DaeSoo Kim
1955 Born in Seoul, Korea
1975.3 – 1979.2 B.F.A., Dept. of Applied Art, College of Fine Arts, Hongik Univ., Seoul
1980.3 – 1981.6 Studied at Dept. of Photo-Design, Graduate School of Industrial Art, Hongik Univ.
1981.9 – 1983.5 B.F.A., Photography, Parsons School of Design, N.Y. U.S.A
1983.9 – 1987.6 M.F.A., Photography, Pratt Institute, N.Y. U.S.A
1979.1 – 1980.3 Worked in The Office of Planning & Coordination of Daewoo Company
1987.9 – 1988.2 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
1988.3 – 1993.5 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Photography, Sangmyong Univ.
1989.3 – 2005.2 Graduate School of Industrial Art, Ewha Woman’s Univ.
2001.9 – 2002.8 Exchange Professor, Dept. of Photography , Nihon Univ.
2011.9 – 2012.8 Artist Residency, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris
1993.9 – Present Professor, Dept. of Visual Communication, Hongik Univ.
One Man Exhibitions
2017.3.9-4.1 《Sky Wind Stars and Me》, Gallery BK, Seoul
2015.11.9-11.21 《DaeSoo Kim Photography》, Francoise Livinec, Paris, France
2015.9.1-9.29 《DaeSoo Kim Photography》, Gallery Achim, Seoul
2015.6.6-8.19 《New Wave in Korean Photography 1988-1998》, GoEun Museum of Photography, Busan
2014.11.15-2015.3.28 《DaeSoo Kim Photographies》, IBU Gallery, Paris, France
2013.11.8-11.21 《Trees from the People》, Gallery Artpark, Seoul
2012.10.18-11.17 《Listen to the Bamboos》, Galerie Eulenspiegel, & Heuberg 24, Basel, Switzerland
2012.5.18-5.31 《Sensibility of Bamboo》, Gallery Ewho, Seoul
2012.3.8-3.28 《People du Bamboo》, Galerie Philippe Gelot, Paris, France
2011.11.10-3.20 《Voice of the Bamboo》, Hanmi Museum of Photography, Jeju
2011.9.15-10.13 《Voice of the Bamboo》, Shinsegae Gallery, Incheon
2010.3.17-3.31 《Colors of the Bamboo》, Gallery IHN, Seoul
2007.10.26-11.8 《DaeSoo Kim Photo Work》, Gallery Mac, Busan
2006.6.20-7.4 《Sky Meditation》, White Wall Gallery, Seoul
2004.4.30-5.20 《Sky Wind Stars and Me》, Kim Youngsub Photogallery, Seoul
2003.1.20-1.29 《Trees from the People》, Keumsan Gallery, Seoul
2000.5.9-5.22 《The Tale of Three Trees》, Sajinmadang, Seoul
1999.10.27-11.7 《A Road to the Sky》, Kumho Museum, Seoul
1998.9.21-10.2 《The Great Korean》, Olive Gallery, Seoul
1996.6.7-6.18 《The Land of Wisdom》, Gallery Boda, Seoul
1990.8.25-9.13 《New Wave Photographer from Korea》, Sunygate Gallery, Taiwan
1988.9.7-9.13 《Creation and Then… 》, Gallery Han, Seoul
1987.4.26-5.1 《Thesis Show》, Higgins Hall, New York, U.S.A.
1984.4.30-5.6 《Quest of Light》, Space Gallery, Seoul
1983.4.22-4.28 《Graduate One Man Show》, Parsons Hall, New York, U.S.A.
Group Exhibitions
2018.3.7-3.26 《Kim DaeSoo, Lee KangWook, Hong SungDo》, Choijungah Gallery, Seoul
2017.7.18-8.8 《Exhibition during PyeongChang Music Festival》, Pyeongchang
2017.7.15-8.31 《Exposition1#》, Chateau de Dampierre sur Boutonne, France
2017.7.15-8.27 《A Happy Exhibition》, Gallery Mac, Busan
2017.2.3-3.12 《The Grass》, Shinsegae Gallery, Daegu
2016.12.8-2017.1.10 《HI Light》, Sai Gallery, Seoul
2016.11.3-11.26 《Hand》, Galerie Eulenspiegel, Basel, Switzerland
2016.10.20-11.15 《Talk about Dream, Happiness and Love》, Soohoh Gallery, Bundang
2016.5.4-7.24 《Public to Private-Photography in Korean Contemporary Art since 1989》, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul
2016.4.7-5.14 《DaeSoo Kim: Fotografien》, Galerie Eulenspiegel, Basel, Switzerland
2016.4.5-5.31 《Sharing the Spotlight》, Art Space J, Bundang
2015.12.18-2016.2.28 《Current of Korean Journey of Photography》, GASC Yunseul Art Museum, Kimhae
2015.11.20-11.27 《The Condensed Moment》, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul
2015.10.6-10.11 《Korea International Art Fair》, Coex Pacific Hall, Seoul
2015.9.11-9.13 《Affordable Art Fair》, Dongdaemun Design Plaza, Seoul
2015.9.9-11.15 《Re:Kontemporary-Fermented Souls》, Waterfall Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
2015.8.25-11.22 《Mind Scape》, Shinsegae Art Wall, Seoul
2015.5.21-7.25 《The 21st Century Handmade Print》, gallery 270, Englewood, U.S.A.
2014.9.24-9.28 《Korea International Art Fair》, Coex Pacific Hall, Seoul
2014.5.17-9.28 《Korean Beauty: Two Kind of Nature》, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul
2014.5.3-6.30 《Hue: Rest》, The American Club, Singapore
2014.3.6-3.27 《Space: Life and Routine》, Choijungah Gallery, Seoul
2013.11.12-2014.2.2 《The Wind that Wakes the Bamboo》, Gwangju National Museum, Gwangju
2013.6.27-7.1 《G-Seoul》, Grand Hillton Hotel, Seoul
2013.6.20-7.31 《Art Space J Opening Exhibition》, Art Space J, Bundang
2013.6.19-7.8 《Port-Breath of Incheon》, Shinsegae Gallery, Incheon
20135.17-5.29 《In Between》, HyeHwa Art Center, Seoul
2013.2.28-3.21 《Photo Scape: Eye for the Ordinary Miracle》, Interalia Gallery, Seoul
2012.12.7-12.27 《Hongik International Art Festival》, Art Gallery, Seoul
2012.9.13-9.17 《Korea International Art Fair》, Coex A & B Hall, Seoul
2012.6.18-7.20 《Monochrome in Korea》, Galelie Dorothea, Mainz, Germany
2012.3.28-3.31 《Art Paris》, Grand Palais, Paris, France
2011.12.2-12.31 《Photo Book Fair》, Ryugaheon, Seoul
2011.11.2-11.30 《Seoul Photo Festival 2011》, SeMa Gyeonghuigung of Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
2011.9.22-9.25 《Pink Art Fair》, Intercontinental Seoul Coex, Seoul
2011.8.22-8.31 《View Review Preview》, Hanbyukwon Gallery, Seoul
2011.7.14-10.16 《Korean Sprit: Six Photographers》, Aramnuri Art Center, Goyang
2011.5.4-5.8 《Seoul Open Art Fair 2011》, Coex, Seoul
2011.3.29-4.30 《Remember You》, Hyundai Arts Center, Ulsan
2011.3.10-5.4 《The Mystic Tree》, Ilwoo Space, Seoul
2011.2.21-4.1 《2010 Collections from HoMa》, Hongik Museum of Art, Seoul
2010.12.6-12.9 《Exhibition of Hongik Univ. Professor》, Hongik Museum of Art, Seoul
2010.11.1-2011.1.29 《The Scent of Forest, Sound of Forest》, Ewha Womans University Museum, Seoul
2010.10.7-10.27 《Cross+: The Celebration of the 60th Anniversary of Korea-Spain》, Gallery Palais de Seoul, Seoul
2010.10.7-10.9 《Art-Edition 2010》, Bexco, Busan
2010.7.9-7.21 《Go with Father and Son: HanYoung Kim, DaeSoo Kim》, Moonstruck Present Gallery, Osaka
2010.7.3-9.19 《Chaotic Harmony: Korean Contemporary Photography》, Santa Babara Museum of Art, Santa Babara, U.S.A.
2010.5.27-5.30 《Hong Kong International Art Fair》, Hong Kong Convention Center, Hong Kong
2010.4.22-4.26 《Seoul Open Art Fair》, Coex Indian Hall, Seoul
2010.4.16-5.30 《Day of Confidence》, Space Pool, Seoul
2009.12.2-12.6 《Art Asia: International Asian Contemporary Art》, Miami, U.S.A.
2009.11.19-11.22 《Paris Photo》, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France
2009.10.17-11.30 《Dreaming at Forest》, Dream Gallery, Seoul
2009.9.25-11.30 《Incheon Art Platform Opening Exhibition》, Incheon
2009.9.18-9.22 《Korea International Art Fair》, Coex Pacific Hall, Seoul
2009.9.12-9.16 《Seoul International Print-Photo Art Fair》, Seoul Art Center, Seoul
2009.5.14-5.17 《Hong Kong International Art Fair》, Hong Kong Convention Center, Hong Kong
2009.4.16-4.19 《China International Gallery Exposition》, Beijing, China
2009.4.8-4.12 《Seoul Photo 2009》, Coex Indian Hall, Seoul
2009.4.4-4.26 《The 2009 Photography》, Keumsan Gallery, Heyri
2009.3.5-5.31 《Contemporary Korean Photography 1948-2008》, Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon
2008.8.15-10.26 《Contemporary Korean Photography 1948-2008》, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
2008.6.20-7.10 《Exhibition during G8 Hokkaido Summit Meeting》, Mori Art Museum, Hokkaido, Japan
2008.5.30-6.5 《Garden of Mind》, Shinsegye Culture Center, Seoul
2008.2.1-3.7 《Good Morning Mr. Nam June Paik》, Korean Cultural Centre U.K., London, U.K.
2007.10.18-10.23 《Contemporary Art Today and Tomorrow》, Sejong Culture Center, Seoul
2007.10.5-10.31 《The Taken Accidents》, Gallery Wa, Seoul
2007.9.3-9.28 《5028-People and Scape》, Gallery Illum, Seoul
2007.5.17-6.17 《Spectrum-Landscape》, Trunk Gallery, Seoul
2007.5.9-5.13 《Korea International Art Fair》, Coex Pacific Hall, Seoul
2006.9.27-10.1 《Seoul International Print-Photo Art Fair》, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul
2006.9.1-10.8 《Camera Work》, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
2006.7.5-7.30 《Photography and Life Art》, Gallery Art and Dream, Seoul
2006.6.23-6.29 《Shinsegae Art Fair, Purple Cake》, Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul
2006.1.18-1.24 《Stillness》, Gallery Lux, Seoul
2005.10.14-11.2 《Gongju International Art Fair》, Imlip Museum of Art, Gongju
2005.7.20-7.28 《The Sea》, Gallery La Mer, Seoul
2005.4.12-5.8 《The People in the Time 1945-2005》, Seoul
2005.3.21-3.24 《South Korean Man and North Korean Woman》, Gana Art Center, Seoul
2005.1.14-1.28 《A Variety of Korean Art》, Kumho Museum, Seoul
2005.1.14-1.20 《Landscape of Three Countries》, Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju
2004.9.3-9.15 《Scape: The Silent Moment》, Gwangju Gana Art, Gwangju
2004.4.7-4.13 《Looking Inside》, Baeksang Memorial Hall, Seoul
2003.12.26-2004.1.6 《Object and Imaginations》, Gallery Lux, Seoul
2003.12.3-12.13 《This Is Landscape》, Choheung Gallery, Seoul
2001.12.5-12.11 《Still Life Gaze3》, Ganna Art Space, Seoul
2001.7.19-7.24 《19 Photographers with Calm Land 4》, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
2001.6.22-7.22 《2001 Photo Festival》, Ganna Art Center, Seoul
2001.1.10-1.20 《Still Life Gaze2》, Gallery Lux, Seoul
2000.5.19-6.13 《Landscape and Place》, Gwacheon Civic Center, Gwacheon
2000.3.23-4.9 《Weather Forecast》, Sabina Gallery, Seoul
2000.1.22-1.28 《12 Photographers with Calm Land 3》, 051Gallery, Busan
2000.1.12-1.18 《12 Photographers with Calm Land 3》, Space Pool, Seoul
2000.1.11-1.20 《Still Life Gaze》, Dam Gallery, Seoul
1999.12.22-12.28 《Examination and Verification of Modern Art》, Baeksang Memorial Hall, Seoul
1999.10.14-11.3 《Seoul Lumia of Century in Media 1999》, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
1999.1.25-3.28 《Beyond the Threshold》, Hillwood Art Museum, New York, U.S.A.
1998.12.22-1999.1.24 《Visual Extension of Photography》, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
1998.11.20-12.19 《History of Korean Photography》, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul
1998.11.4-11.24 《The Calm Land 2》, Sai Gallery, Seoul
1998.9.17-9.26 《Bogoseo Bogoseo》, Sai Gallery, Seoul
1998.9.11-9.20 《’98 Seoul Photography Exhibition》, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
1998.8.12-9.6 《Crossing Drawing Exhibition》, Kumho Museum, Seoul
1998.2.2-2.14 《The Calm Land》, Gallery 2000, Seoul
1997.11.21-12.28 《Our Cultural Heritage》, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul
1997.9.12-9.21 《’97 Seoul Photography Exhibition》, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
1997.9.1-11.27 《Exhibition of Youth Spirit, ‘97 Gwangju Biennale Special Exhibition》, Gwangju
1997.3.4-3.31 《Essence of Photography Expansion of Photography》, Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul
1996.12.5-12.9 《Seoul International Art Fair》, Coex Pacific Hall, Seoul
1996.12.4-12.10 《The Present and Future of Contemporary Korean Art》, Hongik Univ. Museum, Seoul
1996.6.1-7.2 《Photography-New Vision》, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
1996.2 《Hongik Visual Communication Designer Association, Magazine Exhibition》
1995.10.12-10.18 《Unification, Poster Exhibition in Commemoration of Liberation》, Seoul
1995.9.1-9.17 《The Horizon of Korean Photography》, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul
1995.8.10-8.24 《For the Day》, Gallery Moxy, Seoul
1995.6.19-7.1 《Contemporary Korean Photographer》, Gallery Artbeam, Seoul
1995.3.31-5.31 《Photography Today》, Art Sonje Museum, Gyeongju
1994.11.12-12.6 《New Ventures Korean Young Artists Exhibition ‘94》, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
1994.9.23-9.28 《The 11th Exhibition of KOGDA, Environmental Protection Theme》, Seoul
1994.9.1-9.15 《September First》, Galleria Department Art Hall, Seoul
1994.8.17-8.23 《The Horizon of Korean Contemporary Photography》, Gongpyong Art Center, Seoul
1994.4.11-4.18 《’94 Photography New Wind》, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul
1994.2.23-3.1 《Photography ‘94 Korean》, Indeco Gallery, Seoul
1994.1.18-2.10 《50 years of Korean Photography, 1945-1994》, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul
1993.11.26-1994.1.15 《Photography and Image》, Art Sonje Museum, Gyeongju
1993.9.20-9.25 《The 10th Exhibition of KOGDA, Green》, Dongbang Plaza, Seoul
1992.11.28-12.7 《The Horizon of Korean Contemporary Photography》, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
1992.9.14-9.19 《The 9th Exhibition of KOGDA, Green》, Dongbang Plaza, Seoul
1991.11.25-11.29 《The 8th Exhibition of HIVD’s Association》, Seoul
1991.11.16-11.30 《The Horizon of Contemporary Korean Photography》, Total Open Air Museum, Jangheung
1991.10.7-10.12 《The 8th Exhibition of KOGDA, Design+Idea》, Dongbang Plaza, Seoul
1991.9.28-10.1 《The 1st Korea-Japan Poster Exchange Exhibition, Paper Show》, Seoul
1991.6.19-6.29 《Front D.M.Z.》, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul
1990.9.17-9.22 《The 7th Exhibition of KOGDA, White Theme》, Dongbang Plaza, Seoul
1990.5.9-5.22 《Mixed Media》, Kumho Museum, Seoul
1990.3.2-3.9 《The 24th Korean Fine Arts Association Exhibition》, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
1990.2.12-2.23 《Two Photographers from Korea》, R.I.T. Gallery, Rochester, U.S.A.
1989.12.11-12.20 《The Photography ‘89-‘90》, Hanmadang Gallery, Seoul
1989.11.30 《Hongik Visual Communication Designer Association, Magazine Exhibition》
1989.9.25-9.30 《The 6th Exhibition of KOGDA, Today》, Dongbang Plaza, Seoul
1989.3.4-3.10 《The 23th Korean Fine Arts Association Exhibition》, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
1988.10.15-10.20 《The 6th Exhibition of HIVD’s Association》, Chosunilbo Gallery, Seoul
1988.5.18-6.17 《The New Wave of the Photography》, Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul
1987.4.16-5.15 《Figurative Ideas》, Korean Cultural Service New York, New York, U.S.A.