Yi Soonjoo

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Born in Seoul . South Korea
Lives & works in Korea & Germany

Studies:
Fine Arts at Hongik University Seoul +
Art history and philosophy, Universität Freiburg i.Br. +
Fine Arts at National Academy for Fine Arts - Städelschule, Frankfurt/M, Germany

2024 Art Basel Hong Kong at One and J. Gallery

Residencies :
2005/06 Goyang Studio Program of the National Museum of Contemporary Art Korea (MMCA)
2001 SsamzieSpace . Seoul . Korea
1999 Art OMI . NY. USA

1994/95 Grant of Ministry for Arts & Science in the state of Hessen . Germany

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Solo-Exhibitions:

2023

Mum Mom Mam. One and J. Gallery. Seoul

2019
Mote Eye Beam. obscura. Seoul

2018
Greed Eats A Village, Bukjeongmaul. Space ikki. Seoul

2016
Window gallery. Seongbuk Museum of Art. Seoul

2010
Forgotten details knock on my door.Take Out Drawing Seongbuk-dong. Seoul. Korea
work in progress photo set

2008
hurting dance. Gallery Noon. Seoul. Korea

2004
Hm. Project Space Sarubia. Seoul. Korea
If I were you. Gallery Ssamziegil. Seoul. Korea

2001
Watching you watching me. Ausstellungshalle 1A . Frankfurt

1998
Was hab zu tun ich mit dem Rest . Goethe-Institute Rotterdam

1996
Stillhalten der Kinnlade. Gallery Huber-Nising . Frankfurt

Group-Exhibitions (selection) :

2023

The Purloined Letter. One and J. Gallery. Seoul.

Green Luminance. gallery Hoho. Seoul

2021

"1+1" Collector's View, One And J. gallery. Seoul

2019
Robinson Crusoe's Gong, DrawingSpace Saalgoo. Seoul

2018
Seoul Drawing Club: The Depth of my Drawing is insurmountable. 175 gallery. Seoul

2017
Cabinet. Seongbuk Museum of Art. Seoul.
Sengak Gagae III + What? Bukjeong + Gilgangsa Project
in the context of Seongbukdong Art Commons. Seoul

2016
Sengak Gagae II. Seongbuk Little Gallery. Seoul

2015
Drawing, Undefined. DrawingSpace Saalgoo. Seoul
Momentum: Art/OMI 1997-2014. Total Museum of Contemporary Art. Seoul

2014
Happyi Mistake 1+2. DrawingSpace Saalgoo. Seoul

2011
Drive Inn. Boan Yeoghwan. Seoul
work in progress photo set

2009
Eonni is back. Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art. Korea
Gallery C5. Peking. China

2006
Drawing Energy . Arko Art Center. Seoul
Wake Up Andy Warhol . Gallery Ssamzie-Gil. Seoul
sub . Goyang Studio (MMCA) . Korea

2005
Since 1999 . Gallery Loop. Seoul
Visible or Invisible . Seoul Museum of Modern Art (SeMA)
Play Inbetween . Andrewshire Gallery. Los Angeles +
Arena 1 Gallery. Santa Monica. USA
Meeting . Seoul Art Center Gallery +
Art Gallery of Tokyo University. Japan

2004
Stranger than Paradise . Total Museum of Contemporary Art. Seoul
Wertpapiere . Ausstellungshalle 1A. Frankfurt/M
Spring Picnic . Seoul Museum for Modern Art (SeMA)

2003
Beauty. Sungkok Art Museum. Seoul
Uncanny. Gallery La Mer. Seoul
At Home. KEPCO Plaza Gallery. Seoul
Where are you? Marronier Art Center. Seoul

2002
44 Puzzles. Gallery La Mer. Seoul
Neopainting. Young-Un Museum for Modern Art. Korea
Ssamzie Open Studio. Gallery Ssamziegil. Seoul

2001
Desire . Museum for Art Bologna. Italy +
Kunstraum Innsbruck . Austria

2000
Man and Space . Kwangju Biennale 2000. Korea
Invisible Boundary . Utzunomia Museum for Modern Art +
Niigata Citizenhall Gallery. Japan

1999
3 Persons Show . Gallery Juno. New York City. USA

1998
Von Kopf bis Fuss . Kunstraum Innsbruck . Austria
Feed & Back . Kumho Museum for Modern Art. Seoul +
Frauenmuseum Bonn

E-mail: yisoonjoo(at)gmail.com

Installation_SeMA

View of National treasure MMV at exhibition Visible or Invisible . Seoul Museum of Modern Art (SeMA).2005

View of National treasure MMV - detail - at exhibition Visible or Invisible . Seoul Museum of Modern Art (SeMA).2005

Installation_Loop & more

View of I want to be a tiger again - detail - at exhibition Since 1999 . Gallery Loop. Seoul

Couple 2005

Wall drawings _ Total Art Museum

Wall drawings _ Sarubia

Paintings

Signs_Kwangju & SeMA

Kwangju Biennale 2000

at Spring Picnic . SeMA

Drawings

View of Miss World (the true,the good,the beautiful) at exhibition Meeting . Seoul Art Center Gallery +
Art Gallery of Tokyo University. Japan