FOUNDRY
Omyo Cho
CV

Omyo Cho

b.1984
Based in Seoul, KR

오묘초는 1984년 서울에서 출생하여 서울을 기반으로 활동하고 있습니다. 작가는 골드스미스(Goldsmiths)에서 순수미술을 전공 후 생물학에 대한 관심을 바탕으로 공상과학소설을 집필하고 이를 조각으로 표현합니다. 작가는 신경 구조와 자연의 형상이 닮은 것에서 영감을 받아 실제로 기억 전이가 될 때 신경 세포들이 꽃이 피어나거나 열매가 맺히는 것과 같이 유기적으로 뻗어나가는 모습을 형상화합니다. 과거, 현재, 미래를 문학적 상상으로 넘나 들며 다양한 생물체들을 탐구하여 미래에 생존할 지성체들을 상상하는 작업을 선보입니다.

Omyo Cho, a Seoul-based artist born in 1984 in Seoul, studied Fine Art at Goldsmiths University of London. With an interest in biology and science, she writes science fiction and translates it into her sculptural work. Inspired by the parallels between neural structure and natural form, she incorporates these ideas into her work, visualizing neural cells organically extending like blooming flowers or bearing fruit when memories are transferred. The artist explores various life forms from different time periods and imagining intelligent beings that survive in the future.

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1984

Born in Seoul, KR

 

Now

lives and works in Seoul, KR

 

EDUCATION

2016

BA (Hons) in Fine Art, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023

Altered Fluid: of sooner, Soorim Cube, Seoul, KR

 

2021

Jumbo Shrimp, Artist Residency Temi, Daejeon, KR

 

2019

TAXIDERMIA, N/A, Seoul, KR

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024

Art and Artificial Intelligence, Ulsan Art Museum, Ulsan, KR

Goodmorning KOREA, Maison Guerlain, Paris, FR

ZIP, ARKO Art Center, Seoul, KR

Non-Algorism Challenge, SEHWA Museum of Art, Seoul, KR

 

2023

FREIZE FILM, Insa Art Space, Seoul, KR

Living Presence, Seoul Art Space Geumcheon, Seoul, KR

Art Plaza, IBK(INDUSTRIAL BANK OF KOREA), Seoul, KR

Landscapes, Wooson gallery, Daegu, KR

 

2022

Iridescent, MMCA Residency Goyang, Goyang, KR

Pageone, SoorimCube, Seoul, KR

The Usefulness of the Useless, Osan Museum of Art, Osan, KR

From Now To Now, Ulsan Contemporary Art Festival, Ulasn, KR

Data Jungwon, Soorim Cultural Foundation, Seoul, KR

Hardner, C. ENTER, Seoul, KR

 

2021

Shadowland, Amado Art Space, Seoul, KR

 

2020

Soorim Art Prize, Soorim Art center, Seoul, KR

 

PROJECTS

2023

Media Gallery: Everland x MMCA Goyang Residency, Samsung Everland Resort, Yongin, KR

Punch-Drunk, Small Museum Bogugot, Gimpo, KR

 

2022

Barreleye, Osisun, Seoul, KR

 

2021

!.drawssaP, C.ENTER, Seoul, KR

Weird Tension, DMZ re-makers, Goseong, KR

 

2020

The Incredulity of Saint Thomas, Seoul Street Arts, Creation Center, Seoul, KR

 

COLLECTION

Soorim Cultural Foundation

 

RESIDENCIES

2023

Seoul Art Space Geumcheon, Seoul, KR

 

2022

MMCA Residency Goyang, Goyang, KR

 

2021

Artist Residency Temi, Daejeon, KR

 

AWARDS AND SELECTION

2024

Art Basel Statements, Basel, CH

Open Call for Artists, Project Space SARUBIA, Seoul, KR

 

2020

Soorim Art Award, Soorim Art center, Seoul, KR