1960  

Born in Korea
1988  

Moved to New York

 

Education

1991  

Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY; M.F.A.
1985  

Hong-Ik University, College of Fine Arts, Seoul, Korea; M.F.A.

 

Solo Exhibitions

2011     

 "Walter Gropius Master Artists Project”, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV
2010     

“The In Between”, John Schmid Galerie, Basel, Switzerland
“Chairs”, OK Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
2009     

“Chairs”, Sabina Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Life, Dreams, Death and Life”, in collaboration with immigrants from Latin America,
 Tenement Museum, New York, New York
2007     

“A Mid-Career Survey of the Work of Sook Jin Jo, Arko Art Center, Seoul, Korea
“Resurrection II”, Maiden lane Exhibition Space, New York, NY
2006     

“New York/ Paris”, Galerie Gana Beaubourg, Paris, France
“New York/ Paris”, Zone Chelsea Center for the Arts, New York, NY
“My Brother’s Keeper”, Black and White Project Space, Brooklyn, NY
2004      

O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
“Wishing Worlds/ We are All in One”, Inauguration exhibition for
Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts, University of Texas, El Paso, Texas
2002      

O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
Galerie Hertz, Louisville, Kentucky
Korean Cultural Center, Washington, DC
Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
2001      

O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1998      

St. Peter’s Church, New York, NY
1996      

O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1993      

O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
“KAFA Awardee Sook Jin Jo”, Korean Culture Center, Los Angeles, CA
1992      

O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1991       

Inauguration, Bo Yoon Gallery, New York, NY
O.K. Harris Works of Art, Birmingham, MI
1990      

O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1998      

Hanaro Art Center, Seoul, Koreas
1986     

“Today in Seoul”, Projected by Aunkan Gallery, Osaka, Japan
1985      

Kwan-Hoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Selected Group Exhibitions

2014    

Nobody, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

2014    

Double Mirror, American University Museum, Washington, DC

2013    

Bridges Not Walls, Maier Museum of Art, Lynchburg, Virginia

2012    

Dislocation, Daegu Museum of Art, Daegu, Korea

2012    

Bridges Not Walls, Maier Museum of Art, Lynchburg, Virginia
2012    

The Secret Forest, National Museum of Art, Gwancheon, Korea
2012    

Contemplative Ink, Asian Art Piers, New York, NY

2011     

Special Exhibition: Chairs, Walk, Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Cheongju, Korea

2011     

LandArt, Tschäpperli, Basel/Aesch, Switzerland

2010     

In/Process, Forum Schloss Platz, Aarau, Switzerland
Clay City Dreams: Wood & Paper, Gallery 61, New York Institute of Technology, New York
2009    

For Excellence: KAFA Awards, Museum of Art, Seoul National University, Seoul
2007    

Sculpture: Selections from the Collection of Martin Z. Margulies, Margulies Warehouse, Miami
20 New York Artists, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
Jamaica Flux 2007, Jamaica Center for Art and Learning, Jamaica, New York
1st International Incheon Women Artists Biennale, Incheon Culture & Arts Center, Incheon, Korea
2006    

Fluid Artcanal International, Le Landeron, Switzerland
2005     

Into The Light: Recently Acquired Works from the Collection, Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
2004    

Lodz Biennale: Construction in Process, International Artist Museum, Lodz, Poland
Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju Art Museum, Gwangju, Korea
2003    

Dreams and Reality: Korean American Contemporary Art, International Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution,
S. Dillon Ripley Center, Washington, DC
At the Crossroads, Korean Cultural Service, New York, NY

2002    

Unexpected Selections from the Martin Z. Margulies Collection: Art from 1985 to the Present, The Art Museum,

Florida International University, Miami, FL

New Collections 2001, National Museum of Contemporary Art in Korea, Gwacheon, Korea

Extraordinary Things (A Study of Contemporary Art Through Materials Culture, Indiana State University,

Indiana; traveling to: Bradley University, Illinois
Containers, Maronie Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Japan and Korea Art Festival, Ihatov Cultural Center, Ihatov, Japan
2001     

Fifteen Asian American Artists, Staller Center for the Arts, State University at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY
Foundation of a Century, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY
Earth’s Altars: Ritual and Revelation, Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY
20.20, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations, New York, NY
Twenty-Six American Artists, Campo & Campo, Antwerp, Belgium
Confluence of Cultures, Korean Cultural Center, New York/ Pratt Institute, Brooklyn
7,480,800 cu ft., Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY
New York New World: Korean Artists ’98, Pratt Institute, New York/Brooklyn, NY
The 1st Seoul Arts Festival for Overseas Koreans, Gallery Sang, Seoul, Korea

1997     

In The Eye of The Tiger: A Survey of Contemporary Korean Artists, Exit Art/The First World, New York, NY;

Traveling to: Il Min Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
1995     

Exploring Undefined Boundaries, Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, NJ
The Collage Aesthetic: Six Directions, Keuka College, Keuka Park, NY; traveling to: Cedar Crest College,

Allentown, PA; Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA
1992     

Three Artists from Korea, Tenri Gallery, New York, NY

Ecole de Seoul, Kwan-Hoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea

A Small Bite of The Big Apple: Contemporary Art from O.K. Harris, Bobbit Visual Arts Center, Albion College,

Albion, MI

Centerpieces, Norton Center, Centre College, Danville, KY
Wood, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY
1990     

Orora, Asian American Arts Centre, New York, NY
1989     

Resonance of Decay, Korea Gallery New York, NY
1987     

Today’s Young Artists, Batangkol Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Korea: New Painterly Assets, Nabis Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Free Form, Soo Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Spearhead in Korea, Kwan-Hoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1986     

Ecole de Seoul, Kwan-Hoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
31 Women Artists in Korea, Kwan-Hoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Contemporary Korean Artists, Kyoto City Art Center, Kyoto, Japan
1985     

The 11th Independants-Seoul Contemporary Art Festival, Fine Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
KIS ‘85-Kunsan International Show, Cheonju Art Center, Cheonju, Korea
New Direction-Summer ‘85, Yoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Inauguration, Hoo/Jun Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1984     

A Property of Matter-New Method of Existence, Kwan-Hoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Seoul/International Drawing Biennale ‘84, Fine Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
1983     

The 10th Independants, National Museum of Modern Art, Seoul, Korea

 

Performance/Collaborations

2011      

Coming Together, Tschapeliri, Basel/Aesch, Switzerland
2010      

Trabant, Installation: Sook Jin Jo, Music/Performance: Tomek Kolczynski, Video: Oguz Ozlu,    
Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel, Switzerland
2007     

Crossroads-Installation & Performance in collaboration with Derek Bermel(clarenet),
Sacatar Foundation, Itaparica, Brazil
2006     

Where Did You Go?, Zone Chelsea Center for the Arts, New York
2005     

All Things Work Together, Peace Performance with Audience, OK Harris Gallery, New York, NY
2004     

May We All Be in Peace, Peace, and Only Peace, Peace Performance with Audience, Lodz Biennale,Lodz, Poland
1999     

Color of Life-Life and Death Performance in collaboration with Sean Katsuyama(cello), Paul Bentham(clarenet) & Muriel Vergnaud(flute), 
Socrates Sculpture Park, L.I.C., New York

 

Awards/Grants

2014      

"Residency Fellowship", Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai, China
2013      

"Libations" Project, Commission,  UnSpace: Interior/Architectural Design Firm, New York, New York
2012      

"A.R.E. Design Award": TreeHaus Project- in collaboration with UnSpace: Interior/Architectural Design Firm,New York, New York
2010      

"iaab Fellowship" (International Exchange and Studio Program Basel),Christoph Merian Stifung Foundation, Basel, Switzerland
2010       

"International Exchange Grant", Korean Culture and Arts Foundation, Seoul, Korea
2008      

"Artist Award", Hajonghyun Art Foundation, Seoul, Korea
2007      

"Residency Fellowship", SACATAR Foundation, Itaparica, Brazil
2005      

"Site-Specific Sculpture Fellowship", Global Arts Village, Ghitorni, New Delhi, India
2004      

"Public Art Commission", City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles, CA
"International Exchange Grant", Korean Culture and Arts Foundation, Seoul, Korea

2001       

"Residency Fellowship", SACATAR Foundation, Itaparica, Brazil
2000      

"Artist Fellowship", Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY
1999       

"Artist Fellowship", Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY
1996       

"Grant", Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, NY
1993       

"KAFA Award", Korea Arts Foundation of America, Santa Monica, CA

Collections

LA Metro Detention Center, Downtown Los Angeles, California

National Museum of Contemporary Art in Korea, Gwacheon, Korea
Housatonic Museum of Art, Westport, Connecticut
Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
Huntington Museum of Art, West Virginia
Arko Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Girls’ Club Collection, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, New York
Global Arts Village, Ghitorni, New Delhi, India
Joao Ubaldo Ribeiro School, Itaparica, Bahia, Brazil
Young Un Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwangju, Kyungki-Do, Korea

The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Miami, Florida