Seung Woo BACK
ベク・スンウ
Born in 1973 in Daejon, Korea
Lives and works in Seoul, Korea
Chronology
2005 - M.F.A. in Fine Art and Theory, Middlesex University, London, U.K.
2005 - 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
2005 - 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
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
2015 - WALKING ON THE LINE, Centre A, Vancouver, Canada
2015 - Eloquence Magazine Artist Series 3, Untitled, Window Gallery Granze, Seoul, Korea
2015 - Photographs 2001-2015 by Seung Woo Back, Goeun Museum of Photography, Busan, Korea
2012 - Gaps, Unrealistic Generals,?Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2012 - Memento, Doosan Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
2011 - Deferred Judgement, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, Korea
2011 - 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.
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
2015 - WALKING ON THE LINE, Centre A, Vancouver, Canada
2015 - Eloquence Magazine Artist Series 3, Untitled, Window Gallery Granze, Seoul, Korea
2015 - Photographs 2001-2015 by Seung Woo Back, Goeun Museum of Photography, Busan, Korea
2012 - Gaps, Unrealistic Generals,?Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2012 - Memento, Doosan Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
2011 - Deferred Judgement, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, Korea
2011 - 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
2020 - Believing is Seeing, Gana Art Nineone, Seoul, Korea
2019 - Matt Black X Gana Art: Reflections, Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2019 - 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
2018 - Photographies, La Capitale Galerie, Paris, France
2018 - Group Show 2, MISA SHIN GALLERY, Tokyo
2017 - What Does the Image Stand For?, Galerie de l’UQAM, Université du Québec, Montreal, Canada
2017 - BORDER 155, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2017 - Postmodern Real, Museum of Art Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
2017 - Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal 2017, Momenta Biennale, Montreal, Canada
2017 - Media Study: Tension and Relaxation, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea
2017 - CRACKS in the Concrete from the MMCA Collection, National Museum of Modern and Coxtemporary Art, Korea, Gwacheon, Korea
2017 - Romantic City: Through the Practice of Aesthetic Criticism Today, Inside-Out Art Museum, Beijing, China
2017 - Real DMZ project – TIMESHARE, Arhus Museum, Arhus, Denmark
2017 - 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
2016 - Cross Vancouver,Vancouver, Canada
2015 - Dislocation/Urban Experience Contemporary Photographs From East Asia,Smith Collage Museum of Art, MA, U.S.A
2015 - North Korean Perspectives, Museum of Contemporary Photography,Columbia College Chicago, Illinois, USA
2015 - 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
2014 - Photography and Media 4:00AM, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2014 - 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.
2013 - Photography and Society reflecting on the society, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea
2013 - Relativity in City, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
2013 - Birth of a Museum: The MMCA Construction Archive Project, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
2013 - AIR 3331 x MIK: Made in Kanda, Art Chiyoda 3331, Tokyo, Japan
2013 - Real DMZ Project-From the North, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, Korea
2013 - In Search of Lost Time, OCL Museum, Seoul, Korea
2013 - WAR+MEMORY, Jeonju Photo Festival, Jeonju, Korea
2013 - Cities of Ancient Futures, Changwon Asian Art Festival-Sungsan Art Hall, Changwon, Korea
2013 - 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.
2012 - Garden of learning, Busan Biennale, Busan, Korea
2012 - The Magic of Photography, Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu, Korea
2012 - Re-Opening DOOSAN Gallery Seoul, DOOSAN Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2012 - Camera- Human Beings, IGONG GALLERY, Daejeon, Korea
2012 - More Real? Art in the Age of Truthiness, Site Santa Fe, U.S.A.
2012 - Real & Illusion, Seoul Auction, Seoul, Korea
2012 - Garden of Learning, Busan Biennale, Busan, Korea
2011 - 2011 Seoul Photo Festival, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2011 - The 8th Juan Media Festival 2011, Juan station Square, Incheon, Korea
2010 - Phos+Graphos, Gana Art Center, Seoul Korea
2010 - Dreamland, Pompidou Center, Paris, France
2010 - Chaotic Harmony, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara,U.S.A.
2010 - archiTECHtonica, CU Art Museum, Colorado, U.S.A.
2010 - The View of Korean Contemporary Photography, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan
2o10 - On the line, Daelim Contemporary Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2010 - On the line, Korean Cultural Centre, London, U.K.
2010 - On the line, Korean Cultural Center, Washington, U.S.A.
2010 - PRESENT FROM THE PAST, Korean Cultural Centre, London, U.K.
2020 - Believing is Seeing, Gana Art Nineone, Seoul, Korea
2019 - Matt Black X Gana Art: Reflections, Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2019 - 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
2018 - Photographies, La Capitale Galerie, Paris, France
2018 - Group Show 2, MISA SHIN GALLERY, Tokyo
2017 - What Does the Image Stand For?, Galerie de l’UQAM, Université du Québec, Montreal, Canada
2017 - BORDER 155, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2017 - Postmodern Real, Museum of Art Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
2017 - Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal 2017, Momenta Biennale, Montreal, Canada
2017 - Media Study: Tension and Relaxation, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea
2017 - CRACKS in the Concrete from the MMCA Collection, National Museum of Modern and Coxtemporary Art, Korea, Gwacheon, Korea
2017 - Romantic City: Through the Practice of Aesthetic Criticism Today, Inside-Out Art Museum, Beijing, China
2017 - Real DMZ project – TIMESHARE, Arhus Museum, Arhus, Denmark
2017 - 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
2016 - Cross Vancouver,Vancouver, Canada
2015 - Dislocation/Urban Experience Contemporary Photographs From East Asia,Smith Collage Museum of Art, MA, U.S.A
2015 - North Korean Perspectives, Museum of Contemporary Photography,Columbia College Chicago, Illinois, USA
2015 - 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
2014 - Photography and Media 4:00AM, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2014 - 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.
2013 - Photography and Society reflecting on the society, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea
2013 - Relativity in City, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
2013 - Birth of a Museum: The MMCA Construction Archive Project, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
2013 - AIR 3331 x MIK: Made in Kanda, Art Chiyoda 3331, Tokyo, Japan
2013 - Real DMZ Project-From the North, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, Korea
2013 - In Search of Lost Time, OCL Museum, Seoul, Korea
2013 - WAR+MEMORY, Jeonju Photo Festival, Jeonju, Korea
2013 - Cities of Ancient Futures, Changwon Asian Art Festival-Sungsan Art Hall, Changwon, Korea
2013 - 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.
2012 - Garden of learning, Busan Biennale, Busan, Korea
2012 - The Magic of Photography, Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu, Korea
2012 - Re-Opening DOOSAN Gallery Seoul, DOOSAN Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2012 - Camera- Human Beings, IGONG GALLERY, Daejeon, Korea
2012 - More Real? Art in the Age of Truthiness, Site Santa Fe, U.S.A.
2012 - Real & Illusion, Seoul Auction, Seoul, Korea
2012 - Garden of Learning, Busan Biennale, Busan, Korea
2011 - 2011 Seoul Photo Festival, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2011 - The 8th Juan Media Festival 2011, Juan station Square, Incheon, Korea
2010 - Phos+Graphos, Gana Art Center, Seoul Korea
2010 - Dreamland, Pompidou Center, Paris, France
2010 - Chaotic Harmony, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara,U.S.A.
2010 - archiTECHtonica, CU Art Museum, Colorado, U.S.A.
2010 - The View of Korean Contemporary Photography, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan
2o10 - On the line, Daelim Contemporary Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2010 - On the line, Korean Cultural Centre, London, U.K.
2010 - On the line, Korean Cultural Center, Washington, U.S.A.
2010 - PRESENT FROM THE PAST, Korean Cultural Centre, London, U.K.
Awards
2009 - Prix Pictec 2009, Award nominated, England & Switzerland
2009 - The first Ilwoo Photography Award, Seoul, Korea
2008 - Discovery Show, Fotofest, Houston, U.S.A.
2008 - KLM Paul Huf Award nominated, Foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2008 - Leopold Godowsky, Jr. Color Photography Awards honorable Mention, Photographic
2008 - Resource Center at Boston University , Boston, U.S.A.
2008 - This Photo is Great, 2008 Asahi Press, Japan
2009 - The first Ilwoo Photography Award, Seoul, Korea
2008 - Discovery Show, Fotofest, Houston, U.S.A.
2008 - KLM Paul Huf Award nominated, Foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2008 - Leopold Godowsky, Jr. Color Photography Awards honorable Mention, Photographic
2008 - Resource Center at Boston University , Boston, U.S.A.
2008 - This Photo is Great, 2008 Asahi Press, Japan
