Kichul Kim
Kim, Kichul (1969, Seoul, Korea)
Kichul Kim denies a typical notion of hearing the sound, and suggests a sound for seeing, which he calls ‘Sound Sculpture’ by molding the stereoscopic nature of sound into a three dimensional presence. The initial works were made in minimal and simplified forms in terms of the installation method and figuration; the pure form meets pure sound without reproduction or modification. For instance, subtle figures combined with sounds of nature or an indistinct note of a bell to reflect waters of the rain, ocean, valley and forest would touch the imagination of the audience. The artist creates a situation for audiences to have synesthetic experiences of both imagining and seeing through unlimited sound filling in the void rather than utterly phrasing a story behind. In his recent works <Sound Drawing> and <Rapport>, Kim invites the audience to make an active interaction of drawing, making sounds and watching movements made by the resonance of their voices.
Education
2006-8 California Institute of the Arts Graduate School Art/Integrated Media - MFA
1995-7 Hong-Ik University Graduate School Sculpture - MFA
1989-5 Hong-Ik University Fine Art College Sculpture – BFA
Sub education
2005 Stanford University, CCRMA HCI Workshop
2003-5 The Art Institute of Seattle, Audio Production
Exhibition
Solo Show
2018 The Depth of Cycle, OCI Museum, Seoul
2014 The Sound of Silence, Blume Museum of Contemporary Art, Hayri
2013 Elastic Deformation, Seoul Citizens Hall: Sound Gallery, Seoul
2010 Hwayang, Gallery Space, Seoul
2009 Touch//Dotik, Multimedia Center KIBLA, Maribor, Slovenia
2008 Dependent Arising, Center for Integrated Media, Valencia, U.S.A
2007 Sound Looking- Rain, Telic Arts Exchange, Los Angeles, U.S.A
2006 Rapport, Jack Straw New Media Gallery, Seattle, U.S.A
2000 Hae-in, Insa Art Space, Seoul
1998 Not Two, Noksaek Gallery, Seoul
1993 Eleven Faced Kwan-Eum, Crossroad Gallery, Seoul
Intangible Show:
2010 Myriad_LG Infinia Home theater Launching, Kring, Seoul
2010 The Asian Roads, Ehwa Women’s University, Seoul
2008 Lament Project- Viralnet.net U.S.A
2004 m gallery – Live Bell – SK Telecom Mobile Service, Korea
2002 Re: CORD- MAAP, Austrailia
Tangible Group Show:
2020 Time based Art Project Collection, Seongbuk Young Art Space, Seoul
2019 What We See, Gallery Artside, Seoul
2019 Voices of Sound, Goyang Children's Museum, Goyang
2018 KANU Signature, Temporay Kanu Signature Gallery, Seoul
2018 How The Artists Meditate, Savina Museum, Seoul
2017 The Revolution will Not Televised, Arco Museum, Seoul
2017 Hong Dae-Yong_Reason without Boundaries, The Museum of Practical Learning, NamYangju
2017 Post Human, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju
2017 Dye with Light*Sound, Danwon Art Museum, Ansan
2016 The Edge of Night, OCI Museum, Seoul
2016 Life in Between Delight and Discomfort, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju
2016 Nirvana, VDNKh, Moscow, Russia
2016 Gung, Gungjeon, Deoksu Palace, Seoul
2016 Being, Nature, Museum SAN, Wonju
2015 The Future is Now, Friche La Bell de Mai, Marseille, France
2015 Indulge in Space, Samjeong Incineration Plant, Bucheon
2015 A jelenlévő jövő(The Future is Now), Koreai Kulturális Központ, Budapest, Hungary
2015 Artist Portfolio II, Sabina Museum, Seoul
2014 The Future is Now, MAXXI, Roma, Italia
2014 Sejong The Great, Hangul Museum, Seoul
2013 New Scenes, Buk Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
2013 Haein Art Project: Maum, Haein Temple, Hapcheon
2013 Method of Coexistance, Sempio Space, Icheon
2013 Seek and Desire, Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon
2013 Now and New: New Acquisition, Seoul Mesum of Art, Seoul
2012 Project 72-1, Abandoned Hongik Elementary School, Seoul
2012 Media city_Seoul : Spell on You, Digital Media City Gallery, Seoul
2012 Playground, Arco Art Center, Seoul
2012 Hanji Metamorphosis, The Highline Loft Gallery, New York
2012 X_Sound, Namjun Paik Art Center, Yongin
2011 Reviewing Korean Sculpture, Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul
2011 IAAF Daegu Anniversary: What is Art Worth?, Abandoned Commercial Bank Building, Daegu
2011 Mediascape, a pas de Nam June Paik, NJP Art center, Yongin
2011 The Garden of Forking Paths, Seoul National University Museum of Art, Seoul
2011 Out of the Silent Planet, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
2010 Space A, Gallery Space, Seoul
2010 Wave- Incheon International Digital Art Festival, Tomorrow City, Incheon
2010 Art Wit, 3.15 Art Center, Masan
2010 Intuition, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul
2010 Printemps Perfume, Enghien-les-Bains Centre des Arts, Enghien Les Bains, France
2009 Multiple Emotion, Sejul Gallery, Seoul
2009 Planet A : Emergence of Species, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul
2009 Sum bi so ri- Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju
2009 Between the Border- Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju
2009 Alice Museum- Soma Museum of Art, Seoul
2009 Flow, Connect and Change-Lift Conference CICG, Geneva, Swiss
2008 Artist, What is Science for you- Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon
2008 Universal Electronic Art- Seongnam Arts Center, Bundang
2008 Isanghangul- Artcenter Nabi, Seoul
2008 thisAbility vs. disability- Total Museum, Seoul
2008 Synthetic Times- International Media Art China- National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
2008 We Want a New Object- David Salow Gallery, Los Angeles, U.S.A
2008 Bent Festival- Grand Performances, Los Angeles, U.S.A
2007 Pan Festival- Maum deungbul Gallery, Hayri
2007 Alice Museum- Seoul Arts Center Design Museum, Seoul
2007 Minbak, Arco '07 – Intermediae Matadero, Madrid, Spain
2005 Digital Paradise- Daejeon Metropolitan Museum, Daejeon
2005 The Scenes- Seoul Metropolitan Museum, Seoul
2004 MAAP'04 Gravity- Singapore Art Museum, Singapore, Singapore
2004 Dreaming Butterfly 2004- Seoul Grand theme park, Gwacheon
2003 Window of communication- Uijeongbu Art Center, Uijeongbu
2002 New Acquisition- National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
2002 VS- Boda Gallery, Seoul
2002 Beyond the Visuality- Busan Museum of Contemporary Art, Busan
2002 Tree Travel, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul
2002 The Planet of Insect- Seoho Gallery, Yangpyung
2001 Sound Design + - Art Center Nabi, Seoul
2001 The alchemy- Sunggok Museum, Seoul
2001 Invisible touch- Art Sonjae Center, Seoul
2001 Emerging 2 - sense and sensibility- Ssamzie Space Gallery, Seoul
2000 Relay Relay- Insa Art Space, Seoul
2000 Reverse Flow- Warehouse, Paju
2000 Media_city Seoul - Youngdungpo Office Subway Station, Seoul
2000 Sculpture Amusement Park- Sunggok Museum, Seoul
2000 Ecole de Seoul- Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul
2000 Entropy-The Arrow of time- Art Center, Seoul
2000 Rabbit and Submarine- Seoul Metropolitan Museum, Seoul
1999 Newtown- Sophist- Art Center, Seoul
1999 Demonstration Bus- Sunggok Museum, Seoul
1998 New Ventures Korean Young Artists Exhibition- National Contemporary Museum, Gwacheon
1998 Manifesto for .1 Century- Sai Gallery, Seoul
1998 Resonance- Art Center, Seoul
1998 Landscape of Water- Sang Gallery, Seoul
1998 Newtown- Paranoia- Art Center, Seoul
1997 Wedding- Noksaek Gallery, Seoul
1997 Room of 300 pieces- Seonam Museum/ Dam Gallery, Seoul
1996 Vague- Gallery2020, Seoul
1996 Cinderella Report- Dukwon Gallery, Seoul
1996 Macaroni Western- World Trade center Department store, Seoul
1995 Team Spirit- Dukwon Gallery, Seoul
1995 Hong-Ik Sculpture- Seoul Metropolitan Museum, Seoul
1995 Sexual Gallery- Boda Gallery, Seoul
1995 Simbongsa centering 2- Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul
1994 Environmental Installation- Maul Gallery, Seoul
1994 Booking In Gallery- Boda Gallery, Seoul
1994 Simbongsa Centering- Namu Gallery, Seoul
Collaborations
2018 KANU Signature, Temporary KANU Gallery, Seoul
2010 Wave- Incheon International Digital Art Festival, Tomorrow City, Incheon
2007 Truth- Redcat, Los Angeles
2007 You Me We- CalArts Main Gallery, Valencia
1999 Design Studio baf - Multimedia Production Sound Director,Seoul
1994 Goodbye Paradise- Korea Art Foundation Theater, Seoul
Publications
2000 Hae-in - Compact Disk
1998 Not Two - Compact Disk
1997 Sound As a Sculptural Material - Thesis
Artist Talk
2020 Hongik University Sculpture dept. (online)
2019 Hongik Univerity, Seoul
2018 OCI Museum, Seoul
2016 OCI Museum, Seoul
2015 Friche La Bell de Mai, Marseille, France
2014 Hangul Museum, Seoul
2013 Dongrami Hall, Seoul Citizen’s Hall, Seoul
2012 Namjune Paik Art Center, Yongin
2011 Kyunggi University, Suwon
2008 Hong ik University- Seoul
2008 Korea National University of Arts- Seoul
2007 Intermediae Matadero- Madrid, Spain
2006 Jack Straw New Media Gallery- Seattle, U.S.A
2004 NanYang Tech. University- Singapore, Singapore
Collection
2000 National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
2001 Ssamzie Art Space, Seoul
2005 Daejeon Art Museum, Daejeon
2008 Center for Integrated Media, Valencia, CA
2013 Seoul Art Museum, Seoul
2013 Woori Balhyo Research Center, Osong
2014 Blume Museum of Contemporary Art, Hayri
2018 OCI Museum, Seoul
Teaching
2011-18 Sogang University Game School - Digital Sound
2011-16 Kyunggi University - Sculpture dept.
2010-12 Sungshin Women’s Univ. - Sculpture dept.
2010-13 Seoul National Univ. of Science and Technology Graduate School - Art dept.
2010-13 Chungbuk National Univ. - Art dept.
2001-15 Hong ik University - Painting and Sculpture dept.
2001-02 Kook min University - Architecture dept.
2002-16 Kyunggi University Graduate School - Sculpture dept.
2000-01 Kyung Nam University - Sculpture dept.
Director
2010-12 Doobic Game Studio Sound Director