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EDUCATION

1997  M.F.A. Ceramics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

1992  B.A. Studio Art, Concentration: Ceramics, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Fall 2021 Visiting Professor, Ceramics, Korea National University of Cultural Heritage, Graduate School of Cultural Heritage, Buyeo, South Korea

2007-present Professor of Art, Ceramics, Arizona State University, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, School of Art, Tempe, AZ

1998-2007 Associate Professor of Art and Design, Ceramics, Northern Michigan University, School of Art & Design, Marquette, MI

 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS (INVITATIONAL)

2020  Sam Chung, ClayAKAR, Iowa City, IA

2019  Ghost Stories, Gallery IMA, Seattle, WA

2018  Sam Chung, ClayAKAR, Iowa City, IA

2014  Sam Chung: Skyscapes, Plinth Gallery, Denver, CO

2013  Float, Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, KS

2011  Place/Setting, Greenwich House Pottery-Jane Hartsook Gallery, New York, NY 2010 Sam Chung, AKAR, Iowa City, IA

2009  Sam Chung, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT

2006  Sam Chung: New Forms, Red Star Studios, Kansas City, MO

2006  Sam Chung, AKAR, Iowa City, IA

2004  Sam Chung: Contained Places, The Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY

2003  Sam Chung: The Language of Line and Function, Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, AZ

2003  Sam Chung, AKAR, Iowa City, IA

2002  Sam Chung - Hard/Soft: Porcelain Forms, Lacoste Gallery, Concord, MA

 

SELECTED TWO/THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS (INVITATIONAL)

2019  Sam Chung, Victor Wang & Bonnie Seeman, Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO

2018  MYTHOS: Koren Christofides, Sam Chung, Gunyoung Kim, Gallery IMA, Seattle, WA

2017  There is No Beginning, There is No End, Ruth Borgenicht & Sam Chung, Gallery IMA, Seattle, WA

2016  John Brown, Sam Chung, Cross MacKenzie Gallery, Washington, DC

2015  Far and Familiar: Steven Lee, Sam Chung and SunKoo Yuh, Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO

2014  Planes of Clay: Gerd Hiort Peterson & Sam Chung, Ann Linneman Studio Gallery, Copehnagen, Denmark

2013  Cumulus Dreams, Sam Chung / Christa Assad, Harvey Meadows Gallery, Aspen, CO 2010 Comicalramics, Chung, Host, Snipes, Red Star Studios, Kansas City, MO

2009  Sam Chung / Christa Assad, Harvey Meadows Gallery, Aspen, CO

2008  Beauty Sandwich, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM

2006  Lineage: Mark Pharis, Sam Chung and Alison Reintjes, AKAR, Iowa City, IA

2004  Form+Function: New Works by Sam Chung and Kristen Kieffer, Two-Person Show, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD

2003  Form+Function: New Works by Sam Chung and Kristen Kieffer, Baltimore Clayworks,

Baltimore, MD

2002  Sam Chung and Virginia Scotchie, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (INVITATIONAL)

2021  Pearl, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN

2020  Porcelain Reconsidered, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC

2019  Art Market San Francisco, Represented by Duane Reed Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2019  Clay Currents: The Wichita National Ceramics Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS The Persistence of Mingei: Influence Through Four Generations of Ceramic Artists, Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN

2018  20th Annual American Pottery Festival, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN State of the Art: National Biennial Ceramics Giertz Gallery at Parkland College, Champaign, IL

2017  New Work by Sam Chung, Anne Currier, Randy Johnston, Chris Gustin, Harvey Meadows Gallery, Aspen, CO

2017  LA Art Show, Art Fair, Represented by Tansey Contemporary (Santa Fe, NM), Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA

2016  SOFA-Sculptural Objects, Functional Art+Design Art Fair, Represented by Tansey Contemporary (Santa Fe, NM) Navy Pier, Chicago, IL 40th Anniversary Show, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, IL Maximum Craft, Signature Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2015  Dining and Discourse: A Discussion in Three Courses, Houston Center of Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX

2015  The Mindful Making of Tea, Special Exhibit organized by Anderson Ranch Arts Center

2015 SOFA-Sculptural Objects, Functional Art+Design Art Fair, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL

2014  Anderson Ranch: Mentoring Artistic Excellence, SOFA-Sculptural Objects, Functional Art+Design Art Fair, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL

2014  50 from 6: Contemporary Ceramic Art from Six Rocky Mountain States, Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT

2014  Pottery by Design, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

2013  Contemporary Spins on Blue and White, Lacoste Gallery, Concord, MA

2013  New Century Modern, Traveling Exhibition, The University Galleries, Texas

2013  State University, San Marcos, TX; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX

2012  Aqua Art Miami-Art Fair, Represented by J. Fergeson Gallery (VA), Miami, FL

2012  Earth & Alchemy, Bakalar & Paine Galleries-MassArt, Boston, MA The Language of Line, LillStreet Art Center, Chicago, IL

2012  Black and White, Turman Larison Contemporary, Helena, Montana

2011 Tea for Two, Officine Saffi Gallery, Milan, Italy

2010 The Vase and Beyond: The Sidney Swidler Collection of Ceramics, The Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA

2010  The Defining Edge, Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville, NC 2009 The Form of Function, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA

2010  From the Studio, Lacoste Gallery, Concord, MA

2010  Teapots: Functional, Formal, Narrative, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire-Foster Gallery, Eau Claire, WI

2008 Functional Variations, Freehand Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2008  Exquisite Pots: Six Degrees of Collaboration, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN Rising Stars-10 Years, Red Star Studios, Kansas City, MO

2008  potPOURri: Pots that Pour, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY

2007  The New Aesthetics of Ceramics, Huntington University – The Robert E. Wilson Gallery, Huntington, IN

2006  The Art of Tea, Harvey Meadows Gallery, Aspen, CO 30/30, LillStreet Art Center, Chicago, IL

2005  Diverse Domain-Contemporary North American Ceramic Art, organized by NCECA, Taipei County Yingge Museum, Taipei, Taiwan

2005  Fête 05 Tour de Clay, NCECA Baltimore, Baltimore, MD

2004  Asian American Ceramics, Kentucky Museum of Arts+Design, Louisville, KY Service: An Unconventional Approach, Chester Springs Center for the Visual Arts, Chester Springs, PA

2003  21st Century Ceramics, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH SOFA New York, 7th Regiment Armory, work represented by Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art (Kansas City, Missouri), New York, NY

2002  Edinboro University National Ceramics, Bruce Gallery-Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA 2001 Contemporary Chamber Pot Exhibition, The Pottery Workshop, Hong Kong, China

2002  25 Select 25, LillStreet Gallery, Chicago, IL

2002  National Clay, Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville, NC

2000  SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier, work represented by Gallery Materia, Chicago, IL

2000  The Spirit of Porcelain, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute-Fine Arts Department Gallery, Jingdezhen, China

1999  Teapot, Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1999  SOFA New York, 7th Regiment Armory, represented by Gallery Materia, New York, NY Porcelain, Gallery 1021: LillStreet, Chicago, IL

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (JURIED)

2019  10th Gyeonggi International Ceramics Biennale 2019, International, Korea Ceramic Foundation, Icheon World Ceramic Center, Honorable Mention, S. Korea

2016  Focus: VESSEL/The Vessel in Ceramics and Porcelain, International, Keramik Museum Westerwald, Höhr-Grenzhausen, Germany

2015  The 8th Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale, International, Icheon World Ceramic Center, Icheon, S. Korea

2014  Zanesville Prize for Contemporary Ceramics, International, Michael Seiler Gallery, Zanesville, OH

2011  NCECA Biennial, International, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL

2011  Alchemy: From Dust to Form, National, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL 2007 Ceramics for Breakfast; Brunch, Lunch, and Dinner, International, New Fiera Milano

2011  Exhibition Centre - MACEF International Home Show, Collaboration with Peter Pless (product designer), Milan, Italy NCECA

2005  Clay National Exhibition, National, University of Maryland-Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD

2003  The 2nd World Ceramic Biennale 2003 Korea, International, Incheon World Ceramic Center, Honorable Mention, Gyeonggi-do, S. Korea

2000  Sidney Meyer Fund International Ceramics Award, International, Gallery 101, Melbourne, Australia

1999  Sidney Meyer Fund International Ceramics Award, International, Shepparton Art Gallery, Shepparton, Australia

 

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY

Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN

Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA

San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX

The American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA

Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center, Skaelskor, Denmark

World Ceramic Exposition Foundation, Icheon World Ceramic Center, Gyeonggi-do, S. Korea § Arizona State University Museum, Ceramics Research Center, Tempe, AZ

Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen, China

Shepparton Art Gallery - La Trobe University, Shepparton, Australia

Sky Harbor International Airport, Ceramics Collection, Phoenix, AZ

Mesa Contemporary Arts Center, Mesa, AZ

University of Arkansas Fullbright Ceramics Collection, Fayetteville, AK

University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND

Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

DeVos Art Museum, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI

 

ARTIST RESIDENCIES

2018  The Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, China

2016  Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA

2014  The Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, China

2013  International Ceramics Studio, Kecskemet, Hungary 2011 Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT

2009  The Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT

2008  The Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, China

2005  Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center, Skaelskor, Denmark

2004  Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME

1997  Anderson Ranch Arts Center; Snowmass Village, CO

 

AWARDS / HONORS / FELLOWSHIPS

2021  Fulbright Scholar Award for project in South Korea, Bridging Cultural Views on Traditional Korean Ceramics, U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Washington, DC

2020  Evelyn Smith Endowed Professorship in Art, School of Art, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

2019  ASU School of Art Faculty Professional Development Award, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

2016  Jean Griffith Fellowship Residency, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA

2016  Herberger Institute Project Grant “Ceramic Mold-making Innovation for Hydraulic RAM Press,”Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

2014  Zanesville Prize for Contemporary Ceramics, 2nd Place Award, Muskingum County Community Foundation, Zanesville, OH

2014  Herberger Institute Research Council Project Grant, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Arizona State University |Tempe, AZ

2013  Herberger Institute Research Council Project Grant: “Crafting a Cross-Disciplinary Dialogue Between Ceramics and Industrial Design”, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

2011  NCECA Biennial Exhibition, Old Poag Road Award, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Tampa, FL

2008  Research and Creativity Activity Grant, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

2004  National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) International Artist Residency Award| Guldagergaard International Ceramic Center, Skaelskor, Denmark

2003  Honorable Mention, The 2nd World Ceramic Biennale 2003 Korea, International Competition, Incheon World Ceramic Center, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

2002  Emerging Artist |National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), Kansas City, MO

2000  Faculty Research Grant, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI

1998  Faculty Teaching/Learning Research Grant, College of Arts and Sciences, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI

1997  Professional Development Grant, Arizona Commission on the Arts, Phoenix, AZ

1996  Nathan Cummings Annual Graduate Summer Travel Fellowship, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

1996  National Society of Arts and Letters, National Ceramics Competition, Awarded Third Place, St. Louis, MO

1996  National Society of Arts and Letters, Regional Ceramics Competition, Awarded First Place, Arizona Valley of the Sun Chapter, Phoenix, AZ