Biography


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


COLLECTIONS


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


Kap-Sun Hwang
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