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Sora Kim

Korean, 1965

Biography

Sora Kim

  • Born in 1965, Seoul, Korea
    Lives and works in Seoul, Korea

Selected Solo Exhibitions

  • 2016
    Songs from knee to nose, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

    2015   
    2,3 Sora Kim, 2015 Artist of the Year, Korea Cultural Centre, London, UK

    2013       
    Three Foot Walking, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Ghost Recordings, Tina Kim Gallery, New York, US (collaboration w/Ari Benjamin Meyers)

    2012       
    Abstract Walking, Artsonje Center, Seoul, Korea

    2010       
    –, Atelier Hermes, Seoul, Korea

    2007       
    Hansel & Gretel, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
    Melting Alaska, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK

    2004       
    Antarctica, Artsonje Center, Seoul, Korea

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • 2017          
    Ode to Forgetting, SeMA, Nam-Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
    do it 2017, Seoul, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
     
    2016          
    Wrap around the time, Nam June Paik Art Center, Yongin, Korea
    Connect 1: Still Acts, Artsonje Center, Seoul, Korea
    5th Anyang Public Art Project, Anyang, Korea
     
    2015          
    Discordant Harmony, Hiroshima Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
    Discordant Harmony, ArtSonje Center, Seoul, Korea

    2014       
    Once is Not Enough, AVPavillion, Seoul, Korea
     
    2013       
    Novelles Vagues, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
     
    2012       
    Playtime, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul, Korea
    (Im)possible Landscape, Plateau, Seoul, Korea
     
    2011       
    Count Down, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul, Korea
    Inner Voice, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
    Appeal for an Alternative, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen: Schmela Haus, Düsseldorf, Germany
     
    2010       
    Oblique Strategies, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
     
    2008       
    Platform 2008: I have nothing to say and I am saying it, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul, Korea
     
    2007       
    Not only possible but also necessary, 10th International Istanbul Biennale, Turkey
    World Factory, Walter & Mc Bean Galleries, San Francisco, US
    Somewhere in Time, Artsonje Center, Seoul, Korea
     
    2006       
    A Tale of Two Cities, Busan Biennale 2006, Contemporary Art ExhibitionBusan, Korea
    Through the Looking Glass, Asia House, London, UK
     
    2005       
    Hermès Korea Misulsang, Artsonje, Seoul, Korea
    Art Circus-Jumping from Ordinary, International Triennale of Contemporary Art, Yokohama 2005, Japan
    Seoul-Until Now!, Charlottenbourg Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Secret Beyond the Door, Korean Pavilion, 51st Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
    40x40Project, SpaceLoop, Seoul, Korea
     
    2004       
    Cosmo Vitale, REDCAT Gallery, Los Angeles, US
    You are my sunshine: Korean Contemporary Art 1960-2004, Total Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
    Z.O.U. Zona D’Urgenza, SENSI Contemporanei, Villa Zerbi, Reggio Calabria, Italy
    Stranger than Paradise, Total Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
     
    2003 
    Zone of Urgency, Dreams and Conflicts, 50th Venice Biennale, Arselnal, Venice, Italy
    Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale, Niigata, Japan
    Everyday: Contemporary Art from Asia, Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen, Denmark
     
    2002       
    Archivio Attivo
    , Centro Per L'Arte Contemporanea Carbognano, Carbognano, Italy
    Under Construction, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Three Young Artists from Korea, MDS Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Pause: The 4th Gwangju Biennale 2002, Gwangju Metropolitan Museum of Arts, Gwangju, Korea
    BLINK, Artsonje Center, Seoul, Korea
    Fantasia, East Modern Art Center, Beijing, China
    ASIANVIBE, Espai d'Art Contemporani de Castelló, Spain
     
    2001      
    Fantasia
    , space imA, Seoul, Korea
    My Home is Yours, Your Home is Mine, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    POST-PRODUCTION, Galleria Continua, San Gimigniano, Italy
     
    2000      
    My Home is Yours, Your Home is Mine
    , Rodin Gallery, Seoul, Korea
    Leaving the Island, PICAF, Pusan Metropolitan Museum of Arts, Busan, Korea
    Museum_City Project, Fukuoka, Japan
    City_Vision: 2000 Media_City Seoul, Seoul, Korea
    Construction in Process 2000, Bydgoszcz, Poland
    Text & Subtext, LaSalle SIA-Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore
    From Here to There, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany
     
    1999      
    Asian Exhibition
    , Mattress Factory Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, US
    Media in Residence, Art Center Seoul, Korea
    No Parking, Artsonje Center, Seoul, Korea
    Phobia, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
     
    1998     
    Food, Clothing and Shelter
    , Seoul Metropolitan Fine Arts Museum, Seoul, Korea
    Personal Touch, Art in General, New York, US
    Sites of Desire: 1st International Taipei Biennial, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan

Selected Awards

  • 2007      
    BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK

    2003      
    Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France

    2000     
    Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany

    2000      
    Young-Eun Artists Residency Program, Kyunggido, Korea

    2000      
    Museum_City Project, Fukuoka, Japan

    1999    
    Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, US

    1997      
    Art/Omi Artists Residency Program, New York, US

Selected Public and Private Collections

  • Kadist Art Foundation, San Francisco, US
    National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea
    Seoul Museum of Art, Korea
    Artsonje Center, Seoul, Korea
    Posco Museum, Seoul, Korea
    Maeil Dairies Co., LTD, Korea

Works

Publications

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Hansel and Gretel
Hansel and Gretel
oblique strategies
oblique strategies

News

Selected Press

2016-12-00 LEAP
2016-10-00 BAZAAR ART
2016-10-00 美術世界
2016-10-00 ArtReview Asia
2016-08-30 연합뉴스TV
2016-08-00 월간미술
2016-07-00 Art in Culture
2015-10-00 BAZAAR ART
2015-03-00 J.J. Magazine
2014-01-00 Art In Culture
2013-11-00 Noblesse
 Connect 1 : Still Acts   pdf LEAP
스틸, 액트!   pdf BAZAAR ART
미완성과 완성 사이: Still Acts   pdf HEREN
과거의 트집 잡기   pdf 美術世界
Previewed   pdf ArtReview Asia
오늘의 눈으로 본 ‘20년 전 그녀들의 감성’   pdf 서울신문
아트선재센터 <커넥트1(Connect 1): 스틸 액츠(Still Acts) – 김소라, 이불, 정서영>   pdf 사진예술
생선 썩는 냄새를 맡아라, 미술관에서   pdf 경향신문
시각에 청각과 후각을 더하다   pdf 연합뉴스TV
사물 속에 담긴 백골…전시 '삶과 죽음의 흔적   pdf SBS뉴스
리모델링 중에 여는 소장품 회고전   pdf 동아일보
이불·정서영·김소라의 ‘백 투더 퓨처’   pdf 중앙일보
"아트선재센터, 90년대 이후 한국문화사와 함께 성장"   pdf 서울경제
미술관에서 생선 98마리가 썩고 있는 사연   pdf 한국일보
썩는 물고기·수위실·책장…모아놓으니 작품   pdf 이데일리
아트선재센터, '커넥트 1: 스틸 액츠' 전시회 개최   pdf 이뉴스투데이
아트선재센터 9개월만에 재개관…김소라 이불 정서영의 커넥트1: 스틸액츠'   pdf NEWSIS
Connect 1: Still Acts   pdf 월간미술
커넥트 1: 스틸 액츠_김소라, 이불, 정서영   pdf Public Art
‘소리’의 열린 해석   pdf Art in Culture
‘멍때리게 하는’ 소리를 보여드립니다   pdf 한겨레
전시품은 없습니다, 소리만 있습니다   pdf 문화일보
무릎을 뚫고 턱으로 빠지는 노래_김소라 프로젝트    pdf Public Art
큐레이팅의 방식들   pdf BAZAAR ART
Dear Friends, Hope All is Well   pdf J.J. Magazine
Three Foot Walking   pdf Art In Culture
Walking in Copenhagen   pdf Noblesse