Biography
| Born: | 1961 | Korea |
| Education | 1998 | MFA, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD |
| 1988 | BFA, Wako University, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 1984 | Toyo Art School, Tokyo, Japan | |
| Fellowships | 2013 | DC Commission for the Arts |
| and | 2012 | Anonymous Was a Woman |
| Grants | 2007 | Maryland State Arts Council |
| 2001 | Pollock-Krasner Grant | |
| 2000 | D. C. Commission for the Arts Grant | |
| 1998-99 | Virginia Commission for the Arts | |
| 1996-98 | Maryland Institute College of Art | |
| Solo | 2016 | "Jae Ko:Force of Nature—Flow", Contemporary Art Museum Houston, TX |
| Exhibitions | 2015-16 | Jae Ko: Selections, featuring "Force of Nature,  Shiro", Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey |
| 2014 | "Jae Ko: Recent Sculpture and Drawings", Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC | |
| 2013 | Robischon Gallery, Denver CO | |
| 2012 | "Jae Ko: Recent Sculpture", Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC | |
| 2011 | Galerie Roger Katwijk, Amsterdam, Netherlands | |
| Dick Graff Fine Art Honourable Silver Objects, Antwerp, Belgium | ||
| 2010-11 | "Force of Nature", installation, The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC | |
| 2010 | "Jae Ko: Paper", Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA | |
| "New Work / An Installation", Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC | ||
| Walker Contemporary, Boston, MA | ||
| 2009 | Jae Ko: Recent Works, Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC | |
| "Jae Ko", Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto, Canada | ||
| Dick Graff Fine Art Honourable Silver Objects, Antwerp, Belgium | ||
| Andrew Bae Gallery, Chicago, IL | ||
| 2008 | "Jae Ko (A Twelve Year Survey of the Artist's Work)", An Exhibition at The American University Museum, | |
| Katzen Center, Washington, DC | ||
| 2007 | Galerie Lausberg, Dusseldorf Germany | |
| Galerie De Rijk, Den Hague Netherlands | ||
| Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO | ||
| 2006 | "New Sculpture", Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC | |
| Galerie De Rijk, Dan Haag Netherlands | ||
| 2005 | Andrew Bae Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| 2004 | Gallery Krijger & Hatwijk, Amsterdam, Holland | |
| Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO | ||
| 2003 | Ink and Paper, Second St. Gallery, Charlottesville, VA | |
| 2002 | Jae Ko, New Sculpture: In Color, Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC | |
| Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, GA | ||
| 2001 | "Recent Sculpture", Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC | |
| Robischon Gallery, Denver CO | ||
| 2000 | "New Sculpture: Rolled Paper and Sumi Ink", Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC | |
| "Jae Ko", Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, GA | ||
| Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA | ||
| 1998 | Maryland Institute College of Art | |
| 1988 | Gallery Q, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 1987 | Gallery Sora, Tokyo, Japan | |
| Gallery Q, Tokyo, Japan | ||
| 1986 | Gallery Konoha, Tokyo, Japan | |
| Selected | 2016 | "CAPP@10: The Shape of Remembering", The Stamp Gallery, University of Maryland |
| Group | 2015 | "Intersections@5", Contemporary Art Projects, The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC |
| Exhibitions | "Modern Vision: American Sculptors' Drawings from the Linda Lichtenberg Kaplan Collection", The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC | |
| 2014-15 | "Speculative Forms", A Selection of Sculptures from the permanent collection, Hirshhorn Museum | |
| and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC | ||
| 2013 | "Selected Works: Sam Gilliam, Jae Ko, Gene Davis", Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC | |
| Galerie Roger Katwijk, Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Galerie Lausberg, Dusseldorf, Germany | ||
| Ulrike Hrobsky Vienna, Austria | ||
| 2012 | "Dimensions Variable", Waterhouse & Dodd Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 2011 | "Drawing: LC Armstrong, Gene Davis, Christopher French, Jae Ko, Nathan Oliveira, | |
| William T. Wiley, Nancy Wolf", Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC | ||
| Galerie Bailly Contemporain Paris, France | ||
| Galerie Roger Katwijk, Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Robischon Gallery, Denver CO | ||
| University of Maryland, Takoma Park, MD | ||
| 2010 | "Catalyst", Washington Project for the Arts, Katzen Art Center, Washington, DC | |
| MK Galerie, Berlin, Germany | ||
| Galerie Roger Katwijk, Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto, Canada | ||
| Andrew Bae Gallery, Chicago, IL | ||
| Robischon Gallery, Denver CO | ||
| 2009 | Brenda Tayler Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Galerie Roger Katwijk, Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Samuel Freeman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA | ||
| 2008 | "Cut Folded Dyed & Glued", Sculpture by Imi Hwangbo and Jae Ko, Brown University, Provincetown, RI | |
| Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, VA | ||
| Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA | ||
| Walker Contemporary, Boston, MA | ||
| 2007 | "5 + 5", D.C. Jewish Community Center, Washington, DC | |
| Galerie De Rijk, Dan Haag Netherlands | ||
| Galerie Lausberg, Toronto, Canada | ||
| Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO | ||
| Goldener Engl Galerie, Innsbruck/Hall, Austria | ||
| Galerie Lausberg, Dusseldorf, Germany | ||
| 2006 | Holland Papier Biennial, Museum Rijswijk and Museum Apeldoom, Netherlands | |
| Goldener Engl Galerie, Innsbruck/Hall, Austria | ||
| Galerie Lausberg, Dusseldorf, Germany | ||
| 2005 | Ludwig Museum, Koblenz, Germany | |
| 2004 | Personal Structures, Galerie De Rijk, the Hague, Netherlands | |
| "Concentrics", Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC | ||
| 2003 | Peabody Essex Museum, Salem Massachusetts | |
| 2001 | "Paper", The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT | |
| "Tara Donovan and Jae Ko: Transcending Time", | ||
| John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI | ||
| 1999 | "Jae Ko, Sculpture: Lynn Schmidt, Paintings", Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC | |
| "The Material Being", Gallery Korea, New York, NY | ||
| "Process, Concept, Solutions, Virginia Invitational 99", Longwood Center for the Art, Farmville, VA | ||
| "Chance & Necessity", (Power Boothe, Curator) Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD, traveling to: | ||
| Boyden Gallery, St. Mary's College, MD; McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA; Columbia Festival | ||
| of the Arts, Columbia, MD; the Kennedy Museum of Art, Ohio University, Athens, OH. | ||
| "Council Room", McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA | ||
| "Painters Who Make Prints", The Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, and Goya Girl Press, Baltimore, MD | ||
| 1998 | "Jolt", ( J.W. Mahoney, curator ), Baumgartner Gallery, Washington, DC | |
| "WPA/Corcoran Benefit Exhibition", Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC | ||
| "The Circle Game, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA | ||
| "Sae Ba Ram ( New Wind )", Rockville Art Place, Rockville, MD, traveling to: Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD. In 1999, Goya Girl Press, Baltimore, MD | ||
| Reed Smith Shaw & McClay, Washington, DC | ||
| "Pure-View/ Crosscurrents ‘98",( Kristen HiIeman, Curator) The Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD | ||
| Mayerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD | ||
| 1987 | Gallery Q, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 1986 | Ueno Museum, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 1985 | Central Museum, Tokyo, Japan | |
| Selected | Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC | |
| Public | Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC | |
| Collections | Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA | |
| Washington D.C. Convention Center, Wilson Building, Washington, DC | ||
| Stampe Student Union, University of Maryland, College Park, MD | ||
| Arlington Cultural Affairs, Arlington, VA | ||
| Bibliography | Amsterdam Financial Times, "Jae Ko at Roger Katwijk Galerie", October 22, 2011 | |
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Boothe, Power, catalogue essay, "Chance & Necessity", originating, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD Byrd, Cathy, "Beauty by Chance", Atlanta Creative Loafing, May 27, 2000, vol. 29, no. 2 Capps, Kriston, "5 + 5", Washington City Paper, February 16, 2007, p. 72 Dawson, Jessica, "Re-Forming Nature, Piece by Piece", Arts, The Washington Post, February 22, 2001, C5. Dawson, Jessica, "Starring Rolls", Galleries, The Washington Post, October 17, 2002, C5. Dixon, Glenn "Cutting it close: The cream of the home-grown crop at ArtSites'98", Gallery listings, Arts & Music Feature, Off The Wall, Aug. 28,1998. Fox, Catherine, "East Meets West in Dyed Paper Sculptures", The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 26, 2000, p. Q8 Hileman, Kristen "Pure-View", brochure essay for Crosscurrents'98, exhibition at the Art Gallery of the University of Maryland, College Park, MD. Jacobson, Louis, "Concentrics", Galleries, Washington City Paper, June 25, 2004, p. 84. Jenkins, Mark "Jae Ko: New Sculpture - Rolled Paper & Sumi Ink", Washington City Paper, Exhibits, February 11, 2000, p. 86. Jenkins, Mark, Interview: On the Spot, Washington Post Express, after deadline, April 4, 2012 Klein, Paul, Art Letter, September 9, 2005 Leibel, Aaron, "5 + 5 equals eclectic", Washington Jewish Week, p. 26, February 15, 2007 Lieber, Katherine, "Jae Ko: Aggregation", www.artscope.net October 22, 2005. Lodermeyer, Peter, "Jae Ko, My works are without why", Personal Structures, Works, and Dialogues, Global Art Affairs Publishing, New York, NY, 2003, catalogue. Mahoney, J.W.,"Jae Ko at Marsha Mateyka", Art in America, Galleries, July, 2000, p. Merkling, Frank. "Katonah, Aldrich Shows Shine in Separate Ways", The New-Times Weekend, Friday, February 2, 2001, p. D1. Norris, Doug, "Cut Folded Dyed & Glued", Art New England, June/July, p. 42. O'Sullivan, Michael, "5 + 5: The Equation Works Only in Theory", On Exhibit, The Washington Post Weekend, March 23, 2007. Princenthal, Nancy, "Paper. The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut" Museum & Gallery Reviews, Art On Paper, July - August 2001. Protzman, Ferdinand, "Artsites 1998, Standing Out in a Crowd", Style Plus, The Washington Post, July 10, 1998, D4 Protzman, Ferdinand, "It All Adds Up, from Twenty Strong Works, One Strong Show", Galleries, The Washington Post, April 29, 1999, p. C5 Protzman, Ferdinand, "Jae Ko on a Roll. The Young Sculptor Adds to Her Reputation", Galleries, The Washington Post, Feb. 17, 2000, p. C5. Review, New Art Examiner, April, 1999 p. 54 Ryan, Paul, Mid-Atlantic Reviews, Art Papers, Sept./Oct. 2003, p. 42. Shaw-Eagle, Joanna, "alternative Space for Creativity", The Washington Times, Entertainment, May 2, 2007, p. 1. Streitfeld, L.P., "transformations At The Aldrich", The Advocate & Greenwich Time, Sunday, Februaray 11, 2001. Summers, Suzanne, "Artsites 98: High Definition", Articulate, October 1998. Tanguy, Sarah, "Reading Paper, A Conversation with Jae Ko", Sculpture Magazine, September 2007, pp. 57-61. Taylor, Christina, "Artsites' Offer Enjoyable Show at AAC", Sun Weekly, June 18, 1998, p. 11. Tierney, Robin, "5 + 5 = Great", Examiner, March 5, 2007, p. 23. Wennerstrom, Nord, "Jae Ko, Marsha Mateyka Gallery", Artforum, January 2007, p. 255. Zimmer, William, "On Paper, a Show That Measures Up", The New York Times, Sunday, March 18, 2001. |
