Biography - Galerie Andres Thalmann

Kyungwoo Chun - Biography 1/4
1969
1988-1992
1996-2000
2012
Born in Seoul, Korea
College of Arts, Chung-Ang University,
Anseong, Korea
Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
Lives and works in Seoul, Korea and Bremen, Germany
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012
2011
2010
2009 2008 2007 2006
Galería Nuble, Santander, Spain
Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Delmenhorst, Germany
Galerie Andres Thalmann, Zurich, Switzerland
Kunsthalle Göppingen, Göppingen, Germany
Kunsthalle Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany
Galería Arteko, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
Laznia-Center for Contemporary Art, Gdansk, Poland
Bernhard Knaus Fine Art, Frankfurt, Germany
SKL Gallery, Palma, Spain
The Museum of Photography, Seoul, Korea
Galerie DNA, Berlin, Germany
Aarhus Kunstbygning, Center for Contemporary Art, Aarhus, Denmark
Galleri Image, Aarhus, Denmark
Kunsthalle Emden, Emden, Germany
Gaain Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Galería Raquel Ponce, Madrid, Spain
Centro Huarte-Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Navarra, Spain
Bernhard Knaus Fine Art, Frankfurt, Germany
Fifty One Fine Art Photography, Antwerp, Belgium
Kunstverein Ruhr, Essen, Germany
Galería Nuble, FOCONORTE- Festival de
Fotografía y Vídeo, Santander, Spain
Galerie DNA, Berlin, Germany
Casa Asia, Barcelona, Spain
Gallery Van Zoetendaal, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Gaain Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Galería Arteko, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
Galería Raquel Ponce, Madrid, Spain
Städtische Galerie Bremen, Bremen, Germany
2005 2004
2003 2002
2001
1998
1994 Galerie Bernhard Knaus, Mannheim, Germany
Fifty One Fine Art Photography, Antwerp, Belgium
Stiftung DKM, Duisburg, Germany
Künstlerhaus Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Galería Arteko, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
Van Zoetendaal Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The Museum of Photography (Hanmi Art
Foundation), Seoul, Korea
Galeria FF, Lodz, Poland
Odense Foto Triennale, Brandts Klædefabrik Odense, Denmark
Pruess & Ochs Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Delmenhorst, Germany
Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
Galleri Image, Aarhus, Denmark
Werkraum Uerdingerstrasse, Cologne, Germany
Ba-Tang-Gol Gallery, Seoul, Korea
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012
2011
What is it to be Chinese?, Grimmuseum, Berlin, Germany
5th European Month of Photography Berlin, Bahnhof Ostkreuz, Berlin, Germany
Project Daejeon 2012: Energy, Daejeon
Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea
Growing Together, Galería Nuble, Santander, Spain
Breda Photo - International Photo Festival, Museum of the Image, Breda, The Netherlands
Festival of New Cinema, Holden Gallery,
Manchester, England
Blue Crystal Ball: Samsung Olympic Games Media Art Collection, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill, England
Portrait of Time, Can Foundation, Beijing, China
En Samlig, Galleri Image, Aarhus, Denmark
Believing is Seeing, Ffotogallery, Turner House, Cardiff, Wales
Series of Portraits - A Centry of Photographs, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
Galerie Andres Thalmann
Talstrasse 66
CH - 8001 Zürich phone+41 44 210 20 01
fax +41 44 210 20 02
[email protected]
www.andresthalmann.com
Kyungwoo Chun - Biography 2/4
2010
2009 2008
2007
Isabelle Huppert: Woman of Many Faces, The Museum of Photography, Seoul, Korea
Interview & Artists as an Interviewer, Arko Art Center, Seoul, Korea
C Action Photo Virus, Langhans Galerie, Prague, Czech Republic
Liverpool Biennial: Media Landscape, Zone East, Contemporary Urban Centre, Liverpool, England
Chaotic Harmony: Contemporary Korean
Photography, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, USA
Man Ray and his Heritage, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie, Darmstadt, Germany
Reflections, Galerie DNA, Berlin
ICONOTEXTES, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea
Chaotic Harmony: Contemporary Korean
Photography, The Museum of Fine Art,
Houston, USA
WHITE SPACES, MK Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Hangul = Spirit: Inspired by Korean Characters, Korean Cultural Centre, London, England
TRIALOG I; II, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Gaain Gallery, Seoul, Korea
TRIALOG III, Kumho Art Hall, Seoul, Korea
Liverpool Biennial: Fantasy Studio, A
Foundation Liverpool, Liverpool, England
Verticals, Gallery Van Zoetendaal, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
SAPPHO, WDR Musik Fest, Duisburg
Landschaftspark, Germany
Writing Paintings, Painting Words, Seoul
Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
NYC Photo Exhibition, Phillips de Pury &
Company, New York, USA
Angelegenheiten, die sich daraus ergeben, Künstlerhaus Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Landscape of Korean Contemporary
Photography, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Soft Power Exhibition, Korea Foundation
Cultural Center, Seoul, Korea
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002 2001
Statements, Bernhard Knaus Fine Art,
Frankfurt, Germany
Slow, Miki Wick Kim Contemporary Art, Zurich, Switzerland
Tijdens fotomanifestatie Contrasten 1, Museum
goudA, Gouda, The Netherlands
White Spaces, Tonhalle, Dusseldorf, Germany
Busan Biennale 2006, Busan Metropolitan Art Museum, Busan, Korea
El mar que tiene dos nombres. Videoarte de Corea, Casa Asia, Barcelona, Spain
Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu, Korea
TINA B. Contemporary Art Festival Prague, Gallery Nova Sin, Prague, Czech Republic
Artspectrum 2006, Leeum / Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Paik and Beyond, Sonderschau Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Asia - The Place to Be?, Alexander Ochs
Galleries, Berlin, Germany
Fotografie, Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague, The Netherlands
Wirklichkeit des Individuums, Kunsthalle
Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Der Rest der Welt, Neuffer am Park,
Pirmasens, Germany
The Third Asian Photography, Guardian
Garden, Tokyo, Japan
Identität und Ideal, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Perspektiven —81., Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Portrait: Portrait, Pruess & Ochs Gallery, Berlin Germany
International Young Art 2002, The Elizabeth
Foundation for the Arts, New York, USA;
Sotheby’s Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Sotheby’s Tel Aviv, Israel
Bremer Förderpreis für Bildende Kunst,
Städtische Galerie Bremen, Bremen,
Germany
Hall of Mirrors / Variants of the Portraits, Museet for Fotokunst, Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense, Denmark
Galerie Andres Thalmann
Talstrasse 66
CH - 8001 Zürich phone+41 44 210 20 01
fax +41 44 210 20 02
[email protected]
www.andresthalmann.com
Kyungwoo Chun - Biography 3/4
2000
1999
Internationale Photoszene Köln 2000,
Deutsches Sport & Olympia Museum, Cologne,
Germany
Schwarz und Weiss, Museum Schloss
Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
Galerie im Funkhaus des MDR, Magdeburg, Germany
Artriumgalerie des Willy-Brandt-Hauses, Berlin, Germany
SELECTED PERFORMANCES
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
Versus, infront of the Museum Bärengasse, Zurich, Switzerland
Versus, infront of the Rathaus Göppingen, Kunsthalle Göppingen, Göppingen, Germany
Versus, Times Square, Public Art Program by Times Square Alliance, New York, USA
100 Questions, Arko Art Center, Arts Council Korea , Seoul, Korea
Silence is Movement, Long Night of Museums, Laznia-Center for Contemporary Art, Gdansk, Poland
The Seven Chairs, Aarhus Kunstbygning-Center for Contemporary Art, Aarhus, Denmark
PERFORMAT I-Kyungwoo Chun, Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany
BreaThings, Gaain Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Greetings, Galería Raquel Ponce, Madrid, Spain
Burden or Support, Psi #14: Interregnum,
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Bim Bim Blumen, Kunstverein Ruhr, Essen, Germany
Versus, curated program by ARTE LISBOA, Lisbon, Portugal
Versus Seoul-Barcelona 2, Festival Asia, Casa Asia, Barcelona, Spain
Versus Seoul-Barcelona 1, Softpower
exhibition, W Hotel, Seoul, Korea
Into (apoyo o carga), Gaain Gallery, Seoul, Korea
An Allegory of Failure, Galería Arteko,
Donodtia-San Sebasatián, Spain
O Minute, Busan Biennale 2006, Busan
Metropolitan Art Museum, Busan, Korea
2005
2004
2003
Into (apoyo o carga), National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
11 Allegories, Mannheim Football Club, Galerie Bernhard Knaus, Mannheim, Germany
O Minute - Video Performance, Artforum Berlin, Germany
O Minute, KIAF, Seoul, Korea
Into (apoyo o carga), Galería Arteko, San
Sebastian, Spain
18 x 1 Minute, Fundación Centro Ordóñez, Falcon de Fotografía, San Sebastián, Spain
18 x 1 Minute, Street at Artinus Gallery, Seoul, Korea
18 x 1 Minute, ARCO Madrid - Art Unknown, Madrid, Spain
GRANTS, AWARDS AND ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
2008
Public Art Competition, Bremen, Germany
Grant, Art Council Korea
Commission by Duisburger Philharmoniker, Germany
2007
Artists in Residence, DIVA Exchange Program, The Danish Arts Council, Copenhagen, Denmark
Artitst Grant, Ivory Press, London, UK
Hanmi Photography Prize 2007, The Museum of
Photography (Hanmi Foundation for Arts and Culture), Seoul, Korea
2006
Commission, Tonhalle Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
2001, 2005 Grant from the Korean Culture and Arts
Foundation, Korea
2004
Artist-in-residence, Centro Cultural Andratx, Majorca, Spain
Commission, Fundación Centro Ordóñez,
Falcon de Fotografía, San Sebastián, Spain
2001–02
Artist Scholarship from the City of Delmenhorst, Delmenhorst, Germany
Galerie Andres Thalmann
Talstrasse 66
CH - 8001 Zürich phone+41 44 210 20 01
fax +41 44 210 20 02
[email protected]
www.andresthalmann.com
Kyungwoo Chun - Biography 4/4
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Hamburg,
Germany
Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, The Netherlands
Vedder Collection, Zollikon, Switzerland
Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
Sammlung Alison & Peter W. Klein, Eberdingen, Germany
The Caldic Collection, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
CIRCA XX : Colección Pilar Citoler, Madrid, Spain
Burger Collection, Zurich, Switzerland
Kunst en Complex Collection, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Haus Coburg, Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Delmenhorst,
Germany
Fundación Centro Ordónez, Falcon de Fotografía, DonostiaSan Sebastian, Spain
Centro Cultural Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
Stiftung DKM, Duisburg, Germany
The Museum of Photography (Hanmi Foundation of Arts and
Culture), Seoul, Korea
Fortis Bank Collection, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Kunsthalle Emden, Emden, Germany
This Appearance - Kyungwoo Chun, Staedtische Galerie
Delmenhorst edition23, Delmenhorst, 2002
KYUNGWOO CHUN 1998-2001, Sunggok Art Museum,
Seoul, 2001
AURA, Batanggol Gallery, Seoul, 1994
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Kyungwoo Chun-Performance Raisonné I, IANN Books,
Seoul, 2011
Kyungwoo Chun-Photographs, IANN Books, Seoul, 2011
bild.klang.los- Ein Trialog von Kyungwoo Chun, Kunsu Shim
und Gerhard Stäbler, PFAU Verlag, Saarbrücken, 2009
Being a Queen-Kyungwoo Chun, Forlaget Vandkunsten,
Copenhagen, 2009
Art.es – project #26, Madrid, Spain 2009
ARCHIVO-Thousands, Amsterdam, 2008
Kyungwoo Chun-Thousands, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, 2008
Believing is Seeing, Gaain Gallery, Seoul, 2007
KYUNGWOO CHUN - Photographs, Video performances,
Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, 2005
Souvenirs, Sigongart, Seoul, 2005
KYUNGWOO CHUN, The Museum of Photography, Seoul,
2004
INTERVALS, FF Gallery, Lodz, 2004
EIDOLON, Alexander Ochs Galleries, Berlin, 2003
Galerie Andres Thalmann
Talstrasse 66
CH - 8001 Zürich phone+41 44 210 20 01
fax +41 44 210 20 02
[email protected]
www.andresthalmann.com