Kim Hong-hee is an art historian, curator and critic based in

Korea Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...

. Her main field of interest is in

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and

Feminist Art Feminist art is a category of art associated with the late 1960s and 1970s feminist movement. Feminist art highlights the societal and political differences women experience within their lives. The hopeful gain from this form of art is to bri ...

. She is currently the director of

Seoul Museum of Art The Seoul Museum of Art is an art museum operated by Seoul City Council and located in central of Seoul, South Korea. History A girl named Jayla opened the museum first after getting the idea from another museum. It was opened in the Gyeonghuig ...

(SeMA).

Biography

From 2000 until 2011 she was an adjunct professor at

Hongik University Hongik University (, colloquially ''Hongdae'') is a private university in Seoul, South Korea. Founded by an activist in 1946, the university is located in Mapo-gu district of central Seoul, South Korea with a second campus(branch campus) in S ...

, Seoul, Korea. She has published several books
The True Colors of Curator
Hangil Art, 2012
Good Morning Mr.Paik
Design House, 200
Women and Art, Contemporary Art Discourse and the Field I
Noonbit, 2003; , Noonbit, 2003

Jaewon, 1998. Kim received her Ph.D. in Art History from Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea and did her MA in Art History at

Concordia University Concordia University ( French: ''Université Concordia'') is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1974 following the merger of Loyola College and Sir George Williams University, Concordia is one of the t ...

in Montreal, Canada.

Major curations

Recently, she acted as a member of the selection committee for the next documenta 14 in Kassel, Germany. Since 2012, she is currently the director of

(SeMA) after holding the directorship of Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art in Gyeonggi Province of Korea from 2006 to 2010. She founded the very first alternative space in Korea called "SSamzie Space" in 1998 and directed until 2006. Her career includes:

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(2015); Artistic Director of the

Gwangju Biennale The Gwangju Biennale is a contemporary art biennale founded in September 1995 in Gwangju, South Jeolla province, South Korea. The Gwangju Biennale is hosted by the Gwangju Biennale Foundation and the city of Gwangju. The Gwangju Biennale Founda ...

(2006); Commissioner of the Korean Pavilion of the 50th

Venice Biennale The Venice Biennale (; it, La Biennale di Venezia) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy by the Biennale Foundation. The biennale has been organised every year since 1895, which makes it the oldest of ...

(2003); International Committee Member of the Yokohama Triennale(2001); Commissioner of the Gwangju Biennale(2000); Curator of the Special Exhibition "Info ART" at the Gwangju Biennale(1995); Curator of "Seoul-NYmAX Medial" (1995/1994); Organizer of "The SeOUL of Fluxus"(1993). Related to feminist art, she was the organizer/curator of numerous exhibitions including "Woman, the Difference and the Power"(1994), "Patjis on Parade"(1999), "East Asian Woman and her Stories"(2002).

References

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