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, 53rd 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 “6th Hachonghyun Art Award”, Seoul
2007 “6th Dong-gang Photo Prize”, Dong-gang, Korea
2003 "4th Lee Myoung Dong Photo Prize", Seoul
2002 "The 1st 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