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Kwang-Ju Son is an artist and filmmaker whose work spans fiction, documentary, experimental film, and video installation. Her practice investigates landscapes shaped by overlapping temporalities and by the accumulation of historical, political, and spiritual forces. Moving between observation and speculation, she explores how collective affects, beliefs, and memories condense into images, spaces, and social formations. Her recent work focuses on moments of fracture, residue, and dispersion, tracing subtle signs of resistance within structures that appear solid or complete.<\/p>\n

Starting with THE THIRD TONGUE(2003), she has showcased her projects at various venues, including National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (2024, 2018), Seoul Museum of Art (2024, 2022, 2018), Atelier Herm\u00e8s (2020), JCC Art Center (2018), Arko Art Center (2016), Swatch Faces 2015 (2015), and Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam(2008). Her work has also been featured at international film festivals such as International Film Festival Rotterdam (2011, 2007, 2005), International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (2007), International Short Film Festival Oberhausen (2005), Busan International Film Festival (BIFF\/2008, 2004, 2003), and Jeonju International Film Festival (2011, 2008, 2007).<\/p>\n

She has received consecutive Best Korean Short Film Awards at BIFF in 2003 and 2004.<\/p>\n

EDUCATION<\/strong><\/p>\n

2003 M.F.A., Film, Video & New Media, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
\n1995 M.S., Computer Science & Engineering, POSTECH, Pohang, KR
\n1993 B.S., Housing & Interior Design\/Minor in Computer Science & Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, KR<\/p>\n

(Selected) SOLO EXHIBITIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n

2024 Exilandscape<\/em>, Art Space 3, Seoul, KR
\n2023 A Portrait of Citizen K<\/em>, MMCA Changdong, Seoul, KR
\n2021 Phaedo<\/em>, Art Space Gwanggyo, Suwon, KR
\n2018 The Hare in Exile<\/em>, JCC Art Center, Seoul, KR
\n2018 A Room without Mirrors<\/em>, SeMA Bunker Historic Gallery, Seoul, KR<\/p>\n

(Selected) GROUP EXHIBITIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n

2026 Toward My Humanity<\/em>, Art Center Art Moment, Seoul, KR
\n2025 Transits of Senses<\/em>, Art Center White Block, Paju, KR
\n2025 Artists at Glenfiddich<\/em>, Glenfiddich Gallery, Scotland, UK
\n2024 Fantasia of the Archives<\/em>, Art Archives SeMA, Seoul, KR
\n2024 MMCA Photographs Collection: What's the Time in Your World?<\/em>, MMCA, Gwacheon, KR
\n2023 Narratives for Nature<\/em>, Regarding Nature, Daecheongho Museum of Art, Cheongju, KR
\n2023 Direct from Antartica and the Arctic to Inchoen Airport<\/em>, Incheon International Airport, Incheon, KR
\n2023 0.1cm: Artists who Traveled to the Poles<\/em>, Gallery K.O.N.G., Seoul, KR
\n2023 Extra Contrast:Porsche and Dump Truck<\/em>, Artplug Yeonsu, Incheon, KR
\n2022 Archived Memories<\/em>, SeMA Bunker, Seoul, KR
\n2022 Place, Site, Space<\/em>, Art Center Whiteblock, Paju, KR
\n2020 Elsewhere<\/em>, Atelier Herm\u00e8s, Seoul, KR
\n2019 Scattered Thoughts\/Combined Experiences<\/em>, Danwon Art Museum, Ansan, KR
\n2019 Video Landscape<\/em>, OVNi Festival 2019, Nice, FR
\n2019 A-SIDE-B<\/em>, PS333 @ Seoul Art Space Geumcheon, Seoul, KR
\n2018 Brood Parasitism<\/em>, SeMA Nanji Residency, Seoul, KR
\n2018 Video Landscape<\/em>, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, KR
\n2018 Exhibition of Exhibition of Exhibition<\/em>, Cecil Theater, Seoul, KR
\n2017 MMCA Changdong Report 2017<\/em>, MMCA Changdong, Seoul, KR
\n2017 The Third Tongue<\/em>, MMCA Changdong, Seoul, KR
\n2016 Emerging Other<\/em>, Arko Art Center, Seoul, KR
\n2015 Swatch Faces 2015<\/em>, Venice, IT
\n2014 Faces & Traces 2014<\/em>, Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai, CN
\n2008 Beyond Paradise: Performing Images in a Post-Tourism Time<\/em>, Stedelik Museum Bureau Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL
\n2008 Documentary Show \u2018DIARY\u2019<\/em>, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul, KR
\n2007 Documentair Filmplatform Zone<\/em>, Gent\/Kortrijk\/Antwerpen, BE
\n2007 Open Ateliers, Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, NL
\n2007 K\u00d6LN SHOW2<\/em>, European Kunsthalle, K\u00f6ln, DE
\n2006 Open Ateliers,, Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, NL
\n2006 Shared History\/Decolonising the Image<\/em>, Arti et Amicitiae\/W139, Amsterdam, NL<\/p>\n

(Selected) FILM FESTIVALS & SCREENINGS<\/strong><\/p>\n

2025 After Cinema, MoCA Busan, KR
\n2024 VideoCity x Foyer42 Kleinbasel, Basel, CH
\n2024 VideoCity x Utopia Today - Flower Power, Murrhardt, DE
\n2023 VIDEOCITY X Songeun, Seoul, KR
\n2023 Experimental Film Festival in Seoul (KR)
\n2023 VIDEOCITY X T\u00dcBINGEN, Eyegenart Augenoptik am Marktplatz, T\u00dcBINGEN, DE
\n2023 VIDEOCITY X CONTAINER CITY FESTIVAL STUTTGART, DE
\n2023 VIDEOCITY X Utopia Today: The Principle of Hope, REX Box, Bern, CH
\n2021 Mise-en-sc\u00e8ne Short Film Fesitval, Seoul, KR
\n2019 EMAF, Ewha Women\u2019s University, Seoul, KR
\n2019 Sharjah Film Platform (UAE)
\n2018 DEAR CINEMA 4: Kwang-Ju Son, MMCA Film&Video, Seoul, KR
\n2017 Rencontres Internationales (Paris\/Berlin)
\n2012 G\u00f6teborg International Film Festival (SW)
\n2011 International Film Festival Rotterdam (NL)
\n2011 Festival International de Film de Creteil (FR)
\n2011 Jeonju International Film Festival (KR)
\n2011 New Horizons International Film Festival (PL)
\n2011 International Film Festival Rotterdam (NL)
\n2009 Vancouver International Film Festival (CA)
\n2009 Visions du Reel International Film Festival (CH)
\n2009 International Women\u2019s Film Festival in Creteil (FR)
\n2008 Busan International Film Festival (KR)
\n2008 Jeonju International Film Festival (KR)
\n2007 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (NL)
\n2007 ImageForum (JP)
\n2007 Jeonju International Film Festival (KR)
\n2007 International Film Festival Rotterdam (NL)
\n2007 Rencontres Internationales (Paris\/Berlin\/Madrid)
\n2006 Syracuse International Film and Video Festival (US)
\n2006 Women of Color Film Festival (US)
\n2005 International Short Film Festival Oberhausen (DE)
\n2005 International Film Festival Rotterdam (NL)
\n2005 ImageForum: Korean Independent Cinema 2005 (JP)
\n2005 Festival du Film Court (FR)
\n2005 International Short Film Festival Drama (GR)
\n2005 Festival International de Film de Creteil (FR)
\n2005 Frankfurt Book Fair: Special Screening about Korean Modern History (DE)
\n2004 Women\u2019s Film Festival (KR)
\n2004 PDX Film Festival (US)
\n2004 Images Festival (CA)
\n2004 Busan International Film Festival (KR)
\n2004 Women Makes Waves (TW)
\n2003 Seoul Independent Film Festival (KR)
\n2003 Seoul Experimental Film Festival (KR)
\n2003 Busan International Film Festival (KR)<\/p>\n

COLLECTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n

National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art(MMCA), KR
\nMMCA Art Bank, KR
\nMMCA Government Art Bank, KR
\nSeoul Museum of Art, KR
\nKorean Federation of Film Archives, KR
\nArt Center White Block, KR
\nWilliam Grant & Sons, UK<\/p>\n

COMMISSIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n

2024 Portraying Archives:2002-2018, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, KR
\n2020 Rock Scissors Paper, Herm\u00e8s Foundation, Seoul, KR
\n2018 A Room Without Mirrors, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, KR<\/p>\n

AWARDS & SUBSIDIES<\/strong><\/p>\n

2026 IFAC Art Support for Creation, Incheon Foundation for Arts & Culture, KR
\n2025 Stiftung Niedersachsen Media Art Grant, Haus f\u00fcr Medienkunst Oldenburg, DE
\n2025 GGCF Visual Art Fund for Creation, GyeonGi Cultural Foundation, KR
\n2024 SFAC Visual Art Support for Creation, Seoul Foundation of Arts and Culture, KR
\n2023 SFAC Visual Art Support for Creation, Seoul Foundation of Arts and Culture, KR
\n2023 Arko Transdisciplinary Art Support for Creation, Arts Council Korea, KR
\n2022 GGCF Visual Art Fund for Creation, GyeonGi Cultural Foundation, KR
\n2020 GGCF Visual Art Fund for Solo Exhibition, GyeonGi Cultural Foundation, KR
\n2019 GGCF Visual Art Fund for Creation, GyeonGi Cultural Foundation, KR
\n2014 IWFFIS Feature Film Pitch & Catch Showcase, KR
\n2011 KOFIC P&A Fund Support, Korea Film Council, KR
\n2009 KOFIC Feature Production Subsidy, Korea Film Council, KR
\n2008 BFC HD Short Subsidy Program, Busan Film Council, KR
\n2006-2007 Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Sicence\/Arko Residency Support, NL\/KR
\n2005 Honorary Distinction: Drama International Short Film Festival, GR
\n2004 Sonje Fund Award: Busan International Film Festival, KR
\n2003 Sonje Fund Award: Busan International Film Festival, KR
\n1993-1995 Full-time Research Scholarship, POSTECH, KR<\/p>\n

RESIDENCIES<\/strong><\/p>\n

2025 Glenfiddich Artist-in-Residence, Scotland, UK
\n2020-2022 Whiteblock Residency Cheonan, KR
\n2019 Seoul Art Space Geumcheon, Seoul, KR
\n2019 Arko-KOPRI Co-operated Araon Icebreaker Residency, the Arctic Circle
\n2018 SeMA Nanji Residency, Seoul, KR
\n2017 MMCA Changdong Residency, Seoul, KR
\n2014-2015 Swatch Art Peace Hotel Artist Residency Program, Shanghai, CN
\n2012-2013 Filmmakers\u2019 Creative Zone by Seoul Film Commission, Seoul, KR
\n2006-2007 Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsteradm, NL<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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