‘Re-born’ of Qinghua series 「Excellence Prize」
When I saw the shards of the artifact in Jingdezhen, China, which were neglected and thrown away, I experienced a culture shock. The Shards of Sagger of the Song dynasty, which formed a massive mountain after being discarded a thousand years ago and white porcelains being attached within led me into an intuition of implications on vitality. Extremely small pottery shards, no matter how old they are, cannot be cultural assets. I would like to expose of the genuine of "being reborn" breaking away from the conventional dichotomy of the view which the broken artifact is not a cultural heritage but aborted pieces. Environmentalism which tops the agenda as an obligatory alternative translates 'being reborn' as 'recycling' but what I mean by 'being reborn' is closer in meaning with 'incarnation'.
Furthermore, the techniques I used such as putting together with the shards and other pieces is my own way to try to connect the past and present.
The Shards thrown away by others may be trivial things, but shards thrown to me, I think, are prerequisite for the start of life, rather than the end of life.
Year of Creation: 2018
Materials: Broken Ceramics shard of Ming Dynasty, Dehua porcelain, iron structure, glass
Dimensions: 1200mm*1200mm*150mm
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EDUCATION
2011 M.F.A， Chungnam National University，Ceramic art
2003 B.F.A， Chungnam National University，Ceramic art
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EXPERIENCE
2019 Artist in Residency， Biennale International Design Saint-Etienne， France
2018 'Blanc de Chine' International Artist Residency in Dehua， China
2018 International Ceramic Residency in Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute， China
2017 Shangyu Celadon Modern International Art Center Residency， China
2016 Liling Ceramic Valley Museum Residency， China
2015 Macsabal wood firing Symposium Hacettepe university， Ankara， Turkey
2014 Building wood kiln & firing Symposium Burapha University， Thailand
2012 Clayarch Gimhae Museum Ceramic Creative Center Residency， Korea
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EXHIBITIONS
2018 The 7th Solo Exhibition 'RE-born' (Tong-in Gallery)， Seoul&Korea
2018 'To Ideal Land of Ceramics' Exhibition of International Contemporary Ceramic works (Tsinghua University Art Museum)，Beijing&China
2017
150 contemporary urns (EKWC)， Netherlands 2016 'MODE' (Liling Ceramics Valley Museum)，Liling， China
2015 'art for peace' (Turkish Cultural Center)，Ankara， Turkey
2014 'Thai-Korea Wood firing' (BURAPHA UNIVERSITY)，THAILAND
2012 'Exchange: Over and Over' (MMCA Changdong Creative Studio)， Seoul， Korea
2011 'Artist-in-Residence A. I. R. III' (Clayarch Gimhae Museum Special Exhibition Hall)， Gimhae， Korea
2010 'Present， Present， and Present' Expression of Universe (HYATT REGENCY)，OSAKA， JAPAN
2009 Asian Contemporary Ceramic Art-Symposium of New Generation (Aichi Ceramics Museum)， Japan
2008 Modern cramics - Symposium of New Generation (Foshan Modern Ceramic Art Museum)，China
2007 Korea， China and Japan - Symposium of New Generation (KCDF)，Seoul， Korea
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AWARDS
2015 The 8th GICB International Competition， Honorable Mention， The 8th GICB International Competition， Honorable Mention， Korea
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WORKS IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
2018 International Studio in Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute，Jingdezhen， China
2018 Tsinghua University Art Museum，Beijing， China
2017 Shangyu Celadon Modern International Art Center，Kiangsu， China
2016 Liling Ceramics Valley Museum， Liling， China
2015 Hacettepe University，Ankara， Turkey
2014 Burapha University，Chonburi， Thailand
2010 Korea Ceramics Foundation，Icheon， Korea
2008 Foshan Modern Ceramic Art Museum，Foshan， China