Soo Kim Explained
Soo Kim (born 1969) is a Korean-born American visual artist, and educator.[1] [2]
Biography
She was born in 1969, in South Korea; and moved to Los Angeles in 1980. She earned a B.A. degree from the University of California, Riverside, and a M.F.A. degree from California Institute of the Arts.[3]
Kim lives in Los Angeles and is on the faculty at Otis College of Art and Design. Kim often employs techniques of cutting and layering in order to introduce areas of absence or disruption in what we tend to take for granted—the interpretation of photographic images."
Kim’s work is in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum. In 2013, Kim was awarded the prestigious John Gutmann Photography Fellowship by the San Francisco Foundation.[4]
Solo exhibitions
- Midday Moon, Angles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2012
- Black Sun, Angles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2011[5]
- The Corners of the Sea, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY, 2010
- Faraway, Seaver Gallery, Marlborough School, Los Angeles, CA, 2010
- Superheavies, Sandroni Rey, Los Angeles, CA, 2008
- They Stop Looking at the Sky, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA, 2006[6]
- A Week Inside Two Days, Sandroni Rey, Los Angeles, CA, 2005
- The Future’s Owned By You and Me, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Los Angeles, CA, 2005
- Soo Kim: New Work, Sandroni Rey, Venice, CA, 2002
- Soo Kim: New Work, Montgomery Gallery, Claremont, CA (catalog), 1999
- Stonewashing, Bandits-mages, Bourges, France, 1995
- (Carry) A Big Stick, Tropical Installations, Los Angeles, CA, 1993
Selected public collections
Further reading
- “Exhibitionism”, Soo Kim: They Stop Looking at the Sky, Flaunt, Issue 72, p. 249
- Yang, Andrew, “Packed House”, Surface, The Annual Avant Guardian Issue: American Intelligence #56, p. 79
- Kovats, Tania, “Dreams and the Nets to Catch Them”, The Drawing Book: A Survey of Drawing: The Primary Means of Expression, Black Dog Press
- Hagen, Kathryn and Parme Guintini, editors. Garb, Prentice Hall, 2006
- Hoon, Jung, “Trans, Transit, Transition”, Seoul Photo Triennale catalogue and website, Seoul, Korea, 2006
- Wood, Eve. ArtUS, Issue #11, Dec. ’05 – Feb. ‘06. Review for the exhibition at SolwayJones Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Sept. 10-Oct. 15, 2005.
- New American Paintings, Pacific Coast Edition, Volume # 61.
- “Continuing and Recommended,” Art Scene. Vol. 25, No. 2. October, 2005. p. 27.
- Kraus, Chris. "Icons and Puzzles." ReMake/ReModel. Catalogue essay for the exhibition at SolwayJones Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Sept. 10-Oct. 15, 2005.
- Valentine, Christina. "Myopic Dreams: The Elusiveness of Sight." ReMake/ReModel. Catalogue essay for the exhibition at SolwayJones Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Sept. 10-Oct. 15, 2005.
- Walsh, Daniella, “Orange Blossoms”, Riviera, p. 280-281, September 2004
- Chang, Richard, “The Art of the New”, The Orange County Register, Arts and Entertainment section pages 1–5, Sunday, October 10, 2004
- Simon, Jane, Elizabeth Armstrong and Irene Hofmann, 2004 California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, exhibition catalogue, pgs cover, 2, 72-75, 134
- Scarborough, James. “Unlikely Icons,” New York Arts Magazine, online and September 2003
- Paschal, Huston, Linda Johnson Dougherty, Robert Wohl, Anne Collins Goodyear, and Laura M. Andre, Defying Gravity: Contemporary Art and Flight, North Carolina Museum of Art / Prestel Verlag Press, exhibition catalogue. p. VII, 136-139, 209
- Martinez, Lillian. “Scratch Visual,” El Diario de Hoy de El Salvador, pg. 1-4, February 6, 2003
- Yi, Paul. There: Sites of Korean Diaspora, The Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea
- Geldard, Rebecca. “London is Balling,” Time Out London, p. 50 March 13–20, 2002
- Pagel, David. “Art Review,” The Los Angeles Times, Calendar Section F32 Friday 15 February 2002
- Myers, Holly “Five with Promise,” The Los Angeles Times, 30 March 2001
- “Korean American Artists,” Wolgan Misool Art Magazine, June 2000
- Lee, Choong Gul, “Exhibitions: KOREAMERICAKOREA,” Vogue Korea, June 2000
- “Pick for the week of May 24–30, 2000,” City Pages, May 2000
- Ross, David A. and Sunjung Kim, KOREAMERICAKOREA exhibition catalogue with essays by Miwon Kwon, Laura Kang, and David Ross
- Schwabsky, Barry “Summer Exhibition Previews,” ArtForum, May 2000
- Ollman, Leah, “Darkness and Light,” The Los Angeles Times, 31 March 2000
- McGrew, Rebecca, In-Between Places: Recent Work by Soo Jin Kim, catalogue essay, Pomona College 1999
- Walsh, Daniella, The Orange County Register, “A Visit to ‘Other Related Areas’”, October 25, 1998
- Schoenkopf, Rebecca, OC Weekly, “Cool World”, October 23–29, 1998
- Curtis, Cathy, Los Angeles Times, “When Seeing Isn’t Believing”, October 12, 1998
- Frank, Peter, LA Weekly, “Pick of the Week”, September 18–25, 1998
- Ise, Claudine, Los Angeles Times, Art Reviews, August 21, 1998
- Green, Phyllis, KXLU 88.9FM, “Look/Hear”, May 31, 1998
- Frank, Peter, LA Weekly, “Pick of the Week”, December 29, 1995
- Chung, Terry, KoreAm Journal, Winter, 1993
- Chau, Monica, The Subject of Rape, “Tall Tales or True Stories: The Subject of Rape in Recent Video Art”, The Whitney Museum of American Art, 1993
- “Asian Film Scene: From Behind the Camera”, KoreAm Journal, May,1993
- Snow, Shauna, Los Angeles Times, “Identity Trapped Between the Sheets”, July 31, 1992
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Ollman . Leah . 2018-04-24 . Review: Cut, folded, pasted: Photography takes a twist and turn in the Getty's 'Paper Play' . 2024-03-28 . . en-US.
- Web site: Smith . Harriet Lloyd . 2010-01-15 . Urban Panoramas at the Getty, LA . 2024-03-28 . wallpaper.com . en.
- Web site: Soo Kim. J. Paul Getty Museum. The J. Paul Getty Trust. 8 February 2018.
- Web site: 2013 . The San Francisco Foundation Names Kim Winner of the 2013 John Gutmann Photography Fellowship . 14 Jan 2015.
- Web site: 2011-01-28 . Art review: Soo Kim at Angles Gallery . 2024-03-28 . . en-US.
- Web site: Miles . Christopher . 2006-04-01 . Soo Kim: Pasadena Museum of California Art (PMCA) . 2024-03-28 . . en-US.
