Professor, Dept. Photography, Seoul Institute of The Arts
Lives and works in Seoul, Korea
Education
2009 Akademiebrief of Prof. Christopher Williams, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
2006 Meisterschueler of Prof. Thomas Ruff, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
1999 Department of Photography, Seoul Institute of the Arts, Seoul, Korea
Solo Exhibition
2022 Obscura, beyond Landscape, artertain, Seoul, Korea
2021 L’heure entre chien et loup, instagram @netshow_official, @kdkkdk, online
2020 White of Abstract of White, l’space 71, Seoul, Korea
2019 w : r.08-19, Gallery LUX, Seoul, Korea
2018 sf. lu. p. t., Gallery BK, Seoul, Korea
2017 20110326-20171214 instagram@kdkkdk
20171215-20171231, Sahngup Gallery, Seoul, Korea
or look back, 4tk004_ㅋㅋㄹㅋㄷㅋ, Seoul, Korea
2016 OUT OF IN, Aando Fine Art, Berlin, Germany
2015 p, Perigee Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2014 KDK b.ios.lu.sf.w., SSG Art Wall, Seoul, Korea
2013 2013 : A Space Odyssey, KAIST SUPEX, Seoul, Korea
2012 b, Gallery 2, Seoul, Korea
2011 Facility Skins, Michael Schultz Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Space Faction, MK2 Art Space, Beijing, China
2010 Flowingscape, Nanji Art Studio, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Line Up, Gallery 2, Seoul, Korea
SF, Gallery Migo, Busan, Korea
2009 KDK, Goozee Gallery, Daegu, Korea
2008 New SF, Gallery 2, Seoul, Korea
W, Gallery 2, Seoul, Korea
2006 SF, One and J Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Images of Speed, Seomi and Tuus, Seoul, Korea
2005 Images of Speed, Gallery Delank, Cologne, Germany
2000 Kim Dokyun, SK Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Group Exhibition
2022 0%, nook gallery, Seoul, Korea
2021 Artist’s Wunderkammer, Gallery Planet, Seoul, Korea
Perigee Winter Show 2021, Perigee gallery, Seoul, Korea
Young-Jae Lee in collaboration with KDK_Korean Emotions meet the spirit of Bauhaus,
Gallery damdam(The Cuitural Department of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea), Berlin, Germany
ARENA Named X: The Narrative of Hwasung, Hwasung, Korea
Civilization : The way we live now, Mucem, Marseille, France
2020 Pencil Passion, Curator’s Atelier 49, Seoul, Korea
My Name is…, Daily_Teum, Seoul, Korea
Follow Flow Feed, Arko Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Civilisation, Photography, now, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Auckland, New Zealand
Where is ucchin, Chang Ucchin Museum of Art, Yangju, Korea
2019 Road Show : From Shanghai to Chongqing, Korean Cultural Center, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
MOKA Triangle II, Hyundai Museum of Kids’ Books and Art, Seoul, Korea
Open Your Storage, SeMA, Seoul, Korea
Civilization : The way we live now, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
The Flaneur in another time, Museum SAN, Seoul, Korea
Road Show : From Shanghai to Chongqing, Total Museum, Seoul, Korea
Work in Process, Gallery Planet, Seoul, Korea
Geometry, Beyond Simplicity, Museum SAN, Wonju, Korea
Pool Rising, art space pool, Seoul, Korea
Civilization: The Way We Live Now, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China.
2018 Civilization: The Way We Live Now,
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, Gwacheon, Korea
Obssession, Arko Art Center, Seoul, Korea
photo, minimal, gallery lux, Seoul, Korea
Unclosed Bricks, Arko Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Salon de Nook Gallery, Nook gallery, Seoul, Korea
En Suspens, Galerie Berthet-Aittouares, Paris, France
The Third Print : Homo Archivist, Dohing Art, Seoul, Korea
Wandering, 021 Gallery, Daegu, Korea
2017 Mobius Stripe, ONE AND J Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Love and Stripe, AK Gallery, Suwon, Korea
Stars of Stars, Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon, Korea
SAMRAMANSANG : from Kim Whanki to Yang Fudong, National Museum of Modern and
Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
2016 As the Moon Waxes and Wanes MMCA Gwacheon, 30Years 1986-2016,
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
Inner Space, Atelier Aki, Seoul, Korea
Photo: Five Rooms, Doosan Gallery, Seoul, Korea
When Words Fail, Hite Collection, Seoul, Korea
Public to Private : Photography in Korean Art since 1989,
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Making is Thinking is Making – New Korean Craft, Milano Triennale, Milan, Italy
Fancy Space, Goyang Aramnuri Aram Museum, Goyang, Korea
74cm, Nook Gallery, Seoul, Korea
A Photograph Rarely Stands Alone. Pairs, Sequences, and
Series from the Kunstbibliothek’s Collection of Photography, Museum fuer Fotografie, Berlin, Germany
2015 The Flame of Seoul, 63 Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
Wisdom of the Earth- A Homage to Korean Architecture, Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Shadow of Object, COS, Seoul, Korea
Lies of Lies, on Photography, Huis Met de Hoofden, Amsterdam,
The Netherlands; travelling to Total Museum, Seoul, Korea
Since 1970, Where, in What Form, Shall We Meet Again, Whanki Museum, Seoul, Korea
31 Experiments on Light : Intimate Rapture, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul, Korea
Birth of a Scene, Gallery Lux, Seoul, Korea
Hoedong Conversation, Art District p, Busan, Korea
2014 AFFINITY 90, Gallery Chosun, Seoul, Korea
Road Show SILKROAD, China Cultural Center in Seoul, Seoul, Korea
Well-Constructed: Contemporary Photography from Korea, Aando Fine Art, Berlin, Germany
Space Gardening, Gallery Planet, Seoul, Korea
Being in Phenomena, LIG Art Space, Seoul, Korea
Re-imagination, Il-Woo Space, Seoul, Korea
2013 Nivatour 2, Korea-Nigeria : A Friendship over Decades, Total Museum, Seoul, Korea
The Show Must Go On, Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore
Scenes vs Scenes, Buk-Seoul, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
What If Project - Barter Center for Images of Corea Campanella, Hotel Amadeus, Venice, Italy
Flat in Flat, Flat, Seoul, Korea
Mental Operation, White Block, Paju, Korea
2012 Beyond Bridge Part III, Bridge Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Daegu Photo Biennale : Photography Is Magic!, Daegu, Korea
Extreme Sequence, Interalia Art Company, Seoul, Korea
The Rule of Reproduction I, Gallery Chosun, Seoul, Korea
Building Stories, Pilar Corrias Gallery, London, UK
Dream, Thought, Creation, CheongShim Peace World Center, Gyeonggi, Korea
Real & Illusion, Seoul Auction Gangnam, Seoul, Korea
ka-talk archi-talk, Gallery 2, Seoul, Korea
2011 Young Artist Project 2011 : Future Lab, EXCO, Daegu, Korea
Seoul Photo Festival, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
New Caledonia Photo Festival, Noumea Le Meridian, Noumea, New Caledonia
Propose 7, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
SYSTEM-PIA, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwangju, Korea
Space Study, PLATEAU, Seoul, Korea
Color x Art x Play x 3, Goyang Oulim Nuri Arts Center, Goyang, Korea
Moment Unfolded, Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Urban Landscape, Park Ryusook Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2010 Edition : The Expanded Genre, Interalia, Seoul, Korea
Residence Parade IV, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea
Real Interface, Gana Art, Busan, Korea
The Penguin that Goes to the Mountain, Namjune Paik Art Center, Yongin, Korea
First Decade, Gyeonghuigung of Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Which Means the Strength of Gyonggi Province, Gyonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea
Drawing the World, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea
Two Folds of Negatives – Against Reality, Gallery Chosun, Seoul, Korea
Memoir of a Place, Reviving the Memories, GongganSarang, Seoul, Korea
2009 NO……, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea
Jirisan, Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju, Korea
The Photograph as Contemporary Art, Doosan Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Double Fantasy, MIMOCA Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, Marugame, Japan
MUSEUM2, Korea Art Gallery, Busan, Korea
2008 DAKS, Making History, Sungkok Museum, Seoul, Korea
Photo on Photograph, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2007 Siemens Project: Dialogue 2+1, Museum fuer Photography, Braunschweig, Germany
Love of Light, Museum Bochum, Bochum, Germany
Western Style Courtesy of Space, Daelim Contemporary Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2006 Time-Space-Photography, Gallery Delank, Cologne, Germany
Die Liebe zum Light, Gallery Haus Coburg, Delmenhorst, Germany
Junge Kuenstler aus aller Welt zu Gast bei PwC, Stadt Museum, Düsseldorf, Germany
From Fellows Fiction, es Temporary, Düsseldorf, Germany
Love of Light, Robert-Simon-Stiftung, Celle, Germany
Jubilaeumsausstellung – 10 Jahre, Gallery Delank, Cologne, Germany
An Aspect of German Contemporary Art, Jeonbuk Province Art Museum, Jeonju, Korea
2005 The 5th Photo Festival: Landscape, Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Tradition und Zeitgeist, Kultfabrik White Box, Munich, Germany
59th Bergische Kunstausstellung, Kunstmuseum Soligen, Solingen, Germany
Part 2. Galerie der Stadt Remscheid, Remscheid, Germany
Siemens Project: Dialogue, Düsseldorf; Cologne; Krefeld, Germany
Special Exhibition at Koelnphoto 2005, Cologne, Germany
2004 Contemporary Korean and Japanese Photography, Gallery Delank, Cologne, Germany
2002 aus der Klasse Ruff, Gallery Haus Schneider, Karlsruhe, Germany
2001 Fragrance of Jeju, SK Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Residency
2017 Cite International des Arts, Paris, France
2016 ISCP, New York, U.S.A.
2013 Domino Project Residency, Zagreb, Croatia
2010-2011 MMCA Residency Changdong, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
2009-2010 Artists in Long-term Residency, Nanji Art Studio, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Collection
IKB Deutsche Industriebank, Berlin, Germany
Kunstbibliothek, Staatlich Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
UBS Art Collection, Hong Kong
Hyundai Museum of Kid’s Books and Art, PanGyo, Korea