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Lot Essay
Yoon Gwangjo works in a mountain studio far from the distractions of the contemporary art scene, of which he is very much a part. Widely travelled and exhibited, he prefers the inspiration of nature and aceticism. Art for him is a solitary endeavor where trial, error and patience are demanding teachers.
Yoon graduated from the Ceramics department at Hong Ik University, Seoul in 1973. The next year he was awarded a grant by the Korean government to study at a kiln in Karatsu on Kyushu, where Korean potters first worked in the sixteenth century. Yoon's work harks back to Buncheong pottery of Korea's fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. He shapes his forms from red clay by hand and decorates them with liquid clay, or white slip. While the clay is still wet he may give the form texture from a wood paddle or incise the surface with a nail or knife. Yoon has exhibited frequently, including solo shows at the Kyoto Craft Center Gallery in 1986, the Ho-Am Art Museum (Leeum Samsung Museum of Art), Seoul, in 1998, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 2003. His work is in major institutions worldwide.
Yoon graduated from the Ceramics department at Hong Ik University, Seoul in 1973. The next year he was awarded a grant by the Korean government to study at a kiln in Karatsu on Kyushu, where Korean potters first worked in the sixteenth century. Yoon's work harks back to Buncheong pottery of Korea's fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. He shapes his forms from red clay by hand and decorates them with liquid clay, or white slip. While the clay is still wet he may give the form texture from a wood paddle or incise the surface with a nail or knife. Yoon has exhibited frequently, including solo shows at the Kyoto Craft Center Gallery in 1986, the Ho-Am Art Museum (Leeum Samsung Museum of Art), Seoul, in 1998, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 2003. His work is in major institutions worldwide.