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Dream Rooms: Environments by Women Artists 1950s – Now, M+, Hong Kong
Dream Rooms: Environments by Women Artists 1950s – Now, M+, Hong Kong
20 September 2025 – 18 January 2026
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Photo by Ringo Cheung ©M+
To Breathe, 2025, Site-specific Installation with Diffraction Grating Films
Kimsooja: To Breathe – Mokum, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Kimsooja: To Breathe – Mokum, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
24 May 2025 – 9 November 2025
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Photo by Natascha Libbert
To Breathe – Mokum, Poetic Installation about migration, displacement and the idea of home, Site specific installation consisting of diffraction grating film and Bottari
MMCA Collection: Korean Contemporary Art, MMCA, Seoul, Korea
MMCA Collection: Korean Contemporary Art, MMCA, Seoul, Korea
1 May 2025 – 3 May 2026
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Photo by image Joom
Bottari Truck – Migrateurs, 2007, Performance Video, Single Channel, 9:17 loop, Silent, HD
Forest Festival of the Arts Okayama, Tsuyama, Japan
Forest Festival of the Arts Okayama, Tsuyama, Japan
28 September 2024 – November 2025
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Photo by Takeshi Asano, Kenryou Gu
To Breathe, Site specific installation consisting of diffraction grating film, Dimensions variable
Installation view at Forest Festival of the Arts Okayama, Tsuyama Railroad Educational Museum, Tsuyama, Japan
Light: Visionary Perspectives, Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, Canada
Light: Visionary Perspectives, Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, Canada
13 July 2024 – 21 April, 2025
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Photo by Toni Hafkenscheid
To Breathe, Site specific installation consisting of diffraction grating film and mirror floor panels, size variable
Ambienti 1956-2010 Environments by Women Artists II, MAXXI, Rome, Italy
Ambienti 1956-2010 Environments by Women Artists II, MAXXI, Rome, Italy
10 April 2024 – 20 October 2024
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Installation view at Ambienti 1956-2010 Environments by Women Artists II is an exhibition by MAXXI and Haus der Kunst München.
The original exhibition Inside Other Spaces. Environments by Women Artists 1956-1976 is conceived and produced by Haus der Kunst München 2023.
Photo Giorgio Benni
Courtesy Fondazione MAXXI
To Breathe 2024, Site specific installation consisting of diffraction grating film, Dimensions variable
Every Island is a Mountain, Palazzo Malta – Ordine di Malta, Venice, Italy
Every Island is a Mountain, Palazzo Malta – Ordine di Malta, Venice, Italy
19 April 2024 – 8 September 2024
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Photo by Hyunjung Kwon
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A Needle Woman – Jaoseon, 2023, Archival pigment print on paper, 75 × 100 cm. Courtesy of the artist. Photo by Sergio López
Deductive Object – Bottari, 2023, Archival pigment print on paper, 75 × 100 cm. Courtesy of the artist. Photo by Sergio López
A Needle Woman – Jaoseon, 2023, Archival pigment print on paper, 75 × 100 cm. Courtesy of the artist. Photo by Sergio López
Geometry of Fire –Jaoseon, 2023, Archival pigment print on paper, 75 × 100 cm. Courtesy of the artist. Photo by Sergio López
A Needle Woman – Jaoseon, 2023, Archival pigment print on paper, 75 × 100 cm. Courtesy of the artist. Photo by Sergio López
Bottari – a couple, 2020, Used clothing, cloth, 60 × 60 × 50(h) cm.
Kimsooja: Planted Names, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Kimsooja: Planted Names, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
24 October 2020 – 20 February 2021
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Photo by Jan Liegeois
(Left to right)
01 – 03 Planted Names, 2002, Set of 4 Woven Carpets, Unique, Courtesy of Axel Vervoordt Gallery and Kimsooja Studio
04 Bottari: Alpha Beach, 2001, Single Channel Video, 6:18 loop, Silent
Bottari 2018. Used Korean Bedcovers, Used Clothes from Perth, Australia, Courtesy of Trish Clark Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand and Kimsooja Studio
Documenta 14: ANTIDORON, Fridericianum, Kassel
Documenta 14: ANTIDORON, Fridericianum, Kassel
10 June 2017 – 17 September 2017
First exhibited in 2005, Kimsooja, Journey into the World, EMST, Athens, Greece (15 February 2005 – 29 May 2005)
Courtesy of Documenta 14, Athens, Kewenig Gallery, Berlin, EMST Collection, Athens and Kimsooja Studio
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Photo by Jasper Kettner
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01 – 03 Bottari, 2005, Used Korean Bedcovers, Used Clothes from Athens
04 – 05 Bottari, 2017, Used Korean Bedcovers, Used Clothes from Kassel
The XIV Cordoba Photography Biennale, Sala Olive, Cordoba, Spain
The XIV Cordoba Photography Biennale, Sala Olive, Cordoba, Spain
13 March 2015 – 17 May 2015
Commissioned by Lanzerote Biennale and Hermes Foundation, Paris, Courtesy of La Fabrica, Madrid and Kimsooja Studio
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01 Aire de Tierra / Air of Earth, 2009, 6:25 loop, Sound, Fuego de Aire / Fire of Air, 2009, 08:00 loop, Silent, Tierra de Agua / Earth of Water, 2009, 06:57 loop, Silent
02 Aire de Fuego / Air of Fire, 2009, 3:47 loop, Sound, Agua de Tierra / Water of Earth, 2009, 05:42 loop, Silent, Fuego de Tierra / Fire of Earth, 2009, 09:22 loop, Silent
Daegu Contemporary Art Festival in Gangjeong, Daegu, Korea
Daegu Contemporary Art Festival in Gangjeong, Daegu, Korea
23 August 2014 – 21 September 2014
Site-specific Installation view at 2014 Daegu Contemporary Art Festival in Gangjeong, Communication Space THE ARC, Daegu, Korea
Earth - Water - Fire - Air Tierra de Agua / Earth of Water, 2009, Single Channel Video, 6:57 loop, Silent, Courtesy of Daegu Contemporary Art Festival in Gangjeong
Making Space, MCBA, Lausanne, Switzerland
Making Space, MCBA, Lausanne, Switzerland
18 October 2013 – 5 January 2014
Photo by Nora Rupp
A Needle Woman - Tokyo, Shanghai, Delhi, New York, Mexico City, Cairo, Lagos, London, 1999-2001, 8 Channel Video, 6:33 loop, Silent
Buddha's Trace – Contemporary Art From Asia, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Bochum, Germany
Buddha's Trace – Contemporary Art From Asia, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Bochum, Germany
23 August 2011 – 13 November 2011
Site-specific Installation at Sullivan Galleries, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Chicago, USA
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Photo by Uwe Engels
To Breathe: Mandala, 2010, Single Jukebox with the Artist’s Voice Performance “The Weaving Factory”(2004)
Je Reviendrai, MCA/VAL, Vitry-sur-Seine, France
Je Reviendrai, MCA/VAL, Vitry-sur-Seine, France
23 October 2008 –
Permanent Collection, Commissioned by Musée d'art contemporain du Val-de-Marne (MAC/VAL), Paris, France.
Performance in Paris, 10 November 2007
Photos by Thierry Depagne and Jaeho Chong
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01 – 03 Bottari Truck – Migrateurs, 2007, 1 ton truck from France (1976 Peugeot 404 Pickup), 56 Bottaris, Bungee Cords, 470 x 170 x 200(h) cm
04 – 05 Bottari Truck – Migrateurs, 2007, Performance Video, Single Channel, 9:17 loop, Silent, HD
A Needle Woman, The 51st Venice Biennale: Always a Little Further, Arsenale, Venice, Italy
A Needle Woman, The 51st Venice Biennale: Always a Little Further, Arsenale, Venice, Italy
12 June 2005 – 6 November 2005
Photo by Giorgio Zucchiatti
A Needle Woman – Patan, Havana, Rio de Janeiro, N 'Djamena, Sanaa, Jerusalem, 2005, Performance Video, 6 Channel, 10:40 loop, Silent
Kim Sooja & Jeannette Christensen, Kunsthalle Feldbach, Feldbach, Austria
Kim Sooja & Jeannette Christensen, Kunsthalle Feldbach, Feldbach, Austria
24 September 1999 – 24 October 1999
Installation at Gallery Hyundai Solo Exhibition
Bottari, 1998, Used Korean Bedcovers and Used clothes, Dimensions Variablem, Courtesy of Kunsthalle Feldbach, Austria and Kimsooja Studio
Roles of the Couple, Soo Ja Kim & Toshihiro Kuno, Akira Ikeda Gallery, Taura, Japan
Roles of the Couple, Soo Ja Kim & Toshihiro Kuno, Akira Ikeda Gallery, Taura, Japan
6 July 1996 – 31 August 1996
Installation at Gallery Hyundai Solo Exhibition
Deductive Object, 1996, Used Korean Bedcovers and Used Clothes, Dimensions Variable
Tiger's Tail - 15 Korean Contemporary Artists for Venice, Venice, Italy
Tiger's Tail - 15 Korean Contemporary Artists for Venice, Venice, Italy
8 June 1995 – 15 October 1995
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Installation at Gallery Hyundai Solo Exhibition
Deductive Object, 1995. Used clothes, Korean Bedcover, Fragments of Fabric from Used Clothes and Bedcovers
The 19th Ecole de Séoul, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
The 19th Ecole de Séoul, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
07 September 1994 – 16 September 1994
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Installation at Kwanhoon Gallery Group Exhibition
Deductive Object, 1994, Used Korean Bedcovers, Used Clothes, Dimensions Variable, Courtesy of Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul and Kimsooja Studio
Semblances, Ise Cultural Foundation, New York, USA
Semblances, Ise Cultural Foundation, New York, USA
Installation at Trade Routes at The New Museum Group Exhibition
Deductive Object, 1993, Used Korean Bedcovers, Used Clothes, Dimensions Variable, Courtesy of The New Museum, New York and Kimsooja Studio
Trade Routes, The New Museum, New York, USA
Trade Routes, The New Museum, New York, USA
10 September 1993 – 07 November 1993
Installation at Trade Routes at The New Museum Group Exhibition
Deductive Object, 1993, Used Korean Bedcovers, Used Clothes, Dimensions Variable, Courtesy of The New Museum, New York and Kimsooja Studio
In Their Own Images, MoMA PS1, New York, USA
In Their Own Images, MoMA PS1, New York, USA
14 February 1993 – 14 March 1993
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Installation at MOMA PS1 Open Studios
Deductive Object, 1993, Dimensions Variable, Courtesy of PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York and Kimsooja Studio
Pine Plains, Triangle Workshop, MoMA PS1, New York, USA
Pine Plains, Triangle Workshop, MoMA PS1, New York, USA
Installation at MoMA PS1 Open Studios
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01 Towards the Flower, 1992, Used Cloth, Thread, Wooden Pole, Used Bedcover, Bottari, 357 x 348 x 355 cm
02 Deductive Object, 1992, Thread on Used Cloth, Top: 216 x 126 x 10cm, Below: 61 x 114 x 29 cm
03 – 04 Deductive Object, 1992, Used Korean Bedcovers, Used Clothes, Dimensions Variable, Courtesy of PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York and Kimsooja Studio