The Korean-born artist, Taesik Song works in clay to create sculptural and functional ware that reveals the dichotomy of his inner self; a harmonious coexistence of soft femininity
with violent masculinity. His clay expressions of the strong and the delicate reaffirm his humility and reveal the constant changes of his mood from objective rationality to
passionate irregularities.
A graduate of the Art School at Kyungsung University in Busan, South Korea, Song moved to the U.S. in 1992, where he enrolled in the Master of Fine Arts program at New York
University under the tutelage of Judith Schwartz. In the U.S., Song sought to combine images from traditional Korean pottery with evocative and powerful forms he experimented with in his studios in New York and New Jersey. In 1994 he met the late Mikhail Zakin, who
taught him the core principles of art-making.

“For me working with clay is meditation. I seek to replicate Korean glazes and forms with an American edge. My recent work reflects both the innocence and the selfish egoism of
the inner child. I strive to mix the reckless with the dainty. I wish to reveal the essence of things, so one can discover in my work the deep passion of life’s core.”

Song’s work is full of contradictions. The tension between glaze and form represents his struggles to find balance and simplicity. For more than 10 years, Song worked and taught
in Closter, NJ. In 2013, he founded a permanent studio space in the mountains of NY State at the village of Wurtsboro. Currently, Song has opened a gallery and clay art studio in Palisades Park, NJ to showcase his work and teach others.

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