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Koo Bohnchang

(Korean, born 1953)

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Koo Bohnchang

Soap 01, 2006

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Koo Bohnchang

Ocean 03-1, 1999

15,000 USD

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Koo Bohnchang

Interiors 02, 2002

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Koo Bohnchang

Ocean 01, 1999

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Koo Bohnchang

Ocean 06, 2002

15,000 USD

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Koo Bohnchang

Ocean 07, 2002

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Koo Bohnchang

Soap 05, 2006

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Koo Bohnchang

Soap 40, 2007

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Koo Bohnchang

Interiors 06, 2003

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Koo Bohnchang

White 10, 2000

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Koo Bohnchang

Soap 24, 2006

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Koo Bohnchang

Gold PE 002, 2002

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Biography

Timeline

1971 - 1975
B.A. Business Administration, Yon-Sei University, Seoul
1980 - 1985
Diploma, Photography, Fachhochschule, Hamburg, Germany
2000
Lee Myoungdong Prize, Seoul, South Korea
2003
Gangwon Documentary Prize, Korea
2013
Curator, Musée du Quai Branly, 4th World Image Biennale, Paris, France
2014
Dong Gang Photography Award, Korea

Exhibitions

2010 - 2018
Bohnchang Koo Exhibitions in 2018 :
Blooming at the Junction (Vessel), BKorean Cultural Center, Hong Kong
Oceans, Aquario Civico, Milan, Italy (solo exhibition)

Bohnchang Koo Exhibitions in 2017 :
Contemporary Korean Ceramics, V&A Museum, London, England
Lotte Seoul Sky, Seoul, Korea

Bohnchang Koo Exhibitions in 2016 :
花, Shinsegae Gallery Incheon, Incheon, Korea (solo exhibition)
花, Shinsegae Gallery Gwangju, Gwangju, Korea (solo exhibition)
White Vessels, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (solo exhibition)
Extra Ordinary, Korean Cultural Centre Gallery, Sydney Unconscious Aesthetics, Breathing Heritage: Contemporary Korean Ceramics’, The Fondation Bernardaud, Limoges
Noonbit Collection of Korean Photographer’s Works, Ryugaheon gallery, Seoul
Unfamiliar memory, Unfamiliar time, Unfamiliar space, Gallery Now, Seoul
Public to Private: Photography in Korean Art since 1989, The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul
‘Vies silencieuses’, Galerie Camera Obscura, Paris, France
‘Vies silencieuses’, Galerie Camera Obscura, Paris, France
‘Chefs-d'œuvre de la céramique coréenne’, Grand Palais, Paris
‘Cheong Chul Eo Lam’, Hyundai Dept. Store Gallery H, Daegu

Bohnchang Koo Exhibitions in 2015 :
Porcelain Time, Yido Gallery, Seoul, Korea (solo exhibition)
Bohnchang Koo, Nanohama, Hakone, Japan (solo exhibition)
simsimhada, Doosungpaper Gallery, Seoul, Korea
In the Spirit of George Rose, KF Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Le Parfum dans tous les sens, Jardins du Palais Royal, Paris, France
BODY, Handok Museum of Medicine and Pharmacy, Eumseong, Korea
Invitation to Korean Dining, Roma Verso Expo, Roma, Italy
Simple Forms: Contemplating Beauty, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Lies of Lies on Photography, Total Museum, Seoul, Korea
BEYOND THE BORDERS, Culture Station Seoul 284, Korea
OBIECTA, Giacomo Guidi, Roma, Italy

Bohnchang Koo Exhibitions in 2014 :
White on White, Villa Flor, S-Chanf, Switzerland (solo exhibition)
Bohnchang Koo - Open End, Galeria Carla Sozzani, Milan, Italy (solo exhibition)
Dong Gang Photography Award Exhibition, Dong Gang Museum of Photography, Yeongwol (solo exhibition)
Koo Bohnchang Archives: 18 Exhibitions, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea (solo exhibition)
Encounter Korean Early Modernist and Modernist of Photographer, Trunk Gallery, Seoul, Korea (solo exhibition)
Kitchen, Onyang Folk Museum, Asan, Korea
Form As Thinking - Rediscovery of Drawing, Museum SAN, Wonju, Korea
Korean Beauty Two Kinds of Nature, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Dual Natures in Ceramics, SFO Museum, San Francisco, CA
Admiration of White Porcelain, Seoul Museum, Seoul, Korea

Bohnchang Koo Exhibitions in 2013 :
SLOW TALK, Ivory press, Madrid, Spain (solo exhibition)
The Interpretations of Landscape, J-Hee Gallery, Gwangju, South Korea (solo exhibition)
Happy Memories, Ryugaheon Galery, Seoul, South Korea (solo exhibition)
Interpretation of Surface, Gallery Bundo, Daegu, South Korea (solo exhibition)
KoreaChina Ceramics Art Exhibition, Gyeonggi Ceramic Museum, Gyeonggi, Korea
사진의 터, Art Space J, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Sakura, Tanakaya Gallery, Hirosaki, Japan

Bohnchang Koo Exhibitions in 2012 :
Mega Seoul 4 decades, The Museum of Photography, Seoul, South Korea
Motherhood, Ewha Womans University Museum, Seoul, Korea
달하 노피곰 도다샤 어긔야 머리곰 비취오시라, Ilwoo Space, Seoul, Korea
Fold III: USELESS/Upcycling in Art+Design, Art+Shanghai Gallery, Shanghai, China

Bohnchang Koo Exhibitions in 2011 :
Bohnchang Koo, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea (solo exhibition)
The Baptist, Nuda Gallery, Daejeon, Korea (solo exhibition)
Snow, Jeju Island, Trunk Gallery, Seoul, Korea (solo exhibition)
Korean Spirit; Six Photographers, Goyang, Korea
Books & Objects, Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul, Korea
紙花, Kokdu Museum, curated by Clark Worswick, Seoul, Korea
Fold 3, Art+Shanghai Gallery, Shaghai, China

Bohnchang Koo Exhibitions in 2010 :
Plain Beauty: Korean White Porcelain/Photographs by Bohnchang Koo, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (solo exhibition)
Masks, Stone Art Museum, Duson Art Museum, Jeju, Korea (solo exhibition)
Korean Contemporary Art, Plastic Garden, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China
On the Line, Daelim Contemporary Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
A Positive View, Somerset House, London, England
Cycle, Recycle, Interalia Art Company, Seoul, Korea
Chaotic Harmony: Contemporary Korean Photography, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
Man Ray's Photography & His Heritage, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Primavere del Bianco, Museum of Art Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Eternal Blinking: Contemporary Art of Korea, University of Hawaii, HA
30th Anniversary of Young Korean Artist, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea
Biennale International de l’Image a Luang Prabang, Laos
2000 - 2009
Bohnchang Koo Exhibitions in 2009 :
Vessel · Soap · Interiors, Galerie Camera Obscura, Paris, France (solo exhibition)
Purity, Galerie Raum mit Licht, Vienna, Austria (solo exhibition)
Pencil of Nature, Gallery Bow, Ulsan, Korea (solo exhibition)
The Face beyond Faces, Sungkok Museum, Seoul, Korea
Chaotic Harmony: Contemporary Korean Photography, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Met First, Yet Familiar, Korean Contemporary Photography, 798 Space, Beijing, China
Art Road 77 - with art, with artist!, Lee & Park Gallery, Paju
The Face beyond Faces, Dong-gang International Photo Festival 2009, Dong-gang Museum of Photography, Yeongwol, Korea 2009
Odyssey, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
Made in Korea, Hannover Messe 2009, Hannover, Germany
Translated Celadon: The Five Different Stories, Haegang Ceramics Museum, Icheon, Korea
Three Photographers, Canon Plex, Seoul, Korea Problem, Dr.Park Gallery, Yangpyeong-gun, Korea
Serotonin, Gallery Now, Seoul, Korea
Valentine's Day! Art for You!, , 915 Industry Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Artists and Moon Jars, Gallery Hyundai Gangnam, Seoul, Korea

Bohnchang Koo Exhibitions in 2008 :
In the Beginning, Trunk Gallery, Seoul, Korea (solo exhibition)
Coolness and Passion, MBC Gallery M, Daegu, Korea (solo exhibition)
Gaze, Gallery Grimson, Seoul, Korea
Back to the Roots, Gallery Soheon, Daegu, Korea
Bohnchang Koo & Maggie Taylor, Verve Gallery of Photography, Santa Fe, NM
Contemporary Korean Photographs 1948-2008, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
Inspired Simplicity: Contemporary Art from Korea, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Treasures Within, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Emotional Scenes, Blanca Berlín Gallery, Madrid, Spain
Today's Korean Art , Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea

Bohnchang Koo Exhibitions in 2007 :
Bohnchang Koo, Goeun Museum of Art, Busan, Korea (solo exhibition)
Galerie 206, Berlin, Germany (solo exhibition)
Soap, Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (solo exhibition)
Chuseok - Korean Harvest Festival, Gallery Talk ‘The Korean Moon Jar’, The British Museum, London, England
Painterly Photos, Leehwaik Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Void in Korean Art, Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Bohnchang Koo Exhibitions in 2006 :
Hasted Hunt Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
Vessel, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea (solo exhibition)
Koo Bohnchang, Kahitsukan, Kyoto Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyoto, Japan (solo exhibition)

Bohnchang Koo Exhibitions in 2005 :
Portraits of Time, White Room Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo exhibition)
La beaute endormie, Langon, France (solo exhibition)
Stilled, Gallery 339, Philadelphia, PA

Bohnchang Koo Exhibitions in 2004 :
Masks, White, Galerie Camera Obscura, Paris, France (solo exhibition)
Water, FotoFest 2004, Houston, TX
What happens between Art and Popular Culture, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea

Bohnchang Koo Exhibitions in 2003 :
Bohnchang Koo: Recent work, Ricco Maresca Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
Masks, The Museum of Photography, Seoul, Korea (solo exhibition)
White, In the Beginning, Picture Photo Space, Osaka, Japan (solo exhibition)
Facing Korea, Foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
East of Eden, 14 Wharf Road, London, England

Bohnchang Koo Exhibitions in 2002 :
Fragile Tremors, San Diego Museum of Photographic Arts, curated by Carol McCusker, San Diego, CA (solo exhibition) Masterworks of Contemporary Korean Photography, curated by Clark Worswick, Peabody Essex Museum, Essex, MA (solo exhibition)
In the Beginning, Shadai Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (solo exhibition)
Two Korean Photographers, Photo-Eye Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Korean Contemporary Photography, Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Sendai Mediatheque, Japan
Floating, Art Center Silkeborg Bad, Denmark
Everyman: A Search for the Male Form, Camera Work, San Francisco, CA

Bohnchang Koo Exhibitions in 2001 :
Base Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (solo exhibition)
Prinz Gallery, Kyoto, Japan (solo exhibition)
Samsung Rodin Gallery, Seoul, Korea (solo exhibition)
Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo exhibition)
Awakening, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, Australia

Bohnchang Koo Exhibitions in 2000 :
White Series, Ricco Maresca Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
Good-Bye Paradise, Galleri Image, Aarhus, Denmark (solo exhibition)
Flow, Gallery Won, Seoul, Korea (solo exhibition)
Standing on the Threshold of Time, Odense Foto Triennale, Denmark
Contemporary Korean Photographers, FotoFest 2000, Houston, TX
Moonlight Becomes You - A Thousand and One Nights of Peace on Earth, The Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY

Public Collections

Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
State Library, Victoria, Australia
Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeongju, Korea
Shadai Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Seattle Asian Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Reykjavik Museum of Photography, Iceland
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia

Literature

2014
DMZ, Noonbit, Korea
Vessel + White, Danilo Montanari Editore, Italy
How to Capture the Touching Moment, Culturegrapher, Korea
2013
SLOW TALK, Ivorypress, Spain
2011
Chun, Jesse. Koo Bohnchang: seizing the moment, The Korea Times, November 25
Koo Bohnchang, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2010
Sozanski, Edward, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA, July 25
2009
Purity, Galerie Raum mit Licht, Austria
2008
A Perspective on 1980s, Wow Image, Korea
2007
Everyday Treasures, Rutles, Japan
English (US)

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