Youjin Um, Jewelry & Object Artist, Seoul, Korea.
I like the natural properties of cold metal materials, especially the clear and transparent colors of silver.
The beginning of my work is to create drawings in advance and model them in paper to virtually grasp the real feeling.
Then, after attaching drawings and leaving a mark on the silver plate, they begin to project.
Through the way I pierce and express myself one by one, I feel healing, relief, and happiness in life.
Youjin Um
Education
2017 M.F.A Jewelry Design, Graduate School of Industrial Art Hong-ik University, Seoul, Korea
2001 B.F.A in Jewelry Design, Kyonggi University, Seoul, Korea
2017「A Study on Metal Jewelry using Hexagonal Structure」a Master's Thesis(M.F.A Hong-ik Univ, Seoul)
Work Experience(Representative)
2019 Magazine: New Time. Ella Korea: Seoul, January
2019 Interview: Artmining Milano & Paris Exhibition Profile Film, Seoul, February
2019 Klimt02 Jeweler Member Registration, Approved, Barcelona, May
2020 Chiwoo Newsletter December issue of Artist of the Month Interview, Yoolizzy Craft Museum, Seoul, December
Awards / Grants
1999 A Competition for Design of Contemporary Creative Jewelry, Modern Creation and Craft Association, Department of Ilmin Art Department, win a prize, December
2018 Iksan Korean Craft Competition, Korean Craft Culture Cooperative, win a prize, December
2019 [KOGEI World Competition]- passed the First judging Round, Kanazawa Japan, 29th, May
2019 Enjoia't Contemporary Jewelry Awards Finalists Professional Category, Barcelona Spain, 12th, October
2020 Growth & Evolution International Jewellery Exhibition_ Finalists, Cunming-Beijing China, 14th, February
2020 Arte y Joya International Awards 2020-2021 Finalists, Barcelona Spain, 29th, September
2020 Athens Jewelry Week- Material Quest Award, Athens Greece, 15th, November
Collections (Private & Museum)
2018 Blue Culture Foundation, Collection of Modern Artists, Seoul Korea
2019 National Theatre Bucharest, Beauty never sleeps, Bucharest, Romania
2020 Growth & Evolution 2020 International Jewellery Exhibition, Beijing Exhibition Center, Beijing China, 8th, October
Solo-Exhibitions
2017 Craft Trend Fair, Coex A Hall, Seoul, Korea
2018 Hexagonal Kaleidoscope(Um You-jin solo-exhibition), Gallery Ahwon, Seoul, Korea
2018 Craft Trend Fair, Coex C Hall, Seoul, Korea
2019 [Autor2019] International Contemporary Jewelry Fair, National Theatre Bucharest, Romania
2019 [Collectiva Meeting '19] International Exhibition, Porto, Portugal
2019 Enjoia't Awards 2019 selected jewellers Exhibition, Disseny HUB Barcelona, Spain
2019 Selected Artists and Award Winners at JOYA Barcelona Art Jewellery Fair 2019, Disseny HUB Barcelona, Spain
2019 Tincal lab Challenge 2019 l Jewelry and Anatomy, Porto, Portugal
2019 4th Triennale of Kogei World Competition in Kanazawa, People's Gallery A at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
2020 Growth & Evolution 2020 International Jewellery Exhibition Selected Artists, Royal Venus Hotel/ DBC International Designer Space(Beijing Design Week Branch Venue), Kunming/ Beijing, China
2020 Internationale Handwerksmesse 2020 Selected Artists, München, Germany
2020 Tincal lab Challenge 2019: Jewelry and Anatomy at ROJW 2020- Selected Artists, Bucharest, Romania
2020 Selected Artists and Award Winners at JOYA Barcelona Art Jewellery Fair 2020, Artesania Catalunya(CCAM) Barcelona, Spain
2020 Athens Jewelry Week 2020 Material Quest Award, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
2020 KOGEI Art Fair Kanazawa 2020(Offline), Soluna Living, Seoul, Korea
2020 KOGEI Art Fair Kanazawa 2020(Online), MAG & Co Gallery, Kanazawa, Japan
2020~2021 Special Christmas sale at Joya Barcelona, Le Departement, Barcelona, Spain
2020 Painful Hope, ALLIAGES gallery, Lille, France
Group-Exhibitions
2020 'Absolutely Abstract', Leeeugean gallery, Cheongdam-dong, Seoul, Korea
2020 Rest(Trio-exhibition), Seoul Arts Center Hangaram Design Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2020 Wall Project_Line, Ooojh gallery, Sindang-dong, Seoul, Korea
2020 Oh! my Object, GalleryMEME, Insadong, Seoul, Korea
2020 A round of neighborhood 2th exhibition, Craftahwon gallery, Seoul, Korea
2019 NYC Jewelry Week2019, 72 Warren Street(Tribeca), Newyork, U.S.A.
2019 SOFA Chicago Art Fair2019, Navy Pier Chicago, Chicago, U.S.A.
2019 VIRTUOSO- Jewelry and Metal Design Festival, Hoyeon Gallery, Suwon, Korea
2019 Alone or Together, Sanwoollim Art & Craft, Seoul, Korea
2019 Artmining-Paris2019, Grand Palais, #3, avenue du Général Eisenhower 75008, Paris, France
2019 a round of neighborhood exhibition, Craftahwon gallery, Seoul, Korea
2019 Artmining-Milano2019, Palazzo Litta, Corso Magenta, #24, 20121, Milano, Italy
2019 The Diversity Galore exhibition, Diversity Galore(ATTA), Bankok, Thailand
2018 The 19th National Art Gallery, Iksan Arts Center(Art Museum), Iksan, Korea
2018 "Good-bye, 2018"(Gift-exhibition), GIAGAGA gallery, Seoul, Korea
2018 The 34th Exhibition by The 3rd Group of Metalsmith-REMIND, KCDF gallery, Seoul, Korea
2018 "Behind metal, the back story", Yido Atelier, Seoul, Korea
2018 Kyonggi University Jewelry Design Festivals- Convergence, Expansion, Career Exhibition, Hoyeon Gallery, Suwon, Korea
2018 "Flexible metal" , Bukgu Culture Arts Center, Ulsan, Korea
2018 'Hello New York !!', AblefineartNY gallery, New York, U.S.A.
2018 Object[物 件], GIAGAGA gallery, Seoul, Korea
2017 [Technique], KCDF gallery, Seoul, Korea
2017 Winter story, Leesoo gallery, Seoul, Korea
2017 The 33th Exhibition by The 3rd Group of Metalsmith, KCDF gallery, Seoul, Korea
2017 Seoul Modern Art Show(Invitational Exhibition), Seoul Arts Center Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2016 Craft Trend Fair, Coex A Hall, Seoul, Korea
2016 [Active Hand]- "Jewelry & Craft" with 7 Jewelry Designer, Gallery Worl, Seoul, Korea
2016 [Hexagonal Kaleidoscope], The Museum Of Modern Art, Hong-ik University, Seoul, Korea
2015 Hi Design Fair, Hong-ik Art center, Seoul, Korea
2015 [I am-], The Museum Of Modern Art, Hong-ik University, Seoul, Korea
2014-15 Handmade Korea Fair, Coex B Hall, Seoul, Korea
2013 [mental], The Museum Of Modern Art, Hong-ik University, Seoul, Korea
2012 Landscape of memories, Gallery Sky Yeon, Seoul, Korea
2012 [meik], The Museum Of Modern Art, Hong-ik University, Seoul, Korea
2006 'Home' Ssamzigil Space Of Thema, Seoul, Korea
Current Klimt02 Jewelry Member, Hong-ik Metal Formative Association, The 3rd Group of Metalsmith
