Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Scholarships & Awards
Gallery Representation
Publications
Selected Exhibitions
Timeline
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David (Hyeok Soon) Choi

Senior Designer
Copenhagen SV

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Senior Designer

Pandora
09.2022 - Current

- Collaborate closely with the Design Director in all aspects related to collections
- Ensure the timely development and launch of projects
- Generate original and forward-thinking ideas
- Mentoring junior designers for exponential growth with optimal resources

Senior Designer

Golden Dew
07.2016 - 06.2022
  • Core design – bestsellers & seasonal collections
  • Identified trends, maintained and developed new items for merchandising
  • Research & design for new technology & materials
  • Buying MD – in charge of the international outsourcing

Jewelry Designer/Merchandiser

Mute Object
01.2013 - 01.2016
  • Identified trends, maintained and developed seasonal collection for merchandising
  • Designed jewelry collections from hand sketches to CAD and technical renderings for manufacturing
  • Sourced materials and techniques appropriate for each design fulfilling cost, quality and time prerequisites
  • Collaborated with marketing and design team to assure products are presented favorably at tradeshows
  • Developed appropriate packaging materials for jewelry
  • Built website by actively communicating with art director and managed online store

Continuing Education Jewelry Instructor

William Rainey Harper College
09.2013 - 12.2013
  • Instructed basic jewelry making course and teach specific techniques appropriate to the subject matter
  • Evaluated students’ work and organized an exhibition open to the public at the end of course
  • Contributed to development of program policies and procedures

Artist in Residence in Metal/Jewelry

Worcester Center for Crafts
06.2011 - 08.2013
  • Prepared and taught jewelry classes and workshops for various levels by effectively customizing class structures and curriculums
  • Performed technical management and maintenance of the metal/jewelry studio facility
  • Developed new bodies of work, processes and concepts
  • Facilitated critics with other artists to discuss the current state of practice in their field

Bench Jeweler

Alexis Bittar
02.2012 - 05.2012
  • Worked closely with CAD designer and assisted in developing new designs
  • Acted as bench jeweler by performing following skills: fabricating, repair, polishing, etc

Open Studio Artist

Museum of Art and Design
01.2012 - 04.2012
  • Featured special demonstrations by exhibiting artwork in the museum gallery
  • Discussed processes, materials, and concepts of artwork with museum visitors to extend their understanding and appreciation
  • Enhanced artistic projects by incorporating innovative design techniques

Education

Masters of Fine Arts - Metal/Jewelry

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT NEW PALTZ
New Paltz, NY
01.2009 - 01.2011

Bachelors of Fine Arts - Metal/Jewelry

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
Urbana-Champaign, IL
01.2003 - 01.2009

Skills

Rhino

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Scholarships & Awards

  • 2012, Finalist, 2011 Elizabeth R. Raphael Founder’s Prize, Society of Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
  • 2011, 1st Place in Jewelry, 15th annual Lines into Shapes Art Competition, Art Center of Estes Park, Estes Park, CO
  • 2011, 2011 Grant Winner, Bay Area Metal Arts Guild Grant, Metal Arts Guild, San Francisco, CA
  • 2010, SNAG Educational Endowment Scholarship Winner
  • 2010, NICHE Student Awards Finalist- Mixed & Miscellaneous Media
  • 2010, Juried Student Award- Jewelry, 5th Annual Intercollegiate Metals Exhibition, ASU Metals, Tempe, AZ

Gallery Representation

  • Sienna Gallery, Lenox, MA
  • Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA

Publications

  • 2013, Permanent Contemporary Jewellery Gallery Online Edition, Noovo Editions, Spain
  • 2012, Jewel Book, International Annual of Contemporary Jewel Art, Stichting Kunstboek, Oostkamp, Belgium
  • 2012, PUSH Jewelry, Lark Crafts, Lark Book, New York, NY
  • 2012, Nykyinen, Nykyinen Online Magazine, Milan, Italy
  • 2012, Transformation 8: Contemporary Works in Small Metals, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
  • 2011, The Quest for Artisanal Excellence, Worcester Mag, Worcester MA
  • 2011, International Graduation Show 2011, Marzee Magazine, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
  • 2010, 5th Annual Intercollegiate Metals Exhibition, ASU Metals, Blurb

Selected Exhibitions

2015

ㆍOuter Limits, Facèré Jewelry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA

2014

ㆍ The ㆍ Loot 2014: MAD About Jewelry, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY

ㆍ F-1, Brooklyn Metal Works, New York NY

ㆍDigital Hand curated by Kathleen Browne, Kent State School of Art Galleries,   Kent, OH

ㆍ STARING: SUNY New Paltz, The Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany

ㆍ 2014 Refined: Maker’s Choice, SFA Art Galleries, Nacogdoches, TX

ㆍ Permanent 2014, ALLIAGES, Lille, France

2013

ㆍ American Fine Craft Show NYC, American Art   Marketing, New York, NY

ㆍ The 29th Annual American Craft   Exposition – Emerging Artist, American Craft Exposition, Evanston,   IL

ㆍ Earrings Galore, Heidi Lowe Gallery,   Rehoboth Beach, DE

ㆍ Ferrous, Velvet da Vinci   Gallery, San Francisco, CA

ㆍ Materials: Hard & Soft, Greater Denton Arts Council,   Denton, TX

2012

ㆍ InterGalactic, Dunedin Fine Art   Center, Dunedin, FL

ㆍ SOFA New York 2012, Represent by Sienna   Gallery, New York, NY

ㆍ AiR Show 2012, Artists in Residence Show,   Krikorian Gallery, Worcester, MA

ㆍ The Student and Faculty Exhibition   2012, Krikorian Gallery,   Worcester, MA

ㆍ Transformation 8: Contemporary Works   in Small Metals, Society for Contemporary   Craft, Pittsburgh, PA

2011

ㆍ A Journey and Harmony Within, International Contemporary Jewelry   Exhibition, Baum Gallery, Heyri Art Valley, South Korea

ㆍ The International Graduation Show   2011, Galerie Marzee,   Nijmegen, The Netherlands

ㆍ The Opulent Project COSTUME COSTUME, Sienna Gallery, Lenox, MA

ㆍ Jewelers of the Hudson River Valley, Forbes Gallery, Forbes, NY

ㆍ MANUFRACTURED, SUNY New Paltz Graduate Thesis Show, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, Allice   and Horace Gallery, NY

ㆍ The Hunter Show, College Art Association Regional Exhibition, Time Square Gallery, NY

2010

ㆍ Redefined VI: Back to Basics, SFA Art Galleries, Nacogdoches, TX

ㆍ No Boundaries, SNAG Juried Student Exhibition, Houston, TX

ㆍ Define Metal and Fiber, Crafthaus Online Exhibition

ㆍ Metal Inclinations2, An international Juried Online Jewelry Exhibition

ㆍ 20/20, University of   Illinois Metal Alumni Exhibition, Champaign, IL

ㆍ 5th Annual Intercollegiate Metals Exhibition, Tempe, AZ

Timeline

Senior Designer

Pandora
09.2022 - Current

Senior Designer

Golden Dew
07.2016 - 06.2022

Continuing Education Jewelry Instructor

William Rainey Harper College
09.2013 - 12.2013

Jewelry Designer/Merchandiser

Mute Object
01.2013 - 01.2016

Bench Jeweler

Alexis Bittar
02.2012 - 05.2012

Open Studio Artist

Museum of Art and Design
01.2012 - 04.2012

Artist in Residence in Metal/Jewelry

Worcester Center for Crafts
06.2011 - 08.2013

Masters of Fine Arts - Metal/Jewelry

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT NEW PALTZ
01.2009 - 01.2011

Bachelors of Fine Arts - Metal/Jewelry

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
01.2003 - 01.2009

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