Back Seung Woo, RS-#001, 2012
Digital print,61.3×86.2cm
BIOGRAPHY
Back Seung Woo
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Born in 1973 in Daejon, Korea
Lives and works in Seoul, Korea
– Education –
| 2005 | M.F.A. in Fine Art and Theory, Middlesex University, London, U.K. |
| Research Fine Art and Theory (PHD), Middlesex University, London, U.K. | |
| 2002 | M.F.A. in Photography, ChungAng University, Seoul, Korea |
| 2000 | B.F.A. in Photography, ChungAng University, Seoul, Korea |
– Award & Prizes –
| 2009 | Prix Pictec 2009, Award nominated, England & Switzerland |
| The first Ilwoo Photography Award, Seoul, Korea | |
| 2008 | Discovery Show, Fotofest, Houston, U.S.A. |
| KLM Paul Huf Award nominated, Foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |
| Leopold Godowsky, Jr. Color Photography Awards honorable Mention, Photographic | |
| Resource Center at Boston University , Boston, U.S.A. | |
| This Photo is Great, 2008 Asahi Press, Japan |
– Selected Solo Exhibitions –
| 2019 | 100% Comments, Sindoh art place, Seoul, Korea |
| 2017 | I’m a Picture-Grapher: Photos of this Era, POST, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2016 | Korea Artist Prize 2016, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea |
| 2015 | Cross Vancouver, Cross Gaze, 2014-2016 Vancouver Biennale, Canada |
| WALKING ON THE LINE, Centre A, Vancouver, Canada | |
| 2015 | Eloquence Magazine Artist Series 3, Untitled, Window Gallery Granze, Seoul, Korea |
| Photographs 2001-2015 by Seung Woo Back, Goeun Museum of Photography, Busan, Korea | |
| 2012 | Gaps, Unrealistic Generals,?Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea |
| Memento, Doosan Gallery, New York, U.S.A. | |
| 2011 | Deferred Judgement, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, Korea |
| Blow Up, MISA SHIN GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 2010 | Ilwoo Phtography Award Exhibition, Seoul, Korea |
| 2009 | Revised Ideal, Gana Art New York, New York, U.S.A. |
– Selected Group Exhibitions –
| 2020 | Spring of Democracy, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, Korea |
| Believing is Seeing, Gana Art Nineone, Seoul, Korea | |
| 2019 | Matt Black X Gana Art: Reflections, Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea |
| Negotiating Borders, Korean Cultural Center UK, London, United Kingdom | |
| 2018 | Imagined Borders,Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju Biennale Exhibition Hall, Asia Culture Center, Select Locations in Gwangju Metropolitan City |
| Photographies, La Capitale Galerie, Paris, France | |
| Group Show 2, MISA SHIN GALLERY, Tokyo | |
| 2017 | What Does the Image Stand For?, Galerie de l’UQAM, Université du Québec, Montreal, Canada |
| BORDER 155, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea | |
| Postmodern Real, Museum of Art Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea | |
| Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal 2017, Momenta Biennale, Montreal, Canada | |
| Media Study: Tension and Relaxation, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea | |
| CRACKS in the Concrete from the MMCA Collection, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, Gwacheon, Korea | |
| Romantic City: Through the Practice of Aesthetic Criticism Today, Inside-Out Art Museum, Beijing, China | |
| Real DMZ project – TIMESHARE, Arhus Museum, Arhus, Denmark | |
| Far Games – Venice Architecture Biennale Homecoming Exhibition, Arko Museum, Seoul, Korea | |
| 2016 | Korea Artist Prize 2016, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, Seoul, Korea |
| Cross Vancouver,Vancouver, Canada | |
| 2015 | Dislocation/Urban Experience Contemporary Photographs From East Asia,Smith Collage Museum of Art, MA, U.S.A |
| North Korean Perspectives, Museum of Contemporary Photography,Columbia College Chicago, Illinois, USA | |
| Lies of Lies: on Photography, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea | |
| 2014 | Birth of a Museum: The MMCA Construction Archive Project, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea |
| Photography and Media 4:00AM, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea | |
| Five Views of the Korean Peninsula, Noorderlicht Gallery, Groningen, The Netherlands | |
| 2013 | More Real? Art in the Age of Truthiness, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, U.S.A. |
| Photography and Society reflecting on the society, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea | |
| Relativity in City, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea | |
| Birth of a Museum: The MMCA Construction Archive Project, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea | |
| AIR 3331 x MIK: Made in Kanda, Art Chiyoda 3331, Tokyo, Japan | |
| Real DMZ Project-From the North, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, Korea | |
| In Search of Lost Time, OCL Museum, Seoul, Korea | |
| WAR+MEMORY, Jeonju Photo Festival, Jeonju, Korea | |
| Cities of Ancient Futures, Changwon Asian Art Festival-Sungsan Art Hall, Changwon, Korea | |
| Succeeding, TOPOHAUS ART CENTER, Seoul, Korea | |
| 2012 | Being Political Popular: Art at the Intersection of Popular Culture and Democracy Movements in South Korea 1980-2010, UCI Museum, California, U.S.A. |
| Garden of learning, Busan Biennale, Busan, Korea | |
| The Magic of Photography, Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu, Korea | |
| Re-Opening DOOSAN Gallery Seoul, DOOSAN Gallery, Seoul, Korea | |
| Camera- Human Beings, IGONG GALLERY, Daejeon, Korea | |
| More Real? Art in the Age of Truthiness, Site Santa Fe, U.S.A. | |
| Real & Illusion, Seoul Auction, Seoul, Korea | |
| Garden of Learning, Busan Biennale, Busan, Korea | |
| 2011 | 2011 Seoul Photo Festival, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea |
| The 8th Juan Media Festival 2011, Juan station Square, Incheon, Korea | |
| 2010 | Phos+Graphos, Gana Art Center, Seoul Korea |
| Dreamland, Pompidou Center, Paris, France | |
| Chaotic Harmony, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara,U.S.A. | |
| archiTECHtonica, CU Art Museum, Colorado, U.S.A. | |
| The View of Korean Contemporary Photography, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan | |
| On the line, Daelim Contemporary Art Museum, Seoul, Korea | |
| On the line, Korean Cultural Centre, London, U.K. | |
| On the line, Korean Cultural Center, Washington, U.S.A. | |
| PRESENT FROM THE PAST, Korean Cultural Centre, London, U.K. | |
| 2009 | Chaotic Harmony, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, U.S.A. |
| Bad Boys, Here now, Gyunggi Museum of Art, Gyunggi-do, Korea | |
| Mexico Biennial of Photography, The Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City, Mexico | |
| Magic Moment (Korean Contemporary Art Exhibition), Hanover, Germany | |
| What is Real? Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea | |
| Double Fantasy, Marugame Genichiro Inokuma of Contemporary Art, Marugame City, Japan | |
| Art for Your Valentine, 915 Industry Gallery, Seoul, Korea | |
| Platform 2009, KIMUSA, Seoul, Korea | |
| Photography Now: China, Japan and Korea, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, U.S.A. | |
| 2008 | 39(2), Art Sonje Center, Seoul, Korea |
| The Bridge,Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea | |
| The Roots & Being now, Soheon Contemporary, Daegu, Korea | |
| Landscape and imagination, Aram Museum, Goyang, Korea | |
| See it, Bukchon Museum, Seoul, Korea | |
| Image in Contrast, Trunk Gallery, Seoul, Korea | |
| Photo on Photography, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea | |
| Young Korean Artists, Gana Art New York, New York, U.S.A. | |
| Untitled, Bauhaus, Berlin, German | |
| Memory of the Future, Daegu Photo biennale, Daegu, Korea | |
| A Sweet Illusion, HanGil Gallelry, Heiri, Gyeonggi-do, Korea | |
| Landscapes, Gallery Wa, Gyeonggi-do, Korea | |
| LA art, New York, U.S.A. | |
| Korean Contemporary Art, Cite Internationale Arts, Paris, France | |
| Discovery Show, Fotofest, Houston, U.S.A. | |
| Let a Thousand Flowers Blossom, Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea | |
| The Battle of Taste, Gallery SangSangmadang, Seoul, Korea |
EXHIBITIONS
Group Show 2
Back Seung Woo, Hikosaka Naoyoshi, Kawamata Tadashi, Ozawa Tsuyoshi, Shinoda Taro, Tomatsu Shomei
April 7 – April 14, 2018
ON PHOTOGRAPHY
Ozawa Tsuyoshi, Back Seung Woo, Shimizu Jio
Sep 21 – Nov 2, 2012
Summer Show
Kimsooja, Torimitsu Momoyo, Back Seung Woo, Suhasini Kejriwal
Jun 24 – Aug 6, 2011
Blow Up
Back Seung Woo
Mar 4 – Apr 16, 2011