Seungduk Kim (born in Seoul, Korea & lives and works in Paris, France) is a curator & exhibition organizer in the field of contemporary art. [1] She is currently working for Le Consortium in Dijon (Burgundy, based in Paris) as co-director and associate curator. [2] Seungduk Kim was selected as Commissioner of the Korean Pavilion for the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] She was in charge with Franck Gautherot – for Le Consortium – of the artistic direction in Asia Culture Center (ACC in Gwangju, South Korea) in 2014 to 2016, for space design and public art programs. [8] [9] Kim Seung-duk was made Chevalier de l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the Ministry of Culture of the Government of France, in July 2022.
« We expect art to be a tool for understanding our situation in history,
our role in society, our mission for the future
and our desire to stay in the memory of our children. »
- Le Consortium
Seungduk Kim left Korea after graduate high school in 1973 and has lived abroad for most of her life.
Educated in New York, she got a M.A. in Art History at Hunter College of New York (May 1990), and a M.A. in French Language & Civilization at New York University (February 1984). She is graduated of Université Paris 1-Panthéon-Sorbonne in art history and archeology, and holder of a D.E.A. in Art History (October 1998). [10] [11]
Between 1993 and 2000, Kim Seung-duk worked for the Samsung Foundation of Art and Culture (now Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art) as a consulting curator based in Venice and Paris. For three years she was also associate curator in the Collection department of the Centre Pompidou (Paris), between 1996 and 1998.
From 2000 till now, Seungduk Kim, as co-director and International Project Director / Development in Asia, collaborates with late Xavier Douroux(1956-2017), Franck Gautherot, Eric Troncy along with Anne Pontégnie and Stéphanie Moisdon at Consortium museum (Before Consortium contemporary art center). [12] [13] Le Consortium, founded in 1977, is a contemporary art center based in Dijon (France), which includes a publishing house (Les Presses du Réel), an exhibitions office with an interest in organising shows across genres, a film production company (Anna Sanders Films).
From October 2011 to 2017, Kim Seung-duk was committee member of programming for the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. She was also project director / art consultant (with Le Consortium) on an overall public art strategy for an urban development in Doha (Qatar) from June 2011 to 2014.
From Autumn 2014 to 2016, Kim Seung-duk and Franck Gautherot, one of the original founders of Le Consortium, were in charge of the artistic direction in ACC (Asia Culture Center in Gwangju, South Korea) for space design and public art programs. [14]
In May 2015, on the occasion of the 56th Venice Biennale opening, Kim Seung-duk initiates with Le Consortium, le Silencio and the Palazzo Grassi, "The Venetian Blinds", first of a concert series by visual artists who are also musicians.
In 2016, the workshop ‘Art & Culture master planning’ (October 4–7, in Seoul, Korea) was co-organised by the KAMS (Korea Arts Management Service) under the directing le Consortium, Seungduk Kim & Franck Gautherot.
Seungduk Kimʼs numerous publications including reviews and essays about international art, architects and designers. She writes series of articles in art magazines like Art in Culture, Beaux Arts Magazine, Frog Magazine, Art Press, Quarterly Magazine...
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