KIM Jung Man

Beginning 1
It was only 5 years ago, sitting in my car, Porsche 911, I was stopped at a red light.
I did not like to wait at that red light and almost simultaneously, something came to me.
What if I shoot most of these buildings while I am sitting in my car?
In the beginning, I took 6 seconds, but these days in 2015, it became 2 seconds.
Taken in black and white, having just a little over 500 pictures, I saw my city becoming more sinister than before.

Beginning 2
With all those dark and sister buildings, I started coloring them on the computer.
Then I directly put colored pencils on my 11×14 black and white prints then to completion digitally via photoshop.
The city became red, purple, yellow, and so the sky, surreally beautiful.

Beginning 3
Most of the pictures were taken in my car and day after 2 to 3 years, I was asking myself,
‘what if I woke up under a pink sky?’
So I started walking into strange cities and skies; Tokyo, Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Beijing, Shanghai, Las Vegas, Singapore, Hong Kong…, everywhere.
A few times before I got on the road for my journey, looking for the end of the world.
The long journey that I’ve been on for a long time now, but I still have yet to find what else.
The distance is in my heart; 1 centimeter long. What else? Truth isn’t found by talking.
There is a way of searching for some truth, one I have in my heart.
The Other, Walking at the end of the world.
I am not done yet.
I will be there no matter how hard it will be in the end.

KIM Jungman
Born in 1954, Cheorwon, Korea

EDUCATION
1977 Les Écoles Supérieures d’arts Appliqués, Nice, France

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITION
2016 ARTSUPERMARKET, Seoul, Korea
2015 Rad Light 2 Seconds or Walking into Strange, PNC Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2014 5 Days in Singapore, Seoul Auction, Seoul, Korea
2014 La Nuit Blanche, Cernuschi Museum, Paris, France
2014 Different Dimension-5, Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Novosibirsk, Russia
2013 EYES OF VEGA, Platoon Kunsthalle, Seoul, Korea
2012 Photography Exhibition for Facial Nerve Disorder Patients, Gallery FACE, Seoul, Korea
2012 Intelligent Elegance: Thinking about Rene Magritte, KT&G Sangsangmadang, Seoul, Korea
2011 STONE HEART, Lotte Avenuel Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2010 African Savage Garden II, Gallery NOW, Seoul, Korea
2008 THE BLOSSOM, PYO Gallery Beijing, Beijing, China
2007 THE ORCHID, 2×13 Gallery, New York, USA
2005 FLOWERS, Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION
2016 KOREA & HUNGARY Cultural Exchange Exhibition, Budapest, Hungary
2014 PROJECT G, Platoon Kunsthalle, Seoul, Korea
2012 KOREA & TURKEY Cultural Exchange Exhibition, Istanbul, Turkey
2009 CANON PLEX Opening Exhibition-Koo Bonchang, Kim Jung Man, Bae Bien-U, CANON PLEX, Seoul, Korea
2008 60 Years of Contemporary Korean Photographs (1948-2008), National Contemporary Museum of Korea, Gwacheon, Korea
2006 Kim Jung Man, Sung Namhum-Gloomy Eyes, Pure Spirit, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Jeonju, Korea
2004 KOREA EXPRESS, Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea
2003 A Man with His Legs Stolen and 30 Glaring Eyes, Seoul, Korea