Jin-Sook So



Born :

Born 1950 in Korea, Lives in Sweden since 1978.

Training / Education:

  • 1998 Konstfackskolan (The State College of Arts)
  • Spc.kourse of "Lighting in City" Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 1978-84 Konstfackskolan. Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 1974-78 Kyoto City University of Art Kyoto,Japan.
  • 1968-74 MA: Soodo Women´s College of Art, Seoul, Korea.

Work Experience:

  • 1996-97 Project responsible " Swedish Contemporary Craft Art" toured to 4 museum in Japan.
  • 1994-95 Project responsible " Swdish Contemporary Craft Art" toured to 2 museum in Korea and Taiwan.
  • 1997 Stockholm county Council hospitals Art consult Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 1984-85 Etnografiska Museet Dep. Textile Consult Stockholm Sweden.
  • 1973-74 Teaching Sangkye School Art, Seoul, Seoul
  • 1972-73 Assistant teaching Soodo Women´s College of Art, Applied Arts Dep., Seoul, Korea.

Solo Exibitions:

  • 2002 Inger Molin and Konsthantverkarna gallery Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 2001 Retrospective exhibition Museum of Far Eastern antiquities,
  • Stockholm, Sweden
  • 2000 Olsson & Uddenberg Gothenburg, Sweden.
  • 1998 Enköpings Konsthall. Enköpng , Sweden.
  • 1998 Arts Fair in Sunsvall , Sweden.
  • 1998 Gallery Konsthantverkarna, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 1995 Yuna Gallery Seoul, Korea.
  • 1994 Maronie Gallery Kyoto, Nhoa Gallery Tokyo, Japan.
  • Sampung Gallery Seoul, Korea.
  • 1993 Gallery Konsthantverkarna, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 1992 Nacka Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 1990 Gallery Konsthantverkarna, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 1987 Gallery Eklund, Umeå, Sweden.
  • 1986 Gallery Larsson Gävle, Sweden
  • Maronie Gallery Kyoto , Japan.
  • Gallery Konsthantverkarna Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 1985 Gallery Aix Stockholm,
  • Gallery Sankt Olof Norrköping , Sweden.
  • 1974-84 5 times exhibition in Korea, Japan and Sweden.

Group Shows:

  • 2004 International Art Fair SOFA NY New York USA, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts
  • Int. Art + Design Fair NY., repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
  • Vessels, Sienna Gallery Lenox
  • 2003 2003 World Craft Form Kanazawa Japan
  • 2003 "2003" Miniartextil Como Italy
  • 2003 "Fyra Stipendiator " Röhssa Museet Göteborg Sweden
  • 2003 Karby Gård, Täby Stockholm Sweden
  • 2002 "2002 Miniartextil Como Italy
  • 2002 "Utvalt-svensk konsthantverk" Svensk Form Stockholm
  • 2000-01 "Fem" Contemporary Craft Art toured to in Sweden.
  • Södertälje konsthall, Örebro konsthall , Sandvikens konsthall, Jönköpings Läns Museum, Regionmuseet in Skåne, Kristianstad. Sweden
  • 2000 Sjöhösten Nyköping , Sweden.
  • 2000 " Progress of the Worlds Women " UNIFEM New York U.S.A..
  • 1999 " Fiberart International "99 Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, U.S.A.
  • 1998 " Form for form " Friendship of Formmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 1997,98 International Arts Fair in Stockholm, Gallry Baggen, Sweden.
  • 1996-97 " Swedish Contemporary craft Art "toured to in Japan.
  • Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art Sapporo.
  • Kushiro Lifelong Culture Center Art Gallery Kushiro.
  • Azabu Museum of Arts and Crafts Tokyo.
  • Toyama Citizen Plaza Art Gallery Toyama.
  • 1996 " Experimentell textil " Skissernas Museum, Lund Sweden.
  • 1996-98 " 5:e International of Mini-textils " Museéd´Angers in France toured to Europe.
  • 1996 " Exposition Collective " Cite Internationale Arts in Paris, France.
  • 1995 " Swedish Contemporary Craft Art " Walker hill Art Center, Seoul, Korea.
  • Kwang-Ju City Museum Kwang-Ju , Korea.
  • Eslite Vision Gallery ,Taipei , Taiwan.
  • " Kunst-Stof " International Textilnunsthall Brandts Kläderfabrik
  • Odense, Denmark.
  • Consorici del Centre de Documentacio i Museu Textil terrassa, Spain.
  • Nordenfieldske Konstindustrimuseum, Trondheim, Norway.
  • 1993,1995 2:e and 3:e " In our hands" International invited honour prizes of Sincol Nagoya, Japan.
  • 1994 Södertälje Konsthall, Södertälje, Sweden.
  • 1992 Nodhaga Palace, Alingsås, Sweden.
  • 6:e Nordic Textile Triennale toured to Scandinavian.
  • 1991 " Hela Paletten "Konstfrämjandet, Stockholm efter toured to Sweden.
  • " Configura 1 Erfurt 91 " International Art Craft, Erfurt, Germany.
  • 1990 8:de " International Biennial of Miniature textils " Savariamuseum, Szombathly, Hungary.
  • " Konsthantverk 90 " Västerås Konstmuseum, Västerrås,Sweden.
  • " Object " Miniature and Big Textile Art " Textilgruppen, Stockholm,Sweden.
  • Two artist exhibitions, Konstfrämjandet, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 1989 14th International Biennial of Tapestry, Lausanne, Swizerland and Nederlands
  • Textile museum Tilburg, Nederland.
  • International Textile Competition´89 Kyoto, prize of Technology Award Kyoto, Japan.
  • 1989 The 5th Nordic Textile Triennale toured to Scandinavian.
  • 1987,88,89,91,93
  • Spring Salon Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 1989 Botkyrka Konsthall, Falun,Sweden.
  • 1988 Östergötlands länsmuseum, Linköping,Sweden.
  • Falun konsthall, Falun, Sweden.
  • Krapperups Konsthall, Höganäs, Sweden.
  • 1986 International Art Fair in Stockholm, Gallery Eklund, Sweden.

Awards/Grants:

  • 2002 Handicraft arts and crafts club grant (konsthantverkets vänner)
  • Gotenburg Sweden
  • 1984,86,88, The Swedish Artist Grant, Stockholm,Sweden.
  • 91,95,96,98,99
  • 1986 Swedish Form(svensk Form) Grant, Stockholm,Sweden.
  • Handicraft arts and crafts club grant(konsthantverkets vänner)
  • Stockholm, Sweden.

Collections (Private & Museum):

  • Numerous bank, hospital, Municipality, The national Swedish Council for Arts
  • (Statens Konstråd) Sweden.
  • Röhsska Konstslöjdsmuseet, Göteborg, Sweden.
  • National Museum, Osaka ,Japan.
  • Södertälje Konsthall. Sweden.
  • Nacka Konsthall. Sweden.
  • Skissernas Museum, Lund. Sweden.
  • Brooklyn Museum, New York USA
  • Röhssa Museum 2002 Göteborg, Sweden
  • National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden

Publications:

  • 2003 Royal Caribbean International of the cruise boat "Serenade of the seas" Norway/USA
  • 1992 KTH (The Swedish State University of Technology ) Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 1989 Stockholm County Council, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 1987-1988 JCC (Jonson Construction Company AB) Stockholm ,Sweden.

Artist Statement:

I am working with 2-3 dimensional arts works which are hung up or in spaces.

On the first hand I will make of the steel mesh which is electroplated gold, silver

And oxidized or painted after that it is threaded together into pieces.