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Education
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| 2004 | M.F.A. in Sculpture, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea |
| 2000 | B.F.A. in Sculpture, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea |
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Solo Exhibitions
2023 Seoul's Glittering, B the B Communication Lounge, DDP, Seoul, Korea |
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| 2012 | Osang Gwon, Arario Gallery, Seoul, Korea |
| 2011 | Sculpture, DOOSAN Gallery Seoul, Seoul, Korea |
| Adore, Aando Fine Art, Berlin, Germany | |
| 2010 | Torso, Gallery 2, Seoul, Korea |
| Osang Gwon, DOOSAN Gallery New York, New York, NY, U.S.A | |
| 2009 | Arario Gallery, New York, NY, U.S.A |
| 2008 | Deodorant Type: Sculpture by Gwon Osang, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, U.K |
| 2007 | Arario Gallery, Beijing, China |
| 2006 | Gwon, Osang, Union II, London, U.K |
| The Sculpture, Arario Gallery, Cheonan, Korea | |
| 2005 | Deodorant Type & The Flat, Andrew Shire Gallery & 4-F Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A |
| 2001 | Deodorant Type, Insa Art Space, Seoul, Korea |
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Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Romantic Irony, ARARIO GALLERY, Seoul, Korea |
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| 2012 | Re-Opening DOOSAN Gallery Seoul : DOOSAN Residency Artists 2009-2011, DOOSAN Gallery Seoul, Seoul, Korea |
| 2011 | Artists with Arario Part 1, Arario Gallery, Seoul, Korea |
| Embracing the Void, Hada Contemporary, London, U.K | |
| Pohang Museum of Art, Pohang, Korea | |
| Chopping Play, ION Gallery, Singapore | |
| Collector's Stage, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore | |
| 2010 | Memories of Future, Samsung Museum of Art Leeum, Seoul, Korea |
| Negotiations, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China | |
| Korean Eye: Fantastic Ordinary, Saatchi gallery, London, U.K; Arts House, Singapore; SC First Bank Building, Seoul Museum of Art, Korea Foundation Cultural Center, Seoul, Korea | |
| New York Photo Festival, Smack Mellon, New York, NY, U.S.A | |
| Present Tense: An Imagined Grammar of Portraiture in the Digital Age, The National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, Australia | |
| On the Cutting Edge - Aspects of Korean Contemporary Photography, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan | |
| Roundabout, City Gallery Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand | |
| Man Ray & His Heritage, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul; Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea | |
| A Positive View, Sumerset House, London, U.K | |
| 2009 | Art & Techne, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea |
| Peppermint Candy: Contemporary Art from Korea, National Museum of Korea, Gwacheon, Korea | |
| Manipulating Reality, the Center for Contemporary Culture Strozzina, Florence, Italy | |
| Conflicting Tales - Inaugural Exhibition of the Burger Collection, Zimmerstrasse, Berlin, Germany | |
| Logic of Sensibility, Interalia Art Company, Seoul, Korea | |
| 2008 | Youth Portraits, Avanthay Contemporary, Zurich, Switzerland |
| Peppermint Candy: Contemporary Art from Korea, National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
| Asian Art Triennale, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, U.K | |
| Global EurAsia Special Exhibition, ART COLOGNE, Cologne, Germany | |
| 2007 | Mad Love, Arken Museum for Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Wonderland: Contemporary Korean Art, The National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China | |
| Peppermint Candy: Contemporary Art from Korea, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago, Chile | |
| Urban Reviews Seoul: Space, People, Institut fur Auslandsbeziehungen(ifa), Stuttgart, Berlin, Germany | |
| 2006 | Give Me Shelter, Union Gallery, London, U.K |
| Beautiful Cynicism, Arario Gallery, Beijing, China | |
| Seoul; Until Now, Charlottenborg Udstillingbygning, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Post IMF, Art Ark Gallery, Shanghai, China | |
| 2004 | Young Artists from Korea, China and Japan, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwhachon, Korea |
| Officina Asia, Galleria d'arte moderna, Bologna, Italy | |
| UNUSUAL COMBINATION, Plus Gallery, Nagoya, Japan | |
| Real Reality, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea | |
| Out the Window, The Japan Foundation Asia Center, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 2003 | Unique, Gallery VU, Paris, France |
| Facing Korea-ID, Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherland | |
| Mobile, Alternative Space Care Of, Milano, Italy | |
| 2002 | ORIENT-EXTREME, Le Lieu Unique, Nantes, France |
| Area of Photograph, Museum of Art Saitama, Saitama; Sendai Mediatheque, Sendai, Japan | |
| Mirror of Daily, Busan Museum of art, Busan, Korea | |
| 2001 | Silence of the City, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea |
| Alchemy, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea | |
| Family, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea | |
| 2000 | Disturbance Exhibition, Boda Gallery, Seoul, Korea |
| Join & Expression, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwangju, Korea | |
| Expression of the Times: Eye & Hand, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea | |
| Error Interchange, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea | |
| Ji-Rok-Wi-Ma, Seonam Museum, Seoul, Korea | |
| 1999 | Hoboo-Hohyung, Artsonje Center, Seoul, Korea |
| Transtion of the Century, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea | |
| Vacuum-packed Exhibition, Alternative Space LOOP, Seoul, Korea | |
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Awards and Residencies
2013 Kim Se Choong Sculpture Prize, Seoul, Korea Temenggong Artists-in-Residence, Singapore |
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| 2010 | DOOSAN Residency New York, New York, NY, U.S.A |
| 2005 | National Art Studio Changdong, Seoul, Korea |
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Youngeun Artist-in-Residence, Gwangju, Korea |
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2001 |
Photograph Critique Awards, Seoul, Koea |
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Collections
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| The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwhachon, Korea | |
| Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea | |
| Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea | |
| Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwangju, Korea | |
| SSamzie Collection, Seoul, Korea | |
| Asano Institute, Japan | |
| Laurence Geoffrey’s, Seoul, Korea | |
| Embassy of Switzerland, Switzerland | |
| David Roberts Art Foundation, U.K | |
| The Zabludowicz Collection, U.K | |
| Burger Collection, Germany | |
| Roundabout Collection, Wellington, Newzealand | |
| Universal Music Group, U.K | |
| Arario Collection, Seoul, Korea | |