14 Facts About Do-Ho Suh

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Do-Ho Suh's work is particularly well known in relation to anti-monumentalism.

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Do-Ho Suh's works convey his life experiences, including the homes he has lived in and the diversity of the people he has met.

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3.

Do-Ho Suh earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts from Seoul National University in Oriental Painting.

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4.

Do-Ho Suh studied at Rhode Island School of Design, where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting in 1994.

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5.

Do-Ho Suh began to establish himself into the art scene in New York in the late 1990s.

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6.

Do-Ho Suh currently has live-in studios located in London, New York City, and Seoul.

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7.

Do-Ho Suh was named the Wall Street Journal's Innovator of the Year in Art in 2013.

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8.

Do-Ho Suh grew up in Seoul, and after failing to get the grades needed to become a marine biologist, he applied for art school.

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9.

Travel informs a large amount of his work, during which Do-Ho Suh always carries a sketchbook as a habit acquired during university.

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10.

Do-Ho Suh has turned his previous dislike of traveling to a source of inspiration and space for creativity.

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11.

Do-Ho Suh's work has a central focus on architecture, space, and identity.

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12.

Do-Ho Suh challenges the uses of varies materials, for instance, "Do Ho Do-Ho Suh: 348 West 22nd Street" is a work created with luminous swaths of translucent polyester, which features his own history of migration from Korea to New York, a replica of the ground-floor residence when he first arrived the United States.

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13.

Do-Ho Suh has participated in group exhibitions at the Baltimore Museum of Art, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Museum of Modern Art, New York, and at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, among others.

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14.

Do-Ho Suh has participated in numerous biennials, including the 49th Venice Biennale in 2001.

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