Seungjoo Kim

Seungjoo Kim was born in 1974 in South Korea. She received her Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts Painting from Yeungnam University in Daegu, Korea, her MFA in Digital Arts from the Pratt Institute in New York in 2009, and her MFA in Fine Arts Painting from Yeungnam University in Daegu, Korea in 2002.

Seungjoo Kim has been working with the motif of the ruler measuring physical and mental world with the number from 0 to 9. The ruler as a measurement tool in diverse mediums becomes an odd object that can change our awareness of the ruler. The first impression of her work is minimalistic but it is the symbolism of a ruler as a criterion of human society. Her work dose not use any modified, damaged original images of ruler, composed only with gradations and figures from zero to nine. Inspired by nameplates engraved with mother of pearl, the artist takes this material as the reflection of one's position and identity with characters and signs coinciding with the concept of rulers.

Kim has had numerous solo exhibitions throughout Korea in New York, and participated in group exhibitions in New York, Singapore and numerous cities in Korea. In 2002, she won the HaJungWoong Award for Young Artists. Her works are in public collections, such as Gangnam Station IPark, Seoul, Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu, Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles, and Ilshin Spinning, Seoul.

Selected Solo Exhibition
2018 On the Line, LEEAHN Gallery, Seoul
2015 CROSSROAD, LEEAHN Gallery, Daegu
Art Basel HongKong 2015, Insights 1c29 (Solo presentation organized by LEEAHN Gallery), HKCEC,
Hong Kong
2012 ODD LAND, Gallery2, Seoul
2011 Goozee Gallery, Daegu
2009 Pratt Dean’s Gallery, New York
2006 Maekhyang Gallery, Daegu
2001 Space129 Gallery, Daegu

Selected Group Exhibition
2017 Beautiful Black, LEEAHN Gallery, Seoul
2016 Steel Drawing Exhibition, Pohang Museum of Steel Art, Pohang
DNA Exhibition–DESIGN AND ART, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu
10 YEARS OF PASSION LEEAHN GALLERY 2016, LEEAHN Gallery, Daegu
2012 Dream, Thought, Creation -20 High-profile Contemporary Korean Artists, Cheongshim Peace World
Center, Gapyeong Kyeongki-Do
2010 10th Anniversary of the HaJungWoong Young Artists Invitation Exhibition, Gwangju Museum of Art,
Gwangju
2009 Pratt Show, Manhattan Art Center, New York
2008 Siggraph Asia, LiuLiu PangPang, Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Center,
Singapore
Dumbo Art Festival, DDA Interaction, Dumbo Studio, New York
2005 Mini & Maxi, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Busan
2004 Contemporary Trends: Video& Installation, Culture and Arts Center, Daegu
Summer Exhibition, Settlement House for handicapped Person, Daegu
The Floral Rain, Culture and Arts Center, Daegu
PLAYBACK-The Generation Renewed, Cube C-Shilla Gallery, Daegu
2003 SPACE in SPACE, SPACE803 Gallery, Daegu
New Frontier, Culture and Arts Center, Daegu
2002 Light HaJungWoong Young Artists Invitation, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju
What is the art? –Group TAC, Culture and Arts Center, Daegu
Fragments - The Context and The Language, SPACE129 Gallery, Daegu
Daegu Contemporary Artist Association Exhibition, Culture and Arts Center, Daegu
Riding the horse– Group TAC Exhibition, Hwan Gallery, Daegu
2001 Paint, L-side Gallery, Daegu
KoreaㆍJapan Woman inter Change Exhibition, Culture and Arts Center, Daegu
Contemporary Art’s eyes, Culture and Arts Center, Daegu
2000 On Going of Hers, Mojico Gallery, Kitakyusyu
Korea Young Artists' Biennial, Culture and Arts Center, Daegu
Daegu Contemporary Artist Association Exhibition, Culture and Arts Center, Daegu
The New New Generation, Shilla Gallery, Daegu
1999 The Language of Life and Art – 0.10, Culture and Arts Center, Daegu

Award
2002 HaJungWoong Young Artists

Public Collections
National Museum of Contemporary Art Korea, Seoul
Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles
Indang Museum, Daegu
Ilshin Spinning, Seoul
Gangnam Station IPark, Seoul
Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu