Hae Won (first name) Sohn (last name) is a visual artist and craftswoman based in Sunnyside, Queens and Greenpoint, Brooklyn. She works with various materials that comes along the practicality of her casting process which involves plaster and clay as primary materials, and further utilizes studio-artifacts generated from the material-ecosystem built around her making practice for her tactile and visual exploration.
For interests in visiting the artist’s studio or any other inquiries, please reach out to haewsohn@gmail.com .
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THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023
- Moult, Subtitled NYC, Brooklyn, NY
- chocolate milk cow milk, Thomas Park, Seoul, South Korea
2022
2021
Sondheim Prize Finalist Exhibition, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
2020
2019
Drawings: Sculpted Traces (solo), Anaba Project Space, Bethesda, MD
In One Piece
(solo), Baltimore Clayworks Project Space, Baltimore, MD
Vice Versa (two-person show w/ Nick Primo), MONO Practice, Baltimore, MD
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
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(upcoming)
CLAY /
CRAFT / CONCEPT: contemporary ceramics, ancient histories (curated by Gabriel Zammit), Malta Society of Arts, Valletta, Malta
- (upcoming) Prototype 1.0 (curated by Tomas Vu), Springs Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2023
- COLOR SURFACE SPACE & The Abstract Imagination (curated by C. Tara Gladden), Kohl Gallery at Washington College, Chestertown, MD
- In House: Staff & Faculty Exhibition, Jane Hartsook Gallery at Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY
- The Still Center of Life (curated by Mimi Park), Thomas Park Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
- A New Family: Curating Korean Diaspora, Korean Cultural Center NY, New York, NY
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Here and There: Navigating the Cultural In-between, Northern Kentucky University Art Galleries, Highland Heights, KY
2022
- Anaba Project 10th Anniversary Group Exhibition, Anaba Project, Bethesda, MD
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Above Board (virtual exhibition), Above Board Ceramics
2021
Utterances, NARS Foundation Main Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Breaking Point, NARS Foundation Main Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2019
Invincible Summer, Emmanuel Barbault Gallery, New York, NY
Desert Lands, Baltimore Clayworks Project Space, Baltimore, MD
The Keyboard 1/5, Zahoorul Akhlaq Gallery of National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan
Untitled Group Exhibition, Gray Contemporary, Houston, TX
2018
12 x 12, MONO Practice, Baltimore, MD
The Chronicles of LA | Chapter 2 - Self, 242 S Broadway St, Los Angeles, CA
Experiencing Perspectives, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, Farmington Hills, MI
SSNYC Annual Members Group Exhibition, Sculpture Space NYC, New York, NY
Spring Happening - Annual Group Show (curated by Narine Kchikian), Next Step Studios & Gallery, Ferndale, MI
Symbiosis, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD), Detroit, MI
2018 Graduate Degree Exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills,MI
Small Favors 2018, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Basically 15’ x 50’, Gallery One | Collective Works (G1|CW), Pittsburgh, PA
Leftovers: REHEATED, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2017
Easy Come Easy Go, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
DYAD, David Salkin Creative, Chicago, IL
Experiencing Perspectives, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, Farmington Hills, MI
Jet Lag, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2015
09 10 11 12 - BFA Thesis Show, Gallery Mokkumto, Seoul, South Korea
Seoul-See 서울視, Kyung-In Museum of Fine Art, Seoul, South Korea
From 2D to 3D, Cho-hyung Gallery of Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea
EDUCATION
MFA - Ceramics ‘18, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
BFA - Ceramics ‘16, College of Design at Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea
GRANTS, AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2022
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Get Ready Grant, CERF+ (Craft Emergency Relief Fund), Mont Pelier, VT
2021
Winner, Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize, Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, Baltimore, MD (Jurors: Naz Cuguoglu, Michelle Grabner, and Meleko Mokgosi)
International Residency Partial Fellowship, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
Artist Relief, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, New York, NY
Covid-19 Relief Grant, CERF+ (Craft Emergency Relief Fund), Mont Pelier, VT
Emergency Grant for Individual Artists, Maryland State Arts Council, Baltimore, MD
2019
Fall Resident Artist, Anaba Project, Bethesda, MD
2019/20 Long-term Residency, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
2018
2018/29 Long-term Residency, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
2017
Tony Hepburn Scholarship - Merit Award, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Chrissy Award - Ceramics Department Travel Grant, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2016
Honorable Mentions, The 12th Ceramic Arts Award of Korea, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Honorable Mentions, The 19th Kwanac Modern Art Contest, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Podcast Interview with Rob Lee, The Truth in This Art, September 2021
Winner Interview, Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, July 2021
2020
Featured Artist (curated by Tanya Gayer), Maake Magazine, Issue 11, p 40-41.
2019
2018
Experiencing Perspectives 2018/19, Exhibition Catalogue, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services
Shape, APÉRO Fine Art Catalogue, November 2018
2017
Experiencing Perspectives 2017/18, Exhibition Catalogue, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, p 70-71.
2016
University | Graduation Portfolio,
Monthly Ceramic Art Korea 월간도예, Feburary 2016, Vol.239, p 55.
PUBLICATIONS AS AUTHOR
2018
Contemporary Clay Shapers 3: Clay as Idea as Material,
Monthly Ceramic Art Korea 월간도예, August 2018, Vol.269, p 92-95.
Contemporary Clay Shapers 2: Thinking Through Material,
Monthly Ceramic Art Korea 월간도예, July 2018, Vol. 268, p 78-81.
Flower and Vase - Seeing Vases Through the Lens of International Artists,
Monthly Ceramic Art Korea 월간도예, May 2018, Vol. 266, p 54-59.
Contemporary Clay Shapers 1: Thinking Within Material, Outside the Box,
Monthly Ceramic Art Korea 월간도예, May 2018, Vol. 266, p 86-89.
Pedestal: the Colorful Potentials of the White Box,
Monthly Ceramic Art Korea 월간도예, March 2018, Vol. 264, p 88-91.
Extrusion: Rediscovering the Versatility of Clay,
Monthly Ceramic Art Korea 월간도예, January 2018, Vol. 262, p 84-87.
2017
World | Cranbrook Academy of Art,
Monthly Ceramic Art Korea 월간도예, December 2017, Vol.261, p 82-85.
LECTURES / PRESENTATIONS
2023
- Guest Speaker, Visual Culture taught by Tsohil Bhatia, School of Art & Design History & Theory, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
- Guest Lecturer, Industrial Ceramics taught by Sewon Minn, College of Design at Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea
2022
- Guest Lecturer, Special Topics in Architecture: Material Logics taught by Julian Harake, Barnard College of Columbia University, New York, NY
- Workshop Hosting Artist (workshop title: Fluid Molds, Found Volumes), Studio A, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
- Visiting Artist Talk, Graduate Seminar taught by Brandon J. Donahue, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
- Visiting Artist Lecture, Kohl Gallery x Art and Art History Department, Washington College, Chestertown, DE
- Keynote Speaker (virtual), Maryland State Regional Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Ceremony hosted by Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts
2021
Visiting Artist Lecture (virtual), Slipcasting taught by Ebitenyefa Baralaye, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
Artist Talk (virtual) for Open Sculpture taught by Huidi Xiang, School of Art at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Visiting Artist Lecture (virtual), Ceramics Department of Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD
Visiting Artist Lecture (virtual), School of Visual Arts at Penn State University, State College, PA
Artist Talk - In Baltimore, On Clayworks (virtual), Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
Artist Lecture - Forum Speaker Series (virtual), Maryland Institute of College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD
2018
Resident Artist Presentation, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
Artist Talk, the 9th Annual GVSU Ceramics Forum at Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI
2017
Visiting Artist Lecture, Department of Ceramics, College of Design at Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
(2022. 01 - present) Trustee/Director, Board of Directors, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
(2021. 02 - present) Program Committee Member, Board Committee of Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
(2023 Summer) Visiting Artist (for in-person studio visits with resident artists), NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
(2023 Summer) Reviewer, Portfolio Review at Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
(2022 Fall) Workshop Leading Artist “Fluid Molds, Found Volumes”, Studio A at University of Maryland, College Park, MD
(2022 March) Visiting Artist (for in-person senior studio visits & guest lecture), Art and Art History Department, Washington College, Chestertown, DE
(2022 February) Guest Juror, 100 Proof - Annual Student Juried Exhibition, Kohl Gallery at Washington College, Chestertown, DE
(2022. October) Visiting Artist (in-person senior studio visits), Ceramics Department of Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD
(2021 Summer) Studio Technician, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY
(2020.12 - 2021.02) Production Assistant, Greenmount Tile, Baltimore, MD
(2020 Fall) Adjunct Faculty, Marymount University, Arlington, VA
(2018 - 2020) Adjunct Professor of Ceramics, George Washington University, Washington, DC
(2018 - 2020) Instructor, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
(2019) Gallery & Studio Assistant to Rod Malin, Guest Spot @THE REINSTITUTE, Baltimore, MD
(2019) Technical Assistant, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
(2019 Spring) After-school Ceramics Instructor, Calvert School, Baltimore, MD
(2017 Dec - 2018 Aug) Contributing Writer, Monthly Ceramic Art Korea 월간도예, Seoul, South Korea
(2017 Summer) Intern as Project Managing Assistant to Peter Oltheten (former Project Manager), Sundaymoring @ekwc (former European Ceramic Workcentre), Oisterwijk, Netherlands
(2015 Summer) Intern / Assistant to Kyungsoon Park (Artistic Director for the 8th Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale - “GICB”), Korea Ceramic Foundation (KOCEF), Public Relations TF Ream Satellite Office at Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea