Born in Seoul, Korea. Living and working in New Jersey and Florida
1988_ B.A. Fine Arts Concentrated on Western Painting, Hong-IkUniversity, Seoul Korea. Awarded by a regionally accredited U.S. College orUniversity
Mew Media Technology, LaGuardia Community College, Long Island City, NY
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, NewYork
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
2018_Quilting by the Lake (QBL) 2 Weeks Residency, Sponsoredby Schweinfurth Art Cent Onondaga Community College, Syracuse, NY2014_Open Studio Residency, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle,Maine, USA
2013_Residency Program, Coohaus Art, Chelsea NYC
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
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 teacupsaucers with participants. PowerPoint presentation to introduce Korean colorson 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 patchworkwrapping 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 bojagipattern 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 formulti-cultural families in NY hosted by Ministry of Korean Culture, Sports andTourism and Korean Arts & Culture education service.
Dami Min, Correspondent, “Dreaming Art as Life," KoaLifeKorean-American Life Style Magazine, Korean, Volume 13, no. 3, (March 2013):34-39
Jongwon Park, reporter, “Contemporary Bojagi Artist Wonju Seo; KoreanArtist in New
York Series 113,” Korea Daily, Newspaper, New York, NY, Korean, (January31, 2011)
Jinyoun Jin, “The Deep Blue: Korean Patchwork by Wonju Seo”, permanentexhibition of Korea Hall at El Faro a Colón in Santo Domingo, DominicanRepublic, 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, PowerhouseMuseum, Australia,
TAASA Review, The Journal of The Asian Art Society of Australia, Volume20, no, 3, (September, 2011): 19
Sunny Shine, Correspondent, “Korean Color-field Abstract Bojagi ArtistWonju Seo,” Mom&I Korean-American Life Style Magazine, Korean, (January2015): 30-33
RADIO / TV/ ONLINE/ BLOG
Dr. Rosalind Ragans, “ArtTalk and Exploring Art,” McGraw-Hill fine artstextbook, 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
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
2012_Individual Artist Fellowship from New Jersey State Council on theArts, 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.