Jae Ko



1961Born in Korea
1984Tokyo Art School, Tokyo Japan
1988BFA, Wako University, Tokyo Japan
1996Maryland Institute College of Fine Art
1998MFA, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore MD
Virginia Commission for the Arts
1999DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
2000                The Pollock-Krasner Foundation,Inc
2007Maryland State Arts Council


Lives in Washinton, D.C., USA.


Solo Exhibitions

2015 - 2016Jae Ko: Selections, featuring "Force of Nature, Shiro", Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey
2014Recent Sculpture and Drawings,  Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC
2012Recent Sculpture,  Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC
2010Force of Nature, installation, The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
Paper, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA
New Work / An Installation, Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC
2009Recent Works, Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC
2008Jae Ko: A Twelve Year Survey of the Artist's Work, An Exhibition at The American University Museum, Katzen Center, Washington, DC
2007Galerie Lausberg, Dusseldorf Germany
Galerie De Rijk, Den Haag Netherlands
Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
2006New Sculpture, Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC
Galerie De Rijk, Den Haag, Netherlands
2005Andrew Bae Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004Gallery Krijger & Hatwijk, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
2003Ink and Paper, Second St. Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
2002New Sculpture: In Color, Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC
Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2001Recent Sculpture, Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC
Robischon Gallery, Denver CO
2000New Sculpture: Rolled Paper and Sumi Ink, Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC
Jae Ko, Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998Maryland Institute College of Art
1988Gallery Q, Tokyo, Japan
1987Gallery Sora, Tokyo, Japan
Gallery Q, Tokyo, Japan
1986Gallery Konoha, Tokyo, Japan


Goup Exhibitions (selection)

2016"CAPP@10: The Shape of Remembering", The Stamp Gallery, University of Maryland
2015"Intersections@5", Contemporary Art Projects, The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
"Modern Vision: American Sculptors' Drawings from the Linda Lichtenberg Kaplan Collection", The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
2014 - 2015"Speculative Forms", A Selection of Sculptures from the permanent collection, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
2013"Selected Works: Sam Gilliam, Jae Ko, Gene Davis", Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC
2012Dimensions Variable, Waterhouse & Dodd Gallery, New York, NY
2011Drawing: LC Armstrong, Gene Davis, Christopher French, Jae Ko, Nathan Oliveira, William T. Wiley, Nancy Wolf, Marsha Mateyka Gallery
2010Catalyst, Washington Project for the Arts, Katzen Art Center, Washington, DC
2008Cut Folded Dyed & Glued, Sculpture by Imi Hwangbo and Jae Ko, Brown University, Provincetown, RI
Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, VA
Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA
20075 + 5, D.C. Jewish Community Center, Washington, DC
Galerie De Rijk, Den Haag, Netherlands
Galerie Lausberg, Toronto, Canada
Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
Goldener Engl Galerie, Innsbruck/Hall, Austria
Galerie Lausberg, Dusseldorf, Germany
2006Holland Papier Biennial, Museum Rijswijk and Museum, Apeldoom, Netherlands
Goldener Engl Galerie, Innsbruck/Hall, Austria
Galerie Lausberg, Dusseldorf, Germany
2005Ludwig Museum, Koblenz, Germany
2004Personal Structures, Galerie De Rijk, Den Haag, Netherlands
Concentrics, Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC
2003Peabody Essex Museum, Salem Massachusetts
2001Paper, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
Tara Donovan and Jae Ko: Transcending Time, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
1999Jae Ko Sculpture Lynn Schmidt Paintings, Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC
The Material Being, Gallery Korea, New York, NY
Process, Concept, Solutions, Virginia Invitational 99, Longwood Center for the Art, Farmville, VA
"Chance & Necessity", (Power Boothe, Curator) Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD, travelling to: Boyden Gallery, St. Mary's College, MD; McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA; Columbia Festival of the Arts, Columbia, MD; the Kennedy Museum of Art, Ohio University, Athens, OH
Council Room, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA
Painters Who Make Prints, The Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, and Goya Girl Press, Baltimore, MD
1998Jolt, ( J.W. Mahoney, curator ), Baumgartner Gallery, Washington, DC
WPA/Corcoran Benefit Exhibition, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
The Circle Game, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
Sae Ba Ram (New Wind), Rockville Art Place, Rockville, MD, travelling to: Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD, In 1999, Goya Girl Press, Baltimore, MD
Reed Smith Shaw & McClay, Washington, DC
Pure-View/ Crosscurrents ‘98,(Kristen Hieman, Curator) The Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Mayerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1987Gallery Q, Tokyo, Japan
1986Ueno Museum, Tokyo, Japan
1985Central Museum, Tokyo, Japan