Jongjin Park
01797 | #114, Art&Design Building
Seoul Women’s Univ. Hwarang-ro 621
Nowon-Gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Instagram@jongjinpark_ceramics
+82-10-6209-2908
Occupation
Assistant Professor | Seoul Women’s University
Education
2020 PhD. Ceramics at Kookmin University
2013 - 2014 MA | Ceramics, Distinction, Cardiff Metropolitan University / Cardiff, Wales, U.K.
2007 - 2009 MFA | Ceramics, Kookmin University / Seoul, Korea
Thesis | A Study on Formative Art applied Joining technique
2000 - 2007 BFA | Ceramics, Kookmin University / Seoul, Korea
Award
2026 Finallist- Loewe Craft Prize
2026 The Artist of the fair- Collect 2026
2024 2018 Excellence Prize- Gyeonggi International Ceramic Competion
2019 Finallist- Open to Art
Winner- Lexus Creative Masters Award 2018
2014 2011 2008 Highly Commended- Young Masters Maylis Grand Ceramics Prize
Gold prize- The 7th Cheongju International Craft Competition
Grand Prize- The 1st Gwangju White Porcelain Competition
Collection
The 2st Incheon Airport First Class Lounge
GentleMonster
Ader Error
Aeosak
FourSeasons Hotel, Gwanghwamun, Seoul
Cheongju International Craft Competition
GYEONGGI Ceramic museumSolo Exhibition
2025 2024 2024 Bold Layer, Gallery Mosoon, Seoul, Korea
Layered Grid, KCDF Gallery, Seoul, Korea
‘Between Nature and Artificiality, Finork Busan, Korea
2022 2021 2020 2019 'Small Objects', TUMO studio, Yerevan, Armenia
‘Intensive Black’, Gallery Mano, Korea
2020 ‘Paperwork’, Tongin Gallery, Korea
Solo exhibition, Gallery Ilsang, Korea
Ceramic Art London, Central Saint Martins, London, U.K.
2018 ‘TIMELINE’,ooojh Gallery, Korea
2018 Ceramic Art London, Central Saint Martins, London, U.K.
2017 Ceramic Art London, Central Saint Martins, London, U.K.
2016 Ceramic Art London, Central Saint Martins, London, U.K.
2015 2015 'Artistic Stratum' KCDF Gallery, Korea
Ceramic Art London, Royal College of Art, London, U.K.
Two person Exhibition
2017 2012 2011 Wouter Dam & Jongjin Park, Puls Contemporary Ceramics, Brussels, Belgium
Harin Lee & Jongjin Park, Tongin Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Beyond the Time / Jongjin Park & Kiwook Lee, Yido Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Group Exhibition
2026 2025 2025 2025 2025 2025 2025 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2022 2022 2021 2021 Collect, Somerset House, London, U.K.
Design Miami, with JLohmann Gallery,Miami Beach, U.S.A.
Ceramic Art Fair, Maison de l'Amérique Latin , Paris, France
Bottega Veneta; Intrecciato, Areumjigi, Seoul, Korea
Design Miami in Seoul, DDP, Seoul, Korea
Emerge 2025, Marina Bay Sands Expo, Singapore
PAD Paris, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, France
Salon Art + Design 2024, Park Avenue Armory, N.Y., U.S.A
Trois Corées, florian Daguett Bresson Art, Paris, France
PAD Paris, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, France
<Self Medication: Korean Ceramic Art>, Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Riga, Latvia
Salon Art + Design Art Fair with JLohmann Gallery, Park Avenue Armory, N.Y., U.S.A
Design Miami, with JLohmann Gallery,Miami Beach, U.S.A.
<Crossroads>, Le Don Du Fel Gallery, France
Ader X Converse, Beizic Studio, Seoul, Korea
<White Porcelain: How have we humans breathed life into soil?>, Seoul Craft Museum, Seoul, Korea
Meister Der Moderne, Meister Der Moderne, Munchen, Germany
Salon Art + Design Art Fair with JLohmann Gallery, Park Avenue Armory, N.Y., U.S.A
Ceramic Now, Galerie Italienne, Paris, France2021 2020 2020 2020 2020 Craft Trend Fair with Finork, COEX, Seoul, Korea
Metaphorical, B-E Gallery, Seoul, Korea
JAYEONMUL, Cabinet Hanam, Seoul, Korea
Keramiekcentrum Tiendschuur Tegelen, AG Tegelen, Netherland
KOREA, Puls Contemporary Ceramics, Brussels, Belgium
Clay with a Capital K, 2019 after Primary Structure, Sueno339, Seoul, Korea.
2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 Salon Art+Design with JLohmann Gallery, Park Avenue Armory, N.Y., U.S.A
"Mess" – Expressionism and Experimentation in Contemporary Ceramics, Living Design Fair, COEX, Seoul, Korea
Open to Art, officinesaffi, Milano, Italy
Take a new, Charm Learn Studio, Thailand
2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2015 2015 Breaking the mold, Design Miami, with JLohmann Gallery, Miami Beach, U.S.A.
Korean Connection, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, U.K.
1000 Vases, Espace Commines, Paris, France
Ceramics at Doddingtonhall, London, U.K.
The Aesthetics od Repetition, The Craft on the Hill, Seoul, Korea
Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London, U.K. – YoungMasters
Claytime, Side Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Made in Korea, Slademore Gallery, London, U.K.
Made in Korea, Ceramic House, Brighton, U.K.
Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London, U.K. – YoungMasters
Affordable Art Fair, London, U.K. – YoungMasters
Korea Galleries Art Fair, COEX, Seoul. Korea with SPgallery
Cynthia Corbett Gallery summer show, Royal Opera Arcade (ROA) Gallery, London– YoungMasters
2016 Craft Trend Fair, COEX, Seoul, Korea with SPgallery
Affordable Art Fair, DDP, Seoul, Korea with SPgallery
2016 Stunning Edge, NTCRI, Taiwan
A la Recherche du Sublime alongside work by Ashraf Hanna and Nicholas Lees, Le don du Fel, France
KOREA and JAPAN Ceramics, BeakPaSun Gallery, Kyushu, Japan
London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, Islington, London– YoungMasters
St.Art Fair, Strasbourg, France. With Galerie du Don.
British Ceramics Biennale 'FRESH', Stoke on Trent, U.K.
2015 2015 2015 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London, U.K. – YoungMasters
2015 Saint-Etetien Design Biennale, France
Designer Crafts at the Mall 2015, Mall Gallery, London
The Graduate Show 2015, Bevere Gallery,Worcester
Craft fair “Made by Hands”, Cardiff City hall, Cardiff, Wales
Young Masters, Sphinx Fine Art, London, U.K.
Young Masters, Lloyds Club, London, U.K.
MA Degree show, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, Wales
Unfolding, Nantgarw China Works Museum, Cardiff, Wales
2014 New Designers, Business Design Centre, Islington, London, U.K.
The Future Perfect, N.Y., U.S.A.2014 2014 4th International Triennial of Silicate Arts, Ketchemet, Hungary
Museum Shop, National Museum, Cardiff
2012 Color, Ceramic Museum, Korea
2012 Santorini Biennale of Arts, Santorini, Greece
2012 R.E.D, Arton gallery, Singapore
2012 Talente 2012, Munchen, Germany
2011 Breathing object, Sein Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2011 The 7th Cheongju International Craft Competition, Cheongju culture complex, Korea
2011 Life style Multishop_Season2 , Boutique Monaco Museum , Seoul, Korea
2010 Open Studio, Iang Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2010 Mixup , Icheon World Ceramic EXPO Center, Korea
2010 The 3rd Ceramic trend competition. Icheon World Ceramic EXPO Center,Korea
2009 A Thesis Exhibition 'Coexistence' Design Gallery, Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea
2009 White Porcelain Exhibition, Urigurut Ryu, Seoul, Korea
2009 Australian Ceramics Triennale-YoungGuns, College of the Arts GallerySydney Univ, Australia
2009 Ceramic Embracing color, Icheon World Ceramic EXPO Center, Korea
2009 The 5th CEBIKO Ceramic Space& Life , Yeoju World Ceramic Livingware Gallery. Korea
2009 The 24th Bukak Ceramics association Exihibition, Kyungin gallery. Seoul, Korea
2008 The 1st Gwangju White Porcelain Competition, GYEONGGI Ceramic museum, Gyeonggi, Korea
2008 Korea - Japan - China Contemporary Ceramics Exchange of New Generation, Contemporary Ceramics
Museum, Foshan, China
2008 2008 2007 2006 Connecting Connection_8 color . Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
The 2nd Ceramic Competition of University, World Ceramic Exposition Foundation. Gyeonggi, Korea
Korea contemporary ceramic exhibition, Marisan Gallery, Gyeonggi, Korea
Graduate Exhibition Dept.of Ceramics College of Design Kookmin Univ. Gana Art center, Seoul, Korea
Article
2024 2020 2019 Neikomi: Art of Colored Clay Guide, Herbert Press
Ceramics Masterclass, Thames & Hudson
Material Design Process - Elemental/Earth, Sandu
2019. 2. Arena, Craftsmanship
2019. 1. Ceramic art Monthly – Artists of the Year
2018 NewWaveClay by Tom Morris, Frame
2017. 2. 24. TLMagazine-Jongjin Park: Porcelain paper
http://www.tlmagazine.com/jongjin-park-porcelain-paper/
2016. 12. 5. Interior Design - 12 Makers to Know
http://www.interiordesign.net/articles/12596-12-makers-to-know/
2016. 6. 3. SightUnseen- You’ll Never Guess What These Ceramics Are Made From by by Jill Singer
http://www.sightunseen.com/2016/06/jongjin-park-layered-ceramics/
2016. 6. 20. Core77- Beautiful Ceramics Made From...Paper Towels? by Carly Ayres
http://www.sightunseen.com/2016/06/jongjin-park-layered-ceramics/
2016. 6. 22 Cfile Daily - Featured Potter | Jongjin Park’s Papery, Colorful Vessels Seek to Deceive by Bill Rodgershttps://cfileonline.org/featured-potter-jongjin-parks-papery-colorful-vessels-contemporary-ceramic-art-cfile/
2016. 5 2016. 3/4 2015. 10. 9. 2012. 11 2012. 9 2011. 10 2011. 9 2011. 4 De Kleine K Issue17 - Knowhow- Decoratietechnieken: Jongjin Park laat zien hoe hij een werk maakt.
Ceramic Review issue 278 - Young Makers
Wallpaper- Looking forward: the fourth British Ceramics Biennial in Stoke-on-Trent by Emma O’kelly
Ceramic art Monthly – Harin Lee & Jongjin Park Ceramic Exhibition review
Zin ( Japan Magazine) – Special interview Neo Korea ‘Korean Potter Jongjin Park’
Ceramic art Monthly – Breathing Object review
Ceramic art Monthly – CheongJu International Craft Competition
Ceramic art Monthly, Design Monthly, etc –
Jongjin Park & Kiwook Lee ‘ Beyond the Time’
2009. 6 2008.10 2008. 9 Ceramic art Monthly - Graduate Exhibition review
Ceramic art Monthly - Connecting Connection review
Ceramic art Monthly - The 1st KwangJu White Porcelain Competition
