Galerie Caprice Horn, Berlin
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Atta Kim
   
1956 Born in Korea
  Majored in mechanical engineering at Changwon University, Korea
 
  Solo exhibitions (selection)
2006 The Museum Project, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
2006 ON-AIR, International Center for Photography, New York, NY
2005 ATTAKIM, Galerie Gana Beaubourg, Paris, France
2001 The Museum Project, Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, Missouri
1996 The Museum Project, Samsung Photo Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1995 The Museum Project (Installation, Performance), NauvoGallery, Busan, Korea
1994 Deconstruction, Space Saemter Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1993 The Korean People, Nikon Salon Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1990 Father, Hanmadang Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1988 Child of Nucleus, Pinehill Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1988 Song of Empty hand, Baeksaek Gallery, Pusan, Korea
1987 Psychopath, Yechong Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1986 Monologue, Pusan Gallery, Pusan, Korea
 
  Group exhibitions (selection)
2007 ACAF NY, Gallery Caprice Horn, Berlin
2007 Like There Is No Tomorrow, Gallery Caprice Horn, Berlin
2006 Eleven: 11 Contemporary Artists, Michael Hoppen Gallery, London, England
2006 Infected Landscape, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Contemporary art of Korea, Busan Museum of Modern Art, Busan, Korea
2005 FAST FORWARD Photographic Message From Korea, Fotografie Forum International, Frankfurt, Germany
2005 The 1st Pocheon Asian Art Festival, Pocheon Art Hole, Pocheon, Korea
2005 Encounters with Modernism: Highlights from the Stedelijk Museum and the National Museum of Contemporary Art Korea,
National Museum of Contemporary Art Korea, Seoul, Korea
2004 Gwangju Biennale 2004, Gwangju, Korea
2004 FotoFest20, Moscow Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
2004 The 4th Photo Festival, Ganagallery, Seoul, Korea
2004 Opening exhibition, Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon, Korea
2003 Point of Time, Galerie Gana Beaubourg, Paris, France
2003 FotoFest – Russia, Samara Regional Museum of Fine Arts, Samara, Russia
2003 Asia, Asia Society Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Youngeun 2003 Residency-The Journey of Spaces,
Youngeun Museum of Contemporary art, Youngeun, Korea
2003 BODYSCAPY, Rodin Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2002 25th Bienal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2002 Exhibition for the Winners of Hanam Internatiomal Photo Awards, Hanam, Korea
2002 2002 Asia Photo Bienale, Seoul, Korea
2002 Site+Sight, Singapore Arts Festival, Singapore
2002 Red Light, Australian Center for Photography, Sydney, Australia
2002 Asia Comments, Danish Center for Culture & Development, Copenhagen, Denmark
2001 Translated Acts, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany; Queens Museum of Art,
2001 New York, NY; Carrilo Gill Museum, Mexico City, Mexico
2001 Awakening, Australian Center for Photography, Sydney, Australia
2001 Artspectrum-2001, Ho-Am Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2001 Digital Dreams, Analogue Desires, Art Center of the Korean Art & Culture, Seoul, Korea
2001 Image from the Land of Morning Calm, 6th International FotoFestival, Herten, Germany
2001 2001 Photo Festival, Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2000 Houston FotoFest, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, TX
2000 Odense Foto Triennale Festival of Light, Odense, Denmark
2000 After Time, Howart Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1999 The Segment of Time, Seonam Art Center, Seoul, Korea
1999 A Window, Inside and Outside, Kwangju City Art Museum, Kwangju, Korea
1998 A History of Korean Photography, Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea
1998 Alienation & Assimilation, The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
1997 Legends from Daily Life, Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyeongju, Korea
1996 Photography is Photography, Samsung Photo Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1995 Photographers in our Time, Gallery Art Beam, Seoul, Korea
1995 Expressional Medium of Korean, Contemporary Art Seoul Metropolitan Museum,
Seoul, Korea
1995 The New Generational Tendency in Korean Contemporary Art (Body & Recognition), Art Center of the Korean & Culture Foundation, Seoul, Korea
1995 Korea Avant-Guarde Art since 1967-1995: Rebellion of Space, Seoul Metropolitan Museum, Seoul, Korea
1995 Gaia in 2005 Years (Performance), Ulsan, Korea
1994 View of Next Generation of Korean Contemporary Art in 1994,
Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea
1994 Korean Contemporary Photography, Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea
1993 Image and Photography, Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
1993 Art and Photography, Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea
1992 Ah! Korea, Jahamoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1991 Horizon of Korean Photography, Total Gallery, Seoul, Korea; Seoul Metropolitan Museum, Seoul, Korea
1988 Beach Art Fair (Installation), Haeundae Beach, Pusan, Korea
 
  Awards
2003 4th Lee Myoungdong Photo Prize, Seoul, Korea
2002 International Photo Prize, The 1st Hanam International Photo Festival, Hanam, Korea
2002 Korea Represetative, 25th Bienal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1997 Annual Artist’s Prize, Sajin Yesul (Photography Art Magazine), Seoul, Korea
 
  Collections
  Daelim Contemporary Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
  EARLLU Gallery, Singapore, Malaysia
  Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
  JGS Foundation, New York, NY
  Art Museum of Kyongnam Province, Changwon, Korea
  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
  National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
  The Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark
  Samsung Museum of Modern Art, Seoul, Korea
  Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea
  Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, Missouri
  Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
  Dong-gang Museum of photography, Gangwon-do, Korea
  Guggenheim, Asher Associates, Los Angeles, USA
  Microsoft Art Collection- International Center of photography, New York, USA
  Jumeirah Essex House, New York, USA
 
  Selected Bibliography
2006 Atta Kim: ON-AIR. Germany: ICP/Steidl, 2006.
  “Atta Kim: On Air [Review].” The Art Newspaper June 2006.
  Cotter, Holland. “When Real Time Turns Out to Be the Most Surreal of All.” The New York Times 12 July 2006.
  Grosz, David. “Illustrating the Transience of Individual Identity.” The New York Sun 15 June 2006
  Thérond, Eve. “Les mises en boîtes d’Atta Kim.” French PHOTO July/August 2006.
  Pasulka, Nicole. “The Museum Project [Interview with Atta Kim].” The Morning News 7 August 2006.
2005 Atta Kim: The Museum Project. New York: Aperture Foundation, 2005.
2001 Kim, Atta. “Boxing Kim.” Aperture Winter 2001.