Yumi Hogan given name Yumi
Early life
Yumi Kim was born on December 25, 1959, in Naju, South Korea. Kim is the youngest of eight children and grew up on a chicken farm in the rural South Jeolla Province. Kim immigrated to the United States with her first husband while in her twenties.Career and education
Hogan is an artist. Following encouragement from her husband, she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting degree from Maryland Institute College of Art in 2008 and a Master of Fine Arts degree from American University in 2010.Hogan's artwork, primarily abstract landscapes in Sumi ink on Korean Hanji paper, has been shown locally and around the world. Twenty-seven of her abstract landscape paintings were featured at an art show at the Ocean City Center for the Arts in July 2017, with sales proceeds from her exhibit donated to art therapy programs for pediatric cancer patients. In late 2017, Hogan launched an art therapy program at the University of Maryland Children's Hospital via her Yumi C.A.R.E.S Foundation.Her work was featured at an exhibition in May and June 2019 by the University of Maryland University College Arts Program, in which it was described as blending Maryland and Korean landscapes.As First Lady of Maryland, Hogan has continued to teach as an adjunct faculty member at her alma mater, Maryland Institute College of Art.In 2016, Hogan had a gallery showing of paintings inspired by her husband's cancer diagnosis and recovery.
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