Education

1995 - 2001 Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste -Städelschule- Frankfurt, Germany class of Georg Herold, Peter Kubelka, Thomas Bayrle 2000 The Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London, GB

Solo Exhibitions

2018 Skala, Museum Nikolaikirche, Hannah-Höch-Förderpreis, Berlin, Germany *

2017 Kólla, Galerie Mezzanin, Geneva, Switzerland 2016 Cryptographic Imagination, 7 1/2 - Seven and a Half, Seoul, Korea Chemi, U4, Albrecht Kastein, Urologisches Zentrum Steglitz, Berlin, Germany Eisen, NON Berlin, Berlin, Germany

2015 Galerie Johann Widauer, Innsbruck, Austria

2014 Galerie Mezzanin, Vienna, Austria Nach Material, Galerie Cinzia Friedlaender, Berlin, Germany

2011 Galerie Cinzia Friedlaender, Berlin, Germany

2009 A Circle within Six Circles, Galerie Cinzia Friedlaender, Berlin, Germany

2006 long and short, Alternative Space Loop, Seoul, Korea

2005 Bielefelder Kunstverein, Bielefeld, Germany *

2005 Tokonoma, Galerie Michael Neff, Frankfurt, Germany

2004 Japan im Kopf, 1822-Forum, Frankfurt, Germany *

2002 Empty Full City, Galerie Michael Neff, Frankfurt, Germany Learning Asia, dontmiss, Frankfurt, Germany

1999 flowersandleaves, rraum, Frankfurt, Germany

Selected Group Exhibitions

2018 Divided We Stand, Busan Biennale 2018, curated by Cristina Ricupero & Jörg Heiser, Museum of Contemporary Art, Busan, Korea Elephant in the Room, curated by Sunyoung Oh, Museum Sejarah Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia A Tale of Two Cities: Narrative Archive of Memories III, curated by Sunyoung Oh, National Gallery of Indonesia, Indonesia Birds, invited by Michael Beutler, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg, Germany Lilia & Tulipan, curated by Meike Behm, Kunsthalle Lingen, Germany A Tale of Two Cities: Narrative Archive of Memories II, curated by Sunyoung Oh, Gimhae Arts and Sports Center, Gimhae, Korea

2017 Vision & Perspective 1999 - 2017, Cognitive Mapping, Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea A Tale of Two Cities: Narrative Archive of Memories, curated by Sunyoung Oh, Arko Art Center, Seoul, Korea Sonne auf Papier, Technische Sammlungen, Dresden, Germany

2016 Sonne auf Papier, curated by Thomas Niemeyer, Städtische Galerie Nordhorn, Germany Wiederholung. Cmelka - Choi - Falsnaes, curated by Kira Dell, Blumenladen - St. Elisabeth Kirchhof II, Berlin, Germany The Unfaithful Replica, curated by Nuria Enguita Mayo & Nacho Paris, CA2M-Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Móstoles-Madrid, Spain Remember Lidice, curated by René Block, Städtische Galerie Nordhorn, Germany

2015 Dérive Dérivée, curated by Angelique Campens, CAB Contemporary Art, Brussels, Belgium Significant Other, Korea Kulturhaus, Donnaupark, Vienna, Austria Remember Lidice, curated by René Block, Edition Block, Berlin, Germany Supermagnets, curated by A. von Taube & H. Friebe, Schau Fenster, Berlin, Germany Grand Illusion(s), curated by Christopher Eamon, Simon Preston Gallery, New York, USA Springer, nochmals, curated by Angela Rosenberg, Probebühne 7, Humboldt Lab Dahlem, Ethnologisches Museum Berlin, Germany

2014 I multiplied myself in order to feel myself, curated by Barbara Rüdiger, Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Vienna, Austria

2013 Josefine meets Sunah, with Thomas Bayrle, Galerie Mezzanin, Vienna, Austria Cattedrale, invited by Enzo Cucchi, Salvatore Lacagnina and Victor Man, Istituto Svizzero Roma, Rome, Italy echo release, Stipendiaten der Hessischen Kulturstiftung, curated by Aurélia Defrance & Anna-Viktoria Eschbach, Hessischen Kulturstiftung / Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany The Unanswered Question. Iskle 2, curated by René Block, n.b.k. - Neue Berliner Kunstverein / TANAS, Berlin, Germany Hélio Oiticica im Palmengarten, Performance- und Filmprogram in Penetrável PN 14, MMK, Frankfurt, Germany einszehn, zweizehn, dreizehn, curated by Jörg van den Berg, Kunstverein Friedrichshafen, Germany How far away is Mars, T293, Rome, Italy The Artist´s Institute, curated by Thomas Bayrle & Anthony Hubermann, New York, USA New Kids of the Block, curated by Ayse Erkmen, TANAS, Berlin, Germany Detouched, curated by Anthony Hubermann, Project Arts Centre, Dublin, Ireland Selected Artists 2012, curated by Frank Wagner, NGBK - Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin, Germany

2012 Garden of Learning, Busan Biennale 2012, curated by Roger M. Buergel, Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea Expending the Grid, curated by Franziska Solte, Instituts für Kunst- und Bildgeschichte der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany east people power, curated by Jae-Hyun Yoo, KunstDoc, Leipzig, Germany Object Atlas - Fieldwork in the Museum, curated by Clementine Deliss, Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt, Germany

2011 Thomas Bayrle kuratiert (ungern) Schrippenkönig mit P?, curated by Thomas Bayrle, Galerie Mezzanin, Vienna, Austria BEYOND, curated by Adam Budak, KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia Is This Where It Ends?, Sunah Choi / Haroon Mirza, curated by Franziska Solte & Isabelle Busch, Kunstverein Harburger Bhf, Hamburg, Germany based in Berlin, KW - Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany Un´Espressione Geografica, curated by Francesco Bonami, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy Dancing to the Rhyme, curated by Sunyoung Oh, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea Splace, curated by Antje Majewski, Fernsehturm, Berlin, Germany Seven Little Mistakes, curated by Stefano Collicelli Cagol, Museo Marino Marini, Florence, Italy

2010 And the Moral of the Story is…, curated by Zoe Gray, Film program, Morality, Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Soot and Spit, Sils, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Art Sonje Lounge Project, with Chosil Kil, curated by Sunjung Kim, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, Korea

2009 USB, Hangaram Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea Dream House, curated by Seon-Ryeong Cho, Alternative Space Pool, Seoul, Korea

2008 Boxer, curated by Juliane von Herz, Literaturhaus Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany

2007 The California Files, curated by Ariane Beyn, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, CCA, San Francisco, USA

2006 Beijing Case, curated by Gregor Jansen, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany UPDATE.06, 40 years video art in Germany, curated by Matthias Mühling, Lenbachhaus, München, Germany

2005 Parallel Life, curated by Nicolaus Schafhausen & Vanessa Joan Müller, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany Screening War, curated by Thomas Thiel, ZKM, Karlsruhe / ZKMax, München, Germany Therefore Beautiful, curated by Vanessa Joan Müller, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kreichtal, Germany

2004 A Grass of Water, Akiyoshidai International Art Village, Japan Sculpture Now, Galerie Michael Neff, Frankfurt, Germany

2003 Heute, Hess. Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst, Wiesbaden, Germany In Media Res, Gallery Art & Essai, University Rennes, France

2002 easy-heavy, with Michael Beutler, Luftraum, Frankfurt, Germany

2001 Frankfurter Kreuz, curated by Anette Tietenberg, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany Videonale 9, curated by Sören Grammel, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany

2000 Dynamo-Eintracht, curated by Jan Winkelmann & Konstantin Adamopoulos, Galerie ak, Frankfurt / Robotron, Dresden, Germany Eine Munition unter Anderen, curated by Sören Grammel, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany Real Work, Werkleitz Biennale 4, Tornitz, Germany

1999 German Open, curated by Veit Görner, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany

Grants and Awards

2018 Hannah-Höch-Förderpreis, Berlin, Germany 2013 Artist Residency, Lenikus, Vienna, Austria 2012 Arbeitsstipendium, Berliner Senat, Berlin, Germany 2005 Prize of Frankfurter Verein für Künstlerhilfe, Frankfurt, Germany 2004 Artist Residency, Akiyoshidai International Art Village, Yamaguchi, Japan 2003 Reisestipendium, Hessische Kulturstiftung, Wiesbaden, Germany 2002 Arbeitsstipendium, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn, Germany 2002 Artist Residency, SSamzie Space, Seoul, Korea 2001 Prize of Verein Freunde der Städelschule, Frankfurt, Germany

1968 born in Busan, Korea
1994 moved to Germany
lives and works in Berlin, Germany

Education

1995 - 2001 Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste -Städelschule- Frankfurt, Germany
class of Georg Herold, Peter Kubelka, Thomas Bayrle
2000 The Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London, GB

Solo Exhibitions

2018 
Skala, Museum Nikolaikirche, Hannah-Höch-Förderpreis, Berlin, Germany *

2017 
Kólla, Galerie Mezzanin, Geneva, Switzerland

2016 
Cryptographic Imagination, 7 1/2 - Seven and a Half, Seoul, Korea
Chemi, U4, Albrecht Kastein, Urologisches Zentrum Steglitz, Berlin, Germany
Eisen, NON Berlin, Berlin, Germany

2015
Galerie Johann Widauer, Innsbruck, Austria

2014
Galerie Mezzanin, Vienna, Austria
Nach Material, Galerie Cinzia Friedlaender, Berlin, Germany

2011
Galerie Cinzia Friedlaender, Berlin, Germany

2009 
A Circle within Six Circles, Galerie Cinzia Friedlaender, Berlin, Germany

2006 
long and short, Alternative Space Loop, Seoul, Korea

2005
Bielefelder Kunstverein, Bielefeld, Germany *

2005 
Tokonoma, Galerie Michael Neff, Frankfurt, Germany

2004 
Japan im Kopf, 1822-Forum, Frankfurt, Germany *

2002 
Empty Full City, Galerie Michael Neff, Frankfurt, Germany
Learning Asia, dontmiss, Frankfurt, Germany

1999 
flowersandleaves, rraum, Frankfurt, Germany


Selected Group Exhibitions

2018 
Divided We Stand, Busan Biennale 2018, curated by Cristina Ricupero & Jörg Heiser, Museum of Contemporary Art, Busan, Korea
Elephant in the Room, curated by Sunyoung Oh, Museum Sejarah Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia
A Tale of Two Cities: Narrative Archive of Memories III, curated by Sunyoung Oh, National Gallery of Indonesia, Indonesia
Birds, invited by Michael Beutler, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg, Germany
Lilia & Tulipan, curated by Meike Behm, Kunsthalle Lingen, Germany
A Tale of Two Cities: Narrative Archive of Memories II, curated by Sunyoung Oh, Gimhae Arts and Sports Center, Gimhae, Korea

2017 
Vision & Perspective 1999 - 2017, Cognitive Mapping, Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea
A Tale of Two Cities: Narrative Archive of Memories, curated by Sunyoung Oh, Arko Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Sonne auf Papier, Technische Sammlungen, Dresden, Germany

2016 
Sonne auf Papier, curated by Thomas Niemeyer, Städtische Galerie Nordhorn, Germany
Wiederholung. Cmelka - Choi - Falsnaes, curated by Kira Dell, Blumenladen - St. Elisabeth Kirchhof II, Berlin, Germany
The Unfaithful Replica, curated by Nuria Enguita Mayo & Nacho Paris, CA2M-Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Móstoles-Madrid, Spain
Remember Lidice, curated by René Block, Städtische Galerie Nordhorn, Germany

2015 
Dérive Dérivée, curated by Angelique Campens, CAB Contemporary Art, Brussels, Belgium
Significant Other, Korea Kulturhaus, Donnaupark, Vienna, Austria
Remember Lidice, curated by René Block, Edition Block, Berlin, Germany
Supermagnets, curated by A. von Taube & H. Friebe, Schau Fenster, Berlin, Germany
Grand Illusion(s), curated by Christopher Eamon, Simon Preston Gallery, New York, USA
Springer, nochmals, curated by Angela Rosenberg, Probebühne 7, Humboldt Lab Dahlem, Ethnologisches Museum Berlin, Germany

2014 
I multiplied myself in order to feel myself, curated by Barbara Rüdiger, Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Vienna, Austria 

2013 
Josefine meets Sunah, with Thomas Bayrle, Galerie Mezzanin, Vienna, Austria
Cattedrale, invited by Enzo Cucchi, Salvatore Lacagnina and Victor Man, Istituto Svizzero Roma, Rome, Italy
echo release, Stipendiaten der Hessischen Kulturstiftung, curated by Aurélia Defrance & Anna-Viktoria Eschbach, Hessischen Kulturstiftung / Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany
The Unanswered Question. Iskle 2, curated by René Block, n.b.k. - Neue Berliner Kunstverein / TANAS, Berlin, Germany
Hélio Oiticica im Palmengarten, Performance- und Filmprogram in Penetrável PN 14, MMK, Frankfurt, Germany
einszehn, zweizehn, dreizehn, curated by Jörg van den Berg, Kunstverein Friedrichshafen, Germany 
How far away is Mars, T293, Rome, Italy
The Artist´s Institute, curated by Thomas Bayrle & Anthony Hubermann, New York, USA
New Kids of the Block, curated by Ayse Erkmen, TANAS, Berlin, Germany
Detouched, curated by Anthony Hubermann, Project Arts Centre, Dublin, Ireland
Selected Artists 2012, curated by Frank Wagner, NGBK - Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin, Germany

2012 
Garden of Learning, Busan Biennale 2012, curated by Roger M. Buergel, Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea
Expending the Grid, curated by Franziska Solte, Instituts für Kunst- und Bildgeschichte der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
east people power, curated by Jae-Hyun Yoo, KunstDoc, Leipzig, Germany
Object Atlas - Fieldwork in the Museum, curated by Clementine Deliss, Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt, Germany

2011 
Thomas Bayrle kuratiert (ungern) Schrippenkönig mit P?, curated by Thomas Bayrle, Galerie Mezzanin, Vienna, Austria
BEYOND, curated by Adam Budak, KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
Is This Where It Ends?, Sunah Choi / Haroon Mirza, curated by Franziska Solte & Isabelle Busch, Kunstverein Harburger Bhf, Hamburg, Germany
based in Berlin, KW - Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
Un´Espressione Geografica, curated by Francesco Bonami, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
Dancing to the Rhyme, curated by Sunyoung Oh, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Splace, curated by Antje Majewski, Fernsehturm, Berlin, Germany
Seven Little Mistakes, curated by Stefano Collicelli Cagol, Museo Marino Marini, Florence, Italy

2010
And the Moral of the Story is…, curated by Zoe Gray, Film program, Morality, Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Soot and Spit, Sils, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Art Sonje Lounge Project, with Chosil Kil, curated by Sunjung Kim, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, Korea

2009 
USB, Hangaram Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
Dream House, curated by Seon-Ryeong Cho, Alternative Space Pool, Seoul, Korea

2008 
Boxer, curated by Juliane von Herz, Literaturhaus Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany

2007 
The California Files, curated by Ariane Beyn, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, CCA, San Francisco, USA

2006 
Beijing Case, curated by Gregor Jansen, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
UPDATE.06, 40 years video art in Germany, curated by Matthias Mühling, Lenbachhaus, München, Germany

2005 
Parallel Life, curated by Nicolaus Schafhausen & Vanessa Joan Müller, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany
Screening War, curated by Thomas Thiel, ZKM, Karlsruhe / ZKMax, München, Germany
Therefore Beautiful, curated by Vanessa Joan Müller, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kreichtal, Germany

2004 
A Grass of Water, Akiyoshidai International Art Village, Japan
Sculpture Now, Galerie Michael Neff, Frankfurt, Germany 

2003 
Heute, Hess. Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst, Wiesbaden, Germany
In Media Res, Gallery Art & Essai, University Rennes, France

2002 
easy-heavy, with Michael Beutler, Luftraum, Frankfurt, Germany

2001 
Frankfurter Kreuz, curated by Anette Tietenberg, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
Videonale 9, curated by Sören Grammel, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany

2000 
Dynamo-Eintracht, curated by Jan Winkelmann & Konstantin Adamopoulos, Galerie ak, Frankfurt / Robotron, Dresden, Germany
Eine Munition unter Anderen, curated by Sören Grammel, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany
Real Work, Werkleitz Biennale 4, Tornitz, Germany

1999 
German Open, curated by Veit Görner, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany


Grants and Awards

2018 Hannah-Höch-Förderpreis, Berlin, Germany
2013 Artist Residency, Lenikus, Vienna, Austria
2012 Arbeitsstipendium, Berliner Senat, Berlin, Germany
2005 Prize of Frankfurter Verein für Künstlerhilfe, Frankfurt, Germany
2004 Artist Residency, Akiyoshidai International Art Village, Yamaguchi, Japan
2003 Reisestipendium, Hessische Kulturstiftung, Wiesbaden, Germany
2002 Arbeitsstipendium, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn, Germany
2002 Artist Residency, SSamzie Space, Seoul, Korea
2001 Prize of Verein Freunde der Städelschule, Frankfurt, Germany