Kwang-Ju SON
EDUCATION
2003 M.F.A.
Film, Video & New Media, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
Chicago, IL
1995 M.S.
Computer Science & Engineering, POSTECH, Pohang, KR
1993 B.S.
Housing & Interior Design, Yonsei University, Seoul, KR
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 THE HARE IN EXILE, JEI Art Center, Seoul, KR
A
ROOM WITHOUT MIRRORS, SeMA Bunker Historic Gallery, Seoul, KR
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 BROOD PARASITISM, SeMA Nanji Residency, Seoul, KR
VIDEO
LANDSCAPE, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, KR
EXHIBITION
OF EXHIBITION OF EXHIBITION, Cecil Theater, Seoul, KR
2017 MMCA CHANGDONG REPORT 2017, MMCA Changdong, Seoul, KR
THE
THIRD TONGUE, MMCA Changdong, Seoul, KR
2016 EMERGING OTHER, Arko Art Center, Seoul, KR
2015 SWATCH FACES 2015, Venice, IT
2014 FACES & TRACES 2014, Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai, CN
2008 BEYOND PARADISE: PERFORMING IMAGES IN A POST-TOURISM TIME,
Stedelik Museum Bureau Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL
DOCUMENTARY
SHOW ‘DIARY’, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul, KR
2007 DOCUMENTAIR FILMPLATFORM ZONE, Gent/Kortrijk/Antwerpen, BE
OPEN
ATELIERS, Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, NL
KÖLN
SHOW2, European Kunsthalle, Köln, DE
2006 OPEN ATELIERS, Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, NL
SHARED
HISTORY/DECOLONISING THE IMAGE, Arti et Amicitiae/W139, Amsterdam, NL
SELECTED FILM FESTIVALS & SCREENINGS
2019 Sharjah Film Platform, Sharjah, UAE
2018 DEAR CINEMA 4, MMCA Seoul Film&Video, Seoul, KR
2017 Rencontres Internationales (Paris/Berlin)
2012 Göteborg International Film Festival (SW)
2011 International Film Festival Rotterdam (NL) / Festival
International de Film de Creteil (FR) / Jeonju International Film Festival (KR)
/ New Horizons International Film Festival (PL)
2009 Vancouver International Film Festival (CA) / Visions du Reel
International Film Festival (CH) / International Women’s Film Festival in
Creteil (FR)
2008 Busan International Film Festival (KR) / Jeonju International
Film Festival (KR)
2007 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (NL) / ImageForum
(JP) / Jeonju International Film Festival (KR) / International Film Festival
Rotterdam (NL) / Rencontres Internationales (Paris/Berlin/Madrid)
2006 Syracuse International Film and Video Festival (US) / Women of
Color Film Festival (US)
2005 International Short Film Festival Oberhausen (DE) / International
Film Festival Rotterdam (NL) / ImageForum: Korean Independent Cinema 2005 (JP)
/ Festival du Film Court (FR) / International Short Film Festival Drama (GR) / Festival
International de Film de Creteil (FR) / Frankfurt Book Fair: Special Screening
about Korean Modern History (DE)
2004 Women’s Film Festival (KR) / PDX Film Festival (US) / Images
Festival (CA) / Busan International Film Festival (KR) / Women Makes Waves (TW)
2003 Seoul Independent Film Festival (KR) / Seoul Experimental Film
Festival (KR) / Busan International Film Festival (KR)
AWARDS
2005 Honorary
Distinction: Drama International Short Film Festival (GR)
2004&2003 Sonje Fund Award: Busan International
Film Festival
RESIDENCIES
2019 Seoul Art Space
Geumcheon, Seoul, KR
2018 SeMA Nanji
Residency, Seoul, KR
2017 MMCA Changdong Residency, Seoul, KR
2014-2015(5m) Swatch Art Peace Hotel Artist Residency
Program, Shanghai, CN
2012-2013(1y) Filmmakers’ Creative Zone by Seoul Film
Commission, Seoul, KR
2006-2007(2y) Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten,
Amsteradm, NL
Romeo and Juliet, 2019, Fiction, HD,
Color, Sound, 24:48
The Tortoise and the Hare, 2018,
installation view of <The Hare in Exile>,
JCC Art Center
Ménage à Trois, 2018, installation view of
<The Hare in Exile>, JCC Art Center
A Room without Mirrors, 2018, installation
view of <A Room without Mirrors>, SeMA Bunker Historic Gallery
