Sam chung ceramics
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Sam Chung, ARIZONA
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BIO
Sam Chung is a Korean American ceramic artist living in Arizona. He creates pottery that reframes historical ceramics from a cross-cultural perspective. Sam received his MFA from Arizona State University and a BA degree from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. He is a Professor of Ceramics at Arizona State University. He was awarded a U.S. Fulbright Scholar grant in South Korea for the 2021-22 academic year.
Sam has exhibited his work nationally and internationally at Duane Reed Gallery, Harvey Preston Gallery, Ann Linnemann Gallery (Denmark), Soluna Living (Korea), Northern Clay Center, ClayAKAR and Greenwich House Pottery. Sam’s work is in several permanent collections including the Everson Museum of Art (NY), Crocker Art Museum (CA), Icheon World Ceramic Center (Korea), Guldagergaard (Denmark), and the Weisman Art Museum (MN).
ARTIST STATEMENT
I work within the context of the vessel to exploit its universal identity and impart my own vision of merging historical, contemporary and cultural influences. I am curious
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Sam Chung
EDUCATION
1992 BA Studio Art, Ceramics Concentration, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota
1997MFA Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
RESIDENCIES
1998 Artist in Residence, Anderson Ranch Arts Center; Snowmass Village, Colorado
2004 Artist in Residence, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, Maine
2005Artist in Residence, Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center, Skaelskor, Denmark
2008Artist in Residence, The Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, China
2009 Artist in Residence, The Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, Montana
2013Artist in Residence, International Ceramics Studio, Kecskemet, Hungary
2014Artist in Residence, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado
2014Artist in Residence, The Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, China
PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE
1998-2007 Associate Professor of Art and Design - Ceramics, Northern Michigan University, Department of Art & Design, Marquette, Michigan
2007—Associate Professor of Ceramics, Herberger Institute or Design and the Arts, Arizona State University, T
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Sam ChungTempe, Arizona
Biography
Sam Chung received his MFA from Arizona State University and his BA degree from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. Between his undergraduate and graduate programs, he worked as a special post-bac student at the University of Minnesota. He taught at Northern Michigan University from 1998-2007 and is now teaching at Arizona State University in Tempe where he is an associate professor of ceramics. Sam has presented numerous lectures and workshops both nationally and internationally.
Statement
A consistent point of departure for my work has been the ceramic vessel and grappling with the balance between form and function. I am interested in the way that pots have the unique ability to serve a multitude of roles and functions. They can be decorative, they can create nostalgia, they can reference history or places, they can bring attention to more tactile or ergonomic concerns, and of course, they can be used. I am also interested is in the challenge of creating pots that reflect our contemporary time while drawing from the vernacular
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