This two day, hands on workshop focuses on how to approach the human form as a work of art in ceramic sculpture. Engaging in the process of disassembly, Jinsik shares his method of collage-creation to create 3D sculptural forms out of preliminary 2D drawings and composite sketches. Considering a subject's exterior facts and interior mysteries, you will explore using symbols to tell stories. Learning handbuilding/slab-building skills while engaging in lectures and discussions, we will think about how the photographic image can change the possibilities for making 3D sculptures through transformation methods considering craft and emotional effects.
Bio
Jinsik Yoo is a sculptor and painter from Daejon, South Korea. He works primarily with ceramics to create figures that abstract the human form to think about desire, queer relations, and the risks/rewards of otherness. He received his BFA in graphic design from Konkuk University in Seoul. He then worked as a graphic designer for three years before returning to Konkuk to complete graduate studies in ceramics. In 2017, Yoo moved to the United States to pursue his MFA at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, completing a year-long residency at the Wellsville Creative Arts Center upon finishing his degree. He then moved to Brooklyn, New York, in 2020, where he worked as a fabrication assistant for Simone Leigh. Currently, he is a resident at the Clay Studio in Philadelphia. Yoo’s paintings and ceramic sculptures have been exhibited nationally and internationally.
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