KOH SANG WOO

    ecognizable by the blue tone photograph that captures his subject using negative film, Koh Sang Woo is a visual artist who consolidates photography, performance, and painting. His work is a result of dialogue with the model. The Decoration of their bodies and hear with flowers and butterflies and painting them with brush strokes is a part of performance and preparation for photographing. His subjects are completely revealed, represented in their essential purity. Change of the color and the light in exposure gives them intense visual and emotional charge. Woo gives us the opportunity to see the world in reverse, to reconsider the way in which we look at others and understand ourselves.
     
    Koh Sang Woo graduated with School of Art Institute of Chicago in 2001, he double-majored in Photography and Performance Art. Working in both mediums at the same time allowed him to explore the relation between captured moment and movement. He thinks that photography is lacked by emotion and that its combination with performance is the only way that right message gets to the audience. Koh Sang Woo has exhibited widely worldwide and was listed in 2013 as one the 100 most important Korean contemporary artists. He has participated in various international fairs such as Armory Show, Armory Photography, Art Basel HongKong and Art Miami and works are held in various international collections including National Museum of Contemporary Art and Savina Museum in Korea.
    ecognizable by the blue tone photograph that captures his subject using negative film, Koh Sang Woo is a visual artist who consolidates photography, performance, and painting. His work is a result of dialogue with the model. The Decoration of their bodies and hear with flowers and butterflies and painting them with brush strokes is a part of performance and preparation for photographing. His subjects are completely revealed, represented in their essential purity. Change of the color and the light in exposure gives them intense visual and emotional charge. Woo gives us the opportunity to see the world in reverse, to reconsider the way in which we look at others and understand ourselves.
     
    Koh Sang Woo graduated with School of Art Institute of Chicago in 2001, he double-majored in Photography and Performance Art. Working in both mediums at the same time allowed him to explore the relation between captured moment and movement. He thinks that photography is lacked by emotion and that its combination with performance is the only way that right message gets to the audience. Koh Sang Woo has exhibited widely worldwide and was listed in 2013 as one the 100 most important Korean contemporary artists. He has participated in various international fairs such as Armory Show, Armory Photography, Art Basel HongKong and Art Miami and works are held in various international collections including National Museum of Contemporary Art and Savina Museum in Korea.
    ecognizable by the blue tone photograph that captures his subject using negative film, Koh Sang Woo is a visual artist who consolidates photography, performance, and painting. His work is a result of dialogue with the model. The Decoration of their bodies and hear with flowers and butterflies and painting them with brush strokes is a part of performance and preparation for photographing. His subjects are completely revealed, represented in their essential purity. Change of the color and the light in exposure gives them intense visual and emotional charge. Woo gives us the opportunity to see the world in reverse, to reconsider the way in which we look at others and understand ourselves.
     
     
    Koh Sang Woo graduated with School of Art Institute of Chicago in 2001, he double-majored in Photography and Performance Art. Working in both mediums at the same time allowed him to explore the relation between captured moment and movement. He thinks that photography is lacked by emotion and that its combination with performance is the only way that right message gets to the audience. Koh Sang Woo has exhibited widely worldwide and was listed in 2013 as one the 100 most important Korean contemporary artists. He has participated in various international fairs such as Armory Show, Armory Photography, Art Basel HongKong and Art Miami and works are held in various international collections including National Museum of Contemporary Art and Savina Museum in Korea.

    2011  The Burning Flowers, The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
    KSW Solo Project, Korean Art Show, New York
    Pretty Powerful, Gallery Sun Contemporary, Seoul
    KSW Solo Project, AHAF 2011, Seoul
    2010  Koh Sang Woo, James Freeman Gallery, London, England
    Koh Sang Woo Solo Exhibition, Sesame Gallery, London, England
    2009 Koh Sang Woo Solo Exhibition, Gallery Sun Contemporary, Seoul
    Koh Sang Woo Solo Exhibition, Busan Art Center, Busan
    Koh Sang Woo, Spotlight, ARTO Art Fair, Busan
    2008 Korea Contemporary Art Festival, Hangaram Museum, Seoul
    2007 ACAF NY, Asian Contemporary Art Fair, 2X13 Gallery, New York
    Koh Sang Woo Solo Exhibition, 2X13 Gallery, Seoul
    Korea Contemporary Art Festival, Hangaram Museum, Seoul
    2006 Koh Sang Woo Solo Exhibition, 2X13 Gallery, New York
    2005 KSW Solo Project CIGE 2005, China World Trade Center, Beijing, China
    2001 Koh Sang Woo, The Korean Culture & Arts Foundation: Insa Art Space, Seoul

    2011
    Art of Party, Lancaster Museum of Art, Pennsilvania, USA
    From Desire to Sublime, Homa Museum of Art, Seoul
    Signal 8, Salon Exhibition, The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
    ART HK 2011, Hong Kong International Art Fair, Hong Kong
    Wanderkarmer, James Freeman Gallery, London, England
    New Thinking New Possibility, H-Art Gallery, Hyundai Motor, Seoul
    AHAF 2011, Special Exhibition, Bold & Beautiful, Seoul
    Christie’s Hong Kong, Asian Art Auction, Hong Kong
    The Rover Soho, KSW Performance, New York USA
    San Francisco Fine Art Fair, San Francisco, USA

    2010
    Media Media, Queens Museum of Art, New York
    Internalle Exhibition, Sungkok Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
    Korean Art Show, International Art Festival, New York
    AHL Foundation Auction, Arario Gallery, New York
    The Metamorphsis, Other Gallery, Shanghai, China
    Christie’s Asian Contemporary Art Auction, Hong Kong
    ART HK 2010, HongKong International Art Fair, Hong Kong
    Signal 8, Salon Show, Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
    San Francisco International Art Fair, San Francisco
    Seoul Open Art Fair 2010, Coex, Seoul, Korea
    Wunderkamer, Sesame Gallery, London, UK

    2009
    798 BEIJING BIENNAL, International Biennal, T-Art Center, Beijing, China
    CHRISTIE’S LONDON, Distinctively Korea, London
    CHRISTIE’S HONGKONG, Asian Contemporary Art, HongKong
    ASIAN AUCTION WEEK IN HONGKONG, K-Auction, Conrad hotel, Hong Kong
    KIAF 2009, Korea International Art Fair, Coex, Seoul
    PHILLIPS DE PURY & COMPANY, White Box 10 Years Anniversary, New York
    SCOPE NEW YORK, International Contemporary Art Fair, Lincoln Center, New York
    TALENT PREVIEW 2009, White Box, New York
    BACKROOM, Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York
    PHOTOSEOUL 2009, International Art Fair, Coex, Seoul
    COLORIST, KAIST Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, Seoul
    2009 ULSAN International Photography Festival, Ulsan
    0809, Gallery Sun Contemporary, Seoul

    2008
    ACAF NEW YORK, Asian Contemporary Art Fair New York, Pier 92, New York
    SPOTLIGHT, ACAF NEW YORK, Pier 92, New York
    SIPF 2008, Seoul International Photo Festival, Seoul
    KIAF 2008, Korea International Art Fair 2008, Coex, Seoul
    YIAF 2008, Yeosu International Art Fair 2008, Yeosu
    BEYOND DEFINITION, Interalia Art Company, Seoul
    BODY EXTENSION, The Columns Project Gallery, Seoul
    THE NEGATIVE IMAGE, Gyeong-Gido Museum of Art, Gyeong-Gido
    THE FACE, Gallery Private Collection, Seoul
    PHOTO PHOTO!, Gallery Sun Contemporary, Seoul
    GALLERY COLLECTION, Gallery Sun Contemporary, Seoul
    2X13 COLLECTION, Iroom Gallery, Paju
    ILLUSION, 2×13 Gallery, Seoul

    2007
    ACAF NEW YORK, Asian Contemporary Art Fair New York, Pier 92, New York
    NEW YORK, Contemporary Korean Artists, Hangaram Museum, Seoul Art Center
    FRESH ILLUSIONS, AHL Foundation, White Box, New York
    REFLECTION/REFRACTION, 2×13 Gallery, New York
    SAJIN: FACE OF YANUS, Touch Art Gallery, Heyri Art Village, Gyeong-Gido
    CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY, Artbit gallery, Seoul, Korea

    2006
    SIPA SEOUL INTERNATIONAL PRINT & PHOTO ART FAIR, Hangaram Museum, Seoul Art Center
    MERRY CHRISTMAS, HOLIDAY AUCTION, Helen Mills Theater, New York
    REFLECTION/REFRACTION, 2×13 Gallery, New York
    FIVE SYLLABLE STANZA, Hun Gallery, New York

    2005
    SELF-PORTRAITS, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago
    MERRY CHRISTMAS, Gallery Sun Contemporary, Seoul, Korea
    THE WIND, Missouri University, Columbus
    EYE OF CAMERA, Ward Nasse Gallery, New York

    2004
    ARMORY SHOW, International Contemporary Art Fair, New York
    CHRISTIE’S NEW YORK, Photography Auction, New York
    CHRISTIE’S NEW YORK, In-House Auction, New York
    EYE OF CAMERA, Ward Nasse Gallery, New York
    PHOTO LA, International Photography Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA

    2003
    ARMORY PHOTOGRAPHY, The International Art Fair, New York
    OPEN YOUR EYES, Maronieer Art Center, The Korean Culture & Arts Foundation, Seoul
    ART CHICAGO, The International Art Fair, Chicago
    MARCH MADNESS, Bottom Feeders Gallery, New York

    2002
    ARMORY PHOTOGRAPHY, The International Photography Art Fair, New York
    THE ARMORY SHOW, The International Art Fair, New York
    ART CHICAGO, International Art Fair, Chicago
    ASIAN PHOTOGRAPHY 20, Gallery Surge, Kinza, Japan

    2001
    EXPLORING FUTURE STARS, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago
    MISS AMERICA, MAX MARA, Art Window Project, The School of Art Institute of Chicago
    ART/TECH, THE NEXT GENERATION OF ART, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago
    MICROWAVE MEDIA ART FESTIVAL, International Media Art Festival, Hong Kong

    2000
    MISS AMERICA, Graduation Exhibition, Gallery 2, Chicago
    FROM ADAM TO ATOM, New York Studio Program Gallery, New York
    JET PROPELLED, SUMMER SOLSTICE, Museum of Contemporary of Art, Chicago
    BODY LANGUAGE, Gallery X, The School of Art Institute of Chicago

    Gallery Tsubaki, Tokyo, Japan
    SESAME Gallery, London
    Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York
    Bridgewater Associates, New York
    Musée d´art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC
    Asian Artworks, New York
    2X13 Gallery, New York
    SJNY Design, New York
    AHL foundation, New York
    REDBBAR, New York
    Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago
    Brad/Trask, Chicago
    Michael Richmond Interior, Chicago
    The School of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
    Busan Art Center, Busan
    Gallery Sun Contemporary, Seoul
    Centry Golf Resort, Seoul
    Iroom Gallery, Seoul
    Nonna, Seoul
    Interalia Art Company, Seoul

    VOGUE, Dazed & Confused, ELLEGIRL
    Art in America, Art in Cuture, Art in Asia
    Art fair International, New York Art Magazine
    PHOTONET, Wolganmisool, Wolgansajin, Monthly Photo
    The Maps, Monthly Art College, Creative Photography
    Christie’s London Catalogue, KBS World, KOREATIMES
    International Herald Tribune, Korea Herald, Village voice
    ACAF Catalogue, KIAF Catalogue, Yeosu International Art Festival Catalogue

    2008
    Parsons School of Design, Guest speaker, Asian Contemporary Art
    Seoul International Photography Festival, Koh Sang Woo Artist Lecture
    Seoul International Photography Festival, Guest speaker, Contemporary Photography in Korea

    2007
    Parsons School of Design, Artist Interview, Korean Art History Class
    Parsons School of Design, Guest speaker, Korean Art History Class[/showhide]

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    ecognizable by the blue tone photograph that captures his subject using negative film, Koh Sang Woo is a visual artist who consolidates photography, performance, and painting. His work is a result of dialogue with the model. The Decoration of their bodies and hear with flowers and butterflies and painting them with brush strokes is a part of performance and preparation for photographing. His subjects are completely revealed, represented in their essential purity. Change of the color and the light in exposure gives them intense visual and emotional charge. Woo gives us the opportunity to see the world in reverse, to reconsider the way in which we look at others and understand ourselves.
     
     
    Koh Sang Woo graduated with School of Art Institute of Chicago in 2001, he double-majored in Photography and Performance Art. Working in both mediums at the same time allowed him to explore the relation between captured moment and movement. He thinks that photography is lacked by emotion and that its combination with performance is the only way that right message gets to the audience. Koh Sang Woo has exhibited widely worldwide and was listed in 2013 as one the 100 most important Korean contemporary artists. He has participated in various international fairs such as Armory Show, Armory Photography, Art Basel HongKong and Art Miami and works are held in various international collections including National Museum of Contemporary Art and Savina Museum in Korea.

    2011  The Burning Flowers, The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
    KSW Solo Project, Korean Art Show, New York
    Pretty Powerful, Gallery Sun Contemporary, Seoul
    KSW Solo Project, AHAF 2011, Seoul
    2010  Koh Sang Woo, James Freeman Gallery, London, England
    Koh Sang Woo Solo Exhibition, Sesame Gallery, London, England
    2009 Koh Sang Woo Solo Exhibition, Gallery Sun Contemporary, Seoul
    Koh Sang Woo Solo Exhibition, Busan Art Center, Busan
    Koh Sang Woo, Spotlight, ARTO Art Fair, Busan
    2008 Korea Contemporary Art Festival, Hangaram Museum, Seoul
    2007 ACAF NY, Asian Contemporary Art Fair, 2X13 Gallery, New York
    Koh Sang Woo Solo Exhibition, 2X13 Gallery, Seoul
    Korea Contemporary Art Festival, Hangaram Museum, Seoul
    2006 Koh Sang Woo Solo Exhibition, 2X13 Gallery, New York
    2005 KSW Solo Project CIGE 2005, China World Trade Center, Beijing, China
    2001 Koh Sang Woo, The Korean Culture & Arts Foundation: Insa Art Space, Seoul

    2011
    Art of Party, Lancaster Museum of Art, Pennsilvania, USA
    From Desire to Sublime, Homa Museum of Art, Seoul
    Signal 8, Salon Exhibition, The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
    ART HK 2011, Hong Kong International Art Fair, Hong Kong
    Wanderkarmer, James Freeman Gallery, London, England
    New Thinking New Possibility, H-Art Gallery, Hyundai Motor, Seoul
    AHAF 2011, Special Exhibition, Bold & Beautiful, Seoul
    Christie’s Hong Kong, Asian Art Auction, Hong Kong
    The Rover Soho, KSW Performance, New York USA
    San Francisco Fine Art Fair, San Francisco, USA

    2010
    Media Media, Queens Museum of Art, New York
    Internalle Exhibition, Sungkok Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
    Korean Art Show, International Art Festival, New York
    AHL Foundation Auction, Arario Gallery, New York
    The Metamorphsis, Other Gallery, Shanghai, China
    Christie’s Asian Contemporary Art Auction, Hong Kong
    ART HK 2010, HongKong International Art Fair, Hong Kong
    Signal 8, Salon Show, Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
    San Francisco International Art Fair, San Francisco
    Seoul Open Art Fair 2010, Coex, Seoul, Korea
    Wunderkamer, Sesame Gallery, London, UK

    2009
    798 BEIJING BIENNAL, International Biennal, T-Art Center, Beijing, China
    CHRISTIE’S LONDON, Distinctively Korea, London
    CHRISTIE’S HONGKONG, Asian Contemporary Art, HongKong
    ASIAN AUCTION WEEK IN HONGKONG, K-Auction, Conrad hotel, Hong Kong
    KIAF 2009, Korea International Art Fair, Coex, Seoul
    PHILLIPS DE PURY & COMPANY, White Box 10 Years Anniversary, New York
    SCOPE NEW YORK, International Contemporary Art Fair, Lincoln Center, New York
    TALENT PREVIEW 2009, White Box, New York
    BACKROOM, Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York
    PHOTOSEOUL 2009, International Art Fair, Coex, Seoul
    COLORIST, KAIST Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, Seoul
    2009 ULSAN International Photography Festival, Ulsan
    0809, Gallery Sun Contemporary, Seoul

    2008
    ACAF NEW YORK, Asian Contemporary Art Fair New York, Pier 92, New York
    SPOTLIGHT, ACAF NEW YORK, Pier 92, New York
    SIPF 2008, Seoul International Photo Festival, Seoul
    KIAF 2008, Korea International Art Fair 2008, Coex, Seoul
    YIAF 2008, Yeosu International Art Fair 2008, Yeosu
    BEYOND DEFINITION, Interalia Art Company, Seoul
    BODY EXTENSION, The Columns Project Gallery, Seoul
    THE NEGATIVE IMAGE, Gyeong-Gido Museum of Art, Gyeong-Gido
    THE FACE, Gallery Private Collection, Seoul
    PHOTO PHOTO!, Gallery Sun Contemporary, Seoul
    GALLERY COLLECTION, Gallery Sun Contemporary, Seoul
    2X13 COLLECTION, Iroom Gallery, Paju
    ILLUSION, 2×13 Gallery, Seoul

    2007
    ACAF NEW YORK, Asian Contemporary Art Fair New York, Pier 92, New York
    NEW YORK, Contemporary Korean Artists, Hangaram Museum, Seoul Art Center
    FRESH ILLUSIONS, AHL Foundation, White Box, New York
    REFLECTION/REFRACTION, 2×13 Gallery, New York
    SAJIN: FACE OF YANUS, Touch Art Gallery, Heyri Art Village, Gyeong-Gido
    CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY, Artbit gallery, Seoul, Korea

    2006
    SIPA SEOUL INTERNATIONAL PRINT & PHOTO ART FAIR, Hangaram Museum, Seoul Art Center
    MERRY CHRISTMAS, HOLIDAY AUCTION, Helen Mills Theater, New York
    REFLECTION/REFRACTION, 2×13 Gallery, New York
    FIVE SYLLABLE STANZA, Hun Gallery, New York

    2005
    SELF-PORTRAITS, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago
    MERRY CHRISTMAS, Gallery Sun Contemporary, Seoul, Korea
    THE WIND, Missouri University, Columbus
    EYE OF CAMERA, Ward Nasse Gallery, New York

    2004
    ARMORY SHOW, International Contemporary Art Fair, New York
    CHRISTIE’S NEW YORK, Photography Auction, New York
    CHRISTIE’S NEW YORK, In-House Auction, New York
    EYE OF CAMERA, Ward Nasse Gallery, New York
    PHOTO LA, International Photography Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA

    2003
    ARMORY PHOTOGRAPHY, The International Art Fair, New York
    OPEN YOUR EYES, Maronieer Art Center, The Korean Culture & Arts Foundation, Seoul
    ART CHICAGO, The International Art Fair, Chicago
    MARCH MADNESS, Bottom Feeders Gallery, New York

    2002
    ARMORY PHOTOGRAPHY, The International Photography Art Fair, New York
    THE ARMORY SHOW, The International Art Fair, New York
    ART CHICAGO, International Art Fair, Chicago
    ASIAN PHOTOGRAPHY 20, Gallery Surge, Kinza, Japan

    2001
    EXPLORING FUTURE STARS, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago
    MISS AMERICA, MAX MARA, Art Window Project, The School of Art Institute of Chicago
    ART/TECH, THE NEXT GENERATION OF ART, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago
    MICROWAVE MEDIA ART FESTIVAL, International Media Art Festival, Hong Kong

    2000
    MISS AMERICA, Graduation Exhibition, Gallery 2, Chicago
    FROM ADAM TO ATOM, New York Studio Program Gallery, New York
    JET PROPELLED, SUMMER SOLSTICE, Museum of Contemporary of Art, Chicago
    BODY LANGUAGE, Gallery X, The School of Art Institute of Chicago

    Gallery Tsubaki, Tokyo, Japan
    SESAME Gallery, London
    Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York
    Bridgewater Associates, New York
    Musée d´art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC
    Asian Artworks, New York
    2X13 Gallery, New York
    SJNY Design, New York
    AHL foundation, New York
    REDBBAR, New York
    Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago
    Brad/Trask, Chicago
    Michael Richmond Interior, Chicago
    The School of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
    Busan Art Center, Busan
    Gallery Sun Contemporary, Seoul
    Centry Golf Resort, Seoul
    Iroom Gallery, Seoul
    Nonna, Seoul
    Interalia Art Company, Seoul

    VOGUE, Dazed & Confused, ELLEGIRL
    Art in America, Art in Cuture, Art in Asia
    Art fair International, New York Art Magazine
    PHOTONET, Wolganmisool, Wolgansajin, Monthly Photo
    The Maps, Monthly Art College, Creative Photography
    Christie’s London Catalogue, KBS World, KOREATIMES
    International Herald Tribune, Korea Herald, Village voice
    ACAF Catalogue, KIAF Catalogue, Yeosu International Art Festival Catalogue

    2008
    Parsons School of Design, Guest speaker, Asian Contemporary Art
    Seoul International Photography Festival, Koh Sang Woo Artist Lecture
    Seoul International Photography Festival, Guest speaker, Contemporary Photography in Korea

    2007
    Parsons School of Design, Artist Interview, Korean Art History Class
    Parsons School of Design, Guest speaker, Korean Art History Class[/showhide]

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