Jin-Sook So

The textile artist Jin-Sook So moves comfortably in the international art world. In contrast to many Swedish colleagues, she has exhibited and been awarded prizes in Sweden and abroad. She grew up in Seoul, Korea where she received a master's degree in textile art, after which she continued her studies in Japan. Since 1978, she has lived in Sweden, coming there to be a special student for two years in the Department of Textiles at Konstfack, the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm. When her studies were over, however, Jin-Sook realized she had not had much chance to see Sweden since she had been working so intensively. Twenty -seven years have passed since then and still she lives in Sweden.

Selected collections and exhibition venues:
Röhsska Konstslöjdsmuseet, Göteborg, Sweden; Nationalmuseum, Osaka, Japan; Skissernas Museum, Lund Sweden; Brooklyn Museum, New York (permanent collection); Röhssa Museum, 2002 Göteborg, Sweden; National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden; Museum of Art and Design, New York, New York (permanent collection); Como, Italy (Miniartextil); Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pennsylvania (Fiberart International); Kulturhuset, Stockhom, Sweden (solo exhibition); Museé d'Angers, France (International Triennials of Miniature Textiles); Kwang-Ju City Museum, Korea; Lane Municipal Gallery, Erfurt, Germany (Configura, Art in Europe); Savaria Museum, Szombathely, Hungary (International Biennial of Miniature Textiles); Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China (From Lausanne to Beijing, 5th International Fiber Art Biennial).