Education
MFA School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Ceramics, Chicago, IL 2015
MFA Graduate School of Arts in Ceramics, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea 2006
BFA Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics & Glass, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea 2004
Selected One Person Exhibitions
2020 Indiana University Northwest School of the Arts Gallery, Gary, IN(Upcoming)
2019 Curly Tale Fine Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
2018 Visiting Artist Gallery, Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, IL
2016 Dittmar Memorial Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
2015 Demo Project Gallery, Springfield, IL
Chicago Urban Art Society, Chicago, IL
Brincka Gallery, Lubeznik Art Center, Michigan City, IN
North Riverside Park Mall, North Riverside, IL
2014 KC Art Gallery, Kishwaukee College, Malta, IL
Robert F DeCaprio Art Gallery, Moraine Valley College, Palos Hills, IL
2011 Sindang Creative Arcade, Seoul, Korea
2008 Max L. Gatov Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2007 Merlino Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Werby Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2006 California State University, Long Beach, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions (Only 2018-2013)
2019 Korean Culture Art Center, KCC Art Gallery, Wheeling, IL
Wonderfully Weird Wonders, Curly Tale Fine Art, Chicago IL
2018 The Incongruous Body, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA
Critters, Artless Bastard Gallery, De Pere, WI
Make Believe , Curly Tale Fine Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
Assemblages, Giant Robot, Los Angeles, CA
Indiana University East 40th Annual Whitewater Valley Art Competition, Richmond, IN
The Interiors Show, Happy Gallery, Chicago, IL
CKAAA Interchange Art Exhibition with Artwork Korea, KCC Art Gallery, Wheeling, IL
A Promise of an Acorn. Brushwood Center, Riverwoods, IL
Strange Imaginations & Oter Perplexing Wonders, Artspace Gallery, Elgin, IL
2018 Original Senses, KCC Art Gallery, Wheeling, IL
Food Glorious Food, Art Center Highland Park, Highland Park, IL
Wonderfully Weird Wonders, Curly Tale Fine Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
The Emergent Garden, Gallery 1070, Chicago, IL
Spring Exhibition, Artpie Gallery, Waukegan, IL
Mental Lapse, Faux Pas Gallery, Rochelle, IL
2017 Heads Up, ARC Contemporary Fine Art, Cottonwood, AZ
2016 About and In-between, Prack-sis Gallery, Chicago, IL
Designed+Crafted, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA
The Little Things, Zhou B. Art Center, Chicago, IL
2015 Outlook, Gallery 19, Chicago, IL
SAIC MFA Show, Sullivan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Wavelengths, Giant Robot 2, Los Angeles, CA
Hungry Like the Wolf, LeRoy Neiman Center, Chicago, IL
Nature & Meaning of Utopias (Team Lion VS Gorilla), Hairpin Arts Center, Chicago, IL
2014 Apocalypse Salon, Kane Country Chronicle Gallery, Batavia, IL
Recent Works, Robert T. Wright Gallery, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL
Inspired Art, Jackson Junge Gallery, IL
2014 EMA Exhibitions / Best of Show, Morpho Gallery, Chicago, IL
Gravity, FLATS Studio Gallery, Chicago , IL
Animal Instincts, Studio 659 Gallery, Whiting, IN
Shapes of Influence l Contemporary Ceramics,
Springfield Art Association, M.G. Nelson Family Gallery, Springfield, IL
22nd Evanston + Vicinity Biennial, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
Art Gathering: Sculptors Connect,
Visual Arts Gallery, Governors State University, University Park, IL
Mixed Media Exhibition, Elephant Room Gallery, Chicago, IL
Art and the Urban Garden, Lillstreet Gallery, Chicago, IL
American Craft Exhibition, Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
Contemporary Ceramics International Biannual-Clay and Context,
Halcyon Art Gallery, Terre Haute, IN
Minute Musings, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
Earth Day Artifacts Show, Culture Stock, Aurora, IL
Emerging Artist Exhibition, Morpho Gallery, Chicago, IL
Art 2 Go, Hairpin Arts Center, Chicago , IL
Pierogi Festival, Whiting, IN
Right Brain Project, Providing a visual/ aural counterpoint of the
production of Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost, RBP Theatre Gallery, Chicago. IL
2013 Selected Georgia Artists Show, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
Anything Goes Art Exhibition, Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL
Annual Oliver Brown Art Show, Cornerstone Art Gallery, Whiting, IN
The Emerging Artists Exhibition, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA
Cumming FUMC Festival of Arts, Cumming First United Methodist Church, Cumming, GA
Southwork 18th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition,
Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA
Selective Projects
2016 Arts Moves Des Plaines Pop-Up Gallery,
Des Plaines Arts Council and the City of Des Plaines, Des Plaines, IL
Hambridge Art Auction and Field Experiment Gala, Goat Farm Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
2014 Art 2 Go, Hairpin Arts Center, Chicago , IL
Pierogi Festival, Whiting, IN
Right Brain Project, Providing a visual/ aural counterpoint of the
Production of Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost, RBP Theatre Gallery, Chicago. IL
Selective Lecture and Rrsidency (Only 2016-2010)
2018 Artist Talk, Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, IL
Lecture, Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, IL
2014 Artist Talk, KC Art Gallery, Kishwaukee College, Malta, IL
Artist Talk, Moraine Valley College, Palos Hills, IL
Lecture, 17th Korean Graduate Student Community, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2012 Workshop Instructor / Lecture, Artist in CSULB Summer Intensive Workshop
California State University, Long Beach, CA
2011 Residency, Sindang Creative Arcade, Seoul, Korea
2010 Workshop Instructor / Lecture, Artist in CSULB Summer Intensive Workshop
California State University, Long Beach, CA
Selected Honors (Only 2016-2013)
2015 James Nelson Raymond Fellowship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2014 Award of Merit, Recent Works, Robert T. Wright Gallery
College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL
Second Place, American Craft Exhibition, Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
2013 First Place Award, Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL
The Best in Show Three Dimensional Award, FUMC Festival of Arts, Cumming, GA
Selected Press And Media
2018 LA Times, The Incongruous Body (Aug 25th)
2016 Chicago Tribune, Landscape of Subjective (July 6th)
2015 Chicago Tribune, Ceramic Art on Display in March At North Riverside Mall (Feb 9th)
2014 Thames & Hudson, “CERAMIC GLAZES” By Brian Taylor & Kate Doody (p.204-205)
Interview Russia “Travelers “ By Sasha Burkhanova
2011 Culture+Seoul(Seoul Cultural Foundation), March 2011(p.70~71), “Emotion from Clay”
2008 MBN News “Sculpture by using clay”
Lark Books, “500 Ceramic Sculptures” (p.86)
Lark Books, “Hand Building” (p.67)
2007 Daily Forty-Niner, Issue 111(p.3), “Behind the Scenes” by Barbara
Giant Robot, Issue 49 (p.76-78), “Figurative Language” by Eric Nakamura
Selected Teaching Exerpiences
2015 Teaching Assistant, Spring Session of Contemporary Practice, SAIC, Chicago, IL
Teaching Assistant, Spring Session of Ceramics, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2014 Teaching Assistant, Fall Session of Contemporary Practice, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2013 Instructor, Spring Session of Intro Ceramics, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2012 Instructor, Fall Session of Intro Ceramics, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Teaching Assistant, Spring Session of Ceramics, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2011 Ceramic Studio Technician, Fall Session, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2006-04 Ceramic Department Administrator and Professor Assistant, Hong-ik University, Seoul, Korea
2003-01 Instructor, Water Painting, Eternal Smile Art Institution, Ilsan, Korea
2000 Instructor, Water Painting and Pencil Drawing, Eternal Smile Art Institution, Seoul, Korea
Public Collections
Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA