Born in 1966
Education
1995
MFA, School of Visual Arts, New York, United States
1992
MFA Candidate, Pratt Institute, New York, United States
1989
BFA, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2017
(upcoming) Carlier Gebauer Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2015
Phantom Footsteps, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2009
Desire and Anesthesia, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, Korea
2008
Such Game, SSamzie Space, Seoul, Korea
1999
Room with a View, Alternative Space Loop, Seoul, Korea
Paused-little Paused Room, Container Gallery of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017
(upcoming) Jane Lombard Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2016
Korea Artist Prize 2016, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Gestures and Archives of the Present, Genealogies of the Future, the 10th Taipei Biennale, Taipei, Taiwan
Suzhou Documents, Suzhou Art Museum and(,or&) Suzhou Industrial Park, Jiangsu, China
2015
Asia Time, the 1st Asian Biennale and the 5th Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
Séoul vite, vite!, Lille 3000, Lille, France
East Asia Feminism: FANTasia, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Commemorative Exhibition of the 70th Anniversary of Liberation: the Great Journey with the Citizens Uploarious, Heated, Inundated, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
2014
King Sejong the Great Opens the Age of Hangeul Culture, National Hangeul Museum, Seoul, Korea
Beyond and Between, the 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2013
Transfer Korea-NRW (Traveling Exhibition), Kunsthalle Duesseldorf, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany; National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
Opening Collection Exhibition, Buk Seoul Museum of Art, Korea
2012
Garden of Learning, Busan Biennial 2012, Busan, Korea
The Unseen, the 4th Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
The Unexpected Guest, the 7th Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Video Screening in conjunction with Scramble for the Past, SALT Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey
Art Project 2012: Communion in conjunction with Nuclear Security Summit Seoul 2012, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
Artist on the Road, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea
Move on Asia, Alternative Space Loop, Seoul, Korea
In the Loop, Alternative Space Loop, Seoul, Korea
Aesthetics of Table Setting, Ewha Womans University Museum, Seoul, Korea
2011
Asia Pacific Breweries Signature Art Prize Finalist Exhibition, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Universe in Universe, the 3rd Singapore Biennial, Singapore
The 7th Tournai International Triennial, Tournai, Belgium
Move on Asia, Casa Asia, Barcelona, Spain
2010
Hyper Real, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, Austria
Tourist's Dream (Video Screening), Institute of International Visual Arts (inIVA), London, United Kingdom
The Multicultural in Our Time, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France; Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea
2009
The 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
Prague Biennale 4, Prague, Czech Republic
Made in Korea: Leisure, a Disguised Labor?, Kaufhaus Sinn Leffers, Hanover, Germany
Bad Boys, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea
Another Masterpieces, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea
2008
Correspondence, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, Korea
Fiction and Non Fiction, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
New Acquisitions: Collection Reconstructed, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea
Melbourne Art Fair 2008 Project Rooms, Melbourne, Australia
B-Side, do ART Seoul, Seoul, Korea
Move on Asia (Traveling Exhibition), Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo, Japan; Alternative Space Loop, Seoul, Korea (2007-2008)
2007
Zain-Marie’s Story, Space C Koreana Museum, Seoul, Korea
Speak Unspeakable: Artist International Forum, Alternative Space Loop, Seoul, Korea
Story Factory, Packed-Unpacked Series, SSamzie Art Warehouse, Paju, Korea
Naked Life, Taipei MOCA, Taipei, Taiwan
2006
Fever Variations, the 6th Gwangju Biennial, Gwangju, Korea
Pictures Become Postage, Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS), Seoul, Korea
Project 001, Yeonheedong195, Seoul, Korea
2005
Enclosed: International Media Screening Show, British Museum, London, United Kingdom
Seoul: Until Now!, Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
2004
Absent Voice, Korean Cultural Center, New York, United States
Report from Uncanny City, AIT Residency Open Studio, Tokyo, Japan
Daily Life of Artists, +Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
Packed/Unpacked, the 1st SSamzie Collection Exhibition, SSamzie Art Warehouse, Paju, Korea
2003
Cross2003: Korea/Hawaii, University of Hawaii Gallery, Hawaii, United States
Hui No'eau, Visual Arts Center, Maui, Hawaii, United Sates
Text & Subtext (Traveling Exhibition), Artspace, Sidney, Australia; Stenersen Museet, Oslo, Norway; Tasiatiska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden; Taipei MOCA, Taipei, Taiwan; Xray Art Center, Beijing China; Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore (2000-2003)
Image of Asia, Kunsthallen Nikolaj, Copenhagen, Denmark
Discovery of New Perspective of Seoul Lives, Ssamzie space, Seoul, Korea
2002
Swiss National Expo’02: Money and Value-The Last Taboo, Artplage Biel, Pavillion der Schweizerishen Nationalbank, Switzerland
Pause, the 4th Gwangju Biennial, Gwangju, Korea
Au Quartier Coreen, Le lieu Unique, Nantes, France
Korean Air France, Glassbox, Paris, France
Project Romance Day/Public Event, Maronie Park, Seoul, Korea
Coming to Our House, Space Zip, Seoul, Korea
2001
Mega-Wave, the 1st Yokohama Triennale, Yokohama, Japan
Escape, the 1st Tirana Biennale, Tirana, Albania
Suit Case Studies, 1A Space, Hong Kong
Photography & Contemporary Art, Seoul Auction House, Seoul, Korea
Emerging Art Biennial, Daegu Culture and Arts Center, Daegu, Korea
Organized Relay Relay: Mail Art Drawing Exhibition, Insa Art Space, Seoul, Korea
2000
Transmission, Ssamzie Space, Seoul, Korea
Room to Go, Ssamzie Space, Seoul, Korea
1999
Art & Artwear-Inside & Outside, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
Mixer & Juicer-New Generational Tendency in Korean Contemporary Art, Art Council Korea Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Women’s Art Festival: Patjis on Parade, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
Korean Contemporary Art Trends in the 90s, Ellen Kim Murphy Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1998
Seoul and Media: Food, Clothing, Shelter, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
The Retina and the Sense of the Touch, Dong-Ah Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Dialogue, Korean Cultural Center, New York, United States
1995
Beauty and the Public Organized by Komar & Melamid, Soho Visual Arts Gallery, New York, United States
Special Project Part II, Soho Visual Arts Gallery, New York, United States
1994
Things and Place, Soho Visual Arts Gallery, New York, United States
Anya Galuszka, Kyungah Ham and Karl Hluska, SVA Flatiron Gallery, New York, United States
1990
New Generation, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1989
Korean Contemporary Art Today, Roho Gallery, Berlin, Germany; Xantus Janous Museum, Gyor, Hungary
Independent Exhibition, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
Honors & Grants
2013
Transfer Korea-NRW Residency, Osthausmuseum, Hagen, Germany
2011
Asia Pacific Breweries Signature Art Prize Finalist, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
2008
Rockfeller Bellagio Creative Arts Fellowship Nominee, New York, United States
2007
The Korean Culture & Arts Foundation Fellowship, Seoul, Korea
2004
Couvent des Recollets grant by Ministry of French Foreign Affairs and City of Paris, Paris, France
Art Initiative Tokyo Residency, Tokyo, Japan
2003
Freemann Foundation Fellowship Residency, University of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States
2002
The Korean Culture & Arts Foundation Fellowship, Seoul, Korea
Selected Public Collections
Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea
Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom
Uli Sigg Collection, Switzerland