- Biography
- 1969 born in Seoul,
Korea
- Lives and works in Seoul and Bremen
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EDUCATION
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| 1992 | Bachelor of Fine Arts/ B.F.A. in Photography, College of Arts, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea |
| 1996–2000 | Diploma in Photography (Communications Design), University of Wuppertal, Germany |
| 2001–2002 | Artist Scholarship from the City of Delmenhorst, Germany |
| 2004 | Artist-in-residence, Centro Cultural Andratx, Majorca, Spain |
| 2001, 2005 | Grant from the Korean Culture and Arts Foundation, Seoul, Korea |
| 2006 | Grant from the Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation, Gyeonggi, Korea |
| SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION) | |
| 2011 | Thousands, Kunsthalle Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany |
| 2010 |
Thousands, Laznia-Center for Contemporary Art, Gdansk, Poland |
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Simultan, Bernhard Knaus Fine Art, Frankfurt, Germany |
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Thousands and other works, SKL Gallery, Palma, Spain |
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Being a Queen, The Museum of Photography, Seoul, Korea |
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Departure Songs, Galerie DNA, Berlin, Germany |
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| 2009 | Burden of Support, video and performance, Galleri Image, Aarhus, Denmark |
| THOUSANDS, Kunsthalle in Emden, Germany | |
| BEING A QUEEN, Aarhus Kunstbygning, center for contemporary art, Aarhus, Denmark | |
| THOUSANDS, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea | |
| BreaThings, Gaain Gallery, Seoul, Korea | |
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Thousands-fragments, Galeria Raquel Ponce, Madrid |
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| 2008 | BreaThings, Bernhard Knaus Fine Art, Frankfurt |
| THOUSANDS, Fifty One Fine Art Photography, Antwerp, Belgium | |
| SAPPHO:OHPPAS, Kunstverein Ruhr, Essen, Germany | |
| 2007 | DNA Galerie, Berlin, in cooperation with Bernhard Knaus Fine Art, Mannheim |
| VERSUS, Galeria Arte Ko, Donostia-San Sebsatian, Spain | |
| VERSUS, Galeria Raquel Ponce, Madrid, Spain | |
| Last Works, Galería Nuble, FOCONORTE-festival de fotografía y vídeo, Santander, Spain | |
| SILENCE IS MOVEMENT, Galerie DNA, Berlin, Germany, in cooperation with Bernhard Knaus Fine Art, Mannheim | |
| Projecting Life Indoors (2-person), Casa Asia, Barcelona, Spain | |
| VERSUS & BELIEVING IS SEEING, Gallery Van Zoetendaal, Amsterdam, the Netherlands | |
| BELIEVING IS SEEING, Gaain Gallery, Seoul, Korea | |
| 2006 | screen sprit_continued/ KYUNGWOO CHUN, Staedtische Galerie im Buntentor Bremen, Germany |
| "In/finite", Galerie Bernhard Knaus, Mannheim, Germany | |
| 51 Fine Art Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium | |
| 2005 | 100 Questions - Photographs, Video Installation, Stiftung DKM, Duisburg, Germany |
| DIALOG, Künstlerhaus Göttingen, Germany | |
| A Naming Game (video, photographs, and performance), Galería Arteko, San Sebastian, Spain | |
| 2004 | A Day in Seoul, Van Zoetendaal Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| Kyungwoo Chun, The Museum of Photography, Seoul, Korea | |
| Intervals, Galeria FF, Lodz, Poland | |
| 2003 | Kyungwoo Chun ‘reMEMBERed,’ Odense Foto Triennale, Museet for Fotokunst, Brandts Klædefabrik Odense, Denmark |
| EIDOLON, Prüss & Ochs Gallery, Berlin, Germany | |
| 2002 | this appearance, Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Germany |
| 2001 | Kyungwoo Chun 1998–2001, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea |
| Thirty Minutes Dialog, Galleri Image, Aarhus, Denmark | |
| 1998 | Zeitraum im Verschwinden, Werkraum Uerdingerstrasse, Cologne, Germany |
| 1994 | Aura, Ba-Tang-Gol Gallery, Seoul, Korea |
| GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION) | |
| 2011 |
Series of Photographs - A Centry of Photographs, Museum fuer Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg |
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Isabelle Huppert: Woman of Many Faces , The Museum of Photography, Seoul |
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Interview & Artists as an Interviewer, Arko Art Center, Arts Council Korea , Seoul |
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C Action Photo Virus, Langhans Galerie, Prague |
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| 2010 |
series of Photographs - A Centry of Photographs, Museum fuer Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany |
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Liverpool Biennial : Media Landscape, Zone East, Contemporary Urban Centre, Liverpool, UK |
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Chaotic Harmony: Contemporary Korean Photography, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, USA |
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Man Ray and his heratage, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea |
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Darmstaedter Tage der Fotografie, Darmstadt, Germany |
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Reflections, DNA, Berlin |
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ICONOTEXTES, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea |
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| 2009 |
Chaotic Harmony: Contemporary Korean Photography, The Museum of Fine Art, Houston, TX |
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WHITE SPACES, a concert on the occasion of Gerhard Stäbler's 60. birthday, Wilhelm Lehmruck Museum, Duisburg |
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ARCHIVO, curarted by Willem van Zoetendaal, MK Galerie, Berlin |
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Hangul=Spirit: Inspired by Korean Charlacters, Korean Cultural Centre, UK, London |
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TRIALOG I, II - video, music, performance with Kunsu Shm and Gerhard Staebler, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Gaain Gallery, Seoul, Korea |
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TRIALOG III- video, music, performance with with Kunsu Shm and Gerhard Staebler, Kumho Art Hall, Seoul, Korea |
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| 2008 |
Verticals, Gallery Van Zoetendaal, Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
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SAPPHO, video installation with live music/ with Gerhard Staebler, WDR Musik Fest, Duisburg Landschaftspark, Germany |
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| THOUSANDS and 1000 Answers, Liverpool Biennial: Fantasy Studio Project, Foundation, Liverpool, U.K. | |
| 2007 | Writing Paintings, Painting Words, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea |
| NY C Photo Exhibition, Phillips de Pury& Company, New York, USA | |
| Angelegenheiten, die sich daraus ergeben, Künstlerhaus Bremen, Bremen, Deutschland | |
| Landscape of Korean Contemporary Photography, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea | |
| Soft Power Exhibition, Korea Foundation Cultural Center, Seoul, Korea | |
| STATEMENTS, Bernhard KnausFine Art, Frankfurt, Deutschland | |
| SLOW, Miki Wick Kim Contemporary Art, Zürich, Schweiz | |
| 2006 | Busan Biennale, Korea (P) |
| TINA B 2006 Contemporary Art Festival, Prague, Czech Republic (P) | |
| Artspectrum 2006, Leeum / Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea | |
| 2005 | Asia - the place to be?, Alexander Ochs Galleries Berlin/ Beijing, Germany |
| 2004 | Galeris Neuvelles Images, The Hague, The Netherlands |
| Wirklichkeit des Individuums, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany | |
| 2003 | Der Rest der Welt, Neuffer am Park Pirmasens, Germany, curated by Alexander Ochs |
| The Third Asian Photography, Guardian Garden, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 2002 | Identität und Ideal, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Germany |
| Perspektiven—81. Herbstausstellung niedersächsischer Künstler, Kunstverein Hannover, Germany | |
| portrait: portrait, Prüss & Ochs Gallery (formerly Asian Fine Arts Berlin), Berlin Germany | |
| International Young Art 2002, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, Sotheby’s Amsterdam, and Sotheby’s Tel Aviv | |
| 2001 | Bremer Förderpreis für Bildende Kunst, Städtische Galerie im Buntentor Bremen, Germany |
| Hall of Mirrors/Variants of the Portraits, Museet for Fotokunst, Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense, Denmark | |
| 2000 | Internationale Photoszene Köln 2000, Deutsches Sport & Olympia Museum, Cologne, Germany |
| 1999 | Schwarz und Weiss, Museum Schloss Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany |
| Galerie im Funkhaus des MDR, Magdeburg, Germany | |
| Artriumgalerie des Willy-Brandt-Hauses, Berlin, Germany | |
| PERFORMANCES (SELECTION) | |
| 2011 |
100 Questions, Arko Art Center, Arts Council Korea, Seoul |
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Portrait Made by Hand, The Museum of Photography, Seoul, Korea |
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Silence is Movement, Long Night of Museums,/ Laznia-Center for Contemporary Art, Gdansk, Poland |
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| 2009 |
The Seven Chairs, Aarhus Kunstbygning-Center for Contemporary Art, Aarhus, Denmark |
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PERFORMAT I-Kyungwoo Chun, Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany |
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BreaThings, Gaain Gallery, Seoul, Korea |
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Greetings, Galeria Raquel Ponce, Madrid, Spain |
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Burden or Suport, Psi #14: Interregnum, University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
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Bim Bim Blumen, Kunstverein Ruhr, Essen, Germany |
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| 2007 | Projects/ VERSUS, curated programby ARTE LISBOA, Lisbon, Portugal, curated by Isabel Carlos |
| VERSUS Seoul-Barcelona2, Festival Asia, Casa Asia, Barcelona, Spain | |
| VERSUS Seoul-Barcelona1, Softpower Exhibition, W Hotel, Seoul, Korea, curated by Jiyoon Lee | |
| Into (apoyo o carga),Gaain Gallery, Seoul, Korea | |
| An Allegory of Failure, Galeria Arteko, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain | |
| 2006 | O Minute, Busan Biennale 2006, Busan Metropolitan Art Museum, Busan, Korea |
| Into (apoyo o carga), National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic | |
| 11 Allegories, soccer club Mannheim in arrangement of Galerie Bernhard Knaus, Mannheim, Germany | |
| 2005 | O Minute-Video Performance, Artforum Berlin, Germany |
| O Minute, KIAF, Seoul, Korea | |
| Into (apoyo o carga),Galeria Arteko, San Sebastian, Spain | |
| 2004 | 18x 1 Minute, Fundación Centro Ordónez,Falcon de Fotografía, San Sebastian, Spain |
| 18x 1 Minute,Street at Artinus Gallery, Seoul, Korea | |
| 2003 | 18x 1 Minute, ARCO Madrid-Art Unknown, 2003, Spain, curated by Bart de Baere, Barbara Steiner, Charles Esche |
| PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (SELECTIONS) | |
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Museum fuer Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Germany |
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Sammlung Alison & Peter W. Klein, Eberdingen-Nussdorf |
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The Caldic Collection, Rotterdam, the Netherlands |
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Centro Cultural Andratx-CCA, Spain |
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Kunsthalle Emden, Germany |
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| CIRCA XX : Colección Pilar Citoler, Madrid, Spain | |
| The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, U.S.A. | |
| Burger Collection, Zurich, Switzerland | |
| Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, The Netherlands | |
| Vedder Collection, Zollikon, Switzerland | |
| Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Germany | |
| Museet for Fotokunst, Brandts Klaedefabrik Odense, Denmark | |
| Kunst en Complex Collection, Rotterdam, The Netherlands | |
| Haus Coburg, Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Germany | |
| Fundación Centro Ordónez, Falcon de FotografÌa, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain | |
| Museum DKM, Duisburg, Germany | |
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The Museum of Photography (Hanmi Foundation of Arts and Culture), Seoul, Korea |
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Fortis Bank Collection, Rotterdam, the Netherlands |
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| GRANDS AND AWARDS | |
| 2008 | Grant from the Art Council Korea, Seoul, Korea |
| 2007 | Hanmi Photography Award, The Museum of Photography, Seoul, Korea |
| Grant, DIVA Exchange Program, The Danish Arts Council, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Commission /Grant, C Photo Magazine, Ivory Press, London, U.K. | |
| 2006 | Commission, Tonhalle, Dusseldorf, Germany |
| 2001,2005 | Grant from the Korean Cultue and Arts Foundation, Seoul, Korea |
| 2004 | Artist-in-residence, Centro Cultural Andratx, Majorca, Spain |
| Commission,Fundación Centro Ordónez, Falcon de Fotografía, San Sebastian, Spain | |
| 2001-2002 | Artist Scholarship from the City of Delmenhorst, Niedersachsen, Germany |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY (SELECTION) | |
| Kang, Su-mi, Artist Voyage, The Art Magazine Wolgan Misool (June 2007) | |
| Interview by Jaana Pruess, “ Sichtbarkeit” Zeitschrift Schoengeist, Ausgabe08/Spring 2006 | |
| Danckaert, Bert “Pseudonym” (K)ART, (Feb.2006) | |
| “¿Apoyo o carga? ”, art.es International Contemporary Art, (August, 2005) | |
| Steinmetz, Wiebke. ”Emerging Artist, Silence is Movement” and Interview with Kyungwoo Chun by Susanne Pfeffer. Monthly Art Magazine artinculture (May 2005). | |
| Park, Juseok. Exhibition review, The Art Magazine Wolgan Misool (June 2004) | |
| Nicodemus. Everlyn. ”Merging Other and Self.” ARCO Noticias 26 (2003). | |
| Claudia Stein, ”Kyungwoo Chun. 18 x 1 Minute” Photography now! (2nd 2003) | |
| Domesle, Andrea. ”Die Rückkehr der Aura durch Auflösung und Zerteilung.” EIKON Internationale Zeitschrift für Photographie & Medienkunst 39/40 (2002). | |
| Koh, Choong-Hwan, Exhibition review, The Art Magazine Wolgan Misool (September 2001) | |
| Yoon, Seyoung, Interview, Photographic Art Magazine Sajinyesool (October 2001) | |
| Kaufhold, Enno. ”Dreissig Minuten Dialog.” Photonews 7/8 (July/August 2001) | |
| Thrane, Finn. ”Hall of Mirrors.” Journal of Photography & Video 13, no. 2 (2001). | |
| NEWSPAPERS (SELECTION) | |
| Thea Herold, “Jetzt und immer “ , Der Tagesspiegel, Sept.8, 2007. | |
| Teresa Sala. “Testigo de lo irrepetible”, Noticia de Gipuzkoa, May 7, 2007. | |
| Susanne Kaeppele. “Mit geschlossenen Augen am Ball vorbei”, Mannheimer Morgen, May 2, 2006 | |
| de Bem, Merel. “Een spoortje van een glimlach.” de Volkskrant, December 31, 2005. | |
| Hoddik, Ingo. ”Nickende Spanier im Fenster.” Rheinische Post, September 2, 2005. | |
| Nipkau, Birgit. ”Malerische Momente in Portrait-Fotografie.” Göttinger Tagesblatt, May 18, 2005. | |
| Taberna, David. ”El apoyo o la carga de la pareje.” El Diario Vasco, April 17, 2005. | |
| de Vries, Marina. ”Bloedstollende taferelen.” de Volkskrant, September 15, 2004 | |
| El Diario Vasco, ”¿Cuanto son 18 minutos?,” April 16, 2004. | |
| Criado, Sonia Gonzalez. ”Buscar el alma de una Fotografia.” El Mundo, February 16, 2003. | |
| Keil, Frank. ”Die Dauer des Bildes.” Frankfurter Rundschau, September 4, 2002. | |
| Cartier, Stephan. ”Die Bildschärfe bestimmt der Portraitierte.” Weser Kurier, August 19, 2002. | |
| von Doetzschen, U. ”Portraits und andere Fotografien aus Korea in der Pruess & Ochs Gallery.” Die Welt, May 24, 2002. | |
| Haase, Armine. ”Portraits als Folge von Augenblicken.” Kölner Stadtanzeiger, June 20, 1998. | |
| TV AND RADIO | |
| DR, September 2007, Denmark | |
| Info-Radio RBB, Interview, August 2007, Germany | |
| Deutsche Welle, euromaxx, June 2006, Germany | |
| CATALOGES UND BOOKS | |
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Kyungwoo Chun-Performance Raisonné I (Text: Jiyoon Lee), IANN Books, Seoul, 2011 |
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Kyungwoo Chun-Photographs (Text: Hyeyoung Shin), IANN Books, Seoul, 2011 |
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bild.klang.los- Ein Trialog von Kyungwoo Chun, Kunsu Shim und Gerhard Stäbler (Text: Hella Melkert, Peter Friese), PFAU Verlag, Saarbrücken, 2009 |
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Being a Queen-Kyungwoo Chun (Text: Louise Wolthers, Rune Gade, Nathalie Boseul Shin), Forlaget Vandkunsten, Copenhagen, 2009 |
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ARCHIVO-Thousands, Amsterdam (Text: Urs Stahel), the Netherlands, 2008 |
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| Thousands, Hatje Cantz, 2008. Text by Wulf Herzogenrath, Nils Ohlsen and Urs Stahel. | |
| Believing is Seeing, Gaain Gallery, Seoul, 2007 | |
| KYUNGWOO CHUN. Photographs, Video Performances. Text by Stephan Berg & Minseong Kim | |
| Interview by Susanne Pfeffer. Hatje Cantz, Stuttgart 2005. Text in german and english language | |
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ARTIST
TALKS AND WORKSHOPS (SELECTION)
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| Jutland Art Academy, 2007, Aarhus, Denmark | |
| C-SAM, Center for samtidskunst, 2007, Aarhus, Denmark | |
| DNA Galerie, with Stephan Berg, 2007, Berlin, Germany | |
| Art and Conversation, Glogauer, 2007, Berlin, Germany | |
| Leeum, Samsung Museumof Art, 2006, Seoul, Korea | |
| College of Art, Chung-Ang University, 2005, Anseong, Korea | |
| Kuenstlerhaus Goettingen, 2005, Goettingen, Germany | |
| Hanmi Museum of Photography, 2004, Seoul, Korea | |
| Waseda University, with Prof. Osamu Hiraki, 2003, Tokyo, Japan | |