RESUME
Born in Seoul, Korea.
Live and work in Bergen County, New Jersey
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS & PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
2020_"Through My Window_Ocean, Sky, and Wind," 55Wx135H in. total of 4 pieces, Alcohol painting, hand-sewn patchwork on digitally printed silk organza, Grand Hyatt Hotel, Jeju Dream Tower lobby, Jeju Island, South Korea
2015_"White Wonderland," 384Wx312H in, Folded, hand-sewn textile, Charles B. Wang Center Skylight Gallery, Stony Brook University, NY
2010_"Wearable Bojagi," Newark Museum, C. Cutting Bequest Fund, NJ, USA,
Many wearable & hang-able art collections were purchased by private individuals.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022_"Travelogue," The Korea Society, NY (Up-Coming)
2019_"Tradition Meets Modern Beauty" Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, NY
2018_ "Through My Window: Peace and Freedom," Quilting by the Lake (QBL) Fiber Artist Fellowship, Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, NY
2016_“Dual Identities II: a contemporary interpretation of Korean Bojagi by Wonju Seo, ” MK Gallery, Vienna, VA
2015_"Wrapping with Blessings: Korean Patchwork by Wonju Seo," Stony Brook University Hospital, Co-sponsored by Charles B. Wang Center of Stony Brook University and Stony Brook Medicine to celebrate art and music in honor of Joan Lash.
2015_“Dual Identities I,” BBCN Bank Manhattan Branch, NYC, In Collaboration with AHL
Foundation, Inc. and BBCN Bank, NYC
2014_"The Deep Blue," Korea Hall of the "Faro a Colon", Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, hosted by The Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the Dominican Republic.
2014_Inspiration of Blue, Office of Consular Affairs, Embassy of the Republic of Korea, hosted by Hanmee Artists Association, Washington D.C
2012 _ Through My Window, Coohaus Art, Chelsea New York, NYC
2011_ Tradition Meets Modern Beauty, Riverside Gallery, Hackensack, NJ
2009_ Drawing & Painting by Won Ju Seo, Multimedia Center, Palisade Park, NJ
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022_Korean Fashion: From Royal Court to Runway, The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum, Washington DC
2021_Bergdorf GoodmanXWaterfall, Bergdorf Goodman Decorative Home & Jewelry Department (7th FL) in NYC
2021_Light House, Waterfall Mansion Gallery, New York, NY
2020_Restore, Waterfall Mansion Gallery, New York, NY
2019_Trace Elements, Window Gallery (One of Paul Robeson Galleries), Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
2019_The New Domestics: East Cost / West Cost, HCAD Gallery, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ
2019_Marginalized Histories of Korean Women, Ridderhof Martin Gallery, University of Mary Washington, VA
2019_Re: Collection 2019, Waterfall Mansion Gallery, New York, NY
2019_Mono Prismatic Visual K-Wave. Queens Collage Art Center, Flushing, NY
2019_To Be a Women. Three Person Exhibition, Korean Cultural Center, Washington D.C.
2018_ “New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship Awards in Visual Arts Exhibition,” Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center, Millville, NJ2017_”Flight in Blue,” BWI International Gallery, Baltimore Washington International Airport, MD
2017_”In Residency: Selection from the Open Studio Residency Program,” Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
2017_”Life Infinite,” Works by 30 Korean American Diaspora Artists, Korean Culture Center, Washington D.C
2016_2016 Seoul-New York Project, Riverside Art Gallery, Organized by Hoing-Ik University Alumni in Eastern USA, Hackensack, NJ
2015_"Origami Heaven," Charles B. Wang Center Skylight Gallery, Video Gallery, Stony Brook University, NY
2015_"WOW II," Coohaus Art Mora, NYC.
2015_"Illustrating Passion & Freedom in Unison," Korean Cultural Center Washington, DC
2014_Korea Bojagi Forum, The Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art and other galleries, Jeoji Artist Village of Jeju Island, S. Korea
2014_Shades of Time: Archive of Korean-American Artists Part 2 (1989-2001), Collaborated with the AHL Foundation, Inc. and Korean Cultural Service NY, Korean Cultural Service NY/ Queens Museum, USA
2014_Korean American Pop Art, McGuireWoods Gallery of Lorton Workhouse Art Center, hosted by Hanmee Artists Association, Washington D.C.
2014_Seas of Blue: Asian Indigo Dye, The Charles B. Wang Center at Stony Brook University, NY
2014_Unusual Art, Belskie Museum, Closter, NJ
2013_Members Exhibition, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ (Up-Coming)
2013_2012 NJ State Council on the Arts: Visual Arts Fellowship Showcase Exhibition, Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts & Sciences, Loveladies, NJ
2013_ ImagoMundi: Luciano Benetton Collection, Collateral Event of the 55th International Art Exhibition, Querini Stampalia Foundation, Venice, Italy
2013_ New Growth: Works by Members of Flushing Town Hall, Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, NY
2013_‘SquareS’, Leonard Hansen Gallery, Englewood, NJ
2013_The Gathering of the Artists in 2013, Riverside Gallery, Hackensack, NJ
2012 _Korea Bojagi Forum (KBF): International Group Exhibitions, Heyri Artists Community, Korea
2011_Life as Art, Lee Young Hee The Museum of Korean Culture, New York, NY
2011 _Come From the Shadows, “The comfort women,” Holocaust Resource Center & Archives, Queensborough Community College, NY
2010_The Comfort Women Memorial and Art Exhibit, Multimedia Center, Palisade Park, NJ
2010_Encyclopedia Britannica Project, Belskie Museum,Closter, NJ
2010_NoHo NY 7th Annual Art Walk, TD Bank, New York, NY
2009_20 Artists Group Exhibition, Ye Rang Gallery, Fort Lee, NJ
2009_N.A.W.A. 2009 new members'Exhibition, N.A.W.A. Gallery, New York, NY
2009_SQA International Pojagi & Beyond, Paducah, KY
2008_Ten Artists Show, Ye Rang Gallery, FortLee, NJ
JURIED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019_New Directions in Fiber Art. Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
2019_Tradition Transformed. Korean Cultural Center, Washington D.C.
2016_"Transgressing Traditions" : Contemporary Textiles from the Surface Design Association, Organized by SDA, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
2014_ITAB: International TECHstyle Art Biennial, San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textile, CA
2013_ New Jersey Arts Annual,The Noyes Museum of Art, Atlantic City, NJ
2013_International Juried & Judged Quilt & Fiber Arts Festival, La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum, Washington
2013_Variations on The Canon, Coohaus Art, Chelsea, New York, NY
2013_40th Anniversary, Soho20 Chelsea Gallery, NYC
2013_Art-Expo NY, Group Exhibition Competition Hosted by NEA Inc., Pier 92, NYC
2012_More Art from Found Objects, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
2012_Brainstorms: The 12th international juried exhibition, Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA
2012_Crossing Lines: The Many Faces of Fiber, The World Financial Center Courtyard Gallery, NYC
2011_American Mosaic, Smithtown Township Arts Council, Mills Pond House Gallery, NY
2010_(Un) Wrapped, Columbia City Gallery, Seattle,WA
2010_Whimsy, Art Council of Morris Area, Morristown, NJ
2010_NJ Arts Annual: “Make Me Something Beautiful,” Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
2010_New Biennial National Juried Exhibition, Nature by Design, Larson Galley, Yakima, WA
2010_Annual New Jersey Small Work Show, Demarest,NJ
2009_Annual New Jersey Small Works Show, Demarest, NJ
2009_29th Annual Faber Birren National Color Award Show,The Stamford Art Association, CT
2009_4th Seoul International Quilt Festival, Special Selection, Seoul COEX,Seoul, Korea
2007 _Annual New Jersey Small Work Show, The Mikhail Zakin Gallery, Demarest, NJ
1994_Sunmi Design Competition 94, Scarf, Deagu, S. Korea
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2018_Quilting by the Lake (QBL) 2 Weeks Residency, Sponsored by Schweinfurth Art Cent Onondaga Community College, Syracuse, NY 2014_Open Studio Residency, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine, USA
2013_Residency Program, Coohaus Art, Chelsea NYC
ARTIST PRESENTATION
2019_HCC Digital Auditorium, University of Mary Washington, VA, Art & Art History Symposium: Marginalized Histories of Korean Women
2018_Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, NY, Quilting by the Lake (QBL) conference
2016_Western Kentucky University, KY, ASPECTS: Work by Korean Artists in America
2014_Open Studio Residency at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine
presented art works for the 39 participating artists and board members
2013_ August Town Hall, Hosted by Asian American Arts Alliance, Greenwich House
Music School, NYC
presented art works
2012_Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA, USA
presented art works for the staffs and volunteers of the museum
WORKSHOPS
2015_Korea Society, N.Y.C.
Four week workshop: Lucky Pouches
2014_Charles B. Wang Center, Stony Brook University, NY, USA
One day workshop:Patchwork by Hand
Taught classes to create mini bojagis (Korean patchwork) as teacup saucers with participants. PowerPoint presentation to introduce Korean colors on Hon-bok, which is a traditional Korean clothing and bojagi.
2014_The Korea Society, NYC, USA
Four week workshop: Bojagi (Korean Patchwork) with Won Ju Seo
Taught classes to create a Hot-bo, which is single layer patchwork wrapping cloth, by hand with Korean and none Korean people
2013_The Korea Society, NYC, USA
Four week workshop:Traditional Korean Neck Pillows with Won Ju Seo
Taught classes to create two neck pillows using pine nut and bojagi pattern by hand with Korean and none Korean people
2012_Lee Young Hee Museum of Korean Culture, NYC, USA
Two day Interactive Workshop: Discovering Korean Colors for multi-cultural families in NY hosted by Ministry of Korean Culture, Sports and Tourism and Korean Arts & Culture education service.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Dami Min, Correspondent, “Dreaming Art as Life," KoaLife Korean-American Life Style Magazine, Korean, Volume 13, no. 3, (March 2013): 34-39
Jongwon Park, reporter, “Contemporary Bojagi Artist Wonju Seo; Korean Artist in New
York Series 113,” Korea Daily, Newspaper, New York, NY, Korean, (January 31, 2011)
PRINT MEDIA
Jinyoun Jin, “The Deep Blue: Korean Patchwork by Wonju Seo”, permanent exhibition of Korea Hall at El Faro a Colón in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Exhibition Catalogue, English, Spanish, Korean, color illustration. Published by the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the Dominican Republic. December 2014
Christina Sumner, Principal Curator Design & Society, Powerhouse Museum, Australia,
TAASA Review, The Journal of The Asian Art Society of Australia, Volume 20, no, 3, (September, 2011): 19
Sunny Shine, Correspondent, “Korean Color-field Abstract Bojagi Artist Wonju Seo,” Mom&I Korean-American Life Style Magazine, Korean, (January 2015): 30-33
RADIO / TV/ ONLINE/ BLOG
Dr. Rosalind Ragans, “ArtTalk and Exploring Art,” McGraw-Hill fine arts textbook, online art textbook, English, Spanish, 2012
Yoojin Sung, KBR: Korean Radio Broadcast Co., New Jersey,
Interview, Korean, March 21, 2013
Gail Deayton, “Contemporary Bojagi Artist,” Artist of the Week-Wonju Seo, Interview, English, Nov. 16, 2014, http://hkarttutoring.com/artist-week-wonju-seo
EDUCATION
1988_ B.A. Fine Arts Concentrated on Western Painting, Hong-Ik University, Seoul Korea. Awarded by a regionally accredited U.S. College or University
ADDITIONAL ART TRAINING
Embroidery, Certificate of Study, Seol Won Foundation, New York, NYC
Painting & Drawing, The Student League of New York, New York, NY
Certificate of Completion, Professional Development (contact hours: 60), The Artist/Teacher Institute Arts Horizons, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
Textile Design, Institute Korea Textile Design School (KTDS), Seoul Korea
Silk Painting, Continuing Education, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York
AWARDS
2018_Individual Artist Fellowship from New Jersey State Council on the Arts, NJ
2018_Quilting by the Lake (QBL) Fiber Artist Fellowship, Schweinfurth Art Cent, Onondaga Community College, Syracuse, NY
2012_Individual Artist Fellowship from New Jersey State Council on the Arts, NJ
2012_Thomas Contemporary Quilt Recognition Award from Visions Art Museum, CA
2011_Honorable Mention from Smithtown Township Arts Council, NY