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Biography
Keem Jiyoung’s (b. 1987) practice focuses on the relationship between an individual and social happenings (disasters), and the systemic problems deeply enrooted in those occurrences. After South Korea’s Sewol ferry disaster in 2014, the artist has been exploring global ruptures that are revealed through contemporary disasters.
Keem has exhibited in various art institutions in South Korea and Hong Kong, including the artist’s solo shows: Glow Breath Warmth, WESS, Seoul, 2020; Wind Beyond the Closed Windows, Sansumunhwa, Seoul. 2018; and Tilted Land Even Wind, O’newWall E’Juheon, Seoul, 2015.
Educations
2016 M.F.A. Korea National University of Arts, Seoul, Korea
2011 B.F.A. Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea
Solo Exhibitions
2020 Glow Breath Warmth, WESS, Seoul
2018 Wind Beyond the Closed Windows, Sansumunhwa, Seoul
2015 Tilted Land Even Wind, O’newWall E’Juheon, Seoul
2021 The 21st Songeun Art Award Exhibition, Songeun, Seoul
2021 How The Sea Thinks, Space Imsi, Incheon
2021 The Pearl Diver, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan
2020 Ring: a Circle and a Square, Korean Cultural Center in Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2019 Ring: a Circle and a Square, Insa Art Space, Seoul
2019 Young Korean Artists 2019: Liquid Glass Sea, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
2019 The Sea Will Not Sink, artspace Boan 1942, Seoul; Ansan Arts Center, Ansan
2018 Scenes of Fugitivity, Gallery OOOJH, Seoul
2017 The Melting Sea, Art Space Pool, Seoul
Projects
2021 Glowing Hour, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon
2015 From April to March, Gallery Hyundai Window Gallery, Seoul
2015 Song Unable to be Good, Samuso CHAGO, Seoul
2014 Intoning, Vanziha B½F, Seoul
Publications
2021 Time of Witnessing, YESUNG ENG
2018 Wind Beyond the Closed Windows, indie–publishing
Residencies
Feb, 2022–Jan, 2023 Seoul Art Space Geumcheon, Seoul, Korea
Mar, 2021–Jan, 2022 Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea
Feb, 2020–Jan, 2021 MMCA Residency Goyang, Goyang, Korea
Jan, 2019–Dec, 2019 SeMA NANJI RESIDENCY 13th Residency Program, Seoul, Korea
Grants
2020 SFAC Art Support Program, SFAC, Seoul, Korea
2018 SeMA Emerging Artists & Curators Supporting Program, Seoul, Korea
2015 Promising Artists Support Program 99℃, SFAC, Seoul, Korea
Collection
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Korea
The 21st Songeun Art Award Exhibition, 2021, installtion view, Songeun
Glowing Hour
Oil on canvas, 233x205cm, 2021
Glow Breath Warmth, 2020, installation view, WESS
Glow Breath Warmth, 2020, installation view, WESS
