1969
Born in Seoul, Korea
1992
Bachelor of Fine Arts/ B.F.A. in Photography, College of Arts, Chung-Ang University, Korea
1996–2000
Diploma in Photography (Kommunikationsdesign), Universitaet Wuppertal, Germany
Selected Solo Exhibitions / Performances (P)
2009
THOUSANDS, Kunsthalle in Emden, Germany y
BEING A QUEEN, Aarhus Kunstbygning, center for contemporary art, Aarhus, Denmark
THOUSANDS, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
New Works, Gaain Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2008
Bernhard Knaus Fine Art, Frankfurt
THOUSANDS, Fifty One Fine Art Photography, Antwerp, Belgium
SAPPHO:OHPPAS, Kunstverein Ruhr, Essen, Germany
2007
Silence is Movement, DNA Galerie, BerlinGallery Van Zoetendaal, Amsterdam, The Netherland
Believing is Seeing, Gaain Gallery, Seoul, Korea
VERSUS, Galeria Arteko, Donodtia-San Sebsatian, Spain
VERSUS, Galeria Raquel Ponce, Madrid, Spain
2006
screen sprit_continued/ KYUNGWOO CHUN, Staedtische Galerie im Buntentor Bremen, Germany
IN/FINITE, photography, video, Galerie Bernhard Knaus, Mannheim, Germany
PSEUDONYM, Kyungwoo Chun, Fifty One Fine Art Photography, Antwerp, Belgium
2005
O Minute (P)-Video Performance, Artforum Berlin, Germany
100 Questions - Photographs, Video Installation, Stiftung DKM, Duisburg, Germany
DIALOG, Kuenstlerhaus Goettingen, Germany
O Minute (P), KIAF, Seoul, Korea
A Naming Game (video, photographs, and performance), Galería Arteko,
San Sebastian, Spain
Into (apoyo o carga) (P), Galería Arteko, San Sebastian, Spain
2004
A Day in Seoul, Van Zoetendaal Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
18 x 1 Minute (P), Fundación Centro Ordónez, Falcon de FotografÌa, San Sebastian, Spain
18 x 1 Minute (P), Artinus Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Kyungwoo Chun, The Museum of Photography, Seoul, Korea
INTERVALS, Galeria FF, Lodz, Poland
2003
Kyungwoo Chun ‘reMEMBERed,’ Odense Foto Triennale, Brandts Klædefabrik Odense, Denmark
EIDOLON, Pruess & Ochs Gallery, Berlin, Germany
18 x 1 Minute (P), ARCO Madrid - Art Unknown, 2003, Spain, curated by Bart de Baere, Barbara Steiner, Charles Esche
2002
this appearance, Staedtische 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
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007
Soft Power, Korea Foundation Cultural Center, Seoul
PROJECTING LIFE INDOORS: Ana Laura Alaez/ Kyungwoo Chun, Casa Asia, Barcelona
SLOW, Miki Wick Kim Contemporary Art, Zurich, Switzerland
2006
Tijdens fotomanifestatie Contrasten 1, museum goudA, Gouda, The Netherlands
WHITE SPACES, Video Installation, Tonhalle, Duesseldorf, Germany
Busan Biennale 2006, Busan, Korea
Video art from Korea, Casa Asia, Barcelona, Spain
Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu, Korea
TINA B. Contemporary Art Festival Prague, Gallery Nova sin, National Gallery,
Prague, Czech Republic
Artspectrum 2006, Leeum / Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2005
Paik and Beyond, Sonderschau, Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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
The Third Asian Photography, Guardian Garden, Tokyo, Japan
2002
Identitaet und Ideal, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Germany
Perspektiven—81. Herbstausstellung niedersaechsischer 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 Foerderpreis fuer 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 Koeln 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
Presentation at International Art Fairs
2002 – 2007
Art Cologne(Alexander Ochs Galleries, Bernhard Knaus Fine Art
2003, 2007
PARIS PHOTO(Gallery Van Zoetendaal, Fifty One Fine Art
2005 – 2006
ARCO Madrid(Pruess&Ochs Gallery, Galeria Raquel Ponce)
2006
Arte Lisboa(Galeria Arteko
Palm Beach Art Fair (Bernhard Knaus Fine Art)
Art Fiera Bologna (Bernhard Knaus Fine Art)
2005
Artforum Berlin(Alexander Ochs Galleries)
KIAF(Alexander Ochs Galleries)
2004
RAI Amsterdam(Gallery Nouvelles Image),
2002
Art Frankfurt(Pruess&Ochs Gallery)
Art Brussel(Pruess&Ochs Gallery)
Grants/ Awards
2007
Grant, DIVA Exchange Program, The Danish Arts Council, Copenhagen, Denmark
Commission/ Grant, C Photo Magazine, Ivory Press, London, U.K.
2006
Commission, Tonhalle, Duesseldorf, Germany
2001, 2005
Grant from the Korean Culture and Arts Foundation, Seoul, Korea
2004
Artist-in-residence, Centro Cultural Andratx, Majorca, Spain
Commission, Fundación Centro Ordónez, Falcon de FotografÌa, San Sebastian, Spain
2001–02
Artist Scholarship from the City of Delmenhorst, Niedersachsen, Germany
1998
AGFA Foerderprogram, Leverkusen, Germany
Selected Public Collections
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, The Netherlands
Vedder Collection, Zollikon, Switzerland
Museum fuer Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Germany
Museet for Fotokunst, Brandts Klaedefabrik Odense, Denmark
Kunst en Complex Collection, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Haus Coburg, Staedtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Germany
Fundación Centro Ordónez, Falcon de FotografÌa, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain
Stiftung DKM, Duisburg, Germany
The Museum of Photography (Hanmi Foundation of Arts and Culture), Seoul, Korea
Fortis Bank Collection, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Selected Bibliography
Periodicals
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 Rueckkehr der Aura durch Aufloesung und Zerteilung.”
EIKON Internationale Zeitschrift fuer 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
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.” Koelner Stadtanzeiger, June 20, 1998.
Broadcasting
Deutsche Welle, euromaxx, June 2006, Germany
KBS, Digital Museum, June 2004, Korea
Channel 5, Feb. 2003, Spain
Catalogues
AURA, Batanggol Art Gallery, Seoul, 1994
KYUNGWOO CHUN, Sunggok Art Museum, Seoul, 2001
this appearance-Kyungwoo Chun, Staedtische Galerie Delmenhorst edition23, Delmenhorst, 2002
EIDOLON, Alexander Ochs Galleries, Berlin, 2003
INTERVALS, FF Gallery, Lodz, 2004
KYUNGWOO CHUN, The Museum of Photography(Hanmi Foundation of Culture and Arts), Seoul, 2004
KYUNGWOO CHUN-photographs, video performances, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, 2005, (Monograph)
Selected Public Collections
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 Netherland
Haus Coburg, Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Germany
Fundación Centro Ordónez, Falcon de FotografÌa, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain
Stiftung DKM, Duisburg, Germany
The Museum of Photography, Seoul, Korea
Fortis Bank Collection, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
