New York, New York, United States
Yu Yeon Kim (born, South Korea) is an independent curator based in New York City and Seoul. She has curated and been a commissioner of many distinguished international exhibitions of contemporary art. International Biennales Kim was a principle curator of the 1st Mediation Biennale 2008, Poland and Curator/International Researcher for the Liverpool Biennale 2004, England. She was also the Commissioner/Curator for the 1st Mexico Painting Biennale (Cinco Continentes y Una Ciudad ) in Mexico City and the Commissioner/Curator for Latin America for the 3rd Gwangju Biennale 2000 in South Korea and a principle curator of the 2nd Johannesburg Biennale, South Africa, 1997-1998, (for which she curated "Transversions" at the Museum Africa) Publication "Live: Performance and the Contemporary", Tate Modern, London (Ed. Adrian Heathfield) "Zhang Huan", Hatje Cantz, 2003 (Ed. Yilmaz Dziewior) "Osvaldo Romberg: Bypass 1972 - 1997" , Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany 1997 (Ed. Osvaldo Romberg) Awards Korea Green Foundation Award 2006 Humanities Fellowship, Asian Cultural Council, Rockefeller Brothers Foundation 1999 and 2002
Title: Pyongyang Report Participating Artists/Journalists: Tian Yi Bin (China), Daniel Gordon (UK), Toen Voeten (Netherlands), Park Chan Kyung (South Korea), Guy Delisle (Canada), Armin Linke (Italy) Title: DMZ Dominic Angerame, Ursula Biemann, Alex Danko, Harun Farocki Per Hasselberg, Lyndal Jones, Beryl Korot, Chang W. Lee, Armin Linke Jill Magid, Fahrettin Gurkan Orenli, Hironori Murai, Mike Parr, Santiago Sierra Elgaland-Vargaland, Eyal Weizman, Lin Yilin, Huang Yong Ping, Ahn Sung-Keum Ahn Sung Hee, Cho Duck Hyun, Ham Yang Ah, Kang Hong Goo, Kim Seung-Young Kim Ho-Seok, Kim Young-Jin, Ku Ja-Young,Lee Seung-Taek, Lim Young Sun Lim Ok-Sang, Rho Jae Oun, Park Chankyung, Shin Min Shik, Yoo Young-Ho Yook Tae-Jin, Yoon Dongchun, Yoon Joo Kyung, Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries
Participating Artists: El Anatsui, Xu Bing, Lee Wan, Jeamin Cha, Mel Chin, Chang Yoonseong, Sabine Bitter, Helmut Weber, Yuken Teruya Through the mediums of video art and documentaries, artists present a unique perspective and commentary on the changing nature of human society and its environs facilitated by the instantaneity of a multimedia internet as well as migration of populations affected by economic necessity and conflict war.
Title: Fluid Form II Artists from Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Saudi Arabia, U.A.E Participating Artists: Tammam Azzam, Sadik Alfraji, Sama Alshaibi, Ammar Al Beik, Ziad Antar, Abdul Karim Majdal Al-Beik, Safwan Dahoul, Oussama Diab, Walid El-Masri, Lamya Gargash, Hassan Hajjaj, Thaler Helal, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Khaled Jarrar, Abdulnasser Gharem, Mohammed Kazem, Athier Mousawi, Budoor Al Riyami, Raeda Saadeh, Faisal Samra
Title: Gauguin and After Idyllic Synthesis; Contradictions of Vision and Reality Participating Artists: Marco Brambilla, Rashaad Newsome, Yang Fudong, Rho Jae Oon, Youngsun Lim