homo utopicus
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homo utopicus
HOMO UTOPICUS
HADA Contemporar y is pleased to present a group exhibition showcasing meticulously constr ucted enigmatic hybrid spaces inviting the viewer to the non-existent utopia of mind. For thousands of year s and still human beings dream of perfect wor lds, wor lds free of conflict, injustice and unhappiness. Like the biblical Garden of Eden, many a men as Plato (427 - 347 BC) in Republic (380 BC) and Tao Yuanming (365 - 427) in The Peach Blossom Spring (421) have been searching for the ideal community or society. Oftentimes, the classical utopias encouraged the creation of novel humanity or community resor ting to fictional means. With the global advent of technological civilisation with ethical reconstr uction, the concept of utopia has shifted significantly towards sustainable new ways in which society relates to nature. ‘The key to the future cannot be found in a transformation of human nature; on the contrar y, it requires a revolution in the relation between human culture and nature.’ [1] Yet, the duality in the meaning of ‘utopia’ as ‘no place’ or ‘nowhere’ from the Greek ou-topos coined in Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More and ‘good place’ from the identical Greek word eu-topos suggests the fundamental question whether a perfect wor ld can exist or be realised. The question remains to the reasons for the constant presence of utopia through human histor y or why humanity has always manifested an impelling, unsuppressible, need for utopia. According to the study by Cosimo Quar ta, on anthropological bases the species ‘homo’ has been characterised, since its origins, by its ‘restlessness’, by the ‘search for new possibilities’, thus moving beyond purely sensible data, to go beyond immediate perception and therefore to ‘fore-see’ that which is ‘not yet’ actually visible, that is, perceivable by the senses. [2] This restlessness continuously urges humanity to explore and accomplish things that had never been done before. Thus, Pfeiffer argues that human restlessness represents ‘for cultural evolution what genetic mutation represents for organic evolution, and built-in source of novelty and increasingly complex patterns of life – the source, indeed, of the human spar k’. As cultural evolution as well as organic evolution originates from the imperfection, mutation and error s, there are always slip-ups, social mutations, in the wor king of human laws and institutions. And the self-feeding restlessness of humanity ensures the sor t of failure that makes cultural evolution and sur vival possible. [3] Humanity remains therefore suspended between a fiercely desired perfection and the knowledge that it will never be tr uly reached. [4] This incapability of satisfaction generated through the perpetual gap between ‘is’ and ‘ought to be’ encourage our habit of por traying our society as desolated contemporar y urban space where violence, anxiety and lonesomeness populates. The utopian is not an accidental and transient fact, but essential character of the human species. Then what is the purpose of ar t in this exhaustive decaying wor ld? The purpose of ar t has been discussed throughout the histor y of philosophy and near ly ever y major philosopher has commented on ar t, including Aristotle, Plato, Kant and other s. In recent era, ar t has enjoyed its elevated status and the impor tance as a medium that enables to nur ture interdisciplinar y discour ses, debates and creativity via archives and education and instigate communication under the diver se ar tistic platforms as museums and galleries. Despite the fact and the effor t to promote ‘public’ under standing and enjoyment of ar t, restricted and confined psychological accessibility regardless of physical accessibility limits the experiences of ar t thus questioning its purpose. Intriguingly, in his most recent essay ‘Ar t as Therapy’, Alain de Botton argues that ar t ‘can reawaken us to the genuine merit of life’ through changing how we experience the wor ld.
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‘… ar t has the power to extend our capacities beyond those that nature has originally endowed us with. Ar t compensates us for cer tain inborn weaknesses, in this case of the mind rather than the body, weaknesses that we can refer to as psychological frailties… ar t is a therapeutic medium that can help guide, exhor t and console its viewer s, enabling them to become better ver sions of themselves.’ [5] Among the numerous and conflicting definitions of ar t therapy since the mid-20th centur y, it is generally agreed to describe the therapeutic application of ar t making rather than seeing and often used to a wide range of people with difficulties, disabilities or diagnoses. [6] Broadening its application, De Botton arises the possibility of its therapeutic influence on a wider public through open and active psychological par ticipator y spectator ship. Piet Mondrian considered ar t as ‘a pro-active attempt to establish a utopia on ear th’ through his abstract neoplastic paintings to reveal a non-material, univer salist utopia based on the balancing of archetypal opposites during the turn of the 20th centur y when nihilism was per vasive and ideological impasses were exacerbated by the outbreak of the series of cr uel events. [7] The ‘nonexistence’ of utopia, far from leading to nihilism and to desperation, leads humanity towards hope, spurring it towards moral and str uctural transformation, and therefore towards the constr uction of a society that is to be, as far as is possible, better than the one in which human beings find themselves living. [8] The visual presentation of non-existing fantastical hybrid space and the utopian nature of the ar twor ks in this exhibition generate not only the oppor tunity for the audiences for sincere retrospection of oneself and wor lds, but also imaginar y space where viewer s create their own utopia of mind.
[1]
Marques, Viriato Soromenho, ‘Utopia and Ecology’, Spaces of Utopia: An Electronic Journal, nr. 4, Spring 2007, pp. 137, 141
[2]
Quar ta, Cosimo, ‘Homo Utopicus: On the Need for Utopia’, Utopian Studies, Vol. 7, No. 2, 1996, pp. 158-160
[3]
Pfeiffer, John E., The Emergence of Man, New York: Harper & Row, 1972, p. 304, 315
[4]
Quar ta, Cosimo, ‘Homo Utopicus: On the Need for Utopia’, Utopian Studies, Vol. 7, No. 2, 1996, pp. 162
[5]
De Botton, Alain, and John Armstrong, Ar t as Therapy, Phaidon Press Ltd., 2013, p. 5
[6]
‘Ar t therapy is a form of psychotherapy that uses ar t media as its primary mode of communication. It is practiced by qualified, registered Art Therapists who work with children, young
people, adults and the elderly. Clients who can use ar t therapy may have a wide range of difficulties, disabilities or diagnoses. These include, for example, emotional, behavioral or mental health problems, learning or physical disabilities, life-limiting conditions, brain-injury or neurological conditions and physical illness. Art therapy may be provided for groups, or for individuals, depending on clients’ needs. It is not a recreational activity or an art lesson, although the sessions can be enjoyable. Clients do not need to have any previous experience or expertise in ar t.’, What is Ar t Therapy, The British Association of Ar t Therapists, n.d. p. 1 <http://baat.org/What_is_Art_Therapy.pdf> [7]
Tyler, Christopher and Amy Ione, ‘The Concept of Space in Twentieth Century Art’, Human Vision and Electronic Imaging: Proceedings of Photonics West, Technical Conference
sponsored by The International Society for Optical Engineering and the Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T). San Jose, California, January 2001 [8]
Quar ta, Cosimo, ‘Homo Utopicus: On the Need for Utopia’, Utopian Studies, Vol. 7, No. 2, 1996, p. 156
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MIN JUNGYEON
Dialogue (gauche) | ink on paper | 32.7 x 50 cm | 2012
Dialogue (doite) | ink on paper | 32.7 x 50 cm | 2012
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Masse 4 | ink on paper | 32 x 32 cm | 2012
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Masse 5 | ink on paper | 32 x 32 cm | 2012
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Mousse | ink on paper | 32 x 32 cm | 2012
Suspention | ink on paper | 32 x 32 cm | 2012
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Un apres midi ameres | acr ylic on canvas | 197 X 110 cm | 2009
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JEONG YUNKYUNG
Inexorable Space | acr ylic on unprimed canvas | 150 x 320 cm (diptych) | 2013
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The Mass 1 | acr ylic and pencil on unprimed canvas | 160 x150 cm | 2012
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Culmination 3 | acr ylic and pencil on unprimed canvas | 90 x 90 cm | 2013
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Symbiotic Composition 3 | acr ylic and pencil on unprimed canvas | 130 x 90 cm | 2011
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Symbiotic Space | acr ylic on unprimed canvas | 50 x 40 cm | 2013
Culmination VI | acr ylic on unprimed canvas | 50 x 40 cm | 2013
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Culmination 4 | acr ylic on canvas | 90 x 70 cm | 2013
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KIM younghun
Electronic Cloud-p1105 | oil on canvas | 146 x 112 cm | 2011
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Electronic Cloud-p1104 | oil on canvas | 130.5 x 162 cm | 2011
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Han jisOC
Untitled100925-529001 | oil on linen | 130 x 162 cm | 2010
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Untitled100927-729001 (glass house) | oil on linen | 130 x 162 cm | 2010
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Untitled100923-329001 (glass house) | oil on linen | 130 x 162 cm | 2010
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KIM JISEON
Orange Sunset | oil on canvas | 60 x 45 cm | 2012
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Orange Forest | oil on canvas | 30 x 25 cm | 2012
Red Light on the Sea | oil on canvas | 25 x 30 cm | 2012
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Orange Road | oil on canvas | 30 x 25 cm | 2011
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Hot Lake | oil on canvas | 60 x 60 cm | 2012
Hot Stone | oil on canvas | 60 x 60 cm | 2012
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BIOGRAPHY
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MIN JUNGYEON
Born in 1979 Lives and works in Paris, France
Across Age, Galerie Maria Lund, Paris, France Ar t Asia Miami 2009, Galeire Kashya Hildebrand, Miami, USA Ar t Stage Singapore 2010, Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Singapore
EDUCATION
Korean Collective London 2010, Albemarle Gallery, London,
2005 École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Ar ts de, Paris, France
England
2000 Hongik University, Seoul, Korea
ARCO 2010, Galeire Kashya Hildebrand, Madrid, Spain KUNST 2010, Galeire Kashya Hildebrand, Zurich, Switzerland
SOLO EXHIBITION
SCOPE Basel 2010, Galeire Kashya Hildebrand, Basel, Switzerland
2013 Hybrid Space, HADA Contemporary, London, England
Ar t HK 2010, Galeire Kashya Hildebrand, Hongkong, China
2012 Memoire de la serre, Galerie Maria Lund, Paris, France Demander le chemin a mes chaussure, Saint-Etienne Modern Ar t Museum, Paris, France
KIAF 2010, Galeire Kashya Hildebrand, Seoul, Korea 2009 SCOPE Basel 2009, Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Basel, Switzerland, Expo de Jeune ar tist internationale a Daegu, KT&G, Daegu,
2011 Nomade, Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Zurich, Switzerland
Korea
2009 Hibernation, Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Zurich, Switzerland
Ar t Asia Miami 2009, Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Miami, USA
Beaute’ troublante, Kong gallery, Seoul, Korea 2007 Somnolence, Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Zurich, Switzerland Marécage, IMART Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2006 Passage, Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, NewYork, USA
Espace Des Ar ts Sans Frontières, Paris, France Expo De Printemps, Espace 5 Étoiles, Paris, France Ar t Dubai 2009, Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Dubai, UAE 2008 Contemporary Korean Ar tists In Paris, Seoul Ar ts Center, Seoul,
2005 Amnios, Galerie Mille Plateaux, Paris, France
Korea
2004 L’aube Après La Nuit, Korean Cultural Center, Paris, France
SH Contemporary 2009, Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Shanghai,
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Ar t Dubai 2008, Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Dubai, UAE
China 2013 Homo Utopicus, HADA Contemporary, London, UK Drawing Now 2013, Galerie Maria Lund, Paris, France Butterfly Out of Eden, Fellini Gallery, Berlin, Germany 2012 Drawing Now 2012, Galerie Maria Lund, Paris, France
Ar t Cologne 2008, Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Cologne, Germany 2007 Dreamscapes, Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Zurich, Switzerland ACAF 2007, Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, NewYork, USA Ar t Cologne Palma de Mallorca 2007, Galerie Kashya Hildebrand,
Korean Collective Milan 2012, Galerie Barbara
Mallorca, Spain
Frigerio Contemporary, Milan, Italy
Ar t Miami 2007, Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Miami, USA
Planter une ile dans un pot, Atelier Gustave, Paris, France Accrochage 4, Galerie Maria Lund, Paris, France 2011 Asian Ar t Biennale, Taiwan National Modern Ar t Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Ar t Dubai 2007, Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Dubai, UAE 2006 Special Year of France - French Contemporary Ar t, Coex, Seoul, Korea Korean Contemporary 5, Kong Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Ar t Asia Miami 2011, Galeire Kashya Hildebrand, Miami, USA
Petit à Petit, Daumesnil 89 Gallery, Paris, France
Korean Collective Nederland 2011, Galerie Boordeinde,
A Travers Des Nouvelles Fenêtres, Korean OECD, Paris, France
Den Haag, Nederland
Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Cologne, Germany
SCOPE Basel 2011, Galeire Kashya Hildebrand, Basel, Switzerland
KUNST 2006, Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Zurich, Switzerland,
Westparcel, Kunstverein Graz, Rogenburg, Germany Westparcel, Altefeuerzache, Berlin-Fiedrichshain, Germany Korean Collective 2011, Leonhard Ruthmuler Contemporary,
KIAF 2006, Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Seoul, Korea 2005 Overseas Young Korean Ar tists - The Riddle of Style, Seoul Ar t Center, Seoul, Korea
Basel, Switzerland Drawing Now 2011, Galerie Maria Lund, Paris, France
AWARDS
Ar t Paris 2011, Galeire Kashya Hildebrand, Paris, France
2011 Prize of Par tner and Saint-Etienne Modern Ar t Metropol
India Ar t Summit 2010, Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, New Deli, India Ar t Stage Singapore 2010, Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Singapore 2010 Neography- Cite des ar ts, Paris, France G20 Seoul Summit Celebration Exhibition For The Korean Fine ar t, Assemble Nationale De la coree, Seoul, Korea
Museum, Paris, France 1999 Third Prize In German-Korean Ar tistic Relations Competition, Seoul, Korea
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JEONG YUNKYUNG
Born in 1981 Lives and works in London, United Kingdom
EDUCATION 2009 Associate Research Student, Goldsmiths, London, England 2008 MFA, Slade School of Fine Ar t, University College London, London, England 2006 BA, College of Ar t & Design, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2013 The ARCADIAN State SUMARRIA LUNN, London, England 2011 Axonometr y, SUMARRIA LUNN, London, England 2010 SONGAM ARTIST PRIZE, OCI Museum, Seoul, Korea
GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2013 Homo Utopicus, HADA Contemporary, London, UK
New British 2013, Patch London, London, England Facing Surfaces, Bosse&Baum, London, England NATURAL PERSPECTION, Aretha Campbell Fine Ar t / Narcissus Ar ts, London, England 2012 Thread-needle Prize, Mall Galleries, London, England Do Window, Galler y Hyundae, Seoul, Korea Guasch Coranty International painting Prize, Barcelona, Spain 4482, Bargehouse, London, England 2011 The return of abstraction, Ar t space Loo, Seoul, Korea Personalized Memor y, Galler y Hyundae window Space ,Seoul, Korea 2010 Invisible Bond, Korean Cultural Centre, London, England Present From The Past, Korean Cultural Centre, London, England JOONGANG FINEART PRIZE, Seoul Ar t Museum, Seoul, Korea T-R-A-C-E , Shan Hyu Museum, China London Ar t Fair , SUMARRIA LUNN, London, England 2009 Natural Recurrence, Nolias Galler y, London, England Group/Grope, Area10, London, England 2008 Visual Vocabular y, Willsden Green Librar y Centre, London, England 4482 Korean Contemporar y Ar t, Barge House, London, England
Korean Contemporar y Ar tist , G-spot, London, England LONG NIGHT, William Angel Galler y, London, England FIVE YEARS, Sesame Galler y, London, England Notations 2008, Performance, UCL Research Centre, London, England ‘See me’ Lee Cambell Project, Bow Ar ts Trust, London, England Peacock Yard Project, 13Peacock Yard, London, England 2006 MiKi Exhibition, Galler y Cott, Seoul, Korea 2005 Uterus Exhibition, Space Achim, Seoul, Korea Funny Sight Exhibition, Galler y Chang, Seoul, Korea
AWARDS 2012 Thread-needle Prize, Mall Galleries, London, England Gausch Coranty, Internationa painting Prize, Barcelona, Spain 2010 1st SONGAM ARTIST PRIZE ,Seoul, Korea 32nd JOONGANG FINEART PRIZE, Seoul, Korea 2008 Renaissance Ar t Prize Awards, London, England Visual Ar t Section-Painting: Best non-Italian ar tist in London, London, England Foster Fletcher Prize (Scholarship), London, England
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KIM YOUNGHUN
Born in 1964 Lives and works in Seoul, Korea
2001 It’s a Wonderful world-sol, mur, temps, Espace ar tsenal, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France Un Cer tain Regard sur la Nature, Abbatiale de Bernay, France
EDUCATION 2008 MFA, Chelsea College of Ar ts and Design, University of Ar ts London, UK 2007 Goldsmiths University, London, UK 1992 BFA , Fine Ar t, Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea
0 + X, Espace Bateau-Lavoir, Paris, France Energy Raum, Dreieich City Gallery, Germany Jeune Création 2001, Grande Halle de La Villette, Paris, France Cité Internationale des ar ts gallery, Paris, France Sol / Mur / Temps, Korea Culture Center, Paris, France 2000 Fiestalux, Rue de Pont Neuf, Paris, France
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2013 Cloud Map, Space K, Daegu, Korea 2012 Cloud Map, Nouvo Gallery, Daegu, Korea Cloud Map, Zaha Museum, Seoul, Korea 2010 Electonic Nostalgia: Broken Dream, Sungkok Ar t Museum, Seoul, Korea 2003 271 Höherweg Studio, Düsseldorf, Germany Ingolstadt City Gallery, Ingolstadt, Germany 2002 Espace ICARE, Issy-Les-Moulineaux, France 2001 Cité Internationale des ar ts gallery, Paris, France 1997 Dark Side of the Moon, Woong-Jun Gallery, Seoul, Korea 1995 Total Museum of Contemporary Ar t, Jang-Heung, Korea
Media Ar t 21- Vir tually Yours, Sejong gallery, Seoul, Korea Cité Internationale des ar ts gallery, Paris, France 1999 ‘99 Environmental Ar t Festival, Kwanghwa Mun Station, Seoul, Korea For The 2000th Tears, Chung-Dam ar t festival, Seoul, Korea Joongang Ar t Festival, Ho-Am Gallery, Seoul, Korea Open Space - Factory and Video, Sam-Ae Company, Icheon, Korea Blasphemy-Dying to be Cruel, Monstrous, Strange, Total Museum of Contemporary Ar t, Seoul, Korea 1998 Inchon Multimedia Ar t Festival, Inchon Ar t Center, Korea 1997 Our Cultural Legacy - View Point of Today, Sungkok Ar t Museum, Seoul, Korea Dismantlement and revival- D.M.Z, National Ar t Center, Seoul, Korea Body as Text, Kumho Ar t Museum, Seoul, Korea
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2013 Homo Utopicus, HADA Contemporary, London, UK MULTI EFFECT, Gallery IHN, Seoul, Korea
Group Exhibition, HADA Contemporary, London, UK 2012 Geumgang Nature Ar t Biennale, Gongju, Korea Transformed Human, Space K, Gwangju, Korea The Secret, ARKO Ar t Center, Seoul, Korea A Secret, the Margin of Error, Gwangju Museum of Ar t, Gwangju, Korea 2011 Back to the Future, Alternative Ar t Space IPO, Seoul, Korea The Secret, Busan Museum of Ar t, Busan, Korea From a Distance, Keep a Distance, Sungkok Ar t Museum, Seoul, Korea 31 Emerging Ar tists, Gallery Forest, Seoul, Korea Pity on Utopia, Ar t Space LOO, Seoul, Korea
1996 The Stream of The New Generation: Technology and Anti-Technology, National Ar t Center, Seoul, Korea Good Morning Mr. Stomach, Gihon river project, Vermont Studio Center, Vermont, USA 1995 Joongang Fine Ar ts Prize, Seoul Ar t Museum, Seoul, Korea 1994 Review 1995, Today, Gallery Doll, Seoul, Korea New Prospect ‘94, Moran Museum, Masuk, Korea 1993 New Space-The New, Seokyung Gallery, Seoul, Korea Human, Body, Sexuality, gallery Doll, Seoul, Korea Female-Pain, Ba-Tang-Kol Gallery, Seoul, Korea 1992 Dong-A Ar t Festival, National Museum of Modern Ar t, Kya-Chun, Korea Light-The Trace of The Power, Dukwon Gallery, Seoul, Korea New Form ‘92, Yoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2010 Ar t Actually, Gallery Kunstdoc, Seoul, Korea Electronic Nostalgia, Seoul Ar t Space Mullae, Seoul, Korea Ar t Share, Dongduk Ar t Gallery, Seoul, Korea Over the Rainbow, Sungkok Ar t Museum, Seoul, Korea 2009 Digital/Multiple Emotion, Sejul Gallery, Seoul, Korea Nomadic Project (Time and Space), Dalanzadgad City useum, Gobi, Mongolia
AWARDS 2003 Hoherweg Studio Program, Düsseldorf, Germany 1996 Freeman Fellowship, Vermont, USA 1995 Grand Prize, Joong Ang Ar t Festival, Seoul, Korea
Defamiliarization by Anna Air project, Nolias Gallery, London, UK Condensation 2009, Bodhi Gallery, London, UK 2008 4482, Oxo Tower, Barge house, London, UK Condensation, Desima gallery, London, UK 2007 4482, Kingston Business Park, London, UK
RESIDENCY 2000- 2002 SAMSUNG Paris Studio Program, SAMSUNG Culture Foundation, Cité Internationale des Ar ts, Paris, France
2003 For My Daughter’s Daughter, Paris project room, Paris, France Kim Young Hun & Moon Byung Tak, Ingolstadt City gallery, Ingolstadt, Germany 2002 Kim Young Hun & Christelle Spano, Paris Project Room, Paris, France Nature cult, Avelines Museum, Saint-Cloud, Paris, France Waldkunstphad (Forest Ar t Path), Darmstadt International Symposium, Darmstadt, Germany Jeune Création 2002, Grande Halle de La Villette, Paris, France
COLLECTIONS 2000 Kimchi Museum, Seoul, Korea 1995 SAMSUNG Museum, Seoul, Korea
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HAN JISOC
Born in 1971 Lives and works in Seoul, Korea
EDUCATION 2006 MA, Fine Ar t, Chelsea College of Ar t and Design, London, UK 1998 BFA, Fine Ar t, Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2013 Surface, Galler y BK, Seoul, Korea 2012 White-Hot, Galler y b’one, Seoul, Korea 2010 Out of Sight, UNC Galler y, Seoul, Korea 2009 I’ve Got You, Weibang Galler y, Seoul, Korea 2001 My Epitaph, Boda Galler y, Seoul, Korea 1999 Self-por trait, Gana Ar t Space, Seoul, Korea
The Open, King’s park studio, London, UK Nothing To Declare, The Gap Gallery (project space), Chelsea College of Ar t & Design, London, UK 2006 Still Dynamics, Jerwood Space, London, UK Orioccid, Cite Internationale des Ar ts, Paris, France An Event In London, The plum Tree, London, UK Progressions, The Triangle Space, Chelsea College of Ar t & Design, London, UK Ontological Space, Chugye University, Seoul, UK
AWARDS 2011 Selected Ar tist, Soma Museum Archive Ar tist 2009 Selected Ar tist, Public Ar t (sponsored by Monthly Public Ar t Magazine) 2000 Excellent Prize, Seoul Space International Print Biennial (sponsored by Space Group and Seoul Museum of Ar t)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2013 Homo Utopicus, HADA Contemporary, London, UK
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2009
2008
2007
Group Exhibition, HADA Contemporar y, London, UK Busan Biennale special exhibition, Busan Cultural Centre, Busan, Korea Noegenesis, Galler y BK, Seoul, Korea Korea Tomorrow, Hangaram Ar t Museum, Seoul Ar t Centre, Seoul, Korea Two persons show (The Vanishing), EON Galler y, Seoul, Korea I’m a painter, UNC Galler y, Seoul, Korea Pintmaking & Information, Seoul Museum of Ar t, Seoul, Korea Eco Zone, Kunstraum T27, Berlin, Germany Mapping Mindscape, K. & Galler y, Seoul, Korea Star Wars-Episode 3, UNC galler y, Seoul, Korea Asia Panic, Gwangju Biennale Centre, Gwangju, Korea Print Your Life, Seoul Museum of Ar t, Seoul, Korea Beyond The Lind, UNC Galler y, Seoul, Korea P.E.A.R.L, Galler y Pakyoung, Paju, Korea Welcome Home Par ty, Sun Contemporar y Galler y, Seoul, Korea 4482, Barge house, Oxo Tower, London, UK Editon, Gyeongnam Ar t Museum, Changwon, Korea Fold 07, performance at Tate Britain, London, UK Shows, Ar t Futures, Studio Glass Galler y, London, UK
COLLECTIONS LG Group, Seoul, Korea Korea Development Bank, Seoul, Korea Green Cross, Seoul, Korea Pakyoung Collection, Seoul, Korea Space Group. Seoul, Korea
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KIM JISEON
Born in 1986 Lives and works in Seoul, Korea
EDUCATION 2012 MFA Fine Ar t at Slade School of Fine Ar t, UCL, London, UK 2010 BA Fine Ar t, Slade School of Fine Ar t, UCL, London, UK 2006 FDA at Chelsea College Ar t and Design, London, UK,
GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2013 Homo Utopicus, HADA Contemporary, London, UK Lee Jinhan, Kim Jiseon Group Exhibition, HADA Contemporary, London, UK 2012 Imaginary Landscape, Miel, Seoul, South Korea MFA/MA Degree Show 2012, Slade School of Fine Ar t, London, UK Modern Ar t Show, St. George’s Hall, London, UK 2011 Rainbow Project, Gabulre Gallery, Seoul, South Korea Spring, Summer and Winter, Joon-A Gallery, Seoul, South Korea The Devour, Ar t project at AAF, London, UK 2010 Imaginary Landscape, Arch 402 Gallery, London, UK KIAF10, Coex, Seoul, South Korea ASYAAF 2010 Par t-2, Sungshin women’s University, Seoul, South Korea Greenlovebrown, Paik Hea Young Gallery, Seoul, South Korea BA Degree Show 2010, Slade School of Fine Ar t, London, UK The Slade, Swiss Cottage Gallery, London, UK 2009 Project standing by…/Beyond Taboo, Dukwoon Gallery, Seoul, South Korea 2008 New York, Great Hall gallery, New York, USA 2004 Ssohdah project 2, MY ART Gallery, Seoul, South Korea 2003 Ssohdah project 1, Indeco Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
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