KOO Bohnchang
具本昌
Koo Bohnchang attended Yonsei University majoring in Business Administration and later studied photography in Hamburg, Germany. He was a professor at Kaywon School of Art and Design, Chung Ang University, Seoul Institute of the Arts and a visiting professor in London Saint Martin School.
His works have been exhibited in over 30 solo exhibitions including Samsung Rodin Gallery, Seoul (2001), Peabody Essex Museum, Massachusetts (2002), Camera Obscura, Paris (2004), Kukje Gallery, Seoul and Kahitsukan Kyoto Museum of Contemporary Art (2006), Goeun Museum of Photography, Busan (2007), Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia (2010) and many.
His collections are at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Fine art, Houston, Kahitsukan Kyoto Museum of Contemporary Art, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea, Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul and publications are ‘Deep Breath in Silence’, ‘Revealed Personas’, ‘Vessels for the Heart’, 'How to Capture the Touching Moment' in Korea and ‘Hysteric Nine’, ‘Vessel’, ‘Everyday Treasures’ in Japan.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2018 - Oceans, Aquario Civico, Milan, Italy
2016 - 花, Shinsegae Gallery Incheon, Incheon, Korea
2016 - 花, Shinsegae Gallery Gwangju, Gwangju, Korea
2016 - White Vessels, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2015 - Porcelain Time, Yido Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2015 - Bohnchang Koo, Nanohama, Hakone, Japan
2014 - White on White, Villa Flor, S-Chanf, Switzerland
2014 - Bohnchang Koo - Open End, Galeria Carla Sozzani, Milan, Italy
2014 - Dong Gang Photography Award Exhibition, Dong Gang Museum of Photography, Yeongwol
2014 - Koo Bohnchang Archives: 18 Exhibitions, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
2014 - Encounter Korean Early Modernist and Modernist of Photographer, Trunk Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2013 - SLOW TALK, Ivory press, Madrid, Spain
2013 - The Interpretations of Landscape, J-Hee Gallery, Gwangju, South Korea
2013 - Happy Memories, Ryugaheon Galery, Seoul, South Korea
2013 - Interpretation of Surface, Gallery Bundo, Daegu, South Korea
2011 - Bohnchang Koo, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2011 - The Baptist, Nuda Gallery, Daejeon, Korea
2011 - Snow, Jeju Island, Trunk Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2010 - Bohnchang Koo, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2010 - Masks, Stone Art Museum, Duson Art Museum, Jeju, Korea
2009 - Vessel · Soap · Interiors, Galerie Camera Obscura, Paris, France
2009 - Purity, Galerie Raum mit Licht, Vienna, Austria
2009 - Pencil of Nature, Gallery Bow, Ulsan, Korea
2008 - In the Beginning, Trunk Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2008 - Coolness and Passion, MBC Gallery M, Daegu, Korea
2007 - Bohnchang Koo, Goeun Museum of Art, Busan, Korea
2007 - Galerie 206, Berlin, Germany
2006 - Hasted Hunt Gallery, New York, NY
2006 - Vessel, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2006 - Koo Bohnchang, Kahitsukan, Kyoto Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyoto, Japan
2005 - Portraits of Time, White Room Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 - La beaute endormie, Langon, France
2005 - Soap, Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2016 - 花, Shinsegae Gallery Incheon, Incheon, Korea
2016 - 花, Shinsegae Gallery Gwangju, Gwangju, Korea
2016 - White Vessels, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2015 - Porcelain Time, Yido Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2015 - Bohnchang Koo, Nanohama, Hakone, Japan
2014 - White on White, Villa Flor, S-Chanf, Switzerland
2014 - Bohnchang Koo - Open End, Galeria Carla Sozzani, Milan, Italy
2014 - Dong Gang Photography Award Exhibition, Dong Gang Museum of Photography, Yeongwol
2014 - Koo Bohnchang Archives: 18 Exhibitions, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
2014 - Encounter Korean Early Modernist and Modernist of Photographer, Trunk Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2013 - SLOW TALK, Ivory press, Madrid, Spain
2013 - The Interpretations of Landscape, J-Hee Gallery, Gwangju, South Korea
2013 - Happy Memories, Ryugaheon Galery, Seoul, South Korea
2013 - Interpretation of Surface, Gallery Bundo, Daegu, South Korea
2011 - Bohnchang Koo, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2011 - The Baptist, Nuda Gallery, Daejeon, Korea
2011 - Snow, Jeju Island, Trunk Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2010 - Bohnchang Koo, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2010 - Masks, Stone Art Museum, Duson Art Museum, Jeju, Korea
2009 - Vessel · Soap · Interiors, Galerie Camera Obscura, Paris, France
2009 - Purity, Galerie Raum mit Licht, Vienna, Austria
2009 - Pencil of Nature, Gallery Bow, Ulsan, Korea
2008 - In the Beginning, Trunk Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2008 - Coolness and Passion, MBC Gallery M, Daegu, Korea
2007 - Bohnchang Koo, Goeun Museum of Art, Busan, Korea
2007 - Galerie 206, Berlin, Germany
2006 - Hasted Hunt Gallery, New York, NY
2006 - Vessel, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2006 - Koo Bohnchang, Kahitsukan, Kyoto Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyoto, Japan
2005 - Portraits of Time, White Room Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 - La beaute endormie, Langon, France
2005 - Soap, Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018 - Blooming at the Junction (Vessel), BKorean Cultural Center, Hong Kong
2017 - Contemporary Korean Ceramics, V&A Museum, London, England
2017 - Lotte Seoul Sky, Seoul, Korea
2016 - Extra Ordinary, Korean Cultural Centre Gallery, Sydney Unconscious Aesthetics, Breathing Heritage: 2016 - 2016 - Contemporary Korean Ceramics’, The Fondation Bernardaud, Limoges
2016 - Noonbit Collection of Korean Photographer’s Works, Ryugaheon gallery, Seoul
2016 - Unfamiliar memory, Unfamiliar time, Unfamiliar space, Gallery Now, Seoul
2016 - Public to Private: Photography in Korean Art since 1989, The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul
2016 - ‘Vies silencieuses’, Galerie Camera Obscura, Paris, France
2016 - ‘Vies silencieuses’, Galerie Camera Obscura, Paris, France
2016 - ‘Chefs-d'œuvre de la céramique coréenne’, Grand Palais, Paris
2016 - ‘Cheong Chul Eo Lam’, Hyundai Dept. Store Gallery H, Daegu
2015 - simsimhada, Doosungpaper Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2015 - In the Spirit of George Rose, KF Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2015 - Le Parfum dans tous les sens, Jardins du Palais Royal, Paris, France
2015 - BODY, Handok Museum of Medicine and Pharmacy, Eumseong, Korea
2015 - Invitation to Korean Dining, Roma Verso Expo, Roma, Italy
2015 - Simple Forms: Contemplating Beauty, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2015 - Lies of Lies on Photography, Total Museum, Seoul, Korea
2015 - BEYOND THE BORDERS, Culture Station Seoul 284, Korea
2015 - OBIECTA, Giacomo Guidi, Roma, Italy
2014 - Kitchen, Onyang Folk Museum, Asan, Korea
2014 - Form As Thinking - Rediscovery of Drawing, Museum SAN, Wonju, Korea
2014 - Korean Beauty Two Kinds of Nature, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
2014 - Dual Natures in Ceramics, SFO Museum, San Francisco, CA
2014 - Admiration of White Porcelain, Seoul Museum, Seoul, Korea
2013 - KoreaChina Ceramics Art Exhibition, Gyeonggi Ceramic Museum, Gyeonggi, Korea
2013 - 사진의 터, Art Space J, Gyeonggi, South Korea
2013 - Sakura, Tanakaya Gallery, Hirosaki, Japan
2012 - Mega Seoul 4 decades, The Museum of Photography, Seoul, South Korea
2012 - Motherhood, Ewha Womans University Museum, Seoul, Korea
2012 - 달하 노피곰 도다샤 어긔야 머리곰 비취오시라, Ilwoo Space, Seoul, Korea
2012 - Fold III: USELESS/Upcycling in Art+Design, Art+Shanghai Gallery, Shanghai, China
2011 - Korean Spirit; Six Photographers, Goyang, Korea
2011 - Books & Objects, Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2011 - 紙花, Kokdu Museum, curated by Clark Worswick, Seoul, Korea
2011 - Fold 3, Art+Shanghai Gallery, Shaghai, China
2010 - Korean Contemporary Art, Plastic Garden, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2010 - On the Line, Daelim Contemporary Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2010 - A Positive View, Somerset House, London, England
2010 - Cycle, Recycle, Interalia Art Company, Seoul, Korea
2010 - Chaotic Harmony: Contemporary Korean Photography, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
2010 - Man Ray's Photography & His Heritage, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2010 - Primavere del Bianco, Museum of Art Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
2010 - Eternal Blinking: Contemporary Art of Korea, University of Hawaii, HA
2010 - 30th Anniversary of Young Korean Artist, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea
2010 - Biennale International de l’Image a Luang Prabang, Laos
2017 - Contemporary Korean Ceramics, V&A Museum, London, England
2017 - Lotte Seoul Sky, Seoul, Korea
2016 - Extra Ordinary, Korean Cultural Centre Gallery, Sydney Unconscious Aesthetics, Breathing Heritage: 2016 - 2016 - Contemporary Korean Ceramics’, The Fondation Bernardaud, Limoges
2016 - Noonbit Collection of Korean Photographer’s Works, Ryugaheon gallery, Seoul
2016 - Unfamiliar memory, Unfamiliar time, Unfamiliar space, Gallery Now, Seoul
2016 - Public to Private: Photography in Korean Art since 1989, The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul
2016 - ‘Vies silencieuses’, Galerie Camera Obscura, Paris, France
2016 - ‘Vies silencieuses’, Galerie Camera Obscura, Paris, France
2016 - ‘Chefs-d'œuvre de la céramique coréenne’, Grand Palais, Paris
2016 - ‘Cheong Chul Eo Lam’, Hyundai Dept. Store Gallery H, Daegu
2015 - simsimhada, Doosungpaper Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2015 - In the Spirit of George Rose, KF Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2015 - Le Parfum dans tous les sens, Jardins du Palais Royal, Paris, France
2015 - BODY, Handok Museum of Medicine and Pharmacy, Eumseong, Korea
2015 - Invitation to Korean Dining, Roma Verso Expo, Roma, Italy
2015 - Simple Forms: Contemplating Beauty, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2015 - Lies of Lies on Photography, Total Museum, Seoul, Korea
2015 - BEYOND THE BORDERS, Culture Station Seoul 284, Korea
2015 - OBIECTA, Giacomo Guidi, Roma, Italy
2014 - Kitchen, Onyang Folk Museum, Asan, Korea
2014 - Form As Thinking - Rediscovery of Drawing, Museum SAN, Wonju, Korea
2014 - Korean Beauty Two Kinds of Nature, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
2014 - Dual Natures in Ceramics, SFO Museum, San Francisco, CA
2014 - Admiration of White Porcelain, Seoul Museum, Seoul, Korea
2013 - KoreaChina Ceramics Art Exhibition, Gyeonggi Ceramic Museum, Gyeonggi, Korea
2013 - 사진의 터, Art Space J, Gyeonggi, South Korea
2013 - Sakura, Tanakaya Gallery, Hirosaki, Japan
2012 - Mega Seoul 4 decades, The Museum of Photography, Seoul, South Korea
2012 - Motherhood, Ewha Womans University Museum, Seoul, Korea
2012 - 달하 노피곰 도다샤 어긔야 머리곰 비취오시라, Ilwoo Space, Seoul, Korea
2012 - Fold III: USELESS/Upcycling in Art+Design, Art+Shanghai Gallery, Shanghai, China
2011 - Korean Spirit; Six Photographers, Goyang, Korea
2011 - Books & Objects, Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2011 - 紙花, Kokdu Museum, curated by Clark Worswick, Seoul, Korea
2011 - Fold 3, Art+Shanghai Gallery, Shaghai, China
2010 - Korean Contemporary Art, Plastic Garden, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2010 - On the Line, Daelim Contemporary Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2010 - A Positive View, Somerset House, London, England
2010 - Cycle, Recycle, Interalia Art Company, Seoul, Korea
2010 - Chaotic Harmony: Contemporary Korean Photography, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
2010 - Man Ray's Photography & His Heritage, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2010 - Primavere del Bianco, Museum of Art Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
2010 - Eternal Blinking: Contemporary Art of Korea, University of Hawaii, HA
2010 - 30th Anniversary of Young Korean Artist, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea
2010 - Biennale International de l’Image a Luang Prabang, Laos
Collections
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA; Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea; Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO; Fondation Herzog, Basel, Switzerland; Goeun Museum of Photography, Busan, Korea; Jeji Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeji, Japan
