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EDUCATION
2007
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY M.F.A Metals and Jewelry Design
2003
Hongik University, Seoul, S. Korea Certificate Woodworking & Furniture Design in Graduate Program
2001
Chungang University, Seoul, S. Korea B.F.A Arts and Crafts
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT
2015-2017
Adjunct Professor Dept. of Metals and Jewelry Design, Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY
AWARDS
2019
Best New Artist Award, Craft Boston Holiday, Boston, MA
2017
NICHE Awards Finalist, Art Jewelry ITAMI International Jewelry Exhibition, The Museum of Arts & Crafts ITAMI, JAPAN
2014
Award of Excellence, Fine Craft Show, Memorial Art Gallery, NY
2013
Best New Artist Award, American Craft Exposition, Evanston, IL
2011
Collector’s Award, Washington Craft Show, Washington DC
2009
NICHE Awards Finalist, Home Furnishing, Lamp/Lighting
2008
Best in Show, Fine Craft Show, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY Jurors’ Choice, Mapping, Gallery r, Rochester, NY
2006-2007
School for American Craft Scholarship, R.I.T, Rochester, NY
2006
Future Furniture Design Award, Interior Design, October Issue, New York, NY Muller Award, R.I.T, Rochester, NY
2004
IF Design Award, 2nd Prize, Concept Discipline, CeBIT, Hannover, Germany
2003-2004
School for American Craft Scholarship, R.I.T, Rochester, NY
2001
Dept. of Arts and Crafts Scholarship, Chungang University, Seoul, S. Korea
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012
Jeong Ju Lee, Gravers Lane Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
2009
The Shape of Light, Ock Hee’s Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Honeoye Falls, NY
2008
Vistas, Joy Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Rochester, NY
2008
Vital Metals, Arts & Cultural Council, Solo Exhibition, Rochester, NY
2007
Metallic Morph, NTID Dyer Arts Center, Solo Exhibition, Rochester, NY
SELECTED/JURIED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
Smithsonian Craft Show, National Building Museum, Washington DC
BIJOUX, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
Metal Complexions, Art Gallery of the Jung Center, Houston, TX
American Craft Council Show, Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD
Craft Forms, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
2019
Craft Boston, Hynes Convention Center, Boston MA
Smithsonian Craft Show, National Building Museum, Washington DC
Fine Craft Show, Memorial Arts Gallery, Rochester, NY
American Craft Council Show, Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD
2018
Smithsonian Craft Show, National Building Museum, Washington DC
Craft2Wear, National Building Museum, Washington DC
American Craft Council Show, Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD
2017
Loot, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
On the Rock, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, IL
ITAMI International Jewelry Exhibition, The Museum of Arts & Crafts ITAMI, Itami, Japan
2016
Faculty Exhibition, Bevier Gallery, Rochester, NY
The Penland School of Crafts Series, Patty & Gill Gorelick Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Annual Benefit Auction. Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
2015
Body Embellishment, The Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
American Craft Council Show, Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD
Palm beach Fine Craft Show, West Palm Beach, FL
2014
The Art of the Brooch, Gallery C.A.J, Kyoto, Japan
Washington Craft Show, Washington Convention Center, Washington D.C.
Fine Craft Show, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
American Craft Exposition, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Palm Beach Fine Craft Show, Palm Beach County Convention Center, FL
Shop on the Square, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
2013
Washington Craft Show, Washington Convention Center, Washington D.C.
American Craft Exposition, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Annual Benefit Auction, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Spring Craft Weekend, Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery, Washington D.C.
American Craft Council Show, Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD
2012
Washington Craft Show, Washington Convention Center, Washington D.C.
Signs of Life, Facere Gallery, Seattle, WA
Annual Benefit Auction, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Smithsonian Craft Show, National Building Museum, Washington D.C.
Bijoux, Norton Museum of Art. West Palm Beach, FL
2011
Spring Craft Weekend, Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery, Washington D.C.
Washington Craft Show, Washington Convention Center, Washington D.C
The Barns, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC
Annual Benefit Auction, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
American Craft Council Show, Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD
Indulge Jewelry Marketplace, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA
2010
Metals Alumni Exhibition, Bevier Gallery, Rochester, NY
Holiday Jewelry Show, Christa Faut Gallery, Cornelius, NC
Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA
Bellevue Arts Museum Store, Bellevue Arts Museum, WA
Annual Benefit Auction, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
American Craft Council Show, Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD
Fourteen Hands, Three Years, Caldwell Arts Council, Lenoir, NC
2009
Washington Craft Show, Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C
The Barns, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC
Annual Benefit Auction, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Delicate Beauty, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC
NICHE Awards Display, Buyers Market of American Craft, Philadelphia, PA
Expressions of Black History, Joy Gallery, Rochester, NY
New Forms, Lockhart Gallery, Geneseo, NY
2008
Fine Craft Show, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
Winter Residency Exhibition, Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ
Mapping, Gallery r, Rochester, NY 2007
Exploring Boundaries, Bevier Gallery, Rochester, NY
Jewelry Show, Ock Hee’s Gallery, Honeoye Falls, NY
Inspired by Music, Gallery r, Rochester, NY
Emerging Artists, One Bausch & Lomb Place Gallery, Rochester, NY
M.F.A Thesis Exhibition, Bevier Gallery, Rochester, NY
2006
Craft Art Western New York, Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY
2004
IF Design Exhibition, CeBIT, Hannover, Germany
2003
Seoul Living Design Fair, Ceox, Seoul, S. Korea 2001 B.F.A Exhibition, Chungang University Art Center, Seoul, S. Korea
RESIDENCIES
2009-2012
Resident Artist, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC 2007 Artist in Residency, Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ
WORKSHOPS
2016
Lecture, Chungang University, Seoul, S. Korea
2009
Workshop, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
PUBLICATIONS
2020
Worldwide Wow, Art Hive Magazine, Issue No. 32 2015
Body Embellishment, The Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC, e-Catalog
2012
Signs of Life, Facere Gallery, Seattle, WA 2009
Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist, Nov.
Mitchell News-Journal, Oct. 7
2008
Democrat and Chronicle, Nov. 8
Rochester Magazine, November / December
The Good News Rochester, July / August
2007
City newspaper, Review by Shirley Dawson, Vol 37, No. 7 2006
Interior Design, Vol. 77, No. 12 2004
IF Yearbook 2004, ISBN 3-7643-6855-1 2002
Journal of the Korean Society of Furniture Design & Technology
TEACHING EXPERIENCES
2015-2017
Instructor, Dept. of Metals & Jewelry Design, Rochester Institute of Technology
Metals & Jewelry Design Sophomore I, II Metals & Jewelry Design Junior I, II
Metals & Jewelry Design Elective, Form & Fabrication Elective
Metals & Jewelry Design Graduate Studio with Runway Project
2006-2007
Teaching Assistant, Form & Fabrication Elective
Dept. of Metals & Jewelry Design, Rochester Institute of Technology
2006
Graduate Assistant, Shop Maintenance and Supervision
Dept. of Metals & Jewelry Design, Rochester Institute of Technology