Jaeyoun Yoo
b. Seoul, Korea

Education
2005 Chung-Ang University, College of Arts, Department of Craft, Bachelor of Ceramics
2007 Chung-Ang University, The Graduate School of Art, Department of Craft, Master of Ceramics

Solo Exhibition
2018 The story made of clay –Office worker Mr. Kim, Able Fine Art NY Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Art Fair
2018
2018 Art Gyeongju, Gyeongju, Korea
2018 BAMA, Busan, Korea
2018 AAF Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
2018 Art Busan, Busan, Korea

Present
Kyung-in Women’s University, Video Graphics Basics lecture, Instructor
Paju heyri Ceramic art experience, Instructor

BioJaeyoun Yoo, a Korean artist, captures the ongoing story of ordinary life through modern fantasy; using cartoonish forms, her painted clay sculptures remark upon the blasé concerns of everyday people. Rather than sending a pre-constructed message, Yoo shapes her art with storytelling through visual expression, capturing the saga of the modern world through spontaneous techniques. Yoo sometimes builds clay and sometimes carves it out in order to stay true to the natural, varying characteristics of the clay itself. In her art, Yoo constructs a fantastical, recurring character named Mr. Kim, whose generosity and exaggerated features instill her work simultaneously with humor and imagination. As Kim uses fantasy to express the nature of reality, her art speaks to the people in this world who are tired of the mundane--through her art, they can encounter themselves in its extraordinary vision. Yoo received her BFA from Chungang University in ceramics, and is now an instructor at Kyungin Women’s College.