Myung Urso

Myung Urso, South Korea.
Lives in Rochester, NY, USA

Education:
2015 Ground Now 2015, Workshop by Ruudt Peter, Ravenstein, the Netherland
1995 MA degree, Museum & Gallery Management, the City University, London, UK
1986 MFA degree, Fiber Arts, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea
1982 BA degree, Biology, Hannam University, Daejeon, Korea

Awards:
2014 Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC – ‘Excellence in Jewelry’
2012/2011 CraftBoston, Boston, MA – ‘Award of Excellence’
2011/2010 M & T Bank Clothesline Art Festival, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY, ‘Merit Award’
2011 American Craft Council, Baltimore Craft Show, Baltimore, MD – ‘Award of Excellence’
2010 Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC - Award of “New Direction - Excellence in Design of the Future'’ | Washington Craft Show, Washington DC – ‘Collectors Award’

Solo Exhibitions:
2013 4th Solo show ‘Myung Urso-Touch’, MK Gallery, Vienna, VA
2012 3rd Solo show ‘Myung Urso -Brush & Line’, Patina Gallery, Santa Fe, NM | 2nd Solo show ‘Myung Urso - Signature’, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA
2011 1st Solo show ‘ Myung Urso - Voices’, Geisel Gallery, Bausch & Lomb World Headquarter, Rochester, NY

Group Exhibitions: 
2016 ‘This is Brooch’, Craft Alliance Center of Art + Design, St. Louise
2016 ‘Earring 3’ Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA
2016 Fiber Art Biennale, Snyderman Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2016 ACC Baltimore Craft Show, Baltimore, MD
2015 Sparkle, Taboo Gallery, San Diego, CA
2015  SOFA Chicago, Pistachios, Chicago, IL
2015  Philadelphia Museum of Art & Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA
2015 CODA Paper Art 2015, CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, Netherland
2014 Out of the Blue, Taboo Gallery, San Diago, CA | Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC | ‘Rule the World’, Friends of Carlotta, Zurich, Switzerland | Precious-Semi Precious, Lacoste Gallery, Concord, MA
2013 SOFA Chicago 2013, Charon Kransen Art(New York); Pistachios Gallery(Chicago) | Art in Craft Media, the Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY | Two Persons show ‘Point of View’, Taboo Gallery, San Diego, CA | American Craft Council Baltimore show 2013, Baltimore, MD | ‘Put a Ring on It’, Taboo Gallery, San Diego, CA
2012 Washington Craft Show, Washington, DC | SOFA Chicago, Charon Kransen Art: Pistachios; Snyderman-Works Gallery, Chicago, IL | Philadelphia Museum & Craft show, Philadelphia, PA | ‘Sign of Life’, Facere Art Jewelry Gallery, Seattle, WA | ACC San Francisco show, San Francisco, CA | SOFA New York, Snydeman-Works Gallery, New York, NY | ‘Tea Pot - 6th Invitational Exhibitions, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA | CraftBoston, Boston, MA | ACC Baltimore Craft Show, whole/retail show, Baltimore, MD
2011 From Minimal to Bling, the Society of Arts & Crafts, Boston, MA | Washington Craft Show, Washigton, DC | Philadelphia Museum Art & Craft show, Philadelphia, PA | SOFA Chicago, Charon Kransen Arts, New York, NY & Pistachios, Chicago, IL | 1st Solo show ‘ Voices’, Geisel Gallery, Bausch & Lomb World Headquarter, Rochester, NY | M & T Bank Clothesline Art Festival, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY – ‘Merit Award’ | San Francisco Craft show, San Francisco, CA | SOFA Santa Fe, Charon Kransen Arts, Santa Fe, NM | SOFA New York, Charon Kransen Arts, New York, NY | Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington DC | CraftBoston, Boston, MA - ‘Award of Excellence’ | Palm Beach Fine Craft Show, Palm Beach, FL | ‘Tea Pot - 5th Invitational Exhibitions, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA | Craft Boston, Boston, MA | Palm Beach Fine Craft Show, Palm Beach, FL | ACC Baltimore Craft Show, whole/retail show, Baltimore, MD - ‘Award of Excellence’ | ‘Indulge’, Bellevue Museum of Art, Seattle, WA
2010 Craft Boston Holiday, Boston, MA | Washington Craft Show, Washington DC - Awarded ‘Collectors Award’ | SOFA Chicago, Charon Kransen Arts, New York, NY & Pistachios, Chicago, IL | Fine Craft Show, Rochester, NY | The Philadelphia Museum Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA |‘Asian Influence’, Snyderman-Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA | American Craft Exposition, Evanston, Chicago, IL |SOFA Santa Fe, Charon Kransen Arts, Santa Fe, NM | M & T Bank Clothesline Art Festival, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY - ‘Merit Award’ | ‘Korean Jewelry Artists’, Shaw Jewelry, Northeast Harbor, ME | Summer show, Blue Heron Gallery, Deer Isle, ME | 'New Artists for the New Decade', Patina Gallery, NM | SOFA New York, Charon Kransen Arts, New York, NY | Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC -Awarded 'New Direction - Excellence in Design of the Future'’ | ACC Baltimore Craft Show, whole/retail show, Baltimore, MD
2009 SOFA Expo, New York, Aaron Faber Gallery, New York, NY | ‘Wichita National All Media Craft Exhibition 2009’, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS | ‘Craft Forms 2009’, 15th International Juried exhibition of Contemporary Craft, Wayne Art Center, PA | ‘Cut, Fold & Stitch - Metal/Paper’, Aaron Faber Gallery, New York, NY
2008 The Philadelphia Museum Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA | Fine Craft Show, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY | American Craft Exposition, Evanston, Chicago, IL – Awarded ‘Honorable Mention’ | Craft Boston, Boston, MA
2007 Fine Craft Show, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY | Contemporary Jewelry show for Christmas, Okhee Gallery, Honeoye Falls, NY | Crafts at the Castle, Boston, MA | ‘From Minimal to Bling: Contemporary Studio Jewelry’, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA

Work Experience:
2006-1998 Owner/Curator, Hand and Mind Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2006-1997 Instructor - Kookmin University, Sookmyung University, Seoul, Korea
1997 Curator, Craft House, Seoul, Korea
1997-1995 Asian Art Consultant, British Council Headquarter, Visiting Arts, London, UK
1993 - 1988 Editor and Reporter, Monthly Art & Craft magazine (Design-House Ltd.), Seoul, Korea

Galleries
Alchemy 925, Belmont, MA
Gallery Lulo, Healdsburg, CA
Gallery Thomas Cohn, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Jeweler’s Werk, Washington, DC
Patina Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Pistachios, Chicago, IL
Snyderman -Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Taboo Gallery, San Diego, CA
Velvet Da Vinci, San Francisco, CA

Museum Stores
Esse Purse Museum, Little Rock, AZ
Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
Society Art & Crafts, Boston, MA