Oan Kim (born April 2, 1974) is a French photographer, video artist, and musician.

Life and work

Oan Kim was born in Paris. Over the years, Kim's photographic work has developed an approach to the medium that is neither strictly documentary, nor purely conceptual, re-questioning the balance of these elements with each new series he produces. Kim has had more than a dozen gallery and museum solo exhibitions since 2000 in Paris, New York, Los Angeles, Seoul, and Macao, and has taken part in many group shows around the world. In 2009, he published ''Je suis le chien Pitié'' by Actes Sud in collaboration with Laurent Gaudé. In 2018, he released ''Digital After Love'' with Actes Sud. Kim has received several grants or commissions from CNAP, FIACRE, SCAM, and Macao Museum of Art. In 2018 he won the Prix Swiss Life from the Fondation Swiss Life for his work on the project Digital After-Love, que restera-t-il de nos amours ?. He is the son of French-Korean painter

Kim Tschang Yeul Kim Tschang-yeul (24 December 19295 January 2021) was a South Korean artist in France known for his abstract paintings of water droplets. Art In 1958, Kim formed the Modern Artists' Association and joined the Art Informel movement, led by Wha ...

. Kim is currently represented by Agence Myop. He studied photography at the

École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts The Beaux-Arts de Paris is a French ''grande école'' whose primary mission is to provide high-level arts education and training. This is classical and historical School of Fine Arts in France. The art school, which is part of the Paris Science ...

followed by musical composition at the

Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...

(CNSMDP). His musical projects are represented by ARTWORK RECORDS and PIAS.

Publications

* ''Digital After Love'', prix SwissLife à 4 mains, Actes Sud, a collaboration with musician Ruppert Pupkin, 2019 * ''Je suis le chien Pitié'', Editions Actes Sud, livre de photographie, avec un texte de Laurent Gaudé, 2009

Music

*''Rebirth of Innocence'' (Artwork, 2024) *''Oan Kim and the Dirty Jazz'' (Artwork, 2023)

Films

*''The Man Who Paints Waterdrops'' (2021) – Official Selection, Doc NYC; Official Selection, Hot Docs International Documentary Festival; Official Selection, DMZ Film Festival, South Korea; Official Selection, Doclisboa; Official Selection, DocsBarcelona; Official Selection, Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival; Silver Prize, 61st Krakow Documentary Film Festival

Photo Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Kumho Museum of Art The Kumho Museum of Art is an art museum in Seoul, South Korea. See also *List of museums in South Korea There are over 500 museums and galleries in South Korea. National museums Museums in Seoul Provincial and private museums See al ...

, Seoul, 2002 * Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, 2003 *

Macau Museum of Art The Macau Museum of Art (MAM; ; pt, Museu de Arte de Macau) is an art museum in Sé, Macau, China. History The museum was established on 19 March 1999. Architecture The museum building spans over 10,192 m2 with 4,000 m2 of exhibition area. ...

, (with Frank Lei), Macao, 2006 *

Rencontres d'Arles The Rencontres d’Arles (formerly called ''Rencontres internationales de la photographie d’Arles'') is an annual summer photography festival founded in 1970 by the Arles photographer Lucien Clergue, the writer Michel Tournier and the historia ...

, programme du Méjan, Le Capitole, Arles, 2009 *

Whanki Museum The Whanki Museum is a private art museum in Jongno-gu, in central Seoul, South Korea. It was established by the Whanki Foundation mainly to exhibit and commemorate the art of Whanki Kim, one of Korea's foremost abstract painters. The museum is ...

, Seoul, 2011 *

WhiteBox The discography of Sunn O))), an American drone metal band, consists of nine studio albums, three collaborative albums, six EPs, four demos, one remix album, eight official live albums (plus one hundred and fifteen collected bootleg live recordi ...

, New York, 2011 *Nuits Photographiques, ''Bain de Foule'', Prix du Festival, during Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, 2013 *Digital After Love,

Cité de la Musique The Cité de la Musique ("City of Music"), also known as Philharmonie 2, is a group of institutions dedicated to music and situated in the Parc de la Villette, 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was designed with the nearby Conservatoire d ...

, Paris, 2018

Group exhibitions

*''SAM'', Peter Kim, Myung-Ok Han, Oan Kim: Art-cade, Galerie des Grands Bains Douches de la Plaine, Marseille, 2016. Commissariat: Michel Enrici *Festival OVNi, Nice, 2019 *''SINE DIE'', Agence Myop, Chronique en images de la vie au temps du coronavirus, L'Obs, 2020

References

{{Authority control (arts) Living people 1974 births Photographers from Paris French video artists Musicians from Paris École des Beaux-Arts alumni Conservatoire de Paris alumni