Biography
Gihun Noh was born in Gumi in 1985. Now, he lives and works in Seoul, Korea. He showed photography, performance, installation and image based on the observation of the documentary things that exist mainly here and now. His way of working which is making his own unique reality as if in the self-contradiction is the way to be lived the past by a vulnerable Korean young man who is living in Korea where experienced many changes for a short period of time.
Gihun Noh is interested in the geographical environment resulted from the past, and takes a picture of its present appearance. From the premise that 'The current situation stems from the past', He takes a picture of the shadows of the past surrounding the present. For example, the first generation industrial complex builded by the government's urban planning(Yellow Days, Gumi), the validity of the Seoul-Incheon Railroad Line, the first railroad which was built during the Japanese colonial rule (Line 1), the specific place in Seoul where the people who are belonging to the social position of the homeless caused by the economic incompetence (Black Night), and Invariability of the historical place-square where will exist forever as a space even if times had changed(Mise-en-Scène)
As you can see from examples above, He takes a picture of the present spaces where has a close relationship with the past.
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6-6, Jisan 19-gil, Gumi-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Republic of Korea
+82 10 8802 7073
nohgihun@gmail.com
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
1985 Born in Gumi, Korea
2010 BFA Dept. of Photography, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea
2012 MFA Dept. of Photography, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea
SELECTED EXHIBITION
Solo (selected)
2020 <Moon and Light>, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2019 <Eclipse>, BMW Photo Space, Busan, Korea
2018 <Eclipse>, Site-A Gallery + Space BEAM, Yokohama + Incheon, Japan + Korea
2018 <Moon and Light>, BankART NYK, Yokohama, Japan
2016 <Line 1>, KT&G Sangsangmadang, Seoul, Korea
2015 <Mise en Scène>, Space-nowhere, Seoul, Korea
Group(selected)
2021 <Young Korean Artists 2021>, MMCA, Gwacheon, Korea
2020 <Mirror Sea>, Space Imsi, Incheon, Korea
<Unexpeted Yeonsu>, Yeonsu Gallery, Incheon, Korea
<Chiang Mai Photography Festival>, CMU Art Centre, Chiang Mai, Thiland
2019 <10 Artists who see the city>, Incheon Urban History Museum, Incheon, Korea
<The SCRAP>, Seoul, Korea
<Me and You and Everyone>, GEPA, Gumi, Korea
<Over Drive>, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea
<Linkin-out>, Ilmin Museum of Art, Asia Culture Center, Seoul and Gwangju, Korea
<The square of 3 is Infiniti>, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea
<Image : Fascination Alchemy>, Danwon Art Museum, Ansan, Korea
<2019 Report Part. 1>, 291 PHOTOGRAPHS, Seoul, Korea
<Far South Movement>, Hyndai Card GAPADO AIR Project Room, Jeju, Korea
2018 <Incheon Island Project>, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea
<Toute la paix>, Ganghwa Elementary School, Ganghwa, Korea
<New-Bauhus>, Daegu Art Factory, Daegu, Korea
<ASEAN in Korea, Korea in ASEAN>, Asean Culture House, Busan, Korea
<THE SCRAP>, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul, Korea
2017 <291 Report Part1>, SPACE 291, Seoul, Korea
<Sense Memory>, Ilhyun Museum, Yangyang, Korea
<Reminiscence>, Museum of Hwaseong, Hwaseong, Korea
<Seoul Photo Festival>, Seoul, Korea
<Boundary>, KT&G Sangsangmadang, Seoul, Korea
<Union ART +plus X>, Insadong 133, Seoul, Korea
<Bright, Passionate>, Beautiful!, Andong Culture & Arts Center, Andong Korea
<The Rite of Spring>, Pohang Museum of Steel Art, Pohang, Korea
2016 <Bright, Passionate>, Beautiful!, KF Gallery, Seoul, Korea
<Archive Vietnams>, Arko Art Center, Seoul, Korea
<All Gates>, Sinporo 15221, Incheon, Korea
<Relay>, Yeongcheon Art Residency, Yeongcheon, Korea
<New Force of Photography 2016>, GoEun Museum of Photography, Busan, Korea
<Close Relation>, KT&G Sangsangmadang, Seoul, Korea
<late Spring>, Project KEDA, Daegu, Korea
<Gong.Mu.Do.Ha. Project>, Incheon Performing Arts Space, Incheon, Korea
2015 Seoul Lunar Photo 2015 <Anchoring Between Wander & Settlement>, Artspace Boan, Seoul, Korea
<2015 IAP Video Anthology>, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea
<Memory of Landscape>, SPACE 291, Seoul, Korea
<Intro>, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
2014 <Art Residency Festival>, Seoul City Hall Gallery, Seoul, Korea
<2014 UNESCO in Andong>, Andong, Seoul, Korea
<Sorry We didn’t forget you>, Mite-Ugro, Gwangju, Korea
<Living in the Landscape>, Incheon, Compact Smart City, Incheon, Korea
<The First Encounter>, The Beginning of 'Empty' Friendship, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea
2013 <Final Report by 2013 Resident Artists of Incheon Art Platform>, Incheon, Korea
<Chaging City Incheon>, Tribowl Cultural Center, Incheon, Korea
<SPACE 291 Fundraising Exhibition>, SPACE 291, Seoul, Korea
<Object Found in Ruins>, SPACE BEAM, Incheon, Korea
<The 3rd IPAP SEA OF PEACE>, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea
<Off and Free International Expanded Cinema and Art Festival>, Seoul Museum of Arts, Seoul, Korea
<Artist’s Portfolio>, Savina Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
<Platform Access>, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea
2012 <THE UNBOUND ARCHIVE>, Arko Art Center, Seoul, Korea
<In-Transit>, Uropean Month of Photography Berlin, Berlin, Germany
<Speciaal project fotografisch talent uit Korea>, Breda Photo international photo festival, Breda, Holland
<Photography Art Exhibition of International Universities>, Hēilóngjiāng Province Art Museum, Harbin, China
2011 <Young International Emerging Artists>, Chung-ang Art Center, Seoul, Korea
<人spiration>, Seoul Museum of Arts Nan-ji Gallery, Seoul, Korea
<SCOUT>, Gallery IMAZOO, Seoul, Korea
PROJECT
2017 Batic Story: Cirebon, Culture and Art Education: Indoneisia, Korea Arts & Culture Education Service, Cirebon,
Indonesia
Dream Blossom, Artist Group, Total Museum-Korea Foundation
2017 Indonesia BATIK STORY, Total Museum, Seoul, Korea
Roadshow 2017: National Route 7, Total Museum, Seoul, Korea
Wunderkammer, Writing Staff, Dungurum Press, Busan Cultural Foundation, Korea
2016 Indonesia BATIK STORY, Total Museum, Seoul, Korea
2015 Art Project <Gongmudoha>, Dohwa Pump Station, Incheon, Korea
Roadshow 2015: National Route 7, Total Museum, Seoul, Korea
2014 Public Art Making Project <Young Artist, Imagine a City>, Incheon Foundation for Arts & Culture, Korea
Art Campaign <Artwing Seoul>, Seoul, Korea
2012 Public Art Project <UNUS space>, UNUS, Seoul, Korea
The Art Factory Project, SUNSET JANGHANG FESTIVAL, Janghang, Korea
RESIDENCY
2018 Hyundai Card Gapa-Island Residency <AIR>, Jeju-Island, Korea
Koganecho Artist Residency Program, Yokohama, Japan
2017 BankART1929, Yokohama, Japan
2016 Yeongcheon Art Residency, Yeongcheon, Korea
2015 National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Residency, Goyang, Korea
2013-2014 Incheon Art Platform 4th, 5th Artist Residency, Incheon, Korea
SELECTION
2018 Art Support Program, Incheon Foundaton For Arts & Culture, Korea
Art Support Program, Art Council Korea, Korea
2016 Seoul Museum of Art Collection, Korea
Hyupsung Cultural Foudation Arle Photo Festival Artist, Korea
2015 Korean Photographer’s Fellowship-Artist of the Year, KT&G Sangsangmadang, Korea
Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture Art Support Program, Korea
2014 Public Art Project <Young Man, Imagine a City>, Incheon Foundaton For Arts & Culture, Korea
Artwing Seoul, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Korea
Art Support Program, Incheon Foundaton For Arts & Culture, Korea
2013 Off and Free Film Festival <OAF IN FOCUS>, Korea
2012 Arko Media Competition, Arko Art Center, Korea
PUBLICATION
White Ghost Island Project, Homilbooks, Dec. 2018, No Edition, Korea
Line1, KT&G Sangsangmadang, Mar. 2016, Edition 300, Seoul, Korea
Mise en Scène, Waterain, Oct. 2015, Edition 500, Seoul, Korea
White. Ghost. Day. Note, GRASS BOOKS, Sep. 2013, No Edition, Seoul, Korea
Red Nation, GRASS BOOKS, May. 2013, No Edition, Seoul, Korea