1971       Born in Seoul

1995       B.A in Political Science and International Relations, Konkuk University, Seoul

             Left During M.F.A in Photographic Design, Hongik University, Graduate School of Industrial Art

 

Works and lives in Seoul

 

 

Solo Exhibitions

 

2014       'Art Sunjae Banner Project', Art Sunjae Center, Seoul

2013       Oh Bu Ba, Gallery Ryugaheon, Seoul

2012       Lunatic Allegiance, Dong Gang Museum of Photography, Yeongwol, Korea

             Forgetting Machines, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul

2010       ReallyGood, murder, Sangsangmadang, Seoul

             Lunatic Fidelity, Goeun Museum, Busan, Korea

2009       Estat d'excepció, La Virreina, Barcelona, Spain

             Appropriating Reality, the Room at Total Museum, Seoul

2008       State of Emergency, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany

2007       Red House, Lotus Gallery, Paju, Korea

2006       The Strange Ball, Shinhan Gallery, Seoul

2004       Smells like the Division of the Korean Peninsula, Kim Yong Seob Photo Gallery, Seoul

 

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

 

2014       Birth of Art Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul

             Kangjung-Breath-Green, Suwon Art Center, Suwon, Korea

             Reality Readers Club Photo Exhibition, SPACE22, Seoul

             Total Support for Total Musuem 2014, Total Museum, Seoul

             Documentary Style, Goeun Museum of Photography, Busan, Korea

2013       Corea Campanella, Amadeus Hotel, Venice

             Hurroo Hurroo, GoEun Museum of Photography, Busan, Korea

             2013 Changwon Asian Art Festival: A Futuristic City of Past, Sungsan Arts Hall, Changwon, Korea

2012       Road to 12,104 Miles, Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires

             PUBLIC: Occupied Spaces, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Canada

             Demonstrations-Making Normative Orders, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany

2010       Art of National Division – The Flower on The Snow, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea

             Re-Designing the East, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany

             Media City Seoul "Trust", Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

             MISSING, Robert Goff Gallery, New York

             Criminal Scenes In Korea, Gallery Loop, Seoul

2009       New Political Art In Korea Since The 1990s – Bad Boys Here and Now, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea

             Alogon Affair, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul

2008       39(2), Art Sonjae Center, Seoul

             Contemporary Korean Photographs, 1948-2008, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea

             Heartquake , Socio-Political Contemporary Art Museum, Jerusalem, Israel

2007       Study for In Defence of Discourses on Painting, Ssamzi Space, Seoul

             Art toward the Society: Realism in Korean Art 1945-2005, The Niigata Bandaijima Art Museum, Japan

             Surface of War, Peace Museum, Seoul

             Landschaft – Entfernung, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany

             Political Design, Politics of Design, Zeroone Design Center, Seoul

2006       Familiar yet Unfamiliar Scenery, Arko Art Center, Seoul

             On Difference #2 + middle corea, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany

2004       The Persisting Moment, P.S.1 MoMA, NewYork, USA

             The Realing 15 Years, Savina Museum, Seoul

 

 

Publications

 

2012       Forgetting Machines, Chungaram Media, Korea

2010       Really Good, Muder, KT&G Sangsangmadang, Korea

2008       State of Emergency, Hatje Cantz, Germany

2007       Red House, Chungaram Media, Korea

2006       The StrAnge Ball, Self-published, Korea

2005       Smells like the Division of the Korean Peninsula, Dangdae

 

 

Awards

 

2014       Artist of the Year, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art

2012       The 11th Dong Gang Photography Award

2009       German Photo Book Award, Silver prize, (State of Emergency, Hatje Cantz published)

 

 

Collections

 

National Art Museum, Seoul

Seoul Museum of Art

Daelim Museum, Korea

The Museum of Photography, Seoul

Coreana Museum, Korea

The May 18 Memorial Foundation, Korea

Peace Museum, Korea

Art Bank, Korea

F.C. Gundlach Collection, Germany