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KOH Myung Keun
KOH Myung Keun was born in 1964, graduated from the Seoul National University majoring in sculpture, and afterwards the Pratt Institute, New York, majoring in Photography. KOH used be a professor at the Art School of Kookmin University from 1998 to 2007, and he is currently a full-time artist who lives and works in Seoul.
By transferred photo images onto a OHP film, then gluing them onto plexiglass, KOH's work, which is named “Photo Sculpture”, forms a unique category: the two-dimensional flattened images are transformed into a three-dimensional structure where the images on all sides overlap. Each side of the work is transparent; therefore, by viewing at an angle and with the effects of the lighting, the images vary according to the viewpoint, which stimulates the imagination of the viewers. The instant image that stimulates illusion is combined with the volume of the structure, which give rise to the form of the sculpture.
After composing a work, KOH chooses proper images from his over 80,000 photo archives and composes the sides by countless overlapping, and the work is completed by soldering. KOH started his photo sculpture by taking photos of old and abandoned buildings in Brookyln, New York, and his work had developed to include themes of Roman sculptures, historic museums, and later on his interest in nature. KOH's works are currently categorized under the series of Nature, Building, and Body.
Including the most recent solo exhibition at Espace Louis Vuitton, Taipei, KOH Myung Keun has participated in many exhibitions, such as those held in the Hanmi Museum of Photography, the Kim Chong Young Art Museum and other international exhibitions. KOH's work has been collected in the Bill Gates MicroSoft Foundation, the Google Initiating Member, the National Contemporary Art Museum and the Seoul Art Museum.
Graduated from Dept. of Sculpture, Seoul National University with B.F.A degree in February, 1987
Graduated from Pratt Institute in New York with M.F.A degree in May, 1991
Solo Exhibition
2008 Kimchongyung Museum, Seoul
Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco
Hanmi Photo Museum, Seoul
2007 Andrew Bae Gallery, Chicago
O.K Harris Gallery, New York
2006 Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco
Tokyo gallery, Tokyo
Group Exhibitions
2010 <30th Anniversary Young Artists> The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea
<Digital Landscape> DaeJeon Museum of Art, DaeJeon
"Art Dubai 2010" Frey Norris Gallery, Dubai
2009 <Korean Contemporary Photography Now> 798SPACE ,Beijing
“Seoul International Photography Festival 2009” Garden 5 , Seoul
<2009 ODYSSEY> Photo Show, Seoul Art Center , Seoul
<Korean Eye: Moon Generation> Saatchi gallery, London
2008 <Station 2008-Art on the Tsurumi Line> Tokyo
<Contemporary Korean Art> Korean Cultural Centre UK, London
2006 "Seoul Photography Festival 2006" Seoul
“KIAF” Cais gallery, Seoul
<Deux photographers> Galerie Lumen, Paris
2005 Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka
“ARCO 2005” Tokyo gallery, Madrid
2004 “2004 Art Cologne” Tokyo gallery, Cologne
“2004 Gwangju Biennale”<Site-4, EcoMetro> Gwangju
<Vent d' est> Chapelle de la Sorbonne, Paris
2003 <Six photographers-six Codes> Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul
<What is sculpture> Seoul Arts Center, Seoul
2002 <Landscape from photo, Photo from landscape>
The Korean Culture & Arts Foundation , Seoul
Prize : Moran Art Prize in 1996
Collections
Microsoft Collection in Seattle
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea
The Museum of Photography, Seoul
Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
Il-Min Art Museum, Seoul
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