SAM CHUNG
MICHIGAN

My work is a continuous investigation of functional pottery form and the multiple layers of information that it can contain. I am interested in a pot’s ability to contain not only physical matter, but also elements of history, memory, familiarity, and suggestion. My desire is to create pottery that reflects preciousness without the aloofness. The historical pots from China, Korea and England have been some of my favorite and possess eclectic attributes of formality, humor, animation, and elegance. These are all qualities that I hope to impart on my work. I also have a strong reverence for architectural form, both old and new, in its concern for geometry, space, and containment. Many of my forms come from a memory of places, the structures built there, and their prevailing sensibilities. Others are inspired by elements of contemporary design, both mundane and exotic, and how they affect the way we consider using handmade pottery today. Ultimately, I want my work to incite curiosity through simultaneous perceptions of clear familiarity and vague reminiscence.

Education

1994-97 Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, School
of Art,Master of Fine Arts Degree (M.F.A.) - Ceramics.
1993-94 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Department of Fine Arts, Special Post-Baccalaureate Student - Ceramics.
1988-92 St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, Department of Art
Bachelor of Arts Degree (B.A.) - Studio Art, Concentration - Ceramics

Professional Experience / Residencies
1998-present Associate Professor of Art and Design - Ceramics, Northern Michigan University - Department of Art & Design, Marquette, Michigan.
2005
Resident Artist, Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center, Skaelskor, Denmark
2004
Resident Artist, Watershed Center for the
Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, Maine.
1997
Resident Artist, Anderson Ranch Arts Center; Snowmass Village, Colorado.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2004
Sam Chung, Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio.
Sam Chung: Contained Places, The Clay Art Center, Port Chester, New York
2003
Sam Chung: The Language of Line and Function, Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, Arizona.
Sam Chung: Featured Shop Artist, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylavania.S
Sam Chung, AKAR, Iowa City, Iowa.
2002
Sam Chung - Hard/Soft: Porcelain Forms, Lacoste Gallery, Concord, Massachusetts.
Sam Chung, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri.
Sam Chung, Solo Show, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, Michigan.
1999 Sam Chung, Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, Arizona.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2005 NCECA Exhibition, Invitational Group Show, Taipei County Yingge Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.
NCECA 2005 Clay National Exhibition, Juried Group Show, University of Maryland-Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland.
Fête 05 Tour de Clay, Invitational Group Show, NCECA Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland.
Series of Echoes, Invitational Group Show, University of Maryland-Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland.
La Mesa, Invitational Group Show, Wyndham Baltimore Inner Harbor Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland.
Gas It Up, Soda and Slip, Invitational Group Show, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore Maryland.
White on White, Invitational Group Show, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan and Sub-Basement Art Studios, Baltimore, Maryland.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2004 Small Treasures, Invitational Group Show, Lill Street Art Center, Chicago, Illinois.
Asian American Ceramics, Invitational Group Show, Kentucky Museum of Arts+Design, Louisville, Kentucky.
Service: An Unconventional Approach, Invitational Group Show, Chester Springs Center for the Visual Arts, Chester Springs, Pennsylvania.
2004 Biennial Ceramics Invitational, Invitational Group Show, Parkland College – Art Gallery, Champaign, Illinois.
For the Table, Invitational Group Show, Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
2003 Anderson Ranch Artists, Invitational Group Show, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, Illinois.
21st Century Ceramics, Invitational Group Show, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio.
The 2nd World Ceramic Biennale 2003 Korea, International Competition, Juried Group Show, Incheon World Ceramic Center, Honorable Mention, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.
SOFA New York, Invitational Group Show, 7th Regiment Armory, work represented by Sherry
Leedy Contemporary Art (Kansas City, Missouri), New York, New York.
American Pottery Festival, Invitational Group Show, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Form+Function: New Works by Sam Chung and Kristen Kieffer, Invitationl Two-Person Show, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, Maryland.
2002 Clay and Glass, Invitational Group Show, Corning Community College, Corning, New York.
American Pottery Festival, Invitational Group Show, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Edinboro University National Ceramics Invitational, Invitational Group Show, Bruce Gallery-Edinboro University, Edinboro, Pennsylvania.
2001 Le Grand Buffet, Invitational Group Show, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Contemporary Chamber Pot Exhibition, Invitational Group Show, The Pottery Workshop, Hong Kong, China.
25 Select 25, Invitational Group Show, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
New Works, Invitational Group Show, Odyssey Gallery, Asheville, North Carolina.
National Clay Invitational, Invitational Group Show, Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville, North Carolina.
2000 Tureen Invitational, Invitational Group Show,
Gallery Materia, Scottsdale,Arizona.
Bistro 1615 Invitational Group Show, Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
SOFA Chicago, Invitational Group Show, Navy Pier, work represented by Gallery Materia (Scottsdale, Arizona), Chicago, Illinois.
Emerging Artists, Invitational Group Show, The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Spirit of Porcelain, Invitational International Group Show, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute- Fine Arts Department Gallery, Jingdezhen, China.
Sidney Meyer Fund International Ceramics Award, International Juried Show, Gallery 101, Melbourne, Australia.
A Touch of Porcelain, Invitational Group Show, Traveling Exhibition: Red Rocks Community College, Denver, Colorado, Signature Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
1999 Teapot Invitational, Invitational Group Show, Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, California.
SOFA New York, Invitational Group Show, 7th Regiment Armory, work represented by Gallery Materia (Scottsdale, Arizona), New York, New York.
Porcelain, Invitational Group Show, Gallery 1021: Lill Street, Chicago, Illinois.
7 x 6, Invitational Group Show, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Sidney Meyer Fund International Ceramics Award, International Juried Show, Shepparton Art Gallery, Shepparton, Australia.
1998 Domestic Pottery Exhibition, Invitational Group Show, Gallery Materia - The Hand and The Spirit, Scottsdale, Arizona.
Working with Function, Juried Group Show, Chester Springs Studio, Chester Springs, Pennsylvania.
Lidded Forms/Contained Spaces, Invitational Group Show, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, Michigan.
Anderson Ranch Artists, Invitational Group Show, Evelyn Siegel Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas.
1997 Arizona Biennial ‘97, Juried Group Show, Tucson Museum of Art, Catherine Lancaster Award, Tucson, Arizona.
Graduate Ceramics, M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Joanne Rapp Gallery - The Hand and the Spirit, Scottsdale, Arizona.
Tempe Tea Party, Juried Group Exhibition, Tempe Arts Center, Tempe, Arizona.
New Generation Graduate Exhibition, Juried Group Show, Shaw/Guido Gallery, Pontiac, Michigan.
NCECA Regional Student Show, Juried Group Show, Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada
1996 New Generation Graduate Exhibition, Juried Group Show, Shaw/Guido Gallery, Pontiac, Michigan.
Strictly Functional Pottery National, Juried Group Show, Market House Craft Center, New Cumberland, Pennsylvania.
Container/Containment, Invitational Group Show, National Society of Arts & Letters, Laumeir Sculpture Park and Museum, St. Louis, Missouri, and Shemer Art Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona.
1995 Witchita National, Juried Group Show, Witchita Art Center, Witchita Kansas.
Bacchus Vessels, Invitational Group Show, San Francisco Folk Art and Craft Museum, San Francisco, California.

Selected Lectures/Workshops/Presentations

2005
Workshop and Slide Presentation, Mary G. Hardin Center for Cultural Arts, Alabama Clay Conference 20, Gadsden, Alabama.
Workshop and Slide Presentation, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art in Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
2004
Workshop and Slide Presentation, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky.
Workshop and Slide Presentation, Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio.
Workshop and Slide Presentation, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, Colorado.
Workshop and Slide Presentation, The Clay Art Center, Port Chester, New York.
Workshop and Slide Presentation, NCECA Demonstrator, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Workshop and Slide Presentation, The Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida.
2003
Workshop and Slide Presentation, The Clay Studio and University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Workshop and Slide Presentation, University of Alaska - Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska.
Workshop and Slide Presentation, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, New York.
Workshop and Slide Presentation, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine.
Workshop and Slide Presentation, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Workshop and Slide Presentation, Odyssey Center for the Ceramic Arts, Asheville, North Carolina.
Workshop and Slide Presentation, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Workshop and Slide Presentation, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, Maryland.
Workshop and Slide Presentation, 92nd Street Y, New York, New York.
Workshop and Slide Presentation, Sheridan College of Art, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
2002
Workshop and Slide Presentation, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
Workshop and Slide Presentation, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Slide Presentation, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California.
Slide Presentation, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia.
Slide Presentation, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri.
Slide Presentation, NCECA 2002 - Kansas City, Missouri. Selected as Emerging Artist.
2001
Workshop and Slide Presentation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Workshop and Slide Presentation, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado.
2000
Workshop and Slide Presentation, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio.
Symposium Presenter, Utilitarian Clay III – Celebrate the Object, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
1996 Workshop and Slide Presentation, Golden Bridge Pottery, Pondicherry, India, Mantra Pottery, Auroville, India, Delhi Blue Pottery, New Delhi, India.

Awards/Honors/Scholarships

2004 National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) and International Ceramic Center (ICC), Awarded Artist Residency in Skaelskor, Denmark.
2002 National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) Emerging Artist, Kansas City, Missouri.
2000 Faculty Research Grant, Northern Michigan University, Marquette,Michigan.
1998 Faculty Teaching/Learning Research Grant, College of Arts and Sciences,
Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan.
1997 Arizona Commission on the Arts - Professional Development Grant,Phoenix, Arizona.
1996 Nathan E. Cummings Annual Graduate Summer Travel Fellowship, $4000 travel grant, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.
National Society of Arts and Letters, National Ceramics Competition - third place, St. Louis, Missouri.

Permanent Collections

Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center, Skaelskor, Denmark.
The Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York.
World Ceramic Exposition Foundation, Incheon World Ceramic Center, Gyeonggi-do, Korea.
Ceramics Research Center – Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.
Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen, China
Shepparton Art Gallery - La Trobe University. Shepparton, Australia.
Arizona State University Art Museum. Tempe, Arizona.
Sky Harbor International Airport. America West Terminal. Ceramics Collection. Phoenix, Arizona.