Yu Yeon Kim (curator)

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Yu Yeon Kim
Born1956
Occupation Curator
Korean name
Hangul
김유연
Revised Romanization Gim Yuyeon
McCune–Reischauer Kim Yuyŏn

Yu Yeon Kim (born 1956) is an independent curator based in New York City, United States and Seoul, South Korea. Kim has curated and been a commissioner of many distinguished international exhibitions of contemporary art.

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In 2008, Kim curated "Corporeal/Technoreal", a Media Art project for the Poland Mediations Biennale  [ pl ]. [n 1] [1] In the same year she curated the first exhibition of Korean contemporary art in Cuba. The project, "Los Puntos del Compas" (The Points of the Compass) was exhibited at the Fundacion Ludwig de Cuba and other satellite sites in Havana. The exhibition was also hosted by the Sala de Arte Publico Siqueiros  [ es ], Mexico City.

In 2007, she curated "Counterpoint", an international exhibition of art that is part of a series exploring cultural, political and territorial divisions – using the schism of Korea as a relative point. [2] The exhibition was held at Bund 18 in Shanghai, and the Coreana Museum of Art in Seoul as well as venues in Poznań, Poland. This subject was also manifested in other exhibitions of international artists Kim has curated, including "Pyongyang Report" at the Book House, Has II and Jung Han Sook Memorial Hall in Heyri Art Valley, S. Korea

Kim was an International Researcher of the Liverpool Biennial 2004 in the United Kingdom. She was also the commissioner and curator for Latin America for the 3rd Gwangju Biennale 2000 (Exotica Incognita) in South Korea and a principal curator of the 2nd Johannesburg Biennale  [ nl; it ], [n 2] South Africa, 1997–1998, (for which she curated Transversions at the Museum Africa).

In 2001, she produced and curated the controversial exhibition, Translated Acts - Performance and Body Art from East Asia, [3] which was initially presented at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (2001) and then traveled to the Queens Museum of Art, New York (2001–2002) and the Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil  [ es ] in Mexico City (2002–2003).

Kim's curatorial projects also include:

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References

  1. "Mediations Biennale Poznan 2008: Press Release". Kunstaspekte. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  2. "Counterpoint". dmz-korea.org. 2007. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  3. "Live Culture Talks: Yu Yeon Kim". Tate Modern. 28 March 2003. Retrieved 21 October 2015.