The Korean pavilion houses South Korea's
national representation during the
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 ...
arts festivals.
Background
Organization and building
The Korean Pavilion, designed by Seok Chul Kim and Franco Mancuso, was built between 1994 and 1995.
South Korea has participated in the Venice Biennale since 1995.
Representation by year
Art
* 1995 — Yoon Hyong Keun, Kwak Hoon, Kim In Kyum, Jheon Soocheon (Commissioner: Il Lee)
* 1997 — Hyungwoo Lee, Ik-joong Kang (Curator: Oh Kwang Soo)
* 1999 —
Lee Bul, Noh Sang-Kyoon (Curator: Misook Song)
* 2001 —
Michael Joo,
Do-Ho Suh
Do Ho Suh (hangul: 서도호, born 1962) is a Korean sculptor and installation artist. He also works across various media, including paintings and film which explore the concept of space and home. His work is particularly well known in relation t ...
(Commissioner: Kyung-mee Park)
* 2003 — Whang In Kie,
Bahc Yiso
Bahc Yiso (Korean: 박이소, Hanja: 朴異素, 23 June 1957 – 26 April 2004), also known as Mo Bahc, was a visual artist, cultural organizer, curator, theorist, and educator.
The artist had gone by three first names during his lifetime; while C ...
, Chung Seoyoung (Commissioner: Kim Hong-Hee)
* 2007 — Hyungkoo Lee (Commissioner: Soyeon Ahn)
* 2009 —
Haegue Yang (Commissioner:
Eungie Joo)
* 2011 — Lee Yong-baek (Commissioner: Yun Chea-gab)
* 2013 —
Kimsooja
Kimsooja (; born 1957) is a South Korean, multi-disciplinary conceptual artist based in New York, Paris, and Seoul. Her practice combines performance, film, photo, and site-specific installation using textile, light, and sound. Kimsooja's work i ...
(Curator:
Kim Seung-duk)
* 2015 —
Moon Kyungwon
Moon Kyungwon (; born 1969) is a Seoul-based artist who received her Masters of Fine Arts from the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) and Ph.D in Visual Communication from Yonsei University, South Korea. Moon held her solo exhibition at ...
,
Jeon Joonho
Jeon Joonho (born 1969) is a South Korean artist.
Education
Jeon received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Dong-eui University in Busan, South Korea and Master of Arts from Chelsea College of Art and Design in London, United Kingdom.
Exhibitio ...
(Curator: Sook-Kyung Lee)
* 2017 — Cody Choi, Lee Wan (Curator: Lee Daehyung)
* 2019 – Hwayeon Nam,
Siren Eun Young Jung
siren eun young jung (, born in 1974 in Incheon, South Korea) is a South Korean contemporary artist working in video, performance, installation, and photography. The Seoul-based artist explores issues around gender and sexuality in relation to ...
,
Jane Jin Kaisen (Curator: Hyunjin Kim)
* 2024 –
Koo Jeong A
Koo Jeong A is a South-Korean born and Paris-based mixed-media and installation artist.
Koo studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. She worked as an artist-in-residence in the Augarten Contemporary in 2002.
Her work has included still and ...
(Curators: Jacob Fabricius, Seolhui Lee)
[Alex Greenberger (28 March 2023)]
A Guide to the 2024 Venice Biennale National Pavilions
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References
Bibliography
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Further reading
* https://www.dezeen.com/2014/06/06/korean-pavilion-mass-studies-north-south-venice-architecture-biennale-2014/
* https://news.artnet.com/art-world/cody-choi-lee-wan-korean-pavilion-venice-854561
* https://www.dezeen.com/2014/06/07/awarded-best-pavilion-at-venice-architecture-biennale/
* http://artasiapacific.com/News/CuratorAndArtistsAnnouncedFor2019VeniceBiennaleKoreanPavilion
* https://www.artforum.com/news/2019-venice-biennale-s-korean-pavilion-participants-announced-76639
* https://artreview.com/previews/2017_venice_28_korea_daehyung_lee/
* https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-republic-of-korea-pavilion-at-the-56th-venice
External links
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