조 숙 진

Education:

1991 Pratt Institute,Brooklyn, NY; Painting: M.F.A.

1985 Hong-Ik University, College of Fine Art, Seoul, Korea: M.F.A.

Solo Exhibitions:

2015 "Earth and Sky: Captured Movement", Charles B. Wang Center , Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York

2015 "Transformations", Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, Providence, Rhode Island (curated by Lisa Russell)

2012 "Drawings & Paper Collages", Raum für Kunst und Literatur, Basel, Switzerland

2011 "Walter Gropius Master Artist Workshop Series", Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV

2010 "The In Between", John Schmid Galerie, Basel, Switzerland

2010 "Chairs", O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY

2009 "Chairs", Sabina Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2009 "Life, Dreams, Death and Life", In collaboration with immigrants from Latin America, Tenement Museum, New York

2007 "A Mid-Career Survey of the Work of Sook Jin Jo: A 20 Year Encounter with Wood - Selected Artworks from New York", Arko Art Center, Seoul, Korea

2007 "Resurrection II", Maiden Lane Exhibition Space, New York, NY

2006 Zone Chelsea Center for the Arts, New York, NY

2006 Galerie Gana Beaubourg, Paris, France

2005-06 "My Brother’s Keeper: Site-Specific Installation", Black & White Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2004 Inauguration Exhibition for “Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts”:

         Site-Specific Outdoor Sculpture (in collaboration with students) and Drawings,

         University of Texas, El Paso, Texas

2004 "Site-Specific Installation/All Things Work Together", O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY

2002 Paper Collages, O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY

2002 Wood Constructions and Paper Collages, Galerie Hertz, Louisville, Kentucky

2002 Wood Constructions and Paper Collages, Korean Cultural Center/Embassy of Korea, Washington, DC

2002 Sook Jin Jo and Ellen Petraits, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN

2001 Wood Constructions, O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY

1998 Wood Constructions, St. Peter’s Church, New York, NY

1997 Small works, O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY

1996 Wood Constructions, O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY

1993 Wood Constructions, O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY

1993 Wood Constructions, KAFA Award exhibition, Korean Culture Center, Los Angeles, CA

1991 Inauguration Exhibition: Wood Constructions and Paper Collages, Bo Yoon Gallery, New York, NY

1991 Wood Constructions, O.K. Harris Works of Art, Birmingham, MI

1991 Wood Constructions, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York

1990 Wood Constructions, O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY

1988 Wood Constructions and Paper Collages, Hanaro Art Center, Seoul, Korea

1986 "Today in Seoul", Aunkan Gallery, Osaka, Japan

1985 Wood Constructions/Over There, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2014 "Nobody"; Yong Soon Min, Jin-me Yoon, Sook Jin Jo, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

2014 "The Water: Light from GangJeong", The Arc Museum Plaza, Daegu, Korea (curated by OkReal Kim)

2014 "Faces & Traces", Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai, China

2014 "Double Mirror", American University Museum, Washington, DC (curated by Iris Moon)

2013 "Bridges Not Walls", Maier Museum of Art, Lynchburg, Virginia (curated by Martha Kjeseth Johnson)

2012 "Dislocation", Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea

2012 "The Secret Forest", National Museum of Contemporary Art in Korea, Gwacheon, Korea

2012 "Contemplative Ink", Asian Art Piers, New York, NY

2011 "Cheongju International Craft Biennale 2011", Cheongju, Korea (curated by Junmo Chung)

2011 "LandArt", Tschäpperli, Basel/Aesch, Switzerland (curated by Margrit Gass)

2010 "In/Process", Forum Schloss Platz, Aarau, Switzerland (curated by Samar Martha)

2010 "Clay City Dreams: Wood & Paper", New York Institute of Technology, New York (curated by Jennifer Mitchell)

2010 "Winter Salon", Elga Wimmer PCC New York (curated by Björn Ressle & Hee Yuen Chun)

2009 "For Excellence", Museum of Art, Seoul National University, Seoul

2007 "Sculpture: Selections from the Collection of Martin Z. Margulies", Margulies Warehouse, Miami

2007 "20 New York Artists", Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul

2007 "Freedom Tree", Jamaica Flux, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Jamaica, New York

2006 Fluid Artcanal International, Le Landeron, Switzerland (curated by Won-Seok Koh)

2005 Into The Light: Recently Acquired Works from the Collection, Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA

2004 Lodz Biennale, International Artists’ Museum, Piotrkowska, Poland

2004 Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju Art Museum, Gwangju, Korea ( curated by Seok-Won Chang)

2003 Dreams and Reality: Korean American Contemporary Art, International Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, S. Dillon Ripley Center, Washington, DC

2002 Unexpected Selections from the Martin Z. Margulies Collection: Art from 1985 to the Present, The Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami, FL

2002 New Collections 2001, National Museum of Contemporary Art in Korea, Kwacheon, Korea

2002 Containers, Maronie Art Center, Seoul, Korea

2002 Japan and Korea Art Festival, Ihatov Cultural Center, Ihatov, Japan(curated by Junho Lee)

2002 Reaction, Exit Art/The First World, New York, NY

2001 Fifteen Asian American Artists, Staller Center for the Arts, SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York (curated by Rhonda Cooper)

2000 Foundation of a Century, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York

2000 Earth's Altars:Ritual and revelation, Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, New York (curated by Sherry Chayat)

1999 Twenty Six American Artists, Campo & Campo, Antwerp, Belgium (curated by Marc Lambrechts)

1999 "Color of Life-installation/performance", 7,480,800 cu ft, Socrates Sculpture Park, L.I.C., New York

1999 The first Seoul Arts Festival for Overseas Koreans, Sponsered by KBS, Gallery Sang, Seoul, Korea

1998 In the Eye of the Tiger, Il Min Museum, Seoul, Korea

1997 In the Eye of the Tiger, Exit Art/The First World, New York, New York (curated by Yuyeon Kim)

1995 Exploring Undefined Boundaries, Montclair State College,Upper Montclair College, New Jersey

1993 The Collage Aesthetic: Six Direction, Keuka College,, Keuka Park, NY;

         traveling to:Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA;Slippery, Rock University, Slippery, Rock, PA(curated by Gary Jurysta)

1992 Three Artist from Korea, Tenri Gallery, New York, NY

1992 A Small Bite of the Big Apple: Contemporary Art from O.K Harris, Bobbit Visual Arts Center, Albion, MI

1991 Centerpieces, Norton Center, Centre College, Danvile, KY

1991 Wood, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York

1911 24 Korean Artists in New York, Haenah-Kent Gallery, New York

1990 Aurora, Asian American Arts Centre, New York (curated by Fred Wilson)

1989 Resonance of Decay, Korea Gallery, New York (curated by Soo Yeon Yi)

1987 Today's Young Artists, Batangkol Gallery, Seoul, Korea

1987 Korea:New Painterly Assets, Nabis Gallery, Tokyo, Japan ( curated by Toshiaki Minemura)

1986 Ecole de Seoul, Kwan Hoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea (curated by Park Seo-Bo)

1986 Invitational -Contemporary Korean Artists, organized by NEW IMAGES, Kyoto City Art Center, Kyoto, Japan

1986 Twelve Emerging Artists, Kwan-Hoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea

1986 Concept of Matter-New Generation, Kwan-Hoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea

1985 The 11th Seoul Contemporary Art Festival, Fine Arts Center, Seoul, Korea

1985 Representation-10, Seok Gallery, Seoul, Korea

1985 KIS '85- Kunsan International Show, Cheonju Art Center, Cheonju, Korea

1985 New Direction- Summer'85, Yoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea

1985 Two Dimensional Works: Opening Commemorative Exhibition,Hoo/Jun Gallery, Seoul, Korea

1984 A Property of Matter-New Method of Existence, Youth Art Center, Seoul, Korea

1984 Seoul/International Drawing Biennial' 84, Fine Arts Center, Seoul, Korea

1983 The 10th Independents Exhibition, National Museum of Modern Art, Seoul, Korea

Public Collections:

Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

National Museum of Contemporary Art in Kwacheon, Korea

Arko Art Center, Seoul, Korea

Erie Museum of Art, Erie, Pennsylvania

Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia

Housatonic Museum of Art, Westport, Connecticut

LA Metro Detention Center, Los Angeles, California

TreeHaus, New York, New York

Young Un Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyoungki Do, Korea

Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, New York

Global Arts Village, Ghitorni, New Delhi, India

Joao Ubaldo Ribeiro School, Itaparica, Bahia, Brazil

Dalsung County, Dasegu, Korea

Girlsclub Collection, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Moran Museum of Art, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

Martin Z. Margulies Collection, Miami, Florida

Awards/Fellowships
Grants/Commissions

2014 "Residency Fellowship", Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai, China

2013 "Libations" Project, Commissioned by UnSpace: Interior/Architectural Design Firm, New York, New York

2012 "TreeHaus Project", A.R.E. Design Award-in collaboration with UnSpace, New York, New York

2010 "iaab Fellowship" (International Exchange and Studio Program), Christoph Merian Stifung Foundation, Basel, Switzerland

2010 "Korean Culture and Arts Foundation Grant", Korean Culture and Arts Foundation, Seoul, Korea

2008 "National Artist Award", Hachonghyun Foundation, Seoul, Korea

2007 "Residency Fellowship", SACATAR Foundation, Itaparica, Bahia, Brazil

2009 "Wishing Bells" Project, Public Plaza at the LA Metro Detention Center, Commissioned by City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs (2004), Los Angeles, California

2005 "Site-Specific Sculpture Fellowship", Global Arts Village, New Delhi, India

2004 "Korean Culture and Arts Foundation Grant", Korean Culture and Arts Foundation, Seoul, Korea

2001 "Residency Fellowship", SACATAR Foundation, Itaparica, Bahia, Brazil

2000 "Artist in Residence", Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, New York

1999 "Artist Fellowship", Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, New York

1996 "Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant", The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc., New York, NY

1993 "KAFA Award", Korea Arts Foundation of America, Santa Monica, California