sam-chung-샘-청
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