born in 1981, Seoul, South Korea
lives and works in Berlin, Germany

Education

2014- PhD in Art, Aalto university, Helsinki, Finland
2010-2013 M.F.A in Media Art and Design, Bauhaus university, Germany
2009 Study abroad in Photography, Bielefeld university of applied sciences, Germany
2008-2010 B.F.A. in Photography, College of Art, Chung-ang university, Korea
2001-2005 B.A. in Law, College of Law, Hong-ik university, Korea

Solo Exhibitions

2014, “The Guilty”, The Museum of Photography Seoul, Korea
2014, "The Guilty", gallery hammerschmidt+gladigau, Erfurt, Germany
2011, “Dormitory”, gallery Velryba, Prague, Czech Republic
2010, “Ji Hyun Kwon”, gallery F7, Bratislava, Slovakia
2009, “The Guilty”, gallery DE RA MARIE D’OPIO, Opio, France
2008, "Family", gallery illum, Seoul, Korea
2007, "The butterfly", gallery bit, Seoul, Korea

Group Exhibitions (selected)

2014
"focus.bauhaus", Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
"Photovisa", What's important and precious to me, Krasnodar, Russia
“Deagu Photo Biennale”, ENCOUNTER, Daegu, Korea
“Photo Biennale Greece”, The Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki, Greece
“Ji Hyun Kwon/Chan Sook Choi/Seoryang Kim”, Culture center Korea embassy, Berlin, Germany

2013
“The show must go on”, Praxis Space ICAS, Singapore
“Encontros da Imagem”, Museum da Imagem, Braga, Portugal
“Aixia Li/Hwanhee Kim/Ji Hyun Kwon”, Gallery Taik Persons, Berlin, Germany
“Donggang International Photography Festival”, Youngwol, Korea
“Beyond Face”, The Garden of Zodiac gallery, Omaha, US
“Format International Photography Festival”, Derby, England

2012
“Deagu Photo Biennale”, Deagu, Korea
“DIY”, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, US
“Singapore International Photography Biennale”, Singapore
“TINA.B Art Festival”, Prague, Czech Republic
“Contemporary Media I”, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia

2011
“Korean Photography”, GAMU Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
“Sparkling Silence”, Kunsthalle Erfurt, Germany
“The other side”, Gallery Lamping 13, Bielefeld, Germany
“Sparkling Silence”, Gallery Nottebeck, Tampere, Finland
“Korean Wave”, Gallery Bautzner 69, Dresden, Germany

2010
“Hidden Sense”, Bongsan culture center, Daegu, Korea
“Current of water”, Media center of Valbonne, Valbonne, France
“New Leap”, Gwanhoon gallery, Seoul, Korea
“Photographers of the year”, gallery illum, Seoul, Korea
“Korean wave”, Tampere Art Factory, Tampere, Finland

2009
“Korean wave”, Gallerie PF01, Bratislava, Slovakia
“Vision”, Deokwon gallery, Seoul, Korea
“WATER”, Slovak national gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia

2008
“Members of young photographers exhibition”, Dong-gu culture center, Daegu, Korea

Public Collections

Deutsche Bank Collection, Germany
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea

Grants and Awards

2012, “Encounter”, Winner of portfolio review, Daegu Photo Biennale, Korea
2012, Scholarship artist, Fotofest Houston, Houston, USA
2011, "Jenacon foundation grant", Jena, Germany
2009, “19th Month of Photography- The winner of best portfolio", Bratislava, Slovakia

Bibliography

Interveiwed by Irmgard Berner, Das Ungesagte als Schrift im Gesicht, Berliner Zeitung, July, 2013, Germany
Interviewed by Andreas Mueller Pohle, European Photography Magazine, Issue 91, July, 2012, Germany
The Guilty, Photographic art magazine Sajinyesul, April, 2010, Korea
Interview by Boryung Kim, Monthly Photography, January, 2010, Korea
Philippe Sanguinetti, The guilty, Nice-Martin, July, 2009, France
Interview by Krzysztof Jurecki, Kwartalnik Fotografia, March, 2009, Poland
Seokwon Kim, Invisible thought of the family, Photographic art magazine Sajinyesul, February, 2008, Korea