Born: 1961 Korea   Education 1998 MFA, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD 1988 BFA, Wako University, Tokyo, Japan 1984 Toyo Art School, Tokyo, Japan   Fellowships 2007        Maryland State Arts Council and Grants 2001        Pollock-Krasner Grant 2000        D. C. Commission for the Arts Grant 1998-99 Virginia Commission for the Arts 1996-98 Maryland Institute College of Art   Solo 2010 "Force of Nature", installation, The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC Exhibitions "Jae Ko: Paper", Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA "New Work / An Installation", Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC 2009 Jae Ko: Recent Works, Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC 2008 "Jae Ko (A Twelve Year Survey of the Artist's Work)", An Exhibition at The American University Museum, Katzen Center, Washington, DC 2007 Galerie Lausberg, Dusseldorf Germany Galerie De Rijk, Den Hague Netherlands Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO 2006 "New Sculpture", Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC Galerie De Rijk, Dan Haag Netherlands 2005 Andrew Bae Gallery, Chicago, IL 2004 Gallery Krijger & Hatwijk, Amsterdam, Holland Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO 2003 Ink and Paper, Second St. Gallery, Charlottesville, VA 2002 Jae Ko, New Sculpture: In Color, Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, GA 2001 "Recent Sculpture", Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC Robischon Gallery, Denver CO 2000 "New Sculpture: Rolled Paper and Sumi Ink", Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC "Jae Ko", Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, GA Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1998 Maryland Institute College of Art 1988 Gallery Q, Tokyo, Japan 1987 Gallery Sora, Tokyo, Japan Gallery Q, Tokyo, Japan 1986 Gallery Konoha, Tokyo, Japan   Selected 2011 ""Drawing: LC Armstrong, Gene Davis, Christopher French, Jae Ko, Nathan Oliveira, William T. Wiley, Nancy Wolf", Marsha Mateyka Gallery Group 2010 "Catalyst", Washington Project for the Arts, Katzen Art Center, Washington, DC Exhibitions 2008 "Cut Folded Dyed & Glued", Sculpture by Imi Hwangbo and Jae Ko, Brown University, Provincetown, RI Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, VA Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA 2007 "5 + 5", D.C. Jewish Community Center, Washington, DC Galerie De Rijk, Dan Haag Netherlands Galerie Lausberg, Toronto, Canada Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO Goldener Engl Galerie, Innsbruck/Hall, Austria Galerie Lausberg, Dusseldorf, Germany 2006 Holland Papier Biennial, Museum Rijswijk and Museum Apeldoom, Netherlands Goldener Engl Galerie, Innsbruck/Hall, Austria Galerie Lausberg, Dusseldorf, Germany 2005 Ludwig Museum, Koblenz, Germany 2004 Personal Structures, Galerie De Rijk, the Hague, Netherlands "Concentrics", Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC 2003 Peabody Essex Museum, Salem Massachusetts 2001 "Paper", The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT "Tara Donovan and Jae Ko: Transcending Time", John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI 1999 "Jae Ko, Sculpture: Lynn Schmidt, Paintings", Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC "The Material Being", Gallery Korea, New York, NY "Process, Concept, Solutions, Virginia Invitational 99", Longwood Center for the Art, Farmville, VA "Chance & Necessity", (Power Boothe, Curator) Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD, traveling to:    Boyden Gallery, St. Mary's College, MD; McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA; Columbia Festival    of the Arts, Columbia, MD; the Kennedy Museum of Art, Ohio University, Athens, OH. "Council Room", McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA "Painters Who Make Prints", The Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, and Goya Girl Press, Baltimore, MD 1998 "Jolt", ( J.W. Mahoney, curator ), Baumgartner Gallery, Washington, DC "WPA/Corcoran Benefit Exhibition", Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC "The Circle Game, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA "Sae Ba Ram ( New Wind )", Rockville Art Place, Rockville, MD, traveling to: Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD.   In 1999, Goya Girl Press, Baltimore, MD Reed Smith Shaw & McClay, Washington, DC "Pure-View/ Crosscurrents ‘98",( Kristen HiIeman, Curator) The Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD Mayerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD 1987 Gallery Q, Tokyo, Japan 1986 Ueno Museum, Tokyo, Japan 1985 Central Museum, Tokyo, Japan   Selected Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC Public Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC Collections Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA Washington D.C. Convention Center, Wilson Building, Washington, DC Arlington Cultural Affairs, Arlington, VA   Bibliography Boothe, Power, catalogue essay, "Chance & Necessity", originating, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD Byrd, Cathy, "Beauty by Chance", Atlanta Creative Loafing, May 27, 2000, vol. 29, no. 2 Capps, Kriston, "5 + 5", Washington City Paper, February 16, 2007, p. 72 Dawson, Jessica, "Re-Forming Nature, Piece by Piece", Arts, The Washington Post, February 22, 2001, C5. Dawson, Jessica, "Starring Rolls", Galleries, The Washington Post, October 17, 2002, C5. Dixon, Glenn "Cutting it close: The cream of the home-grown crop at ArtSites'98", Gallery listings, Arts & Music Feature, Off The Wall, Aug. 28,1998. Fox, Catherine, "East Meets West in Dyed Paper Sculptures", The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 26, 2000, p. Q8 Hileman, Kristen "Pure-View", brochure essay for Crosscurrents'98, exhibition at the Art Gallery of the University of Maryland, College Park, MD. 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