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  Komelia Hongja Okim   art images   
  Professor of Art  
  Crafts Coordinator (Jewelry, Metalsmithing, Enameling, Crafts)  
 

 
  Education  
  M.F.A.      Indiana University-Bloomington  
  B.A.      Indiana University-Bloomington  
    Ewha Woman's University, Seoul Korea  
 

 
  Selected Exhibitions  
  2000    Traveling Exhibition of Servers from American and British Metal Artists, S. Rabinovitch Collection, Seattle, WA  
  1996 Solo Exhibition, Zenith Gallery, Washington, D.C.  
  1994 Solo Exhibition, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea (also 1986, 1981)  
  1992 Solo Exhibition, DeLand Museum of Art, DeLand, FL  
  1986 Solo Exhibition, Plum Gallery, Kensington, MD (also 1984, 1982)  
  1984 Solo Exhibition, Montgomery College Art Gallery, Rockville, MD (also 1980)   
       
  Professional Activities  
  1998 Workshop: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME (also 1997, 1989)  
    Workshop: Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ (also 1997, 1996, 1993)  
  1997 Workshop: Arrowmont School of Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN (also 1996, 1993)  
  1994 Workshop: Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD (also 1990,1984)  
  1993 Resident: Artist 92nd Street Y-Artist in Residence Program, New York City  
  1992 Exhibition: Workshop and Lecture, DeLand Museum of Art, DeLand, FL  
    Workshop: Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC   
       
  Honors, Grants, Awards  
  1998 Juror's Special Recognition "Metalwork" WGG Exhibition, Washington, D.C. (also 1991, 1987, 1985)  
  1994 Fulbright Senior Exchange Scholar Grant to Korea, Won-Kwang University,Iksan City  
  1990 Traveling Invitational, Art that Works: The Decorative Arts of the Eighties, Crafted in America, Craft & Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles; Albuquerque, NM; Bass Museum of Art, FL (1990-1993)  
  1988 First Prize Award, Creative Crafts Council Biennial, Washington, D.C. (also 1984, 1979)  
    Montgomery County Arts Council Grant for research on patination  
  1982 Fulbright Senior Exchange Scholar Grant to Korea, Hong-Ik University, Seoul  
       
  Museum and Public Collections  
  Korean National Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyungki Do, Korea  
  Building Bing, Seoul, Korea  
  Esmod Cole Fashion School, Seoul, Korea  
  New World Hotel, Seoul, Korea  
  Pierese Cosmetic Museum, Seoul, Korea  
  Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS), Seoul, Korea  
  Indiana University Museum, Bloomington, IN  
  Honolulu Academy Art Museum, Honolulu, HI  
  The Contemporary Art Museum, Honolulu, HI