Education

2004

MA in Curating Contemporary Design with commendation at Kingston University, London (Delivered in collaboration with the Design museum, London)

1999

Graduated from Department of Photography College of Art, ChungAng University

Solo Exhibition

2015

POLAR HEIR, Arario Gallery, Seoul

2014

NAVER Logo Art Project for International Day (16 September, 2014; The day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer)

Ground Cloud - XVII Encuentros Abiertos, Festival de la Luz, Korean Cultural Center in Latin America, Buenos Aires, Argentina

2013

Facade Project, PHOTOVISA Festival, Krasnodar, Russia

Diplopia, Arario Gallery, Chungdam, Seoul

2011

Facade (Blanca Berlin Galeria, Madrid, Spain)

Moment of Realization (National Assembly Library, Seoul)

Dual Realities Arario Gallery, Samchung, Seoul

Facade - 12 Bienal International de Fotografia de Cordoba (Cordoba, Spain)

2010

In Between Layers, Gallery Zandari, Seoul

2008

RE: Presentation, SEO Gallery, Seoul

2007

FACADE : face-cade, Gallery Zandari, Seoul

2006

The Seal Dreamt - The 16th International Festival of Photography : Bratislava, Slovakia

The Seal Dreamt, The Light contemporary Gallery, London, UK

2005

My Sea, Goethe Institute, Frankfurt, Germany

Displaced Spaces - 'Blue Jungle', Selaser Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung, Indonesia

2004

The Sea I Dreamt : The 10th International Biennale of Photography & Photo-Related Art

‘Houston Fotofest 2004’, Houston Fotofest Headquarters gallery, Texas, USA

2002

Dreaming in the sea, Space Photo, Seoul

1999

Dreaming in the sea, Space Photo, Seoul

Group Exhibition
(Selected)

2015

Flow of Korean Contemporary Art VII - Voyage of Korean Photography (Yunseul Museum, Gimhae Arts and Sports Center)

Hanyang Castle Project, (Seongbuk Museum of Art, Seoul)

Read the space (Art Bank Collection Exhibition, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gangneung Museum of Art)

Real in Irreal (Contemporary Media art of Korea and Russia, Wooyang Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeongju)

Korean Contemporary Photography (Gallery of Classic Photography, Moscow, Russia)

The 12th Havana Biennial in 2015, (Capitolio Nacional, Cuba)

Changjiang International Photography & Video Biennale (Chongqing Changjiang Museum of Contemporary Art, China)

Artist Portfolio II (Savina Museum, Seoul)

The LINE, DMZ (Civilian Control Line, Paju)

2014

By Destiny, Arario Museum Dongmun Motel | Jeju

Day and Night in Seoul, K11, Shanghai, China

Art Flash, KIAF(Korea International Art Fair) Interactive Special Exhibition - COEX, Seoul

Origins, Memories & Parodies – Daegu Photo Biennale (Daegu Culture & Arts Center, Korea)

Basically, Forever, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Japan

ASEAN-KOREA 25th Anniversary Contemporary Media Art Exhibition: Changing

Landscapes, Wandering Stars, Hosted by the Korean delegation to ASEAN, Jakarta, Indonesia

‘Sport, City, Future’ PHOTOVISA in MOSCOW, ROSIZO State Center for Museums and Exhibitions, Russia

Animamix (Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China)

Wandering Vision (Museum of Art, Seoul National University)

Animamix (Museum of Tsinghua University Academy, Beijing, China)

Photography and Media 4 am (Seoul Museum of Art, Korea)

2013

Eye of Photography (National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon)

Parallax ASEAN (ASEAN - Korea Cultural Exhibition 2013, Bluesquare, Seoul)

New Photograph in Korea (Galerie Paris - Beijing, Hotel Winssinger, Brussels, Belgium)

The Zizek / Badiou Event of Philosophy (Platoon Kunsthalle Seoul, Korea)

2012

Dislocation, Daegu Art Museum, Korea

WOORI, TINA B, Prague Contemporary Art Festival (Prague, Czech Republic)

Outside of Garden - 'The Cityscape as Still Life' : Busan Biennale Special Exhibition

Land Art Mongolia Biennial 360º - the 2nd Land Art Mongolia Biennial (Ikh Gazriin Chuluu - the Gobi Desert & The National Mongolian Modern Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar)

Art Project 2012: Communion (COEX : Nuclear Security Summit 2012 Media Center, planning by Seoul-National Museum of Contemporary Art)

2011

Epilogue : On the Border, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan

MoA Picks 2011, Museum of Art, Seoul National University

Our Magic Hour, Yokohama Triennale 2011, Yokohama Museum of Art, Japan

Mr. Rabbit in Art Land, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea

Fotografias – Coleção Joaquim Paiva, Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Purpose of Life, Pohang Museum of Steel Art, Pohang, Gyeongsangnam-do

Multiple Senses, Savina Museum, Seoul

2010

Man Ray’s Photography & His Heritage, Seoul Museum of Art, Korea

The Extraordinary Time Travel, Woljeon Museum of Art, Icheon, Gyeonggi-do

Chaotic Harmony: Contemporary Korean Photography, Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA), Santa Barbara, California, USA

Arcade Project, Interalia, Seoul

Maden Pictures, Arario Gallery, Cheonan, Chungchungnam-do

2009

Chaotic Harmony: Contemporary Korean Photography, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), Texas, USA

Photography is Dead, Three White Walls Gallery, Birmingham, UK

The Photograph as Contemporary Art, Doosan Gallery, Seoul

2008

Then & Now - Memories of the Future 2008 Daegu Photo Biennale, EXCO, Daegu

Olympic & Love, Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China

Escenarios Emocionales (PhotoEspana : Blanca Berlin Galeria), Madrid, Spain

2007 Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art New Collection - Reconstruction of Works, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan

2007

The Alchemy of Shadows - The 3rd Lianzhou International Photo Festival, Granary Factory, Renzhou, China

Pass the Picture, Goethe Institute, Berlin, Germany

Mysteries, Secrets, Illusions - Kaunas Photo07, Kaunas Picture

Gallery,M.K. Ciurlionis National Museum, Kaunas in Lithuania

Co-exist, Foil Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

In Touch of the Present - Korean Artists Collaboration, Wada Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan

Photography - 寫眞(Recording the truth):四眞(Four truths):詐眞(distorting the truth), TouchArt Gallery, Heyri

2006

Dang-In-Ri Art Factory, Ssamji Space, Seoul

Obsesiones - Obras de la Coleccion Fotografica del MNBA, National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Contemporary Korean Photography_KOREA NEW DAYS, Dome Unenia,Bratislava, Slovakia

Descubrimientos PHE - Photo Espana 2006, Antiquo Matadero de Leqazpi, Madrid, Spain

2005

Winter wonderland, Fotografie Forum intemational, Frankfurt, Germany

Three Views : Korean Photography, De Santos Gallery, Houston, USA

Club Paradiso - Jamming with Photography, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Yamanashi Prefecture, Kiyosato, Japan

2004

The Flow - The 5th International Image Festival 'Rhubarb-Rhubarb' Planned Exhibition, Mailbox Gallery, Birmingham, UK

2003

Photographs by the Next Generation : Young Portfolio Acquisitions 2002, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan

2002

International Encounter ‘Artists for Peace', Islamic Culture Center, Madrid, Spain

2001

Photographs by the Next Generation : Young Portfolio Acquisitions 2000, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan

2000

Introduction to Photography - Portraits and Landscapes, Art Sunjae Museum, Gyeongju & Art Sunjae Center, Seoul

Residency Programs

2015

The 2015 Odyssee artist - in-residence program, Loire Chamonix Castle & French Som Royal Sarcophagus Temple, France

2013

The Arctic Circle Program (International expedition to Svalbard and the Arctic Ocean)

2011

18th Street Arts Center Artist Residency Program (Santa Monica, USA)

2010

Picture Berlin ((Bethanien Kunst Haus, Berlin, Germany)

2008

Cite Intemationale des Arts Artist Residency Program (Paris, France)

2007

Sirius Art Centre Artist Residency Program (Cork Cobh, Ireland)

Uijae Creative Studio Artist Residency Program (Gwangju, Jeolla-do)

2006

Cite Internationale des Arts Artist Residency Program (Paris, France)

2005

CAMAC Artist Residency Program (Nogent-sur-Seine, France)

UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries-Selasar Sunaryo Art Space (Bandung, Indonesia)

Collections

The National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Yamanashi, Japan

Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung, Indonesia

Museum of New Mexico (Museum of Fine Arts), New Mexico-Santa Fe, USA

The Photomedia Centre, Pennsylvania, USA

The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (Moscow, Russia)

SPACE Group, Seoul

National Congress Library of Korea, Seoul

National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon

Seoul Museum of Art

Seoul National University Museum of Art

Daegu Art Museum

Hana Bank, Seoul

Space Office Building, Seoul

Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea

Seoul National University Museum of Art, Korea

Arario Collection, Cheonan

US Embassy, Seoul

French Embassy, Seoul

Installation Art Projects

2015

Art Market Day (Chungnam Gyeryong Dugye Jangok Art Museum)

Art Laundry (Jeonnam Goheung National Sorokdo Hospital)

Summer Holiday (2015 World Youth Festival, National Asian Culture Complex, Gwangju)

Harmonious Havana (Capitolio Square, Havana, Cuba)

2013

Lincoln Reimagine Project (Dosan Park, Gangnam, Seoul, Lincoln Store)

Small City in Hyundai (Hyundai Department Store - COEX Branch, Seoul)

2012

Trandem Sewuence (Seoninmun, Changgyeonggung, Seoul)

Small City in Doosan Art Center (Doosan Art Center, Seoul)

2011

Tandem Sequence (Namhansanseong Haenggung)

Small City in Garden 5 (Garden 5, Jangji-dong, Seoul)

OPEN Water (18th Street Art Center, Santa Monica, California, USA)

2010

New World Square (Arario Outdoor Sculpture Park - Cheonan Shinsegae Department Store Square)

Melting Space (Eoullim Museum, Goyang Cultural Foundation, Ilsan)

RE(Wrapping + Eco Bag) Cycling Project (Gallery Jandari, Seoul)

2009

How to Lie with SPACE, (space for the SPACE, Seoul)