U-ram Choe
U-ram Choe | |
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Born | 1970 (age 50–51) |
Nationality | South Korean |
Education | Chungang University |
Known for | Kinetic Sculpture |
Awards | Kim Sechoong Sculpture Award, POSCO Steel Art Award |
U-ram Choe | |
Hangul | |
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Revised Romanization | Choe U-ram |
McCune–Reischauer | C'hoi U-ram |
U-Ram Choe (born 1970) is an artist based in Seoul, South Korea.
Biography[]
Choe was born in Seoul, South Korea. He is a contemporary artist who works with kinetic sculpture.[1] His grandfather was a scientist who designed early automobiles, and his parents were sculptors. As a child he began exploring art with clay. He graduated from Chungang University in Seoul, where he earned B.F.A. in 1992 and M.F.A. in 1999.[2]
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Exhibitions[]
November 2006 marked U-Ram Choe's United States debut, as he opened a solo exhibition at bitforms gallery in New York City.[3] Since then he has exhibited at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville;[4] the Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art in Dallas;[5] the 2008 Liverpool Biennial at FACT, Foundation for Art and Creative Technology, Liverpool;[6] Shanghai Biennial; Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul; Mori Art Museum, Tokyo; SCAI The Bathhouse, Tokyo;[7] NTT Intercommunication Center (ICC), Tokyo; Art Basel; Seoul Museum of Art; Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul; Metropolitan Art Museum, Busan; Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna; Beijing Expocenter; Seoul Olympic Art Museum;[8] Asian Art Triennial;[9] and Manchester Art Gallery.[10]
See also[]
- Kinetic Art
- New Media
- Theo Jansen
References[]
- ^ Rawlings, Ashley. "Tokyo's Urban Parasites", Tokyo Art Beat, Jun 09, 2008. Retrieved on 2010-05-07.
- ^ U-Ram Choe's website
- ^ popgadget, Dec 12, 2006. Retrieved on 2010-05-07.
- ^ The Frist Center for the Visual Arts, U-Ram Choe: "New Urban Species"
- ^ Crow Collection of Asian Art in Dallas
- ^ Cork, Richard. "Liverpool Unleashed". Financial Times, Oct 11, 2008. Retrieved on 2010-05-07.
- ^ Demetriou, Danielle. "Choe U-Ram: Anima Machina", The Japan Times, Jun 5, 2008. Retrieved on 2010-05-07.
- ^ bitforms gallery
- ^ Novak, Asami. "Origin of a Species", Wired Magazine, Sep 2007, p. 78. Retrieved on 2010-05-07.
- ^ Asian Triennial
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- New media artists
- South Korean artists
- Kinetic sculptors
- Living people
- 1970 births