Artist: Yeonsoo Kim
Yeonsoo Kim, MONTANA
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My work is characterized by consistency, perfection, thoroughness, and handmade work, which emphasizes free will, randomness, and casualness. I have been thinking about the relationship between ideas, notions, and concepts of tradition and contemporary art. This is the most significant reason for my perpetual need to continue creating and exploring, while constantly questioning and pursuing the idea of how I could create a new horizon of ceramics as an expression within my work.
All of my pieces, addressed about psychological conditions of daily life. That question is an attempt to look for my identity as an artist. I have been focused on one subject, which I called “Listening”. Listening is a metaphor for describing my emotions of myself. I was motivated by the idea that displacement is completely outside my control, but such a good chance to pursue my aesthetic work. Listening was my way of making a visual reality from my abstracted inner emotions.
Yeonsoo Kim was born in Haenam, South Korea. He is a long-term resident artist at Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, MT. Kim earned his Master of Fine Arts degree in Ceramics at Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia in Athens, GA. He was recently selected as a recipient of a 2020 Emerging Artist award by the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA).
Education
2019 Master of Fine Arts
Ceramics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2013 - 2014 Post Baccalaureate Student
Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
2006 - 2007 Studied the making of onggi ware in South Gyeongsang, Korea
2006 Bachelor of Fine Arts
Ceramis & Glass, Hongik University, Seoul, South Korea
2002 - 2004 Studied the making of onggi ware in Gwangju Province, KOREA
Teaching Experience
2018 Instructor of Record, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Intro Ceramic Class, Spring 2018
2017 Instructor of Record, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Intro Ceramic Class, Fall 2017
2012 - 2013 Instructor, Korea Ceramic Foundation, Icheon, South Korea
Onggi Class
2000 - 2002 Instructor, Art Academy, Seoul, South Korea
Drawing &Watercolor class
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Be yourself, John Natsoulas Gallery, CA(Upcoming)
Make / Believe, Radius Gallery, MT(Upcoming)
2021 You are not alone, Signature Gallery, GA
You & I, In Tandem Gallery, NC
2017 Listening, Bridge Gallery, Athens, GA
2016 Feeling in a moment, Glass Gallery, Athens, GA
2015 Sea Story, Innon Art Center, Icheon, South Korea
2010 Harmony with nature, Na-num gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Group Exhibitions
2022 Archie Bray NCECA Exhibition, Rancho Cordova, CA(Upcoming)
Figuratively Speaking ll, Companion Gallery, TN
Functional Figurative, Abel Contemporary Gallery, WI
2021 Resident Exhibition, Archie Bray Gallery, MT
Pop meet Funk, John Natsoulas Gallery, CA
Material Mugs VI:Underglaze, Companion Gallery, TN
VISIBLE, Ro2 Art, Dallas, TX
Ware/Wear 2021, Pocosin Arts, NC
Pottery Invitational 2021, Worcester Center for Crafts, MA
Ramen + Rice | the idiosyncratic bowl, FOCUS Gallery, NC
Raising Voices, Applied Contemporary, CA
Archie Bray NCECA Exhibition, Sales Gallery, MT,
Last Call VI, Companion Gallery, TN
Fluid Expression, Red lodge Clay Center, MT
Table Show, Signature Gallery, GA
2020 Lip. Body. Foot. – a cup shaped thing, The Smithery Gallery, OH
Mugs V: Underglaze, Companion Gallery, TN
2020 Yunomi Invitational, Clay Akar, IA
Clay as Canvas, In Tandem gallery, NC
Small Favors, The clay studio of Philadelphia, PA
International Cup 2020, The Clay Studio of Missoula, MT
Lack, Morean Arts Center, FL
Art Festival Beth-EL, St. Petersburg, FL
2019 The Great Divide, Morean Center for Clay, St. Petersburg, FL
Florida CraftArt, St. Petersburg, FL
Good Things, Flower City Arts Center, NY
The Cup, The Mug, Main Street Arts, NY
Raise a Toast : An Exhibition of Ceramic Cups, Edwardsville, IL
Archie Bray Foundation residency show, Spokane, WA
The Artist Journey, Mason Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2019-2020 Artists in Residence Welcome Show, Morean Center for Clay, FL
2019 NCECA Juried Student Exhibition, Soo Visual Arts Center, MN
2019 Art of Clay National Juried Show, North Carolina Pottery Center, NC
44th Juried Exhibition, Lyndon House Arts Center, GA
2019 Paper & Clay Juried Exhibition, USU Caine College of the Arts, UT
Off the Table, National Ceramic Exhibition 2019, Missouri Western State University, MO
Twin Cups, National Ceramic Exhibition 2019, Missouri Western State University, MO
Beyond the Brickyard Annual Juried Exhibition, Archie Bray Foundation, North Gallery, MT
2018 MFA Thesis Show, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA
Small Works, Main Street Arts, NY
The Cup, The Mug, Main Street Arts, NY
2018 Emerging Artists, Macon Museum of Arts and Sciences, GA. Me, Myself, and I, Clay Art Center, NY
La Mostra, UGA Cortona 2017, Lamar Dodd Gallery, GA
43th Juried Exhibition, Lyndon House Arts Center, GA
2017 Underminded, Bridge & Plaza Galleries, GA
Mostra, Palazzo Vagnotti, Cortona, Italy
18th Annual Stein Stem, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, GA
TRIFECTA 2.0, Ernest G Welch School of Art and Design Galleries, GA Clay Review 3, Abernathy Arts Center, GA
2016 Making Masters, Madison Museum of Fine Arts, GA
A Glass of Ricewine, Zamwal Museum, Hampyeong, South Korea
2015 ANI MAN – Animism Humanity, MILAL Museum, Seoul, South Korea
2014 Vox Populi, Helen E. Copeland Gallery, Bozeman, MT
2013 Traditional Ceramic Tableware, Gyeonggi Ceramic Museum
Gwangju, South Korea
Moon Jars ; variation, Gallery LVS, Seoul, South Korea
The 37th Korea Annual Traditional Handcraft Art Exhibition, Seoul, South Korea
2012 Craft Trend Fair Seoul, COEX, Seoul, South Korea
KCF CeraMix Residency Exhibition, CeraMix Hall B, Icheon, South Korea The Spirit of Utensil, The Global Art Ceramics Exhibition Hall, Foshan, China
Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
The 37th Korea Annual Traditional Handcraft Art Exhibition, Seoul, South Korea
2011 21st century Moon Jars, Puzz gallery, Paju, South Korea
2010 Visiting Artist Show, Baltimore, MD
Onggi@Korea, Gyeonggi Ceramic Museum, Gwangju, South Korea
2009 Onggi-2, Hyundai gallery, Ulsan, South Korea
OnggiJongi, Zamwal Museum, Hampyeong, South Korea
2008 Onggi-1,Hyundai gallery, Ulsan, South Korea
Beautiful living ware, Food museum, Gwangju, South Korea
2007 National Tour Exhibition – The 2nd Beautiful Korean Ceramics Competition
Insa Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
2006 Mt.Geumgang Sketch, Art gallery of Hongik University, Seoul, South Korea
2005 Graduate Exhibition, Art gallery of Hongik University, Seoul, South Korea
Plastic bag, Gallery SSAMZIE, Seoul, South Korea
Awards & Scholarships
2021 Etchart - Satre Fellow, Archie Bray Foundation for Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT 2020 Matsutani Fellow, Archie Bray Foundation for Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT
Identity in Clay, Clay Center of New Orleans, LA
Juried by Raven Halfmoon
NCECA Emerging Artsit, NCECA, Richmond, VA
Juried by Julia Galloway, Kevin Snipes, Sequoia Miller
Founders Award for Craft, Art Festival Beth-EL, St. Petersburg, FL
Small Favors, The clay studio of Philadelphia, PA
Juried by Jennifer Zwilling
International Cup 2020, The Clay Studio of Missoula, MT
Juried by Sunshine Cobb
2019 Emerging Artsit, Florida CraftArt, St. Petersburg, FL
The Great Divide, Morean Center for Clay, St. Petersburg, FL
Juried by Bruce Dehnert
2020 ICAN Wall Calendar, International Ceramics Artists Network, OH
Juired by Emily Arbogast
The Cup, The Mug, Main Street Arts, NY
Juror’s Choice - selected by Jeremy Randall
Juried by Kelly Brenner Justice, Jeremy Randall
Raise a Toast : An Exhibition of Ceramic Cups, Edwardsville, IL
Juried by Mark Arnold
Lyndon House Art’s Center 43rd Juried Exhibition, GA
Juried by Lauren Haynes
Off the Table, Missouri Western State University, MO
Juried by Mike Bose
Twin Cups, Missouri Western State University, MO
Juried by Veronica Watkins
2019 Paper & Clay Juried Exhibition, USU Caine College of the Arts, UT Juried by Yoonmi Nam
2019 Art of Clay National Juried Show, North Carolina Pottery Center, NC Juried by Douglas Fitch
2018 2019 NCECA Juried Student Exhibition, Soo Visual Arts Center, Mn
Juried by Linda Lopez, Steven Young Lee
Beyond the Brickyard Annual Juried Exhibition, Archie Bray Foundation, MT, Juried by SunKoo Yuh
The 5th annual Small Works Exhibition “Small Works”, Main Street Arts, NY Juried by Rik Pirozzolo
The 3rd Annual national juried exhibition “The Cup, The Mug2018”, Main Street Arts, NY
Juried by Melissa Weiss and Jenny Mendes
Lyndon House Art’s Center 43rd Juried Exhibition, GA
Juried by Wassan Alkhudhairi
Trifecta, Trio Contemporary Art Gallery, GA
Juried by Tatiana Veneruso, Laulea Taylar
Windgate Partial Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts, NC
2017 Jane Willson Cortona Study Abroad Scholarship
Rick Johnson Art in Cortona Scholarship
Lyndon House Art’s Center 42nd Juried Exhibition, GA
juried by Susan Krane
Trifecta, Georgia Southern University, GA
juried by Ridley Howard Augusta
2013 Selected
The 37th Korea Annual Traditional Handcraft Art Exhibition, Seoul, South Korea
2012 Participation Prize
The 37th Korea Annual Traditional Handcraft Art Exhibition, Seoul, South Korea
2010 Selected
The 1st Gwangju Crafts Prize, Gwangju, South Korea
2009 Special selection
Ulsan International Onggi(Earthenware)Competition, Ulsan, South Korea
Special Prize
The 1st Flower Art Object Competition, Gwangju, South Korea Selected
The 3rd Beautiful Korean Ceramics Competition, Gwangju, South Korea
2007 Grand Prize
The 8th Onggi Festival- Onggi Competition, Ulsan, South Korea
Gold prize
The Onggi Technical Competition, Ulsan, South Korea
Selected
The 2nd Beautiful Korean Ceramics Competition, Gwangju, South Korea
Residencies
2020 - 2022 Long term residency at Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
2019 Morean Center for Clay, St. Petersburg, FL
Archie Bray Foundation Fall residency, Helena, MT
2015 Innon Artcenter, Icheon, South Korea
2012 - 2013 Korea Ceramic Foundation Residency, South Korea 2010
Baltimore Clayworks short term residency, Baltimore, MD
MICA(Maryland Institute College of Art) – Visiting Artist, Baltimore, MD
Workshops and Lecutres
2022 NC Potters Conference: Korean Influences, Seagrove, NC
Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
2021 University of North Texas, Denton, TX
John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
2020 The Ceramics Congress Korea 2020
Penn State University, State College, PA
State College of Florida, Bradenton, FL
2017 Cortona, Italy
2015 Bucheon Onggi Museum, Bucheon, Korea
2014 Bozeman High School, Bozeman, MT
2013 Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
COEX, Seoul, South Korea
2012 Korea-China-Japan International Camp of the Firewood Burning,
Foshan City, China
Korea Ceramic Foundation, Icheon, South Korea
2010 MICA(Maryland Institute College of Art), Baltimore, MD
2008 International Tea Bow workshop, Osan, South Korea
The 9th Ulju Onggi Festival Workshop, Ulsan, South Korea
Kunkuk University, Seoul, South Korea
2007 The 8th Ulju Onggi Festival Workshop, Ulsan, South Korea
National Festival Exposition Workshop, Busan, South Korea
National Local Autonomy Management Competition Workshop,
Seoul, South Korea
Flower Exposition Workshop, Ilsan, South Korea
Working Experience
2017. 08 – 2018. 05 University of Georgia
Intro Ceramic Class Instructor
2016. 01 – 2017. 08 University of Georgia
Ceramics studio assistant
2015. 08 – 2015. 12 University of Georgia
Dodd Galleries assistant
2010. 08 – 2012. 05 Onggi Factories, JeonNam Province, South Korea
2008. 02 – 2010. 04 ChangArt Ceramic studio, Gwangju, South Korea
2007. 05 – 2007. 12 Zien Art Gallery, Youngin, South Korea
Studio Manager
2006. 03 – 2007. 05 Onggi Apprenticeship with Jinkyu Huh, Ulsan, South Korea
2005. 08 – 2006. 03 Ceramic studio, Chungju, South Korea
2002. 12 – 2004. 08 Onggi Apprenticeship with Hyangjong Oh, Gwangju, South
Korea
Collections
Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Macon Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA
Gallery SSAMZIE, Paju, South Korea
Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
MICA(Maryland Institute College of Art), Baltimore, MD
Korea Ceramic Foundation, Icheon, South Korea
Innon Art Center, Icheon, South Korea