Born in Seoul, Korea. Living and working in both New Jersey and Florida
2022_"Travelogue," The KoreaSociety, NY
2019_"Tradition Meets ModernBeauty" Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, NY
2018_ "ThroughMy 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 KoreanBojagi 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 ofStony Brook University and Stony Brook Medicine to celebrate art and music inhonor of Joan Lash.
2015_“Dual Identities I,” BBCN Bank Manhattan Branch, NYC, InCollaboration with AHL Foundation, Inc. and BBCN Bank, NYC
2014_"The Deep Blue," Korea Hall of the "Faro aColon", Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, hosted by The Embassy of theRepublic of Korea in the Dominican Republic.
2014_Inspiration of Blue, Office of Consular Affairs, Embassy of theRepublic 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, PalisadePark, NJ
2024_ Celebration of 40th anniversaryalumni of Hong-Ik University Department of Fine Arts in Painting major in1984, Gallery H, Seoul, Korea
2023_Therein, Waterfall MansionGallery, New York, NY
2023_WOW, Art Mora Gallery,Ridgefield, NJ
2022_Korean Fashion: From Royal Courtto Runway, The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum,Washington DC
2021_BergdorfGoodmanXWaterfall, Bergdorf Goodman Decorative Home & JewelryDepartment (7th FL) in NYC
2021_Light House, WaterfallMansion Gallery, New York, NY
2020_Restore, Waterfall MansionGallery, New York, NY
2019_Trace Elements, WindowGallery (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 KoreanWomen, Ridderhof Martin Gallery, University of Mary Washington, VA
2019_Re: Collection 2019, WaterfallMansion Gallery, New York, NY
2019_Mono Prismatic Visual K-Wave.Queens Collage Art Center, Flushing, NY
2019_To Be a Women. Three Person Exhibition, KoreanCultural Center, Washington D.C.
2018_ “New Jersey State Council on the ArtsFellowship Awards in Visual Arts Exhibition,” Wheaton Arts andCultural 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 byHoing-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," KoreanCultural Center Washington, DC
2014_Korea Bojagi Forum, The Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art and othergalleries, 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 CulturalService NY, Korean Cultural Service NY/ Queens Museum, USA
2014_Korean American Pop Art, McGuireWoods Gallery of Lorton WorkhouseArt Center, hosted by Hanmee Artists Association, Washington D.C.
2014_Seas of Blue: Asian Indigo Dye, The Charles B. Wang Center at StonyBrook 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 ShowcaseExhibition, Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts & Sciences, Loveladies, NJ
2013_ ImagoMundi: Luciano Benetton Collection, Collateral Event of the55th International Art Exhibition, Querini Stampalia Foundation, Venice, Italy
2013_ New Growth: Works by Members of Flushing Town Hall, Flushing TownHall, 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, HeyriArtists 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 ResourceCenter & 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
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 fromthe Surface Design Association, Organized by SDA, Schweinfurth Art Center,Auburn, NY
2014_ITAB: International TECHstyle Art Biennial, San Jose Museum ofQuilts & 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., Pier92, NYC
2012_More Art from Found Objects, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
2012_Brainstorms: The 12th international juried exhibition, Visions ArtMuseum, San Diego, CA
2012_Crossing Lines: The Many Faces of Fiber, The World Financial CenterCourtyard Gallery, NYC
2011_American Mosaic, Smithtown Township Arts Council, Mills Pond HouseGallery, 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, LarsonGalley, 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 ArtAssociation, CT
2009_4th Seoul International Quilt Festival, Special Selection, SeoulCOEX,Seoul, Korea
2007 _Annual New Jersey Small Work Show, The Mikhail Zakin Gallery,Demarest, NJ
1994_Sunmi Design Competition 94, Scarf, Deagu, S. Korea
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 theLake (QBL) conference
2016_Western Kentucky University, KY, ASPECTS: Work by KoreanArtists in America
2014_Open Studio Residency at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, DeerIsle, Maine presented art works for the 39 participating artists and board members
2013_ August Town Hall, Hosted by Asian American Arts Alliance, GreenwichHouse 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
Taught at schools, museums, and organizations, such as The Korea Society (NYC), The Korean CulturalCenter (NYC & Washington DC..), The GW Museum and The Textile Museum (Washington DC), LeeYoung Hee Museum of Korean Culture ( NYC), the Charles B. Wang Center (Stony Brook, NY) andNewark Museum (NJ).
Lee Talbot, “Introduction,” Exhibition Catalog, March 2022, NY
Will Heinrich, “Woodblock Prints and Hindu Gods at Asia Week New York,” The New York Times,March 11, 2022, NY
Jinyoun A. Jin, “Transforming Century-Old Household Items with a ContemporarySensibility: Wonju Seo’s Textiles,” Exhibition Catalog, December 2018, NY
Aileen Jacobson, “Origami Heaven- Unfolds.” The New York Times, December 3, 2015, NY
Sunny Shine, “Korean Color-field Abstract Bojagi Artist Wonju Seo,” Mom&I Korean-American LifeStyle Magaz (30p- 33p), January 2015, NJ
Jinyoun A. Jin, “The Deep Blue: Korean Patchwork by Wonju Seo”, Exhibition Catalog, December 2014,NY
Gail Deayton, “Artist of the Week-Wonju Seo,” Interview (online), Nov. 16, 2014, Hong Kong
Aileen Jacobson, “Seeing Asian Cultures, Through an Indigo Lens,” The New York Times, April 13,2014, NY
Christina Sumner, “TAASA Review_Volume 20, no, 3,” The Journal of The Asian Art Society ofAustralia, September 2011, Australia
Jongwon Park, “Contemporary Bojagi Artist Wonju Seo; Korean Artist in New York Series 113,” KoreaDaily, January 31, 2011, NY
2018_Individual Artist Fellowship from New Jersey State Council on theArts, NJ
2018_Quilting by the Lake (QBL) Fiber Artist Fellowship, Schweinfurth ArtCent, Onondaga Community College, Syracuse, NY
2018_Quilting by the Lake (QBL) Residency, Sponsored by Schweinfurth Art Cent Onondaga Community College, Syracuse, NY
2012_Individual Artist Fellowship from New Jersey State Council on theArts, NJ
2014 Open Studio Residency, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine
2013 Residency Program, Coohaus Art, Chelsea NYC
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
2024_"Bojagi Dress," Peabody Essex Museum, MA
2024_Marialinda Project, "Through My Window," via MarthaMulholland Interior Design, Los Angeles, CA
2023_Commissioned Bojagi Project, "White Wonderland" and"Through My Window," via Jessica Helgerson Interior Design,Portland, OR
2020_"Through My Window_Ocean, Sky, and Wind," GrandHyatt Hotel, Jeju Dream Tower lobby, Jeju Island, South Korea via WaterfallMansion & Gallery, New York, NYC
2015_"White Wonderland," Charles B. Wang Center SkylightGallery, Stony Brook University, NY
2010_"Wearable Bojagi," Newark Museum, C. Cutting BequestFund, NJ, USA,
Many wearable & hang-able art collections were purchased by privateindividuals.
B.F.A. Fine Arts Concentrated on Western Painting, Hong-Ik University Awarded by a regionallyaccredited U.S. College or University
New Media Technology, LaGuardia Community College, Long Island City, NY
Painting & Drawing, The Student League of New York, New York, NY
Certificate of Completion, Professional Development (contact hours: 60), The Artist/Teacher Institute ArtsHorizons, 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
Embroidery, Certificate of Study, Seol Won Foundation, New York, NYC