KIM SOO KANG
Kim is originally educated in painting, but she switched over to photography after studying in Pratt Institute in US. Her photography works has a strong sense of painterly texture. Every since 1992, Kim has shown her works in exhibitions in galleries not only Seoul but also in Russia, Denmark, US and other parts of the world.
EDUCATION
1998 M.F.A in Photography, Pratt Institute, U.S.A.
1993 B.F.A in Painting, Department of Fine Art, Seoul National University, Korea
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 Sookang Kim (Soul Art Space, Busan, Korea)
2014 Towels | Shelf (Gallery Kong, Seoul, Korea)
2008 Stones (Gallery Kong, Seoul, Korea)
2008 Stones & Vessels (Gallery 339, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.)
2007 Sookang Kim (Gallery Kong, Seoul, Korea)
2006 White Vessel (Gallery Kong, Seoul, Korea)
2005 Bojagi (Gallery Red Forest, Seoul, Korea)
2005 Sookang Kim (Paik Hae Young Gallery, Seoul, Korea)
2003 In My Hand (Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea)
2000 Being (Gallery Lux, Seoul, Korea)
1998 Trivial Stories (Gallery 2000, Seoul, Korea)
1997 Odes to Things (Steuben West Gallery, New York, NY, U.S.A.)
1993 Rust (Gallery Indeco, Seoul, Korea)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 Long Life/Photo (Kyungpook National University Art Museum, Daegu, Korea)
2016 Public to Private:Photography in Korean Art since 1989 (National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea)
2015 Kitchen in Fantasy (Horim Museum, Seoul, Korea)
2015 Gaze: Contemplative Mind to Objet (Gallery Huue, Singapore)
2015 Korean Contemporary Photography in Moscow (Gallery of Classic Photography, Moscow, Russia)
2015 Sookang Kim & Hyoungsun Ha “Parallel Encounter” (Gallery JOO HAE, Seoul, Korea)
2015 The Technology of Photography (National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea)
2014 Trace-Sookang Kim & Sanggil Lee (Gallery Planet, Seoul, Korea)
2013 Paris Photo, LA (Paramount Pictures Studios, LA, CA, U.S.A.)
2012 More Photos about Buildings and Food (Gallery 339, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.)
2011 The Gaze of the Observer (Gallery Chosun, Seoul, Korea)
2011 Slow Tempo (JH Gallery, Seoul, Korea)
2011 Edition: Pop-Up (Interalia, Seoul, Korea)
2010 Seven Senses-Flux (Gallery Lux, Seoul, Korea)
2009 Light/Dark (Sepia International, New York, NY, U.S.A.)
2009 Chaotic Harmony (Museum of Fine Arts Houston, TX/ Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Ca, U.S.A.)
2009 Non-Table line (Zaha Museum, Seoul, Korea)
2008 Beyond Definition (Interalia, Seoul, Korea)
2008 On Photography (Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea)
2008 Contemporary Korean Photographs 1948-2008 (National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea)
2007 Korean Contemporary Photographers 10 (The Museum of Photography, Seoul, Korea)
2007 New Acquisition (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, U.S.A.)
2007 In & Out (2×13 Gallery, New York, NY, U.S.A.)
2006 Korean Contemporary Artists 5 (Gallery Kong, Seoul, Korea)
2006 Sepia at Seven (Sepia International, New York, NY, U.S.A.)
2006 Summer Idylls (Gallery 339, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.)
2006 Soft Landing (CAIS Gallery, Seoul, Korea)
2005 Authenticity of Memory (Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX, U.S.A.)
2005 Scent of Daily life (Sun Gallery, Seoul, Korea)
2005 Art Cologne (Koln, Germany)
2005 Between Man and Place (Ssamzie Space, Seoul, Korea)
2004 Image Utopia (KEPCO Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea)
2004 Object / Place / Process (Sepia International, New York, NY, U.S.A.)
2004 A Praise for Still Life (Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea)
2004 Umbra (Sungkok Art Museum, Yoo Art Space, Seoul, Korea)
2003 Bora (Art Center, Seoul, Korea)
2002 Stream (Gallery La Mer, Seoul, Korea)
2000 Our Photography, Today’s Spirit-The New Generation (Art Center, Seoul, Korea)
1992 Moo Deung Art Festival (Kwangju City Art Museum, Kwangju, Korea)
and More than 10 Group Exhibition
COLLECTIONS
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, U.S.A.
Museet for Fotokunst, Denmark
Daelim Contemporary Art Museum, Korea
National Museum of Contemporary Art Korea, Art Bank, Korea