Jae Schalekamp

Jae Schalekamp was born and raised in South Korea. She is currently residing in Albany, NY. When she came back to painting as a full-time artist, after 15 years of designing textiles, she turned to nature for inspiration. The first series “Poised in Nature” conveys nature’s trace of time and adaptation to its environment in a calm and intimate setting.

Jae has experimented with different subject matters and styles. She is interested in identifying unchanging truths and patterns of life in phenomenal cycle of nature. She uses forms and compositions to express state of mind with an element of eastern philosophy. Her recent works includes abstract paintings and collage/ mixed-media pieces that is composed of mulberry paper.

1996-1997 FIT-Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, NY) Associate of Applied Science Degree in Textile Surface Design

1995-1996 Mason Gross School of Fine Arts-Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ)

1988-1992 Hong-Ik University-Seoul, Korea: B.F.A. in Fine Art-Printmaking

February 2023
ASSEMBLAGES-group exhibition, Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY

December 2020
Member Show-Juror’s Select award, Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY

December 2020
UPSTATE ARTIST-juried exhibition, The Laffer Gallery, Schuylerville, NY

March 2019
UNCOVERED- juried exhibition, The Saratoga Arts, Saratoga Springs, NY

March 2018
ORGANIC FORM- group exhibition, The Laffer Gallery, Schuylerville, NY

Sptember 1992
Joint Exhibition, Gana Art Gallery, Seoul Korea

May 1992
Group Exhibition: Printmaking, Dol Gallery, Seoul, Korea

March 1992
Juried-The Grand Art Exhibition of Korea,
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gyeonggi-do, Korea