Ho-Am Prize in the Arts
1 appearances
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Edition 24 (2017) Winner
Do Ho Suh
ソ・ドホ
Seo Do-ho
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1962 （Seoul）
- Nationality
- South Korea
- Languages
- Korean, English
- Residence History
- Seoul, South Korea → Providence, USA → New Haven, USA → New York City, USA → London, UK
Career
- Occupations
- Artist, Sculptor, Installation artist
- Active Years
- 1993-
- Influenced By
- Se-ok Suh, Jay Coogan, Rirkrit Tiravanija
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seoul National University | — | Oriental Painting Department | BFA | — | South Korea |
| Seoul National University | — | Oriental Painting Department | MFA | — | South Korea |
| Rhode Island School of Design | — | Painting Department | BFA | — | United States |
| Yale University | — | Sculpture Department | MFA | — | United States |
Seoul National University
Oriental Painting Department
Degree:
BFA
Year of Graduation:
1985
Country:
South Korea
Majored in Korean painting
Seoul National University
Oriental Painting Department
Degree:
MFA
Year of Graduation:
1987
Country:
South Korea
Rhode Island School of Design
Painting Department
Degree:
BFA
Year of Graduation:
1994
Country:
United States
Enrolled as a sophomore
Yale University
Sculpture Department
Degree:
MFA
Year of Graduation:
1997
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Ho-Am Prize in the Arts | — | Arts | Ho-Am Foundation | 受賞 |
Ho-Am Prize in the Arts
2017
Category:
Arts
Organization:
Ho-Am Foundation
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Seoul Home...
1999 Installation1:1 scale replica of the artist's childhood home in Seoul using polyester and silk fabric. Title changes with each installation location.
homememoryspacemigration
Floor
1997 InstallationSite-specific installation raising the gallery floor with glass panels supported by 180,000 cast plastic human figures.
collectivespaceindividual
Fallen Star
2012 Installation/SculptureTilted cottage installed on UC San Diego campus, evoking a Korean house crashing into a US apartment.
migrationhomelandinstability
Who Am We?
2000 InstallationInstallation with overlapping high school yearbook photos from Korea printed on wall sheets.
identitycollectiveindividual
Bibliography
- Seoul Home...
- Floor
- Who Am We?
- Paratrooper
- Fallen Star
- New York City Apartment
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Delicate structures using fabric and paper as 'second skin'Site-specific sensorial spatial experiencesBlurring boundaries between sculpture and architecture
- Recurring Motifs
- Recreations of homesGlobal migration and memoryIndividual vs. collectivePassageways and boundaries
Legacy
Korean contemporary artist exploring portable fabric recreations of homes and spaces, blurring sculpture and architecture. Represented Korea at 49th Venice Biennale (2001), works in major global museum collections.
Archives
- Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York
- Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
- Tate Modern, London
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Trivia
- Father is renowned Korean ink painter Se-ok Suh.
- Mother is a founder of Arumjigi-Culture Keepers, a nonprofit for Korean heritage preservation.
- Completed mandatory military service before moving to the US.
- Currently lives and works in London.