Kim Sunyoung
Kim Sunyoung constantly questions her identity. She is constantly circulating fundamental questions and potential answers in herself. Through this, the relationship or circumstance of the artist's inner place and the exterior becomes increasingly clear. However, the pace is too slow and seems to just repeat the vague atmosphere. It is difficult to find clear forms and boundaries in the artist's work. The landscape image is not actually a landscape in the sense of art history, but one raised by the mind of the artist. The subject of formative contemplation is not the landscape, but the landscape as self-reflection and introspection. Landscapes that seem meaningless and trivial seldom make the subject of observation and are often neglected. Hence, it retains its original appearance. These are the things that are never incorporated into society. It contains one's true self and can expose it. Through this, the artist thinks about the ambiguous boundaries between the self and society. It seems to be saying that the most private landscape can, in fact, reveal the most political and social reality - our managed reality.
Kim Sunyoung (b.1984)
2014 M.F.A. in Oriental Painting, Sungshin University
2010 B.F.A. in Oriental Painting, Sungshin University
Solo Exhibitions
2018 pause, Cheongju Art Studio, Cheongju
2017 The Empty Ocean, Gyeomjae jeongseon Art Museum, Seoul
2015 the quite trap, gallery button, Seoul
2014 How can I get out of here, gallery Dam, Seoul
2013 Where is my position, gallery S101, Seoul
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 cre8tive-report, OCI Museum, Seoul
2019 Union Artfair, s-factory, Seoul
2019 Multi-Access 4913, SeMA, Seoul
2019 Sender inquiry, Cheongju Art Studio, Cheongju
2019 Gender Equality Week-Strange, Kim Man-duk Memorial Hall, Jeju
2018 Art+Work, Art Center White Block, Gyeunggi
2018 Salon de Gyeonggi, Moran Museum of Art, Gyeunggi
2018 Stars beyond the night, Cheongju Art studio, Cheongju
2018 Gwangju Hwaru: Exhibition of Ten Artists, A.C.C, Gwangju
2018 OSAN MUSEUM of ART COLLECTION, Osan Museum of Art, Osan
2017 4慮Space, Art Center White Block, Gyeunggi
2016 Arouse yourself, Hankuk Art Museum, Gyeunggi
2016 The crack, Shinhan Gallery Yeoksam, Seoul
2016 Tomorrow's Artist Award, Gyeomjae jeongseon Art Museum, Seoul
2016 Grim-gage, Seoul Cityhall, Seoul
2015 Flowing land- taebaek, Cheolam coal-mine History Town, Taebaek
2015 cold-fact, CUMOA, Gwangju
2015 baramnan misool'55, Old NTS Annex Site, Seoul
2015 Crossbreeding, ArtforumRHEE, bucheon
2014 On Going, openspacebea, Busan
Residency Programs
2019-2020 OCI Museum of Art residency, Incheon
2018–2019 Chungju Art studio, Chungju
2015–2017 Studio Whiteblock, Art Center White Block, Gyeunggi
Awards & Selection
2020 Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture RE;SEARCH, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture
2018 Gwamgju Hwaru, Gwamgju bank & Acc
2017 Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture/Visual Arts Project
2016 Shinhan Young Artist Festa, Shinhan group&Shinhan gallery
2016 Gyeomjae jeongseon Art Museum Tomorrow’s Artist 1st prize, Gyeomjae -jeongseon Art Museum
2015 Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture/Visual Arts Project
2014 Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture/Visual Arts Project
