Yonghak Jo. Winner of the New Talents Award 2024 by Klimt02
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27 Jan 2025
Published: 23.01.2025
klimt02.netNecklace: Wave III, 2023
Steel, silver, wood. Fine silver wire inlaid on steelplate
40 x 20 x 1 cm
Photo by: Yonghak Jo
From series: The Line of Life
Model: Ji-Hyun Lee
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
Estimated price: 2500 €
The New Talent Award by Klimt02 aims to recognize the work of graduate students by supporting their careers in the professional world. In this 10th edition, our school members submitted a total of 23 candidates to take part in the award.
This year's winner is Yonghak Jo, graduate of Jewellery Class, Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle in Germany.
This is the Tenth Edition of the New Talents Award by Klimt02.
View all the works, schools and teachers of the New Talents of the 2024 edition
The winner of the New Talent Award 2024 is Yonghak Jo, who graduated from Jewellery Class, Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle, where he studied under Professors Hans Stofer, Yuka Oyama and Julia Walter.
The Prize consists of a professional jeweller profile at klimt02.net and an exhibition at Hannah Gallery Barcelona by Klimt02.
Klimt02 2024 Jury decided to award Yonghak Jo:
Yonghak Jo’s works are characterised by a calm appearance with simple forms, based on a traditional and fantastic technique. His personal family history is interwoven, which appears spontaneous in the drawing gesture but is carefully planned and placed.
It is particularly interesting how he recovers an ancient, almost lost, craft technique to use it as a contemporary expresion medium to articulate a universal speech about the connection of the past and present, about memories and relationships.
Yuka Oyama Guiding Teacher at the school, states:
Yonghak's interpretation of ‘jewellery as monument’ is consolidated by actively researching and re-enacting the traditional Korean metalworking ‘Zoum-Ipsa’ technique that was almost lost during the three wars: the Pacific War, the Korean War and the Cold War. It is the very craft knowledge and cultural heritage of undivided Korea, preserved by craftsmen despite the political turmoil. The ‘Zoum-Ipsa’ technique involves chiselling fine grooves into the surface of iron plates and inlaying hair-thin silver threads into intricate patterns.
Yonghak Jo states:
Jewellery, historically small and portable, serves as personal monuments to memories. In my diploma project, I explored contemporary jewellery as a medium for sharing collective memories. Afterwards, I shifted focus to personal narratives, highlighting how diverse memories shape culture. My jewellery connects the past and present, restoring lost memories and relationships. I aim for contemporary jewellery to hold both personal and collective memories, passing them to future generations with messages of hope and healing. Amid global conflicts, I believe remembering violence is a way to resist it, and I hope my work contributes to this effort.
More work and contact:
Mail: yonghakjo@proton.me
Instagram: @yonghak_jo
>> The exhibition will be on show at Hannah Gallery in March 2025, final dates to confirm.
We want to thank all participating students, teachers, and staff members for your collaboration and the high level of the presented works and encourage all of you to apply for the 10th edition, 2024.
Very soon, the 11th Edition of the New Talents Award by Klimt02 with the guest jury, deadline, and detailed conditions will be launched.
View all the works, schools and teachers of the New Talents of the 2024 edition
The winner of the New Talent Award 2024 is Yonghak Jo, who graduated from Jewellery Class, Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle, where he studied under Professors Hans Stofer, Yuka Oyama and Julia Walter.
The Prize consists of a professional jeweller profile at klimt02.net and an exhibition at Hannah Gallery Barcelona by Klimt02.
Klimt02 2024 Jury decided to award Yonghak Jo:
Yonghak Jo’s works are characterised by a calm appearance with simple forms, based on a traditional and fantastic technique. His personal family history is interwoven, which appears spontaneous in the drawing gesture but is carefully planned and placed.
It is particularly interesting how he recovers an ancient, almost lost, craft technique to use it as a contemporary expresion medium to articulate a universal speech about the connection of the past and present, about memories and relationships.
Yuka Oyama Guiding Teacher at the school, states:
Yonghak's interpretation of ‘jewellery as monument’ is consolidated by actively researching and re-enacting the traditional Korean metalworking ‘Zoum-Ipsa’ technique that was almost lost during the three wars: the Pacific War, the Korean War and the Cold War. It is the very craft knowledge and cultural heritage of undivided Korea, preserved by craftsmen despite the political turmoil. The ‘Zoum-Ipsa’ technique involves chiselling fine grooves into the surface of iron plates and inlaying hair-thin silver threads into intricate patterns.
Yonghak Jo states:
Jewellery, historically small and portable, serves as personal monuments to memories. In my diploma project, I explored contemporary jewellery as a medium for sharing collective memories. Afterwards, I shifted focus to personal narratives, highlighting how diverse memories shape culture. My jewellery connects the past and present, restoring lost memories and relationships. I aim for contemporary jewellery to hold both personal and collective memories, passing them to future generations with messages of hope and healing. Amid global conflicts, I believe remembering violence is a way to resist it, and I hope my work contributes to this effort.
More work and contact:
Mail: yonghakjo@proton.me
Instagram: @yonghak_jo
>> The exhibition will be on show at Hannah Gallery in March 2025, final dates to confirm.
We want to thank all participating students, teachers, and staff members for your collaboration and the high level of the presented works and encourage all of you to apply for the 10th edition, 2024.
Very soon, the 11th Edition of the New Talents Award by Klimt02 with the guest jury, deadline, and detailed conditions will be launched.
Necklace: Ship II, 2024
Steel, silver, cotton, graphite powder, oil. Fine silver wire inlaid on steelplate
32 x 8 x 4.5 cm
Photo by: Yonghak Jo
Part of: Private collection
From series: The Line of Life
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
Estimated price: 900 €
Brooch: Wave I, 2024
Steel, silver, stainless steel, graphite powder, oil. Fine silver wire inlaid on steelplate
10 x 3.5 x 1 cm
Photo by: Yonghak Jo
From series: The Line of Life
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
Estimated price: 500 €
Brooch: Wave II, 2024
Steel, silver, stainless steel, graphite powder, spray coated. Fine silver wire inlay on steelplate
7.3 x 8 x 0.7 cm
Photo by: Yonghak Jo
Part of: Private collection
From series: The Line of Life
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
Estimated price: 650 €
SOLD
Necklace: Reflection II, 2024
Steel, silver, cotton, graphite powder, oil
15 x 10 x 1.5 cm
Photo by: Yonghak Jo
From series: The Line of Life
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
Estimated price: 1000 €
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