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Yunjoo Kwak (born in Seoul, South Korea, 1977)
Education
2011 M.F.A. Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem, The Netherlands
2008 M.F.A. Korea National University of Art, Seoul, Korea
2002 B.F.A. SangMyung University, Seoul, Korea
Selected Solo exhibitions
2010 Interlude, no. 5, Reykjavik Museum of Photography, Reykjavik, Iceland
2007 Heroic Gravity, Brain Factory, Seoul, Korea
2006 Triumph of the Will, Gallery 175, Seoul, Korea
Selected Group exhibitions & Performances
2012 Niet Normaal: Difference on Display, Bluecoat Art Center, Liverpool, United Kingdom (upcoming)
Who is afraid of oriental girls, Mondriaan toren, Delta Lloyd Groep, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2011 Who is afraid of oriental girls, Espace Enny, Laag Keppel, the Netherlands
2011 Like Now(would be good): collective performance, Bulegoa Z/B, Bilbao, Spain
2010 Affectionately Yours; If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution with Dutch Art Institute, Wyspa Art Institute, Gdansk, Poland
2009 Open studio, Artists Initiative Duende Studio, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
2008 Up-and-Comers, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea*
2008 Photography & Now, Artbit Gallery,Seoul,Korea
2008 B-201=Drawing, Dongduk Women’s University B201,Seoul,Korea
2007 Service Station, Gallery Walsh, Chicago, IL, USA*
2007 Text in Bodyscape, Seoul Metropolitan Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea*
2007 No made; open studio, the National Art Studio Changdong, Seoul, Korea*
2006 Consensus Construction, the National Art Studio Changdong,Seoul,Korea
2006 The Power of Imagination the 47th Special Exhibition of Korea University (Korea University Museum special exhibition hall), Seoul, Korea*
2006 Holidays at Gallery 175, Gallery 175, Seoul, Korea*
2006 Speed Pain, space Haam, Seoul, Korea
2005 Contemporary Photography by 4 Critics -Women Who Challenge the Phantasy of Mirages, the Museum of Photography, Seoul, Korea*
2005 Unspecific Subject, Cho Heung Gallery,Seoul,Korea
2005 Pink Blossom, Club Mongwhan, Seoul, Korea
2004 Daughters of Visual, Seoul Women’s Plaza, Seoul, Korea
2004 Beyond the Imagination, Young Eun Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyung gi, Korea*
2002 The Vision of Art, DongDuk Art Gallery,Seoul,Korea
*Catalogue
Commissioned Public Project
2008 Zone d’attente, le tunnel: Contemporary Public Art Project, French Cultural Center, Seoul, Korea
Workshop & Artists Talk
2007 Artists talk with the Critics, the National Art Studio Changdong, Seoul, Korea
2005 Artists Talk, Contemporary Photography by 4 Critics -Women Who Challenge the Phantasy of Mirages, the Museum of Photography, Seoul, Korea
2004 Beyond the Imagination, Art Project with teenagers with the physically disabled, Young Eun Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyung gi, Korea
Collection
the Museum of Photography, Seoul, Korea
Artist in Residencies
2009 The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists (SIM), Reykjavik, Iceland
2009 Artists Initiative Duende Studio, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
2006 the National Art Studio Changdong, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Grants
2010 Exhibition Grants, Art Council Korea, Korea
2009 Residency Grants, Art Council Korea, Korea
2006 Exhibition Grants, Art Council Korea, Korea
Scholarship
2010 Huygens Scholarship, Nuffic, the Netherlands
Bibliography
2007 The Emerging Young Photographers Series; Kwak Yunjoo, Text by Kim Sukwon, Photographic Art Magazine, vol.214, February. 2007, pp 92~97
2005 Camera Work Vol.3: Contemporary Photography by 4 Critics -Women Who Challenge the Phantasy of Mirages, Text by Park Youngsook, published by the Museum of Photography, Seoul, Korea
Lecturer
2008-2009 Digital Photography, Fine Art Department, Korea National University of Arts
Email: peninsula.k@gmail.com
