b. 1994, Seoul; lives and works in London
Sang Woo Kim’s practice addresses his fractured identity and confronts
the alienating cultural factors that have affected him from a young age.
Kim moved to the United Kingdom from South Korea as a child, and
throughout his life he has grappled with a sense of otherness shaped
by the clash between his traditional Korean upbringing and the Western
culture surrounding him. Through poetic visual language rich in metaphors
and analogies, he confronts the complexities of identity primarily focusing
on the challenges of navigating cultural duality. His works embody these
internal conflicts provoking a sense of revelation and understanding in the
viewer and engaging them to truly ‘see’.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2024 - ‘The Seer, The Seen’ solo show - Herald St, London, UK
2024 - FRIEZE LONDON group presentation - Herald St, London, UK
2024 - ‘MAMCO, from Memory’ group show - MAMCO Museum, Geneva, CH
2024 - ‘My Story Gallery’ group show - High Art + Sister, Seoul, KR
2024 - ‘Portrait of a Man’ group show - X Museum, Beijing, CN
2024 - ‘Recital’ group show - Arcadia Missa, London, UK
2024 - ‘Glance’ & ‘Ways of Seeing’ solo shows - Sébastien Bertrand, Geneva, CH
2024 - ART BRUSSELS group presentation - Sébastien Bertrand, Brussels, BE
2024 - ‘The Blue Hour’ group show - Union Pacific, London, UK
2024 - ‘Present Tense’ group show - Hauser & Wirth, Somerset, UK
2024 - ARTGENÈVE solo presentation - Sébastien Bertrand, Geneva, CH
2023 - ‘All The Small Things’ group show - Soup, London, UK
2023 - ARTISSIMA group presentation - Sébastien Bertrand, Turin, IT
2023 - ‘GOOSEBUMPS’ group show - Anthony Gallery, Chicago, US
2023 - ‘OUTSIDE OF HISTORY’ group show - THEWHOGALLERY, London, UK
2023 - ‘Welcome to my Melancholy’ duo show - Galerie Supermarkt, Tokyo, JP
2022 - ‘DAISES’ group show - Pleasewait Gallery, Paris, FR
2020 - ‘Strawberry Hill’ group show - THE ORANGE GARDEN, London, UK
2019 - ‘PUBLIC TOILET’ solo show - Venice Art Projects, Venice, IT
2019 - ‘FOUR WALLS: 001’ group show - HTOWN Studio, London, UK
2017 - 'UK TO GERMANY' group show - Fata Morgana Gallery, Berlin, DE
2017 - 'IF YOU SEE ME NOW YOU DON'T' solo show - MB Gallery, Berlin, DE
2015 - 'Yellow Sun: The New Contemporaries' group show - Lagos, NG
2014 - 'Waiting rooms for Waiting rooms' duo show - London, UK
2014 - 'The Worshipful Painter-Stainers Award’ shortlist - Goldsmiths University, UK
2014 - 'Partof' group show - Bond House Projects, London, UK
2013 - Central Saint Martins Foundation Show - Back Hill campus, London, UK
2024 - ‘The Seer, The Seen’ solo show - Herald St, London, UK
2024 - FRIEZE LONDON group presentation - Herald St, London, UK
2024 - ‘MAMCO, from Memory’ group show - MAMCO Museum, Geneva, CH
2024 - ‘My Story Gallery’ group show - High Art + Sister, Seoul, KR
2024 - ‘Portrait of a Man’ group show - X Museum, Beijing, CN
2024 - ‘Recital’ group show - Arcadia Missa, London, UK
2024 - ‘Glance’ & ‘Ways of Seeing’ solo shows - Sébastien Bertrand, Geneva, CH
2024 - ART BRUSSELS group presentation - Sébastien Bertrand, Brussels, BE
2024 - ‘The Blue Hour’ group show - Union Pacific, London, UK
2024 - ‘Present Tense’ group show - Hauser & Wirth, Somerset, UK
2024 - ARTGENÈVE solo presentation - Sébastien Bertrand, Geneva, CH
2023 - ‘All The Small Things’ group show - Soup, London, UK
2023 - ARTISSIMA group presentation - Sébastien Bertrand, Turin, IT
2023 - ‘GOOSEBUMPS’ group show - Anthony Gallery, Chicago, US
2023 - ‘OUTSIDE OF HISTORY’ group show - THEWHOGALLERY, London, UK
2023 - ‘Welcome to my Melancholy’ duo show - Galerie Supermarkt, Tokyo, JP
2022 - ‘DAISES’ group show - Pleasewait Gallery, Paris, FR
2020 - ‘Strawberry Hill’ group show - THE ORANGE GARDEN, London, UK
2019 - ‘PUBLIC TOILET’ solo show - Venice Art Projects, Venice, IT
2019 - ‘FOUR WALLS: 001’ group show - HTOWN Studio, London, UK
2017 - 'UK TO GERMANY' group show - Fata Morgana Gallery, Berlin, DE
2017 - 'IF YOU SEE ME NOW YOU DON'T' solo show - MB Gallery, Berlin, DE
2015 - 'Yellow Sun: The New Contemporaries' group show - Lagos, NG
2014 - 'Waiting rooms for Waiting rooms' duo show - London, UK
2014 - 'The Worshipful Painter-Stainers Award’ shortlist - Goldsmiths University, UK
2014 - 'Partof' group show - Bond House Projects, London, UK
2013 - Central Saint Martins Foundation Show - Back Hill campus, London, UK
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
MAMCO Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Geneva, CH
X Museum, Beijing, CN
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
ÉMERGENT MAGAZINE - “THESE ARTISTS ARE CREATING A SPACE FOR THEMSELVES IN A SHRINKING WORLD” 2024
ANOTHER MAGAZINE - “Inside the Exhibition Spotlighting Britain’s Artists of Tomorrow” 2024
ELEPHANT MAGAZINE - “The artists keeping the absurdist, irreverent spirit of Dada alive” 2020
THE TRAVEL ALMANAC - 2020 print issue 18 exclusive artist interview and feature
L’OFFICIEL HOMMES KOREA - October 2019 print issue exclusive artist interview and feature
FAD MAGAZINE - ‘PUBLIC TOILET’ solo exhibition review and feature 2019
ANOTHER MAN MAGAZINE - Culture Guide November 2019 ‘PUBLIC TOILET’ solo show feature
i-D - 'LONDON ART NOW !' 2018 - Artist interview and feature
i-D - online artist feature
i-D - print issue 2017 by Tim Walker 'The Creativity Issue' collaboration and artist feature
ANOTHER MAN MAGAZINE - S/S 2017 print issue 'WHO'S HAPPENING' artist interview and feature
W MAGAZINE KOREA - 'THE CREATORS' short artist documentary film
W MAGAZINE KOREA - March 2017 print issue guest editor + full artist feature and interview
ESQUIRE MAGAZINE KOREA - April 2017 print issue artist feature
BRITISH GQ STYLE MAGAZINE - S/S 2017 print issue solo show feature
CLM FILM - short artist documentary film by Emma Dalzell
VICE CREATOR'S PROJECT -IF YOU SEE ME NOW YOU DON'T solo show online feature and artist feature
INTERVIEW MAGAZINE DE -IF YOU SEE ME NOW YOU DON'T solo show online feature and interview
DEUTSCHE WELLE NEWSPAPER - -' IF YOU SEE ME NOW YOU DON'T ' solo show online feature
DAZED MAGAZINE UK - IF YOU SEE ME NOW YOU DON'T solo show online feature and artist interview
i-D - IF YOU SEE ME NOW YOU DON'T solo show online feature and artist interview
U.S TEEN VOGUE MAGAZINE- June/July 2016 print issue artist interview and feature
VOGUE MAGAZINE KOREA - October 2015 print issue exclusive artist interview and 'People' feature
W MAGAZINE KOREA - online artist interview and feature
MAMCO Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Geneva, CH
X Museum, Beijing, CN
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
ÉMERGENT MAGAZINE - “THESE ARTISTS ARE CREATING A SPACE FOR THEMSELVES IN A SHRINKING WORLD” 2024
ANOTHER MAGAZINE - “Inside the Exhibition Spotlighting Britain’s Artists of Tomorrow” 2024
ELEPHANT MAGAZINE - “The artists keeping the absurdist, irreverent spirit of Dada alive” 2020
THE TRAVEL ALMANAC - 2020 print issue 18 exclusive artist interview and feature
L’OFFICIEL HOMMES KOREA - October 2019 print issue exclusive artist interview and feature
FAD MAGAZINE - ‘PUBLIC TOILET’ solo exhibition review and feature 2019
ANOTHER MAN MAGAZINE - Culture Guide November 2019 ‘PUBLIC TOILET’ solo show feature
i-D - 'LONDON ART NOW !' 2018 - Artist interview and feature
i-D - online artist feature
i-D - print issue 2017 by Tim Walker 'The Creativity Issue' collaboration and artist feature
ANOTHER MAN MAGAZINE - S/S 2017 print issue 'WHO'S HAPPENING' artist interview and feature
W MAGAZINE KOREA - 'THE CREATORS' short artist documentary film
W MAGAZINE KOREA - March 2017 print issue guest editor + full artist feature and interview
ESQUIRE MAGAZINE KOREA - April 2017 print issue artist feature
BRITISH GQ STYLE MAGAZINE - S/S 2017 print issue solo show feature
CLM FILM - short artist documentary film by Emma Dalzell
VICE CREATOR'S PROJECT -IF YOU SEE ME NOW YOU DON'T solo show online feature and artist feature
INTERVIEW MAGAZINE DE -IF YOU SEE ME NOW YOU DON'T solo show online feature and interview
DEUTSCHE WELLE NEWSPAPER - -' IF YOU SEE ME NOW YOU DON'T ' solo show online feature
DAZED MAGAZINE UK - IF YOU SEE ME NOW YOU DON'T solo show online feature and artist interview
i-D - IF YOU SEE ME NOW YOU DON'T solo show online feature and artist interview
U.S TEEN VOGUE MAGAZINE- June/July 2016 print issue artist interview and feature
VOGUE MAGAZINE KOREA - October 2015 print issue exclusive artist interview and 'People' feature
W MAGAZINE KOREA - online artist interview and feature