Born 1969 in Seoul, Korea
Lives and works in Seoul, Korea

Study

1992
B.F.A. in Photography, College of Arts, Chung-Ang University, KR

2000
Diploma in Communication Design, Universität Wuppertal, GER

Teaching

Professor at Chung-Ang University in Seoul, KR

Solo Exhibitions

2021
Most Beautiful, Bernhard Knaus Fine Art, Frankfurt am Main, GER

2020
Vice Versa, LAZNIA Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdansk, PL

2018
Kyungwoo Chun - Ordinary Unknown, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, KR
Face of Face, Bernhard Knaus Fine Art, Frankfurt am Main, GER

2016
Kyungwoo Chun-The Most Beautiful, The Weight, MAC-VAL-musée d'art contemporain Val-de-Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine, F
Nueve Editoras, Galería JosédelaFuente, Santander, ES

2015
Nine Editors, Bernhard Knaus Fine Art, Frankfurt am Main, GER

2014
Portraits, HADA Contemporay, London, UK

2013
Interpreters, Gaain Gallery, Seoul, KR

2012
SEVENTEEN MOMENTS, Galería Nuble, Santander, ES
PERFECT RELAY, Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Delmenhorst, GER
RESPONSE / HALLE OBEN, Kunsthalle Göppingen, Göppingen, GER

2011
THOUSANDS, Kunsthalle Erfurt, Erfurt, GER

2010
THOUSANDS, Lazania, Centre for Contemporary Art, Dazing, PL
SIMULTAN, Bernhard Knaus Fine Art, Frankfurt, am Main, GER
THOUSANDS AND OTHER WORKS, Galería SKyistheLimit (SKL), Palma de Mallorca, ES
BEING A QUEEN, The Museum of Photography, Seoul, KR
DEPARTURE SONGS, Galerie DNA, Berlin, GER

2009
THOUSANDS, Kunsthalle in Emden, GER
BEING A QUEEN, Aarhus Kunstbygning, center for contemporary art, Aarhus, DK
THOUSANDS, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, KR
New Works, Gaain Gallery, Seoul, KR

2008
BreaThings, Bernhard Knaus Fine Art, Frankfurt am Main, GER
THOUSANDS, Fifty One Fine Art Photography, Antwerpen, BE
SAPPHO:OHPPAS, Kunstverein Ruhr, Essen, GER

2007
DNA Galerie, Berlin, in Kooperation mit Bernhard Knaus Fine Art, Mannheim, GER
VERSUS, Galeria Arte Ko, Donostia-San Sebsatian, ES
VERSUS, Galeria Raquel Ponce, Madrid, ES
Last Works, Galería Nuble, FOCONORTE-festival de fotografía y vídeo, Santander, ES
SILENCE IS MOVEMENT, Galerie DNA, Berlin, in Kooperation mit Bernhard Knaus Fine Art, Mannheim, GER
Projecting Life Indoors (2-person), Casa Asia, Barcelona, ES
VERSUS & BELIEVING IS SEEING, Gallery Van Zoetendaal, Amsterdam, NL
BELIEVING IS SEEING, Gaain Gallery, Seoul, KR

2006
screen sprit_continued/ KYUNGWOO CHUN, Staedtische Galerie im Buntentor, Bremen, GER
"In/finite", Galerie Bernhard Knaus, Mannheim, GER
51 Fine Art Gallery, Antwerpen, BE

2005
100 Questions - Photographs, Video Installation, Stiftung DKM, Duisburg, GER
DIALOG, Künstlerhaus Göttingen, GER
A Naming Game (video, photographs, and performance), Galería Arteko, San Sebastian, ES

2004
A Day in Seoul, Van Zoetendaal Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
Kyungwoo Chun, The Museum of Photography, Seoul, KR
Intervals, Galeria FF, Lodz, PL

2003
Kyungwoo Chun ‘reMEMBERed,’ Odense Foto Triennale, Museet for Fotokunst, Brandts Klædefabrik Odense, DK
EIDOLON, Prüss & Ochs Gallery, Berlin, GER

2002
this appearance, Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, GER

2001
Kyungwoo Chun 1998–2001, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, KR
Thirty Minutes Dialog, Galleri Image, Aarhus, DK

1998
Zeitraum im Verschwinden, Werkraum Uerdingerstrasse, Köln, GER

1994
Aura, Ba-Tang-Gol Gallery, Seoul, KR

Group Exhibitions

2019
Beyond Line, The Art of Korean Writing, LACMA-Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA
The Phenomenon of the Mind : Facing Yourself, Museum of Contemporary Art Busan, Busan, KR
Poetic Diction, Pohang Museum of Steel Art, Pohang , KR

2018
Persona Grata, MAC-VAL - musée d'art contemporain Val-de-Marne,Vitry-sur-Seine, F
Persona Grata, Musée national de l’histoire de l’immigration, Paris, F
Verborgene Gesichter. Portraits im Blickpunkt, Kulturstiftung Schloss Agathenburg, Agathenburg, GER
The Portrait with(out) Artists , SeMA-Nam Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, KR
186 - feuilles la collection de dessins et de photos de la Vitry-sur-Seine depuis 1979, F
Galerie Municipale Jean-Collet, Vitry-sur-Seine, F

2017
Video Portrait Vol.2 - Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, KR
Community Art : Annyeonghaseyo - Buk Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, KR

2016
Nirvana, Contemporary Art of the Republic of Korea in Moscow - The State Museum of Oriental Art, Moskau, RU
Public to Private: Photography in Korean Art since 1989, MMCA-National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, KR
Prozession, Licht und Performance, St. Thomas von Aquin/Katholische Akademie, Berlin, GER

2015
6th Moscow Biennale/Special Project-Reverse Point Asia State Museum-Reserve Tsaritsyno, Moscow, RU SHOOT: About Performance, DNA, Berlin, GER
Real in Irreal, Wooyang Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeonju, KR

2014
Fluctuaciones y Perfiles Remotos, Galería Nuble, Santander, ES
Silence is Movement, artclub1563, Seou, KR
A BOOK BETWEEN TWO STOOLS, Villa Empain, Boghossian Foundation, Brussels, BE

2013
Still, Photography in the Museum, MODEM Centre for Modern and Contemporary Arts, Debrecen, PL

2012
Weihnachtsausstellung, Gruppenausstellung mit Werken von 12 Künstlern, Bernhard Knaus Fine Art, Frankfurt am Main, GER
What is it to be Chinese?, Grimmuseum, Berlin, GER
Artdeko Gallery With Zinemaldia, Galeriá Artdeko, San Sebastián, ES
GROWING TOGETHER, Galería Nuble, Santander, ES
A COLLECTION, Galleri Image, Arhus, DK

2011
Series of Photographs - A Centry of Photographs, Museum fuer Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, GER
Isabelle Huppert: Woman of Many Faces , The Museum of Photography, Seoul, KR
Interview & Artists as an Interviewer, Arko Art Center, Arts Council Korea , Seoul, KR
C Action Photo Virus, Langhans Galerie, Prague, Czech Republic

2010
Series of Photographs - A Centry of Photographs, Museum fuer Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, GER
Liverpool Biennial : Media Landscape, Zone East, Contemporary Urban Centre, Liverpool, UK
Chaotic Harmony: Contemporary Korean Photography, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, USA
Man Ray and his heratage, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, KR
DIE ERZÄHLTE ZEIT, Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie e. V. , Darmstadt, GER
Reflections, DNA, Berlin, GER
ICONOTEXTES, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, KR

2009
Chaotic Harmony: Contemporary Korean Photography, The Museum of Fine Art, Houston, TX, USA
WHITE SPACES, a concert on the occasion of Gerhard Stäbler's 60. birthday, Wilhelm Lehmruck Museum, Duisburg, GER
ARCHIVO, MK Galerie, Berlin, GER
Hangul=Spirit: Inspired by Korean Charlacters, Korean Cultural Centre, London, UK
TRIALOG I, II - video, music, performance with Kunsu Shm and Gerhard Staebler, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Gaain Gallery, Seoul, KR
TRIALOG III- video, music, performance with with Kunsu Shm and Gerhard Staebler, Kumho Art Hall, Seoul, KR

2008
THOUSANDS and 1000 Answers, Liverpool Biennial: Fantasy Studio Project, Foundation, Liverpool, UK

2007
Writing Paintings, Painting Words, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, KR
NY C Photo Exhibition, Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, USA
Angelegenheiten, die sich daraus ergeben, Künstlerhaus Bremen, Bremen, GER
Landscape of Korean Contemporary Photography, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, KR
Soft Power Exhibition, Korea Foundation Cultural Center, Seoul, KR
STATEMENTS, Bernhard Knaus Fine Art, Frankfurt am Main, GER
SLOW, Miki Wick Kim Contemporary Art, Zürich, CH

2006
Busan Biennale, KR(P)
TINA B 2006 Contemporary Art Festival, Prague, Czech Republic
Artspectrum 2006, Leeum / Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, KR

2005
Asia - the place to be?, Alexander Ochs Galleries Berlin/ Beijing, CHN

2004
Galeris Neuvelles Images, The Hague, NL
Wirklichkeit des Individuums, Kunsthalle Mannheim, GER

2003
Der Rest der Welt, curated by Alexander Ochs, Neuffer am Park Pirmasens, GER
The Third Asian Photography, Guardian Garden, Tokyo, JP

2002
Identität und Ideal, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, GER
Perspektiven—81. Herbstausstellung niedersächsischer Künstler, Kunstverein Hannover, GER
portrait: portrait, Prüss & Ochs Gallery (formerly Asian Fine Arts Berlin), Berlin, GER
International Young Art 2002, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, Sotheby’s Amsterdam, and Sotheby’s Tel Aviv, USA

2001
Bremer Förderpreis für Bildende Kunst, Städtische Galerie im Buntentor Bremen, GER
Hall of Mirrors/Variants of the Portraits, Museet for Fotokunst, Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense, DK

2000
Internationale Photoszene Köln 2000, Deutsches Sport & Olympia Museum, Köln, GER

1999
Schwarz und Weiss, Museum Schloss Morsbroich, Leverkusen, GER
Galerie im Funkhaus des MDR, Magdeburg, GER
Artriumgalerie des Willy-Brandt-Hauses, Berlin, GER

Awards

2008
Stipendium des Art Council Korea, Seoul, KR

2007
Hanmi Photography Award, The Museum of Photography, Seoul, KR
Stipendium, DIVA Austausch-Programm, The Danish Arts Council, Copenhagen, DK
Auftragsarbeit und Preis, C Photo Magazine, Ivory Press, London, UK

2006
Auftragsarbeit, Tonhalle, Düsseldorf, GER

2001,2005
Stipendium der koreanischen Kultur- und Kunst-Stiftung, Seoul, KR

2004
Künstler-Stipendium, Centro Cultural Andratx, Majorca, ES
Auftragsarbeit,Fundación Centro Ordónez, Falcon de Fotografía, San Sebastian, ES

2001-2002
Stipendium, verliehen durch die Stadt Delmenhorst, Niedersachsen, GER

Collections

Huis Marseille stichting voor fotografie, Amsterdam, NL
Museum fuer Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, GER
Sammlung Alison & Peter W. Klein, Eberdingen-Nussdorf, GER
The Caldic Collection, Rotterdam, NL
Centro Cultural Andratx-CCA, ES
Kunsthalle Emden, Emden, GER
Kunsthalle Göppingen, Göppingen, GER
Galleri Image, Aarhus, DK
Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, KR
Seoul Museum of Art, KR
National Museum of Contemporary Art, KR
Laznia-Center for Contemporary Art, Gdansk, PL
Bank Vontobel, Zurich, CH
MAC-VAL - musée d'art contemporain Val-de-Marne,Vitry-sur-Seine, F
CIRCA XX : Colección Pilar Citoler, Madrid, ES
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, USA
Burger Collection, Zürich, CH
Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, NL
Vedder Collection, Zollikon, CH
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, GER
Museet for Fotokunst, Brandts Klaedefabrik Odense, DK
Kunst en Complex Collection, Rotterdam, NL
Haus Coburg, Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, GER
Fundación Centro Ordónez, Falcon de FotografÌa, Donostia-San Sebastian, ES
Stiftung DKM, Duisburg, GER
The Museum of Photography, Seoul, KR
Fortis Bank Collection, Rotterdam, NL

Publications

Kyungwoo Chun-Performance Raisonné I (Text: Jiyoon Lee), IANN Books, Seoul, 2011
Kyungwoo Chun-Photographs (Text: Hyeyoung Shin), IANN Books, Seoul, 2011
bild.klang.los- Ein Trialog von Kyungwoo Chun, Kunsu Shim und Gerhard Stäbler (Text: Hella Melkert, Peter Friese), PFAU Verlag, Saarbrücken, 2009
Being a Queen-Kyungwoo Chun (Text: Louise Wolthers, Rune Gade, Nathalie Boseul Shin), Forlaget Vandkunsten, Copenhagen, 2009
Art.es – project #26 (Text: Peter Friese), Madrid, Spain 2009
ARCHIVO-Thousands, Amsterdam (Text: Urs Stahel), the Netherlands, 2008
Kyungwoo Chun-Thousands (Texts: Wulf Herzogenrath, Nils Ohlsen, Jiyoon Lee, Urs Stahel), Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, 2008
Believing is Seeing (Text: Hyeyoung Shin), Gaain Gallery, Seoul, 2007
KYUNGWOO CHUN-photographs, video performances (Texts: Stephan Berg, Minseong Kim, Susanne Pfeffer), Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, 2005
Souvenirs (Text: Mika Elo), Sigongart, Seoul, 2005 KYUNGWOO CHUN, the Museum of Photography (Text: Seungkon Kim, Hanmi Foundation of Culture and Arts), Seoul, 2004
INTERVALS (Text: Lech Lechowicz), FF Gallery, Lodz, 2004
EIDOLON (Text: Enrique Ordonez, Jaana Pruess), Alexander Ochs Galleries, Berlin, 2003
this appearance-Kyungwoo Chun, Staedtische Galerie Delmenhorst edition23, Delmenhorst, 2002 KYUNGWOO CHUN 1998-2001 (Texts: Finn Thrane, Enno Kaufhold), Sunggok Art Museum, Seoul, 2001
AURA (Text: Juseok Park), Batanggol Gallery, Seoul, 1994