Apr 11, 2025 · Ara graduated with an MFA in Ceramic Art at New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 2020. Her works are installations claiming space. The intensity of the labor, repetitiveness, and palliative obsessiveness manifested in her sculpture brings a fresh reveal to the ageless themes of body, architecture-shelter and landscape.

Ara Koh, “Foot shades follow” (2023), foraged clay (pieces), overall: 35 × 143 3/4 inches, 324 parts: 3 1/8 × 3 1/8 inches each. Photo: Vivian Marie Doering

Ara Koh currently lives and works in Washington DC. Artaxis engages the ceramics community through promotional, educational, and networking programs while celebrating diverse artistic practices and being a resource of aesthetic values.

Ara received numerous awards including the Minister of Foreign Affairs Honor by the Korean government. Her works are collected by Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, Daekyo Culture Foundation, Winell Corporation in Korea, and many personal collectors.

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Ara received numerous awards including the Minister of Foreign Affairs Honor by the Korean government. Her works are collected by Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, Daekyo Culture Foundation, Winell Corporation in Korea, and many personal collectors.

Dec 16, 2022 · Ara Koh is not “feminist Serra,” as her grad school cohort affectionately nicknamed her. The Serra in question, of course, was famous American sculptor Richard Serra, whose large, sometimes-polarizing installations in corten steel have even inspired a federal lawsuit.

Koh’s most recent exhibitions include Group Invitationals at both the NCECA Conference, Sacramento, CA (2022) and the Korean Cultural Center in Washington DC, Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Washington DC (2022), and a solo …

Ara received numerous awards including the Minister of Foreign Affairs Honor by the Korean government. Her works are collected by Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, Daekyo Culture Foundation, Winell Corporation in Korea, and many personal collectors. Ara Koh currently lives and works in the greater Washington DC area.

Student Researcher, Hongik University Ceramic Research Center, Seoul, Korea. Member, “Mul-Gyul” (Wheel Throwing Club), Hongik University Department of Ceramics and Glass, Seoul, Korea.