Sam chung ceramics artist statement
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Earth & Alchemy Exhibition and Special Events
Cloud Bottle 2011
Cloud Couple
Cloud Ewer
Vase Couple
Place Setting Detail
- EMAIL: sam@samchungceramics.com OR sam.chung@asu.edu
- 480.620.6728
- Address: 1720 East Minton Drive, Tempe, Arizona 85282
- TEACHING AT :Arizona State University, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts 900 S. Forest, Art Building 102, Tempe, AZ 85287-1505
BIO/CV:
Sam Chung was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (1970) and received his MFA from Arizona State University (1997) and his B.A. degree from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota (1988). He taught at Northern Michigan University from 1998-2007 and is now teaching at Arizona State University in Tempe. Exhibitions: Cervini Haas, AKAR, Dubuque Museum of Fine Art, Sherry Leedy, Santa Fe Clay, Lacoste, Taipei County Yingge Museum and Incheon World Ceramic Center. Collections: Everson Museum of Art, Incheon World Ceramic Center (Korea), Guldagergaard (Denmark), Shepparton Art Gallery (Australia), University of Arkansas, and Arizona State University Ceramics Research Center. Residencies:Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Watershed, Guldagergaard (Denmark). Sam’s work has been included in the following Publications: Contemporary Ceramics (Susan Peterson), Th
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The Art & Art History Department invites all to hear this fall's Distinguished Lecture series guest, SAM CHUNG, "JOURNEY IN CLAY". Sam Chung is an American ceramic artist living in Tempe, Arizona. He creates pottery that reframes historical ceramics from a cross-cultural perspective. He has also presented numerous lectures and workshops both nationally and internationally.
Artist Statement: "I work within the context of the vessel to exploit its universal identity and impart my own vision of merging historical, contemporary and cultural influences. I am curious about finding relationships between various forms of creative expression ranging from art, traditional craft to design. When I combine these oftentimes disparate relationships, they bring forth a new object that is intended to provoke one’s perception of what is familiar versus what is new.
My most recent work draws influence from Korean art and design. Clouds are a ubiquitous symbol depicted in traditional Korean art. I am interested in the way in which clouds represent a phenomenon that is constantly in flux. Their nature to morph and adapt is similar to the way in which I relate to my own floating sense of identity. These cultural references are intended to serve as an anchor t
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Sam ChungTempe, Arizona
Biography
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