ARTISTS / Ho Jung Kim
Ho Jung Kim (b. 1988) received a Bachelor's degree in Ceramic Art from Korea's Kyung Hee University and a Master's degree in Industrial Ceramics from Hongik University before going on to study at the Royal College of Art, where she earned a Master's degree in Ceramics and Glass in 2019. Kim currently serves as an adjunct professor in the Ceramic Art department at Kyung Hee University in Korea. Through her experimentation with colour, materials, and various artistic vocabularies, Kim explores the relationship between community, history, and nature. From ceramics to painting, drawing, and installation art, she incorporates her international background and unique sensibility for form and material into her work. Her work has been exhibited in the UK, Germany, France, Japan, and South Korea.
Kim's creative inspiration comes from the infinite expanse of space presented by the sky and the ocean, and her work begins with a curiosity for everything hidden in the depths of blue. She believes that nature is a space that contains a power beyond human ability. Kim uses colour as a beautiful visual language, and through harmonious blending, creative activity is generated. Her paintings, drawings, and ceramic works all contemplate the hope brought by blue, a colour that surrounds people and inspires imagination of endless possibilities in the vast sky and deep ocean.
In her work, blue pigment becomes the medium that evokes the natural and cosmic. Kim's goal is to present this colour energy in flat works and ceramic forms. The blue dots, lines, and shapes freely scattered in the texture of her paintings and ceramics interact with each other. Kim believes that the meaning of blue may be different for everyone, but she hopes that people can find hope and comfort beyond blue. Her work encourages people to view blue as a beautiful and powerful visual language, and to explore the infinite natural space through it.
Education
2017 - 2019 Master of Ceramics and Glass, Royal College of Art, UK
2012 - 2016 Master of Industrial Ceramics, Hongik University, Korea
2009 IMPACT Program, New York University, USA (Summer Course)
2007 - 2012 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ceramic Art, Kyung Hee University, Korea
Professional Experience
2021 - Present Part-time Professor, Department of Ceramics, Kyung Hee University, Korea
2018 July Assistant Designer, Studio Levien, London, UK
Selected Exhibitions
2023 New Moon Rising: A Contemporary Tale, Touch Ceramics, Hong Kong
The White Road, Touch Ceramics, Hong Kong
2022 Captured Scenery, KCDF, Korea
Eternal Blue Rhythm, 776 Space Gallery
Shaping the Future, The New Craftsman Gallery, St Ives, UK
Ambiente Talents & Trend, Ambiente Messe Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
2019 British Ceramic Biennale Fresh, China Hall, British
Ceramics Biennial, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
Material Declaration, Dyson Gallery, London, UK
The Other Side of the Moon, 4482, Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, London, UK
Can Images...?, The Crypt, London, UK
2016 Now, Icheon Ceramic Foundation, Icheon, Korea
2014 Asia Expo, Chosun Daily News, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul, Korea
2013 Asian Young Artists Exchange Exhibition, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary
Art & Kanazawa Art Museum, Kanazawa, Japan Awards and Selected Works
2021 Special Prize, Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Cheongju, Korea
2020 Talente, Handwerk & Design, Munich, Germany
Talente and Trend, Ambiente, Frankfurt, Germany
2019 Fresh, British Ceramics Biennial, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
2016 Finalist, Korea Ceramic Art Award, Incheon, Korea Publications
2021 Beyond Ultramarine, Ho Jung Kim
FLOW, Ho Jung Kim
2020 Shaping the Future, The New Craftsman Gallery