John Pai

John Pai (born 1937) is an American sculptor and Pratt Institute Professor Emeritus.[1][2][3][4][5][6] He was the youngest professor at Pratt to be appointed to faculty.[7][3]

John Pai
Born1937 Edit this on Wikidata (age 86)
Seoul Edit this on Wikidata
Alma mater
  • Pratt Institute School of Art and Design Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationArt educator, sculptor Edit this on Wikidata
Employer

Pai was born in Seoul, South Korea in 1937.[5][8][6] His father was a Presbyterian minister.[5] He had 2 siblings and was the youngest.[5] He immigrated with his family to the United States in 1949.[1][5][8] Pai spent his teen years in Wheeling, West Virginia.[5][9] In 1952, he had his first solo show at the Oglebay Institute in Wheeling, West Virginia.[9] Pai was a student of artist Harry C. Holbert while at the Oglebay Institute.[10]

In 1958, Pai got a full scholarship to the Pratt Institute, where he graduated with Bachelors in industrial design in 1962.[5][7][6] In 1964, Pai earned a Master in Fine Arts in sculpture from Pratt.[5][7] At Pratt, he studied under Dr. Rowena Reed Kostellow.[7] For his sculptures, Pai welded steel rods together, often in grid-like patterns, in order to create 3D shapes in space.[3][5][11][8] Pai became the chair of Pratt’s undergraduate sculpture program in 1965.[5][6]

Pai's work was featured in the 2003 Smithsonian International Gallery's group show of recent Korean American art.[11] In 2013, Pai had a solo exhibbition titled "In Memory's Lair" in Gallery Hyundai in Seoul.[8] From November 18, 2021 to January 29, 2022, Pai's work was exhibited alongside the work of Leo Amino and Minoru Niizuma in Chelsea’s Tina Kim Gallery in a groundbreaking exhibit called the "The Unseen Professors," which highlighted Asian American sculptors who worked in New York City during the 1960s and 1970s.[1][3][12]

In 2021, Pai was awarded the Rowena Reed Award.[7] An untitled sculpture of Pai's from 1963 is featured in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art exhibit "The Space Between: The Modern in Korean Art" which runs from September 11, 2022 to February 19, 2023.[13]

Resources
  1. Wong Macabasco, Lisa (2021-12-07). "'This show is a historical event': celebrating 'unseen' Asian American artists". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  2. "Earl Monroe, Patrick Pacheco, and John Pai to Present Honoree Awards at Legends 2017". Pratt. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  3. "John Yau Connects Three Asian American Modernists". ocula.com. 17 November 2021. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  4. "Corice Canton Arman, George Kalinsky, and Wendy Kvalheim Honored at Legends 2017". Pratt. 21 November 2017. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  5. Yau, John (2020-01-04). "John Pai's Complex, Abstract Drawings in Space". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  6. Coloring time : an exhibition from the Archive of Korean-American Artists : part one, 1955-1989. Kyunghee Pyun, Archive of Korean-American Artists, AHL Foundation. New York: AHL Foundation. 2013. ISBN 978-0-9890378-0-8. OCLC 857772932.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  7. "The 2022 Rowena Reed Awards go to Jon Pai and Keith Kirkland". Industrial Designers Society of America - IDSA. 2022-08-17. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  8. Kwon, Mee-yoo (2013-04-01). "Sculptor John Pai weaves life into wires". koreatimes. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  9. Team, TDE Editorial (2021-05-07). "'Shared Destinies', 2015". The Design Edit. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  10. "Wheeling Hall of Fame: Harry Holbert". www.ohiocountylibrary.org. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  11. Jenkins, Mark (22 August 2003). "Korean American Art, With An Emphasis On 'American'". Washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  12. "Exhibition | 'The Unseen Professors' at Tina Kim Gallery, New York, USA". ocula.com. 2022-11-12. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  13. Nauman, Nicholas (17 August 2022). "The Space Between: A Century of Korean Art at LACMA". ocula.com. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
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