Education:
1991 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY; Painting: M.F.A.
1985 Hong-Ik University, College of Fine Art, Seoul, Korea: M.F.A.
Awards/Fellowships/Grants/Commission:
2008 Hachonghyun Foundation Award, Hachonghyun Foundation, Seoul, Korea
2007 Residency Fellowship, SACATAR Foundation, Itaparica, Bahia, Brazil
2005 Site-Specific Sculpture Fellowship, New Delhi, India
2004 Public Art Commission, Public Plaza at the LA Metro Detention Center, City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, California
2004 Korean Culture and Arts Foundation Grant, Seoul, Korea
2001 Residency Fellowship, SACATAR Foundation, Itaparica, Bahia, Brazil
2000 Flamingo in Paradise/ Public Art Project, Miami -Dade Art in Public Places, Florida
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, CA
Solo Exhibitions:
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
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”:
University of Texas, El Paso, Texas
2004 Site-Specific Installation/All Things Work Together, 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
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
1986 Today in Seoul, Aunkan Gallery, Osaka, Japan
1985 Wood Constructions/Over There, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Group Exhibitions:
2007 Sculpture:Selections from the Collection of Martin Z. Margulies, Margulies Warehouse, Miami
2007 "Freedom Tree", Jamaica Flux, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Jamaica, New York
2006 Fluid Artcanal International, Le Landeron, Switzerland
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
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
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
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
1999 Twenty Six American Artists, Campo & Campo, Antwerp, Belgium
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 Ovetseas 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
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
1992 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
1991 24 Korean Artists in New York, Haenah-Kent Gallery, New York
1990 Aurora, Asian American Arts Centre, New York
1989 Resonance of Decay, Korea Gallery, New York
1987 Today's Young Artists, Batangkol Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1987 Korea:New Painterly Assets, Nabis Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1986 Ecole de Seoul, Kwan Hoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
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
Performance:
2007 “Burning Performance/ Crossroads”, Sacatar Foundation, Itaparica, Brazil
2006 “Music Performance/Where Did You Go?”, Zone Chelsea Center for the Arts, New York
2005 "Peace Performance/All Things Work Together", OK Harris Gallery, New York, NY
2004 "Peace Performance/May We All Be in Peace, Peace, and Only Peace", Lodz Biennale, Lodz, Poland
1999 "Color of Life/Life and Death Performance", Socrates Sculpture Park, L.I.C., New York
Bibliography: Periodicals:
Wolganmisool, Yongdo Jeong, “Korean Report Overseas: Sook Jin Jo”, Korea, November 2007, p.142-147
Sculpture, Sook Jin Jo, “News”, April 2007, p.11.
Art in America, “Floodwall’s Originality Challenged”, March 2007, p.207.
Asahi Journal, Yumi Kori, “All Things Work Together”, December 2006, P. 153-155.
Sculpture, Virginia Nostrand Lee, “Commissions: Sook Jin Jo”, July/August 2006, p.20.
Sculpture, “Reviews: New York, Sook Jin Jo, OK Harris”, Jonathan Goodman, October 2005, p.28
Art in America, Report from Poland I: Constructing a Biennial, Christopher Lyon, April 2005, p.55-57.
Art in America, Sook Jin Jo at OK Harris, Eleanor Heartney, April 2005, p.155.
Contemporary, News-Warsaw, Slawomir Margec, no 68, 2004, p.18-19.
KoreAm, Reuse Recycle Renew, Minju Pak, November 2003, p.62-63.
Sculpture, The Spokes of the Wheel, Robert C. Morgan, September 2003, Cover, p.5, p.29-33.
Art in Culture (Seoul, Korea), Yongdo Jeong and Robert C. Morgan, September 2002, Cover, p.25, 26, p.92-99
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Illinois Alumni, Scott Spilky, March/April 2002, A Brazilian Odyssey: The Art of Sacatar.
Misulsegae,
Jin Han, January 2002, Special Feature: Noteworthy Artists of This Year
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Today(Video Magazine),
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Bibliography: Books, Catalogues:
2007 Sook Jin Jo; A 20 Year Encounter with Wood;
Selected Artworks from New York, 2006 A Sculpture Reader (Contemporary Sculpture Since 1980), Edited by Glenn Harper/ Twylene
Moyer, 2004 Sook Jin Jo(Collaborative
Public Art, Sculpture and Drawings 1994-2004), 2003 At the Crossroads (Celebrating
the Centennials of Korean Immigration to the US), Wolhee Choe, New York: Korean
Cultural Service 2002 Unexpected Selections
from the Martin Z. Margulies Collection art from 1985 to the present, Roni Feinstein, 2002 Extraordinary Things:
A Study of Contemporary Art through Material Culture, Terry A. Barnhart, Indiana
State University, Terre Haute, Indiana 2002 Containers, Hyekyung
Kim, Maronie Art Center/ Korea Arts and Culture Foundation, Seoul, Korea, 2002 Ihatov Japan &
Korea Art Festival, Sato Ryoseke, Ihatov Cultural Center, Ihatov, Japan 2001 Fifteen Asian American
Artists, Staller Center for the Arts, State University of New York at Stony
Brook, Stony Brook, New York 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 1999 Twenty-Six American
Artists, Campo &Campo, Antwerp, Belgium 1998 The Ist Seoul Arts
Festival for Overseas Koreans, Introduction:Bong Kyu Kim, Seuol, Korea 1997 In The Eye of the Tiger,
Forward:Ahn Kyung-Hee, Jennete Ingbergman, Papo Colo, Il Min Museum of Art,
Seoul, Korea 1996 Sook Jin Jo, Essay:
Donald Kuspit, O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York 1993 KAFA Awardee:Sook Jin
Jo, Essay: Howard Fox, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California 1993 The Collage Aesthetic:
Six Directions, Keuka College, Keuka Park, NY;Essay:Gary Jurysta 1987 New Painterly Assets
of Korea, Essay: Minemura Toshiaki, Nabis Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Bibliography:
Newspapers: The New York Times, Lisa Chamberlain, “An Art Gallery in the Lobby”,
March 7, 2007, C6.
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Brooklyn Rail,
“Sook Jin Jo -My Brother’s Keeper”, James Kalm, February,
2006 Gazeta
Wyborcza Lodz(Poland),
Izabella Adaamczewaska, “Oasa dia sztuki”, September 21,2004,p.1. El
Paso Times, “Wishing Worlds”, July 4, 2004, p.3F. Los
Angeles Times, Suzanne Muchnic, “A Step Toward a Larger
Goal”, October 14, 2003. The
Washington Post, Mark Jenkins, “Korean American Art, with
an Emphasis on American” August 22, 2003. The
Commercial Appeal (Memphis,TN), Jon W. Sparks, “Ribbons
of Korean life tie the inner visions unfolding in “Seoul To Soul”
May 11, 2003, p. F1. The Miami
Herald, Elisa
Turner, "KINGS of QUIRK: The Selection from the Martin Z. Margulies Collection, The Korea
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Sadoru, "Art Festival of Japan and Korea Join Auspices", March 25,
2002, p.2. The Central
News, Eun Sook
Rim, "Art Festival Celebrating World Cup in Korea and Japan", March
10, 2002. Korea
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News, Eun Sook
Rim, "Mural Installation at the School in Brazil", November 17, 2001,
p. A-10. The Segye
Times, Hana Lee,
"Cover Story: Artist Sook Jin Jo's Mural at the School in South America",
October 29, 2001, p.1. Syracuse
Herald American,
Katherine Rushworth, "Earth's Altar: Stone Quarry Hill offers a chance
to pause and reflect", July 9, 2000, p.16-17. Cazenovia
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Potter, "Focus on artists at Stone Quarry Hill Art Park",June 2000. Korea
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P.A12. Newsday,
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Jin Jo" photos by Moises Saman, September 28, 1999 Western
Queens Gazette,
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with Artists' Handiwork", August 18, 1999, p.15 Q Guide,
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for beloved site", May 20, 1999 Chorus,
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and The Polished",Manon Meilgaard, May 17, 1991, p.13-14. The Central
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on Sook Jin Jo's Performance Piece", Han Jun Kim, New York, May 19, 1999,
p.1, p. A-9 Segye
Times, "
Sook Jin Jo's Public Art Work at Socrates Sculpture Park", Ok Ki Kim, May
19, 1999, p.1, p.5 Segye
Times, "Four
Artists Invited for Space World Gallery Opening", Ok Ki Kim, Space World-Segye
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Kang, "In The Eye of Tiger", Seoul, Korea, Feburary 16, 1999 The Central
News, Hyun Jin
Lee, "Pollock-Krasner Grants: Sook Jin Jo", New York, April 12, 1996,
p.1 The Central
News, "New
Challenger-Report Series: Artist Sook Jin Jo", Chang Kyu Lee, Seoul, Korea,
Jan 6, 1996, p.20 New York
25 Hour, Seok
Won Jang, Ja Yu Sae Gae, Korea, 1993 p.13, p.90 The Central
News, (New York),
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Sep.17, 1993 The Korea
Times New York,
" The Second KAFA Awardee-Sculptor Sook Jin Jo; Abstract Form From Ruined
Wood boards" May 10, 1993, p. A9 The Korea
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Jin Jo - The Reward Of KAFA Award",Seong Eun Kim, May 6, 1993 The Central
News, (New York),
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Min S. Lee, Sep. 24, 1992 Cho Sun
Il Bo, (New York),
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New York Artist Sook Jin Jo at Michigan', Jun S. Choi, April 1, 1991 The Korean
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Times, (New York),
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Times, (New York),
"Wood board Aesthetic,
Sook Jin Jo Exhibition at 0.K.Harris Gallery, Dec. 14, 1990 Television/Video
Coverage: 6/21/04 5
o’clock News “Sook Jin Jo’s Wishing Worlds”.
Interviewed by Felipa Solis, Channel 9 (KTSM), El Paso, Texas 9/16/02
Sook Jin Jo's Paper Collage at O.K.Harris Gallery,
WMBC-TV, New York/ New Jersey. 11/13/01 New
York Seoul Career Forum,
Robert C. Morgan, November 2001. 1/22/01
WMBC-TV News,
WMBC-TV, New York and New Jersey. 1/4/01
Art Now, Ms.
Voice Internet, New York, NY. 6/3/99
Color of Life,
(thirty minutes Documentary Film on Sook Jin Jo); Director :Gu-Teag Kang; 11/7/98 First
Seoul Arts Festival for Overseas Koreans,
KBS Overseas Koreans Foundation, Seoul, Korea 2/22/96 Cultural
Salon, WMBC-TV,
Sook Jin Jo (Interview: 20 Minutes), 2/16/96 DNT
Art News in New York,
Ji Sook Kwon, Chun RI Ahn- Internet, 2/6/96 World
Story, SBS Radio
Co., Artist Sook Jin Jo (interview 10 1990 Art
Today Hilton Kramer, Ivan C. Karp, No.1 Vol.2, New York, NY.
Public
Collections: Arko Art Center, Seoul, Korea Global Arts Village, Ghitorni, New
Delhi, India Stone Quarry Hill Art Park,
Cazenovia, New York Housatonic Museum of Art,
Westport, Connecticut Erie Museum of Art, Erie,
Pennsylvania National Museum of Contemporary
Art in Kwacheon, Korea Joao Ubaldo Ribeiro School,
Itaparica, Bahia, Brazil Martin Z. Margulies Collection,
Miami, FL Young Un Museum of Contemporary
Art, Kyoungki Do, Korea Lectures and Art Related Experiences: October 24, 2007
Essay: Donald Kuspit, Arko Art Center/ Korean Culture and Arts Foundation, Seoul, Korea
Essay: Robert C. Morgan, ISC Press and University of Washington Press, 2006, p.218-222.
Essay: Donald Kuspit, Robert C. Morgan, Kate Bonansinga, University of Texas,
El Paso
The art Museum at the Florida International University, Miami, Florida,
on View at FIU, is a Whimsical Tour of the Post-Modern Age", September
22, 2002, p.3
WMBC-TV, New York; televised in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut. Third Prize:KBS
Documentary Film Festival, Seoul, Korea
New York- NY, NJ
Seoul, Korea
Minutes), Seoul, Korea
Lecture, Art department, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia
February 20, 2007
Lecture, Art & Design Class, New School/ Parsons School of Design, New York
June 1, 2006
Panelist, Living Cultural Democracy: Arts In Changing Communities, American
For The Arts, Milwaukee, WI
September 15, 2005
Lecture, Department of Art and Design, Montclair State University, Upper Montclair,
New Jersey
April, 2005
Juror, Artist Residency Fellowships, SACATAR Foundation, Pasadena, Los Angeles
March, 2005
Studio Visit, Asian Art Study, New School/ Parsons School of Design, New York
June 3, 2004
Lecture, Arts Department, University of Texas, El Paso, Texas
March 4, 2004
Studio Visit, Fine Arts Department of Graduate School, Long Island University,
Long Island
December 15, 2002
Lecture, Arts Department, Rhode Island College, Rhode Island
September 19, 2001
Lecture, João Ublado Riberio School, Itaparica, Bahia, Brazil
April, 2001
Lecture, Asian Art Study, New School/ Parsons School of Design, New York
November, 2000
Lecture of Modern and Contemporary Art, Museum of Modern Art, organized by Korean
Central daily News, New York.
August, 2000
Lecture, Art and Architecture Meeting, Sook Jin Jo studio, New York
April, 1998
Juror, Sculpture for University of Connecticut, Connecticut Commission of the
Art, Harford, Connecticut
November, 1997
Juror, Connecticut Artist Fellowships, Connecticut Commission of the Art, Harford,
Connecticut
April, 1997
Lecture, Asian Program, School of Visual art, New York
1987-May, 1985
Reporter/Writer, Art Post – Fine Arts Magazine, A.P.I., Seoul Korea
1984, 85, 86 Winter Semester
Instructor, Art and Life, Korean Broadcasting Communication University, Incheon,
Korea