Chris Ro(b.1976) is an artist who is fascinated by non-visual themes and concepts. His projects have examined concepts that are often more felt than seen. Themes like humor, sound, geomancy, thieves and space are recurring elements in his project work. These projects can sometimes be characterized for their kinetic, spatial, poetic and atmospheric properties. Coming from both an architectural and graphic background, his work mixes components of printing, installation, animation, writing and traditional painting and drawing. He currently teaches at Hongik University. He has a mixed background of research at institutions like UC Berkeley, the Rhode Island School of Design and Seoul National University. His work has been exhibited all over the world and is part of the permanent collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Die Neue Sammlung, the Seoul National University Museum of Art, Hongik University Museum of Art, Platform-L Contemporary Art Center and the National Hangeul Museum.
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크리스 로(b.1976, chrisro.kr)는 비시각적 주제와 개념에 매료된 아티스트이다. 그는 주로, 보이는 것보다 감각하거나 느끼는 것을 탐구하는데, 유머, 소리, 지리학, 도둑, 우주 등이 그것이다. 이러한 주제이자 소재는 그의 작업 안에 다양한 레이어를 만들어내며 반복적으로 등장한다. 그의 작업은 때때로 운동성, 공간성, 시적 정서, 독특한 분위기를 만들어 낸다는 특징을 지닌다. 크리스 로의 작품에는 인쇄, 설치, 애니메이션, 글쓰기, 전통회화 및 드로잉 등 다양한 기법이 혼재되어 있다. 그는 UC 버클리에서 건축을, 로드아일랜드 스쿨 오브 디자인(RISD), 서울대학교에서 그래픽디자인을 공부했고 현재 홍익대학교 에서 학생들을 가르치고 있다. 그의 작품은 전 세계에서 전시되었으며, 영국 빅토리아 앤 앨버트(V&A)박물관, 파리 데코라티프 뮤지엄, 뮌헨의 디 누에 삼룽, 서울대학교 미술관, 홍익대학교 미술관, 플랫폼엘, 국립한글박물관 등에서 영구소장되어 있다.
Contact
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Email ⥤ chris.ro.office ( at ) gmail.com
Instagram ⥤ @chris_____ro
Facebook ⥤ @ro.chris
Phone ⥤ +82 (0)2 320 1949
Solo Exhibitions
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2024
Somewhere, Here Below, Somewhat Inside, Beneath It All Yet Close Enough To Hear, Sleeps Several Silent, Whispering, Slow Beating, Constant Nevertheless Sometimes Broken Hearts.
The WilloW, Seoul, South Korea
2023
Silent Laughter, A-Lounge Contemporary Art Space, Seoul, South Korea
A Thief Knows A Thief Like A Wolf Knows A Wolf Like A Stone Knows A Stone, Shhh Project, Incheon, South Korea, NEW SPACE, Seoul, South Korea
2021
Thieves Like Us, d/p, Seoul, South Korea
2019
Heart Stands Still, 17717, Seoul, South Korea
Selected Exhibitions
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2024
Changwon Sculpture Biennale 2024, Silent Apple, 제7회 창원조각비엔날레, 큰 사과가 소리없이, Moonshin Art Museum, 창원시립마산문신미술관, Changwon, South Korea
Guitar Show Nakwon 2024, Nakwon Instrument Arcade, Seoul, South Korea
Somewhere, Here Below, Somewhat Inside, Beneath It All Yet Close Enough To Hear, Sleeps Several Silent, Whispering, Slow Beating, Constant Nevertheless Sometimes Broken Hearts, The WilloW, Seoul, South Korea
RISD Popped, Gallery Moiso, Seoul, South Korea
ART OnO, Setec, Seoul, South Korea
DDP 10th Anniversary Poster Exhibition, DDP, Seoul, South Korea
Art Karnival 2024, K11 Musea, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
100 Films 100 Posters, Factory of Contemporary Arts in Palbok, Jeonju, South Korea
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2023
Silent Laughter, A-Lounge Contemporary Art Space, Seoul, South Korea
A Place Between Rhythm And Rhythm, Choi Man Lin Museum, Seoul, South Korea
Speaking About The Future: Shape, Map, Tree, Changwon Sculpture Biennale Prologue, Changwon, South Korea
Text And Illustration—Meet Albrecht Dürer’s Prints, National Museum of World Writing Systems, Incheon, South Korea
Worksout X Carhartt WIP: 20th Anniversary Collection with Chris Ro, RYSE Hotel Worksout, Seoul, South Korea
Afternoon & Morning. Morning & Afternoon. Ranee Seoul, Seoul, South Korea
The Preview, Seongsu, SFactory, Seoul, South Korea
House of Sylvie, Maison Galleria x CAVA Life, Daejeon, South Korea
RYSE Artist Suite, RYSE Hotel, Seoul, South Korea
Open Quotation Marks, Close Quotation Marks, Typojanchi 2023, Seoul Culture Station 284, Seoul, South Korea
Open Boundaries, POPUP Yeonnam, Seoul, South Korea
Much Of A Muchness, MMCA Bookstore, Seoul, South Korea
A Thief Knows A Thief Like A Wolf Knows A Wolf Like A Stone Knows A Stone, Shhh Project, Incheon, South Korea, NEW SPACE, Seoul, South Korea
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2022
The Preview Art Fair, SFactory, Seoul, South Korea
Narrative on Medium, Space B-E Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Pulse Fiction, Dohwa Art, Seoul, South Korea
Thick As Thieves, Line Hotel, Los Angeles, USA
BETWEEN, DH Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Port To The New Era, Incheon International Airport, Incheon, South Korea
Mars Green x Orange District, Orange District, Seoul, South Korea
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2021
Thieves Like Us, d/p, Seoul, South Korea
Venice Biennale, BIENNALE ARCHITETTURA 2021, Venice, Italy
1, Installation, RYSE Hotel, Seoul, South Korea
땅따먹기, Visual report Seoul, Doosung Paper Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Gyeongju International Residency Art Festa, Gyeongju, South Korea
East Sea International Art Pre-Biennale 2021, Donghae, South Korea
Cool Words, Nanjing, China
We, Ourselves and Us, Weltformat, Lucerne, Switzerland
Nanjing International Biennial of Poster for Peace 2021, Nanjing, China
100 Films, 100 Posters, Jeonju International Film Festival, Jeonju, South Korea
Unparasite, Platform-L Contemporary Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
2, Installation, RYSE Hotel, Seoul, South Korea
The Preview Art Fair, Hannam Blue Square, Seoul, South Korea
Free Laundry, Meurice 59, Easthampton, USA
Unrealized Archive 4, IF/THEN Studio, Berkeley, USA
Golmok Exhibition 7, Palais de Seoul, Seoul, South Korea
Pudding 002: Exhibition, What Really Matters, Seoul, South Korea
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2020
My Days, Yeongdeungpo Art Stay, Seoul, South Korea
Where We At, Sinchon Local Artist Participation Project, Seoul, South Korea
Between Density and Waves, Sogongheon Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Infection and Immunity, Doosung Paper Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Not Only But Also 67890, 17717, Seoul, South Korea
Contactless, Korean Society of Typography, Seoul, South Korea
Three, Installation, RYSE Hotel, Seoul, South Korea
Writing, Writing, ALPHABETUM VII, Den Haag, Netherlands
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2019
Heart Stands Still, 17717, Seoul, South Korea
Monochrome Show, Korea Foundation Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Phase II, MICA, Bronze Gallery, Baltimore, USA
Future Design Workshop, RYSE Hotel, Seoul, South Korea
The Museum & Restaurant, Figures, Tables, Exhibits, 17717, Seoul, South Korea
Nanjing Poster Biennale, Nanjing, China
As We Speak, Punto Blu, Seoul, South Korea
Seoul International Fireworks Festival, Hangang Park, Seoul, South Korea
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2018
The Dolby Art Series, Dolby Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Typo–Poetry, OCAF Hall Gallery, Athens, USA
Seoul, See You Tommorow, Pyeongyang, Dongdaemun Design Plaza, Seoul, South Korea
El Otro Lado, Centro Cultural de Espana, Mexico City, Mexico
Ubuntu, Save Love, Portici della Rotonda di via Besana, Milano, Italy
Typography and Hongik, Hongik Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
49 Matchday Posters, Verein Tschutti-Heftli, Lucerne, Switzerland
Typography Meets Photography, Doosung In the Paper Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Unrealized Archive 2, Institute of Advanced Uncertainty, San Francisco, USA
Poetry & Typography Festival, Paju Typography Institute, Paju, South Korea
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2017
Performing Letters, Performers of Letters, Barakat Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Illustration Festa 2017, Doosung In The Paper Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Typojanchi 2017: Mohm, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul, South Korea
Borders—Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine, Paris, France, 2017 Seongbuk Hanok Project, Seongbuk Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea
Korea Design!, Die Neue Sammlung, Munich, Germany
Hangul Design: Prototypes and Future of the Korean Alphabet,
National Hangul Museum, Seoul, South Korea
Weltformat Korea 1, Platform Changdong 61, Gallery 510, Red Box, Seoul
Ways of Reading, Yeolhwadang Lotus Gallery, Paju, South Korea
Hunminjeongeum and Hangul, Korea Center, Tokyo Japan
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2016
Illustration Festa 2, Doosung In The Paper Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Good Hands, Doosung In The Paper Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
I Love Seoul, Dongdaemun Design Plaza, Seoul, South Korea
27th International Biennial of Graphic Design Brno 2016, Moravian Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic
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2015
Typojanchi 2015: C( ) T( ), International Typo Biennale, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul, South Korea
Dialogue, Korean Dialogue Academy, Seoul, South Korea
Illustration Festa 1, Gallery Won, Seoul, South Korea
Dialogue Without Boundaries, Museum of Art, Seoul National University
Korea Now! Graphisme Mode, Musee De Arts Decoratif, Paris France
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2014
World Scripts Symposia, Sejong Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea
Ink Village Gathering, Corners Studio, Seoul, South Korea
Printing Studio Show, Korean Craft and Design Foundation Gallery
Systems 14, Braun Design, Walter Knoll Showroom, Beijing East Gate, China
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2013
Typojanchi 2013: SuperText, International Typo Biennale, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul, South Korea
LetterFirm, Reading Frenzy Gallery, Portland, USA
Experimental Typography 2, Doosung Paper Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Experimental Typography 1, Myeongji Muse Hall Seoul, South Korea
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2012
Post Text, Samwon Paper Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Salon Fantastique de Risd, 915 Industry Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Audiocraft, Gallery Gaia, Seoul, South Korea
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2011
Veiling / Unveling, Samwon Paper Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
The Messag:e, Korean Craft and Design Foundation Gallery
Typeface, The Collide Factory, Miami Florida
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2010
Transmission, Institute of Contemporary Arts Gallery, Singapore
Mannam, Project 8B, New York, New York
Residencies
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2024
K11 Group X ArtReview Artist-in-Residence Programme, Wuhan, China
2023
Otis College of Art and Design, Visiting Artist Program, Los Angeles, USA
2021
Residency Festa, Gyeongju, South Korea
2014
Vermont College of Fine Arts, Guest Designer Program, Montpelier, USA
Education
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UC Berkeley, BA
Rhode Island School of Design, MFA
Seoul National University, DD
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