (Pakyoungsa)
2019 Sangbin IM, Artistic Humanities & Insights (Maronie Books)
1995 Sangbin IM, Being in Reality: In Ruins (Munhak Tongsin)

Selected Collections

National Museum of Contemporary Art (Gwacheon, Korea)
Seoul Museum of Art (Seoul, Korea)
North Carolina Museum of Art (Raleigh, USA)
Gyeonggido Museum of Art (Ansan, Korea)
The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Arts (Alabama, USA)
Artium museum (Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain)
Museum of Seoul National University (Seoul, Korea)
Art Bank, National Museum of Contemporary Art (Gwacheon, Korea)
Government Art Bank, National Museum of Contemporary Art (Gwacheon, Korea)
The Fulbright Commission, Korean-American Educational Commission (Seoul, Korea)
West Collection (Pennsylvania, USA)
Korea-ASEAN Center (Seoul, Korea)
Pakyoung Scholarship Cultural Foundation (Seoul, Korea)
Contemporary Literature (Hyndae Munhak) (Seoul, Korea)
Sidaeinjae (Seoul, Korea)
Hearst Tower (New York, USA)
University Hospitals of Cleveland (Ohio, USA)
Canon U.S.A. Headquarters (New York, USA)
Deutsche Bank Kunst (Hong Kong, China)
UBS (Zurich, Switzerland)
Bank of Singapore Centre (Sydney, Australia)
Uri Bank (Seoul, Korea)
AT&T Headquarters (Texas, USA)
Museum of Sungshin Women’s University (Seoul, Korea)
The Department of Clinical Psychology and Counseling, Teachers College, Columbia University (New York, USA)
Elisa Monte Dance (New York)
Sullivan and Cromwell (New York, USA)
DLA Piper (New York, USA)
Willkie Farr & Gallagher, LLP. (New York, USA)
Quinn Emanuel Urguhart & Sullivan, LLP. (Los Angeles, USA)
Walkerhill hotel (Seoul, Korea)
Intercontinental Hotel (Seoul, Korea)
Lakai Sandpine Resort (Gangneung, Korea)
Shoes or No Shoes Museum (Kruishoutem, Belgium)