Youjin Um

Youjin Um

Gangseogu, Seoul, Korea

• 2017 M.F.A Jewelry Design, Graduate School Of Industrial Art Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea

• 2001 B.F.A in Jewelry Design, Kyonggi University, Seoul, Korea

  
  

• Magazine: New Time. Ella Korea: Seoul, January, 2019

• Interview: Artmining Milano & Paris Exhibition Profile Film, Seoul, February, 2019

• Klimt02 Jeweler Member Registration, Approved, Barcelona, May, 2019

  
  

• 2019:
  May 2019 Yong Joo Kim and Youjin Um at ARTMINING Paris 2019.

• Palm Beach Art/Jewelry and Antique Fair, represented by Charon Kransen Arts, Florida

• Apr 2019 Fair Autor 2019.

• Apr 2019 Exhibition Selected Artists and Collectives at Autor 2019.

• Nov 2018 Craft Trend Fair Seoul Korea
  Coex C Hall, Seoul, Korea 2018.

• Sep 2018 Exhibition Hexagonal Kaleidoscope.
  Solo show at Gallery Ahwon, Seoul, Korea 2018.

• Dec 2017 Craft Trend Fair. Seoul Korea
  Coex A Hall, Seoul, Korea 2017.

• And many others

Awards / Grants:

• December, 1999/ A Competition for Design of Contemporary Creative Jewelry/ Modern Creation and Craft Association, Department of Ilmin Art Department/ win a prize
• December, 2018/ Iksan Korean Craft Competition/ Korean Craft Culture Cooperative/ win a prize

Collections (Private & Museum):

• Blue Culture Foundation / Collection of Modern Artists / Seoul, Korea / 2018-

  National Theatre Bucharest / Beauty never sleeps / Bucharest, Romania / 2019

  Giagagallery / Object Exhibition / Seoul, Korea / 2018

Publications:

• Ella Korea Magazine/ New Time / January & 2019 Published
• Artmine Magazine/ A Memory Through the Kaleidoscope World/ February & 2019 Published
• Klimt02/ New! Klimt02 Member/ May & 2019 Published
  

Artist Statement:

'Memory is like a kaleidoscope. The kaleidoscope is full of beautiful little colored stones. I exist in the world of Hexagonal Kaleidoscope and form countless networks in it. Patterns and patterns overlap, and another order is created so we can think of stability, peace and the future.' - in artist's note –

I feel nostalgia, comfort, reliability and healing through my precious childhood memories. As time goes by, clear and pure memories of those days are getting faded, the mind and body are exhausted, but through memories can gain power beyond their limits, so memories of childhood are the most precious things it seems to be settled. With this mind, I began to put that memory into one space. The main material in my work, sterling silver, reminds me of a side of our returning days like a pure child. The technique of sawing used in my work means rules and repetitive action, representing hope as a result of repetitive life actions through the process of patience and effort made one by one.