SAN DIEGO, CA.- “Cerca”— a Spanish word that refers to things nearby and the process of bringing them closer— is the title of the continuing exhibition series at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego’s downtown location. In collaboration with MCASD’s TNT (Thursday Night Thing) program, the goal of the Cerca Series is to open the doors of the museum to new art, new people, and new experiences. ¡Rompe las cercas y acercate! (Break down the barriers and come on in!) In Cerca Series: Yunhee Min—on display July 3 through August 21, 2005—the Los Angeles–based artist creates work by juxtaposing color and form in disarming and fascinating ways. While evoking the aspirations of 1960s Minimalism, her works are unique and rigorous in their relationship to 21st century dialogues regarding painting, sculpture, installation, architecture, and design. Each of her works explores the possibilities of the space it inhabits. Min describes her work as "a hybrid of painting, installation, and architectural intervention." She creates a subtle shift in a given environment, altering surfaces with color and architectural spaces with the spatial configurations of her installations to produce both a visual and physical experience for the viewer. “My investigation is concerned with the relationship of the individual to a given space, specifically the way in which the relationship is mediated by surface/color and architectural/spatial configurations.” Min's attention to the push/pull effects of public and private space also imbues her work with thought-provoking sociological propositions.

Min was born in Seoul, Korea, and moved to Los Angeles when she was ten years old. She received her Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, and studied in Germany at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. Min has been featured in solo exhibitions at ACME Gallery in Los Angeles; James Harris Gallery in Seattle; Plug In, Winnipeg; and Sala Diaz in San Antonio. She has also been included in several major group exhibitions, including Snap Shot at the UCLA Hammer Museum in Los Angeles (2001); KOREAMERICAKOREA at the Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art in Seoul (2000); Shimmer at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (2000); and After the Goldrush at Thread Waxing Space in New York (1999).