sooyounkim
1979 born in South Korea
1998-2000 studied interior design at the Kaywon School of Art & Design, in Kyunggi-do, South Korea ( Associate Degree in Arts)
2001- 2005 work as interior designer in Seoul (Plan & Practical Dept.)
2006 comes to Germany
2007-2008 attendance at the preparatory college of the state of Brandenburg at the University of Potsdam
2008-2015 studies at the Burg Giebichenstein University of Art in Halle, specializing in painting / textile arts with Prof. Ulrich Reimkasten (diploma for fine arts)
2015-2017 master class at the Burg Giebichenstein Art Academy Halle, Painting / textile arts with Prof. Ulrich Reimkasten
since 2017 Freelance visual / interdisciplinary artist, lives and works in Berlin, Germany
Exhibitions
2010 Participation in the exhibition “Steps” in SALUS, Magdeburg
Participation in the exhibition “Around the World” in the KKH Alliance, Halle-Saale
2011 Funding Program _ Youth Cultural and Visual Arts in HypoVereinsbank Halle-Saale
Participation in the exhibition “DECADES OF LENZ” in SALUS, Magdeburg
Funding program _ Youth cultural and visual arts in Wallhausen Castle, Saxony-Anhalt
2012 Participation in the exhibition “Echo” and “BABEL” in SALUS, Magdeburg
2015 Diploma exhibition “In the beginning was the sound” in the Hermes building, Halle-Saale
2016 Solo exhibition “In the beginning was the sound” in the Heilandskirche, Berlin
Participation in the exhibition “The unfinished Gobelin” in the Burg Galerie im Volkspark, Halle-Saale
2017 Solo exhibition “In the beginning was the sound” in the St. Petri-Pauli Church in Lutherstadt Eisleben
(as part of the ‘‘ Kirchentag on the way to Halle / Eisleben ’)
“ZEITKLANG” master class degree exhibition in the Hermes building, Halle-Saale
2018 Exhibition participation_Herimann Prize 2018 in Helmarshausen, Bad Karlshafen
2019 Design Art Fair 2019 in Seoul, South Korea – as the winner of the 6th NEW GENERATION
Solo exhibition “ZEITKLANG” in DAMSO Gallery & Teehaus, Berlin-Zehlendorf
Group exhibition “TEILCHENBESCHLEUNIGER” in the Leipzig Spinnerei
2020 group exhibition “underneath” in the Galerie Nord, Berlin-Tiergarten
2021 group exhibition “PHILO-POEM” in the M.A.D.S. Art Gallery, Milan, Italy
2021 online exhibition “River of Dreams” by contemporaryartcuratormagazine
2021 The XIIIth Florence Biennale, Florence, Italy
2021 Solo exhibition “ZEITKLANG” in Gallery Himmelreich, Magdeburg, Germany
2022 Focus Artfair in Paris “BOOM”
2023 Solo exhibition “ZEITKLANG” in TU Mathematical Library, Berlin, Germany
2024 group exhibition “RE:VISION” in the Galerie Nord, Berlin-Tiergarten
2024 group exhibition “little treasures” in Galleria De Marchi, Bologna, Italy
Price
2012 competition of the castle for the design of the facade for the new textile manufacture: “special price vision”
2015 SEPIA CLASS PRIZE: The best work by students in the painting / textile arts class at the Burg Giebichenstein Art College in Halle
2018 Herimann Prize 2018 in Helmarshausen, Bad Karlshafen
2021 POWER OF CREATIVITY ART PRIZE by contemporaryartcuratormagazine
2021 Xlll Florence Biennale ‘LORENZO IL MAGNIFICO’ Award, Mixed Media 5th Place
Project participation
2009 Artistic design of the maternity ward in the St. Elisabeth and St. Barbara Hospital in Halle-Saale
2010 Artistic design of the clinic for child and adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapyin the St. Elisabeth and St. Barbara Hospital in Halle-Saale
2012 Artistic design of the intensive care unit in the St. Elisabeth and St. Barbara Hospital Halle-Saale
2014 »Luther’s Last Journey«, tapestry project in theLuther’s Death Housein Eisleben, Saxony-Anhalt
Scholarship
2017 graduation scholarship for international students at Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle. (within the framework of STIBET / DAAD)
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