Artist's creations using Lazertran - acrylic and lazertran paper on silver

Elly Cho

We are living in a world that is changing in an extremely fast pace. We are witnessing great developments and changes in science, economy, social structures and many other fields. However, regardless of these developments and changes, I believe basic human emotions remain the same.

I use my work to expresses my fascination with the psychological nature of time and how we perceive it. In the necklaces (see images of egon-1 and -2) I used images of newspaper (acrylic and lazertran paper on brass) to represent the continuum of time; and images of Egon Schiele's paintings of a seductive young woman (acrylic and lazertran paper on silver) to represent beauty and youthfulness. I try to express in my pieces that beauty and youthfulness will eventually become yesterday news. We live in a society that overly glorifies beauty and youthfulness. In the brooch (see image of baby brooch), I integrate the ABS plastic (made from a 3-D printer) with gold, silver, brass and aluminum by using the same lazertran paper transfer technique that I use in the "Egon Schiele" necklace. I want to point out in this piece that the love for food and sex is just part of the nature; but for human being there are something more important beyond those natural instances.

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PRESENT OCCUPATION Head and Associate Professor of Jewelry and Metal Arts. University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.
EDUCATION
1989, M.F.A. Jewelry and Metalsmithing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
The Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC. (Sculpture). The American Craft Museum, New York, NY. (2 Jewelry). University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA. (Flatware). The University Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (Jewelry). Cedar Rapids Museum, Cedar Rapids, IA. (Jewelry). Waterloo Museum, Waterloo, Iowa. (4 jewelry and a tea pot). Rosanne Raab Collector and art dealer, New York, NY. (Jewelry). Steward Johnson Curator for the Design land Architecture of 20th Century Art, Metropolitan Museum, New York, NY. (Hollowware). Sandra Eskin Collector, "Collectors Circle," American Craft Museum, New York, NY.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2004 "International Metal Artists Invitational Exhibition" Kepco Plaza Gallery, Seoul, Korea. 2003-2004 "Smithsonian American Art Museum's Craft Permanent Collection", permanent collection galleries of the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC. 2003 "Sculptural Objects and Functional Art" Mobilia Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL. 2003 "Asian Roots, Western Soil: Visual Poetry in Metal", an exhibition during the annual conference of Society of North American Goldsmiths, The National Japanese American Historical Society in Nihonmachi, Historic Japan Town, San Francisco. 2002 "Soul Wave Art Fair" Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea. 2001 "Fresh Metal" Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN. 2000 "Sculptural Objects and Functional Art" Mobilia Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL. 2000 "Recent Acquisition Exhibition" American Craft Museum, New York, NY. 1999 Alumni exhibition, invited, Hui's Gallery, the University Art Museum, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. 1998 "Contemporary Silver Servers", collection of B.S. Rabinovitch, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA. (Fish server). 1998 "Futuristic Flatware" Gail Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA. (Flatware). 1996-1997 "Guests of USA", Museun fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany. 1995-1996 "British and American Contemporary Server," Collection of B.S. Rabinovitch. Goldsmith Hall of Worshipfull Company of Goldsmith, London, England; exhibition toured to Nation Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN. 1995 Invitational solo exhibition, Pivoine Jewelry Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan. 1992-1993 "Born with a silver spoon," (invitational exhibition). Exhibition toured to: National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN; Aaron Faber Gallery, New York, NY; Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI; Nacy Margolis Gallery, Portland, ME; Sybil Kahn Gallery, Kansas City, KS. 1990 Third Place Award, "National Fortunoff's Silver Design Competition," New York, NY. Exhibition toured to: National Ornamental Metals Museum, Memphis, TN; University of Iowa, Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA. Rossane Raab, curator. 1987 First Place Award in the metalsmithing and jewelry category at the "National Craft Competition," Lancaster, Pennsylvania.