Suejin Jo, Korean born abstract painter based in New York, studied with Stamos and Vytlacil at the Art Students League where she won McDowell Award juried by Richard Pousette D’art and Romare Bearden. One often finds dichotomy in her work such as delicate lines with mass of color or in the theme “fish and cactus”. She paints with unique medium of oil and dry pigment which gives a picture surface much like old fresco painting. Helen Harrison of The New York Times described her painting as having “the character of an ancient wall painting”.
She exhibited widely in and around New York and in Korea. Her most recent solo show was at the Broome Street Gallery as a result of winning Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Solo Exhibition Award 2008, sponsored by the New York Artists Equity Association and juried by DC Moore Gallery. She participated in Pool Art Fair, New York and Miami 2007, Manif 2008 in Seoul Korea, AAF with Tria Gallery 2009. Her work is in many private and public collections including Library of Congress, Chase Manhattan Bank, General Instrument Company, Embassy of San Marino, Sogang University, Ahl Foundation, and Korea Exchange Bank. Her paintings are currently in the “Art for Embassies” program.
Artist Web Site http://www.suejinjo.com/ |
Works & History | |
2009 | Tria Gallery, Summer Cocktail, NYC Lohin Geduld, Artists Choice, NYC AAF 2009, with Tria Gallery |
2008 | MANIF 2008 International Art Fair, Seoul, Korea - SOLO Kouros Gallery, Accrochage 2008, NYC Broome St Gallery, Jacob & Gwendolyn Lawrence Award Show, NYC – SOLO catalog 2B Galeria, Your Documents Please, Budapest, Hungary Museum of Arts Crafts-Itami, Your Documents Please, Itami, Japan St. Joseph’s College, Quest to define ourselves, Brooklyn NY |
2007 | Babylon Lexicon, Book Art, New Orleans LA Pool Art Fair Miami, Miami Fl Pool Art Fair, “Art Attack”, Chelsea Hotel NYC Apexart, The Most Curatorial Biennial, NYC ABC No Rio, Booked, NYC St. Joseph’s College, Brooklyn Nature, Brooklyn NY |
2006 | Baird Art Center, South Orange, NJ 4 person show Denver Museum of Art, Snap Shot, Denver CO Gallery North, Eastern View, Setauket NY Babylon Lexicon, Book art, New Orleans LA |
2005 | Pierogi Gallery, Flat Files, Brooklyn NY - on going Ceres Gallery, Tunnels and Bridges, Asian American Women Artists, NYC |
2004 | Queens Theater in the Park, Time and Place, Queens NY - SOLO Paul Mellon Arts Center, Looking In / Looking Out, Wallingford CT - review Air Gallery, Talking hands, AAWAA, NYC Kathryn Schultz Gallery, National Prize Show 2004, Cambridge MA Motoazabu Gallery, Fighting Back, Tokyo, Japan Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boundary, Boulder CO |
2003 | Mostra Annuale di Santo Stefano, Stones of Molise, S.Vincenzo, Italy - solo The Parrish Art Museum, 38th Juried Show, Southampton NY - review Space Gallery, 100 YEARS, 100 DREAMS, Long Island City NY |
2002 | Kentler Gallery, Peace Show, Brooklyn NY Williamsburg Art and Historical Society, Unity Canvas, Brooklyn NY Exit Art, Reactions Show, New York NY; Library of Congress, Washington DC City without Walls, Chromatic Intrigue, Newark NJ 80 Washington SQ East Galleries, Small Works, NYC |
2001 | Gallery 456, SUEJIN JO - Recent Paintings, NYC - SOLO Asyl Gallery, SUEJINJO - Recent Paintings, NYC - SOLO Abrons Arts Center Henry St Settlement, Memory and Metaphor, NYC |