korean artist Seub Jo introduction – photographic

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Seub Jo

1975 (b. Chungcheongnam-do Onyang)

	Seoul, Japan
	M.F.A Painting, Kyung-Won University, Seongnam, Korea
	photographic

Jo Seub’s photography reflects the corruption of Korean society and the negative faces of modern people captured by greed and obsession. In 1999, advocating for “Myeong Rang-Gyo,” a cyber art religious organization, Jo portrays serious social problems and incidents expressing them through esthetic of lightness of ‘humor’ and ‘cheerfulness.’ He steps forward by making a caricature of dark past in Korean modern history marked by military regime and dictatorship with loutish, crude photographs and works off the censuring message against the society that clutching power and idol exist through the catharsis of mocking and ridiculing. His perspective transfers to modern human who brings about his own self-destruction by greed and ambition of material and condition through the series “Who Wants To Live Forever” (2008). This work depicts the ghosts crushing down life and soul because of supersaturated human greed and discusses through dialectical union of the subject and history in the form of death, myth, reality and history as a typology.

Artworks (9)

Darling, let's raise our child like the great Dr.Jo
Do Bring Seub Back
Container series - Hamjinaebi
Old Boy
Container series - Gap-Dol and Gap-Sun

Artist Profiles

Education
2001	M.F.A Painting, Kyung-Won University, Seongnam, Korea
1999	B.F.A Painting, Kyung-Won University , Seongnam, Korea

Solo Exhibitions
2008	Who wants to live forever, Gallery 2, Seoul, South Korea
2007	Nightmare, Space Beam, Incheon, South Korea
2005	Do not Question, Alternative Space Pool, Seoul, South Korea
2001	World Cup project- Ⅰ “ Jo Seub ' s Travel Diary Form Korea ” , Gallery O2, Seoul, South Korea
	‘ Myeong Rang-Gyo ' First Revival Assembly “ I saw the Myeong Rang! ” , Insa Art Space, Seoul, South Korea

Group Exhibitions
2010	Cross Over The Yellow Line, KyungHyang Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
	Gyeonji-dong 99, Space Peace, Seoul, South Korea
	Day of Confidence, Art Space Pool, Seoul, South Korea
2009	BlueDot Asia, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea
	Novel 01: Comment without Text, Takeoutdrawing Arko, Seoul, South Korea
	Bad Boys, herenow, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, South Korea
	Tele Bridge, TV 12 Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
	Marking Time, Seoul Art Space- Geumcheon, Seoul, South Korea
	Dong Hang, Yeouido Square, Seoul, South Korea
	All Together - All culture, Seokyo Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea
	Contemporary Korean Photographs 1948-2008, Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon, South Korea
	Cine-Romans & Narrative, Yeonsu Gallery, Incheon, South Korea
	Cinema Theater, Samsung Theater, Busan, South Korea
	City-Ray, Space Beam, Incheon, South Korea
	Cine-Romans & Narrative, Kunst Doc Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
	Another Masterpiece-New Acquisitions, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, South Korea
	Again go over, Kyunghyang, Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
	Made in Korea, Sinn Leffers, Hannover, Germany
	Peppermint Candy: Contemporary Art form Korea, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, South Korea
2008	Who don ' t miss warm village in the south?, Chunkwan literature, Jangheung, South Korea
	The 2nd Novosibirsk International Festival of Contemporary Photography, Novosibirsk State Museum, Novosibirsk, Russia
	The options of fragment, K-art space, Seongnam, South Korea
	‘ Up to the minute ' , Korea Art Center, Busan, South Korea
	Korean Art Today-The World of Expression, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea
	Red Carpet - Open Studio 6, Changdong National Art Studio, Seoul, South Korea
	Mirror Mirror, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, South Korea
	Contemporary Korean Photographs 1948-2008, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, South Korea
	Art Toward The Society: Realism in Korea Art 1945-2005, Miyakonojo City Museum Of Art, Miyazaki, Japan
	No fear, but so to say I ' m fearful, 175 Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
	Ssamziespace 1998-2008, Ssamziespace, Seoul, South Korea
	Artists, What is Science for You?, KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea
	Peppermint Candy: Contemporary Art form Korea , National Museum of Fine Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina
	The neighborhood equipments, Alternative Space Pool, Seoul, South Korea
	Art Toward The Society: Realism in Korea Art 1945-2005, Otani Memorial Art Museum , Nishinomiya, Japan
	Pop N Pop, Seongnam Arts Center, Seongnam, South Korea
	Art Toward The Society: Realism in Korea Art 1945-2005, Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
	Turning period - 40th cherish memory of Poet Kim Su-Young, Alternative Space Pool, Seoul, South Korea
2007	Art Toward The Society: Realism in Korea Art 1945-2005, Bandaijima Art Museum , Niigata, Japan
	Beyond Art Festival, Daejeon museum of art, Daejeon, South Korea
	Art Toward The Society: Realism in Korea Art 1945-2005, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
	Performance Art Korea 1967-2007, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, South Korea
	Sweet, horrible the presidential election, Junggu Culture Center, Daejeon, South Korea
	Homage 100: 1970-2007, Korea Art Center, Busan, South Korea
	Still Present Pasts Forgotten War, Living Memories, Total Museum, Seoul, South Korea
	Context & Figure, Daewon Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
	Peppermint Candy: Contemporary Art form Korea, Santiago Modern Art Museum , Santiago, Chile
	Asia in Love, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
	Sweet, horrible the presidential election, Alternative Space Chungjeonggak, Seoul, South Korea
2006	The peel of photo, skin of painting, Gallery Now, Seoul, South Korea
	We, another ‘ we ' , Kookmin Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
	Pull the trigger, BIBI Space, Daejeon, South Korea
	Seoul International Photography Festival 2006, Topohaus, Seoul, South Korea
	Familiar so strange, Arko Art Center , Seoul, South Korea
	Parallel Realities - Asian Art New, Blackburm Museum and Art Gallery, Blackburm, UK
	Political design, Design politics, Zeroone Center, Seoul, South Korea
2005	Drawing a map on the root, K-art Space, Seongnam, South Korea
	3rd Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale 2005, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
	Incongruent: Contemporary Art from South Korea , Richard Brush Gallery, New York, USA
	Guilty teacher Kim In-kyu & his innocent friends, Gallery Cott, Seoul, South Korea
	The prize at that time, Sejul Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
	17x17, Total Museum, Seoul, South Korea
2004	The 2nd Busan Biennale, Busan Metropolitan Art Museum, Busan, South Korea
	Young Artists from Korea China and Japan, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, South Korea
	Realing Exhibition, Savina Museum, Seoul, South Korea
	Imaginary nation, Kyonggi Cultural Foundation Arts Center, Suwon, South Korea
	Ongoing Project-Open Circuit, Sangmyung Media Art Space, Seoul, South Korea
	Sikukseonun, Korea Democracy Foundation Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2003	No War Peace, Incheon Multi Culture Art Center, Incheon, South Korea
	Kipun Grim, Alternative Space Pool, Seoul, South Korea
	Seoul-Asia Art Now: Modernization & Urdanization, Marronnier Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
	The Postman is a Genius: Experience and Imagination in Seoul , Montevideo , Amsterdam, Netherlands
	Mix & Match, Kyonggi Cultural Foundation Gallery, Suwon, South Korea
	Art and Playing, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea
	Marx Communale Conference, Ewha-Samsung Education Culture Center, Seoul, South Korea
2002	Incheon- Today's art, Incheon Multi Culture Art Center, Incheon, South Korea
	The Dream of Public Jong-Ro, Alternative Space Pool, Seoul, South Korea
	The Spot: 2002 Local Cup, Ssamziespace, Seoul, South Korea
	Kwanghwamun Manhwakyung, Kwanghwamun Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
	Ssamziespace Open Studio 3, Ssamziespace, Seoul, South Korea
	Self Portrait in the Media, Gallery Wooduk, Seoul, South Korea
2001	5th Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival- Myeong Rang Time, COEX, Seoul, South Korea
	Chorus, Incheon Multi Culture Art Center, Incheon, South Korea
	Fortunetelling, Savina Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
	One day, Gallery O2, Seoul, South Korea
	Anti-Right Art, Dong Duk Art Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
	Good Design Festival, COEX, Seoul, South Korea
	The 13th “River and Hills of Motherland: Wind Wind Wind ” , Kwanghwamun Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
	UnlimitedBigLightNewBudMuscleStrongRecommend, Jeongdok Libraries, Seoul, South Korea
	Ghost returned, Alternative Space Pool, Seoul, South Kore
	Incheon Contemporary Art, Incheon Multi Culture Art Center, Incheon, South Korea
2000	The Flow of New Tendencies in Korea Art 2000-Entropy; Arrow of Time, Marronnier Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
	Anti - Chosun, Alternative Space Pool, Seoul, South Korea
	Relay Relay, Insa Art Space, Seoul, South Korea
	Heangbokdoan, Alternative Space Pool, Seoul, South Korea
	The next Generation Korea Artist, Shinsegae Gallery, Incheon, South Korea
1999	The New Year ' s Card of 300 Artists, Alternative Space Loop, Seoul, South Korea
	Happy Blue-automatic writing about myself, Alternative Space Pool, Seoul, South Korea
	From Bokjeong to Ori, Samsung Plaza Gallery, Seongnam, South Korea
	2000 Art Factory, Samae Factory, Ichon, South Korea
	The past & today of Sengnam, Seongnam City Hall, Seongnam, South Korea
	The 1st slide presentation, Alternative Space Pool, Seoul, South Korea
	Cinema Sovereignty-Cultural Independence, Busan Democracy Park, Busan, South Korea
	Incheon post ‘ Conversation ', Incheon Multi Culture Art Center, Incheon, South Korea

Project
2007	Activating Korea : Tides of Collective Action, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand-JNP(collective team with Noh Jae-Oon, and Park Chan-Kyung)
	JNP-Extra, Tokyo wonder Site, Tokyo, Japan-JNP(collective team with Noh Jae-Oon, and Park Chan-Kyung)
2006	The 6th Gwangju Biennale 2006 ‘ Fever Variations ', Gwangju Biennale Exhibition Hall, Gwangju, South Korea-JNP(collective team with Noh Jae-Oon, and Park Chan-Kyung)

Residency
2009	Seoul Art Space- Geumcheon, Seoul, South Korea
2008	Changdong National Art Studio, Seoul, South Korea
2007	Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo, Japan
2006	BizArt, Shanghai, China
2001	Ssamziespace, Seoul, South Korea

Awards
2005	13th the prize of today young artists, Ministry of Culture Sports and Tourism, South Korea

reference books

Doryun, Jung , <Jo Seub: History is I>

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