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Jae Ko creates a unique visual language using elegant spirals and ribbon installations that can reach monumental proportions. She draws inspiration from nature, and her forms often resemble organic elements such as tree rings, tornadoes, roots, branches, or seeds. Her creative process was initially inspired by trees, as she began using sumi ink, a calligraphy ink made from burned wood, which she combined with paper, drawing from a common source of materials.
The intuitive design of each of Ko's sculptures are made from seemingly endless amounts of everyday office, recycled paper or adding machine tapes, which she unwinds and reshapes, bathes in vats of ink and then leaves them to dry out over months. Her captivating sculptures blur the line between writing and sculpting, taking on a biomorphic shape that resembles a swollen calligraphic mark. She may incorporate colour into her pieces, drawing inspiration from the vibrant primary colours found in traditional Korean settings. Jae Ko notes that as her environment changes, her sources of inspiration continuously evolve to include influences from the Western world. She has related her work to bristlecone pine trees that are bent into shapes by the wind, yet still alive. These trees are present in the American West, which adds to her sources of inspiration that infuse into her work.

Jae Ko

Biography

Period Event / Incident / Activity
2000 lives and works in Maryland, USA
1998 MFA, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore MD
1988 BFA, Wako University, Tokyo Japan
1984 Toyo Art School, Tokyo Japan
1961 born in southern Korea

Prices / Awards / Scholarships

Period Event, institution, location
2002 Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant,
2010 "Force of Nature" - showcased at The Phillips Collection in Washington
2012 Anonymous Was A Woman Award

Fellowships

2013 DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
2012 Anonymous Was A Woman
2011 Maryland State Arts Council
2010 DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
2007 Maryland State Arts Council
2000 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation,Inc
1999 DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
1998 Virginia Commission for the Arts
1996 Maryland Institute College of Art

Solo Exhibitions

2015 Grounds for sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
2014 Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington DC
2013 Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
2012 Andrew Bae Gallery, Chicago, IL
Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC
2011 Galerie Roger Katwijk Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dick Graff Fine Art Honourable Silver Objects, Antwerp, Belgium
2010-2011 Phillips Collection, Washington DC
2010 Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA
Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington DC
Walker Contemporary, Boston, MA
Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
2009 Dick Graff Fine Art Honourable Silver Objects, Antwerp, Belgium
Andrew Bae Gallery, Chicago, IL
Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto, Canaday
Marsha Mateyka Gallery, washington DC
2008 Katzen Arts center, America Univ. Museum, Washington DC
2007 Galerie Lausberg, Dusseldorf, Germany
Galerie De Rijk, Den Hague, Netherlands
Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
2006 Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington DC
Galerie De Rijk, Dan Haag, Netherlands
2005 Andrew Bae Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004 Robischon gallery, Denver, CO
2003 Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
2002 Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington DC
Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2001 John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington DC
2000 Braunstein/Quey Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Marsha Mateyka Gallery,Washington DC
1998 Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1988 Gallery Q, Tokyo, Japan
1987 Gallery Sora, Tokyo, Japan
Gallery Q, Tokyo, Japan

Group exhibitions | selection

2013 Galerie Roger Katwijk Amsterdam, Netherlands
Galerie Lausberg, Dusseldorf, Germany
Ulrike Hrobsky Vienna, Austria
2012 Waterhouse and Dodd gallery, New York NY
2011 Galerie Bailly Contemporain Paris, France
Galerie Roger Katwijk Amsterdam, Netherlands
Marsha Materka Gallery, Washington DC
Robischon gallery, Denver CO
University of Maryland, Takoma park, MD
2010 MK Galerie, Berlin Germany
Galerie Roger Katwijk, Amsterdam Netherlands
Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto Canada
Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington DC
Andrew Bae Gallery, Chicago IL
Katzen Arts center, America Univ. Museum, Washington DC
2009 Brenda Tayler Gallery, New York NY
Galerie Roger Katwijk, Amsterdam Netherlands
Samuel Freeman Gallery, Santa Monica CA
2008 Walker Contemporary, Boston MA
Brown Univ. Museum, Providence Rhode Island
Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City Iowa
2007 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC
Galerie De Rijk, Den Haag Netherlands
Andrew Bae Gallery, Chicago IL
Galerie Lausberg, Toronto Canada
Jewish Culture Center, Washington DC
Robischon Gallery, Denver CO
2006 Holland Papier Biennial, Museum Rijswijk and Museum Apeldoom, Netherlands
Goldener Engl Galerie, Innsbruck/Hall Austria
Galerie Lausberg, Dusseldorf Germany
2005 Ludwig Museum, Koblenz Germany
Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington DC
Robischon Gallery, Denver CO
2004 Galerie Lausberg, Dusseldorf Germany
Auden Galerie, Homburg Germany
Galerie De Rijk, Dan Haag Netherlands
Galerie Krijer + Katwijk, Amsterdam Netherlands
Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington DC
2003 Peabody Essex Museum, Boston Mass
2001 The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridge field CT
1999 Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington DC
Gallery Korea, New York NY
Long wood Center for the Arts, Farm vile VA
Maryland Art Place, Baltimore MD; traveling to Boyden Gallery, St. Mary City MD and McLean Project for the Art, McLean VA and Kennedy Museum of Art, Ohio University, Athens OH
McLean Project for the Arts, McLean VA
The Gallery, University of Maryland
Goya Girl Press, Baltimore, MD and Kennedy Museum of Art, Ohio University, Athens OH
Corcoran Museum Of Art, Washington DC
Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore MD
1998 Baumgartner Gallery, Washington DC
Art site 98 Biennial Arlington Art Center, Arlington VA
Art site 98 Biennial Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington DC
Gallery Korea, Los Angeles CA
Maryland Art Place, Baltimore MD
Rockville Art Place, Rockville MD
Corcoran Museum of Art,Washington DC
Goya Girl Press, Baltimore MD
The Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park MD
Meyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore MD
1987 Gallery Q, Tokyo Japan
1986 Ueno Museum, Tokyo Japan
1985 Central Museum, Tokyo Japan

Collections

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC
Phillips Collection, Washington DC
Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington DC
Washington DC Convention Center, Washington DC
Wilson Building, Washington DC
Agnes Scoot College, GA
University of Maryland, Takoma park MD
Arlington Cultural affairs, Arlington VA
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, washington DC

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