BIOGRAPHY

1963 Born in Seoul, South Korea

1983–86 Study of Ceramics at Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea

1990 Emigration to Kiel, Germany

1991–98 Study of Ceramics at Muthesius-Hochschule in Kiel, Germany

1998 Workshop with Ursula and Karl Scheid, Kiel, Germany

1998–2000 Freelance Collaborator at Staatliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen, Germany

1998–2000 Scholarship of the Dr. Hans Hoch Foundation, active as city potter, Neumünster, Germany

2000 Visiting Professor at National Academy of Fine Arts, Hang-Zhou, China

since 2001 Own Studio in Kellinghusen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

since 2001 Freelance Collaborator at Porzellanmanufaktur Fürstenberg, Germany

since 2003 Associate Professor at Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea

since 2013 Chairman of Yanggu Porcelain Institute, Yanggu, South Korea

PRIZES

Prizes and awards | Selection

1998 Scholarship of the Dr. Hans Hoch Foundation, Neumünster, Germany

2001 Bronze Medal, World Ceramic Exposition 2001, I-Cheon, South Korea

2002 Justus Brinckmann Award, The Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Germany

2003 Red Dot: Best of the Best, Red Dot Design Award, Essen, Germany

2003 Prize „KulturAktuell“ of the Landeskulturverband Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany

2005 Red Dot: For high design quality, Red Dot Design Award, Essen, Germany

2007 Diessen ceramics award, Diessen, Germany

2008 Grassi award of the Sparkasse Leipzig, Germany

2010 Bavarian State Prize for special design and technical excellence in craftsmanship, International Craft Fair Munich, Germany

2013 Award „best professor“, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea

2014 Red Dot: For Product design „Aureole“, Red Dot Design Award, Essen, Germany

Works in public collections

Keramik-Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany

World Ceramic Exposition, I-cheon, South Korea

Museum Kellinghusen, Germany

Grassi Museum für angewandte Kunst, Leipzig, Germany

Staatliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen, Germany

Die Neue Sammlung – The International Design Museum Munich, Germany

Landesmuseum für Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte, Stiftung Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesmuseen Schloss Gottdorf, Schleswig, Germany

Chiwoo Craft Museum, Seoul, South Korea

Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany