Yong Sook Kim-Lambert was born and grew up in Seoul, South Korea. She earned a B.F.A. at Hong- Ik University in Seoul, a university famous for the quality of its art department. In the years following her graduation, she taught art and started her career as a professional artist. She entered several exhibits and received awards, including the award for most promising young talent at an exhibit in Kyoto, Japan, in 1986. 
She met her husband François (also a teacher at Grier) in 1986 while he was teaching in Korea. They founded a family and moved to Canada where Mrs. Lambert pursued her career as a painter and completed several post-graduate courses. In the years since then, she has spent time traveling in several countries, such as Japan, France, and Indonesia - experiences which have helped to shape both the person and the artist. These experiences make her an asset in an environment as diverse as that of the Grier School.
Mrs. Lambert joined the Grier School in 2001 and has since taught watercolor, weaving/fiber art (batik). Also, she has led three annual two-week trips to Paris over our Spring break. She loves the ethnic diversity and the intimate setting of the Grier community where she tries to act as a catalyst in the production of creative works of art by young women.
Most recently she was awarded The Artist's Magazine and Watercolor Magic Magazine Prize at the "American Watercolor Society" and the Monarch Litho Award at the "National Watercolor Society". Her work is represented in private and public collections, such as Ottawa's House of Commons in the Canadian capital, Loto-Quebec's permanent collection, and the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art in Pennsylvania.
You can email Yong Sook directly by clicking here.
Below are some examples of the works of art by Mrs. Kim-Lambert.
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