Curatorial Team
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Artistic Director Sung-Ho KIM(Art Critic & Ph.D. in Aesthetics & Arts)
Sung-Ho KIM received his bachelor’s degree in Western painting from Chung-AngUniversity, and his master’s from the Graduate School of Arts of the same university.Kim received his DEA in philosophy from Universite Paris 10-Nanterre and his Ph.D.in aesthetics and Science of Art from Universite 1-Pantheon Sorbonne. He served asa curator at Moran Museum of Art, the editor-in-chief for MisulSegye, the director ofKunstdoc Institute, an adjunct professor of Western painting at Chung-Ang University,a postdoctoral research fellow at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology,and a director of Yeoju Art Museum. He was the artistic director of 2008 ChangwonAsian Art Festival, the artistic director of Geumgang Nature Art Biennale, the artisticdirector of 2015 Sea Art Festival, the artistic director of 2016 Suncheon BayInternational Eco-Environmental Art Festival, the artistic director of the SpecialExhibition of Korea at Dakar Biennale 2018, and the artistic director of 2020Changwon Sculpture Biennale. Kim is a member of the International Association ofArt Critics, the Korea Art Critic Association, and the Korea Curators’ Association. Heauthored Critical Biography of Curator Won-il Lee (2015) and four more critical booksand co-authored many more books. He is an active art critic in various fine arts disciplines. -
Chief Curator Soo-Mi LIM
Soo-Mi LIM majored in space design at the department of industrial design of Hongik University and completed the course in computer graphic design at the School of Visual Arts. Lim served as a chief curator of Meg Glass Art Museum in 2015, the exhibition team leader of 2016 Suncheon Bay International Eco-Environmental Art Festival, the guest curator of the Special Exhibition at 2016 Changwon Sculpture Biennale and the chief curator of 2018 Changwon Sculpture Biennale, the curator of 2017-2019 Jirisan Arts Fesa, and the artistic director of 2020 Geumgang Nature Art Biennale. -
Community Project Manager Sook-Kyung KIM
Sook-Kyung KIM received her bachelor’s degree from Kyung Hee University and her M.A. in art history from, and completed her doctoral course at the University (TH), Karlsruhe in Germany. Kim was the artistic director of Kunst Doc’s public art project, Hongje Stream – Making the Face of City and Jara Island International Baggat Art Exhibition, Harmony, and the Forest of Metaphor, and the chief curator of the Paris-Seoul International Exchange Exhibition, What do you think about Nature?. She was a director of Kunst Doc Gallery and Institute and the senior curator of the 2020 Changwon Sculpture Biennale. -
Curator Han-Byul KIM
Han-Byul KIM majored in art management and Francophone African area studies and worked as an independent curator for an exhibition highlighting West Africa and a co-curator for international exchange at biennales in Asia and Europe while running a cultural curatorial group. More recently, Kim served as a co-curator for 2013 Infr’Action Venezia Ⅱ and a curator for the Special Exhibition of Korea in 2018 Dakar Biennale and Korea International Ceramic Biennale 2019-2021. Currently, she is active in various cultural curating in the international exchange and cooperation field -
Curator Ju-Hee CHUNG
Juhee CHUNG received her B.F.A. and M.F.A. in painting from the College of Art & Design of Kyung Hee University. Chung curated the main exhibition of the 2019 Cheongju Craft Biennale and worked as the head of the curatorial department at PiaLux Art Gallery. Currently, she works as an author, a lecturer, and a curator. -
Assistant Curator Jin-Young KOH
Jin Young KOH received his B.F.A. in Illustration from Parsons School of Design and completed his Post-Baccalaureate in fine arts at Maryland Institute College of Art. Koh received his M.F.A. in Fine Arts Painting from Pratt Institute and certified his Ph.D. in Art Theory and Criticism at Hongik University -
Assistant Curator Yun-Jung SHIM
Yun Jung SHIM majored curatorial studies and art management and received her master’s degree in art theory from Korea National University of Arts. Shim worked as a curator at Gallery Bellarte from 2013 to 2014, an intern at Changdong Residency of National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA), and a program coordinator at Goyang Residency of MMCA from 2017 through 2019. -
Assistant Curator Soo-Jeong PARK
Soojeong PARK majored in art studies at Hongik University and was part of a curatorial team named team FOOT at the department of art studies while in college. Park served at the curatorial team for young artists at the 2015 Media Art Festival, Light of City held at the Seoul Citizen Hall and participated in the Travel Grant 2015 by Ilhyun Museum. In addition, Park worked as an exhibition coordinator at the Pyeongchang Biennale 2017. -
Community Project Coordinator Joo-Hee PARK
Joohee PARK majored in sculpture at Kookmin University and is in his master’s course at the same university. Park worked as an activist for Hongcheon Joongang Market, Hongcheon Traditional Market, and the co-op of merchants in the regeneration project for the Sinjangdae-ri area by Hongcheon Urban Regeneration Support Center in 2021.