Koo Bohnchang - Artist Introduction

 

 

 

 

Known as a “pioneer of Korean contemporary photography,” Koo Bohnchang (具本昌, b. 1953) is an unparalleled photographer who has led the transformation and growth of Korean photography and contemporary art while pursuing diverse themes and aesthetic consciousness and his own photographic aesthetics. Born in Seoul in 1953, he began taking photographs in high school and formally studied photography at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (Fotodesign, Fachhochschule, Hamburg) in Germany in 1980. During his career spanning over 45 years as of 2025, he has expanded the new possibilities and expressive territories of photography while producing diverse and vast amounts of work.

 

Koo Bohnchang’s early photographs during his studies in Germany expressed his inner consciousness in a sensuous and surrealistic manner, exploring the self and existence. With his introverted temperament, he channeled emotions—such as the alienation he experienced as a foreigner in Germany, the loneliness and wandering of his youth, and the grief from his mother’s death—through photography while seeking his identity. When he returned from Germany in 1985, his photographic capabilities were demonstrated through radical and experimental photographs that were unprecedented in Korean photography at the time. Various anti-photographic media and original formal experiments, including film scratching and overlapping, print cutting, sewing, and burning, as well as montage, collage, photogram, and toning, coined the new term “making photo” and caused a sensation in the then-dominant field of straight photography.

 

However, following his father’s death in 1996, Koo expanded his perspective to the essence of life and living beings based on philosophical contemplation of life, death, and time. Based on insights into finite human existence, he turned to more fundamental subjects—water, fire, air, and earth that constitute the universe, the cycles of nature’s generation and extinction, and the traces of objects that have fulfilled their purpose—pursuing minimal and poetic straight photography. After presenting Masks in 1998, he explored the beauty and spiritual values of traditional arts and artifacts such as masks, white porcelain, soapstone, paper flowers, small tables (soban), and gold crowns, as well as traditional spaces and historic sites like Tongdosa Temple, Soswaewon Garden, and palaces. He reinterpreted traditional Korean culture with modern sensibility through simple forms, planar composition, contemplative vision, aesthetic imagery, and the aesthetics of empty space, revealing the essence of Korean emotion and beauty.

 

In this process, Koo’s photographic activities extended across all fields of photography—from art to commercial photography, exhibition planning, art management, and education. Besides art photography, he demonstrated exceptional ability in performance posters, fashion photography, advertising photography, film still photography, and editorial photography. In particular, since planning The New Wave of Photography (1988), which became a watershed moment for Korean contemporary photography and new photographic culture, he has planned numerous domestic and international group exhibitions, including FotoFest 2000, Contemporary Korean Photographers: the New Generation (2000). He subsequently served as the chief curator of Daegu Photo Biennale 2008 and as the curator of the 4th Biennial exhibition of world image: Photoquai 2013 and Les Rencontres d’Arles Photographie 2014. Through this process, Koo Bohnchang widely promoted the vitality of Korean photography abroad and secured channels for international exchange. He also pioneered the Korean photography market by operating the photography-specialized art shop “WorkShop 9” from 1998 and devoted himself to nurturing younger generations as a lecturer at Chung-Ang University and professor at Kaywon University of Art & Design and Kyungil University.

 

Furthermore, Koo collaborated with figures from various cultural and artistic fields beyond photography, including literature and art, demonstrating his cultural creativity and practical versatility. He published poetry collections, novels, and essay collections featuring his photographs alongside writers such as Kwak Jae-gu, Kim Kyung-mi, Kim Yong-taek, Kim Hwa-young, Shin Kyung-sook, Lee Cheong-jun, and Choi In-ho. He also published photobooks including The Sea of Thought (1992), Portraits of Time (2004), DMZ (2014), Soap (2021), and KOREA; In the 1980's (2022). He published art books from various publishers: Art Vivant 25: Bohn-chang Koo (Sigongsa, 1994), Youlhwadang Photography Collection 20: Koo Bohn chang (Youlhwadang, 2004), Vessels for the Heart (Hangil Art, 2006), Revealed Personas (2006), and Deep Breath in Silence (2006).

 

Therefore, Koo Bohnchang gained recognition and drew significant attention not only from the Korean photography and art communities but also from the general public and overseas photographers. From his experimentation ahead of his time to his aesthetic vision that captured quintessentially Korean images, his artistic world became a preferred subject of criticism for domestic and international art critics, including Kang Su-mi, Park Young-taek, Yun Kyu-hong, Lee Kyung-sung, Lee Joo-heon, Jeon Young-baek, Choi Geon-su, Choi Beom, Vicki Goldberg, John McDonald, and Iizawa Kotaro (飯澤耕太郞).

Recently, he has participated not only in major domestic solo exhibitions such as Koo Bohnchang’s Voyages (2023) and THE LOOK OF THINGS (2024) but also in many overseas exhibitions, including the German exhibition Bohn-Chang Koo-Fotoausstellung (1984), the Japanese exhibition Tokyo International Photo-Biennale (1999), the American exhibition Bohnchang Koo Vessels (2006), the Chinese exhibition Jimei×Arles International Photography Festival (2018), and the French exhibition Koo Bohnchang: Self-Portrait (2023). Along with exhibitions, he published photobooks including the Japanese editions Hysteric Nine (2003), 白磁 (2007), and the English edition Fotofest 2000, highlighting his distinguished international career. As a result, his works are permanently collected by major domestic and international museums, including the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea; Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art; Musée Guimet; the British Museum; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Kahitsukan, Kyoto Museum of Contemporary Art; and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

 

Thus, while working with photography as his medium, Koo Bohnchang has developed a brilliant artistic trajectory as an artist representing Korean contemporary art. He has made a mark in Korean photography history not only as a capable photographer but also as a photography educator who spread horizontal educational culture, an exhibition planner who internationalized Korean photography by promoting Korean contemporary photographers worldwide, and an art manager who commercialized photographic works while leading and representing contemporary art. In recognition of his contributions to enhancing the qualitative level and international status of Korean photographic art, he received the Republic of Korea Culture and Arts Award (2015), Seoul Culture Today Cultural Awards Special Grand Prize (2024), and Samsung Ho-Am Prize (2025). Koo’s pioneering experimental spirit and zeitgeist, which transcended form and genre, not only newly defined photographic aesthetics and elevated the status of his artistic world but also greatly contributed to expanding the horizons of Korean photography and enriching contemporary art.

Curriculum Vitae

 

 

구본창_具本昌_Koo, Bohnchang

 

March 6, 1953: Born in Seoul, Korea

 

1971-1975 B.A. Business Administration, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

1979 Kunstschule Alsterdamm Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

1980-1985 Diploma Fotodesign, Fachhochschule, Hamburg, Germany

1985 Photography lecturer, Shingu College, Seongnam, Korea

1985-1989 Photography lecturer, Seoul Institute of The Arts, Ansan, Korea

1986-1998 Photography lecturer, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea

1992 Guest Professor, International Summer Academy for Art and Design(Pentiment), Hamburg, Germany

1997 International Fellowship, Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston University, London, UK

1998-1999 CEO, Photography Art Shop “WorkShop 9”, Seoul, Korea

1999 Visiting Professor, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, UK

1999-2002 Professor of Photography, Kaywon College of Art and Design, Anyang, Korea

2001-2015 Chairman of Geonhi Art Foundation, Seoul, Korea

2003 Resident Artist, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France

2004 Guest Professor, International Summer Academy for Art and Design(Pentiment), Hamburg, Germany

2008 Art Director, Daegu Photo Biennale 2008, Daegu, Korea

2010-2018 Professor, Kyungil University of Photography & Video, Gyeongsan, Korea

2013 Curator, 4Eme Biennale: PHOTOQUAI 2013, Paris, France

2014 Curator, Les Rencontres d'Arles Photographie 2014, Arles, France

2018-현재 Chair Professor, Kyungil University, Gyeongsan, Korea

 

 

■ Solo Exhibitions

 

1983

BOHN CHANG, KOO, Pine Hill Gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

1984

Bohn-Chang Koo-Fotoausstellung, Fotogenes, Hamburg, Germany

 

1985

Photographs by Koo Bohn Chang, Hanmadang Gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

1987

One Minute Monologue, Photo Gallery Wide, Tokyo, Japan

One Minute Monologue, Photo Interform, Osaka, Japan

 

1988

Clandestine Pursuit in the Long Afternoon, Gallery Busan, Busan, Korea

 

 

1990

The Sea of Thought, Gallery Seomi, Seoul, Korea

 

1993

Good-bye Paradise, Gallery Seomi, Seoul, Korea

 

1995

Breath, Gallery Seomi, Seoul, Korea

In the Beginning, Gallery Ississ, Kyoto, Japan

 

1996

In The Beginning Series, A.O.I. Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

 

1998

BOHN-CHANG KOO, THE NINTH GATE The Westin JOSUN SEOUL, Seoul, Korea

구본창 사진전, Timespace, Seoul, Korea

 

1999

Flow, Gallery Won, Seoul, Korea

 

2000

Good-bye Paradise, Galleri Image, Aarhus, Denmark

White Series, Ricc/Maresca Gallery, New York

 

2001

Bohnchang Koo, Base Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

the Bohnchang Koo Photography Exhibition, Samsung Rodin Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Good-bye Paradise, Dong dong gallery, Seoul, Korea

White Series, Prinz Gallery, Kyoto, Japan

 

2002

In the Beginning, Shadai Gallery, Tokyo Institude of polytechnics, Tokyo, Japan

BOHNCHANG KOO: FRAGILE TREMORS, San Diego Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, California, USA

Masterworks of Contemporary Korean Photography, Peabody Essex Museum, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

 

2003

구본창 전, SAlIEM, Seoul, Korea

Masks, HANMI GALLERY, Seoul, Korea

Bohnchang Koo: Recent work, Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York, USA

BOHNCHANG KOO Works of Bohnchang Koo Part 1 "IN THE BEGINNING", Picture Photo Space, Osaka, Japan

BOHNCHANG KOO Works of Bohnchang Koo Part 2 "WHITE" "PENCIL OF NATURE", Picture Photo Space, Osaka, Japan

 

2004

Bohnchang Koo, HASTED HUNT, New York, USA

Bohnchang Koo MASQUES, WHITE, Galerie Camera Obscura, Paris, France

 

 

2005

Portraits of Time, White Room Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA

Rencontres une photographiques: La beauté endormie, Centre Culturel des Carmes, Langon, France

 

2006

Koo Bohnchang, Kahitsukan, Kyoto Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyoto, Japan

Bohnchang Koo Vesse, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea

사진을 통한 조선백자의 새로운 해석, Icheon World Ceramic Center, Icheon, Korea

Bohnchang Koo Vessels, Hasted Hunt Gallery, New York, USA

 

2007

Soap, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Bohnchang Koo, Galerie 206, Berlin, Germany

Bohnchang Koo, Goeun Museum of Art, Busan, Korea

 

2008

Coolness and Passion, Daegu MBC Gallery M, Daegu, Korea

In the Beginning, Trunk Gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

2009

Purity, Galerie Raum mit Licht, Wien, Austria

Vessel·Soap·Interiors, Galerie Camera Obscura, Paris, France

Pencil of Nature, Gallery Bow, Ulsan, Korea

 

2010

Masks, Stone Art Museum/Duson Art Museum, Jeju, Korea

Plain Beauty: Korean White Porcelain Photographs by Bohnchang Koo, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

 

2011

Bohnchang Koo, Kukje gallery, Seoul, Korea

The Baptist, Nuda gallery, Daejeon, Korea

Snow, Jeju Island, Trunk gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

2013

Koo Bohnchang Happy Memories, Ryugaheon Gallery, Seoul, Korea

The Interpretation of landscape, J-Hee Gallery, Gwangju, Korea

Interpretation of Surface, Bundo Gallery, Daegu, Korea

Slow Talk, Ivorypress, Madrid, Spain

 

2014

Koo Bohnchang Archives: 18 Exhibitions, The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea

The 13th Dong Gang Photography Award Exhibition , Dong Gang Museum of Photography, Yeongwol, Korea

Koo Bohnchang: Open End, Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milano, Italy

White On White, Villa Flor, S-chanf, Switzerland

 

2015

Power of the Image, 헤이엉갤러리, Datong, China

Koo Bohnchang, Nanohana Gallery, Hakone, Japan

백자의 시간, Yido Gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

2016

White Vessels, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

구본창 사진전-花, Shinsegae Gallery Gwangju, Gwangju, Korea

구본창 사진전-花, Shinsegae Gallery Incheon, Incheon, Korea

 

2018

구본창 개인전: 감춰진 얼굴-탈, Gallery 343, Seoul, Korea

Acqua·Water·물, Acquario Civico Milano, Milano, Italy

Solo Exhibitions Koo Bohnchang, Changseong-dong laboratory, Seoul, Korea

Koo Bohnchang Early Works 1970-1990 my beginnings, Gallery Bundo, Daegu, Korea

Solo Exhibitions Koo Bohnchang, Kukje Gallery, Busan, Korea

 

2019

Jeonju International Photo Festival 2019 Special Solo Exhibition Koo Bohnchang, Art Gallery Jeonju, Jeonju, Korea

The Allure of Blue, Ivorypress, Madrid, Spain

Incognito, The Museum of Photography, Seoul, Korea

Clandestine Pursuit in the Long Afternoon, Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Beyond the silver, SPACE 22, Seoul, Korea

 

2020

Dreams of Blue and White Bohnchang Koo's Recent Works, HK Art and Antiques LLC, New York, USA

Light Shadow, Korean Cultural Centre Australia Gallery, Sydney, Australia

 

2021

Lingering in Time: Koo Bohnchang's Photography, 1990-2021, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing, China

Lingering in Time, Modern Studio ZIWU, Shanghai, China

 

2022

Koo Bohnchang-MASK, Gangneung Museum of Art, Gangneung, Korea

Lingering in Time, Three Shadows Xiamen Photography Art Centre, Xiamen, China

Soap, Ryugaheon Gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

2023

Lingering in Time, Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Guangzhou, Beijing, China

Koo Bohnchang: Self-Portrait, Galerie Camera Obscura, Paris, France

KOO BOHNCHANG’S VOYAGES, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

 

2024

KOO BOHNCHANG: DAS CINEMA KINO, Picturehouse, Seoul, Korea

KOO BOHNCHANG: THE LOOK OF THINGS, Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, Korea

 

 

■ Group Exhibitions

 

1982

Fotoausstellung FOTO GRAFISCH GESEHEN, Hamburger Öffentliche Bücherhallen, Hamburg, Germany

 

1985

세계 보도사진가 100인 초대전, USA

 

1987

Lying Down as if Being Dead with Narrow Eyes…, Hanmadang Gallery, Seoul, Korea

다른 컬러 이미지 셋, Space Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

 

1988

The New Wave of Photography, Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, Korea

Seoul·8 Contemporary Photographers, Fuji Photo Salon, Seoul, Korea

 

1989

TWO PHOTOGRAPHERS FROM SOUTH KOREA, Sunny-Gate Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

Photography ’89-’90, Hanmadang Gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

1990

로체스터 대학 초청 2인전-두 명의 한국 사진작가, Bevier Gallery, RIT College, New York, USA

Mixed Media, Kumho Museum, Seoul, Korea

 

1991

한국예술가전

자하문미술관 개관 1주년 기념전 혼돈의 숲에서 1부 추상-이미지, Zahamuseum, Seoul, Korea

November, Horiaon of Korean Photography, Total Museum, Jangheung, Korea

 

1992

Oh! Motherland, Jahamoon Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Art & Photography, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea

The Groping Youth ’92, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

November, Horiaon of Korean Photography: Asian Eyes, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

 

1993

Interpretation·Observation, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea

자아와 전체의 접점에서, Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, Korea

The 1st Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia

Photography&Image, Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea

 

1994

한국 현대사진의 흐름: 1945-1994, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea

Horizon of Korean Photography-Eyes of the World, Gongpyeong Arts Center, Seoul, Korea

Visions from the land of the Morning Calm: Contemporary photography from South Korea, Pima Community College Art Gallery, Tucson, Arizona, USA

Internationale Fotos ’94, Ursula Blickle Prize, Kraichtal, Germany

 

1995

International Copy Art Expo, Gallery Art Beam, Seoul, Korea

Body or Gender, Gallery Nun, Seoul, Korea

사진·오늘의 위상, Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeongju, Korea

Korean Art Today, The National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China

The First Kwangju International Biennale Korea Contemporary Art, Gwangju Museum of Modern Art, Gwangju, Jeollanam-do, Korea

 

1996

Photography-New Vision, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

1996 SIAF(Seoul International Art Fair), KOEX(Korea Exhibition Center), Pacific Hall, Seoul, Korea

Gwangju-Exploring the Labyrinth, Songwon Gallery, Gwangju, Jeollanam-do, Korea

1996 SIAF, COEX, Seoul, Korea

 

1997

사진의 본질, 사진의 확장, Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, Korea

Vancouver International Art 97 Exhibition, Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre, Vancouver, Canada

Seoul Photography Exhibition '97, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Photographers from Korea Ⅰ, Gallery Issis, Kyoto, Japan

Three Contemporary Artists from Korea: Pilyun Ahn, Bohnchang Koo, Mikang Lim, Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston University, London, UK

 

1998

Landscape and Man: Asiatiska Fotografer, Ostasiatiska Museum, Stockholm, Sweden

ASIA Contemporary Photography from China, Korea, and Japan, One Columbus Place, New York, USA

Alienation and Assimilation, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, USA

Body & Photography, Hanlim Museum, Daejeon, Korea

드로잉 횡단전, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Project 8, Total Museum, Seoul, Korea

1990년대 한국현대미술의 쟁점 ｢매체와 평면｣展, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea

The Exhibition; Histrory of Korean Photography, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea

’98 Korean Contemporary Art Poetics of Time, Hoam Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

1999

PHENOMENA The Poetics of Science, Ansel Adams Center, San Francisco, California, USA

The 3rd Tokyo International Photo-Biennale: Fragments of Document and Memory, Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan

The Photograph Looks at Us, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

 

Seoul-Berlin, Kommuale Galerie, Berlin, Berlin, Germany

 

2000

Arhus Festuge, Galleri Image, Aarhus, Denmark

FotoFest 2000, Contemporary Korean Photographers: A New Generation, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA

Moonlight Becomes You-A Thousand and One Nights of Peace on Earth, The Center for Photography at Woodstock, New York, USA

Standing on the Threshold of Time Korean Photography, Odense Foto Triennale, Odense, Denmark

"after time", HOW Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Photo Festival 2000, Gana Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

2001

자연공부전, Dong Dong, Seoul, Korea

SEOUL AUCTION Photographs & Contemporary Art, SEOUL AUCTION, Seoul, Korea

2001 Photo Festival, Gana Art Center/Total Museum, Seoul, Korea

Michael Toenges & Bohnchang Koo Recent works, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA

鑑真和上と世界の写真家, Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan

Awakening, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, Australia

History and Consciousness, Dokdo, Seoul National University Museum, Seoul, Korea

 

2002

2002 Asia Photo Biennale-Living in a City, Gallery Lamer, Seoul, Korea

Joo Myung Duck·Koo Bohn Chang·Min Byung Hun, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

꽃보다 아름다운 몸, Seoul Science Museum Special Exhibition Hall, Seoul, Korea

Everyman: A Search for the Male Form, Camera Work, San Francisco, California, USA

VANDSKEL-WATERSHED, Art Center Silkeborg Bad, Silkeborg, Denmark

Photographie Contemporaine Coréenne, La Galerie Photo, Montpellier, France

Asian Crossing : vol.1, Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto, Japan

人·風(サラム·パラム)-韓国現代写真の地平, Museum of Modern Art, Saitama / Sendai Mediatheque, Saitama / Sendai, Japan

Now, What is Photo, Gana Art Gallery/Total Museum, Seoul/Yangju, Korea

Two Korean Photographers, Photo-Eye Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

Dong-Gang Photo Festival 2002, Student Gymnasium/Culture and Arts Center/Women’s Center, Yeongwol, Korea

 

2003

Selfportrait, Geonhi Art Foundation Virtual Gallery, www.geonhi.com

PHOTOGRAPHY, HISTORY AND MEMORY, Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea

다리를 도둑맞은 남자와 30개의 눈, 대림미술관 패션사진展, Daelim Museum, Seoul, Korea

Facing: Korea ID, Foam Fotografie museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

A Day in the Life of Africa: OLYMPUS E-1 Photo Exhibition, COEX, Seoul, Korea

East of Eden forbidden fruit in London, Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK

LE TEMPS ET L'INSTANT REGARDS DE 4 ARTISTES PHOTOGRAPHES, Galerie GANA-BEAUBOURG, Paris, France

 

2004

The Tenth International Biennial: FOTOFEST 2004-WATER, FotoFest 2004, Houston, Texas, USA

What happens between Art and Popular Culture, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

한국앱손이 초대하는 대표 사진가 4人展, Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea

 

2005

TROIS PHOTOGRAPHES CORÉNS, La Galerie du theatre, Gap, France

Stilled, Gallery 339, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Donggang International Photo Festival 2005 - Special Exhibition of Gangwondo Provincial Value Documentation Project, Donggang Museum of Photography Exhibition Gallery 1, Yeongwol, Korea

Contemporary Arts Exhibition - Passion, Seongnam Arts Center, Seongnam, Korea

 

2006

New Acquisitions, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

현대사진전 앵글의 휴머니티, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Jeollanam-do, Korea

차도살인지계(借刀殺人之計), CAIS GALLERY, Seoul, Korea

Camera Work, Nam Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

2006 Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu Culture Arts Center, Daegu, Korea

 

2007

2007 한국 현대사진 스팩트럼 전 "다섯 프로젝트" 첫번째 인체/육체, Trunk Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Dong-gang Special Photography Exhibition 2007: Seeing·Imagining, Dong-gang Museum of Photography, Yeongwol, Korea

Painterly Photos, Leehwaik Gallery, Seoul, Korea

갤러리 이룸 개관 기념 초대전 5028, irumgallery, Seoul, Korea

Landscape of Korean Contemporary Photography, Nam Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea, Seoul, Korea

Chuseok-Korean Harvest Festival, Gallery Talk ‘The Korean Moon Jar’, The British Museum, London, UK

동성 개교 100주년 기념전 현대미술 오늘과 내일, Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, Seoul, Korea

Void in Korean Art, Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

 

2008

Good Morning, Mr. Nam June PAIK, Korean Cultural Centre UK, London, UK

Today's Korean Art-The World of Expression, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea

Treasures Within, Nam Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Emotional Scenes, Blanca Berlín Gallery, Madrid, Spain

Presents the work of Bohnchang Koo & Maggie Taylor, Verve Gallery of Photography, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

Inspired Simplicity: Contemporary Art from Korea, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, USA

Contemporary Korean Photographs 1948-2008, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

Back to the Roots, Gallery Soheon, Daegu, Korea

Gaze, Gallery Grimson, Seoul, Korea

 

2009

Artists and Moon Jars, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea

Valentine's Day! Art for You!, 915 Industry Gallery, Seoul, Korea

The Still: Logical Conversation, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea

Contemporary Korean Photographs 1948-2008, Gyeongnam Art Museum Exhibition hall No1,3, Changwon, Korea

CANON PLEX OPENING EXHIBITION: Three Photographers-Koo Bohnchang, Kim Jung-Man, Bae Bien-U, Canon Plex, Seoul, Korea

Serotonin, Gallery Now, Seoul, Korea

PROBLEM, Dr.Park Gallery, Yangpyeong, Korea

Seoul Photo 2009, Coex, Seoul, Korea

Hannover Messe 2009-Made in Korea, Shin Lepers Building, Hannover, Germany

Translated Celadon: The Five Different Stories, Haegang Ceramics Museum, Icheon, Korea

Photo Beijing Contemporary Photography Art Fair, National Agricultural Exhibition Center, Beijing, China

한국 현대사진 대표작가전: 2009 오디세이, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea

Dong-gang International Photo Festival 2009: Masks-The Face beyond Faces, Dong-gang Museum of Photography, Yeongwol, Korea

Art Road 77-with art, with artist!, Lee & Park Gallery, Paju, Korea

Collection Highlights, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Gwacheon, Korea

Chaotic Harmony: Contemporary Korean Photography, Museum of Fine Art, Houston(MFAH), Houston, Texas, USA

Korean Contemporary Photo Now : Met First, Yet Familiar, 798 Space, Beijing, China

The Face beyond Faces MASKS, Sungkok Museum, Seoul, Korea

 

2010

2nd Biennale International de l’Image a Luang Prabang, Luang Prabang National Museum of Art, Luang Prabang, Laos

A Positive View, Somerset House, London, UK

Eternal Blinking: Contemporary Art of Korea, University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Hawaii, USA

30th Anniversary of the Young Korean Artists, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Gwacheon, Gwacheon, Korea

SEOUL PHOTO 2010, COEX, Seoul, Korea

Chaotic Harmony: Contemporary Korean Photography, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California, USA

Man Ray’s Photography & His Heritage, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

On the line - Exhibition Commemorating 60th Anniversary of the Korean War, Daelim Museum, Seoul, Korea

THE Asia Pacific Contemporary Art Fair, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China

Korean Rhapsoday A Montage of History and Memory, Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

SOAF(SEOUL OPEN ART FAIR), Coex B - G86 Gallery Now, Seoul, Korea

 

2011

Books & Objects: Koo Bonchang+Yamaguchi Nobuhiro, Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

Korean Spirit: six Photographers, Goyang Aram Nuri Arts Center, Goyang, Korea

Poetry in Clay, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, California, USA

Luminous: The Art of Asia, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, USA

Modern to Contemporary, Amway Gallery 2F, Amway Business & Brand Center, Seongnam, Korea

Fold III: Useless-Upcycling in Art & Design, Art+Shanghai gallery, Shaghai, China

꼭두박물관 제6회 기획전시 紙花 구본창 김태연, Kokdu Museum, Seoul, Korea

 

2012

달하 노피곰 도다샤 어긔야 머리곰 비취오시라, Ilwoo Space, Seoul, Korea

Photography from the Museum Collection: images of silence, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Gwacheon, Gwacheon, Korea

SOAF(SEOUL OPEN ART FAIR), COEX, Seoul, Korea

Motherhood, Ewha Womans University Museum, Seoul, Korea

Korean Mordern art Status and Prospects, Gwangju Museum of Art/Gwangju Culture & Art Center , Gwangju, Jeollanam-do, Korea

Mega Seoul 4 decades, The Museum of Photography, Seoul, Korea

THE WIDE VISUAL DOCUMENTATION, Tobacco Processing Plant Special Exhibition Space, Cheongju, Korea

Donated Photographs 2012, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Gwacheon, Gwacheon, Korea

 

2013

White & White, Museo Carlo Bilotti, Roma, ltaly

Bohnchang Koo×Ichigo Sugawara Photography Exhibition: Sakura, Tanakaya Gallery, Hirosaki, Japan

Bohnchang Koo × Ichigo Sugawara 사진전 Sakura, Tanakaya Gallery, Hirosaki, Japan

具本昌×菅原一剛写真展［桜］, Tanakaya Gallery, Hirosaki, Japan

Foundation of Photography, Art Space J, Seongnam, Korea

ON KOREA–Beyond the Silk Road, Taksim Sanat Galerisi, Istanbul, Turkey

4Eme Biennal: PHOTOQUAI 2013, Musée du Quai Branly, Paris, France

 

2014

Encounter “Korean Early Modernist and Modernist of Photographers (2) The Present of Korean Analog Photography(Jung Hai-chang: an encounter with the still life works of Koo Bon-chang), Trunk Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Blooming Silk Road, Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, Seoul, Korea

백자 예찬: 미술, 백자를 품다, Seoul Museum, Seoul, Korea

Dual Natures in Ceramics: Eight Contemporary Artists from Korea, SFO Museum, San Francisco, California, USA

Korean Beauty: Two Kinds of Nature, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Seoul, Seoul, Korea

The Other & Me, Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

The Rencontres d'Arles 2014, Arles, France

Daegu Photo Biennale 2014 Photographic Narrative: Origins, Memories & Parodies, Daegu Culture and Arts Center/Daegu Art Factory/Bongsan Cultural Center, Daegu, Korea

2014 Special Exhibition Biennale Archive: Voyage to Biennale-50 years of Contemporary Korean Art in Overseas Biennales, Busan Cultural Center, Busan, Korea

A Form As Thinking-Rediscovery of Drawing, Museum SAN, Wonju, Korea

부엌, 삶의 지혜를 담다, Onyang Folk Museum, Asan, Korea

Collage Art Weaving Stories Blending Images, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea

 

2015

OBIECTA, Giacomo Guidi, Roma, ltaly

BEYOND THE BORDERS, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul, Korea

ROMA VERSO EXPO: Invitation to Korean Dining INVITO ALLA CUCINA COREANA, Sala Zanardelli, Complesso del Vittoriano, Roma, ltaly

Simple Forms: Contemplating Beauty, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

Lies of Lies on Photography, Total Museum, Seoul, Korea

BODY, Handok Museum of Medicine and Pharmacy Life Gallery, Eumseong, Korea

Clunes Booktown Festival 2015, Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

Le Parfum dans tous les sens, Jardins du Palais Royal, Paris, France

Getxophoto 2016, Gexto, Bilbao, Spain

구본창·이승희, 조선백자의 혼을 담다, Choi Sunu House, Seoul, Korea

KOREA NOW! IN PARIS - KOREAN MODE EXHIBITION 2015, Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France

Traditional Alcoholic Beverages With Side Dishes, Arumjigi, Seoul, Korea

In the Spirit of George Rose 1904, 2015 Koo Bohnchang&William Yang, KF Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Body Speaking Words, The Museum of Photography, Seoul, Korea

Simsimhada, in the Paper Gallery, Seoul, Korea

A Homage to Korean Architecture-Wisdom of the Earth, Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

KOREA NOW, Korea Cultural Center, Brussels, Belgium

People, remembered, Art Space J, Seongnam, Korea

 

2016

청출어람: 경일대 구본창 교수와 제자들, Hyundai Dept. Store Gallery H, Daegu, Korea

Vies silencieuses, Galerie Camera Obscura, Paris, France

Orient / Asie – aller / retour, Musee National des Arts Asiatiques-Guimet, Paris, France

室禮 Shitsurai—Offerings—II, The Terminal Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

La terre, le feu, l'esprit. Chefs-d'œuvre de la céramique coréenne, Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France

Public to Private: Photography in Korean Art since 1989, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Seoul, Seoul, Korea

Unfamiliar memory, Unfamiliar time, Unfamiliar space, Gallery Now, Seoul, Korea

Noonbit Collection of Korean Photographer’s Works, Ryugaheon gallery, Seoul, Korea

Unconscious Aesthetics, Breathing Heritage: Contemporary Korean Ceramics, The Fondation Bernardaud, Limoges, France

Extra Ordinary: Koo Bohnchang, William Yang, George Rose, Korean Cultural Centre Gallery, Sydney, Australia

One Summer Day's Repose: Taste, Palate and Healing, Special Exhibition Hall II & Ochondaek, National Folk Museum of Korea, Seoul, Korea

Born in Flames: Korean Ceramics from the National Museum of Korea in Seoul, The State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia

The Colors in Korean Life and Culture, National Folk Museum of Korea, Seoul, Korea

 

 

2017

DNA of Coreanity, Wooyang Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeongju, Korea

Nature, Rocks, Flowers, Water and Clay, HK Art & Antique LLC, New York, USA

TIME, Centro Cultural de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, CCPUCP, Lima, Peru

Body, The Language of Sensation, Muan Seungwoo Oh Museum of Art, Muan, Korea

THE PRIDE OF KOREA, Lotte World Tower Seoul Sky, Seoul, Korea

A Joy of Spring: Scenery, Blossom and Delicacy, Special Exhibition Hall II & Ochondaek, National Folk Museum of Korea, Seoul, Korea

Leaving and Staying, Hoyeon Gallery, Suwon, Korea

Contemporary Korean Ceramic, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK

Photo Empathy, Unfolding at Chuncheon, Chuncheon Culture & Art Center, Chuncheon, Korea

Tal(Mask), Onyang Folk Museum, Asan, Korea

“Autumn” Embracing Moon Jars: Koo Bohnchang, Choi Youngwook Moon Jar Exhibition, Gallery We, Seoul, Korea

밤이 선생이다, Seongbuk Young Art Space, Seoul, Korea

Wintering, Special Exhibition Hall Ⅰ, National Folk Museum of Korea, Seoul, Korea

Uri Korea–Ruhe in Beschleunigung, MARKK(Museum am Rothenbaum Kulturen und Künste), Hamburg, Germany

 

2018

Blooming at the Junction, Korean Cultural Center Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

The Portrait With(out) Artists, Nam Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

2010-2018 Special Exhibition for Donated Artworks of MMCA, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

Water, Embracing Life, Gallery Hyeyum, Gwangju, Jeollanam-do, Korea

MEGA SEOUL 4 DECADES, Korean Cultural Center in the Philippines, Manila, Philippines

GMoMA Collection Highlights, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea

Still Life I–Still Remembering, Art Space J, Seongnam, Korea

Frames after Frames: Modern Photography Movement of Korea from 1988 to 1999, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea

2018 Jime i× Arles International Photography Festival, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Xiamen, China

 

2019

Greetings from South Korea, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing, China

2019 Living Antique Fair, Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, Museum 2, Seoul, Korea

THE MEMORY OF SPACE, Kimchungup Architecture Museum, Anyang, Korea

The Path to Peace through Strong National Defense, The War Memorial Of Korea, Seoul, Korea

The Square: Art and Society in Korea 1900-2019, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Gwacheon, Gwacheon, Korea

Daily Space: Shingled House, Onyang Folk Museum, Asan, Korea

Seeing Time, Seoul National University Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

 

2020

Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, USA

Moon Jar, choeunsook gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

Why Are We Fascinated by Moon Jars?, Gallery Now, Seoul, Korea

FORME, Galerie Camera Obscura, Paris, France

SIX PERSPECTIVES, Photo Exhibition of the Masterpieces the Gwangju National Museum, Gwangju National Museum, Gwangju, Jeollanam-do, Korea

Olympic Effect: Korean Architecture and Design from 1980s to 1990s, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

The 30th Anniversary of Korea-Russia Diplomatic Relations-The Centennial of Korean Art Photography, 1920-2020, The State Russian Museum and Exhibition Centre ROSPHOTO, Saint-Petersburg, Russia

 

2021

MEGA SEOUL 4 DECADES, Korean Consulate General in Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Medium, Space 55, Seoul, Korea

The Way We Eat, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Mega Seoul 4 Decades, Korean Cultural Centre Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

Post Modernity : Modernity, Hyper Reality : Reality, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea

Second: Why Are We Fascinated by Moon Jars?, Gallery Now, Seoul, Korea

VISION PERSONIFIED, Art issue projects Jeonju, Jeonju, Korea

Spielraum×Phytology, Museum SAN, Wonju, Korea

21st The Pingyao International Photography Festival, Ping Yao, Shanxi, China

Lunar Sonata: Hanji Works and Contemporary Art, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Wanju, Korea

Sounding The Gaze, KP Gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

2022

The Hidden Masterpiece, Gallery BK, Seoul, Korea

UNCOMMERCIAL: Korean Commercial Photography, 1984 and Beyond, ILMIN Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

The Special Exhibition Static x Motion : Tracing the Spirit of Korea, Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Koka, Japan

Mega Seul 6 Decadas, Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina

One Piece of Essence, Canon Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Morning Calm, Francis Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA

White porcelain, How Have We Humans Breathed Life into Soil?, Seoul Museum of Craft Art, Seoul, Korea

Paik Nam June Effect, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

PROMESEN TESTURA-LA TEXTURA DE LAS PROMESAS, kutxa kultur artegunea, San Sebastián, Spain

Between pictures and pictures, Gangneung Art Center, Gangneung, Korea

Dear Photography, MAF(mindful.art.forum), Seoul, Korea

Carousel, Atlas Gallery, London, UK

Making Worlds, Art Gallery NSW, Sydney, Australia

 

2023

Budapest Photo Festival: Korean Contemporary Photography Exhibition; Insights into Nature and Humanity, Korean Cultural Center in Hungary, Budapest, Hungary

5×5, Chuncheon Culture & Art Center, Chuncheon, Korea

Anthology of White, Gallery 3, Korean Craft Museum, Culture Factory 3F, Cheongju, Korea

RETURN OF CHEONMA, Gyeongju National Museum, Gyeongju, Korea

Beyond the Frames: Korean Art Photography 1920s-2020s, Radvila Palace Museum of Art of the Lithuania National Museum of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania

Ceramic Ritual Vessel, Connecting Heaven and Earth, Gyeonggi Ceramic Museum, Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

 

2024

Again, with Photography, Daegu Culture and Arts Center, Daegu, Korea

Korean Modern & Contemporary Art: The Echoes of the times, Ulsan Art Museum, Ulsan, Korea

Bird's Shadow Under the Stars, Ferris Gallery, Shenzhen, China

MMCA Photographs Collection: What's the Time in Your World?, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Gwacheon, Gwacheon, Korea

The virtuality of photography, Space55, Seoul, Korea

Spring·See, Gallery Now, Seoul, Korea

THE SPINNING EARTH, Namwon Kimbyungjong Art Museum, Namwon, Korea

CEMENT: MOMENT, Hanyang University Museum, Seoul, Korea

Endless Journey to Black Night, Museum Hanmi Samcheong, Seoul, Korea

Flowing Land: Pulsing Tributaries, Daegu EXCO East Building 1F Hall 6, Daegu, Korea

Art At Home, Seomi Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Meot: Korean Art from the Frank Bayley Collection, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, USA

Quiet Resonance, Art Gallery NSW, Sydney, Australia

Skin of Time, HANJI, Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition, Paris, France

Edition: Who Sets the NUMBER?, SPACESO, Seoul, Korea

STORIES YOU DIDN'T KNOW STORIES YOU KNOW, SPACE22, Seoul, Korea

공명하는 백색들, Cheonan Museum of Art, Cheonan, Korea

Collection 24, Gangneung Art Museum, Gangneung, Korea

 

2025

Staged: Studio Photographs from the Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Lunar Phases: Korean Moon Jars, Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA

Elegance and Simplicity: Bohnchang Koo and Geejo Lee, HK Art and Antiques LLC, New York, USA

ÉSTA ES MI CASA DETENIDA EN EL TIEMPO…, Galeria Blanca Berlin, Madrid, Spain

Art Basel Hong Kong 2025, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC), Hong Kong, China

MOVING LETTERS, KF XR Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Mega Seoul 8 Decades, Korean Cultural Centre Austria, Wien, Austria

Galleries Art Fair, Coex, Seoul, Korea

Have you eaten today?, Francis Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA

Hangeul International Pre-Biennale Drawn Words, Woven Lives, Jochiwon 1927 Art Center, Jochiwon, Korea

 

 

■ Curating

 

 

1987

Lying Down as if Being Dead with Narrow Eyes…, Hanmadang Gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

1988

The New Wave of Photography, Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, Korea

Seoul·8 Contemporary Photographers, Fuji Photo Salon, Seoul, Korea

 

1989

Photography, 89-90, Hanmadang Gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

1993

자아와 전체의 접점에서, Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, Korea

 

1995

Body or Gender, Gallery Nun, Seoul, Korea

Chung Hae-Chang, Gallery Nun, Seoul, Korea

 

1997

Photographers from Korea Ⅰ, Gallery Ississ, Kyoto, Japan

 

2000

FotoFest 2000, Contemporary Korean Photographers: A New Generation, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA

 

2001

Awakening, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, Australia

 

2007

Dong-gang Special Photography Exhibition 2007: Seeing·Imagining, Dong-gang Museum of Photography, Yeongwol, Korea

 

2008

Daegu Photo Biennale 2008 : Memories of the Past - East Asian Images from 100 Years Ago, EXCO 1F, Daegu, Korea

Daegu Photo Biennale 2008 : 4 Hidden Photographers, Daegu Culture&Arts Center, Daegu, Korea

Daegu Photo Biennale 2008: Then & Now-memories of the future, EXCO 1F, Daegu, Korea

 

2012

THE WIDE VISUAL DOCUMENTATION, Tobacco Processing Plant Special Exhibition Space, Cheongju, Korea

 

2013

4Eme Biennal: PHOTOQUAI 2013, Musée du Quai Branly, Paris, France

 

2014

The Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France

 

 

■ 저서 및 출판 1_Publications/Bibliography

 

1985

Koo Bohn-chang, Photographs by Koo Bohnchang, Hanmadang Gallery, Seoul, 1985.10.

Rick Smolan, David Cohen, A Day in the Life of Japan, New York: William Collins Sons&Co, 1985.11.

 

1986

Koo Bohn-chang, Monthly Design, Seoul: Design House, 1986.2.

 

1987

Jung Byung-kyu, Kang Un-ku, Kim Su-nam, Koo Bohn-chang, Constitution of the Republic of Korea, Seoul: Hyeonamsa Publishing, 1987.11.1.

 

1988

Koo Bohn-chang and 7 others, The New Wave of Photography, Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, 1988.5.

Koo Bohn-chang, Seoul·8 Contemporary Photographers, Fuji Photo Salon, Seoul, 1988.6.28.

1988-1992

Koo Bohn-chang, camera lucida No. 1-4, Photographic Society Camera Lucida, 1988-1992.

 

1989

Koo Bohn-chang, photo291, Seoul: photo291, 1989.1.

 

1989-1991

Lee O-young (text), Koo Bohn-chang (photography), Monthly Design, Seoul: Design House, 1989.3.-1991.2.

 

1990

Koo Bohn-chang, Mixed-Media, Kumho Museum, Seoul, 1990.

Koo Bohn-chang, The Sea of Thoughts, Gallery Seomi, Seoul, 1990.4.

Koo Bohn-chang (photography), “독자 앙케트 90년대 출판계에 거는 독자들의 기대”, Publishing Journal Serial No. 55, Seoul: Publishing Journal, 1990.9.5.

Koo Bohn-chang (photography), “토픽으로 보는 1990년의 출판·출판계”, Publishing Journal Serial No.74, Seoul: Publishing Journal, 1990.12.5.

 

1991

Pine hill gallery PHOTO 1981-1990, Pine Hill Gallery, Seoul, 1991.9.1.

November Horizon of Korean Photography Organizing Committee, November, Horizon of Korean Photography, Total Museum, Jangheung, 1991.11.

 

1992

Koo Bohn-chang, Oh! Motherland, Jahamoon Art Gallery, Seoul, 1992.6.

Koo Bohn-chang, The Sea of Thought, Seoul: Hanglim, 1992.7.1.

Seoul Arts Center, Art & Photography, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, 1992.10.8.

Jung So-yeon(text), Koo Bohn-chang(photography), “사진속의 추억과 환상, 사실과 추상”, The Korean Publishing Journal Serial No.114, Seoul: Korean Publishers Association, 1992.10.15.

The Groping Youth ’92, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, 1992.10.26.

November Horizon of Korean Photography Organizing Committee, November, Horizon of Korean Photography: Eyes of Asia, Seoul: Timespace, 1992.11.28.

 

1993

Interpretation·Observation, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, 1993.

The 1st Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 1993.

Koo Bohn-chang, Good-Bye Paradise, Gallery Seomi, Seoul, 1993.4.

Koo Bohn-chang and 7 others, 사진: 자아와 전체의 접점에서, Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, 1993.8.

 

1994

한국 현대사진의 흐름: 1945-1994, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, 1994.

Koo Bohn-chang, Art Vivant 25-Contemporary Korean Artists: Koo Bohnchang, Seoul: Sigongsa, 1994.1.30.

November Horizon of Korean Photography Organizing Committee, November, Horizon of Korean Photography: Eyes of the World, Gongpyeong Art Center, Seoul, 1994.8.

URSULA-BLICKLE-STIFTUNG, Internationale Photographie '94, URSULA-BLICKLE-STIFTUNG, Kraichtal, 1994.10.

 

1995

Korean Art Today, The Korea Foundation·National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art·The National Art Museum of China, Beijing, 1995.

사진·오늘의 위상, Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeongju, 1995.3.

Lee So-hyeong, International Copy Art Expo, Gallery Art Beam, Seoul, 1995.3.10.

Body or Gender, Seoul: The Sea of Thought, 1995.3.24.

Koo Bohn-chang, Breath, Seomi Gallery, Seoul, 1995.5.

The First Kwangju International Biennale Korea Contemporary Art, Gwangju Museum of Modern Art, Gwangju, 1995.11.5.

 

1996

Photography-New Vision, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, 1996.

Kim Shin, Koo Bohn-chang, Monthly Design, Seoul: Design House, 1996.8.

 

1997

Gwangju: Finding the Way in a Maze, Songwon Gallery, Gwangju, 1997.

Seoul Photography Exhibition '97, Seoul Metropolitan Government, Seoul, 1997.

Koo Bohn-chang, 사진의 본질, 사진의 확장, Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, 1997.3.

 

1998

Body & Photography, Daelim cultural foundation·Hanlim Museum, Daejeon, 1998.

1990년대 한국 현대미술의 쟁점, 매체와 평면, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, 1998.

Koo Bohn-chang, In the Beginning, Seoul: WorkShop 9, 1998.

Museum of Contemporary Photography·Columbia College Chicago, Alienation and Assimilation, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, 1998.4.4.

 

Koo Bohn-chang, “맛있는 사진”, Chosun Ilbo, Seoul: Chosun Ilbo, 1998.4.7.

Koo Bohn-chang, “사랑의 무게”, Chosun Ilbo, Seoul: Chosun Ilbo, 1998.4.15.

Koo Bohn-chang, “안으로부터 세계화”, Chosun Ilbo, Seoul: Chosun Ilbo, 1998.4.21.

Koo Bohn-chang, “참된 투자”, Chosun Ilb, Seoul: Chosun Ilbo, 1998.4.28.

Kim Ok-rang (editor), Lee Du-hyun (text), Koo Bohn-chang (photography), The Wooden Figures of Korea, Seoul: Youlhwadang, 1998.5.1.

Lee Yong-woo, Project 8, Total Museum, Seoul, 1998.10.1.

Choi In-jin, The Exhibition; Histrory of Korean Photography, Seoul: Korean Photography History Research Institute·Yeonwoo Publishing, 1998.11.20.

98 Korean Contemporary Art-Poetics of Time, Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, 1998.11.26.

Koo Bohn-chang, PHOTO ART, Seoul: Photo Art, 1998.12.

 

1999

1999 The 3rd Tokyo International Photo-Biennale - Fragment of Document and Memory, Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, 1999.

Seoul - Berlin, Seoul Metropolitan Government, Seoul, 1999.

The Photograph looks at us: 1999 Seoul Photo Exhibition, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, 1999.8.27.

 

2000

FotoFest 2000, Contemporary Korean Photographers the New Generation, Fotofest, Houston, 2000.

Koo Bohn-chang, KATALOG VOL.12 NO.2, Odense: Museet for Fotokunst, 2000. Spring.

Koo Bohn-chang, PHOTO ART, Seoul: Photo Art, 2000.5.

Musset for FotoKunst, Odense Foto Triennale/Festival of Light(Theme: Slowness), Odense: Musset for FotoKunst, 2000.8.

 

2001

서울옥션 제38회 사진과 현대미술, Seoul: SEOUL AUCTION, 2001.

Koo Bohn-chang, the Bohnchang Koo Photography Exhibition, Samsung Rodin Gallery, Seoul, 2001.

TOKYO GREAT VISAUL, GANJIN:鑑真和上と世界の写真家展, TBS, Japan, 2001.

Koo Bohn-chang (text/photography), Ideal Architecture, Busan: Ilsin Design & Architecture Office, 2001.3.

Koo Bohn-chang, Bohnchang Koo, Base Gallery, Tokyo, 2001.3.

2001 Photo Festival, Gana Art Center, Seoul, 2001.6.22.

Choi In-jin, Park Ju-seok, The Century of Korean Photography, Seoul: Vision, 2001.9.15.

 

2002

人·風(サラム·パラム)-韓国現代写真の地平, Museum of Modern Art Saitama / Asano Research Institute / Sendai Mediatheque, Saitama/Sendai, 2002.

People, Wind: Horizons of Korean Contemporary Photography, Museum of Modern Art Saitama / Asano Research Institute / Sendai Mediatheque, Saitama/Sendai, 2002.

Photographie Contemporaine Coréenne, Seoul: Art Agency Pa, 2002.

Joo Myung-duck, Koo Bohn-chang, Min Byung-hun, Joo Myung-duck, Koo Bohn-chang, Min Byung-hun, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, 2002.

History and Consciousness, Dokdo, Seoul National University Museum, Seoul, 2002.2.20.

VANDSKEL 2, KunstCentret Silkeborg Bad, Silkeborg, 2002.5.

WATERSHED 2, KunstCentret Silkeborg Bad, Silkeborg, 2002.5.

Now, What is Photo, Seoul: Publishing Gana Art, 2002.7.10.

Perspective of Korean Contemporary Photography, Management Committee DongGang Village of Photography/Timespace: Yeongwol/Seoul, 2002.7.27.

Hwang Kyu-ho (text), Koo Bohn-chang (photography), Asiana Vol. 14, No. 12, Seoul: Asiana Airlines, 2002.12.

 

2003

Koo Bohn-chang·Kotaro Iizawa, Bohnchang Koo, Hysteric Nine, Tokyo: Hysteric Glamour, 2003.2.25.

Koo Bohn-chang, Park Young-mi, Selfportrait: 1th Virtual Exhibition, Geonhi Art Foundation, Seoul, 2003.5.

Lee Hwa-young (editor), Koo Bohn-chang (photography), 여름아 옷을 벗어라, Seoul: Poetry & Poetics, 2003.6.7.

다리를 도둑맞은 남자와 30개의 눈, 대림미술관 패션사진展, Daelim Museum, Seoul, 2003.8.

Shin Kyung-sook (text), Koo Bohn-chang (photography), 자거라, 네 슬픔아, Seoul: Hyundae Literature, 2003.12.24.

 

2004

What happens between Art and Popular Culture, Gwacheon: National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art/Culturebooks, 2004.

George Rose, Korea through Australian eyes 1904, Seoul: Australia-Korea Foundation· Kyobo Book Centre Co., Ltd., 2004.3.5.

Choi In-ho (text), Koo Bohn-chang (photography), 어머니는 죽지 않는다, Seoul: Yeobaek Publishers, 2004.4.28.

Kim Seung-gon, Koo Bohn-chang, Youlhwadang, Photo Library 20: Koo Bohnchang, Seoul: Youlhwadang, 2004.7.10.

Koo Bohn-chang, Camera Work Vol.2-Bohnchang Koo Mask, The Museum of Photography Seoul, Seoul, 2004.10.

the Timeless Beauty, Seoul: Kaya Media, 2004.10.20.

Koo Bohn-chang, Portraits of Time, Seoul: Homi Publishing, 2004.12.

Exhibition "The Power of Photography"-2 "At the Boundary of Photography", Korea Photographers Association Pyeongtaek Branch, Pyeongtaek, 2004.12.11.

국립현대미술관 소장품선집, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, 2004.12.30.

 

2005

Contemporary Arts Exhibition – Passion, Seongnam cultural foundation, Seongnam, 2005.

Donggang Photo Festival 2005, Management Committee DongGang Village of Photography, Yeongwol, 2005.7.23.

 

2006

현대사진전 - 앵글의 휴머니티, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, 2006.

Sim Ui-ju (text), Koo Bohn-chang (photography), Happy Design House, Seoul: Design House, 2006.2.

New Acquisitions 2005, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, 2006.2.

Koo Bohnchang, Kahitsukan·Kyoto Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyoto, 2006.6.

Koo Bohn-chang, Koo Bohn-chang Portfolio 1-Vessels for the Heart, Paju: Hangil Art, 2006.7.10.

Koo Bohn-chang, Koo Bohn-chang Portfolio 2-Revealed Personas, Paju: Hangil Art, 2006.7.10.

Koo Bohn-chang, Koo Bohn-chang Portfolio 3-Deep Breath in Silence, Paju: Hangil Art, 2006.7.10.

Camera Work, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, 2006.8.

2006 Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu, 2006.10.19.

ESTRECHO DUDOSO, TEOR/ética, Costa Rica, 2006.12.

 

2007

Void in Korean Art, Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, 2007.

Didier Millet, 태국: 55명의 위대한 사진작가에 의한 왕국에서의 9일, Singapore: Brit Books, 2007.

현대미술 오늘과 내일, Dongsung 100th Anniversary Memorial Exhibition Promotion Committee, Seoul, 2007.

Landscape of Korean Contemporary Photography, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, 2007.9.

Koo Bohn-chang, Vessel, Tokyo: Rutles, 2007.9.20.

Koo Bohn-chang, Everyday Treasures, Tokyo: Rutles, 2007.9.20.

Okrang Cultural Foundation Editorial Department, 한국의 나무꼭두: 또 다른 여행길의 동반자, Seoul: Okrang Cultural Foundation, 2007.10.

 

2008

Good Morning, Mr. Nam June PAIK, British Korean Cultural Centre, London, 2008.

Korean Art Today_The World of Expression, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, 2008.5.22.

Treasures Within, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, 2008.6.

Korean Contemporary Photography 1948-2008, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, 2008.8.13.

Koo Bohn-chang, Coolness and Passion, Daegu MBC Gallery M, Daegu, 2008.9.

Koo Bohn-chang, A Perspective on 1980s, Seoul: Wow Image, 2008.10.28.

 

2009

MASKS, Sungkok Art Museum/Dong-gang Museum of Photography, Seoul/Yeongwol, 2009.

Modern Korean Artists, Korea Foundation, Seogwipo, 2009.

New Acquisitions 2008, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, 2009.3.

Translated Celadon: the Five Different Stories, Kookje University/Haegang Ceramics Museum, Pyeongtaek/Icheon, 2009.4.25.

Koo Bohn-chang, Purity, Galerie Raum mit Licht, Wien, 2009.5.7.

Choi In-ho (text), Koo Bohn-chang (photography), 가족 뒷모습, Seoul: Samtoh, 2009.7.7.

Kim Min-sung (editor), Koo Bohn-chang and 8 others (authors), 정지 그리고 인생은 다시 지나간다-한국 현대사진 대표작가 2009 오디세이, Seoul: JoongangBooks, 2009.7.14.

The Path to Peace through Strong National Defense, Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of Korea, Seoul, 2009.7.22.

Koo Bohn-chang·Anne Wilkes Tucker·Karen Sinsheimer, Chaotic Harmony: Contemporary Korean Photography, MFAH(The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston), Houston, 2009.10.20.

 

2010

On the line - Exhibition Commemorating 60th Anniversary of the Korean War, Daelim Museum, Seoul, 2010.

Man Ray’s Photography & His Heritage, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, 2010.

A Positive View, London: Somerset House, 2010.

Seoul Photo Office, SEOUL PHOTO 2010, Seoul: Photonet, 2010.4.26.

Choi In-hun (text), Koo Bohn-chang (photography), 길에 관한 명상-최인훈 전집 13, Paju: Moonji Publishing, 2010.6.24.

塑料公園: 韓國當代美術, Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing, 2010.8.

Korean Contemporary Art: Plastic Garden, Minsheng Art Museum, China, 2010.8.

Lee Young-hye (text), Koo Bohn-chang (photography), Happy Design House, Seoul: Design House, 2010.10.

Kim Young (text), Myung Su-jeong (illustration), Koo Bohn-chang (photography), 꼭두랑 놀자, Paju: Cheongnyeon Press, 2010.12.29.

 

 

2011

Koo Bohn-chang·Yamaguchi Nobuhiro, Books&Objects, Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul, 2011.

Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Korean Rhapsody: A Montage of History Memory, Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, 2011.3.17.

Koo Bohn-chang, Bohnchang Koo, Kukje gallery, Seoul, 2011.5.

Modern to Contemporary, Art, Amway Gallery, Bundang, 2011.10.17.

FOLD lll: USELESS / Upcycling in Art+Design, Art+Shanghai Gallery, Shanghai, 2011.12.

 

2012

Lee Young-jun, 12 Photographers, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, 2012.

Korean Mordern art Status and Prospects, Gwangju MBC, Gwangju, 2012.

Mega Seoul 4 Decades, The Museum of Photography, Seoul, 2012.9.8.

Koo Bohn-chang, The Wide, Yegam Co., Ltd., Cheongju, 2012.11.

 

2013

ON KOREA: Beyond the Silk Road, Istanbul-Gyeongju World Culture Expo 2013 Organizing Committee / Daegu Photography Culture Research Institute, Gyeongju/Daegu, 2013.

White&White: Dialogue between Korea and Italy, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, 2013.3.

Koo Bohn-chang·Sugawara Ichigo, 桜 (Cherry Blossoms), Tanakaya Gallery, Hirosaki, 2013.4.

Kwak Jae-gu and 4 others (authors), Koo Bohn-chang and 6 others (photography), BREATH AND REPOSE OF THE WETLAND, Seoul: SIGONG MEDIA, 2013.4.15.

Koo Bohn-chang, Slow Talk, Madrid: Ivorypress, 2013.11.

Shin Su-jin, FULL METAL JACKET, Seoul: Iann Books, 2013.11.20.

Koo Bohn-chang, Culture and I, 2013 Fall/Winter Issue, Samsung Cultural Foundation, Seoul, 2013.11.28.

 

 

2014

Kwangju International Biennale, 2004 Kwangju International Biennale: Sites, Kwangju: Publishing, Kwangju International Biennale, 2014.

Voyage to Biennale - 50 years of Korean Contemporary Art in Overseas Biennales, Busan Biennale Organizing Committee, Busan, 2014.

 

My Foolish Heart, Museum as it is, Japan, 2014.

부엌, 삶의 지혜를 담다, Onyang Folk Museum, Asan, 2014.

2014 Daegu Photo Biennale “Origin, Memories&Parodies”, Daegu Photo Biennale Organizing Committee, Daegu, 2014.

Koo Bohn-chang, Vessel, Ravenna: Danilo Montanari Editore, 2014.

Koo Bohn-chang, White, Ravenna: Danilo Montanari Editore, 2014.

Koo Bohn-chang, 공명의 시간을 담다: 시간을 수집하는 사진가, Paju: ahngraphics, 2014.4.1.

Korean Beauty: Two Kind of Nature, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, 2014.7.17.

13th Dong Gang Internatiional Photo Festival, Dong-gang Museum of Photography, Yeongwol, 2014.7.18.

Koo Bohn-chang, Noonbit Collection of Korean Photographer’s Works 001-DMZ, Koo Bohnchang, Seoul: Noonbit, 2014.11.25.

 

2015

Form As Thinking-Rediscovery of Drawing, Museum SAN, Wonju, 2015.

BEYOND THE BORDERS, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul, 2015.3.31.

Koo Bohn-chang, Lee Jin-sook, Lies of Lies on Photography, Seoul: Total Museum, 2015.6.21.

2015 Arumjigi Special Exhibition Traditional Alcoholic Beverages with Side Dishes, Arumjigi Foundation, Seoul, 2015.9.23.

Koo Bohn-chang, Catherine Croll, Robert Nelson, In Spirit of George Rose, Seoul: Koo Bohn-chang, 2015.10.12.

Koo Bohn-chang·山口信博/Yamaguchi Nobuhiro, Simsimhada, Seoul: DOOSUNG PAPER, 2015.10.22.

Koo Bohn-chang, White Vessels, Seoul: yido of Yi, Yoonshin Co., Ltd, 2015.11.

Koo Bohn-chang and 5 others, A Homage to Korean Architecture-Wisdom of the Earth, Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, 2015.11.

Kim Won and 6 others (text), Koo Bohn-chang and 10 others (photography), Wisdom of the Earth: Korean Architecture, Samsung Cultural Foundation·Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, 2015.12.15.

Jeon Bong-hee (text), Koo Bohn-chang (photography), Soswaewon: movement and stillness, Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, 2015.12.15.

Kim Bong-ryeol (text), Koo Bohn-chang (photography), Tongdosa: Harmony in Order, Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, 2015.12.15.

 

2016

The Colors in Korean Life and Culture, National Folk Museum of Korea, Seoul, 2016.

Korea Now! In Paris-Korean Mode Exhibition 2015, Hanbok Center, Seoul, 2016.2.22.

Lee Hyo-jin, TERAROSA No.22, Haksan Co., Ltd., Gangneung: Terra Rosa Coffee, 2016.4.

La terre, le feu, l'esprit: Chefs-d'œuvre de la céramique coréenne, Grand Palais/National Museum of Korea, Paris/Seoul, 2016.4.27.

Public to Private: Photography in Korean Art since 1989, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, 2016.5.

One Summer Day's Repose: Taste, Palate and Healing, National Folk Museum of Korea, Seoul, 2016.9.5.

 

2017

Choi Ji-eun, Koo Bohn-chang (photography), スッカラ, Seoul: ONE O ONE factory, 2017.

Choi Ji-eun, Koo Bohn-chang (photography), Spoon, Seoul: ONE O ONE factory, 2017.

Contemporary Korean Photography, Berlin: HATJE KANTZ·ilwoo foundation, 2017.

A JOY O SPRING: Scenery, Blossom and Delicacy, National Folk Museum of Korea, Seoul, 2017.

BODY, THE LANGUAGE OF SENSATION, Muan-gun Oh Seung-woo Art Museum, Muan, 2017.

Onyang Folk Museum, Tal(Mask), Onyang Folk Museum, Asan, 2017.12.6.

 

2018

Asian Art Museum of San Francisco Collection Highlight, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, 2018.

Wintering, National Folk Museum of Korea, Seoul, 2018.

Koo Bohn-chang, Tools from Nature, Onyang Folk Museum, Asan, 2018.

The Portrait With(out) Artist, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, 2018.3.23.

Koo Bohn-chang, Acqua·Water·물, Acquario Civico di Milano, Milano, 2018.4.

Water, Embracing Life, Gallery Hyeyum, Gwangju, 2018.5.10.

Koo Bohn-chang, Monthly Photography, Seoul: Monthly Photo, 2018.8.

Koo Bohn-chang, Early Works 1970-1990 my beginnings, Daegu: Gallery Bundo, 2018.9.

Mega Seoul 4 Decades, Ga-hyeon Cultural Foundation, Seoul, 2018.8.10.

 

2019

Frames after Frames: Modern Photography Movement of Korea from 1988 to 1999, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, 2019.

Park Young-sook, Spectrum of Contemporary Photography in Korea, Seongnam: Hexagon, 2019.1.1.

2019 LIVING ANTIQUE FAIR, Seoul: Inter Art Channel Co., Ltd., 2019.4,17.

Koo Bohn-chang, The Allure of Blue, Madrid: Ivorypress, 2019.5.

Im Na-ri, Koo Bohn-chang, Domus Korea N.02 : Gonggamgak, Seoul: ONE O ONE Plus, Seoul, 2019.5.15.

THE MEMORY OF SPACE, Anyang Foundation for Culture&Arts, Anyang, 2019.8.20.

Koo Bohn-chang, Paju: Youlhwadang, 2019.10.

Koo Bohn-chang, Incognito, The Museum of Photography, Seoul, 2019.10.12.

Koo Bohn-chang, Clandestine Pursuit in the Long Afternoon, Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo, 2019.10.

Koo Bohn-chang, Beyond the Silver, Space22, Seoul, 2019.11.

Seeing Time, Seoul National University Museum of Art, Seoul, 2019.12.

National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art , Research Department, 국립현대미술관 소장품 300, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, 2019.12.20.

 

2020

The Square: Art and Society in Korea 1950-2019, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, 2020.4.15.

Koo Bohn-chang, light shadow, Korea Cultural Center Australia, Sydney, 2020.9.

Six Perspectives - Photo Exhibition of the Masterpieces from the Gwangju National Museum, Gwangju National Museum, Gwangju, 2020.9.7.

 

2021

Souvenirs from China, Seongnam: mindeyes, 2021.

Lunar Sonata: Hanji Works and Contemporary Art, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Wanju, 2021.

Mega Seoul 4 Decades, Ga-hyeon Cultural Foundation, Seoul, 2021.1.8.

Olympic Effect : Korean Architecture and Design from 1980s to 1990s, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, 2021.3.31.

Koo Bohn-chang, Soap, Seongnam: mindeyes, 2021.4.16.

Post Modernity : Modernity, Hyper Reality : Reality, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, 2021.6.

Park Ji-soo, Koo Bohn-chang, VOSTOK No. 28, Seoul: Vostok Press, 2021.7.16.

Koo Bohn-chang (photography), Becoming One with Tea, GENESIS HOUSE Arumjigi Foundation, Seoul, 2021.7.27.

2021 21th Pingyao International Photography Festival, China Photographers Associarion, Beijing, 2021.9.

Spielraum × Phytology, Museum SAN, Wonju, 2021.9.

Koo Bohn-chang, Lingering in Time : Koo Bohnchang's Photography 1990-2021, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing, 2021.9.

 

2022

Koo Bohnchang-MASK, Gangneung Art Museum, Gangneung, 2022.6.

Koo Bohn-chang, BOBODAM Issue 45, Seoul: LSNetworks, 2022.8.10.

Static x Motion: Tracing the Spirit of Korea, Shiga Prefectural Ceramic Forest, Koka, 2022.10.13.

静中動：韓国のスピリットをたどる一開かれた陶のアート, 시가 현립 도예의 숲, Koka, 2022.10.13.

Koo Bohn-chang, KOREA; In the 1980's, Seongnam: mindeyes, 2022.11.1.

20 Years of The Museum of Photography, The Museum of Photography, Seoul, 2022.12.14.

2021 New Acquisitions, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, 2022.12.21.

 

2023

Koo Bohn-chang, くらしの宝石, [second edition], Tokyo: Bon Book, 2023.

Koo Bohn-chang, Everyday Treasures, [second edition], Tokyo: Bon Book, 2023.

Korean Contemporary Photography Exhibition: Insights into Nature and Humanity, Korean Cultural Centre Hungary·Artspace Lumos, Hungary, 2023.

Koo Bohn-chang, Choi Yeon-ha, The Contemporary Poetry 612, Seoul: Hyundai Poetry Press, 2023.3.

Anthology of White, Cheongju Korean Craft Museum, Cheongju, 2023.5.2.

Again, with Photography!, Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu, 2023.9.21.

Koo Bohn-chang, 2023 9th Daegu Photo Biennale, 2023년 제9회 대구사진비엔날레 강연 워크숍-사진의 힘과 동시대 시각문화, Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu, 2023.10.

 

2024

Koo Bohn-chang·François Soulages, La beauté d’un Tout, Paris: L'Harmattan, 2024.

KOO BOHNCHANG'S VOYAGE, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, 2024.

MMCA Photographs Collection: What's the Time in Your World?, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, 2024.3.27.

Endless Journey to Black Night, Museum Hanmi, Seoul, 2024.5.22.

Koo Bohn-chang, Kwon Ji-hye, Kim Young-seop, Monthly Photography, Seoul: Monthly Photo, 2024.6.

 

2025

Museum Hanmi, Mega Seoul 4 Decades, Museum Hanmi, Seoul, 2025.

Lunar Phases: Korean Moon Jars, Denver Art Museum, Denver, 2025.1.1.

Asia Cultural Center, 2024 ACC FCOUS , Asia Cultural Center, Gwangju, 2025.1.17.

 

 

1983

Hong Sun-tae, Pine Hill 33, Seoul: Restaurant Pine Hill, 1983.9.20.

 

1985

Kim Seung-gon, Art World, Seoul: The One Art World, 1985.11.

 

1992

Lee Young-jun, Gana Art, Seoul: Gana Art Gallery, 1992.3.

 

1993

Gana Art, Korean 30 Artist, Seoul: Gana Art, 1993,6.23, pp. 44-55.

Sawaragi Noi(椹木野衣), “November Exhibition, Genre Interaction,” déjà-vu No.12, Tokyo: Déjà Vu, November 1993.

 

1995

Yoon Se-young, PHOTO ART, Seoul: Photo Art, 1995.1.

 

1996

Kim Seung-gon, Gana Art, Seoul: Gana Art Gallery, 1996.7-8.

Kim Seung-gon, Monthly Art, Seoul: Art Magazine Monthly Art, 1996.8.

 

1998

Oh Kwang-su, The Kyunghyang Shinmun, Seoul: The Kyunghyang Shinmun, 1998.11.4.

Cho Wu-seok, Korean Photography Theory, Seoul: Noonbit, 1998.11.5.

Lee Ju-hyun, Hankyoreh, Seoul: Hankyoreh, 1998.11.17.

Lee Ju-hyun, Hankyoreh, Seoul: Hankyoreh, 1998.11.24.

Jin Dong-seon, Monthly Art, Seoul: Art Magazine Monthly Art, 1998.12.

Lee Ju-hyun, Hankyoreh, Seoul: Hankyoreh, 1998.12.1.

 

1999

Choi Geon-su, Photography and Life, Seoul: Sigongsa, 1999.3.20.

Kim Dae-sik, Art World, Seoul: The One Art World, 1999.5.

 

2000

Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle, Houston: Houston Chronicle, 2000.3.2.

Patricia C. Johnson, Houston Chronicle Zest, Houston: Houston Chronicle, 2000.3.12.

Vicki Goldberg, “The Plain Old Still Camera Is Still in the Forefront,” The New York Times, New York: The New York Times, 2000.4.30.

A.D Coleman, Photonews, Canada: Photonews, 2000.5.

Mogens Damgaard, Fyens Stiftstidende, Odense: Fyens Stiftstidende, 2000.8.24.

Jin Dong-seon, PHOTO ART, Seoul: Photo Art, 2000.12.

 

2001

Birgit Mersmann, “Bohnchang Koo Time Live-Life Time Spekulationen über Leben und Tod”, KUNSTFORUM No. 156, Köln: Kunstforum, 2001, pp. 468-470.

Kim Seung-gon, Monthly Art, Seoul: Art Magazine Monthly Art, 2001.5.

Shin Su-jin, PHOTO ART, Seoul: Photo Art, 2001.6.

 

2002

2002 Asia Photo Biennale-Living in a City, Seattle: Asia Photography Association, 2002.3.27.

Cate McQuaid, “Photographer’s work embraces life’s transience,” The Boston Globe, Boston: The Boston Globe, 2002.12.5.

 

2003

Baek Ji-sook · Lee Young-cheol, Facing: Korea, Korean Contemporary Art 2003, Seoul: Yellow Sea Publication, 2003.

Jin Dong-seon, Koreana Vol. 17 No.3, Seogwipo: The Korea Foundation, 2003.

Diana Gaston, “The Photographs of Bohnchang Koo: Time in the Smallest Denomination,” Art on Paper Vol.7 No.4, New York: Art on Paper, 2003.1-2, pp. 56-61.

“In the Beginning,” Photo Italia, Milan: Photo Italia, 2003.9, pp. 46-51.

 

2004

Han Sung-pil, PHOTO ART, Seoul: Photo Art, 2004.5.

Brigitte Ollier, “Photo, Le photographe coréen saisit l'étrangeté des personnages masqués du théâtre talchum,” Libération, Paris: Libération, 2004.12.15.

 

2005

Claire Guillot, “Les traces fragiles de Bohnchang Koo,” Le Monde, Paris: Le Monde, 2005.1.29.

 

2006

Cho, Ines, Photographic Memories: An artist explains, Seoul: Korea JoongAng Daily, 2006.7.25.

Patrick Loughran, la revue de la Ceramique et du verre, Paris: Editions Ateliers d'Art de France, 2006.9.1.

Kang Su-mi, Kyosu Sinmun, Seoul: Kyosu Sinmun, 2006.10.30.

2007

Kim Yoon-su, 17+i The Discovery of Photography, Seoul: Baramgudu, 2007.1.2.

Shin Su-jin, Mirror Myth-12 Photographers Creating the Emotional Face of Our Times, Imprint Edition, Paju: Ppul(Woongjin), 2007.5.15.

 

2008

Lim Jong-eop, Hankyoreh, Seoul: Hankyoreh, 2008.1.18.

 

 

2010

Jeon Young-baek (editor), 22 artists Communicating with their Era, Paju: Kungree Publishing, 2010.6.1.

Sozanski, Edward, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia: The Philadelphia Inquirer, 2010.7.25.

2011

Kang Su-mi, Today’s Artists Vol. 1, Seoul: Hakgojae, 2011.11.22.

Chun, Jesse, “Koo Bohnchang: seizing the moment”, The Korea Times, Seoul: The Korea Times, 2011.11.25.

 

2013

Keiko S. Hooton·Tony Godfrey, Contemporary Photography in Asia, Prestel Press, 2013.

Ban Chil-hwan, Happy, Design House, Seoul: Design House, 2013.4.

MIGUEL ÁNGEL GARCÍA VEGA, “La fotografía tranquila de Bohnchang Koo”, EL PAÍS, Madrid: EL PAÍS, 2013.12.1.

 

2014

Estella de Diego, EL PAÍS Babelia, Madrid: EL PAÍS Babelia, 2014.1.18.

 

2015

Chin Jung-kwon, The secrets of the artists Chin Jung-kwon met, Seoul: Changbi, 2015.3.25.

Park Hyun-wook, “study on the record expression about missing everyday objects : focusing on my works,” Sungkyunkwan University Graduate School Department of Fine Arts, 2015.8.

Yoo Kyung-hee, “The formation of fiber art expressing the passage of time : focusing on the researcher's works,” Wonkwang University Graduate School Department of Formative Arts, 2015.8.

Im Eon-young, “Simple and Profound Collectors: Koo Bohnchang × Yamaguchi Nobuhiro,” Seoul: Woman Chosun, 2015.11.5.

 

2016

l'Oeil de la photographie, Paris: l'Oeil de al photographie, 2016.9.20.

 

2017

Charlotte Horlyck, Korean Art-From the 19th Century to the Present, London: Reaktion Books Ltd, 2017.

Lee Seong-bae, “Expression on Body Photos as a symbol of masculinity due to influence of mass media,” Kookmin University Graduate School of Design Photography and Video Major 2017.2.

Lee Ji-yeon, Haeran, Around Vol. 45, Seoul: Around Co., Ltd., 2017.4.

Les, VOSTOK No. 5, Seoul: Vostok Press, 2017.9.6.

 

2018

Kim Min-jung, Monthly Photography, Seoul: Monthly Photo, 2018.2.

Yoon Se-young, PHOTO ART, Seoul: Photo Art, 2018.3.

Lee Da-young, Heren No. 138, Seoul: Jungang M&B, 2018.3.

Cho Jeong-sook, “The imagination of water in Water, Mirror of Contemplation,” Kyungil University Graduate School Department of Photography and Video, 2018.8.

Kim Hee-geun, Woo Hye-soo, Korean Art - Pioneers of Today, Contemporary Art Association, 2018.10.12.

Shim Woo-hyun, The Korea Herald, Seoul: The Korea Herald, 2018.12.17.

Lee Sang-yeop, Monthly Public Art Magazine No. 148, Seoul: Art Inpost Co., Ltd., 2018.12.28.

Kim Kye-won, Journal of Korean Modern & Contemporary Art History Vol. 36, Second Half 2018, Seoul: Association of Korean Modern and Contemporary Art History, 2018.12.31.

 

2019

Cho So-hyun, “Koo Bohnchang’s Unopened Works,” Doosan Magazine, Seoul: Doosan Magazine, 2019.2.17.

Son Young-ok, The Kukmin Daily, Seoul: The Kukmin Daily, 2019.11.25.

Noh Hyoung-seok, Hankyoreh, Seoul: Hankyoreh, 2019.12.5.

Park Lee-hyun, Monthly Photography, Seoul: Monthly Photo, 2021.2.15.

 

2020

Lee Young-jun, Korean Art From 1953-Collision, Innovation, Interaction, Phaidon Press: London, 2020.

Kim Young-na, Moving Reflection, Korean Art Since 1945, Seoul: Mijinsa, 2020.3.9.

John McDonald, The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney: The Sydney Morning Herald, 2020.9.12.-13.

 

2021

Jeon Ga-kyung, Jung Jae-wan, Extra Archive: Design History Research No. 2, Design History Society of Korea, 2021.2.

Ju Byung-heon, “Theory of 'Dust Report' : focused on work with ‘Dust’, ‘Dust in Dust’, ‘In the process of becoming Dust',” Chung-Ang University Graduate School Department of Applied Arts Applied Photography Major, 2021.2.

Park Lee-hyun, “Bohnchang Koo-Aesthetics of Collection”, Monthly Photography, Seoul: Monthly Photo, 2021.2.15.

Min Byung-mo, Question Vol. 47, Seoul: Nane, 2021.3.

Song Su-jung, Korean Art 1900–2020, Seoul: National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, 2021.9.30.

 

2022

Yoon Se-young, Korean Contemporary Photographers, Seoul: Photo Art, 2022.4.27.

Yoon Hye-jung, Life, Art, Seoul: Eulyoo Publishing, 2022.7.20.

Yoon Se-young, PHOTO ART, Seoul: Photo Art, 2022.10.

Kim Hye-won, The Cartel of Poetry, Photography, and Humanities, Seoul: Noonbit, 2022.11.20.

 

2023

Lee Pil, PHOTO ART, Seoul: Photo Art, 2023.1.

Hwang Kyo-jin, “Artist Who Steals Souls with Camera-Icon of Korean Contemporary Photography, Photographer Koo Bohnchang (Business Administration 71),” Seoul: Yonsei University Public Relations Team, 2023.1.23.

Ilmin Visual Culture Editorial Committee (ed.), Ilmin Visual Culture 11 Uncommercial: Korean Commercial Photography After 1984, Seoul: Workroom Press, 2023.5.26.

 

2024

Heo Hwa-young, “Koo Bohnchang's Photographic Exploration: The Expansion of the Medium and the Proliferation of Korean Contemporary Photography,” Hongik University Graduate School, 2024.8.

Choi Bong-rim, Kim So-hee, Bang Kyung-ji, Museum Hanmi Research Institute Vol. 15 - Korean Photography History Art Project Major Photography Exhibitions in the 1990s, Seoul: Ga-hyeon Cultural Foundation, 2024.12.1.

 

2025

Park Mi-kyung, Memory of Photography, Seoul: Archives Ryugaheon, 2025.4.14.

 

 

 

■ Collections

 

Amorepacific Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea

Gallery Seomi, Seoul, Korea

Goeun Museum of Photography, Busan, Korea

Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeju, Korea

Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Municipal Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea

National Folk Museum of Korea, Korea

National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeongju, Korea

The Museum of Photography, Seoul, Korea

 

Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, Australia

Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, California, USA

Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA

Fondation Herzog, Basel, Switzerland

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art in Cornell University, New York, USA

Kahitsukan, Kyoto Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyoto, Japan

Museum of Arts and Crafts, Hamburg, Germany

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, USA

Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, Japan

Musée Carnavalet, Paris, France

Musée Guimet, Paris, France

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Photo Interform, Osaka, Japan

Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia

Reykjavik Museum of Photography, Reykjavik, Iceland

State Library, Victoria, Australia

Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California, USA

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California, USA

Shadai Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Seattle Asian Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, USA

The British Museum, London, UK

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK

 

[Private Collectors]

Dancing Bear/ W.M. Hunt

Elena Ochoa Foster

Newhouse Collection

Sammlung Anne Maria Jagdfeld
The Buhl Collection, New York, USA

The Ock Rang Cultural Foundation, Seoul, Korea

 

 

■ 수상_Awards

 

2000 The 2nd Lee Myoungdong Prize, Seoul, Korea

2003 The 1st Gangwon Documentary Photographer Prize, Gangwon-do, Korea

2014 The 13th Dong Gang Photography Award, DongGang Village of Photography Management Committee, Yeongwol, Gangwon-do, Korea

2015 The 47th Republic of Korea Culture and Arts Award (Fine Arts), President of the Republic of Korea, Seoul, Korea

2022 The 63rd Samil Prize: Arts, Samil Foundation, Seoul, Korea

2024 The 15th Seoul Culture Today Cultural Awards Special Grand Prize, Seoul Culture Today, Seoul, Korea

2025 35th Samsung Ho-Am Prize: Arts, Ho-Am Foundation, Seoul, Korea

■ Critical Essay

 

 

Koo Bohnchang’s Photography and the New Yet Timeless Perspective of Contemporary Art

 

 

Park Juseok

-Research Director of Koo Bohnchang Digital Archiving Project

-Professor at Myongji University

 

 

 

1. Koo Bohnchang’s Position in Korean Photography and Contemporary Art

 

Koo Bohnchang (具本昌, b. 1953) is an artist who has pioneered new directions in Korean contemporary photography and has long been a driving force in contemporary art. This achievement is based on his ability to draw audience empathy through new forms of work and appropriate formats whenever he presents issues he wishes to address to the world through his art. He began studying photography in earnest at the Fachschule für Gestaltung in Hamburg, Germany, in 1980, started his career as a photographer in the early 1980s, and has now reached over 45 years of photographic experience. Koo’s photographs, presented through numerous exhibitions and publications, have developed in remarkably diverse ways in subject matter and expressive formats.

 

Nevertheless, the foundation of Koo’s work maintains consistency in his stubborn pursuit of an experimental spirit, believing in and adhering to his own sensibility and his sensibility-first approach. Coinciding with Korea’s modernization period, when members of Korean society developed self-centered ways of thinking that prioritize their own existence, Koo’s sensibility-centered work succeeded in drawing broad public empathy. In particular, since planning and executing The New Wave of Photography exhibition in 1988, Koo has led the transformation and growth of Korean photography, becoming the most influential photographer in Korean society through his diverse photographic worlds and endeavors, and establishing his reputation as an artist who elevates the status of Korean photography on the world stage.

 

 

2. Koo Bohnchang’s Experimental Spirit and Photographic Language

 

“I have always been interested in the uncertain future that cannot be known and in life that cannot defy fate. How many choices do we have to make in our lives? Also, how amazing it is that the many coincidental events we encounter create our future destiny.”

 

This was what photographer Koo Bohnchang wrote in his artist’s note for his solo exhibition held at Isis Gallery in Kyoto, Japan, in October 1995. It sounds like a monologue revealing the foundation of his work. It is also a statement that allows us to glimpse Koo’s experimental spirit and photographic language. Through the photographs he has published so far, Koo has shown a completely new photographic language and visual vocabulary that could not be found in the works of existing photographers or artists. As a result, his work appeared quite reckless and even destructive to conservative photographers who adhered to traditional photographic language and audiences accustomed to their work.

 

Nevertheless, since the mid-1980s, Koo has steadily held solo exhibitions in both small and large galleries, demonstrating his experimental spirit. Although he remained outside the mainstream of Korean photography, these quietly continued exhibitions began to create significant reverberations in Korean photography and the broader cultural and arts community, and even internationally. The beginning was with works such as Twelve Deep Sighs in 1985, One Minute Monologue in 1987, Clandestine Pursuit in the Long Afternoon in 1988, and The Sea of Thoughts in 1990. The themes and formats of these photographs were unprecedented experimental photographs in Korean photography and radical attempts. These were works that “employed comprehensive techniques, including collage and montage, photograms, various objects, emulsion scratching, not to mention means for visualizing individual images, and combining and juxtaposing multiple photographs, even using sewing to compose the overall image.” He viewed photography not as photography but as one means for artistic expression, which was an attitude that emphasized expression itself.

 

Koo Bohnchang’s various experimentalism emerged from the process of finding ways to express the universal human experience of “thinking about and experiencing death while simultaneously clinging to life and hope” and finding ways to optimize this within given environments. Regarding the process of conceiving his representative work, the In the Beginning series, completed and presented in 1995, he explained: “Initially, I tried to print the work on a single large photographic paper, but such paper was not available in Korea. So, the idea of sewing came to mind. Since my father was in the textile business, I was familiar with sewing, and most importantly, I thought that the threads complexly entangled on the photographic paper surface symbolically expressed the complex fate of humans.” This was a representative case showing the artist’s attitude of acknowledging the physical limitations he faced while positively overcoming those limitations to create entirely new forms.

 

 

 

Figure 1. In the Beginning 10-1, Gelatin Silver Print, cotton, cloth, thread, sewing, 177×480cm, 1995,

Collection of National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea.

 

 

3. Koo Bohnchang’s Photography Way of Viewing Subjects and Objects

 

Since beginning his career as a photographer in the early 1980s, the subjects that Koo Bohnchang has held onto or been held by are objects destined to vanish naturally or be discarded and vanish when they deviate from their human-defined purposes. His photography is an expression of compassion and empathy toward all things that perish in this way. As Koo has mentioned in many media interviews, this is an obsession stemming from the sense of alienation from the mainstream that he experienced in childhood. Even everyday objects that are so familiar to us but that we consider trivial acquire different meanings when they pass through the mechanism of Koo’s sensibility, which views them with compassion. This means they speak confidently as the protagonists of photographs.

 

The power that dominates the atmosphere of Koo’s photographs and the secret hidden within his works can be called “compassion in solitude.” The photographs he has presented through numerous exhibitions and publications so far have developed remarkably diversely in terms of subject matter and expressive formats. However, the underlying current is a sense of compassion for things cast off from life’s order of survival and destined to disappear. Compassion is revealed in the process of identifying or homogenizing the self with such subjects, and this is ultimately a product of the loneliness felt when one feels alienated from the universal order of life. Koo’s photography is, therefore, “compassion in solitude.”

 

Koo applies very diverse methods in lighting, tone, and frame composition when taking portraits of objects. However, viewers share quite consistent feelings throughout his photographs. This is because the process of Koo treating, viewing, and framing objects as subjects occurs within his sensibility. When objects appear on the surface of his works, they are transferred as elements of the world inherent to the artist, completely unrelated to the primordial meaning of existence they originally possessed. Objects that confidently make sounds in other people’s works become supporting characters, and objects that were treated as trivial become masters of the screen. This process of order subversion is Koo’s photography. The confusion or pleasure that viewers experience when viewing Koo’s photographs is, therefore, natural.

 

All objects surrounding humans, when viewed from an existential dimension, have two inevitable destinies. One is a way of existing as objects themselves, having self-identity as elements within the vast order of objects. The creation and extinction of objects occur naturally within that order and have formed some system over a long history. The other is the destiny bestowed by humans, arising from their existence on this earth. In fact, all objects function for us as sign systems or meanings, partly because of the properties that objects themselves possess, but more because of phenomena that arise because we grasp the properties and order of objects and use them according to our intentions.

The Breath series, published in 1995, includes photographs taken while experiencing his father’s painful breathing and death just before his father passed away. This was a work that reduced his experience of his father’s death to a philosophical interpretation of death as a universal human problem. The year 1995, when the Breath series was published, was at the end of the 20th century. He sensed the fin de siècle atmosphere himself, and in addition to this, he was conscious of his father, who appeared in the photographs, breathing his last rapid breaths as he headed toward death. The artist’s role is to sublimate individual or collective experiences into works that draw audience empathy while simultaneously creating reflective time. For Koo, photography was an important medium that allowed him to fulfill such an artist’s role.

 

 

Figure 2. Breath 1, Gelatin Silver Print, 60.96×50.8cm, 1995, Collection of Seoul Museum of Art.	Figure 3. Breath 3, Gelatin Silver Print, 60.96×50.8cm, 1995, Collection of Hanmi Museum of Photography.

 

 

Moreover, Koo’s photography is characterized by subjects that, to the ordinary eyes, appear to be nothing more than everyday things. Walls with torn posters, garbage trucks in back alleys, hands leaning against windows, and street pavements with some pools of water—these are all commonplace sights that usually escape attention, things on the verge of disappearing under the weight of an uncertain future and the inevitability of fate. However, the single flow running through them was the expression of compassion and empathy for things that are discarded from the order of life, deviating from it and fading into disappearance.

The subjects that appeared in Koo’s Flow series presented at “Won Gallery” in Seoul in 1999—earth, water, and wood—were also very common and ordinary objects, naturally part of our surrounding environment. They were objects that had always existed and been seen, so we had carelessly overlooked them and, therefore, subjects that would never seem fresh, no matter when we looked at them. Because they were not special, they were subjects that had little visual appeal.

 

 

Figure 4. Flow-Earth 02, Gelatin Silver Print, 1999	Figure 5. Flow-Ocean 05-1, Gelatin Silver Print, 1999	Figure 6.. Flow-Tree 01, Gelatin Silver Print, 1999

 

 

However, for Koo, the Flow series arose from memories and a longing for nature as an integrated whole, where each element exists in harmony, and from reverence for its power or beauty. Koo Bohnchang praised moments of life reviving through the breath of great nature, which is a mimetic existence. Although the overall atmosphere of photographs using earth, water, and wood as subjects appeared to be in a very static state, he was able to capture the subtle energy of germination even in stillness with an attitude of contemplative immersion (Versenkung). He was able to create masterpieces where the intensity and loneliness of life and thought seeped out in streams from cleanly refined images.

 

Even such extraordinarily ordinary subjects acquire new meanings when they pass through Koo’s delicate and refined eyes. However, he does not deliberately exaggerate or distort objects for his intentions. Koo gives aesthetic value to subjects through either close-up shots or thorough isolation from their surroundings. This is where the characteristics of Koo’s photography are discovered. In this way, the “cynical objectivity of objects” that Koo pursues becomes much more clearly visible than photographs that overtly emphasize objectivity. This is precisely the typical photographic language that Koo enjoys using. It is a concept completely opposite to traditional photographic language.

 

 

Figure 7. Time of White Porcelain, Seoul Museum of Art

 

 

 

 

Figure 8. Group of Soaps 01, Archival Pigment Print, 158.78×98.73cm, 2009

 

 

Furthermore, if we carefully examine the frames in the works that Koo has shown over 45 years, we can find another distinctive photographic language that allows us to clearly feel Koo. That is Koo’s favorite use of photographic juxtaposition and combination. We sometimes experience cases where things that have no meaning when separated combine and form relationships to exert unexpected power. Koo’s works sometimes become works as single photographs, but sometimes, multiple photographs combine to create one work. The juxtaposition and combination of photographs was a very interesting photographic language chosen by Koo in the process of giving new object order, and this was also a method of new visual language that was rarely found in existing photographers’ or artists’ works.

 

4. The Historical Significance of Koo Bohnchang’s Photography

 

Koo Bohnchang is a photographer who embodies the achievements of modern visual theory through extremely instinctive sensibility. His photography, though not always, mostly undergoes very experimental formal manipulation processes. He not only diversely selects film, photographic paper, printing techniques, and frames but also utilizes the latest computer image manipulation functions. Therefore, his work transcends the medium of photography to combine with art or guides viewers to have new visual experiences in the process of emphasizing the characteristics of the photographic medium itself.

 

However, Koo’s success as an avant-garde of Korean photography was because manipulation was not merely formal play for him but a profound process for constructing a multilayered semantic network in photography. Moreover, it was a field of addition that sought to expand the meaning of photography and the objects it depicts, as well as a form of meaning-giving. Usually, hasty manipulation of photography and photographic subjects easily ends up as individual deviation or image play. However, Koo’s photographic work, based on unique thinking and sensibility, broadened the field of discussion about photography itself and, furthermore, provided opportunities to reconsider our concepts about the world.

 

Therefore, the significance of Koo’s success in the history of Korean photography lies in demonstrating that even constructive works can acquire aesthetic and historical value through formal experiments with media only when they have sufficiently fulfilled their role as single photographic images. In other words, Koo sublimated photographers’ emotions, sentiments, and worldviews into works by connecting personal and collective experiences in a weblike complex manner. As a result, his photography both drew audience empathy and provided reflective time.

 

Of course, it is not easy to accurately grasp the meaning contained in Koo’s photography. Nevertheless, one clear fact is that when viewed in the flow of our photographic history, Koo’s work provided new photographic forms and discourse, enabling Korean photography to greatly transcend existing frameworks. Through Koo, who has both quietly broken tradition with his own language and drawn his own forms and discourse based on traditional subjects, our photography world has developed very rich discussions. It is an undeniable, clear fact that the status of photography in our culture has been elevated to a higher status thanks to his photography, which contains the photographer’s way of seeing inherent in the photographed objects. For Koo Bohnchang, photography was the optimal and supreme medium that allowed him to pioneer new yet timeless perspectives of contemporary art.

 

 

 

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

 

구본창_具本昌_Koo, Bohnchang

 

March 6, 1953: Born in Seoul, Korea

 

1971-1975 B.A. Business Administration, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

1979 Kunstschule Alsterdamm Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

1980-1985 Diploma Fotodesign, Fachhochschule, Hamburg, Germany

1985 Photography lecturer, Shingu College, Seongnam, Korea

1985-1989 Photography lecturer, Seoul Institute of The Arts, Ansan, Korea

1986-1998 Photography lecturer, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea

1992 Guest Professor, International Summer Academy for Art and Design(Pentiment), Hamburg, Germany

1997 International Fellowship, Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston University, London, UK

1998-1999 CEO, Photography Art Shop “WorkShop 9”, Seoul, Korea

1999 Visiting Professor, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, UK

1999-2002 Professor of Photography, Kaywon College of Art and Design, Anyang, Korea

2001-2015 Chairman of Geonhi Art Foundation, Seoul, Korea

2003 Resident Artist, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France

2004 Guest Professor, International Summer Academy for Art and Design(Pentiment), Hamburg, Germany

2008 Art Director, Daegu Photo Biennale 2008, Daegu, Korea

2010-2018 Professor, Kyungil University of Photography & Video, Gyeongsan, Korea

2013 Curator, 4Eme Biennale: PHOTOQUAI 2013, Paris, France

2014 Curator, Les Rencontres d'Arles Photographie 2014, Arles, France

2018-현재 Chair Professor, Kyungil University, Gyeongsan, Korea

 

 

■ Solo Exhibitions

 

1983

BOHN CHANG, KOO, Pine Hill Gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

1984

Bohn-Chang Koo-Fotoausstellung, Fotogenes, Hamburg, Germany

 

1985

Photographs by Koo Bohn Chang, Hanmadang Gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

1987

One Minute Monologue, Photo Gallery Wide, Tokyo, Japan

One Minute Monologue, Photo Interform, Osaka, Japan

 

1988

Clandestine Pursuit in the Long Afternoon, Gallery Busan, Busan, Korea

 

 

1990

The Sea of Thought, Gallery Seomi, Seoul, Korea

 

1993

Good-bye Paradise, Gallery Seomi, Seoul, Korea

 

1995

Breath, Gallery Seomi, Seoul, Korea

In the Beginning, Gallery Ississ, Kyoto, Japan

 

1996

In The Beginning Series, A.O.I. Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

 

1998

BOHN-CHANG KOO, THE NINTH GATE The Westin JOSUN SEOUL, Seoul, Korea

구본창 사진전, Timespace, Seoul, Korea

 

1999

Flow, Gallery Won, Seoul, Korea

 

2000

Good-bye Paradise, Galleri Image, Aarhus, Denmark

White Series, Ricc/Maresca Gallery, New York

 

2001

Bohnchang Koo, Base Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

the Bohnchang Koo Photography Exhibition, Samsung Rodin Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Good-bye Paradise, Dong dong gallery, Seoul, Korea

White Series, Prinz Gallery, Kyoto, Japan

 

2002

In the Beginning, Shadai Gallery, Tokyo Institude of polytechnics, Tokyo, Japan

BOHNCHANG KOO: FRAGILE TREMORS, San Diego Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, California, USA

Masterworks of Contemporary Korean Photography, Peabody Essex Museum, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

 

2003

구본창 전, SAlIEM, Seoul, Korea

Masks, HANMI GALLERY, Seoul, Korea

Bohnchang Koo: Recent work, Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York, USA

BOHNCHANG KOO Works of Bohnchang Koo Part 1 "IN THE BEGINNING", Picture Photo Space, Osaka, Japan

BOHNCHANG KOO Works of Bohnchang Koo Part 2 "WHITE" "PENCIL OF NATURE", Picture Photo Space, Osaka, Japan

 

2004

Bohnchang Koo, HASTED HUNT, New York, USA

Bohnchang Koo MASQUES, WHITE, Galerie Camera Obscura, Paris, France

 

 

2005

Portraits of Time, White Room Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA

Rencontres une photographiques: La beauté endormie, Centre Culturel des Carmes, Langon, France

 

2006

Koo Bohnchang, Kahitsukan, Kyoto Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyoto, Japan

Bohnchang Koo Vesse, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea

사진을 통한 조선백자의 새로운 해석, Icheon World Ceramic Center, Icheon, Korea

Bohnchang Koo Vessels, Hasted Hunt Gallery, New York, USA

 

2007

Soap, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Bohnchang Koo, Galerie 206, Berlin, Germany

Bohnchang Koo, Goeun Museum of Art, Busan, Korea

 

2008

Coolness and Passion, Daegu MBC Gallery M, Daegu, Korea

In the Beginning, Trunk Gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

2009

Purity, Galerie Raum mit Licht, Wien, Austria

Vessel·Soap·Interiors, Galerie Camera Obscura, Paris, France

Pencil of Nature, Gallery Bow, Ulsan, Korea

 

2010

Masks, Stone Art Museum/Duson Art Museum, Jeju, Korea

Plain Beauty: Korean White Porcelain Photographs by Bohnchang Koo, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

 

2011

Bohnchang Koo, Kukje gallery, Seoul, Korea

The Baptist, Nuda gallery, Daejeon, Korea

Snow, Jeju Island, Trunk gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

2013

Koo Bohnchang Happy Memories, Ryugaheon Gallery, Seoul, Korea

The Interpretation of landscape, J-Hee Gallery, Gwangju, Korea

Interpretation of Surface, Bundo Gallery, Daegu, Korea

Slow Talk, Ivorypress, Madrid, Spain

 

2014

Koo Bohnchang Archives: 18 Exhibitions, The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea

The 13th Dong Gang Photography Award Exhibition , Dong Gang Museum of Photography, Yeongwol, Korea

Koo Bohnchang: Open End, Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milano, Italy

White On White, Villa Flor, S-chanf, Switzerland

 

2015

Power of the Image, 헤이엉갤러리, Datong, China

Koo Bohnchang, Nanohana Gallery, Hakone, Japan

백자의 시간, Yido Gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

2016

White Vessels, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

구본창 사진전-花, Shinsegae Gallery Gwangju, Gwangju, Korea

구본창 사진전-花, Shinsegae Gallery Incheon, Incheon, Korea

 

2018

구본창 개인전: 감춰진 얼굴-탈, Gallery 343, Seoul, Korea

Acqua·Water·물, Acquario Civico Milano, Milano, Italy

Solo Exhibitions Koo Bohnchang, Changseong-dong laboratory, Seoul, Korea

Koo Bohnchang Early Works 1970-1990 my beginnings, Gallery Bundo, Daegu, Korea

Solo Exhibitions Koo Bohnchang, Kukje Gallery, Busan, Korea

 

2019

Jeonju International Photo Festival 2019 Special Solo Exhibition Koo Bohnchang, Art Gallery Jeonju, Jeonju, Korea

The Allure of Blue, Ivorypress, Madrid, Spain

Incognito, The Museum of Photography, Seoul, Korea

Clandestine Pursuit in the Long Afternoon, Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Beyond the silver, SPACE 22, Seoul, Korea

 

2020

Dreams of Blue and White Bohnchang Koo's Recent Works, HK Art and Antiques LLC, New York, USA

Light Shadow, Korean Cultural Centre Australia Gallery, Sydney, Australia

 

2021

Lingering in Time: Koo Bohnchang's Photography, 1990-2021, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing, China

Lingering in Time, Modern Studio ZIWU, Shanghai, China

 

2022

Koo Bohnchang-MASK, Gangneung Museum of Art, Gangneung, Korea

Lingering in Time, Three Shadows Xiamen Photography Art Centre, Xiamen, China

Soap, Ryugaheon Gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

2023

Lingering in Time, Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Guangzhou, Beijing, China

Koo Bohnchang: Self-Portrait, Galerie Camera Obscura, Paris, France

KOO BOHNCHANG’S VOYAGES, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

 

2024

KOO BOHNCHANG: DAS CINEMA KINO, Picturehouse, Seoul, Korea

KOO BOHNCHANG: THE LOOK OF THINGS, Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, Korea

 

 

■ Group Exhibitions

 

1982

Fotoausstellung FOTO GRAFISCH GESEHEN, Hamburger Öffentliche Bücherhallen, Hamburg, Germany

 

1985

세계 보도사진가 100인 초대전, USA

 

1987

Lying Down as if Being Dead with Narrow Eyes…, Hanmadang Gallery, Seoul, Korea

다른 컬러 이미지 셋, Space Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

 

1988

The New Wave of Photography, Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, Korea

Seoul·8 Contemporary Photographers, Fuji Photo Salon, Seoul, Korea

 

1989

TWO PHOTOGRAPHERS FROM SOUTH KOREA, Sunny-Gate Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

Photography ’89-’90, Hanmadang Gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

1990

로체스터 대학 초청 2인전-두 명의 한국 사진작가, Bevier Gallery, RIT College, New York, USA

Mixed Media, Kumho Museum, Seoul, Korea

 

1991

한국예술가전

자하문미술관 개관 1주년 기념전 혼돈의 숲에서 1부 추상-이미지, Zahamuseum, Seoul, Korea

November, Horiaon of Korean Photography, Total Museum, Jangheung, Korea

 

1992

Oh! Motherland, Jahamoon Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Art & Photography, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea

The Groping Youth ’92, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

November, Horiaon of Korean Photography: Asian Eyes, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

 

1993

Interpretation·Observation, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea

자아와 전체의 접점에서, Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, Korea

The 1st Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia

Photography&Image, Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea

 

1994

한국 현대사진의 흐름: 1945-1994, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea

Horizon of Korean Photography-Eyes of the World, Gongpyeong Arts Center, Seoul, Korea

Visions from the land of the Morning Calm: Contemporary photography from South Korea, Pima Community College Art Gallery, Tucson, Arizona, USA

Internationale Fotos ’94, Ursula Blickle Prize, Kraichtal, Germany

 

1995

International Copy Art Expo, Gallery Art Beam, Seoul, Korea

Body or Gender, Gallery Nun, Seoul, Korea

사진·오늘의 위상, Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeongju, Korea

Korean Art Today, The National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China

The First Kwangju International Biennale Korea Contemporary Art, Gwangju Museum of Modern Art, Gwangju, Jeollanam-do, Korea

 

1996

Photography-New Vision, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

1996 SIAF(Seoul International Art Fair), KOEX(Korea Exhibition Center), Pacific Hall, Seoul, Korea

Gwangju-Exploring the Labyrinth, Songwon Gallery, Gwangju, Jeollanam-do, Korea

1996 SIAF, COEX, Seoul, Korea

 

1997

사진의 본질, 사진의 확장, Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, Korea

Vancouver International Art 97 Exhibition, Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre, Vancouver, Canada

Seoul Photography Exhibition '97, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Photographers from Korea Ⅰ, Gallery Issis, Kyoto, Japan

Three Contemporary Artists from Korea: Pilyun Ahn, Bohnchang Koo, Mikang Lim, Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston University, London, UK

 

1998

Landscape and Man: Asiatiska Fotografer, Ostasiatiska Museum, Stockholm, Sweden

ASIA Contemporary Photography from China, Korea, and Japan, One Columbus Place, New York, USA

Alienation and Assimilation, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, USA

Body & Photography, Hanlim Museum, Daejeon, Korea

드로잉 횡단전, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Project 8, Total Museum, Seoul, Korea

1990년대 한국현대미술의 쟁점 ｢매체와 평면｣展, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea

The Exhibition; Histrory of Korean Photography, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea

’98 Korean Contemporary Art Poetics of Time, Hoam Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

1999

PHENOMENA The Poetics of Science, Ansel Adams Center, San Francisco, California, USA

The 3rd Tokyo International Photo-Biennale: Fragments of Document and Memory, Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan

The Photograph Looks at Us, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

 

Seoul-Berlin, Kommuale Galerie, Berlin, Berlin, Germany

 

2000

Arhus Festuge, Galleri Image, Aarhus, Denmark

FotoFest 2000, Contemporary Korean Photographers: A New Generation, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA

Moonlight Becomes You-A Thousand and One Nights of Peace on Earth, The Center for Photography at Woodstock, New York, USA

Standing on the Threshold of Time Korean Photography, Odense Foto Triennale, Odense, Denmark

"after time", HOW Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Photo Festival 2000, Gana Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

2001

자연공부전, Dong Dong, Seoul, Korea

SEOUL AUCTION Photographs & Contemporary Art, SEOUL AUCTION, Seoul, Korea

2001 Photo Festival, Gana Art Center/Total Museum, Seoul, Korea

Michael Toenges & Bohnchang Koo Recent works, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA

鑑真和上と世界の写真家, Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan

Awakening, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, Australia

History and Consciousness, Dokdo, Seoul National University Museum, Seoul, Korea

 

2002

2002 Asia Photo Biennale-Living in a City, Gallery Lamer, Seoul, Korea

Joo Myung Duck·Koo Bohn Chang·Min Byung Hun, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

꽃보다 아름다운 몸, Seoul Science Museum Special Exhibition Hall, Seoul, Korea

Everyman: A Search for the Male Form, Camera Work, San Francisco, California, USA

VANDSKEL-WATERSHED, Art Center Silkeborg Bad, Silkeborg, Denmark

Photographie Contemporaine Coréenne, La Galerie Photo, Montpellier, France

Asian Crossing : vol.1, Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto, Japan

人·風(サラム·パラム)-韓国現代写真の地平, Museum of Modern Art, Saitama / Sendai Mediatheque, Saitama / Sendai, Japan

Now, What is Photo, Gana Art Gallery/Total Museum, Seoul/Yangju, Korea

Two Korean Photographers, Photo-Eye Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

Dong-Gang Photo Festival 2002, Student Gymnasium/Culture and Arts Center/Women’s Center, Yeongwol, Korea

 

2003

Selfportrait, Geonhi Art Foundation Virtual Gallery, www.geonhi.com

PHOTOGRAPHY, HISTORY AND MEMORY, Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea

다리를 도둑맞은 남자와 30개의 눈, 대림미술관 패션사진展, Daelim Museum, Seoul, Korea

Facing: Korea ID, Foam Fotografie museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

A Day in the Life of Africa: OLYMPUS E-1 Photo Exhibition, COEX, Seoul, Korea

East of Eden forbidden fruit in London, Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK

LE TEMPS ET L'INSTANT REGARDS DE 4 ARTISTES PHOTOGRAPHES, Galerie GANA-BEAUBOURG, Paris, France

 

2004

The Tenth International Biennial: FOTOFEST 2004-WATER, FotoFest 2004, Houston, Texas, USA

What happens between Art and Popular Culture, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

한국앱손이 초대하는 대표 사진가 4人展, Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea

 

2005

TROIS PHOTOGRAPHES CORÉNS, La Galerie du theatre, Gap, France

Stilled, Gallery 339, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Donggang International Photo Festival 2005 - Special Exhibition of Gangwondo Provincial Value Documentation Project, Donggang Museum of Photography Exhibition Gallery 1, Yeongwol, Korea

Contemporary Arts Exhibition - Passion, Seongnam Arts Center, Seongnam, Korea

 

2006

New Acquisitions, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

현대사진전 앵글의 휴머니티, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Jeollanam-do, Korea

차도살인지계(借刀殺人之計), CAIS GALLERY, Seoul, Korea

Camera Work, Nam Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

2006 Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu Culture Arts Center, Daegu, Korea

 

2007

2007 한국 현대사진 스팩트럼 전 "다섯 프로젝트" 첫번째 인체/육체, Trunk Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Dong-gang Special Photography Exhibition 2007: Seeing·Imagining, Dong-gang Museum of Photography, Yeongwol, Korea

Painterly Photos, Leehwaik Gallery, Seoul, Korea

갤러리 이룸 개관 기념 초대전 5028, irumgallery, Seoul, Korea

Landscape of Korean Contemporary Photography, Nam Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea, Seoul, Korea

Chuseok-Korean Harvest Festival, Gallery Talk ‘The Korean Moon Jar’, The British Museum, London, UK

동성 개교 100주년 기념전 현대미술 오늘과 내일, Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, Seoul, Korea

Void in Korean Art, Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

 

2008

Good Morning, Mr. Nam June PAIK, Korean Cultural Centre UK, London, UK

Today's Korean Art-The World of Expression, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea

Treasures Within, Nam Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Emotional Scenes, Blanca Berlín Gallery, Madrid, Spain

Presents the work of Bohnchang Koo & Maggie Taylor, Verve Gallery of Photography, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

Inspired Simplicity: Contemporary Art from Korea, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, USA

Contemporary Korean Photographs 1948-2008, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

Back to the Roots, Gallery Soheon, Daegu, Korea

Gaze, Gallery Grimson, Seoul, Korea

 

2009

Artists and Moon Jars, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea

Valentine's Day! Art for You!, 915 Industry Gallery, Seoul, Korea

The Still: Logical Conversation, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea

Contemporary Korean Photographs 1948-2008, Gyeongnam Art Museum Exhibition hall No1,3, Changwon, Korea

CANON PLEX OPENING EXHIBITION: Three Photographers-Koo Bohnchang, Kim Jung-Man, Bae Bien-U, Canon Plex, Seoul, Korea

Serotonin, Gallery Now, Seoul, Korea

PROBLEM, Dr.Park Gallery, Yangpyeong, Korea

Seoul Photo 2009, Coex, Seoul, Korea

Hannover Messe 2009-Made in Korea, Shin Lepers Building, Hannover, Germany

Translated Celadon: The Five Different Stories, Haegang Ceramics Museum, Icheon, Korea

Photo Beijing Contemporary Photography Art Fair, National Agricultural Exhibition Center, Beijing, China

한국 현대사진 대표작가전: 2009 오디세이, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea

Dong-gang International Photo Festival 2009: Masks-The Face beyond Faces, Dong-gang Museum of Photography, Yeongwol, Korea

Art Road 77-with art, with artist!, Lee & Park Gallery, Paju, Korea

Collection Highlights, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Gwacheon, Korea

Chaotic Harmony: Contemporary Korean Photography, Museum of Fine Art, Houston(MFAH), Houston, Texas, USA

Korean Contemporary Photo Now : Met First, Yet Familiar, 798 Space, Beijing, China

The Face beyond Faces MASKS, Sungkok Museum, Seoul, Korea

 

2010

2nd Biennale International de l’Image a Luang Prabang, Luang Prabang National Museum of Art, Luang Prabang, Laos

A Positive View, Somerset House, London, UK

Eternal Blinking: Contemporary Art of Korea, University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Hawaii, USA

30th Anniversary of the Young Korean Artists, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Gwacheon, Gwacheon, Korea

SEOUL PHOTO 2010, COEX, Seoul, Korea

Chaotic Harmony: Contemporary Korean Photography, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California, USA

Man Ray’s Photography & His Heritage, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

On the line - Exhibition Commemorating 60th Anniversary of the Korean War, Daelim Museum, Seoul, Korea

THE Asia Pacific Contemporary Art Fair, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China

Korean Rhapsoday A Montage of History and Memory, Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

SOAF(SEOUL OPEN ART FAIR), Coex B - G86 Gallery Now, Seoul, Korea

 

2011

Books & Objects: Koo Bonchang+Yamaguchi Nobuhiro, Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

Korean Spirit: six Photographers, Goyang Aram Nuri Arts Center, Goyang, Korea

Poetry in Clay, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, California, USA

Luminous: The Art of Asia, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, USA

Modern to Contemporary, Amway Gallery 2F, Amway Business & Brand Center, Seongnam, Korea

Fold III: Useless-Upcycling in Art & Design, Art+Shanghai gallery, Shaghai, China

꼭두박물관 제6회 기획전시 紙花 구본창 김태연, Kokdu Museum, Seoul, Korea

 

2012

달하 노피곰 도다샤 어긔야 머리곰 비취오시라, Ilwoo Space, Seoul, Korea

Photography from the Museum Collection: images of silence, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Gwacheon, Gwacheon, Korea

SOAF(SEOUL OPEN ART FAIR), COEX, Seoul, Korea

Motherhood, Ewha Womans University Museum, Seoul, Korea

Korean Mordern art Status and Prospects, Gwangju Museum of Art/Gwangju Culture & Art Center , Gwangju, Jeollanam-do, Korea

Mega Seoul 4 decades, The Museum of Photography, Seoul, Korea

THE WIDE VISUAL DOCUMENTATION, Tobacco Processing Plant Special Exhibition Space, Cheongju, Korea

Donated Photographs 2012, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Gwacheon, Gwacheon, Korea

 

2013

White & White, Museo Carlo Bilotti, Roma, ltaly

Bohnchang Koo×Ichigo Sugawara Photography Exhibition: Sakura, Tanakaya Gallery, Hirosaki, Japan

Bohnchang Koo × Ichigo Sugawara 사진전 Sakura, Tanakaya Gallery, Hirosaki, Japan

具本昌×菅原一剛写真展［桜］, Tanakaya Gallery, Hirosaki, Japan

Foundation of Photography, Art Space J, Seongnam, Korea

ON KOREA–Beyond the Silk Road, Taksim Sanat Galerisi, Istanbul, Turkey

4Eme Biennal: PHOTOQUAI 2013, Musée du Quai Branly, Paris, France

 

2014

Encounter “Korean Early Modernist and Modernist of Photographers (2) The Present of Korean Analog Photography(Jung Hai-chang: an encounter with the still life works of Koo Bon-chang), Trunk Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Blooming Silk Road, Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, Seoul, Korea

백자 예찬: 미술, 백자를 품다, Seoul Museum, Seoul, Korea

Dual Natures in Ceramics: Eight Contemporary Artists from Korea, SFO Museum, San Francisco, California, USA

Korean Beauty: Two Kinds of Nature, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Seoul, Seoul, Korea

The Other & Me, Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

The Rencontres d'Arles 2014, Arles, France

Daegu Photo Biennale 2014 Photographic Narrative: Origins, Memories & Parodies, Daegu Culture and Arts Center/Daegu Art Factory/Bongsan Cultural Center, Daegu, Korea

2014 Special Exhibition Biennale Archive: Voyage to Biennale-50 years of Contemporary Korean Art in Overseas Biennales, Busan Cultural Center, Busan, Korea

A Form As Thinking-Rediscovery of Drawing, Museum SAN, Wonju, Korea

부엌, 삶의 지혜를 담다, Onyang Folk Museum, Asan, Korea

Collage Art Weaving Stories Blending Images, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea

 

2015

OBIECTA, Giacomo Guidi, Roma, ltaly

BEYOND THE BORDERS, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul, Korea

ROMA VERSO EXPO: Invitation to Korean Dining INVITO ALLA CUCINA COREANA, Sala Zanardelli, Complesso del Vittoriano, Roma, ltaly

Simple Forms: Contemplating Beauty, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

Lies of Lies on Photography, Total Museum, Seoul, Korea

BODY, Handok Museum of Medicine and Pharmacy Life Gallery, Eumseong, Korea

Clunes Booktown Festival 2015, Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

Le Parfum dans tous les sens, Jardins du Palais Royal, Paris, France

Getxophoto 2016, Gexto, Bilbao, Spain

구본창·이승희, 조선백자의 혼을 담다, Choi Sunu House, Seoul, Korea

KOREA NOW! IN PARIS - KOREAN MODE EXHIBITION 2015, Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France

Traditional Alcoholic Beverages With Side Dishes, Arumjigi, Seoul, Korea

In the Spirit of George Rose 1904, 2015 Koo Bohnchang&William Yang, KF Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Body Speaking Words, The Museum of Photography, Seoul, Korea

Simsimhada, in the Paper Gallery, Seoul, Korea

A Homage to Korean Architecture-Wisdom of the Earth, Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

KOREA NOW, Korea Cultural Center, Brussels, Belgium

People, remembered, Art Space J, Seongnam, Korea

 

2016

청출어람: 경일대 구본창 교수와 제자들, Hyundai Dept. Store Gallery H, Daegu, Korea

Vies silencieuses, Galerie Camera Obscura, Paris, France

Orient / Asie – aller / retour, Musee National des Arts Asiatiques-Guimet, Paris, France

室禮 Shitsurai—Offerings—II, The Terminal Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

La terre, le feu, l'esprit. Chefs-d'œuvre de la céramique coréenne, Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France

Public to Private: Photography in Korean Art since 1989, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Seoul, Seoul, Korea

Unfamiliar memory, Unfamiliar time, Unfamiliar space, Gallery Now, Seoul, Korea

Noonbit Collection of Korean Photographer’s Works, Ryugaheon gallery, Seoul, Korea

Unconscious Aesthetics, Breathing Heritage: Contemporary Korean Ceramics, The Fondation Bernardaud, Limoges, France

Extra Ordinary: Koo Bohnchang, William Yang, George Rose, Korean Cultural Centre Gallery, Sydney, Australia

One Summer Day's Repose: Taste, Palate and Healing, Special Exhibition Hall II & Ochondaek, National Folk Museum of Korea, Seoul, Korea

Born in Flames: Korean Ceramics from the National Museum of Korea in Seoul, The State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia

The Colors in Korean Life and Culture, National Folk Museum of Korea, Seoul, Korea

 

 

2017

DNA of Coreanity, Wooyang Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeongju, Korea

Nature, Rocks, Flowers, Water and Clay, HK Art & Antique LLC, New York, USA

TIME, Centro Cultural de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, CCPUCP, Lima, Peru

Body, The Language of Sensation, Muan Seungwoo Oh Museum of Art, Muan, Korea

THE PRIDE OF KOREA, Lotte World Tower Seoul Sky, Seoul, Korea

A Joy of Spring: Scenery, Blossom and Delicacy, Special Exhibition Hall II & Ochondaek, National Folk Museum of Korea, Seoul, Korea

Leaving and Staying, Hoyeon Gallery, Suwon, Korea

Contemporary Korean Ceramic, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK

Photo Empathy, Unfolding at Chuncheon, Chuncheon Culture & Art Center, Chuncheon, Korea

Tal(Mask), Onyang Folk Museum, Asan, Korea

“Autumn” Embracing Moon Jars: Koo Bohnchang, Choi Youngwook Moon Jar Exhibition, Gallery We, Seoul, Korea

밤이 선생이다, Seongbuk Young Art Space, Seoul, Korea

Wintering, Special Exhibition Hall Ⅰ, National Folk Museum of Korea, Seoul, Korea

Uri Korea–Ruhe in Beschleunigung, MARKK(Museum am Rothenbaum Kulturen und Künste), Hamburg, Germany

 

2018

Blooming at the Junction, Korean Cultural Center Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

The Portrait With(out) Artists, Nam Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

2010-2018 Special Exhibition for Donated Artworks of MMCA, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

Water, Embracing Life, Gallery Hyeyum, Gwangju, Jeollanam-do, Korea

MEGA SEOUL 4 DECADES, Korean Cultural Center in the Philippines, Manila, Philippines

GMoMA Collection Highlights, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea

Still Life I–Still Remembering, Art Space J, Seongnam, Korea

Frames after Frames: Modern Photography Movement of Korea from 1988 to 1999, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea

2018 Jime i× Arles International Photography Festival, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Xiamen, China

 

2019

Greetings from South Korea, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing, China

2019 Living Antique Fair, Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, Museum 2, Seoul, Korea

THE MEMORY OF SPACE, Kimchungup Architecture Museum, Anyang, Korea

The Path to Peace through Strong National Defense, The War Memorial Of Korea, Seoul, Korea

The Square: Art and Society in Korea 1900-2019, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Gwacheon, Gwacheon, Korea

Daily Space: Shingled House, Onyang Folk Museum, Asan, Korea

Seeing Time, Seoul National University Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

 

2020

Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, USA

Moon Jar, choeunsook gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

Why Are We Fascinated by Moon Jars?, Gallery Now, Seoul, Korea

FORME, Galerie Camera Obscura, Paris, France

SIX PERSPECTIVES, Photo Exhibition of the Masterpieces the Gwangju National Museum, Gwangju National Museum, Gwangju, Jeollanam-do, Korea

Olympic Effect: Korean Architecture and Design from 1980s to 1990s, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

The 30th Anniversary of Korea-Russia Diplomatic Relations-The Centennial of Korean Art Photography, 1920-2020, The State Russian Museum and Exhibition Centre ROSPHOTO, Saint-Petersburg, Russia

 

2021

MEGA SEOUL 4 DECADES, Korean Consulate General in Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Medium, Space 55, Seoul, Korea

The Way We Eat, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Mega Seoul 4 Decades, Korean Cultural Centre Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

Post Modernity : Modernity, Hyper Reality : Reality, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea

Second: Why Are We Fascinated by Moon Jars?, Gallery Now, Seoul, Korea

VISION PERSONIFIED, Art issue projects Jeonju, Jeonju, Korea

Spielraum×Phytology, Museum SAN, Wonju, Korea

21st The Pingyao International Photography Festival, Ping Yao, Shanxi, China

Lunar Sonata: Hanji Works and Contemporary Art, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Wanju, Korea

Sounding The Gaze, KP Gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

2022

The Hidden Masterpiece, Gallery BK, Seoul, Korea

UNCOMMERCIAL: Korean Commercial Photography, 1984 and Beyond, ILMIN Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

The Special Exhibition Static x Motion : Tracing the Spirit of Korea, Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Koka, Japan

Mega Seul 6 Decadas, Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina

One Piece of Essence, Canon Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Morning Calm, Francis Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA

White porcelain, How Have We Humans Breathed Life into Soil?, Seoul Museum of Craft Art, Seoul, Korea

Paik Nam June Effect, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

PROMESEN TESTURA-LA TEXTURA DE LAS PROMESAS, kutxa kultur artegunea, San Sebastián, Spain

Between pictures and pictures, Gangneung Art Center, Gangneung, Korea

Dear Photography, MAF(mindful.art.forum), Seoul, Korea

Carousel, Atlas Gallery, London, UK

Making Worlds, Art Gallery NSW, Sydney, Australia

 

2023

Budapest Photo Festival: Korean Contemporary Photography Exhibition; Insights into Nature and Humanity, Korean Cultural Center in Hungary, Budapest, Hungary

5×5, Chuncheon Culture & Art Center, Chuncheon, Korea

Anthology of White, Gallery 3, Korean Craft Museum, Culture Factory 3F, Cheongju, Korea

RETURN OF CHEONMA, Gyeongju National Museum, Gyeongju, Korea

Beyond the Frames: Korean Art Photography 1920s-2020s, Radvila Palace Museum of Art of the Lithuania National Museum of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania

Ceramic Ritual Vessel, Connecting Heaven and Earth, Gyeonggi Ceramic Museum, Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

 

2024

Again, with Photography, Daegu Culture and Arts Center, Daegu, Korea

Korean Modern & Contemporary Art: The Echoes of the times, Ulsan Art Museum, Ulsan, Korea

Bird's Shadow Under the Stars, Ferris Gallery, Shenzhen, China

MMCA Photographs Collection: What's the Time in Your World?, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Gwacheon, Gwacheon, Korea

The virtuality of photography, Space55, Seoul, Korea

Spring·See, Gallery Now, Seoul, Korea

THE SPINNING EARTH, Namwon Kimbyungjong Art Museum, Namwon, Korea

CEMENT: MOMENT, Hanyang University Museum, Seoul, Korea

Endless Journey to Black Night, Museum Hanmi Samcheong, Seoul, Korea

Flowing Land: Pulsing Tributaries, Daegu EXCO East Building 1F Hall 6, Daegu, Korea

Art At Home, Seomi Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Meot: Korean Art from the Frank Bayley Collection, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, USA

Quiet Resonance, Art Gallery NSW, Sydney, Australia

Skin of Time, HANJI, Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition, Paris, France

Edition: Who Sets the NUMBER?, SPACESO, Seoul, Korea

STORIES YOU DIDN'T KNOW STORIES YOU KNOW, SPACE22, Seoul, Korea

공명하는 백색들, Cheonan Museum of Art, Cheonan, Korea

Collection 24, Gangneung Art Museum, Gangneung, Korea

 

2025

Staged: Studio Photographs from the Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Lunar Phases: Korean Moon Jars, Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA

Elegance and Simplicity: Bohnchang Koo and Geejo Lee, HK Art and Antiques LLC, New York, USA

ÉSTA ES MI CASA DETENIDA EN EL TIEMPO…, Galeria Blanca Berlin, Madrid, Spain

Art Basel Hong Kong 2025, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC), Hong Kong, China

MOVING LETTERS, KF XR Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Mega Seoul 8 Decades, Korean Cultural Centre Austria, Wien, Austria

Galleries Art Fair, Coex, Seoul, Korea

Have you eaten today?, Francis Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA

Hangeul International Pre-Biennale Drawn Words, Woven Lives, Jochiwon 1927 Art Center, Jochiwon, Korea

 

 

■ Curating

 

 

1987

Lying Down as if Being Dead with Narrow Eyes…, Hanmadang Gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

1988

The New Wave of Photography, Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, Korea

Seoul·8 Contemporary Photographers, Fuji Photo Salon, Seoul, Korea

 

1989

Photography, 89-90, Hanmadang Gallery, Seoul, Korea

 

1993

자아와 전체의 접점에서, Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, Korea

 

1995

Body or Gender, Gallery Nun, Seoul, Korea

Chung Hae-Chang, Gallery Nun, Seoul, Korea

 

1997

Photographers from Korea Ⅰ, Gallery Ississ, Kyoto, Japan

 

2000

FotoFest 2000, Contemporary Korean Photographers: A New Generation, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA

 

2001

Awakening, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, Australia

 

2007

Dong-gang Special Photography Exhibition 2007: Seeing·Imagining, Dong-gang Museum of Photography, Yeongwol, Korea

 

2008

Daegu Photo Biennale 2008 : Memories of the Past - East Asian Images from 100 Years Ago, EXCO 1F, Daegu, Korea

Daegu Photo Biennale 2008 : 4 Hidden Photographers, Daegu Culture&Arts Center, Daegu, Korea

Daegu Photo Biennale 2008: Then & Now-memories of the future, EXCO 1F, Daegu, Korea

 

2012

THE WIDE VISUAL DOCUMENTATION, Tobacco Processing Plant Special Exhibition Space, Cheongju, Korea

 

2013

4Eme Biennal: PHOTOQUAI 2013, Musée du Quai Branly, Paris, France

 

2014

The Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France

 

 

■ 저서 및 출판 1_Publications/Bibliography

 

1985

Koo Bohn-chang, Photographs by Koo Bohnchang, Hanmadang Gallery, Seoul, 1985.10.

Rick Smolan, David Cohen, A Day in the Life of Japan, New York: William Collins Sons&Co, 1985.11.

 

1986

Koo Bohn-chang, Monthly Design, Seoul: Design House, 1986.2.

 

1987

Jung Byung-kyu, Kang Un-ku, Kim Su-nam, Koo Bohn-chang, Constitution of the Republic of Korea, Seoul: Hyeonamsa Publishing, 1987.11.1.

 

1988

Koo Bohn-chang and 7 others, The New Wave of Photography, Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, 1988.5.

Koo Bohn-chang, Seoul·8 Contemporary Photographers, Fuji Photo Salon, Seoul, 1988.6.28.

1988-1992

Koo Bohn-chang, camera lucida No. 1-4, Photographic Society Camera Lucida, 1988-1992.

 

1989

Koo Bohn-chang, photo291, Seoul: photo291, 1989.1.

 

1989-1991

Lee O-young (text), Koo Bohn-chang (photography), Monthly Design, Seoul: Design House, 1989.3.-1991.2.

 

1990

Koo Bohn-chang, Mixed-Media, Kumho Museum, Seoul, 1990.

Koo Bohn-chang, The Sea of Thoughts, Gallery Seomi, Seoul, 1990.4.

Koo Bohn-chang (photography), “독자 앙케트 90년대 출판계에 거는 독자들의 기대”, Publishing Journal Serial No. 55, Seoul: Publishing Journal, 1990.9.5.

Koo Bohn-chang (photography), “토픽으로 보는 1990년의 출판·출판계”, Publishing Journal Serial No.74, Seoul: Publishing Journal, 1990.12.5.

 

1991

Pine hill gallery PHOTO 1981-1990, Pine Hill Gallery, Seoul, 1991.9.1.

November Horizon of Korean Photography Organizing Committee, November, Horizon of Korean Photography, Total Museum, Jangheung, 1991.11.

 

1992

Koo Bohn-chang, Oh! Motherland, Jahamoon Art Gallery, Seoul, 1992.6.

Koo Bohn-chang, The Sea of Thought, Seoul: Hanglim, 1992.7.1.

Seoul Arts Center, Art & Photography, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, 1992.10.8.

Jung So-yeon(text), Koo Bohn-chang(photography), “사진속의 추억과 환상, 사실과 추상”, The Korean Publishing Journal Serial No.114, Seoul: Korean Publishers Association, 1992.10.15.

The Groping Youth ’92, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, 1992.10.26.

November Horizon of Korean Photography Organizing Committee, November, Horizon of Korean Photography: Eyes of Asia, Seoul: Timespace, 1992.11.28.

 

1993

Interpretation·Observation, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, 1993.

The 1st Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 1993.

Koo Bohn-chang, Good-Bye Paradise, Gallery Seomi, Seoul, 1993.4.

Koo Bohn-chang and 7 others, 사진: 자아와 전체의 접점에서, Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, 1993.8.

 

1994

한국 현대사진의 흐름: 1945-1994, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, 1994.

Koo Bohn-chang, Art Vivant 25-Contemporary Korean Artists: Koo Bohnchang, Seoul: Sigongsa, 1994.1.30.

November Horizon of Korean Photography Organizing Committee, November, Horizon of Korean Photography: Eyes of the World, Gongpyeong Art Center, Seoul, 1994.8.

URSULA-BLICKLE-STIFTUNG, Internationale Photographie '94, URSULA-BLICKLE-STIFTUNG, Kraichtal, 1994.10.

 

1995

Korean Art Today, The Korea Foundation·National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art·The National Art Museum of China, Beijing, 1995.

사진·오늘의 위상, Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeongju, 1995.3.

Lee So-hyeong, International Copy Art Expo, Gallery Art Beam, Seoul, 1995.3.10.

Body or Gender, Seoul: The Sea of Thought, 1995.3.24.

Koo Bohn-chang, Breath, Seomi Gallery, Seoul, 1995.5.

The First Kwangju International Biennale Korea Contemporary Art, Gwangju Museum of Modern Art, Gwangju, 1995.11.5.

 

1996

Photography-New Vision, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, 1996.

Kim Shin, Koo Bohn-chang, Monthly Design, Seoul: Design House, 1996.8.

 

1997

Gwangju: Finding the Way in a Maze, Songwon Gallery, Gwangju, 1997.

Seoul Photography Exhibition '97, Seoul Metropolitan Government, Seoul, 1997.

Koo Bohn-chang, 사진의 본질, 사진의 확장, Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, 1997.3.

 

1998

Body & Photography, Daelim cultural foundation·Hanlim Museum, Daejeon, 1998.

1990년대 한국 현대미술의 쟁점, 매체와 평면, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, 1998.

Koo Bohn-chang, In the Beginning, Seoul: WorkShop 9, 1998.

Museum of Contemporary Photography·Columbia College Chicago, Alienation and Assimilation, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, 1998.4.4.

 

Koo Bohn-chang, “맛있는 사진”, Chosun Ilbo, Seoul: Chosun Ilbo, 1998.4.7.

Koo Bohn-chang, “사랑의 무게”, Chosun Ilbo, Seoul: Chosun Ilbo, 1998.4.15.

Koo Bohn-chang, “안으로부터 세계화”, Chosun Ilbo, Seoul: Chosun Ilbo, 1998.4.21.

Koo Bohn-chang, “참된 투자”, Chosun Ilb, Seoul: Chosun Ilbo, 1998.4.28.

Kim Ok-rang (editor), Lee Du-hyun (text), Koo Bohn-chang (photography), The Wooden Figures of Korea, Seoul: Youlhwadang, 1998.5.1.

Lee Yong-woo, Project 8, Total Museum, Seoul, 1998.10.1.

Choi In-jin, The Exhibition; Histrory of Korean Photography, Seoul: Korean Photography History Research Institute·Yeonwoo Publishing, 1998.11.20.

98 Korean Contemporary Art-Poetics of Time, Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, 1998.11.26.

Koo Bohn-chang, PHOTO ART, Seoul: Photo Art, 1998.12.

 

1999

1999 The 3rd Tokyo International Photo-Biennale - Fragment of Document and Memory, Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, 1999.

Seoul - Berlin, Seoul Metropolitan Government, Seoul, 1999.

The Photograph looks at us: 1999 Seoul Photo Exhibition, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, 1999.8.27.

 

2000

FotoFest 2000, Contemporary Korean Photographers the New Generation, Fotofest, Houston, 2000.

Koo Bohn-chang, KATALOG VOL.12 NO.2, Odense: Museet for Fotokunst, 2000. Spring.

Koo Bohn-chang, PHOTO ART, Seoul: Photo Art, 2000.5.

Musset for FotoKunst, Odense Foto Triennale/Festival of Light(Theme: Slowness), Odense: Musset for FotoKunst, 2000.8.

 

2001

서울옥션 제38회 사진과 현대미술, Seoul: SEOUL AUCTION, 2001.

Koo Bohn-chang, the Bohnchang Koo Photography Exhibition, Samsung Rodin Gallery, Seoul, 2001.

TOKYO GREAT VISAUL, GANJIN:鑑真和上と世界の写真家展, TBS, Japan, 2001.

Koo Bohn-chang (text/photography), Ideal Architecture, Busan: Ilsin Design & Architecture Office, 2001.3.

Koo Bohn-chang, Bohnchang Koo, Base Gallery, Tokyo, 2001.3.

2001 Photo Festival, Gana Art Center, Seoul, 2001.6.22.

Choi In-jin, Park Ju-seok, The Century of Korean Photography, Seoul: Vision, 2001.9.15.

 

2002

人·風(サラム·パラム)-韓国現代写真の地平, Museum of Modern Art Saitama / Asano Research Institute / Sendai Mediatheque, Saitama/Sendai, 2002.

People, Wind: Horizons of Korean Contemporary Photography, Museum of Modern Art Saitama / Asano Research Institute / Sendai Mediatheque, Saitama/Sendai, 2002.

Photographie Contemporaine Coréenne, Seoul: Art Agency Pa, 2002.

Joo Myung-duck, Koo Bohn-chang, Min Byung-hun, Joo Myung-duck, Koo Bohn-chang, Min Byung-hun, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, 2002.

History and Consciousness, Dokdo, Seoul National University Museum, Seoul, 2002.2.20.

VANDSKEL 2, KunstCentret Silkeborg Bad, Silkeborg, 2002.5.

WATERSHED 2, KunstCentret Silkeborg Bad, Silkeborg, 2002.5.

Now, What is Photo, Seoul: Publishing Gana Art, 2002.7.10.

Perspective of Korean Contemporary Photography, Management Committee DongGang Village of Photography/Timespace: Yeongwol/Seoul, 2002.7.27.

Hwang Kyu-ho (text), Koo Bohn-chang (photography), Asiana Vol. 14, No. 12, Seoul: Asiana Airlines, 2002.12.

 

2003

Koo Bohn-chang·Kotaro Iizawa, Bohnchang Koo, Hysteric Nine, Tokyo: Hysteric Glamour, 2003.2.25.

Koo Bohn-chang, Park Young-mi, Selfportrait: 1th Virtual Exhibition, Geonhi Art Foundation, Seoul, 2003.5.

Lee Hwa-young (editor), Koo Bohn-chang (photography), 여름아 옷을 벗어라, Seoul: Poetry & Poetics, 2003.6.7.

다리를 도둑맞은 남자와 30개의 눈, 대림미술관 패션사진展, Daelim Museum, Seoul, 2003.8.

Shin Kyung-sook (text), Koo Bohn-chang (photography), 자거라, 네 슬픔아, Seoul: Hyundae Literature, 2003.12.24.

 

2004

What happens between Art and Popular Culture, Gwacheon: National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art/Culturebooks, 2004.

George Rose, Korea through Australian eyes 1904, Seoul: Australia-Korea Foundation· Kyobo Book Centre Co., Ltd., 2004.3.5.

Choi In-ho (text), Koo Bohn-chang (photography), 어머니는 죽지 않는다, Seoul: Yeobaek Publishers, 2004.4.28.

Kim Seung-gon, Koo Bohn-chang, Youlhwadang, Photo Library 20: Koo Bohnchang, Seoul: Youlhwadang, 2004.7.10.

Koo Bohn-chang, Camera Work Vol.2-Bohnchang Koo Mask, The Museum of Photography Seoul, Seoul, 2004.10.

the Timeless Beauty, Seoul: Kaya Media, 2004.10.20.

Koo Bohn-chang, Portraits of Time, Seoul: Homi Publishing, 2004.12.

Exhibition "The Power of Photography"-2 "At the Boundary of Photography", Korea Photographers Association Pyeongtaek Branch, Pyeongtaek, 2004.12.11.

국립현대미술관 소장품선집, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, 2004.12.30.

 

2005

Contemporary Arts Exhibition – Passion, Seongnam cultural foundation, Seongnam, 2005.

Donggang Photo Festival 2005, Management Committee DongGang Village of Photography, Yeongwol, 2005.7.23.

 

2006

현대사진전 - 앵글의 휴머니티, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, 2006.

Sim Ui-ju (text), Koo Bohn-chang (photography), Happy Design House, Seoul: Design House, 2006.2.

New Acquisitions 2005, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, 2006.2.

Koo Bohnchang, Kahitsukan·Kyoto Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyoto, 2006.6.

Koo Bohn-chang, Koo Bohn-chang Portfolio 1-Vessels for the Heart, Paju: Hangil Art, 2006.7.10.

Koo Bohn-chang, Koo Bohn-chang Portfolio 2-Revealed Personas, Paju: Hangil Art, 2006.7.10.

Koo Bohn-chang, Koo Bohn-chang Portfolio 3-Deep Breath in Silence, Paju: Hangil Art, 2006.7.10.

Camera Work, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, 2006.8.

2006 Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu, 2006.10.19.

ESTRECHO DUDOSO, TEOR/ética, Costa Rica, 2006.12.

 

2007

Void in Korean Art, Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, 2007.

Didier Millet, 태국: 55명의 위대한 사진작가에 의한 왕국에서의 9일, Singapore: Brit Books, 2007.

현대미술 오늘과 내일, Dongsung 100th Anniversary Memorial Exhibition Promotion Committee, Seoul, 2007.

Landscape of Korean Contemporary Photography, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, 2007.9.

Koo Bohn-chang, Vessel, Tokyo: Rutles, 2007.9.20.

Koo Bohn-chang, Everyday Treasures, Tokyo: Rutles, 2007.9.20.

Okrang Cultural Foundation Editorial Department, 한국의 나무꼭두: 또 다른 여행길의 동반자, Seoul: Okrang Cultural Foundation, 2007.10.

 

2008

Good Morning, Mr. Nam June PAIK, British Korean Cultural Centre, London, 2008.

Korean Art Today_The World of Expression, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, 2008.5.22.

Treasures Within, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, 2008.6.

Korean Contemporary Photography 1948-2008, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, 2008.8.13.

Koo Bohn-chang, Coolness and Passion, Daegu MBC Gallery M, Daegu, 2008.9.

Koo Bohn-chang, A Perspective on 1980s, Seoul: Wow Image, 2008.10.28.

 

2009

MASKS, Sungkok Art Museum/Dong-gang Museum of Photography, Seoul/Yeongwol, 2009.

Modern Korean Artists, Korea Foundation, Seogwipo, 2009.

New Acquisitions 2008, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, 2009.3.

Translated Celadon: the Five Different Stories, Kookje University/Haegang Ceramics Museum, Pyeongtaek/Icheon, 2009.4.25.

Koo Bohn-chang, Purity, Galerie Raum mit Licht, Wien, 2009.5.7.

Choi In-ho (text), Koo Bohn-chang (photography), 가족 뒷모습, Seoul: Samtoh, 2009.7.7.

Kim Min-sung (editor), Koo Bohn-chang and 8 others (authors), 정지 그리고 인생은 다시 지나간다-한국 현대사진 대표작가 2009 오디세이, Seoul: JoongangBooks, 2009.7.14.

The Path to Peace through Strong National Defense, Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of Korea, Seoul, 2009.7.22.

Koo Bohn-chang·Anne Wilkes Tucker·Karen Sinsheimer, Chaotic Harmony: Contemporary Korean Photography, MFAH(The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston), Houston, 2009.10.20.

 

2010

On the line - Exhibition Commemorating 60th Anniversary of the Korean War, Daelim Museum, Seoul, 2010.

Man Ray’s Photography & His Heritage, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, 2010.

A Positive View, London: Somerset House, 2010.

Seoul Photo Office, SEOUL PHOTO 2010, Seoul: Photonet, 2010.4.26.

Choi In-hun (text), Koo Bohn-chang (photography), 길에 관한 명상-최인훈 전집 13, Paju: Moonji Publishing, 2010.6.24.

塑料公園: 韓國當代美術, Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing, 2010.8.

Korean Contemporary Art: Plastic Garden, Minsheng Art Museum, China, 2010.8.

Lee Young-hye (text), Koo Bohn-chang (photography), Happy Design House, Seoul: Design House, 2010.10.

Kim Young (text), Myung Su-jeong (illustration), Koo Bohn-chang (photography), 꼭두랑 놀자, Paju: Cheongnyeon Press, 2010.12.29.

 

 

2011

Koo Bohn-chang·Yamaguchi Nobuhiro, Books&Objects, Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul, 2011.

Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Korean Rhapsody: A Montage of History Memory, Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, 2011.3.17.

Koo Bohn-chang, Bohnchang Koo, Kukje gallery, Seoul, 2011.5.

Modern to Contemporary, Art, Amway Gallery, Bundang, 2011.10.17.

FOLD lll: USELESS / Upcycling in Art+Design, Art+Shanghai Gallery, Shanghai, 2011.12.

 

2012

Lee Young-jun, 12 Photographers, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, 2012.

Korean Mordern art Status and Prospects, Gwangju MBC, Gwangju, 2012.

Mega Seoul 4 Decades, The Museum of Photography, Seoul, 2012.9.8.

Koo Bohn-chang, The Wide, Yegam Co., Ltd., Cheongju, 2012.11.

 

2013

ON KOREA: Beyond the Silk Road, Istanbul-Gyeongju World Culture Expo 2013 Organizing Committee / Daegu Photography Culture Research Institute, Gyeongju/Daegu, 2013.

White&White: Dialogue between Korea and Italy, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, 2013.3.

Koo Bohn-chang·Sugawara Ichigo, 桜 (Cherry Blossoms), Tanakaya Gallery, Hirosaki, 2013.4.

Kwak Jae-gu and 4 others (authors), Koo Bohn-chang and 6 others (photography), BREATH AND REPOSE OF THE WETLAND, Seoul: SIGONG MEDIA, 2013.4.15.

Koo Bohn-chang, Slow Talk, Madrid: Ivorypress, 2013.11.

Shin Su-jin, FULL METAL JACKET, Seoul: Iann Books, 2013.11.20.

Koo Bohn-chang, Culture and I, 2013 Fall/Winter Issue, Samsung Cultural Foundation, Seoul, 2013.11.28.

 

 

2014

Kwangju International Biennale, 2004 Kwangju International Biennale: Sites, Kwangju: Publishing, Kwangju International Biennale, 2014.

Voyage to Biennale - 50 years of Korean Contemporary Art in Overseas Biennales, Busan Biennale Organizing Committee, Busan, 2014.

 

My Foolish Heart, Museum as it is, Japan, 2014.

부엌, 삶의 지혜를 담다, Onyang Folk Museum, Asan, 2014.

2014 Daegu Photo Biennale “Origin, Memories&Parodies”, Daegu Photo Biennale Organizing Committee, Daegu, 2014.

Koo Bohn-chang, Vessel, Ravenna: Danilo Montanari Editore, 2014.

Koo Bohn-chang, White, Ravenna: Danilo Montanari Editore, 2014.

Koo Bohn-chang, 공명의 시간을 담다: 시간을 수집하는 사진가, Paju: ahngraphics, 2014.4.1.

Korean Beauty: Two Kind of Nature, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, 2014.7.17.

13th Dong Gang Internatiional Photo Festival, Dong-gang Museum of Photography, Yeongwol, 2014.7.18.

Koo Bohn-chang, Noonbit Collection of Korean Photographer’s Works 001-DMZ, Koo Bohnchang, Seoul: Noonbit, 2014.11.25.

 

2015

Form As Thinking-Rediscovery of Drawing, Museum SAN, Wonju, 2015.

BEYOND THE BORDERS, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul, 2015.3.31.

Koo Bohn-chang, Lee Jin-sook, Lies of Lies on Photography, Seoul: Total Museum, 2015.6.21.

2015 Arumjigi Special Exhibition Traditional Alcoholic Beverages with Side Dishes, Arumjigi Foundation, Seoul, 2015.9.23.

Koo Bohn-chang, Catherine Croll, Robert Nelson, In Spirit of George Rose, Seoul: Koo Bohn-chang, 2015.10.12.

Koo Bohn-chang·山口信博/Yamaguchi Nobuhiro, Simsimhada, Seoul: DOOSUNG PAPER, 2015.10.22.

Koo Bohn-chang, White Vessels, Seoul: yido of Yi, Yoonshin Co., Ltd, 2015.11.

Koo Bohn-chang and 5 others, A Homage to Korean Architecture-Wisdom of the Earth, Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, 2015.11.

Kim Won and 6 others (text), Koo Bohn-chang and 10 others (photography), Wisdom of the Earth: Korean Architecture, Samsung Cultural Foundation·Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, 2015.12.15.

Jeon Bong-hee (text), Koo Bohn-chang (photography), Soswaewon: movement and stillness, Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, 2015.12.15.

Kim Bong-ryeol (text), Koo Bohn-chang (photography), Tongdosa: Harmony in Order, Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, 2015.12.15.

 

2016

The Colors in Korean Life and Culture, National Folk Museum of Korea, Seoul, 2016.

Korea Now! In Paris-Korean Mode Exhibition 2015, Hanbok Center, Seoul, 2016.2.22.

Lee Hyo-jin, TERAROSA No.22, Haksan Co., Ltd., Gangneung: Terra Rosa Coffee, 2016.4.

La terre, le feu, l'esprit: Chefs-d'œuvre de la céramique coréenne, Grand Palais/National Museum of Korea, Paris/Seoul, 2016.4.27.

Public to Private: Photography in Korean Art since 1989, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, 2016.5.

One Summer Day's Repose: Taste, Palate and Healing, National Folk Museum of Korea, Seoul, 2016.9.5.

 

2017

Choi Ji-eun, Koo Bohn-chang (photography), スッカラ, Seoul: ONE O ONE factory, 2017.

Choi Ji-eun, Koo Bohn-chang (photography), Spoon, Seoul: ONE O ONE factory, 2017.

Contemporary Korean Photography, Berlin: HATJE KANTZ·ilwoo foundation, 2017.

A JOY O SPRING: Scenery, Blossom and Delicacy, National Folk Museum of Korea, Seoul, 2017.

BODY, THE LANGUAGE OF SENSATION, Muan-gun Oh Seung-woo Art Museum, Muan, 2017.

Onyang Folk Museum, Tal(Mask), Onyang Folk Museum, Asan, 2017.12.6.

 

2018

Asian Art Museum of San Francisco Collection Highlight, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, 2018.

Wintering, National Folk Museum of Korea, Seoul, 2018.

Koo Bohn-chang, Tools from Nature, Onyang Folk Museum, Asan, 2018.

The Portrait With(out) Artist, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, 2018.3.23.

Koo Bohn-chang, Acqua·Water·물, Acquario Civico di Milano, Milano, 2018.4.

Water, Embracing Life, Gallery Hyeyum, Gwangju, 2018.5.10.

Koo Bohn-chang, Monthly Photography, Seoul: Monthly Photo, 2018.8.

Koo Bohn-chang, Early Works 1970-1990 my beginnings, Daegu: Gallery Bundo, 2018.9.

Mega Seoul 4 Decades, Ga-hyeon Cultural Foundation, Seoul, 2018.8.10.

 

2019

Frames after Frames: Modern Photography Movement of Korea from 1988 to 1999, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, 2019.

Park Young-sook, Spectrum of Contemporary Photography in Korea, Seongnam: Hexagon, 2019.1.1.

2019 LIVING ANTIQUE FAIR, Seoul: Inter Art Channel Co., Ltd., 2019.4,17.

Koo Bohn-chang, The Allure of Blue, Madrid: Ivorypress, 2019.5.

Im Na-ri, Koo Bohn-chang, Domus Korea N.02 : Gonggamgak, Seoul: ONE O ONE Plus, Seoul, 2019.5.15.

THE MEMORY OF SPACE, Anyang Foundation for Culture&Arts, Anyang, 2019.8.20.

Koo Bohn-chang, Paju: Youlhwadang, 2019.10.

Koo Bohn-chang, Incognito, The Museum of Photography, Seoul, 2019.10.12.

Koo Bohn-chang, Clandestine Pursuit in the Long Afternoon, Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo, 2019.10.

Koo Bohn-chang, Beyond the Silver, Space22, Seoul, 2019.11.

Seeing Time, Seoul National University Museum of Art, Seoul, 2019.12.

National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art , Research Department, 국립현대미술관 소장품 300, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, 2019.12.20.

 

2020

The Square: Art and Society in Korea 1950-2019, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, 2020.4.15.

Koo Bohn-chang, light shadow, Korea Cultural Center Australia, Sydney, 2020.9.

Six Perspectives - Photo Exhibition of the Masterpieces from the Gwangju National Museum, Gwangju National Museum, Gwangju, 2020.9.7.

 

2021

Souvenirs from China, Seongnam: mindeyes, 2021.

Lunar Sonata: Hanji Works and Contemporary Art, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Wanju, 2021.

Mega Seoul 4 Decades, Ga-hyeon Cultural Foundation, Seoul, 2021.1.8.

Olympic Effect : Korean Architecture and Design from 1980s to 1990s, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, 2021.3.31.

Koo Bohn-chang, Soap, Seongnam: mindeyes, 2021.4.16.

Post Modernity : Modernity, Hyper Reality : Reality, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, 2021.6.

Park Ji-soo, Koo Bohn-chang, VOSTOK No. 28, Seoul: Vostok Press, 2021.7.16.

Koo Bohn-chang (photography), Becoming One with Tea, GENESIS HOUSE Arumjigi Foundation, Seoul, 2021.7.27.

2021 21th Pingyao International Photography Festival, China Photographers Associarion, Beijing, 2021.9.

Spielraum × Phytology, Museum SAN, Wonju, 2021.9.

Koo Bohn-chang, Lingering in Time : Koo Bohnchang's Photography 1990-2021, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing, 2021.9.

 

2022

Koo Bohnchang-MASK, Gangneung Art Museum, Gangneung, 2022.6.

Koo Bohn-chang, BOBODAM Issue 45, Seoul: LSNetworks, 2022.8.10.

Static x Motion: Tracing the Spirit of Korea, Shiga Prefectural Ceramic Forest, Koka, 2022.10.13.

静中動：韓国のスピリットをたどる一開かれた陶のアート, 시가 현립 도예의 숲, Koka, 2022.10.13.

Koo Bohn-chang, KOREA; In the 1980's, Seongnam: mindeyes, 2022.11.1.

20 Years of The Museum of Photography, The Museum of Photography, Seoul, 2022.12.14.

2021 New Acquisitions, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, 2022.12.21.

 

2023

Koo Bohn-chang, くらしの宝石, [second edition], Tokyo: Bon Book, 2023.

Koo Bohn-chang, Everyday Treasures, [second edition], Tokyo: Bon Book, 2023.

Korean Contemporary Photography Exhibition: Insights into Nature and Humanity, Korean Cultural Centre Hungary·Artspace Lumos, Hungary, 2023.

Koo Bohn-chang, Choi Yeon-ha, The Contemporary Poetry 612, Seoul: Hyundai Poetry Press, 2023.3.

Anthology of White, Cheongju Korean Craft Museum, Cheongju, 2023.5.2.

Again, with Photography!, Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu, 2023.9.21.

Koo Bohn-chang, 2023 9th Daegu Photo Biennale, 2023년 제9회 대구사진비엔날레 강연 워크숍-사진의 힘과 동시대 시각문화, Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu, 2023.10.

 

2024

Koo Bohn-chang·François Soulages, La beauté d’un Tout, Paris: L'Harmattan, 2024.

KOO BOHNCHANG'S VOYAGE, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, 2024.

MMCA Photographs Collection: What's the Time in Your World?, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, 2024.3.27.

Endless Journey to Black Night, Museum Hanmi, Seoul, 2024.5.22.

Koo Bohn-chang, Kwon Ji-hye, Kim Young-seop, Monthly Photography, Seoul: Monthly Photo, 2024.6.

 

2025

Museum Hanmi, Mega Seoul 4 Decades, Museum Hanmi, Seoul, 2025.

Lunar Phases: Korean Moon Jars, Denver Art Museum, Denver, 2025.1.1.

Asia Cultural Center, 2024 ACC FCOUS , Asia Cultural Center, Gwangju, 2025.1.17.

 

 

1983

Hong Sun-tae, Pine Hill 33, Seoul: Restaurant Pine Hill, 1983.9.20.

 

1985

Kim Seung-gon, Art World, Seoul: The One Art World, 1985.11.

 

1992

Lee Young-jun, Gana Art, Seoul: Gana Art Gallery, 1992.3.

 

1993

Gana Art, Korean 30 Artist, Seoul: Gana Art, 1993,6.23, pp. 44-55.

Sawaragi Noi(椹木野衣), “November Exhibition, Genre Interaction,” déjà-vu No.12, Tokyo: Déjà Vu, November 1993.

 

1995

Yoon Se-young, PHOTO ART, Seoul: Photo Art, 1995.1.

 

1996

Kim Seung-gon, Gana Art, Seoul: Gana Art Gallery, 1996.7-8.

Kim Seung-gon, Monthly Art, Seoul: Art Magazine Monthly Art, 1996.8.

 

1998

Oh Kwang-su, The Kyunghyang Shinmun, Seoul: The Kyunghyang Shinmun, 1998.11.4.

Cho Wu-seok, Korean Photography Theory, Seoul: Noonbit, 1998.11.5.

Lee Ju-hyun, Hankyoreh, Seoul: Hankyoreh, 1998.11.17.

Lee Ju-hyun, Hankyoreh, Seoul: Hankyoreh, 1998.11.24.

Jin Dong-seon, Monthly Art, Seoul: Art Magazine Monthly Art, 1998.12.

Lee Ju-hyun, Hankyoreh, Seoul: Hankyoreh, 1998.12.1.

 

1999

Choi Geon-su, Photography and Life, Seoul: Sigongsa, 1999.3.20.

Kim Dae-sik, Art World, Seoul: The One Art World, 1999.5.

 

2000

Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle, Houston: Houston Chronicle, 2000.3.2.

Patricia C. Johnson, Houston Chronicle Zest, Houston: Houston Chronicle, 2000.3.12.

Vicki Goldberg, “The Plain Old Still Camera Is Still in the Forefront,” The New York Times, New York: The New York Times, 2000.4.30.

A.D Coleman, Photonews, Canada: Photonews, 2000.5.

Mogens Damgaard, Fyens Stiftstidende, Odense: Fyens Stiftstidende, 2000.8.24.

Jin Dong-seon, PHOTO ART, Seoul: Photo Art, 2000.12.

 

2001

Birgit Mersmann, “Bohnchang Koo Time Live-Life Time Spekulationen über Leben und Tod”, KUNSTFORUM No. 156, Köln: Kunstforum, 2001, pp. 468-470.

Kim Seung-gon, Monthly Art, Seoul: Art Magazine Monthly Art, 2001.5.

Shin Su-jin, PHOTO ART, Seoul: Photo Art, 2001.6.

 

2002

2002 Asia Photo Biennale-Living in a City, Seattle: Asia Photography Association, 2002.3.27.

Cate McQuaid, “Photographer’s work embraces life’s transience,” The Boston Globe, Boston: The Boston Globe, 2002.12.5.

 

2003

Baek Ji-sook · Lee Young-cheol, Facing: Korea, Korean Contemporary Art 2003, Seoul: Yellow Sea Publication, 2003.

Jin Dong-seon, Koreana Vol. 17 No.3, Seogwipo: The Korea Foundation, 2003.

Diana Gaston, “The Photographs of Bohnchang Koo: Time in the Smallest Denomination,” Art on Paper Vol.7 No.4, New York: Art on Paper, 2003.1-2, pp. 56-61.

“In the Beginning,” Photo Italia, Milan: Photo Italia, 2003.9, pp. 46-51.

 

2004

Han Sung-pil, PHOTO ART, Seoul: Photo Art, 2004.5.

Brigitte Ollier, “Photo, Le photographe coréen saisit l'étrangeté des personnages masqués du théâtre talchum,” Libération, Paris: Libération, 2004.12.15.

 

2005

Claire Guillot, “Les traces fragiles de Bohnchang Koo,” Le Monde, Paris: Le Monde, 2005.1.29.

 

2006

Cho, Ines, Photographic Memories: An artist explains, Seoul: Korea JoongAng Daily, 2006.7.25.

Patrick Loughran, la revue de la Ceramique et du verre, Paris: Editions Ateliers d'Art de France, 2006.9.1.

Kang Su-mi, Kyosu Sinmun, Seoul: Kyosu Sinmun, 2006.10.30.

2007

Kim Yoon-su, 17+i The Discovery of Photography, Seoul: Baramgudu, 2007.1.2.

Shin Su-jin, Mirror Myth-12 Photographers Creating the Emotional Face of Our Times, Imprint Edition, Paju: Ppul(Woongjin), 2007.5.15.

 

2008

Lim Jong-eop, Hankyoreh, Seoul: Hankyoreh, 2008.1.18.

 

 

2010

Jeon Young-baek (editor), 22 artists Communicating with their Era, Paju: Kungree Publishing, 2010.6.1.

Sozanski, Edward, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia: The Philadelphia Inquirer, 2010.7.25.

2011

Kang Su-mi, Today’s Artists Vol. 1, Seoul: Hakgojae, 2011.11.22.

Chun, Jesse, “Koo Bohnchang: seizing the moment”, The Korea Times, Seoul: The Korea Times, 2011.11.25.

 

2013

Keiko S. Hooton·Tony Godfrey, Contemporary Photography in Asia, Prestel Press, 2013.

Ban Chil-hwan, Happy, Design House, Seoul: Design House, 2013.4.

MIGUEL ÁNGEL GARCÍA VEGA, “La fotografía tranquila de Bohnchang Koo”, EL PAÍS, Madrid: EL PAÍS, 2013.12.1.

 

2014

Estella de Diego, EL PAÍS Babelia, Madrid: EL PAÍS Babelia, 2014.1.18.

 

2015

Chin Jung-kwon, The secrets of the artists Chin Jung-kwon met, Seoul: Changbi, 2015.3.25.

Park Hyun-wook, “study on the record expression about missing everyday objects : focusing on my works,” Sungkyunkwan University Graduate School Department of Fine Arts, 2015.8.

Yoo Kyung-hee, “The formation of fiber art expressing the passage of time : focusing on the researcher's works,” Wonkwang University Graduate School Department of Formative Arts, 2015.8.

Im Eon-young, “Simple and Profound Collectors: Koo Bohnchang × Yamaguchi Nobuhiro,” Seoul: Woman Chosun, 2015.11.5.

 

2016

l'Oeil de la photographie, Paris: l'Oeil de al photographie, 2016.9.20.

 

2017

Charlotte Horlyck, Korean Art-From the 19th Century to the Present, London: Reaktion Books Ltd, 2017.

Lee Seong-bae, “Expression on Body Photos as a symbol of masculinity due to influence of mass media,” Kookmin University Graduate School of Design Photography and Video Major 2017.2.

Lee Ji-yeon, Haeran, Around Vol. 45, Seoul: Around Co., Ltd., 2017.4.

Les, VOSTOK No. 5, Seoul: Vostok Press, 2017.9.6.

 

2018

Kim Min-jung, Monthly Photography, Seoul: Monthly Photo, 2018.2.

Yoon Se-young, PHOTO ART, Seoul: Photo Art, 2018.3.

Lee Da-young, Heren No. 138, Seoul: Jungang M&B, 2018.3.

Cho Jeong-sook, “The imagination of water in Water, Mirror of Contemplation,” Kyungil University Graduate School Department of Photography and Video, 2018.8.

Kim Hee-geun, Woo Hye-soo, Korean Art - Pioneers of Today, Contemporary Art Association, 2018.10.12.

Shim Woo-hyun, The Korea Herald, Seoul: The Korea Herald, 2018.12.17.

Lee Sang-yeop, Monthly Public Art Magazine No. 148, Seoul: Art Inpost Co., Ltd., 2018.12.28.

Kim Kye-won, Journal of Korean Modern & Contemporary Art History Vol. 36, Second Half 2018, Seoul: Association of Korean Modern and Contemporary Art History, 2018.12.31.

 

2019

Cho So-hyun, “Koo Bohnchang’s Unopened Works,” Doosan Magazine, Seoul: Doosan Magazine, 2019.2.17.

Son Young-ok, The Kukmin Daily, Seoul: The Kukmin Daily, 2019.11.25.

Noh Hyoung-seok, Hankyoreh, Seoul: Hankyoreh, 2019.12.5.

Park Lee-hyun, Monthly Photography, Seoul: Monthly Photo, 2021.2.15.

 

2020

Lee Young-jun, Korean Art From 1953-Collision, Innovation, Interaction, Phaidon Press: London, 2020.

Kim Young-na, Moving Reflection, Korean Art Since 1945, Seoul: Mijinsa, 2020.3.9.

John McDonald, The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney: The Sydney Morning Herald, 2020.9.12.-13.

 

2021

Jeon Ga-kyung, Jung Jae-wan, Extra Archive: Design History Research No. 2, Design History Society of Korea, 2021.2.

Ju Byung-heon, “Theory of 'Dust Report' : focused on work with ‘Dust’, ‘Dust in Dust’, ‘In the process of becoming Dust',” Chung-Ang University Graduate School Department of Applied Arts Applied Photography Major, 2021.2.

Park Lee-hyun, “Bohnchang Koo-Aesthetics of Collection”, Monthly Photography, Seoul: Monthly Photo, 2021.2.15.

Min Byung-mo, Question Vol. 47, Seoul: Nane, 2021.3.

Song Su-jung, Korean Art 1900–2020, Seoul: National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, 2021.9.30.

 

2022

Yoon Se-young, Korean Contemporary Photographers, Seoul: Photo Art, 2022.4.27.

Yoon Hye-jung, Life, Art, Seoul: Eulyoo Publishing, 2022.7.20.

Yoon Se-young, PHOTO ART, Seoul: Photo Art, 2022.10.

Kim Hye-won, The Cartel of Poetry, Photography, and Humanities, Seoul: Noonbit, 2022.11.20.

 

2023

Lee Pil, PHOTO ART, Seoul: Photo Art, 2023.1.

Hwang Kyo-jin, “Artist Who Steals Souls with Camera-Icon of Korean Contemporary Photography, Photographer Koo Bohnchang (Business Administration 71),” Seoul: Yonsei University Public Relations Team, 2023.1.23.

Ilmin Visual Culture Editorial Committee (ed.), Ilmin Visual Culture 11 Uncommercial: Korean Commercial Photography After 1984, Seoul: Workroom Press, 2023.5.26.

 

2024

Heo Hwa-young, “Koo Bohnchang's Photographic Exploration: The Expansion of the Medium and the Proliferation of Korean Contemporary Photography,” Hongik University Graduate School, 2024.8.

Choi Bong-rim, Kim So-hee, Bang Kyung-ji, Museum Hanmi Research Institute Vol. 15 - Korean Photography History Art Project Major Photography Exhibitions in the 1990s, Seoul: Ga-hyeon Cultural Foundation, 2024.12.1.

 

2025

Park Mi-kyung, Memory of Photography, Seoul: Archives Ryugaheon, 2025.4.14.

 

 

 

■ Collections

 

Amorepacific Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea

Gallery Seomi, Seoul, Korea

Goeun Museum of Photography, Busan, Korea

Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeju, Korea

Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Municipal Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea

National Folk Museum of Korea, Korea

National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeongju, Korea

The Museum of Photography, Seoul, Korea

 

Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, Australia

Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, California, USA

Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA

Fondation Herzog, Basel, Switzerland

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art in Cornell University, New York, USA

Kahitsukan, Kyoto Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyoto, Japan

Museum of Arts and Crafts, Hamburg, Germany

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, USA

Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, Japan

Musée Carnavalet, Paris, France

Musée Guimet, Paris, France

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Photo Interform, Osaka, Japan

Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia

Reykjavik Museum of Photography, Reykjavik, Iceland

State Library, Victoria, Australia

Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California, USA

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California, USA

Shadai Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Seattle Asian Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, USA

The British Museum, London, UK

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK

 

[Private Collectors]

Dancing Bear/ W.M. Hunt

Elena Ochoa Foster

Newhouse Collection

Sammlung Anne Maria Jagdfeld
The Buhl Collection, New York, USA

The Ock Rang Cultural Foundation, Seoul, Korea

 

 

■ 수상_Awards

 

2000 The 2nd Lee Myoungdong Prize, Seoul, Korea

2003 The 1st Gangwon Documentary Photographer Prize, Gangwon-do, Korea

2014 The 13th Dong Gang Photography Award, DongGang Village of Photography Management Committee, Yeongwol, Gangwon-do, Korea

2015 The 47th Republic of Korea Culture and Arts Award (Fine Arts), President of the Republic of Korea, Seoul, Korea

2022 The 63rd Samil Prize: Arts, Samil Foundation, Seoul, Korea

2024 The 15th Seoul Culture Today Cultural Awards Special Grand Prize, Seoul Culture Today, Seoul, Korea

2025 35th Samsung Ho-Am Prize: Arts, Ho-Am Foundation, Seoul, Korea