Education
1990, Bachelor of Sculpture, Seoul National University College of Fine Arts 1993, Master of Sculpture, Seoul National University Graduate School 1998, Master of Sculpture, Slade School of Art Graduate School (UCL)
Career
Solo Exhibition 2015 A Cabinet of Curiosities, Hakgojae Shanghai, Shanghai 2015 Painting Series, Hada Contemporary, London 2014 Made in China - Ceramics of Ming, Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol, UK 2014 A Cabinet of Curiosities, National Craft & Design Center, Slipford, the Uk 2014 A Cabinet of Curiosities, Beltone House, National Trust, Grantham, the UK 2013 Translation: Epic Archive, Artist of the Year 2013, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon 2013 Used As a Soap: Pedestal Project, Taipei Modern Museum, Taipei 2012 Used As a Soap: Pedestal Project, Cavendish Square, London 2011 Translation, Haunch of Venison_London Gallery, London 2009 Translation, Lefèbvre Flry Gallery, Paris 2008 Translation, Seoul National University Museum of Art, Seoul 2007 Translation, Mongin Art Center, Seoul 2007 Translation Moon Pot, Korean Exhibit, British Museum, London 2002 Performance & Exhibition, British Museum Great Court, London 2002 Tomorrow's Artist: Translation, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul Group Exhibition 2015 Rain does not just come, Kingston College Art & Design, London 2015 "Mr.Kim! Have a Nice Day!", Michael Hornbach Foundation, Köln, Germany 2015 "Laboratory 7, Dalem Museum, Berlin 2015 Prudential Eye Awards, Art Science Museum, Singapore 2014 Subject of Science - Design and Art, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon 2013 Glaze Stress 2013, white light / white heat, Palazzo Cavalli Franchi; Berengo Center, Venice, Italy 2013 DNA, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu 2012 Korean Eye, Saatchi Gallery, London 2012 Various Spectrum; 600 Years of Korean Ceramics, São Paulo Museum of Contemporary Art, São Paulo, Brazil 2012 Synopticon: Modern Chinese Culture, Plymouth Museum and Art Gallery, Plymouth, UK 2012 Materials and Energy: Korean Eye, Art Design Museum, New York; Fairmont Barb Al Bajar, Abu Dhabi 2012 Ceramic Commune, Artsonje Center, Seoul 2011 Materials and Energy: Korean Eye, Art Design Museum, New York 2011 The Poetry in Soil: Samsung Museum of Art Leeum Buncheong, San Francisco Asian Art Museum, the USA 2011 In Art, Plateau Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul 2011 Mr. rabbit in art Land, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art 2011 TRA: The End of Generating, cPalazzo Fortuny, Venice, Italy 2011 Fusion, OCI Museum, Seoul , Seoul 2011 Memories of Future, Samsung Museum of Art Leeum, Seoul 2010 Korean Eye: Fantastic Daily, Saatchi Gallery, London 2010 The Moon is the oldest clock, National Museum of Contemporary Art Deoksugung Palace, Seoul 2009 Art & Synesthesia, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul 2008 The 3rd Nanjing Triennale: Reflective Asia, Nanjing 2008 Seonggok, Tomorrow's Artist, Sungkok Art Musuem, Seoul 2008 Mim Trakers, Songjwang Musuem of Art, Beijing 2006 Softness, Soma Museum of Art, Seoul 2004 The 5th Gwangju Biennale - Korea Express, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju 2002 11 & 11 - Korea-Japan Contemporary Art 2002, Sungkok Art Musuem, Seoul 2001 The 5th Moran Sculpture Grand Exhibition, Moran Museum, Manseok 2001 An Iron Hand In A Velvet Glove, POSCO Museum of Art, Seoul
Awards career
2015 Selected as A Best New Sculptor, Prudential Eye Awards, Singapore 2013 Artist Of The Year 2013, National Museum of Contemporary, Gwacheon 2002 Sungkok 'Tomorrow's Artist', Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul 2001 The 5th Yeongok Artists Gallery Contest, Youngduk Gallery, Seoul, Korea 1998 ACAVA, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea First Bidder Award, ACCBA, London 1995 The 2nd Namu Academy Competition, Wood Gallery, Seoul 1994 Seoul Contemporary Sculpture Contest, Seoul Newspaper, Seoul 1993 Awarded The 12th Korea Grand Art Exhibition, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
Born in Cheongju, 1967. Activities in London, Seoul