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Korean Contemporary Ceramic Artists Association

The First Exhibition of Korean Potter's Association, Catalog, 1979, Image provuded by Korean Contemporary Ceramic Artists Association

The Korean Society of Modern Ceramic Artists (Hanguk hyeodae doyegahoe, KSMCA) was founded in October 1978 by nine ceramists: Hwang Jonggu, Won Daichung, Hwang Chongnye, Kwon Soonhyung, Kang Suhwa, Chung Damsun, Yim Mugeun, Cho Chunghyun, and Rhee Boo-ung. At the time of its foundation, it was named the Korean Society of Ceramic Artists. Hwang Jonggu served as the first president, and its official exhibition was held in 1979, the year after the foundation. The First Korean Society of Ceramic Artists Exhibition (Shinsegae Gallery, 1979) was attended by a total of nine artists. By the Fourth Korean Society of Modern Ceramic Artists Exhibition (Shinsegae Gallery, 1983), the number of participating artists increased to fifty-two. From that year onward, the name of the group was changed to the Korean Society of Modern Ceramic Artists, further solidifying its character as an exhibition for contemporary ceramic artists. Since 1984, the KSMCA held the first modern ceramics seminar led by then current university professors. It has also been engaged in diverse activities, including the production of video documentation of its senior members. In 1985, the KSMCA arranged an exchange exhibition of ceramics with Germany at the MMCA, paving the way for international exhibitions. In addition, it conducted inspections of ceramic factories and ran international ceramic seminars and summer training programs. In 1992, it published the bulletin Contemporary Ceramics as a part of its academic project. In and after the 2000s, the number of participating artists in the regular exhibitions grew to more than 150. As the largest organization of ceramic artists in South Korea, the KSMCA has been engaged in various activities to explore the development of Korean contemporary ceramics and promote academic projects.
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Hwang Jonggu

Hwang Jonggu (1919–2003) was a ceramist active from the second-half of the 1950s through the second-half of the 1990s. He was born as the son of the celadon master Hwang Inchun (1894–1950) in Seoul in 1919. He took a course at the annex of the Seto Institute of Ceramics in Japan in 1939. After returning to Korea, he became a teacher in the ceramics department of the Kaesong Public Industrial School. From 1959, he served as a professor of the Ceramics Department in the College of Art at Ewha Womans University for twenty-five years. His oeuvre in and after the late 1950s centered on developing his father’s celadon and reinterpreting it with a modern twist. In May 1959, Hwang founded the Research Institute of Ceramics [Doye yeonguso] affiliated with the Ceramics Department at Ewha Womans University and served as its director. There, he selected outstanding clay from all over the country, focused on the production of celadon and white porcelain, and published the academic journal Doye yeongu (Study of ceramic art). Since the 1960s, he engaged himself in creation, research, education, and experimentation that maintained the legacy of traditional ceramics while adopting the trend of Western contemporary ceramics. Among the prizes he won are the Seoul Cultural Award (1966), the Presidential Award for the twenty-fifth anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japan (1970), and the Korean Educational Achievement Award (1984). He participated in several exhibitions, such as the Korean Contemporary Ceramics in 1973, the Solo Exhibition at Daimaru Department Store Gallery in Tokyo, Japan, in 1980, and the Invitational Exhibition at the Beijing Cultural Center, China, in 1992. In 1998, he created a thousand celadon Buddhas for Mireuksa Temple in Seosan, Chungcheongnam-do Province. He also served as a recommended artist and judge for the National Art Exhibition (Gukjeon) (1966–1983), an advisor to the Korean Contemporary Ceramic Artists Association (Hanguk hyeondae doyegahoe) (1984–2003), chairman of the jury panel for the Korean Crafts Competition (1990), and a member of the operating committee for the Seoul Shinmun Literary and Art Competition (1994). In 2005, the posthumous special exhibition The Way of the Potter—Hwang Jong-gu, Ceramist, Scientists and Artist held at Ewha Womans University Museum.

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Modern Ceramic Exhibition of Korea

The Modern Ceramic Exhibition of Korea was a special exhibition on Korean contemporary ceramic artists curated and hosted by the MMCA in 1978. The exhibition, which was held from November 10 through December 1 at the National Museum of Modern Art (now MMCA), explored the relationship between the traditions of Goryeo celadon and Joseon white porcelain and contemporary ceramics. It featured sixty-nine works by fourteen artists selected through profound discussions. The participating artists included Kang Suhwa, Kwon Soonhyung, Kim Sukwhan, Kim Yik-yung, Shin Sangho, Won Daichung, Yoon Kwangcho, Rhee Boo-ung, Lee Jongsu, Yim Mugeun, Chung Damsun, Cho Chunghyun, Hwang Jonggu, and Hwang Chongnye. Among them, only Yoon Kwangcho was a full-time artist. The exhibition received a skeptical review on the impoverished state of contemporary Korean ceramic circles in that only fourteen artists were selected. Nonetheless, the Modern Ceramic Exhibition of Korea, which was held in the formative stage of early contemporary ceramic art, is significant in that it is a major exhibition advancing new recognition of traditions.

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