Yu Yeon Kim
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Yu Yeon Kim is an independent curator
based in New York City
, USA and Seoul, Korea. Kim has curated and been a commissioner of many distinguished international exhibitions of contemporary art.
In 2007, she curated "Counterpoint", (an international exhibition of art that is part of a series exploring cultural, political and territorial divisions - using the schism of Korea
as a relative point)
at Bund 18 in Shanghai, and the Coreana Museum of Art in Seoul as well as venues in Poznan, Poland. This subject was also manifested in other exhibitions of international artists Yu Yeon Kim has curated - including, "Pyongyang Report" at the Book House, Has II and Jung Han Sook Memorial Hall in Heyri Art Valley, S. Korea
Yu Yeon Kim was an International Researcher of the Liverpool Biennale 2004 (UK). She was also the Commissioner and curator for Latin America for the 3rd Kwangju Biennale 2000 (Exotica Incognita) in South Korea and a principle curator of the 2nd Johannesburg Biennale, South Africa, 1997–1998, (for which she curated Transversions at the Museum Africa).
In 2001, she produced and curated the controversial exhibition, Translated Acts - Performance and Body Art from East Asia, which was initially presented at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (2001) and then traveled to the Queens Museum of Art, New York (2001–2002) and the Museo de Carrillo Gil in Mexico City (2002–2003).
Yu Yeon Kim's curatorial projects also include:
Perspectives in Mapping Digital Culture, (co-curated with Stephen Pusey
) an on-line project featured on both the:
Curator
A curator is a manager or overseer. Traditionally, a curator or keeper of a cultural heritage institution is a content specialist responsible for an institution's collections and involved with the interpretation of heritage material...
based in New York City
New York City
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, USA and Seoul, Korea. Kim has curated and been a commissioner of many distinguished international exhibitions of contemporary art.
Works
In 2008, Yu Yeon Kim curated "Corporeal/Technoreal", a Media Art project for the Poland Mediations Biennale. In the same year she curated the first exhibition of Korean contemporary art in Cuba. The project, "Los Puntos del Compas" (The Points of the Compass) was exhibited at the Fundacion Ludwig de Cuba and other satellite sites in Havana. The exhibition was also hosted by the Sala de Arte Publico Siqueiros, Mexico City.In 2007, she curated "Counterpoint", (an international exhibition of art that is part of a series exploring cultural, political and territorial divisions - using the schism of Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
as a relative point)
at Bund 18 in Shanghai, and the Coreana Museum of Art in Seoul as well as venues in Poznan, Poland. This subject was also manifested in other exhibitions of international artists Yu Yeon Kim has curated - including, "Pyongyang Report" at the Book House, Has II and Jung Han Sook Memorial Hall in Heyri Art Valley, S. Korea
Yu Yeon Kim was an International Researcher of the Liverpool Biennale 2004 (UK). She was also the Commissioner and curator for Latin America for the 3rd Kwangju Biennale 2000 (Exotica Incognita) in South Korea and a principle curator of the 2nd Johannesburg Biennale, South Africa, 1997–1998, (for which she curated Transversions at the Museum Africa).
In 2001, she produced and curated the controversial exhibition, Translated Acts - Performance and Body Art from East Asia, which was initially presented at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (2001) and then traveled to the Queens Museum of Art, New York (2001–2002) and the Museo de Carrillo Gil in Mexico City (2002–2003).
Yu Yeon Kim's curatorial projects also include:
- Fragmented Histories, (Asia-Pacific section) for Cinco Continentes y Una Ciudad (Five Continents and One City) exposition at the Mexico City Museum in Mexico (1998);
- In the Eye of the Tiger, a survey of Korean contemporary art at Exit Art/The Third World, New York, and the Ilmin Museum of ArtIlmin Museum of ArtIlmin Museum of Art is a private art museum of South Korea, located on Sejongno street in Jongno-gu, a central district of Seoul, known for exhibiting mainly Korean art...
, Seoul, Korea (1997–98);
- DMZ_2000 (Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea) at Korean Cultural Services in New York, DMZ_2005 International Art Exhibition (40 artists from all around the world) in Paju, Korea (2005)
External links
- Further Information
- Further Information (Korean)
- DMZ International An International Art Project (2005)
- OMNIZONE,
Perspectives in Mapping Digital Culture, (co-curated with Stephen Pusey
Stephen Pusey
Stephen Pusey is an artist. After graduating from St Martins School of Art, UK, in 1975, Pusey created monumental public murals around London, including the Brixton Academy mural until the end of the decade. In 1986 he emigrated to New York, USA. Although his New York debut at P.S...
) an on-line project featured on both the:
- Plexus and the
- Guggenheim Museum websites (1996).