Koo Bohnchang

• Born in 1953, Seoul, Korea
  Lives and works in Seoul, Korea

Education

• 1985           Diploma Fotodesign, Fachhochschule, Hamburg, Germany
  1975           Bachelor of Business Administration, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

Selected Solo Exhibitions

• 2023
  Koo Bohnchang's Voyages, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea 
  Self-Portrait, Galerie Camera Obscura, Paris, France
  Lingering in Time, Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Guangzhou, China
  
  2022
  Lingering in Time: Koo Bohnchang’s Photography (1990-2021), Three Shadows Xiamen Photography Art Centre, Xiamen, China
  Beyond the Masks - Gangneung Gwanno Gamyeongeuk, Gangneung Museum of Art, Gangwon, Korea
  
  2021
  Lingering in Time: Koo Bohnchang's Photography (1990-2021), Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing, China
  Lingering in Time, Modern Studio (ZIWU), Shanghai, China
  
  2020               
  Light Shadow, Korean Cultural Centre Australia, Sydney, Australia
  Dreams of Blue and White, HK Art & Antiques LLC, New York, US
  
  2019                      
  Beyond the Silver, Space 22, Seoul, Korea
  Clandestine Pursuit in the Long Afternoon, Zen foto, Tokyo, Japan
  Incognito, The Museum of Photography, Seoul, Korea
  The Allure of Blue, Ivorypress, Madrid, Spain
  
  2018                     
  Koo Bohnchang, Kukje Gallery, Busan, Korea
  Koo Bohnchang, Changseong-dong laboratory, Seoul, Korea
  Aqua, Acquario Civico Milano, Milano, Italy
  The Hidden Face, Gallery 343, Seoul, Korea
  
  2016            
  花, Shinsegae Gallery Incheon, Incheon, Korea
  花, Shinsegae Gallery Gwangju, Gwangju, Korea
  Vies silencieuses, Galerie Camera Obscura, Paris, France
  White Vessels, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  
  2015           
  Porcelain Time, Yido Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  Koo Bohnchang,  Nanohana Gallery, Hakone, Japan
  
  2014           
  White on White, Villa Flor, S-chanf, Switzerland
  Open End, Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milano, Italy
  Dong Gang Photography Award Exhibition KOO Bohnchang, Dong Gang Museum of Photography, Yeongwol, Korea
  Koo Bohnchang Archives: 18 Exhibitions, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
  Jung Hai-chang: an Encounter with the Still Life Works of Koo Bohnchang, Trunk Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  
  2013                     
  Slow Talk, Ivorypress, Madrid, Spain
  Interpretation of Surface, Bundo Gallery, Daegu, Korea
  The Interpretation of Landscape, J - Hee Gallery, Gwangju, Korea
  Happy Memories, Ryugaheon gallery, Seoul, Korea
  
  2011                     
  Bohnchang Koo, Kukje gallery, Seoul, Korea
  The Baptist, Nuda gallery, Daejeon, Korea
  Snow, Jeju Island, Trunk gallery, Seoul, Korea
  
  2010            
  Plain Beauty: Korean White Porcelain/Photographs by Bohnchang Koo, Philadelphia Museum of Art,
  Philadelphia, US
  Masks, Stone Art Museum, Duson Art Museum, Jeju, Korea
  
  2009            
  Vessel · Soap · Interiors, Galerie Camera Obscura, Paris, France
  Purity, Galerie Raum mit Licht, Vienna, Austria
  Pencil of Nature, Gallery Bow, Ulsan, Korea
  
  2008               
  In the Beginning, Trunk Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  Coolness and Passion, MBC Gallery M, Daegu, Korea
  
  2007               
  Bohnchang Koo, Goeun Museum of Art, Busan, Korea
  Galerie 206, Berlin, Germany
  Soap, Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  
  2006               
  Hasted Hunt Gallery, New York, US
  Vessel, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  Koo Bohnchang, Kahitsukan, Kyoto Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyoto, Japan
  
  2005
  Portraits of Time, White Room Gallery, Los Angeles, US
  La beaute endormie,  Langon, France
  Stilled, Gallery 339, Philadelphia, US
  
  2004               
  Masks, White, Galerie Camera Obscura, Paris, France
  
  2003            
  Bohnchang Koo: Recent work, Ricco Maresca Gallery, New York, US
  Masks, Museum of Photography, Seoul, Korea
  White, In the Beginning, Picture Photo Space, Osaka, Japan
  
  2002          
  Fragile Tremors, San Diego Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, US
  Masterworks of Contemporary Korean Photography, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts,
  US
  In the Beginning, Shadai Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  
  2001           
  Base Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  Prinz Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
  Samsung Rodin Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, US
  
  2000               
  White Series, Ricco Maresca Gallery, New York, US
  Good-Bye Paradise, Galleri Image, Aarhus, Denmark
  
  1999               
  Flow, Gallery Won, Seoul, Korea
  
  1995               
  In the Beginning, Gallery Ississ, Kyoto, Japan
  Breath, Seomi Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  
  1993               
  Good-Bye Paradise, Seomi Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  
  1990               
  The Sea of Thought, Seomi Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  
  1988               
  Veiled Pursuit in the Long Afternoon, Gallery Busan, Busan, Korea 
  
  1987               
  One Minute Monologue, Gallery Wide, Tokyo, Japan
  Photo Interform, Osaka, Japan
  
  1985               
  Twelve Deep Sighs, Hanmadang Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  
  1984               
  Fotogenes, Hamburg, Germany
  
  1983               
  Pine Hill Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Selected Group Exhibitions

• 2024
  Resonating Lagacies of White Porcelain, Cheonan Museum of Art, Cheonan, Korea
  Collection 24, Gangneung Museum of Art, Gangneung, Korea
  Meot: Korean Art from the Frank Bayley Collection, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, USA
  Cement : Moment, Hanyang University Museum, Seoul, Korea
  Endless Journey to Black Night, Museum Hanmi, Seoul, Korea
  The Spinning Earth, Namwon Kimbyungjong Art Museum, Namwon, Korea
  MMCA Photographs Collection: What's the Time in Your World?, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
  Bird's Shadow Under the Stars, Ferris Gallery, Shenzhen, China
  Korean Modern & Contemporary Art : The Echoes of the Times, Ulsan Art Museum, Ulsan, Korea
  
  2023
  Ceramic Ritual Vessels, Connecting Heaven and Earth, Gyeonggi Ceramic Museum, Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
  RETURN OF CHEONMA, Gyeongju National Museum, Gyeongju, Korea
  Five by Five, Chuncheon Culture & Art Center (CCAC), Chuncheon, Korea
  Anthology of White, Korean Craft Museum, Cheongju, Korea
  More Than Meets The Eye, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Xiamen, China
  Making Worlds, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
  
  2022
  Dear Photography, MAF, Seoul, Korea
  Morning Calm, Francis Gallery, Los Angeles, California, US
  LA TEXTURA DE LAS PROMESAS, Kutxa Kultur Artegunea, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain
  White Porcelain: How Have We Humans Breathed Life into Soil?, Seoul Museum of Craft Art, Seoul, Korea
  Motion in Stillness: Tracing the Spirit of Korea – Unfolding Clay Art, Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Koka, Japan
  UNCOMMERCIAL: Korean Commercial Photography, 1984 and Beyond, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
  Sounding The Gaze, Korea Photographers Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  The Hidden Masterpiece, Gallery BK, Seoul, Korea
  
  2021
  F E A S T, Atlas Gallery, London, UK
  Sounding The Gaze, KP gallery, Seoul, Korea
  Lunar Sonata : Hanji Works and Contemporary Art, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Jeonbuk, Korea
  Post Modernity : Modernity = Hyper Reality : Reality, Jeju Museum of  Art, Jeju, Korea
  Why we are attracted to Moon jar, Gallery Now, Seoul, Korea
  Medium, Space55, Seoul, Korea
  
  2020   
  Six Perspectives, Gwangju National Museum, Gwangju, Korea
  Forme, Galerie Camera Obscura, Paris, France
  Why are we fascinated by moon jars, Gallery Now, Seoul, Korea
  Moon Jar, Choeunsook Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  
  2019               
  Seeing Time, Seoul National University Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
  The 9^th Korea Hoguk Art Exhibition, Gyeryongdae, Gyeryong, Korea
  Allurements of Still Life, Muan Seungwoo Oh Museum of Art, Muan-gun, Korea
  Greetings from South Korea, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing, China
  
  2018               
  Water, Embracing Life, Gallery Hyeyum, Gwangju, Korea
  The Portrait With(out) Artists, Nam Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
  Blooming at the Junction, Korean Cultural Center Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  
  2017               
  Uri Korea – Ruhe in Beschleunigung, Museum für Völkerkunde Hamburg, Germany
  Wintering, National Folk Museum of Korea, Seoul, Korea
  GalleryWe, Seoul, Korea
  Vogue lika a painting, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
  Chuncheon Culture & Arts Center, Gangwon-do, Korea
  Coordination of energy, Arts Center KUH, Daejeon, Korea
  A JOY of SPRING: Scenery, Blossom and Delicacy, National Folk Museum of Korea, Seoul, Korea
  室礼展 -Offerings-III, Terminal Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
  Time, Visibilizing the invisible, Centro Cultural PUCP, Lima, Peru
  Body, The Language of Sensation, Muan Seungwoo Oh Museum of Art, Muan, Korea
  DNA of Coreanity, Wooyang Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeongju, Korea
  
  2016               
  The Colors in Korean Life and Culture, National Folk Museum of Korea, Seoul, Korea
  Ordinary, Korean Cultural Centre Gallery’, Sydney, Austraila
  DNA of Coreanity, Milad Tower, Tehran, Iran
  Getxophoto 2016, Gexto, Spain
  Unconscious Aesthetics, Breathing Heritage: Contemporary Korean Ceramics, Fondation Bernardaud, Limoges, France
  Noonbit Collection of Korea Photographer’s Work, Ryugaheon gallery, Seoul, Korea
  Public to Private: Photography in Korean Art since 1989, The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
  Chefs-d'œuvre de la céramique coréenne, Grand Palais, Paris, France
  室礼～Offerings～Ⅱ, Terminal Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
  Hyundai Department Gallery H, Daegu, Korea
  Living at the Speed of Life, Gallery Now, Seoul, Korea
  
  2015
  Gimhae Arts Center, Gimhae, Korea
  People, remembered, Art Space J, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
  A Homage to Korean Architecture-Wisdom of the Earth, Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
  Simsimhada, Doosung Paper Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  In the Spirit of George Rose, KF Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  Choi Sunu House, Seoul, Korea
  Le Parfum dans tous les sens, Jardins du Palais Royal, Paris, France
  BODY, Handok Museum of Medicine and Pharmacy, Eumseong, Korea
  Simple Forms: Contemplating Beauty, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
  OBIECTA, Giacomo Guidi, Rome, Italy
  
  2014               
  Korean Beauty Two Kinds of Nature, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
  The Other & Me, Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, UAE
  Dual Natures in Ceramics, SFO Museum, San Francisco, US
  Admiration of White Porcelain, Seoul Museum, Seoul, Korea
  
  2012              
  Mega Seoul 4 decades, The Museum of Photography, Seoul, Korea
  Ilwoo space, Seoul, Korea
  Books & Objects, Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  FOLD lll: USELESS / Upcycling in Art + Design, Art+Shanghai Gallery, Shanghai, China
  
  2011               
  Korean Spirit; Six Photographers, Goyang Aram Nuri Arts Center, Goyang, Korea
  Books & Objects, Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  紙花, Kokdu museum, Seoul, Korea
  
  2010             
  Korean Contemporary Art – Plastic Garden, Mingsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China
  Chaotic Harmony: Contemporary Korean Photography, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara,
  US
  Biennale Internationale de l’Image a Luang Prabang, Vientiane, Laos
  
  2009               
  Chaotic Harmony: Contemporary Korean Photography, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, US
  Met First, Yet Familiar, Korean Contemporary Photograph, 798 Space, Beijing, China
  2009 Odyssey, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
  Serotonin, Gallery Now, Seoul, Korea
  
  2008              
  Contemporary Korean Photographs 1948-2008, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
  Inspired Simplicity: Contemporary Art from Korea, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, US
  Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
  
  2007            
  Chuseok - Korean Harvest Festival, British Museum, London, UK
  Void in Korean Art, Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
  
  
  2004               
  Water, FotoFest Biennial 2004, Houston, US
  What happens between Art and Popular Culture, National Museum of Contemporary and Modern Art,
  Gwacheon, Korea
  
  2003            
  Facing Korea, Foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  East of Eden, Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art, London, UK
  
  2002            
  Two Korean Photographers, Photo-Eye Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, US
  Now, What is Photo, Gana Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  Floating, Art Center Silkeborg Bad, Denmark
  Everyman: A Search for the Male Form, Camera Work, San Francisco, US
  
  2001            
  Awakening, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, Australia
  
  2000            
  Standing on the Threshold of Time, Odense Foto Triennale, Odense, Denmark
  Contemporary Korean Photographers, FotoFest 2000, Houston, US
  
  1999            
  Phenomena, Friends of Photography, Ansel Adams Center, San Francisco, US
  Fragments of Document and Memory, 3rd Tokyo International Photo-Biennale, Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan
  
  1998            
  Landscape and Man, Ostasiatiska Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
  Alienation and Assimilation, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago, US
  
  1996              
  A.O.I. Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico US
  
  1995           
  Gwangju Biennial 1995, Gwangju, Korea
  Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeongju, Korea
  Body or Gender, Gallery Nun, Seoul, Korea
  
  1994           
  Pima Community College Art Gallery, Tucson, Arizona, US
  
  1993           
  Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
  
  1990           
  Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, US
  
  1988            
  The New Wave of Photography, Walkerhill Art Center, Seoul, Korea
  
  1987               
  Lying Down as if Being Dead with Half-closed Eyes, Hanmadang Gallery, Seoul, Korea
   

Selected Awards

• 2024
  15th Seoul Culture Today Cultural Awards Special Grand Prize, Korea
  
  2022
  63rd 3.1 Culture Award, Samil Foundation, Korea
  
  2015               
  47th Republic of Korea Culture and Arts Award, Korea
  
  2014               
  Dong Gang Photography Award, Korea
  
  2003               
  Gangwon Documentary Prize, Korea
  
  2000               
  Lee Myoungdong Prize, Korea

Selected Public and Private Collections

• Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Jeonbuk, Korea
  Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, NY, US
  The British Museum, London, UK
  Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
  Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, US
  Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, US
  Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, US
  San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, US
  Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California, US
  Seattle Asian Art Museum, Seattle, US
  Philadelphia Museum of Art, US
  National Folk Museum of Korea, Seoul, Korea
  Denver Art Museum, US
  Museum of Art and Craft, Hamburg, Germany
  Musée Carnavalet, Paris, France
  Musée Guimet, Paris, France
  Fondation Herzog, Basel, Switzerland
  Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
  Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
  State Library Victoria, Australia
  Reykjavik Museum of Photography, Iceland
  Kahitsukan, Kyoto Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyoto, Japan
  Shadai Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, Japan
  National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
  Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
  Municipal Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea
  Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
  Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeongju, Korea
  The Museum of Photography, Seoul, Korea
  The Amore Museum, Seoul, Korea
  Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea
  Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeju, Korea
  Goeun Museum of Photography, Busan, Korea