Artist's statement
Although my primary medium is ceramics, I consider myself a painter first.
Through brushwork, I feel in harmony with nature. Like a speck in the landscape
of a classical Chinese painting, I am infinitely small, yet essential in nature.
Interweaving different strands from different cultures and countries, my art
reflects the multicolored pattern of my life.
Education
'90 M.F.A. in ceramics, The University of Tennessee at Knoxville
'60 B.A. in English literature, Ewha Woman's University, Seoul, Korea
Awards and credits
'01 Founder, Corner Gallery, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
'98 Article and photo of work published in Ceramics Monthly magazine
'96 Article on work published in Korean Ceramics Monthly magazine
'94 Article, "Eun-Sook Kim, a bridge between two cultures," published
in Ceramics: Art and Perception, Sidney, Australia
'92 Chief organizer, Korean folk pottery (Ong-gi) workshops, symposium, kiln
building in East Tennessee in association with Korea's Yo-Sub Pai
'91 Five water color paintings (sumi-e) collected by Aida Gallery, Mito, Japan
'90-'91 Collaboration with ceramic artist Hiroshi Komazawa, Kasama, Japan
'91 Article on work published in Korean Ceramics Monthly magazine
'90 Article on work published in Ceramics Monthly magazine
'89 First place, Oak Ridge Art Center Annual Open Show
'89 Second place, Morristown Annual Open Show
'88 First place, Oak Ridge Art Center Annual Open Show
'88 Fulbright-Hays Scholarship finalist to Korea (subject: Ong-gi, Korean
folk pottery)
'88 Selected for Tennessee Watercolor Society Annual Show
'88 Paper on Ong-gi, Korean folk pottery, presented at Southeastern Asian
Study Association Conference, North Carolina University
'87 First place & honorable mention, Oak Ridge Art Center Annual Open
Show
'87 Organizer of Korean delegates to NCECA annual conference, Portland, Oregon
'87 Work selected for 280 Huntington Galleries Ceramic Show, West Virginia
'86 Honorable mention, Oak Ridge Annual Open Show
'85 Scholarship to study Korean ceramics from International Foundation for
Ewha, New York, New York
'85 Second place, Oak Ridge Art Center Annual Open Show
'70 Second place, Oak Ridge Art Center Annual Show (watercolor)
One-person shows
'01 Art Market, Knoxville, Tennessee
'99 The Upstairs Gallery, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
'97 The Art Market, Knoxville
'93 Treehouse Gallery, Oak Ridge
'93 Spring Studio Open House, Oak Ridge
'92 Construction of studio-gallery completed; first open house and show
'92 New Prospect Gallery, Knoxville
'90 Ewing Gallery, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
'90 The Museum of Fine Art, Oak Ridge Art Center, oak Ridge
'89 The Lost Pavilion, Knoxville
'82 Windrock Gallery, Oak Ridge
'81 American Museum of Science and Energy, Oak Ridge
'80 Windrock Gallery, Oak Ridge
'79 American Museum of Science and Energy, Oak Ridge
International and national juried shows
'94 The 1994 International Cone Box Show, Baker University, Baldwin City,
Kansas
'94 The Best of Tennessee Crafts, 1994 TACA Biennial Exhibition, Nashville,
Tennessee
'93 National Teapot Show II, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmore, North Carolina
'93 2x2x2 Gallery Ten, Athens, Ohio
'93 Exhibition 280: Works Off Walls, Huntington Museum of Art, West Virginia
'89 Exhibition 280: Works Off Walls, Huntington Museum of Art, West Virginia
Group shows
'99 Four Seasons, Maryville College, Maryville, Tennessee
'98 The River Gallery, Chattanooga, Tennessee
'98 The New Morning Gallery, Asheville, North Carolina
'97 Friendship in Clay, Gallery Korea, Korean Cultural Service, New York,
New York, and Holtzman Art Gallery, Towson University, Towson, Maryland
'97 Treasures of Korea - Contemporary Metal, Clay, and Fiber, Flagstaff, Arizona;
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Boise, Idaho, Atlanta, Georgia; Los Angeles, California
'96 Korea Ceremonial International Exhibition, Winter Universiade, Muju Chonju,
Korea
'95 Works by L.U.N.A. Artists, Oak Ridge Art Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee'94
Ichiyo Art Center, Atlanta, Georgia
'94 L.U.N.A., Art Market, Knoxville, Tennessee
'94-'98 Annual spring and Christmas studio open houses, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
'93 Hope Gallery, Atlanta
'93 Four Moons Gallery, Oak Ridge
'92 Featured Artist: October, Tree House Gallery, Oak Ridge
'89-'92 The Carnegie Art Shop, Covington, Kentucky
'86-'93 Arrowcraft Shop, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
'88-'93 Hovanec Gallery, Knoxville
'89 The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
'89 The Stone Age Gallery, Los Angeles, California
'88 The New Morning Gallery, Asheville, North Caroline
'88-'90 Windrock Gallery, Oak Ridge (wood-block prints)
'82-'84 Signature Shop, Atlanta
'81-'84 Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
'81-'84 Walnut Grove Gallery, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Memberships
'02-present Founder and Director, The Corner Gallery, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
'98-'01 Founder and Director, The Upstairs Gallery, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
'96-'98 The Gallery, Oak Ridge (founder and director)
'94-present Tennessee Artists and Craftsmens Association (TACA)
'88-present The Art Market, Knoxville, Tennessee
'88-present National Council for Educators of Ceramic Art (NCECA)
'80-'96 Tree House Gallery, Oak Ridge
'78-present Foothills Craft Guild, Oak Ridge
Workshops, lectures, and teaching experience
'05 Teaching Chinese Painting at the Oak Ridge Art Center'02-'04 Teaching Painting, Ceramics at the Oak Ridge Institute of Continued Learning (ORICL)
'99 Workshop, Children's Museum, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
'96 Korea's Clay and Fire Symposium, Iksan, Korea
'94 Brushwork Workshop, Ichiyo Art Center, Atlanta, Georgia
'90 Lecturer, International Clay Camp, Muji Ceramic Sculpture Symposium, Korea
'94 Instructor, Brushwork (Chinese) painting, Oak Ridge Art Center, Oak Ridge
'93 Lecture and workshop, Ewha Woman's University, Seoul, Korea
'93 Works featured in article by Kenji Kato, ceramic artist/columnist, in
Japanese newspaper, Ta??? Shimbun
'93 Trip to Japan to promote Korean Ong-gi pottery
'92 Oak Ridge Art Center Instructor, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
'92 Demonstration & show, International Jubilee, Knoxville, Tennessee
'91 Instructor, International Summer School at Ewha Woman's University, Seoul,
Korea
'91 Slide presentation at International Academy of Ceramics (IAC), Shigaraki
Meeting, International Ceramic Symposium, Shigaraki, Japan (sumi-e)
'91 Instructor, Korean American Clay Camp, Wonkwang? University, Korea
'91 Instructor, Tokai-mura, Ibaraki-ken, Japan (sumi-e)
'91 Slide lecture, Ewha Woman's University, Seoul
'90 Slide lecture, Ewha Woman's University, Seoul
'89 Lecture, Oak Ridge Art Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
'87 Slide lecture, Ewha Woman's University, Seoul
'80-81 Instructor, Oak Ridge Art Center, Oak Ridge
