September 26 – October 26, 2024
Workshop with a Reception: Wednesday, October 2, 2024 
Opening Reception: 2-4 p.m.

The UNCP A.D. Gallery presents Balanced Warmth, an exhibition featuring ceramics and painting by Yun-Dong Nam.

Yun-Dong Nam, born in Seoul, Korea, earned his M.F.A. from Cranbrook Academy of Arts in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. He has taught at Rutgers University, California State University at Long Beach, and Bennington College, and held an artist residency at the Bemis Foundation in Omaha, Nebraska. Since 1995, he has been a Professor of Art at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he received the Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in 2000.

A renowned ceramic artist, Yun-Dong has exhibited his work widely, both in the U.S. and internationally. Recent exhibitions include the Asian American Artist Exhibition at the Kentucky Museum of Arts & Design in Louisville and 6595 Miles (10614 KM) at the Network Gallery of the Cranbrook Museum of Art in Michigan. He frequently showcases his work abroad, including a solo exhibition at Tho-Art Space Gallery in Seoul, Korea.

Yun-Dong’s work has been featured in publications such as the Los Angeles Times and Ceramic Art Monthly, and he received first prize from the Korean Arts Foundation of America in 1992.

Artist Statement
Emotion and energy are intrinsic to clay. It embodies the Earth—growing, wearing down, and renewing itself. As an organic material, clay captures ideas and transforms them into tangible realities, becoming a living tool that educates and informs. As a ceramic artist, I engage with clay’s deep connection to the Earth’s history. Through my work, I seek to reconnect with the rhythms of nature. By working with clay, I aim to fuse with the elemental forces of the natural world. In our modern society, we have distanced ourselves from the Earth, but as artists, we can raise awareness of this disconnection and inspire a hope for reconnection.

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Yun-Dong Nam