CHOI JEONG-YOON
The work of Choi Jeong-Yoon is mainly in ceramics and installation art. He believes the conceptual truth of the root of human culture and desire is a sword, and attempts to visualize it. The artist’s viewpoint on a sword is not focused on its destructive function. He recognizes a sword as an object with a more original and productive function. The form of swod is remade in his work, and the organic shapes of flowers with dyed threads in splendid colors is combined to create a new form. The artist’s idea about the essence of flowers is their desirability, hidden under splendor.
Thus, it goes with his idea on a sword that believes it as a conceptual truth of human desire. Choi Jeong-Yoon graduated from the Seoul National University with a Master’s degree in Ceramics, and has exhibited at distinguished institutes around the world including the Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale in 2015. His work is collected by the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Chosun Ilbo in Korea, and Yixing Museum in China.
EDUCATION
M.A Department of Crafts, Seoul National University, Korea
B.F.A Department of Crafts, Seoul National University, Korea
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 The Flesh of Passage (Gallery Sejul, Seoul, Korea)
2016 The Flesh of Passage (Street Museum, Seoul, Korea)
2009 Solo Exhibition (ARTSIDE Gallery, Seoul, Korea)
2007 Song of The Sword (Gallery Dam, Seoul, Korea)
2006 Solo Exhibition (Gallery21, Tokyo, Japan)
2004 Ceramic (Gallery Keumsan, Seoul, Korea)
2002 Solo Exhibition (Gallery Keumsan, Seoul, Korea)
2002 Solo Exhibition (NAW Gallery, Osaka, Japan)
2000 Solo Exhibition (Gallery Keumsan, Seoul, Korea)
1999 Solo Exhibition (Seokyeong gallery, Seoul, Korea)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 Saturday (Dong San Bang Gallery, Seoul, Korea)
2015 GICB 2015 (Icheon Cerapia, Icheon, Korea)
2014 Essentialism (LeeYeonJu Gallery, Busan, Korea)
2014 Sequence in still (Busan International Film Festival, Busan, Korea)
2014 Modern Art (GlassIsland Museum, Ansan, Korea)
2013 Today’s story for tomorrow (Haegang Ceramics Museum, Icheon, Korea)
2012 Terracotta (ARTSIDE Gallery, Seoul, Korea)
2011 Gwanghwamoon International Art Festival (Sejong Center Chamber Hall, Seoul, Korea)
2011 Gwanghwamoon Artforum (Sejong Center Chamber Hall, Seoul, Korea)
2011 The 10th Anniversary Exhibition Uijeongbu Arts Center (Uijeongbu Arts Center, Uijeongbu, Korea)
2011 Limit and Temtation T2 (Gallery Puzz, Paju, Korea)
2011 The 18th KCCA (Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea)
2011 Chung-ang University’s Sculpture Lecturer’s work Exhibition (Chung-Ang University, Anseong, Korea)
2011 50 People 50 Colors (DMC Gallery, Seoul, Korea)
2011 China Special Exhibition of Modern Ceramics (Jingdezhen, China)
2011 Dual Exhibition (Tong-In Gallery, Seoul, Korea)
2010 IAC Special Exhibition of Korean Modern Ceramics (Paris, France)
2010 Seeing Spring (Doosan Art Square Gallery, Seoul, Korea)
2010 Explore Korean Art (Sejong Center Chamber Hall, Seoul, Korea)
2010 Show Show Show (DMC, Seoul, Korea)
2010 T2 (Gallery Jireh, Paju, Korea)
2010 The KyungHyang Shinmun Special Exhibition (KyungHyang Gallery, Seoul, Korea)
2010 Chung-Ang University’s Sculpture Lecturer’s work Exhibition (Chung-Ang University, Anseong, Korea)
2010 Korean contemporary Artist’s masterpiece (Gallery Gac, Seoul, Korea)
2010 Korean contemporary Artist’s masterpiece (Gallery Gac, Seoul, Korea)
2010 2010 The 8th Faculty Exhibition of Chungnam National University (Chungnam National University White Horse Hall, Daejeon, Korea)
2010 TUE WED THU FRI SAT (Gallery INNO, Seoul, Korea)
2010 Asia Art Fairnalle (Haslla Museum, Gangneung, Korea)
2010 Now, Now, Now (Gallery Hyatt, Osaka, Japan)
2009 Landscape & Still – Life (The K Gallery, Seoul, Korea)
2009 Kyung Hyang Press Special Exhibition (Kyung Hyang Press, Seoul, Korea)
2009 The Fragrance of Korean Artists (CHUWA Gallery, Tokyo, Japan)
2009 The 17th Contemporary Korean Ceramic Artists Exhibition (Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea)
2009 Craft Art- Five Sounds (Seoul City Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea)
2009 Tue.Wed.Thr.Fri.Sat from Korea Show (Hyatt, Osaka, Japan)
2008 Commemorative Alumni Exhibition of the 62nd Anniversary on Commencing Seoul National University (Museum of Art Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea)
2008 Jeong. Jeong. Jeong* Exhibition (Gallery Pause, Tokyo, Japan)
2008 Kwang Hwa Moon, Tian Anmen Exhibition (Beijing, China)
2008 Beijing Olympic Art Festival (Olympic Gymnasium, Beijing, China)
2007 Spring (Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea)
2007 The Aesthetics of Space (Nowon Art Hall, Seoul, Korea)
2007 Ceramic Sculptures of 14 Artists (Gajin Gallery, Seoul, Korea)
2007 Art Plus 19 Exhibition (La Mer Gallery, Seoul, Korea)
2006 National Museum of Contemporary Art New Collections 2005 (National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea)
2006 Faculty Exhibition of Chung Nam University (Baek Ma Art Hall, Yuseong, Korea)
2006 Commemorative Alumni Exhibition of the 60th Anniversary on Commencing Seoul National University (MOA Museum, Seoul, Korea)
2006 EAST WEST SOUTH NORTH 2006 (Kyung Ju National Museum, Kyung Ju, Korea)
2005 Meeting, the Beauty of It (Deok Yang Eoulim Art Hall, Il San, Korea)
2005 The 15th Exhibition of Contemporary Korean Ceramic Artists (Dan Won Art Hall, Ahnsan, Korea)
2005 From Korea (New York, NY, U.S.A. / Paris, France / Tokyo, Japan)
2003 The 14th Contemporary Korean Ceramic Artists Exhibition (Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea)
2003 Invitational Artists Show in the International Ceramic Festival of Ahn Sung Fittness (Ahn Sung Museum, Ahn Sung, Korea)
2001 The 50th Anniversary of Commencing Chung Nam University (CNU Museum, Yuseong, Korea)
1997 Exhibition Mountain and Wind (Kwan Hoon Art Center, Seoul, Korea)
and More than 20Group Exhibition