Soo Kim

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Soo Kim
Born
Soo Kim

1969
South Korea
NationalityAmerican
EducationM.F.A. 1995 California Institute of the Arts
Known for Art, Photography
Awards California Community Foundation Fellowship, COLA Individual Artist Fellowship Award, John Gutmann Photography Fellowship

Soo Kim is a Korean-American artist. She was born in South Korea in 1969 and moved to Los Angeles in 1980. She earned a B.A. from the University of California, Riverside, and a MFA from California Institute of the Arts. [1] Kim lives in Los Angeles and is on the faculty at Otis College of Art and Design. [2] Kim often employs techniques of cutting and layering in order to introduce areas of absence or disruption in what we tend to take for granted—the interpretation of photographic images." [3]

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Kim’s work is in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum. [4] In 2013, Kim was awarded the prestigious John Gutmann Photography Fellowship by the San Francisco Foundation. [5]

Selected Solo Exhibitions

Selected Public Collections

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References

  1. "Soo Kim". J. Paul Getty Museum. The J. Paul Getty Trust. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  2. "Soo Kim" . Retrieved 7 Jan 2015.
  3. "Soo Kim". J. Paul Getty Museum. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  4. "Soo Kim" . Retrieved 7 Jan 2015.
  5. "he San Francisco Foundation Names Kim Winner of the 2013 John Gutmann Photography Fellowship" . Retrieved 14 Jan 2015.