Jiman Choi

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e-mail: jiman@sookmyung.ac.kr

 

Professional Experience

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Present           Professor, Arts & Crafts Dept. Sookmyung Women’s University

                     Member of the International Academy of Ceramics (IAC)

                     Member of the Korean Contemporary Ceramic Artists Association

2018.9~2020.8  Dean, College of Fine Arts, Sookmyung Women’s University

2005               Invited International Ceramic Workshop 2005 for World Ceramic Biennale, Icheon, Gyunggi-do, Korea

2002-2004       Artist in Residency at Young Eun Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwangju-city, Gyunggi-do, Korea

2001-2002       Artist in Residency at Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT, USA

 

Education

2001               The Ohio State University Columbus, OH, USA, MFA in Ceramics

1997               Hong-Ik University Seoul, Korea, MFA in Ceramics

1995               Hong-Ik University Seoul, Korea, BFA in Ceramics

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Solo Exhibitions

2021                  8th Solo Exhibition - The Exhibition of Moon Jars for Twelve Months, SPACE R, Korea

2015               7th Solo Exhibition, Gallery Seoha, Seoul, Korea

2014               6th Solo Exhibition-Traces of Silence, Lamar Dodd Gallery, Athens, GA, USA

2013               5th Solo Exhibition, Gallery Form, Busan, Korea

2008               4th Solo Exhibition-The past from the future, Arario Beijing, Beijing, China

2004               3rd Solo Exhibition-Floating Images, Duru Art Space, Seoul, Korea

2002               2nd Solo Exhibition-Taunt Fellowship Exhibition, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT, USA

2001               1st Solo Exhibition-Into My Memory, Innovation Center, Columbus, OH, USA

 

Group Exhibitions

 

2021

KOREAN COLOUR, Yesterday And Today, The Library of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan-Elbasy, Kazakhstan

 

2020

Yue Minjun X Jiman Choi Collaboration Exhibition, Seoul Arts Center, Hangaram Art Museum Gallery, Seoul

Korean Craft_ The Shape of Senses, The Shape of Colors, Milan Design City -Online Exhibition, Italy

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2019

2019 Korean Craft – Yesterday and Today, Korean Cultural Center, Washington D.C., USA

2019 Asia Contemporary Ceramic Exhibition, Museum of China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China

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2018  

2018 'Salt, The Soul of Color, Flavor and Style’, National Folk Museum of Korea, Seoul, Korea

Alumni Exhibition of Hongik University, Seoul, Korea

CROSSOVER+, Milal Museum, Seoul, Korea

2018 Contemporary Ceramic Art in Asia, Hongik University Museum of Modern Arts, Seoul, Korea

Exchange, Sookmyung Women’s University, Cheongpa Gallery, Seoul, Korea

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2017              

On Earth as it is in Heaven,: Seoul and 230 years of the Catholic Church in Korea, Vatican Museums, the Vatican city state

Memory_Reflecting on Life: Thematic Exhibition in Gwangju GICB2017, Gyeonggi Ceramic Museum, Gwangju, Korea

2017 Contemporary Ceramic Art in Asia, National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute, Taipei, Taiwan

26280:Beyond wind of the Wave, Museum of Jeju National University, Jeju, Korea

 

2016              

Power of Gentleness_the 110th Anniversary Exhibition of Sookmyung Women’s University, Sookmyung Women’s University Museum, Seoul, Korea

Stunning Edge_2016 Contemporary Ceramic Art in Asia, Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Seto, Japan

Special Exhibition 2016 by fine Arts Professors, Sookmyung Women’s University, Cheongpa Gallery, Seoul, Korea

461 km_Distance within Us, Jincheon Bell Museum, Jincheon, Korea,

 

2015              

2015

Asia Contemporary Ceramic Exhibition, Museum of China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China

MOSTRA, Palazzo Vagnotti, Cortona, Italy

Winter Hinari, Cheongpa Gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

2014               

Any Way You Wanna Shake It, Clemson Art Center, Clemson, USA

 

2013              

2013 Asia Contemporary Ceramic Exhibition, Kanazawa 21st Century Museum, Japan

Bank Art Fair, Island Shanglila, Hong Kong

Cross + Over, Milal Museum, Seoul, Korea

‘Barago Barada’_Korean Symbols of Wishes, Sookmyung women’s university Museum, Seoul, Korea

 

2012              

East Asia Contemporary Ceramic Exhibition, Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan 

Saek Saek Saek, Haegang Ceramic Museum, Icheon, Korea

Cross• Over, MilAl Museum, Seoul, Korea

 

2011               

Border and Temptation, Gallery Puzz, Paju

Asia Contemporary Ceramic Exhibition

Sookmyung and Sydney Exhibition, SCA Gallery, Sydney, Austrailia

CeraMIXlife-The 6th GIC Biennale 2011, Bandal Museum, Yeoju,Korea

 

2010               

Contemporary Ceramic Art in Asia, Hongik University Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Fancy Form, Gallery Form, Busan, Korea

Mix Up _Arts and Crafts Collaboration

Icheon World Ceramic Center, Icheon, Korea

Remind, Young Eun Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwangju–city, Korea

Play with Clay, Yido, Seoul,Korea

T2, Gallery Yireh, Paju Heiri, Korea

 

2009          

World Contemporary Ceramics-Adventures of The Fire(The 5th World Ceramic Biennale 2009 Korea), Icheon World Ceramic Center, Icheon, Korea

Outside the Box (Main Exhibition Part 2) - Dissolving view(Cheongju International Craft Biennale 2009), Olympic National Sports Center, Cheonju-city Korea

Outside the Box (Main Exhibition Part 1) - Pressing matter(Cheongju international Craft Biennale 2009), Olympic National Sports Center, Cheongju-city,, Korea                

Asia Contemporary Ceramic Art Exhibition-Exchange Exhibition of New Generation, Aichi Ceramic Art Museum, Aichi, Japan

 

2008          

Mirror Image: About a Self-portrait, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

A Human Impulse, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona, USA

The Romance of Three Kingdoms, Guangdong Shiwan Ceramics Museum, China

A Prospect of Contemporary Art, Gallery All, Seoul, Korea

Contact act 7-Friend. Maeumdeungbul, Paju, Korea

 

2007           

Asian Ceramic Delta, Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan 

                            Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan

Imran-400 Years- Korea and Japan Young Artist Exchange Exhibition,  Korea Craft Promotion Foundation, Seoul, Korea

Contact Act.6 in Hiroshima, Gallery G. Hiroshima, Japan

 

2006           

SOFA_ Chocago, Navy Pier, Chicago, USA

Total•Art•Set, Daegu MBC Gallery M. Daegu, Korea

Asian Ceramic Delta, Icheon World Ceramic Center, Icheon–city, Korea

Imjin-River•Clay•Fire, The Gallery, Yeoncheon-city, Korea

The Logbook of Korean Contemporary Art, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwangju–city, Korea

 

2005          

Contact Act. 4 in Japan, Shiga Modern Art Museum, Shiga, Japan

Conversation, Kookmin University Museum, Seoul, Korea

World Ceramic Biennial- Ceramic and Architecture, Icheon World Ceramic Center, Icheon–city, Korea

World Ceramic Biennial- Ceramic House, Yeoju World Ceramic Livingware Gallery, Yeoju-city, Korea

 

2004          

The Seoul Art Exhibition 2004, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul Korea

Contact-Korea and Japan Artist Exchange Exhibition, Korea Craft Promotion Foundation, Seoul, Korea

Youngeun 2004 residency-I’m same as you, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwangju–city, Korea

Shinawi of Clay - Woman, Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea

 

2003

Outdoor Ceramic Sculpture Exhibition – World Ceramic Biennial, Icheon World Ceramic Center, Icheon–city, Korea

Youngeun 2003 Residency – The Journey of Spaces, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Kwangju–city, Korea

Contact- Korea and Japan Artist Exchange Exhibition, Shiga Modern Art Museum, Shiga, Japan

 

2002           

Archie Bray Foundation Resident Exhibition, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT, USA

Ceramics, Sutton West Gallery, Missoula, MT, USA

East-West Clay Invitational, Filipino Cultural Center, Kansas City, MO, USA

Beyond 2001: Current Artists of the Archie Bray Foundation, The Cube at Baco Gallery, Kansas City, MO, USA

Faces III International Juried Art Exhibition, Period Gallery, Omaha, NE, USA

 

2001           

SOFA 2001-Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, Il, USA

Archie Bray Resident Exhibition, Helena, Billings, Bozeman, MT, USA

Spokane Fall Artwalk, Spokane, WA, USA

Grad Show, Hopkins Hall Gallery, Columbus, OH, USA

 

2000          

International Ceramics Juried Exhibition, Zanesville Art Center, Zanesville, OH, USA

Ohio State Fair- Fine Arts Exhibition, James M. Cox Fine Arts Center, Columbus, OH, USA

8th Edith Fergus-Gilmore Scholarship Awards Exhibition, Hopkins Hall Gallery, Columbus, OH, USA

Grad Show, Hopkins Hall Gallery, Columbus, OH, USA

 

1999           

Insight 99, Cal State University Museum, Long Beach, CA, USA

 

1998           

Ink & Clay, Cal Poly Museum, Pomona, CA, USA

Figuration / Configuration, Sam Francis Gallery at Crossroad School, Santa Monica, CA

 

1997           

Young Shoulders, Duckwon Gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

1996           

Hong-Ik Ceramic Art Show, Hong-Ik University Museum, Seoul, Korea

Exhibition of Hong-Ik Ceramic Artist Association, Design Center, Seoul, Korea

 

1995           

Korean Craft Exhibition, National Museum of Art, Gwachon, Korea

Hong-Ik Ceramic Art Show, Hong-Ik University Museum, Seoul, Korea

Exhibition of Hong-Ik Ceramic Artist Association, Design Center, Seoul, Korea

 

1994           

Seoul Contemporary Ceramics, Seoul gallery, Seoul, Korea

Dong-A Craft Exhibition, Seoul Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Sex & Sports, Hong-Ik University Museum, Seoul, Korea

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Awards

 

2001            

Taunt Fellowship, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT, USA

Office of International Education Grant, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

Edith Fergus-Gilmore Material Grant, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

2000           

Edith Fergus Gilmore Scholarships Award, The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH, USA

1995           

1st Prize in The 10th Korean Craft Exhibition in Ceramics, Gwachon, Korea

1994          

 Special Choice in The 14th Seoul Contemporary Ceramics, Seoul, Korea

 

Collections

“21st Century Jar with Figurines”  Museum of Far Eastern  Antiqities, Stockholm, Sweden

“The Martyr’s Tomb”  Seosomun Shrine History Museum, Seoul, Korea

“Brest”, The World Ceramic Exposition Foundation, Icheon, Korea

“Self-Portrait”, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwangju, Korea

“Human”, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, USA

“Story #4”, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, USA