Back Seungwoo

백 승 우
학력
2005 미들섹스 대학교 Fine Art and Theory 석사 졸업, 런던
2002 중앙대학교 대학원 사진학과 졸업, 서울
2000 중앙대학교 예술대학 사진학과 졸업, 서울
주요 개인전
2018 Volatile Judgement, Chiten, 교토
2017 I'm a Picture-Grapher: 이 시대의 사진에 대하여, POST, 도쿄
2016 2016 올해의 작가상, 국립현대미술관 서울관, 서울
2015 크로스 밴쿠버, 크로스 게이즈, 2014-2016 밴쿠버 비엔날레, 밴쿠버
Walking on the line, 센터 에이, 밴쿠버
Photographs 2001-2015 by Seung Woo Back, 고은사진미술관, 부산
2012 틈, 실현 불가능한 일반화, 가나아트센터, 서울
Memento, 두산갤러리 뉴욕, 뉴욕
2011 판단의 보류, 아트선재센터, 서울
Blow Up, 미사신 갤러리, 도쿄
2010 일우사진상 수상전: Utopia, Blow up, 일우스페이스, 서울
2009 Revised Ideals, 가나아트 뉴욕, 뉴욕
2007 Real World, 인사아트센터, 서울
Real World, 포일 갤러리, 도쿄
2006 Blow up, 가나보브루 갤러리, 파리
주요 단체전
2018
광주 비엔날레 상상된 경계들 - Imagined Borders, 구 전남도청, 광주 (Upcoming)
타이페이 국제 사진전 2018, Zhongzheng 아트 갤러리, 타이페이 (Upcoming)
포토상하이 2018 Special Exhibition, Shanghai Exhibition Center, 상하이 (Upcoming)
버리지 못하는 것들에 대하여, 서울대학교미술관, 서울
Real DMZ project, Mezzain Gallery, 노팅햄
일우(一宇)사진상 수상작가전 2009-2016, 일우스페이스, 서울
Exit From Paradise, 서머셋하우스, 런던
2017
경계 155 BORDER 155, 서울시립미술관, 서울
포스트모던 리얼, 서울대학교미술관, 서울
Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal 2017, Momenta Biennale, 몬트리올
매체연구: 긴장과 이완, 대구미술관, 대구
소장품특별전: 균열, 국립현대미술관 과천관, 서울
낭만도시: 모더니즘 이후 미적비평의 공간, 인사이드-아웃 아트 미술관, 베이징
Real DMZ project – TIMESHARE, 아루스 미술관, 아루스, 덴마크
용적률게임 - 베니스 건축 비엔날레 귀국전, 아르코 미술관, 서울
2016
서울 포커스, 서울미술관, 서울
사진-다섯 개의 방, 두산갤러리, 서울
용적률게임, 베니스 건축 비엔날레 한국관, 베니스
아주 공적인 아주 사적인: 1989년 이후, 한국현대미술과 사진, 국립현대미술관 서울관, 서울
2015
Dislocation, Smith college Museum of Art, 메사추세츠
Seoul vite vite, Lille 3000, 릴
거짓말의 거짓말, 토탈미술관, 서울
소란스러운, 뜨거운, 넘치는, 국립현대미술관 서울관, 서울
North Korean Perspectives, Drent Museum, 아센, 네덜란드
North Korean Perspectives, 시카고현대사진미술관, 시카고
2014
The Third Print, 토탈미술관, 서울
Well-constructed: contemporary photography from Korea, AANDO FINE ART, 베를린
서울사진축제 2014: 경성에서 서울로, 서울역사박물관, 서울
사진과 미디어-4:00 AM, 서울시립미술관, 서울
한국의 다섯가지 관점, 누데리히 갤러리, 그로니겐, 네덜란드
2013
사진과 사회: 소셜아트, 대전시립미술관, 대전
상대성도시, 토탈미술관, 서울
미술관의 탄생: 국립현대미술관 서울관 개관 특별 건립기록전, 국립현대미술관 서울관, 서울
AIR 3331 × MIK: Made in Kanda, 아트치요다 3331, 도쿄
2012
두산갤러리 서울 재개관전, 두산갤러리, 서울
More Real? Art in the Age of Truthiness, 미니아폴리스미술관, 미니아폴리스, 미국
Real & Illusion, 서울옥션, 서울
2011
2011 서울사진축제, 서울시립미술관, 서울
제8회 주안미디어문화축제, 주안역 광장, 인천
2010
Phos+Graphos, 가나아트센터, 서울
드림랜드, 퐁피두센터, 파리
ArchiTECHtonica, CU Art Museum. 콜로라도
한국 현대 사진의 조망1999-2008, 국립 대만 미술관, 대만
On the line, 대림미술관, 서울
Man Ray & His Heritage, 서울시립미술관, 서울; 제주도립미술관, 제주
2009
Chaotic Harmony, 휴스턴 미술관, 휴스턴
제9회 포토페스티벌 What is Real?, 가나아트센터, 서울
사진비평상 10년의 궤적-시간을 읽다, 서울시립미술관, 서울
Photography now, China, Japan and Korea, 샌프란시스코 현대 미술관, 샌프란시스코
2008
39조2항, 선재아트센터, 서울
가나아트 개관 25주년 기념전: The Bridge, 가나아트센터, 서울
Real illusions-Young Korean Artists, 가나아트 뉴욕, 뉴욕
Untitled, Bauhaus, 베를린
한국현대미술전, Cite Internationale Arts, 파리
천송이 꽃을 피우자, 인사아트센터, 서울
2007
꿈속을 걷다, 서울시립미술관, 서울
Up and Comers, 금호미술관, 서울
한국 현대 사진의 풍경, 서울시립미술관, 서울
2006
Documentary, Contemporary Art Space, 런던
영국 현대미술, 가나아트센터, 서울
Wondering Stars, 가나아트센터, 서울
2005
Transit, 서울 사진 트리엔날레, 서울시립미술관, 서울
Landscape, Photo Festival, 가나아트센터, 서울
Untitled Nation, 가나보브르 갤러리, 파리
포토 런던, 왕립아카데미, 런던
Untitled, Museum of Domestic Architecture, 런던
2004
The Six, 6, Vertigo Gallery, 런던
13, Ecology Center, 런던
2002
Healing Society, 광화문갤러리, 서울
Speed, 중앙아트센터, 서울
MBC Photo Essay Photo Director, MBC 방송국, 서울
2001
Photographic Critic, 박갤러리, 서울
2000
In the Room, 중앙아트센터, 서울
중앙 사진전, 중앙아트센터, 서울
수상 및 프로젝트
2016 올해의 작가상, 국립현대미술관, 서울
2009 Prix Pictec 2009, 후보선정, 영국 & 스위스
제1회 일우사진상, 서울
2008 Discovery Show, 포토페스트, 휴스턴
KLM Paul Huf Award nominated, Foam Fotografiemuseum, 암스테르담
Leopold Godowsky, Jr. Color Photography Awards Honorable Mention, 보스턴사진연구센터, 보스턴
This Photo is Great, 2008 아사히 신문, 일본
2006 Six Shooting Stars: BJP, 런던
2005 One of Best Portfolio; 브라스티라바 포토 페스티발, 브라스티라바, 슬로바키아
2004 드로잉프로젝트: 윔블던 스쿨 오브 아트, 런던
2001 제3회 최우수상: 사진 비평, 타임스퀘어, 서울
작품 소장처
가나문화재단, 서울
국립현대미술관, 과천
금호미술관, 서울
넥슨 코리아 컬렉션, 서울
뉴 사우스웨일즈 갤러리, 시드니
대구미술관, 대구
두산 연강문화재단, 서울
매일 유업 컬렉션, 서울
산타 바바라 미술관, 산타 바바라
샌프란시스코 현대미술관, 샌프란시스코
서울시립미술관, 서울
스미스 대학 미술관, 메사추세츠
아트선재센터, 서울
일우문화재단, 서울
포트폴리오 파운데이션, 에든버러
하나 은행 컬렉션, 서울
현대사진미술관, 시카고
휴스턴 미술관, 휴스턴
Michael G.Wilson 컬렉션, 런던
Back, Seung woo
Education
2005 M.F.A. in Fine Art and Theory, Middlesex University, London, U.K.
Research Fine Art and Theory (PHD), Middlesex University, London, U.K.
2002 M.F.A. in Photography, ChungAng University, Seoul, Korea
2000 B.F.A. in Photography, ChungAng University, Seoul, Korea
Solo exhibition (selected)
2017 I'm a Picture-Grapher: Photos of this Era, POST, Tokyo, Japan
2016 Korea Artist Prize 2016, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
2015 Cross Vancouver, Cross Gaze, 2014-2016 Vancouver Biennale, Vancouver, Canada
Walking on the Line, Centre A, Vancouver, Canada
Photographs 2001-2015 by Seung Woo Back, Goeun Museum of Photography, Busan, Korea
2012 Gaps, Unrealistic Generals, Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Memento, Doosan Gallery New York, New York, U.S.A
2011 Deferred Judgement, Art sonje Center, Seoul, Korea
Blow Up, Misashin Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2010 Ilwoo Phtography Award Exhibition, Seoul, Korea
Doosan Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2009 Revised Ideal, Gana Art New York, New York, U.S.A.
2007 Real World, Insa Art Space, Seoul, Korea
Real World, Foil Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2006 Blow up, Gana Beaubourg Gallery, Paris, France
Group exhibition (selected)
2017 BORDER 155, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Postmodern Real, Museum of Art Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal 2017, Momenta Biennale, Montreal, Canada
Media Study: Tension and Relaxation, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea
CRACKS in the Concrete from the MMCA Collection, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, Gwacheon, Korea
Romantic City: Through the Practice of Aesthetic Criticism Today, Inside-Out Art Museum, Beijing, China
Real DMZ project - TIMESHARE, Arhus Museum, Arhus, Denmark
Far Games - Venice Architecture Biennale Homecoming Exhibition, Arko Museum, Seoul, Korea
2016 Seoul Focus: No Longer Objects 2016, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Photo - Five Rooms, DOOSAN Gallery Seoul, Seoul, Korea
Far Games, Korean Pavilion Venice Architecture Biennale, Venice, Italy
Public to Private: Photography in Korean Art Since 1989, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Capture Photography Festival, Vancouver, Canada
2015 The Flaming of Seoul, 63 Sky art, Seoul, Korea
한국현대미술의 흐름Ⅷ - 사진의 여정, Gimhae Arts Center, Gimhae, Korea
Dislocation, Smith college Museum of Art, MA, USA
Seoul vite vite, Lille 3000, Lille, France
Lies of Lies, Huis met de Hoofden, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Lies of Lies, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Uproarious, Heated, Inundated, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
North Korean Perspectives, Drent Museum, Assen, Netherlands
North Korean Perspectives, Museum of Contemporary Chicago, Chicago, USA
Transparent Passage, Nook Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Birth of a Scene, Gallery Lux, Seoul, Korea
2014 The Third Print, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Well-constructed: contemporary photography from Korea, AANDO FINE ART, Berlin, Germany
Seoul Photo Festival 2014 , Seoul Museum of History, Seoul, Korea
2014 Real DMZ Project, The border areas near DMZ in Cheorwon, Gangwon-do, Korea
art:gwangju:14 Special Thematic Exhibition, KDJ Convention Center, Gwangju, Korea
Open Borders / Crossroads Vancouver, Vancouver biennale, Vancouver, Canada
SEMI CLOSE UP, 149-11 Donggyo-dong, Seoul, Korea
Photography and Media - 4:00 AM, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Art Plat Form, Art Stage Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Five Views of the Korean Peninsula, noorderlicht gallery, Groningen, Netherlands
2013 Photography and Society - reflecting on the society, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea
Relativity in City, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Birth of a Museum: The MMCA Construction Archive Project, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
AIR 3331 × MIK: Made in Kanda, Art Chiyoda 3331, Tokyo, Japan
Real DMZ Project-From the North, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, Korea
In Search of Lost Time, OCI Museum, Seoul, Korea
WAR+MEMORY, Jeonju Photo Festival, Jeonju, Korea
Cities of Ancient Futures, Changwon Asian Art Festival-Sungsan Art Hall, Changwon, Korea
Succeeding, TOPOHAUS ART CENTER, Seoul, Korea
2012 Being Political Popular: Art at the Intersection of Popular Culture and Democracy
Movements in South Korea, 1980-2010, UCI Museum, Irvine,CA, U.S.A
Garden of learning, Busan Biennale, Busan, Korea
The Magic of Photography, Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu, Korea
Re-Opening DOOSAN Gallery Seoul, DOOSAN Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Camera - Human beings, IGONG GALLERY, Daejeon, Korea
More Real? Art in the Age of Truthiness , SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, U.S.A
Camera - Human beings, IGONG GALLERY, Daejeon, Korea
More Real? Art in the Age of Truthiness , SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, U.S.A
More Real? Art in the Age of Truthiness, Minneapolis Institute of Art Museum, Minneapolis, U.S.A
Real & Illusion, Seoul Auction, Seoul, Korea
The Power of Photography analog & digital, Trunk Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2011 2011 Seoul Photo Festival, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
The 8th Juan Media Festival 2011, Juan station Square, Incheon, Korea
2010 Dreamland, Pompidou Center, Paris, France
Chaotic Harmony, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, U.S.A.
archiTECHtonica, CU Art Museum, Colorado, U.S.A.
The View of Korean Contemporary Photography,
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan.
On the line, Daelim Contemporary Art Museum, Seoul, Korea.
On the line, Korean Cultural Centre, London, UK
On the line, Korean Cultural Center, Washington, U.S.A
PRESENT FROM THE PAST , Korean Cultural Centre, London, UK
2009 Chaotic Harmony, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, U.S.A.
Bad Boys, Here now, Gyunggi Museum of Art, Gyunggi-do, Korea
Mexico Biennial of Photography, The Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City, Mexico
Magic Moment (Korean Contemporary Art Exhibition), Hanover, Germany
What is Real? Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Double Fantasy, Marugame Genichiro Inokuma of Contemporary Art, Marugame City, Japan
Art for Your Valentine, 915 Industry Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Platform 2009, KIMUSA, Seoul, Korea
Photography Now: China, Japan and Korea, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, U.S.A.
2008 39(2), Art sonje Center, Seoul, Korea
The Bridge, Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
The Roots & Being now, Soheon Contemporary, Daegu, Korea
Landscape and imagination, Aram Museum, Goyang, Korea
See it, Bukchon Museum, Seoul, Korea
Image in Contrast, Trunk Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Photo on Photography, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Young Korean Artists, Gana Art New York, New York, U.S.A.
Untitled, Bauhaus, Berlin, German
Memory of the Future, Daegu Photo biennale, Daegu, Korea
A Sweet Illusion, HanGil Gallelry, Heiri, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
Landscapes, Gallery Wa, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
LA art, New York, U.S.A.
Korean Contemporary Art, Cite Internationale Arts, Paris, France
Discovery Show, Fotofest, Houston, U.S.A.
Let a Thousand Flowers Blossom, Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea
The Battle of Taste, Gallery SangSangmadang, Seoul, Korea
2007 Paris Photo, Rose Gallery, Paris, France
Dream Walk, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Up and Comers, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Aipad, New York, U.S.A.
Round Trip, Forum Space, Seoul, Korea
Photo London, London, U.K.
Abadoned Protocol, Ritter/Zamet Gallery, London, U.K.
Faked Reality, Pos Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Complete Control, Contemporary Art Project, London, U.K.
Landscape of Korean Contemporary Photography, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
A Solid Scene, Artbit Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2nd Dream of Winter, Gallery Artside, Seoul, Korea
2006 Documentary, Contemporary Art Space, London, U.K.
British Contemporary Art, Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Wondering Stars, Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Crossover, Contrast Gallery, Shanghai, China
"Verislmilltude', A drawing project, Wimbledon School of Art, London, U.K.
Blow up, One Small Step Galllery, London, U.K.
Art Brussels, 24th Contemporary Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium
Arco 06, Madrid, Spain
2005 Transit, Seoul Photo Triennale, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Art Fair 2005, International Messe Fur aktuelle Kunst, Koln, Germany
Brastirava photography festival, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Fast Forward: Photography Message from Korea, Fotografie Forum International, Frankfurt, German
Landscape, Photo Festival, Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Untitled Nation, Gana Beaubourg Gallery, Paris, France
Photo London, Royal Academy, London, U.K.
Untitled, Museum of Domestic Architecture, London, U.K.
2004 The Six , Vertigo Gallery, London, U.K.
Ecology Center, London, U.K.
2002 Healing Society, Kwang hwa moon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Speed, ChungAng Art Center, Seoul, Korea
MBC Photo Essay Photo Director, MBC Broadcast Center, Seoul, Korea
2001 Photographic Critic, PHAK Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2000 In the Room, Chung Ang Art Center, Seoul, Korea
ChungAng Photo Festival, Chung Ang Art Center, Seoul, Korea
AWARD & PROJECT
2016 The Artist of the year, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
2009 Prix Pictec 2009, Award nominated, England & Switzerland
The first Ilwoo Photography Award, Seoul, Korea
2008 Discovery Show, Fotofest, Houston, U.S.A.
KLM Paul Huf Award nominated, Foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Leopold Godowsky, Jr. Color Photography Awards honorable Mention, Photographic Resource Center at Boston University , Boston, U.S.A.
This Photo is Great, 2008 Asahi Press, Japan
2006 Six Shooting Stars: BJP, London, U.K.
2005 One of Best Portfolio; Bratislava Photo Festival, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
2004 A Drawing Project: Wimbledon School of Art, London, U.K.
2001 The Third Grand Prize: Sajin Bipyong, Time Space, Seoul, Korea
RESIDENCY
2014 Vancouver Biennale Residence, Vancouver, Canada
2013 Art Chiyoda 3331, Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo, Japan
2010 Doosan New York Residencies, New York, U.S.A.
2008 Gana Residencies, New York, U.S.A.
Collections
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, U.S.A.
Natiounal Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea, Gwacheon, Gyeonggido, Korea
Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea
Artsonje Center, Seoul, Korea
Portfolio foundation, Edinburg, England, U.K.
Houston Museum of Fine Art, Houston, U.S.A.
Gana Foundation for Arts and Culture, Seoul, Korea
J.Paul Getty museum, Los Angeles, U.S.A
Doosan Yonkang Foundation, Seoul, Korea
Nexon Korea Collection, Seoul, Korea
Maeil Daries Collection, Seoul, Korea
Ilwoo Foundation, Seoul, Korea
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, U.S.A.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA), San Francisco, U.S.A.
Michael G. Wilson collection, London, U.K.
Smith College Museum of Art, Massachusetts, U.S.A
Kumho Museum, Seoul, Korea
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sidney, Australia