SOOHYUN KIM
Education
2015 MFA in Photography, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
2013 Prior Degree of BFA, Photography Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2010 MFA in Photographic Design, Hongik University, Seoul, South Korea
2005 BS in Clothing and Textiles, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
Teaching
2015-2016 Instructor, Saint Xavier University, Chicago, IL
2014-2015 Instructor, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Selected Exhibitions
2018 Solo Exhibition, Guryong Village in Seoul, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA
Living Architecture, 6018North, Chicago, IL
(upcoming) Photography Now 2018, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY
2017 Front & Center, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2016 Exile Inside Out, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
Stovetop H/earth, Hairpin Arts Center, Chicago, IL
Pieces: Art, Identity, & Dialogue, Ward Gallery, Chicago, IL
2015 ArtPrize Seven, Grand Rapids Community College Art Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
9th Annual Master Pieces, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Shadowboxing the Axis, Gallery 400, Chicago, IL
2014 Proximity of Consciousness, Sullivan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Plural Visions, Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, IL
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, Richard J. Daley Branch, Chicago, IL
Leftovers, Great Space, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Room with a View, Hilton Hotel, Chicago, IL
Portrait: A Picture Show, Black Box Gallery, On-Line Annex, http://www.blackboxgallery.com
F-Stop Magazine, Issue #65, July, http://www.fstopmagazine.com/groupexhibition.html
2013 Tracing Affinities, Sullivan Gallery, Chicago, IL
MOPLA + Smashbox Group Show, Smashbox Studios, West Hollywood, CA
On Permanent Movement, Photographic Museum, http://www.photographicmuseum.com
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, Clearing Branch, Chicago, IL
2012 Photo Review 2012 Competition Prize Winners, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Solo Exhibition, Hide, Pause, and Breathe, Gallery NUDA, Daejeon, South Korea
2010 Oopx, Gallery NUDA, Daejeon, South Korea
2009 Solo Exhibition, Festival, Gana Art Space, Seoul, South Korea
2008 Sentiment and Gaze, Gallery Now, Seoul, South Korea
Post Photo, Gallery Topohaus, Seoul, South Korea
2007 Interpretation of the City, Gallery Topohaus, Seoul, South Korea
2005 The Past and Present of Korean Photography, Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
Awards/Fellowship
2017 Fellowship 18, International Award, Silver Eye Center for Photography, PA
(Juror: Lucy Gallun, Assistant Curator in the Department of Photography at MOMA)
2016 CDS Documentary Essay Prize in Photography, Honorable Mention, Duke University, NC
The Print Center’s 90th Annual International Competition, Semifinalist
PX3 Competition, Honorable Mention, Paris, France
2015 ArtPrize Seven, 2-D Category shortlist, Grand Rapids, MI
Society for Photographic Education Award for Innovations in Imaging, Winner
Interdisciplinary Collaboration in the Arts and Humanities Award, University of Illinois at Chicago
(Collaboration with Dr. Scott McFarland)
Excellence in Undergraduate Mentoring Award, Honorable Mention, University of Illinois at Chicago
2014 Dean’s Scholar Award Nominee, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Provost’s Award, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Chancellor’s Student Service Award, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Board of Trustees Tuition Waiver, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL (Spring 2014)
2013 12 12 Gallery Portrait Photography Exhibition Award, Winner, 4th place
(Juror: Stephen Perloff, Founder and Editor of the Photo Review)
2012 The Photo Review Competition, Winner, 2nd Prize
(Juror: Peter Barberie, Curator of Photographs at Philadelphia Museum of Art)
International Photography Awards, Country’s Pick, 3rd Place, Los Angeles, CA
Selected for Review Santa Fe, Center, Santa Fe, NM
2010 Shooting Hidden Spot, Korea International Art Fair’s Artist Support Program, Seoul, South Korea