Atta Kim
 
1956         Born in Korea

Lives and works in Seoul
  
Selected Solo Exhibitions

2014         Re Atta, 313 Art Project, Seoul

2012         New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, USA

2009         Atta Kim: ON-AIR, 53^rd International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia Collateral Events, VeniceItaly

2008        Atta Kim: ON-AIR, Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art; PLATEAU, Seoul

2007         Dong-gang Photography Awards Exhibition, Dong-gang Museum of Photography, Yeongwol, Korea

2006         Atta Kim: ON-AIR, ICP(International Center of Photography), New York
                 Atta Kim:The Museum Project, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York

2005         Galerie Gana - Beaubourg, Paris

2002         The Museum Project, 25th Biennale de Sao Paulo,Sao Paulo,Brazil
                 Exhibition for the Winner of Hanam International Photo Award, Hanam, Korea

2001         The Museum Project, Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, USA

1996         The Museum Project, Samsung Photo Gallery, Seoul

1995         The Museum Project (Installation, Performance), Nouveau Gallery, Busan, Korea
                  Gaia in 2005 Years (Performance), Ulsan, Korea

1994         Deconstruction, Space Samtoh Gallery, Seoul

1993         The Korean People, Nikon Salon Gallery, Tokyo

1990         Father, Hanmadang Gallery, Seoul

1988         Child of Nucleus, Pinehill Gallery, Seoul
                 Song of Empty Hand, Baeksaek Gallery, Busan, Korea

1987         Psychopath, Yechong Gallery, Seoul

1986         Monologue, Busan Gallery, Busan, Korea

1985         Man, Hanmadang Gallery, Busan, Korea
 
Selected Group Exhibitions

2014         The Moment, We Awe, Sanshang Contemporary Art Museum, Hangzhou, China

2013         FACADE BUSAN 2013, Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea
                 GANA 30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, Gana Art Center, Seoul
                 PHOTOSCAPE : Eye for the Ordinary Miracle, Interalia Art Company, Seoul

2012         Re:Booting, Yanhuang Art Museum, Beijing
                 Jin(to Advance). Tong(to Communicate). :Contemporary Korean Art Since the1990’s, Gwangju Museum of Art,
                 Gwangju,Korea

2011         HAEIN ART PROJECT, Haeinsa Temple, Hapcheon, Korea
                 2011 3th Bochum TRIENNALE, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Bochum, Germany
                 Qi (氣, Energy) is Full, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea
                 Permanent Exhibition of Modern & Contemporary Art, Leeum,Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul
                 Asian Contemporary Art Week, Rubin Museum of Art, New York
                 "Grain of Emptiness", Rubin Museum of Art, New York
                 "the FACE: evolution of portrait in photography", State Novosibirsk Historical Museum, Novosibirsk,Russia

2010         “Chaotic Harmony” Contemporary Korean Photography, Santa Barbara Museum ofArt,   Santa Barbara, USA

2009         Guangzhou Photo Biennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou
                 “Chaotic Harmony” Contemporary Korean Photography, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
                 Contemporary Korean Photographs 1948-2008, Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon, Korea

2008         Paris Photo 08, The BMW- Paris Photo Prize, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris
                 Contemporary Korean Photographs 1948–2008, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon,        
                 Korea
                 Visiting Museum: Traveling Exhibition of Gyeongnam Art Museum Collection, Geoje Art Center, Geoje, Korea
                 The World of Expression: Today’s Korean Art, Seoul Art Center, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul
                 Scope Basel 2008, Scope Art Fair, Basel,Swizerland
                 Good Morning, Mr. Nam June PAIK, Korean Cultural Center UK, London

2007         Sotheby's Contemporary Art Asia: presenting 30 top Asian Artists, Mandarin      Oriental, Miami, USA
                 Photo Miami: The international Contemporary Art Fair of Photo-Based Art, Video& New   Media, Wynwood Art
                 District, Miami, USA
                 Loaded Landscapes, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, USA
                 Asian Contemporary Art Fair New York, Pier 92, New York
                 Like There Is No Tomorrow, Galerie Caprice Horn, Berlin
                 Red Hot—Asian Art Today from the Chaney Family Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
                 Performance Art of Korea, National Museum of Modern andContemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
                 Beauty, Desire and Evanescence, Gallery Space DA, Beijing
                 Landscape of Korean Contemporary Photography, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
                 Incarnation, Hammond Museum, New York
                 Art Dubai, Madinat Arena, Dubai,The United Arab Emirates

2006         11 Contemporaries: A showcase of emerging and established contemporary Photography, Michael Hoppen Gallery,
                 London
                 Infected Landscape, Julie Saul Gallery, New York
                 The Logbook, Young Eun Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwangju, Korea

2005         Contemporary Art of Korea, Busan Museum of Modern Art, Busan, Korea
                 Fast Forward: Photographic Message from Korea, Fotografie Forum International, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
                 Special Exhibition, Seoul Arts Center, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul
                 The First Pocheon Asian Art Festival, Pocheon Banwol Art Hall, Pocheon,Korea
                 Encounters with Modernism: Highlights from the Stedelijk Museum and the National Museum of Contemporary Art
                 Korea, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul; Gwacheon, Korea

2004         2004 Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea
                 The Fourth Photo Festival, Gana Art Center, Seoul
                 Opening Exhibition, Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon, Korea
                 Selection from FotoFest, Moscow Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow

2003         Asia, Asia Society Museum, New York
                 Point of Time, Galerie Gana-Beaubourg, Paris
                 FotoFest—Russia, Samara Regional Museum of Fine Arts, Samara, Russia
                 Young Eun 2003 Residency—The Journey of Spaces, Young Eun Museum ofContemporary Art, Gwangju, Korea
                 BODYSCAPE, Leeum,Samsung Museum of Art; PLATEAU, Seoul

2002         Asia Photo Biennale, Insa Art Center, Seoul
                 Site + Sight Translating Cultures, Singapore Arts Festival, EARLLU Gallery, Singapore
                 Red Light, Australian Center for Photography, Sydney,Austrilia
                 Asia Comments, Danish Center for Culture and Development, Copenhagen
                 Translated Acts, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City

2001         Translated Acts, Queens Museum of Art, New York
                 Translated Acts, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
                 Awakening, Australian Center for Photography, Sydney,Austrilia
                 ArtSpectrum 2001, Leeum,Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul
                 Digital Dreams, Analogue Desires, Art Center of the Korean Art & Culture, Seoul
                 Image from the Land of Morning Calm, Sixth International Photo Festival, Herten, Germany
                 2001 Photo Festival, Gana Art Center, Seoul

2000         FotoFest 2000, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, USA
                 Odense Foto Triennale—Festival of Light, Odense, Denmark
                 After time, Howart Gallery, Seoul

1999         The Segment of Time, Seonam Art Center, Seoul
                 A Window, Inside and Outside, GwangjuMuseum of Art, Gwangju, Korea

1998         A History of Korean Photography, Seoul Art Center, Seoul
                 Alienation and Assimilation, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago,USA

1997         Legends from Daily Life, Artsonje Museum, Gyeongju, Korea

1996         Photography is Photography, Samsung Photo Gallery, Seoul

1995         Photographers in our Time, Gallery Art Beam, Seoul
                 Expressional Medium of Korean Contemporary Art, Seoul Metropolitan Museum, Seoul
                 The New Generational Tendency in Korean Contemporary Art (Body &Recognition), ArtsCouncil Korea, Seoul
                 Korea Avant-Garde Art from 1967–1995: Rebellion of Space, Seoul Metropolitan Museum, Seoul

1994         View of Next Generation of Korean Contemporary Art in 1994, Seoul Art Center, Seoul
                 Korean Contemporary Photography, Seoul Art Center, Seoul

1993         Image and Photography, Artsonje Museum, Gyeongju, Korea
                 Art and Photography, Seoul Art Center, Seoul

1992         Ah! Korea, Jahamoon Gallery, Seoul
                 Horizon of Korean Photography, Seoul Metropolitan Museum, Seoul

1991         Horizon of Korean Photography, Total Gallery, Seoul

1988         The Beach Art Fair (Installation), Haeundae Beach, Busan, Korea

Awards

2008       “6^th Hachonghyun Art Award”, Seoul

2007        “6th Dong-gang Photo Prize”, Dong-gang, Korea

2003        "4th Lee Myoung Dong Photo Prize", Seoul

2002        "The 1^st Hanam International Photo Festival-International Photo Prize", Hanam, Korea

1997         "Annual Artist's Prize” Sajin Yesul (Photography Art Magazine), Seoul
 
COLLECTIONS

New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain , USA
Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, USA
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. USA
Microsoft Art Collection, USA
The Museet For Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark
L.A County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA
JGS Foundation, New York
Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas, USA
EARLLU Gallery, Singapore
Guggenheim, Asher Associates, Los Angeles, USA
Jumeirah Essex House, New York
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
ArtSonje Museum, Gyeongju, Korea
Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul
Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea
GyeongNam Art Museum, Changwon, Korea
Daelim Contrmporary Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
Dong-gang Museum of Photography, Yeongwol, Korea
Hanabank, Seoul, Korea