SOO HYUN CHOU


South Korea

EDUCATION

2024
D.F.A in Metalwork and Jewelry, Department of Crafts & Design,
College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University (KOR)

2014
M.F.A in Metalwork and Jewelry, Department of Crafts & Design
College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University (KOR)

2004
B.F.A in Metalwork and Jewelry, Department of Crafts & Design
College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University (KOR)


AWARDS


 

  • 2026
    LOEWE Foundation Craft Prize, Finalist, LOEWE Foundation, Spain

  • 2026
    Friedrich Becker Prize, Selected, Friedrich Becker Foundation, Germany

  • 2026
    International Handwerk Messe 2026 Schumuck, Selected, Chamber of Crafts for Munich and Upper Bavaria, Germany

  • 2025
    Selected, Itami International Jewellery Exhibition, Itami City Museum, Japan

  • 2024
    Talente 2024 Award Winner in Metal, Chamber of Crafts for Munich and Upper Bavaria, Germany

  • 2014
    Honorable Mentioned, 2014 New Traditional Jewelry Contest ‘Confrontations’, Netherland

  • 2011
    Honorable Mentioned, ‘Cheongju International Craft Biennale 2011’, Korea


BEHIND THE JEWELLERY


I investigate the shifting relationship between essence and perception. My work begins from the idea that what we understand as reality is not fixed but constantly reconstructed through subjective interpretation, memory, context, and time. To visualize this process, I developed the Modulated Mold Casting technique, which allows multiple forms to emerge through the recombination of modular mold components. The resulting works are not representations of stable objects but material traces of transformation and difference. Through these forms, I seek to reveal perception as an ongoing process shaped by relational conditions rather than a singular, objective truth.