Hijo Nam’s artwork is an orchestra comprised of many instrumental sounds - each material having its own unique echo contributing to the whole creation. The scraps she works with were used long ago; there is still evidence of their incredible age. These scraps could have once been a part of a garage ceiling or even na doorway. The possibilities are endless. Nam’s role is to understand the historical imprints left on these pieces and to modernize them into sculptures from her own perspective. She had gone as far as to completely break apart her ceramic sculptures, and then fuse the broken pieces with all the other materials to create a symphony of sound like a conductor that unifies an orchestra.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2016
Today’s Museum, Beijing, China

2015
In Dialog with Greek History, Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, Greece
Green Spirit, Donopoulos International Fine Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
Objets Trouves, Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete, Crete, Greece

2013
Cycles, The Gabarron Foundation, New York, NY
Intrigate Strata, Tenry Gallery, New York City, NY

2012
The Sound of Soul, The Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea

2011
Cycle of Trace, Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Nostalgia in Peaceful Movement, Riverside Gallery Hackensack, NY

20009
Shadow Light, White Hall Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2006
My Passage, Steuben East Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2004
Graduation Show, Pratt Gallery 245, Brooklyn, NY

2000
Home and Homely, Korean Cultural Center, New York

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2015
Korean Flux, House of Cyprus, Athens, Greece
Art Athina, Athens, Greece

2014
Shades of time, An Exhibition from the Archive of Korean American Artists, Queens Museum, Queens, New York
Shades of time, An Exhibition from the Archive of Korean American Artists, Part 1-11, Korean Cultural Center, New York City, NY
KCHF, Queens Town Hall, Flushing, NY
KIAF Seoul, Tenry Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2013
Stroll, Queens Town Hall, Flushing, New York
Korea Indonesia 40 Years of Amity, National Museum of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
Gusangjeon, Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Kore
J’adore Leslie Cheung, Moon Gallery, Hong Kong

2012
Taiwanese, Korean Contemporary Art Today, National Taiwan University of Art, Taiwan
You and Me US, Elga Wimmer PCC, NYC, NY
Asian Variation, Chelsea Museum, NYC< NY
Artists of the Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, Elga Wimmer Gallery, NY
Line and Color, Yeosu Expo World’s Far, Yeosu, Korea
Red Dot Art Fair NYC, Fine Art International, NYC, NY
Fountain Art Fair, Fine Art International, NYC, NY
Korean Contemporary Plastic Artists Show, Uijeongbu Art Center, Kyungkido, Korea

2011
Korean Contemporary Plastic Artist Exhibition, Consulate Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
Together, Sea Jae Phil Museum, Philadelpha, PA
Pyungtack International Art Fair, Pyungtack Art Hall, Kyungkido, Korea
Scope New York, NYC, NY
Line and Color, Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Memory, Elga Wimmer Gallery, NYC, NY
Korean Modern Artists, International Center, NYC, NY

2010
Art Hamptons 2010, BridgeHampton, NY
29th Show, Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Mastaz 16th Exhibition, New Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
Gusangjeon, Sung-Nam Art Center, Kyungkido, Korea
Contribute Exhibition for Tahitian Rescues, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

2009
The Four Women’s Artists, Naraha Gallery, Fort Lee, NJ
Nebura Contemporary Artists Show, Saitama Modern Art Museum, Saitama, Japan

2008
Art and Poetry, Multimedia Center, Palisades Park, NJ
10 Artist, Yerang Gallery, Palisades Park, NJ
Englewood Create, Dwight Morrow High School Englewood, NJ
Life Recycles, Beacon Hall, Jersey City, NJ
Summer Show, Multimedia Center Gallery, Palisades Park, NJ
It’s Only Nature, Victory Art Project, Jersey City, NJ

2007
Without Boundaries, Lennox Contemporary Gallery, Toronto, Canada

2006
Korean Artists Annual Show, NYC, NY