Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University Master of Fine Arts student Seongbae Cho has named the third-place winner in the 94th Michigan Contemporary Art Exhibition, a storied and highly competitive juried exhibition.
The exhibition is one of the longest-running events of its kind in the state. Accepted and winning entries were selected by internationally recognized multimedia artist and filmmaker Etsuko Ichikawa.
Cho’s landscape painting “Mammoth Hot Springs-Upper Terraces” was one of six winning works chosen from over 200 accepted entries.
The recognition represents another step forward in a burgeoning art career for Cho, who has exhibited extensively throughout his native South Korea and began showing his work in America in 2019, including entries in ArtPrize 2021 and 2022.
“This award is a tremendous honor for me. It symbolizes an achievement in my continuous journey as an artist navigating a different language and culture,&rdq