Resume

Education

MFA, Experimental Animation, California Institute of the Arts
BFA, Painting & Drawing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
BA, Law, Hanyang University

 

Profession

2009-Present: Artist of ILLUMINATED METROPOLIS INC. NYC
2006-2009: Artist of ABRI INC. NYC

 

Solo Exhibitions

<2006>

• Moving Painting, Feb 22-27 2006, Kyung-in Museum of Fine Art, Seoul

 

Group Exhibitions

<2011>

• OFFdoci Table Station (OTS) Showcase, Dec 10-23, Underground Art Channel
• Video + Cast, Oct 5-30, Arko Art Center
• OFFdoci Table Station (OTS), Sept 2-19 2011, Underground Art Channel
• Artist Mobile Communicator (AMC), Sept-Dec 2011, Underground Art Channel
• Media Art Play @KEETSA, 69 Mercer St. New York

<2010>

• Shoah Film Collection, 2010, Germany
• Crisis? What crisis?, 2010, Wannabe Gallery, Milan
• Premio Artivisive San Fedele, 2010, Milan
• INSTANT GRATIFICATION: los angeles, Jan 9 2010, Copro Gallery, Santa Monica

<2009>

• baltimore vs. the world DVD publication, Dec 2009, Current Gallery, MD
• Alternative Visual ­ Kitsch Parade, Dec 3-23 2009, I-Gong, Seoul
• Happiness is a warm projector, Nov 12 2009, Artists' Television Access, San Francisco
• the 20th Anniverssary of the fall of Berlin Wall, Nov 5-25 2009, Copley Library, Univ. of San Diego
• 2009 Science & Art, Nov 3-9 2009, Gwacheon National Science Museum, S.Korea
• WOW FLASK B, Oct 13-25 2009, Seoul
• Lucky Strike Lanes & Lounge, 2009, CA
• Contemporary Fine Art Exhibition, Sept 5-7 2009, Four Seasons Resort Aviara, San Diego
• A Polaroid Party, Aug 7 2009, the Hibbleton Gallery, CA
• 404 Festival 2009, Aug 6 2009, Italy & Switzerland
• neMaf 2009, Aug 1-9 2009, Seoul, S.Korea
• Shifting Mass, Jul 9-Aug 3 2009, the Downtown Art Center Gallery, LA
• Authors & Artists, May 15 2009, the New Children's Museum Exhibition, San Diego
• WEST SOUTHWEST: ABQ-LA Exchange, Apr 1-May 16 2009, 516 ARTS & LA Artcore
• 'Cross Animate', Apr 2-May 9 2009, Coreana Museum of Art, Seoul
• All Art Now International Video Art Festival 2009, Syria
• the Independent Coffee Shop Network

<2008>

• Art Tech Media 08, Oct 10-11, Spain
• Square Eyes Festival 2008, Oct 3-5, Netherlands
• 2008 Emerging Artists' Exhibition, Sept 2-30 2008, The Downtown Art Center Gallery, LA
• 944 magazines 5 year anniversary art show, Aug 29-31 2008, San Diego
• [art]iculated COMICWALK, Jul 25 2008, San Diego
• Urban Jealousy, 1st International Roaming Biennial of Tehran, May 30-Jun 6 2008, Istanbul
• Circulating Exhibition of Korean Modern Art in Central America, May 17 & Jun 14 2008, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Chile
• INTERMODEM Featival, Mar 6-May 11 2008, Modern and Contemporary Art Centre, Hungary
• [art]iculated, Apr 24 2008, Gallery 123, San Diego

<2007>

• Smooch! Smooch! New Media Festival in Seoul 2007, Nov 9-27, Seoul
• Art in Daegu 2007, Oct 12-19 2007, Screenings on 12 Electric Boards in Daegu City, S. Korea
• Fall of the New, Oct 7 2007, Barnesdall Art Park, LA
• The Five Senses: Art & the Written Word, Sep 28-Oct 29 2007, Northbrook Public Library, IL
• INTERMODEM Virtual Workroom, Sept 24-29 2007, Modern and Contemporary Art Centre, Hungary
• Circulating Exhibition of Korean Modern Art in Central America, Sep 13-Nov 18 2007, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Chile
• Ongoing_OFF_1℃, Aug 31-Sept 1 2007, Seoul
• A Midsummer Night's Dream, the 11th Suwon Hwaseong Fortress Theatre Festival, Aug 16-25, S.Korea
• Projekt30, Aug 2007
• Artscape 2007, Jul 20-22 2007, Baltimore
• Selected Slamdance Shorts, Jul 11 2007, The Hammer Museum, LA
• Video/Film Fest, Balatonfured, Hungary 2007, The Hungarian Multicultural Center, Inc
• SHORT ATTENTION SPAN CINEMA, Jun 30 2007, IFC Center, NYC
• Screening with feature film, May 9-15 2007, IFC Center, NYC
• Projekt30, May 2007
• Laugh, Cry, Be Poetic, Get Crazy, The Venturous Vanguard Video Festival 2007, Contemporary MAP, LA - LA Mission College, Apr 28 / Echo Park Film Center, May 13 / California State University Northridge, May 17 / Standing Room Only, Altered Esthetics gallery, Minn, Oct 26 / Lancaster Museum of Art
• ROK-US Invitational Exhibition by Leading Korean Master Painters, Apr 23-24 2007, Seoul
• Spring Salon 2007, Mar 29-Apr 8 2007, Lennox Contemporary, Toronto
• NABI SHOWCASE 2007, Jan 12-26 2007, Art Center Nabi, Seoul

<2006>

• Cine+MA: Animation @ New Media Art, Dec 5-20 2006, space Mass, Seoul
• 2006 Digital Film Show, Dec 2 2006, BLINDSOUND Media Hub, Seoul
• Tomorrowland, Oct 5-8 2006, REDCAT, LA
• TARFEST, Oct 5-8 2006, Miracle Mile District, LA
• Video and Animation Exhibition, Sept 22-Nov 10 2006, The Foundry Art Centre, MO
• MoMA's tribute to CalArts, May 25-Aug 13 2006, The Museum of Modern Art , NYC
• Tour des Artistes, Jun 24 2006, East Village Arts District, Long Beach
• All-Media National Juried Exhibition, Jun 2-30 2006, 621 Gallery, FL
• Emerging Filmmakers from CalArts, May 13-14 2006, Edgemar Center for the Arts, Santa Monica
• 2-D-2, Apr 20-Jun 20 2006, Energy Gallery, Toronto
• Behind the Mask, Mar 5-Apr 9 2006, Caladan Gallery, MA

<2005>

• Yonsei University Moving Images Anchorage, Nov 24 2005, Seoul
• Screen Slam, Nov 17 2005, The Orange County Museum of Art, CA
• Unfinished Works, Dec 1-11 2005, The Orange County Contemporary Art Center, CA
• 7th Abstraction International Online Juried Exhibition, 2005, Upstream People Gallery, NE
• ROK-US Invitational Exhibition by Leading Korean Master Painters, May 26-29 2005, Seoul

<2004>

• ROK-US Invitational Exhibition by Leading Korean Master Painters, May 26-29 2004, Seoul

 

Screenings

<2011>

• Alternative Film Video Festival 2011
• Juan Media Festival 2011
• The History of Korean Media Art, Nemaf 2011
• Underground Art Channel Special Screening, Nemaf 2011
• Grand Detour, Portland
• Taos Shortz Fest 2011, New Mexico

<2010>

• Shoah Film Collection, Germany
• moves10: FRAMING MOTION, UK

<2009>

• Expotoons Festival 2009, Argentina
• Souvenirs from earth TV, France
• ANIMACAM.TV 2009, Spain
• Iternational Kansk Video Festival 2009, Russia & Serbia
• Anima Mundi Festival 2009, Brazil
• CyBorg Film Festival 2009, Italy
• VISIONARIA 2009, Italy
• CROSSTALK 2009, Budapest
• Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2009, LA
• Arizona International Film Festival 2009, AZ
• Experiments in Cinema V4.2 film festival, NM & LA
• VIDEOFORMES 2009, France
• Tehran International Animation Festival 2009, Iran
• Festival Pontino del Cortometraggio 2009, Italy

<2008>

• Videologia 2008, Russia
• ALTERNATIVE FILM/VIDEO 2008 Festival, Serbia
• CORTOMETRAGGI-Festa Internazionale di Roma 2008, Rome
• Bushwick Film Festival 2008, NY

<2007>

• AURORA Festival 2007, UK
• Renderyard Film Festival 2007, London
• Encounters International Short Film Festival 2007, Bristol
• Abstacta 2007, Rome
• RAWSTOCK Short Film Festival 2007, Seattle
• PORTOBELLO Film Festival 2007, London
• Brainwash TV Show and Movie Festival 2007, CA
• box[ur]shorts Film Festival 2007, LA, NYC, Basel, Hiroshima
• Fort Lee Film Festival 2007, NJ
• CyBorg Film Festival 2007, Italy
• Maryland Film Festival 2007, MD
• Trenton Film Festival 2007, NJ
• Calgary Underground Film Festival 2007, Canada
• DisOrient Film Festival 2007, OR
• Arizona International Film Festival 2007, AZ
• FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM SUR L'ART 2007, Montreal
• FEST ~ I CULT 2.2, Alaska
• Asian Pacific Filmmakers Experience in Park City 2007, UT
• Slamdance Film Festival 2007, UT
• Pan-African Film Festival of Cannes 2007, France 
• Best of the First Annual Eugene Film Festival, DIVA Media Arts, OR

<2006>

• International Student Film and Video Festival of Beijing Film Academy 2006, Beijing
• Sleepwalkers Student Film Festival 2006, Estonia
• Miami Short Film Festival 2006, FL
• Arkansas Black Film Festival 2006, Arkansas
• KT & G Sang Sang Madang, Republic of Korea
• Sopot Film Festival 2006, Poland
• L'Alternativa Festival de Cinema Independent de Barcelona 2006, Spain
• Visionfest 2006, NY
• New England Film & Video Festival 2006, MA
• FAIF International Film Festival 2006, Mann's Chinese Theatres, Hollywood
• Oxnard Independent Film Festival 2006, CA
• DigiFestival 2006, Italy
• Imaginaria Film Festival 2006, Italy
• Ankara Intercultural Amateur Film Festival 2006, Turkey
• Antimatter Underground Film Festival 2006, Canada
• Student Shorts Film Festival 2006, Toronto
• SoCal Independent Film Festival 2006, CA
• International short film festival Balchik 2006, Bulgaria
• The Fourth and the Last Experimental International Film Festival, Sydney
• Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt 2006, Germany
• San Francisco International Festival of Short Films 2006, SF
• NextFrame 2006-2007, PA
• Odense Film Festival 2006, Denmark
• ANONIMUL International Independent Film Festival 2006, Romania
• ANIMA MUNDI 2006, 14th International Animation Festival of Brazil
• Global Art Film Festival 2006, Hollywood, NY, Sacramento, Rio De Janeiro, San Juan
• International Film Festival ART FILM 2006, Slovak Republic
• Review of the Experimental Films and Video Art 2006, Poland
  
• Talent Circle Super Shorts Film Festival 2006, London & UK
• Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival 2006, Republic of Korea
• INDIEFEST 2006, Chicago
• Slamdance Anarchy, July 2006
• Roxbury Film Festival 2006, MA
• Winnipeg International Film Festival 2006, Canada
• FILMSTOCK 2006, UK
• Busan Asian Short Film Festival 2006, Republic of Korea
• Festival de Cinema e Video Jovem de Esphino 2006, Portugal
• VC FILMFEST 2006, LA
• Eugene Film Festival 2006, OR
• Trenton Film Festival 2006, NJ
• Ybor Festival of the Moving Image 2006, FL
• Santa Cruz Film Festival 2006, CA
• The End of the Pier International Film Festival 2006, UK
• Mid Ulster Film Festival 2006, Northern Ireland
• Next Festival 06, Lithuania
• Indianapolis International Film Festival 2006, IN
• Philadelphia Film Festival 2006, PA
• The East Lansing Film Festival 2006, MI
• San Francisco Independent Film Festival 2006, SF
• Kino-Vision Cinematech, 2006, Kyoto
• Chicago Motion Graphics Festival 2006, Chicago

<2005>

• Queens International Film Festival 2005, NY
• New Media Festival in Seoul 2005, Seoul
• Juan Media Festival 2005, Republic of Korea
• Avanto Festival 2005, Helsinki
• Chicago Underground Film Festival 2005, Chicago
• Alameda International Film Festival 2005, CA
• Fantoche International Animation Film Festival 05, Switzerland
• CalArts Showcase 2005, LA

<2004>

• Chicago Underground Film Festival 2004, Chicago

<2003>

• CalArts Showcase 2003, LA
• Ottawa International Student Animation Festival 2003, Canada

 

Interdisciplinary Art

• <Oze escapade series 1 - 3>, Oct 8 2011, Seoul Art Space Mullae
• <It's not a dream>, Oct 2011, Festival of Contemporary Dance of Korea, Miguel Covarrubias Hall, Mexico
• <Myuk>, May 2011, MODAFE 2011
• <Shon Kim's The Light of Myung-dong>, Myungdong Chatholic Cathedral, Seoul
• <DanSquare>, May 2011, Myungdong Chatholic Cathedral, Seoul
• <What's the scene in...?>, Mar 2011 Ahn-Aesoon Dance
• <It's not a dream>, LK Dance, Mar 19-21 2010, Arko Arts Theatre, Seoul
• <Lim Dance Company>, Nov 5 2005, Scottish Rite Auditorium, LA

 

Live Art

• <Indian Summer>, Aug 13 2009, LoftSEVEN, LA
• <BAZZAR>, Dec 13 2008, Bedrock Studios, NightHawks LA
• <LE CIRQUE DU TITTY! TITTY! BANG! BANG!>, May 14 2007, Bootleg Theatre, NightHawks LA

 

Awards

• The First and the Last Intl' Experimental Film Festival 2009, Special flEXiff Award
• Asolo Art Film Festival 2009, The Best Video Art & Computer Art Film
• Projections on Lake 2008, Semi-Finalists, A City of Pasadena Public Art Program
• Animate Award, Encounter Short Film Festival 2006
• New Jersey International Film Festival 2006, Best Experimental Film / Video
• San Diego Asian Film Festival 2006, Best Experimental Film
• World-wide HIV/AIDS Art Competition, 1st prize, 2005, The Orange County Contemporary Art Center
• Experimental Film & Video Festival In Seoul 2005, Fuji Film Eterna Award
• Brainwash TV Show and Movie Festival 2006, 2nd Grand Prize
• Busan Video Festival 2005, Excellence Award, Alternative Space Bandee
• All-Media National Juried Exhibition Award, Top 4, 621 Gallery, FL
• 52nd Columbus International Film & Video Festival, The Bronze Plaque
• 53rd Columbus International Film & Video Festival, Honorable Mention
• Internationales filmfest Braunschweig 2006, the Leo Award, Special Mention
• 8th Contemporary Art International Online Juried Exhibition, Special Recognition, Upstream People Gallery
• Solarte Exhibition, Finalists, Solarte Contemporary Art Gallery, NM
• Boston Motion Picture Awards 2005-2006, Semi Finalist
• Akira Kurosawa Memorial Short Film Competition 2006, Preliminary List
• Kodak Grant 2004
• CalArts Merit Scholarship, 2001-2004

 

Residency

• Cheongju Art Studio, July-Oct 2012

 

Professional Activities

• Visual Effects, Feature film <Justify>, 2009
• Videographer, The Ice Show <Cirque sur Glace>, Dec 15-16 2004, Valencia Ice Station, CA

 

Curatorial Activities

• Programmer, Slamdance Film Festival, 2008-Present
• Director, <CalArts Experimental Animation Showcase>, Jul 1-2 05, LA Korean Cultural Center

 

Visiting Artist & Lectures

• The Korean National University of Arts
• Konkuk University
• LA Koreatown Youth & Community Center, 2009
• <Artist Talk> @ Art Center Nabi, Jan 16 2008

 

Art Writting

• <Experimental Animation>, * Publishing soon
• <OTS>, Underground Art Channel_Jan 2012
• <Takashi Murakami>, Eyeball_Jan 7 2008
• <the Billy Wilder Theater of UCLA the Hammer Museum>, Eyeball_Dec 8 2007

 

Collections

• Arko Media Collection, Arko Art Center
• The History of Korean Media Art, Nemaf 2011
• Philip Kelly, NM
• Robert Brown, IN
• Benjamin Kim, Faculty at Applied Research Laboratory, Penn State University
• Gallery Without Borders
• Dan Bogart, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, UC Irvine
• You Tube CalArts Film & Video Channel
• AWNtv
• INDIEROAD
• Korean Film Archive
• Babelgum
• CrushedPlanet
• Grouper, A Sony Pictures Entertainment Company
• CJ Cable net
• HELLO D
• FireAnt.tv
• Mefeedia
• undergroundfilm, SF
• Undergroundartchannel_off_1℃
• Asian American Film Archive, California State University San Marcos
• DigiChannel
• Dovetail
• filmfestivalworld, Winners Section in Featured Film
• Yonsei University Moving Images Anchorage (MIA)
• CalArts Film Library

 

Publications

• Timeless Magazine
• baltimore vs. the world DVD
• Experiment in Cinema V4.2 DVD
• The Venturous Vanguard Video Festival 2007 DVD
• ANIMATION DVD, Best of Slamdance Film Festival
• FEST ~ I CULT 2 DVD
• Yonsei University MIA <Lists>, Work Review, Nov 2005
• Unfinished Works, Catalogue, 2005

 

Press

• MLoveism Magazin, 2011, <Dynamic Locomotion>
• LA2DAY, Jul 2009
• Los Angeles Times, Apr 2009
• Dong-A Newspaper, Apr 7 2009
• Hankyoreh Newspaper, Apr 2 2009
• La Famiglia, Oct 2008
• Eyeball <Korean Moving Image Artist :: Shon Kim>, Artist Review, Feb 8 2008
• Dong A Newspaper, Aug 20 2007
• The Financial News, Aug 16 2007
• Animation World Magazine, Fresh from the Festivals column, Apr 2007
• Animation World Magazine, Work Review, Feb 7 2007
• The New York Times, Review, Jan 2007
• The Internet Movie Database(IMDb), 2007
• Thai Animator, 2007
• AFRICINE, 2007
• MBC News, Jan 31 2007
• CalArts Announcements, Dec 2006
• Hankyoreh Newspaper, Apr 2 2009
• Cine 21, Dec 8 2006
• The Korea Daily USA, Oct 18 2006
• Twitch, Oct 16, 2006
• Downtown LA Life Magazine, Sept 9 2006
• CalArts Admission Bulletin 2006
• RTV, neMaf 2005 Collections, June 16/19/21 2006
• Cine 21, June 15 2006
• Bucheon Times, June 15 2006
• Courier News, June 3 2006
• Larry Bradshaw, Work Review, May 2006
• Upstage Magazine, May 2006
• The Daily Targum, Apr 2006
• CalArts News, Apr 2006
• SHIFT, Work Review, Apr 2006
• Alyce Wilson, Work Review, Apr 10 2006
• CalArts Bulletin, Front Cover, Apr 2006
• the HUB, Mar 23 2006
• City Pulse, Mar 22 2006
• PSB 'Real Touch', Dec 17 2006
• Busan MBC News, Dec 17 2006
• Kookje Newspaper, Dec 15 2005
• Busan Newspaper, Dec 13 2005
• CalArts Announcements, Dec 2005
• Netporter, Sept 20 2005
• Naver News, Sept 15 2005
• Naver News, Sept 13 2005
• Media Daum, Sept 13 2005
• Ohmy News, Sept 13 2005
• The Korea Daily USA, Nov 1 2005
• Sports Seoul USA, Interview, Jul 2 2005
• KBS News, Interview, Jul 1 2005
• Radio Korea LA, Interview, Jul 1 2005
• The Korea Daily USA, Jul 1 2005
• FILMMATERS, Jul 2005
• Korea Times USA, Jun 30 2005
• The Korea Daily USA, Interview, Jun 24 2005
• The Korea Daily USA, May 13 2005
• KBS News, Jul 4 2004
• AFN News, Jul 3 2004