Artist Eun-Kyung Suh

Eun Kyung Suh – Artist Statement

Unquestionably, nature provides artists with the greatest source of inspiration and spirit. Artists have adopted nature as both subject matter and catalyst of the imagination. Some artists are devoted to capturing the beauty and depicting nature realistically while others endeavor to observe and analyze the outward shapes and the inner structures of nature and apply them to their artwork. My current work is also influenced by nature, and more specifically, the defense mechanisms of creatures.

The variety of protective adaptations animals have developed purely for survival such as cover and concealment, camouflage and disguise, warning signals, bluffs and threats, groups and coalitions and fight or flight, inform my work. I have been developing the form of my design to incorporate these concepts into art works, mimicking the quills of porcupines or the thorns of cantus. These works are aggressive, taking the offensive. They signify attacking and intimidating and are designed to evoke such warning signals as “Stay away,” “Danger,” or “Do not fool with me.”

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Education

2002 MFA, Design, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

2000 MA, Design, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

1991 BA, English, Ewha Women’s University, Seoul, Korea

Exhibitions

Group

2008 Encased Memory: Textile Sculpture, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN
2007 Naturally Inspired, Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, MN
2004 Wearing Our Tears, Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN
2002 Mechanisms: Secondary Defense, Gallery Space, Iowa City, Iowa
2002 Jewelry Invitational, Iowa Artisans Gallery, Iowa City, IA

International

2008 Iowa Metals Guild Exhibition, St. Petersburg, Russia
2006 Color: Bold/Subtle, Upstream People Gallery, Omaha, NE
2006 Contained Art, Galerie sei-un-do, Zurich, Switzerland
2004 Minimal Rings, Confident Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
2004 Bellagio Gallery, Asheville, NC
2003 The Beautiful III, Period Gallery, Omaha, NE
2003 Manifestation II: Form and Function, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY

National

2008 Think Tank, Eagle Art Gallery, Murray, KY
2007 Works on Paper, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA
2006 Top Award Winner Exhibition, Pen and Brush Inc., New York, NY
2005 Paperwork In, On and Of Paper, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO
2005 Paperworks 2005, b.j.spoke gallery, Huntington, NY
2005 Paper in particular, Columbia College, Columbia, MO
2005 Fine Craft Exhibition, Pen and Brush Inc., New York, NY
2003 Crafts National 37, Penn State University, University Park, PA
2003 National Women’s Exhibition, Impact Artists’ Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2003 Midland Arts Association, Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX
2003 30th Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
2003 Hand crafted: Ceramics, Fiber, Rocky Mount Center, Rocky Mount, NC
Glass, Metal, Wood
2002 Craft Forms 2002, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
2002 Combined Talents Competition, Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL
2002 5th National Juried Competition, Baker Art Center, Pershing, KS
2001 Craft Forms 2001, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA

Regional

2002 26th Annual Rock Island Exhibition, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL
2000 Iowa College Salon XXII, Brunnier Art Museum, Ames, IA

Publications

2007 LaVenture, Tom. “UMD Art+Design Faculty Biennial Exhibition features two Asian Artists.” Asian American Press 8 Mar. 2007.
2007 Walker, Stephanie. “Juror Statement.” Works on Paper-National Juried Show. Bancroft Gallery. 12 Jan. 2007
2006 Bradshaw, Larry. “Juror’s Statement.” Annual Color: Bold/Subtle Juried Online International Art Exhibition. Upstream People Gallery. 1 Dec. 2006
2006 Portfolio Brochure design for Kee-Ho Yuen, Professor in Metalsmithing and Jewelry at the University of Iowa, IA
2004 Gregory, Arch. Minimal Rings: Full Spectrum Publishing , 2004. 119, 187
2002 Catalogue design for Metalsmithing and Jewelry Department at the University of Iowa, IA

Awards

2008 Research Funding ($5,887), University of Minnesota, Duluth
2008 Visualization and Digital Imaging Lab Research Summer Grant ($2,000), University of Minnesota, Duluth
2007 First prize in Works on Paper / National Juried Exhibition , South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA
2007 Chancellor’s Faculty Small Grants ($750 each) University of Minnesota, Duluth
2006 Special Recognition in Color: Bold/Subtle / International Juried Art Exhibition, Upstream People Gallery, Omaha, NE
2006 Visualization and Digital Imaging Lab Research Summer Grant ($2,000), University of Minnesota, Duluth
2005 Outstanding Merit Award for Jewelry in Fine Craft Exhibition, Pen & Brush Inc., New York NY
2005 Chancellor’s Faculty Small Grants ($750 each) University of Minnesota, Duluth
2003 Grant-in-aid of Research, Artistry and Scholarship ($21,761) , University of Minnesota, Duluth
2003 Third Place in National Women’s Exhibition
Impact Artists’ Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2003 Chancellor’s Faculty Small Grants ($750 each) University of Minnesota, Duluth

Professional Experience

2002 University of Minnesota, Duluth MN, Associate Professor
1999-02 University of Iowa, Iowa City IA, Teaching Assistant
1992-94 Uri-Educational Magazine, Seoul, Korea, Journalist



	Eun Kyung Suh – Artist Statement Unquestionably, nature provides artists with the greatest source of inspiration and spirit. Artists have adopted nature as both subject matter and catalyst of the imagination. Some artists are devoted to capturing the beauty and depicting nature realistically while others endeavor to observe and analyze the outward shapes and the inner structures of nature and apply them to their artwork. My current work is also influenced by nature, and more specifically, the defense mechanisms of creatures. The variety of protective adaptations animals have developed purely for survival such as cover and concealment, camouflage and disguise, warning signals, bluffs and threats, groups and coalitions and fight or flight, inform my work. I have been developing the form of my design to incorporate these concepts into art works, mimicking the quills of porcupines or the thorns of cantus. These works are aggressive, taking the offensive. They signify attacking and intimidating and are designed to evoke such warning signals as “Stay away,” “Danger,” or “Do not fool with me.” Resume Education 2002 MFA, Design, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 2000 MA, Design, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 1991 BA, English, Ewha Women’s University, Seoul, Korea Exhibitions Group 2008 Encased Memory: Textile Sculpture, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN 2007 Naturally Inspired, Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, MN 2004 Wearing Our Tears, Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN 2002 Mechanisms: Secondary Defense, Gallery Space, Iowa City, Iowa 2002 Jewelry Invitational, Iowa Artisans Gallery, Iowa City, IA International 2008 Iowa Metals Guild Exhibition, St. Petersburg, Russia 2006 Color: Bold/Subtle, Upstream People Gallery, Omaha, NE 2006 Contained Art, Galerie sei-un-do, Zurich, Switzerland 2004 Minimal Rings, Confident Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL 2004 Bellagio Gallery, Asheville, NC 2003 The Beautiful III, Period Gallery, Omaha, NE 2003 Manifestation II: Form and Function, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY National 2008 Think Tank, Eagle Art Gallery, Murray, KY 2007 Works on Paper, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA 2006 Top Award Winner Exhibition, Pen and Brush Inc., New York, NY 2005 Paperwork In, On and Of Paper, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO 2005 Paperworks 2005, b.j.spoke gallery, Huntington, NY 2005 Paper in particular, Columbia College, Columbia, MO 2005 Fine Craft Exhibition, Pen and Brush Inc., New York, NY 2003 Crafts National 37, Penn State University, University Park, PA 2003 National Women’s Exhibition, Impact Artists’ Gallery, Buffalo, NY 2003 Midland Arts Association, Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX 2003 30th Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA 2003 Hand crafted: Ceramics, Fiber, Rocky Mount Center, Rocky Mount, NC Glass, Metal, Wood 2002 Craft Forms 2002, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA 2002 Combined Talents Competition, Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL 2002 5th National Juried Competition, Baker Art Center, Pershing, KS 2001 Craft Forms 2001, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA Regional 2002 26th Annual Rock Island Exhibition, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL 2000 Iowa College Salon XXII, Brunnier Art Museum, Ames, IA Publications 2007 LaVenture, Tom. “UMD Art+Design Faculty Biennial Exhibition features two Asian Artists.” Asian American Press 8 Mar. 2007. 2007 Walker, Stephanie. “Juror Statement.” Works on Paper-National Juried Show. Bancroft Gallery. 12 Jan. 2007 2006 Bradshaw, Larry. “Juror’s Statement.” Annual Color: Bold/Subtle Juried Online International Art Exhibition. Upstream People Gallery. 1 Dec. 2006 2006 Portfolio Brochure design for Kee-Ho Yuen, Professor in Metalsmithing and Jewelry at the University of Iowa, IA 2004 Gregory, Arch. Minimal Rings: Full Spectrum Publishing , 2004. 119, 187 2002 Catalogue design for Metalsmithing and Jewelry Department at the University of Iowa, IA Awards 2008 Research Funding ($5,887), University of Minnesota, Duluth 2008 Visualization and Digital Imaging Lab Research Summer Grant ($2,000), University of Minnesota, Duluth 2007 First prize in Works on Paper / National Juried Exhibition , South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA 2007 Chancellor’s Faculty Small Grants ($750 each) University of Minnesota, Duluth 2006 Special Recognition in Color: Bold/Subtle / International Juried Art Exhibition, Upstream People Gallery, Omaha, NE 2006 Visualization and Digital Imaging Lab Research Summer Grant ($2,000), University of Minnesota, Duluth 2005 Outstanding Merit Award for Jewelry in Fine Craft Exhibition, Pen & Brush Inc., New York NY 2005 Chancellor’s Faculty Small Grants ($750 each) University of Minnesota, Duluth 2003 Grant-in-aid of Research, Artistry and Scholarship ($21,761) , University of Minnesota, Duluth 2003 Third Place in National Women’s Exhibition Impact Artists’ Gallery, Buffalo, NY 2003 Chancellor’s Faculty Small Grants ($750 each) University of Minnesota, Duluth Professional Experience 2002 University of Minnesota, Duluth MN, Associate Professor 1999-02 University of Iowa, Iowa City IA, Teaching Assistant 1992-94 Uri-Educational Magazine, Seoul, Korea, Journalist





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