Korean pavilion explained

The Korean pavilion houses South Korea's national representation during the Venice Biennale arts festivals.

Organization and building

The Korean Pavilion, designed by Seok Chul Kim and Franco Mancuso, was built between 1994 and 1995.

South Korea has participated in the Venice Biennale since 1995.^[1]

Representation by year

Art

• 1995 — Yoon Hyong Keun, Kwak Hoon, Kim In Kyum, Jheon Soocheon (Commissioner: Il Lee)
• 1997 — Hyungwoo Lee, Ik-joong Kang (Curator: Oh Kwang Soo)
• 1999 — Lee Bul, Noh Sang-Kyoon (Curator: Misook Song)
• 2001 — Michael Joo, Do-Ho Suh (Commissioner: Kyung-mee Park)
• 2003 — Whang In Kie, Bahc Yiso, Chung Seoyoung (Commissioner: Kim Hong-Hee)
• 2007 — Hyungkoo Lee (Commissioner: Soyeon Ahn)
• 2009 — Haegue Yang (Commissioner: Eungie Joo)
• 2011 — Lee Yong-baek (Commissioner: Yun Chea-gab)
• 2013 — Kimsooja (Curator: Kim Seung-duk)
• 2015 — Moon Kyungwon, Jeon Joonho (Curator: Sook-Kyung Lee)
• 2017 — Cody Choi, Lee Wan (Curator: Lee Daehyung)
• 2019 – Hwayeon Nam, Siren Eun Young Jung, Jane Jin Kaisen (Curator: Hyunjin Kim)^[2]
• 2024 – Koo Jeong A (Curators: Jacob Fabricius, Seolhui Lee)^[3]

Bibliography

• Lee . Sohl . Virtual Space and National Division: Crow’s Eye View: The Korean Peninsula at the Venice Architecture Biennale (2014) . Journal of Korean Studies . 20 . 2 . 291–332 . Fall 2015 . 10.1353/jks.2015.0018 . 0731-1613 . mdy-all .
• Web site: Russeth . Andrew . The Venice Biennale: Everything You Could Ever Want to Know . . 2019-04-17 . en-US . 2019-04-22 . mdy-all .
• Book: Volpi, Cristiana . Re Rebaudengo . Adele . 2013 . Pavilions and Garden of Venice Biennale . South Korea . 194 . Contrasto . Rome . 978-88-6965-440-4 .

Further reading

• https://www.dezeen.com/2014/06/06/korean-pavilion-mass-studies-north-south-venice-architecture-biennale-2014/
• https://news.artnet.com/art-world/cody-choi-lee-wan-korean-pavilion-venice-854561
• https://www.dezeen.com/2014/06/07/awarded-best-pavilion-at-venice-architecture-biennale/
• http://artasiapacific.com/News/CuratorAndArtistsAnnouncedFor2019VeniceBiennaleKoreanPavilion
• https://www.artforum.com/news/2019-venice-biennale-s-korean-pavilion-participants-announced-76639
• https://artreview.com/previews/2017_venice_28_korea_daehyung_lee/
• https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-republic-of-korea-pavilion-at-the-56th-venice

Notes and References

1. Lee Woo-young (August 2013, 2012), Kim selected for Venice Biennale Korea Pavilion The Korea Herald.
2. Alex Greenberger (September 14, 2018), Hwayeon Nam, Siren Eun Young Jung, and Jane Jin Kaisen Will Represent Korea at the 2019 Venice Biennale ARTnews.
3. Alex Greenberger (28 March 2023), A Guide to the 2024 Venice Biennale National Pavilions ARTnews.