Wol Ho Korean Art

BIOGRAPHY    Wol Ho, Park Young-Ju

 

1939                  

Born in Seoul, Korea

 

1957 - 1961      

Seoul National University, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Oriental Painting

 

1961 - 1963      

Member of Mook Lim Association

 

1961 - 1970      

Art teacher at Bo Sung Junior and High School, Seoul, Korea

 

1972                  

Immigrated to Canada and lived in Canada ever since

 

1986 - Present  

Established and ran Wol-Ho Art Studio 

 

1986 - Present  

Board Member of CARAKA (Canadian Association for the Recognition and Appreciation of Korean Arts)

 

1990 - Present  

Wol-Ho Art Studio has participated in CARAVAN (multi-cultural celebration), Toronto

 

1992 - 1993      

Vice President of The Korean Artists' Society of Canada (KASC)

 

1993                  

Received Korean Heritage Award

 

1996 - 1997      

President of KASC

 

1999                  

Senior Vice President of CARAKA

 

2007                  

Recipient of Person's Day Award from the Women's Intercultural Network (WIN).  Subject of the WIN documentary "Traditions Transitions"

 

2013                  

Subject of "Digital Stories" Biography by the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia