Komelia Hongja Okim
Komelia Hongja Okim (born 1939) is a sculptor born in Seoul, Korea. She is also known as Komelia Okim, Kim Hongja, and Hongja Kim[1] Okim received a Bachelor of Arts from Indiana University Bloomington in 1969 and an Masters of Fine Arta from the same institution in 1973.[2] She later traveled to Korea to learn traditional metalworking techniques.[3] She taught at Montgomery College in Rockville, MD from 1972 to 2014, and retired as a professor emerita.[2]
Public collections holding work by Komelia Hongja Okim include Blue House (official residence of the president of the Republic of Korea), the Honolulu Museum of Art, the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Kwachon, Kyungki Do, Korea), the Museum of Arts and Design (New York City), the Renwick Gallery (Washington DC), and the Victoria and Albert Museum.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Komelia Hongja Okim | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
- ^ a b "komeliaokim - BIO". komeliaokim.com. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
- ^ Honolulu Museum of Art, wall label, Ocean Melody III, accession 12745.1ab
- ^ "komeliaokim - COLLECTION". komeliaokim.com. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
Further reading[edit]
- Anna Leonowens Gallery, Komelia Hongja Okim Hidden Energy Unified: East/West Metal Art, Anna Leonowens Gallery, 2002 ASIN: B000J40FCU
- Brown, James L. and Keun Joon Yoo Brown, Komelia Hongja Okim: Metal Arts, Gallery Hyundai, 1994 ASIN: B00JW5AIXI
- Gallery H, Komelia Hongja Okim: Mirrorscape, Gallery H, 2007 ASIN: B07BCMBY4S
- Honolulu Academy of Arts, Reflections of Two Worlds: A Korean American Heritage / Metalwork by Komelia Hongja Okim', Honolulu Academy of Arts, 2003 ASIN: B000R9J4EM
- Seoul Graphics, Komelia Hongja Okim Metal Work Exhibition, Seoul Graphics, 1987 ASIN: B009DMGC7Q
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- 1939 births
- Living people
- 20th-century American sculptors
- 20th-century American women sculptors
- 21st-century American sculptors
- 21st-century American women sculptors
- Indiana University Bloomington alumni
- American artists of Korean descent
- American people of Korean descent
- Artists from Seoul
- Montgomery College faculty
- Korean emigrants to the United States
- American women academics