b. Seoul, Korea 1970
Education
2003
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
MFA, Photography, Video and Related Medias
1998
Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea
MFA, Photography & Design
Residency & Award
2012
Artist In the Marketplace (AIM) at the Bronx Museum, New York
2010
International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York
2007
Ssamzie Studio Program, Seoul
2000
Photography & Criticism Award Prize, Seoul
2007
Ssamzie Studio Program, Seoul
2000
Photography & Criticism Award Prize, Seoul
Solo Exhibitions
2019
Love Has No Name, Gallery Kiche, Seoul
2015
Love, Tears, Seduction, Lydmar Hotel, Stockholm
2014
Love Has No Name, Gallery Kiche, Seoul
2015
Love, Tears, Seduction, Lydmar Hotel, Stockholm
2014
The World From The Summit Of Mount Everest, SPACE 22, Seoul
2013
Homo Sentimentalis, SHOW ROOM, NYC
2007
Homo Sentimentalis, Kunstdoc Gallery, Seoul
Homo Sentimentalis, Kunstdoc Gallery, Seoul
2007
Mirror Ball, Gallery Jungmiso, Seoul
2007
Faces, Walter Wickiser Gallery, NYC
2005
The Eye Or The Ear Enjoys Pleasures Through The Body, Gallery Jungmiso, Seoul
1998
A Frog In The Specimen Room, Dam Gallery, Seoul
Group Exhibitions
2009
2008
On Photography, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul
2019
Mirror Ball, Gallery Jungmiso, Seoul
2007
Faces, Walter Wickiser Gallery, NYC
2005
The Eye Or The Ear Enjoys Pleasures Through The Body, Gallery Jungmiso, Seoul
1998
A Frog In The Specimen Room, Dam Gallery, Seoul
Group Exhibitions
2020
Portrait of the Book, Boan1942, Seoul
2019
The Senses, Total Museum, Seoul
Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China
EMAP, Ewha Media Art Presentation, Ewha Women's University, Seoul
2018
Imagined Borders, Gwangju Biennale 2018, Asia Culture Center, Gwangju
Body Politics, Kana Kawanishi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Bookshelf of the Artist, Aram Art Museum, Goyang
2016
You Got Stuck In The Wall, Gallery Lux, Seoul
Seoul New Arirang-Like Thousand Miles of Rivers, Gazing at a Boundary From a Boundary, Buk Seoul Museum of Art
HI LIGHT, Gallery Sai, Seoul
2015
Turbulent Transition, Le Maillon, Strasbourg, France
2013
Bronx Calling: AIM Biennial, 1285 Ave of the Americas Art Gallery, New York
The Light Which Crosses Over The Black Rivers, Art Center Luvina, Bundang
Heyri Slow Arts, Paju
Continue, Topo House, Seoul
Imagined Borders, Gwangju Biennale 2018, Asia Culture Center, Gwangju
Body Politics, Kana Kawanishi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Bookshelf of the Artist, Aram Art Museum, Goyang
2016
You Got Stuck In The Wall, Gallery Lux, Seoul
Seoul New Arirang-Like Thousand Miles of Rivers, Gazing at a Boundary From a Boundary, Buk Seoul Museum of Art
HI LIGHT, Gallery Sai, Seoul
2015
Turbulent Transition, Le Maillon, Strasbourg, France
2013
Bronx Calling: AIM Biennial, 1285 Ave of the Americas Art Gallery, New York
The Light Which Crosses Over The Black Rivers, Art Center Luvina, Bundang
Heyri Slow Arts, Paju
Continue, Topo House, Seoul
2012
Another Voice, Next Door Gallery, Seoul
Alternative Art Space Festival, Paju
K-Artist In New York, Korean Art Show 2012, 82 Mercer Soho, New York
Alternative Art Space Festival, Paju
K-Artist In New York, Korean Art Show 2012, 82 Mercer Soho, New York
2011
Couch Fest Films, Reykjavik, Iceland
International Film Festival Manhattan, Quad Cinema, NYC
2010
ISCP OPEN STUDIOS, ISCP, NYC
PHOTOLUST, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle
PEEP SHOW / ARTBUS, Pulse Art Fair, Miami
WINTER SALON, Bjorn Ressle Art Projects, Elga Wimmer PCC, NYC
2009
Artist as Performer, Houston Center for Photography, Houston
Identity, Costume, Cliche: Korean Photography Today, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle
Contemporary Korean Photographs, Gyeongnam Art Museum, Korea
2008
On Photography, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul
SSamzie Space / The 9th Open Studio Exhibition, Ssamzie Space, Seoul
Hidden Sequence, Gallery Ssamzie, Seoul
Wake Up, Kimyoungseob Photo Gallery, Seoul
Contemporary Korea Photographs, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea
2007
Regime and Relationship, Phos Gallery, Seoul
Solitude(s), LMAKprojects, NYC
Activist, Gallery Jungmiso, Seoul
TimeLine: Human Speed & Technology Speed, Korea Center, Beijing
2004
Projection On Memory, Gallery of Korea, NYC
Women In The Director's Chair 23rd Annual International Film & Video Festival, WIDC Theater, Chicago
Video: 1Min, 1800 frames, City Without Walls, New Jersey
Perceptions of the Self and the Other, Tenri Gallery, NYC
2003
Alive & Gone, BAM Theatre, NYC
Touch And Go, The Third Floor, NYC
100 Years, 100 Dreams, Space World Gallery, NYC
Vending Machine, Zoolook Gallery, NYC
2001
Sajin Bipyong Award, Galerie Bhak, Seoul
Zero Plus, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ
2000
The Next Generation, The Korean Culture and Art Foundation Gallery, Seoul
Landscape & Place, Utopia & Atopia, The Kyonggi Culture and Art Center, Kyounggi-do, Korea
3rd Asking To The Invisible, Dam Gallery, Seoul
Object & Gaze, Dam Gallery, Seoul
Pin Hole, SK Gallery, Seoul
Eumyae Sigak, Hanseo Gallery, Seoul
1999
2nd Asking To The Invisible, Dam Gallery, Seoul
1997
Comuni-Gate, Indeco Gallery, Seoul
HIPHO, Samsung Photo Gallery, Seoul
Publications
Hidden Sequence, Gallery Ssamzie, Seoul
Wake Up, Kimyoungseob Photo Gallery, Seoul
Contemporary Korea Photographs, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea
2007
Regime and Relationship, Phos Gallery, Seoul
Solitude(s), LMAKprojects, NYC
Activist, Gallery Jungmiso, Seoul
TimeLine: Human Speed & Technology Speed, Korea Center, Beijing
2004
Projection On Memory, Gallery of Korea, NYC
Women In The Director's Chair 23rd Annual International Film & Video Festival, WIDC Theater, Chicago
Video: 1Min, 1800 frames, City Without Walls, New Jersey
Perceptions of the Self and the Other, Tenri Gallery, NYC
2003
Alive & Gone, BAM Theatre, NYC
Touch And Go, The Third Floor, NYC
100 Years, 100 Dreams, Space World Gallery, NYC
Vending Machine, Zoolook Gallery, NYC
2001
Sajin Bipyong Award, Galerie Bhak, Seoul
Zero Plus, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ
2000
The Next Generation, The Korean Culture and Art Foundation Gallery, Seoul
Landscape & Place, Utopia & Atopia, The Kyonggi Culture and Art Center, Kyounggi-do, Korea
3rd Asking To The Invisible, Dam Gallery, Seoul
Object & Gaze, Dam Gallery, Seoul
Pin Hole, SK Gallery, Seoul
Eumyae Sigak, Hanseo Gallery, Seoul
1999
2nd Asking To The Invisible, Dam Gallery, Seoul
1997
Comuni-Gate, Indeco Gallery, Seoul
HIPHO, Samsung Photo Gallery, Seoul
Publications
2019
Love Has No Name, Gallery Kiche
2016
The World From The Summit Of Mount Everest, IANNBOOKS
Collections
Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
Museum of Contemporary Art Busan, Busan
Ssamzie Art Collection, Seoul
Ssamzie Art Collection, Seoul
Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle
Unsangdong Architects, Seoul
Lydmar Hotel, Stockholm