The photographic work of the 1969 in Seoul, Korea, born artist Kyungwoo Chun is known for its sensitive atmosphere. Chun, who finished his studies 1992 with B.F.A. in Photography, College of Arts, Chung-Ang University, Korea, and with Diploma in Communication Design, Universität Wuppertal, Germany, 2000, choices intentionaly long exposure times. He turns away from the original Western purpose of photography, to document, to capture a moment and present a clear picture of reality. The long exposure time gives him the opportunity to interact with his subjects and to build a relationship. Mostly the participants in Chun's work are given a framework in which to act. In addition to allowing photographer and subject to interact, the long exposure times allow Chun to capture more than a snapshot. Fleeting moments are piled on top of each other, allowing the viewer to see time in a single moment. Kyungwoo Chun lives and works in Seoul, he is teaching at the Chung-Ang University in Seoul, Korea
Read MoreSelection of solo and group exhibitions:
LAZNIA Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdansk, Poland, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea, MAC-VAL-musée d'art contemporain Val-de-Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine, France, Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Germany, Kunsthalle Göppingen, Germany, Kunsthalle Erfurt, Germany, Lazania, Centre for Contemporary Art, Dazing, Poland, The Museum of Photography, Seoul, Korea
Group exhibitions:
LACMA - Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA, Museum of Contemporary Art Busan, Korea, Pohang Museum of Steel Art, Pohang, Korea, MAC-VAL - musée d'art contemporain Val-de-Marne,Vitry-sur-Seine, France, Musée national de l'histoire de l'immigration, Paris, France, Kulturstiftung Schloss Agathenburg, Agathenburg, Germany, SeMA-Nam Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea, Buk Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea, The State Museum of Oriental Art, Moskau, Russia, St. Thomas von Aquin/Katholische Akademie, Berlin, Germany, 6th Moscow Biennale/Special Project-Reverse Point Asia State Museum-Reserve Tsaritsyno, Moscow, Russia, Wooyang Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeonju, Korea, Villa Empain, Boghossian Foundation, Brüssel, Belgium, MODEM Centre for Modern and Contemporary Arts, Debrecen, Hungary, Grimmuseum, Berlin, Germany, A Centry of Photographs, Museum fuer Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany, Arko Art Center, Arts Council Korea, Liverpool Biennial : Media Landscape, Zone East, Contemporary Urban Centre, Liverpool, UK, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, USA, Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie e. V. , Darmstadt Reflections, Germany, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea
Text courtesy Bernhard Knaus Fine Art.
