2015 PhantomFootsteps, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2009 Desireand Anesthesia, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, Korea
2008 SuchGame, SSamzie Space, Seoul, Korea
1999 Room with a View, Alternative Space Loop, Seoul, Korea Paused-little Paused Room, Container Gallery of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Incandescence: The Chandelier in Contemporary Art, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, US Hallyu! The Korean Wave, The Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, US Forms of the Shadow, Secession, Vienna, Austria A New Sense of A Shared World, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea Korean Embroidery in Modern Times: The Birds Trying to Catch the Sun, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea Hallyu! The Korean Wave, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, US
2023 Ordinary People, Splendid History, Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon, Korea The Shape of Time: Korean Art after 1989, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, US Negotiating Borders, The Korean Cultural Center Canada, Ottawa, Canada DMZ Exhibition: Checkpoint, Dora Observatory, Camp Greaves, Imjingak Peace Nuri, Paju, Korea;Yonkang Gallery, Gyeongwonseon Art Museum, Yeoncheon, Korea BULGARI SERPENTI 75 YEARS OF INFINITE TALES, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2022 Hallyu! The Korean Wave, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK Art Delivery, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Cheongju, Korea Patterning. Pop and Politics in Contemporary Textile Art, Kunstmuseum Ravensburg, Ravensburg, Germany Checkpoint. Border Views from Korea, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany The Brilliant Days, Ulsan Art Museum, Ulsan, Korea Omniverse, Museum San, Wonju, Korea
2021 Margins of Error, Nirox Sculpture Park, Krugersdorp, South Africa Active Threads, KAI 10 | ARTHENA FOUNDATION, Düsseldorf, Germany Border Crossings - North and South Korean Art from the Sigg Collection, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland
2020 Examination of a case, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany
Ståhl Collection, Norrköping, Sweden We Do Not Dream Alone – Asia Society Triennial, Asia Society Museum, New York, US NegotiatingBorders, Centre Culturel Coréen/ Fondation FIMINCO, Paris, France BaselByBerlin, Carlier Gebauer Gallery, Berlin, Germany Collecting for All, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea Unconstrained Textiles: Stitching Methods, Crossing Ideas, Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile (CHAT), Hong Kong, China
2019 Korean Video Art from 1970s to 1990s: Time Image Apparatus, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea The Square: Art and Society in Korea 1900-2019, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea The Real DMZ Project: Negotiating Borders, Korean Cultural Centre UK, London, UK DMZ, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul, Korea 52 ARTISTS 52 ACTIONS, Artspace, Sydney, Australia
2018 Edge of the Wonderland, Thailand Biennale, Krabi, Thailand Paradoxa, Art from Middle Korea, Casa Cavazzini, Udine, Italy Mobile Worlds, MKG Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Germany 52 Artists 52 Actions, Artspace, Sydney, Australia The Real DMZ, New Art Exchange, Nottingham, UK
2017 Culture City of East Asia 2017 Kyoto: Asia Corridor Contemporary Art Exhibition, Kyoto Art Center & Nijo Castle, Kyoto, Japan The Timeshare Project: Kunsthal Aarhus 100 Years, Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark Rediscovery of Colors, Museum SAN, Wonju, Korea Material Connections, Jane Lombard Gallery, New York, US
2016 Korea Artist Prize 2016, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea Gestures and Archives of the Present, Genealogies of the Future, the 10th Taipei Biennale, Taipei, Taiwan Suzhou Documents, Suzhou Art Museum and Suzhou Industrial Park, Jiangsu, China Encounters, Hong Kong Art Basel, Hong Kong As the Moon Waxes and Wanes, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea Art in Society - Land of Happiness, Buk-Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2015 Asia Time, the 1st Asian Biennale and the 5th Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China Séoul vite, vite!, Lille 3000, Lille, France East Asia Feminism: FANTasia, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea The sounds of Things: Materiality in Contemporary Korean Art Since the 1970s, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea Uploarious, Heated, Inundated, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea Everyone's Table, Pohang Museum of Art, Pohang, Korea
2014 King Sejong the Great Opens the Age of Hangeul Culture, National Hangeul Museum, Seoul, Korea Beyond and Between, Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2013 Transfer Korea-NRW, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf & Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany; National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea Opening Collection Exhibition, Buk Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea 2013 Peace Art Project, Baengnyeong-do, Korea
2012 Garden of Learning, Busan Biennial 2012, Busan, Korea The Unseen, the 4th Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China The Unexpected Guest, the 7th Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, UK
Video Screening in conjunction with Scramble for the Past, SALT Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey Art Project 2012: Communion in conjunction with Nuclear Security Summit Seoul 2012, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea Artist on the Road, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea Move on Asia, Alternative Space Loop, Seoul, Korea In the Loop, Alternative Space Loop, Seoul, Korea Aesthetics of Table Setting, Ewha Womans University Museum, Seoul, Korea
2011 Asia Pacific Breweries Signature Art Prize Finalist Exhibition, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore Open House, the 3rd Singapore Biennial, Singapore
The 7th Tournai International Triennial, Tournai, Belgium Move on Asia, Casa Asia, Barcelona, Spain
2010 Hyper Real, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, Austria Tourist's Dream (Video Screening), Institute of International Visual Arts (inIVA), London, UK The Multicultural in Our Time, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France; Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea
2009
The 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
Prague Biennale 4, Prague, Czech Republic Made in Korea: Leisure, a Disguised Labor?, Kaufhaus Sinn Leffers, Hanover, Germany Bad Boys, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea Another Masterpieces, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea
2008 Correspondence, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, Korea Fiction and Non Fiction, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea New Acquisitions: Collection Reconstructed, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea Melbourne Art Fair 2008 Project Rooms, Melbourne, Australia B-Side, do ART Seoul, Seoul, Korea
2007 Zain-Marie’s Story, Space C Koreana Museum, Seoul, Korea Speak Unspeakable: Artist International Forum, Alternative Space Loop, Seoul, Korea Story Factory, Packed-Unpacked Series, SSamzie Art Warehouse, Paju, Korea Naked Life, Taipei MOCA, Taipei, Taiwan Move on Asia, Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo, Japan; Alternative Space Loop, Seoul, Korea
2006 Fever Variations, the 6th Gwangju Biennial, Gwangju, Korea Pictures Become Postage, Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS), Seoul, Korea EMAP, Nam June Paik and Video Artists, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea Project 001, Yeonheedong195, Seoul, Korea
2005 Enclosed: International Media Screening Show, British Museum, London, UK Seoul: Until Now!, Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark DMZ_2005, Paju, Korea
2004 Absent Voice, Korean Cultural Center, New York, US Report from Uncanny City, AIT Residency Open Studio, Tokyo, Japan Daily Life of Artists, +Gallery, Nagoya, Japan Packed/Unpacked, the 1st SSamzie Collection Exhibition, SSamzie Art Warehouse, Paju, Korea
2003 Cross2003: Korea/Hawaii, University of Hawaii Gallery, Hawaii, US Hui No'eau, Visual Arts Center, Maui, Hawaii, US Text & Subtext, Artspace, Sidney, Australia; Stenersen Museet, Oslo, Norway; Tasiatiska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden; Taipei MOCA, Taipei, Taiwan; Xray Art Center, Beijing China; Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore (2000-2003) Image of Asia, Kunsthallen Nikolaj, Copenhagen, Denmark Discovery of New Perspective of Seoul Lives, SSamzie space, Seoul, Korea
2002 Money and Value – The Last Taboo, Swiss National Expo’02,Artplage Biel, Pavillion der Schweizerishen National bank, Switzerland Pause, the 4th Gwangju Biennial, Gwangju, Korea Au Quartier Coreen, Le lieu Unique, Nantes, France Korean Air France, Glassbox, Paris, France Project Romance Day/Public Event, Maronie Park, Seoul, Korea Coming to Our House, Space Zip, Seoul, Korea
2001 Mega-Wave, the 1st Yokohama Triennale, Yokohama, Japan Escape, the 1st Tirana Biennale, Tirana, Albania Suit Case Studies, 1A Space, Hong Kong Photography & Contemporary Art, Seoul Auction House, Seoul, Korea
Emerging Art Biennial, Daegu Culture and Arts Center, Daegu, Korea Organized Relay Relay: Mail Art Drawing Exhibition, Insa Art Space, Seoul, Korea
2000 Transmission, SSamzie Space, Seoul, Korea Room to Go, SSamzie Space, Seoul, Korea
Selected Awards
2013
Transfer Korea-NRW Residency, Osthaus Museum, Hagen, Germany
2011
Asia Pacific Breweries Signature Art Prize Finalist, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
2008
Rockefeller Bellagio Creative Arts Fellowship, New York, US
MMCA Residency Changdong, Seoul, Korea
Gyeonggi Creation Center Pilot Program, Gyeonggi, Korea
2007
The Korean Culture & Arts Foundation Fellowship, Seoul, Korea
2004
Couvent des Recollets grant by Ministry of French Foreign Affairs and City of Paris, Paris, France
Art Initiative Tokyo Residency, Tokyo, Japan
Ilmin Museum Fellowship, Seoul, Korea
2003
Freemann Foundation Fellowship Residency, University of Hawaii, Hawaii, US
2001-02
The Korean Culture & Arts Foundation Fellowship, Seoul, Korea
2001
Ilju Art House Fellowship, Seoul, Korea
2000
SSamzie Space, Seoul Korea
Selected Public and Private Collections
Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Art Bank, Seoul, Korea
Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Ulsan Art Museum, Ulsan, Korea
Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea
Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Kim Sun Jung Collection, Seoul, Korea
Maeil Dairies, Korea
SSamzie Collection, Seoul, Korea
Ståhl Collection, Norrköping, Sweden
Uli Sigg Collection, Switzerland
UBS Collection