KIM YongChul
Korea Tomorrow 2015
Yoo is a post-conceptual artist and sculpture who studied visual theory in collage. He aims at the critical understanding of contemporary art through his own works causing various troubles against institutional and conventional art world. Armed with wit and craziness, his works is not confined within the limits of fine art but expands to the fields of poetry and theater. With his three working key words, ‘collaboration’, ‘black comedy’, and ‘social engagement’, he keeps his direction towards something light but heavy, comic but sad, and simple but cryptic.
Originally from Seoul (south korea), Byungseo Yoo is currently living and working in berlin (Germany) He received a BA from Korea National University of Art (Cinema studies, Film & TV department) His work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Seoul, Tokyo, Vancouver, Berlin. Yoo is also well known for his participation in korea`s controversial reality show, Art Star Korea. This three-month long program had Korea`s one of the most powerful arts professionals as judges whose role was to evaluate and eliminate artists week by week based on their performance on a given mission. Yoo was one of the top three nominees whose final work was exhibitied in Seoul Museum of Art.
Yoo has been through Changdong residency (National museum of arts/korea 2013),and Sema Nanji residency(Seoul museum of art/korea 2014). Recently, Yoo has been selected P.S Berlin artist by Can Foundation(korea)
Originally from Seoul (south korea), Byungseo Yoo is currently living and working in berlin (Germany) He received a BA from Korea National University of Art (Cinema studies, Film & TV department) His work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Seoul, Tokyo, Vancouver, Berlin. Yoo is also well known for his participation in korea`s controversial reality show, Art Star Korea. This three-month long program had Korea`s one of the most powerful arts professionals as judges whose role was to evaluate and eliminate artists week by week based on their performance on a given mission. Yoo was one of the top three nominees whose final work was exhibitied in Seoul Museum of Art.
Yoo has been through Changdong residency (National museum of arts/korea 2013),and Sema Nanji residency(Seoul museum of art/korea 2014). Recently, Yoo has been selected P.S Berlin artist by Can Foundation(korea)
YOO ByungSeo
Born in 1985, Seoul, Korea
EDUCATION
2012 M.F.A, Cinema Studies, Department of Film & Tv, multimedia , Korean national university of arts
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITION
2014 Cinema behind the orange gate, Public storage, Vancouver, Canada
2010 Don’t try, Songeun Gallery, Seoul, Korea
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION
2015 Collectartbook, Gallery Jungmiso, Seoul, Korea
ZK/U at Scotty Enterprise, Scotty Enterprise Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2014 The Brain, Daejoen Museum, DaeJeon,, Korea
Super Romantics, Daegu Art Factory, Daegu, Korea
When a dog stands to the East, the tail points West, Artcenter Ongiong, Tokyo,Japan
Secretly, Greatly, Seoul museum, Seoul, Korea