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Seub Jo

Seub Jo

1975 (b. Chungcheongnam-do Onyang)

Activity Seoul, Japan
Academic ability M.F.A Painting, Kyung-Won University, Seongnam, Korea
Genre photographic
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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.

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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  Gyeonji-dong 99, Space Peace, Seoul, South Korea
  Day of Confidence, Art Space Pool, Seoul, South Korea
  Cross Over The Yellow Line, KyungHyang Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2009  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
  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
2008  Contemporary Korean Photographs 1948-2008, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, South Korea
  Art Toward The Society: Realism in Korea Art 1945-2005, Otani Memorial Art Museum , Nishinomiya, Japan
  Art Toward The Society: Realism in Korea Art 1945-2005, Miyakonojo City Museum Of Art, Miyazaki, Japan
  Ssamziespace 1998-2008, Ssamziespace, Seoul, South Korea
  Peppermint Candy: Contemporary Art form Korea , National Museum of Fine Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  Art Toward The Society: Realism in Korea Art 1945-2005, Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
  The neighborhood equipments, Alternative Space Pool, Seoul, South Korea
  Pop N Pop, Seongnam Arts Center, Seongnam, South Korea
  Who don ' t miss warm village in the south?, Chunkwan literature, Jangheung, South Korea
  The options of fragment, K-art space, Seongnam, South Korea
  Red Carpet - Open Studio 6, Changdong National Art Studio, Seoul, South Korea
  Turning period - 40th cherish memory of Poet Kim Su-Young, Alternative Space Pool, Seoul, South Korea
  The 2nd Novosibirsk International Festival of Contemporary Photography, Novosibirsk State Museum, Novosibirsk, Russia
  No fear, but so to say I ' m fearful, 175 Gallery, Seoul, 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
  Mirror Mirror, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, South Korea
  Artists, What is Science for You?, KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea
2007  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
  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
2006  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
  The peel of photo, skin of painting, Gallery Now, Seoul, South Korea
  We, another ‘ we ' , Kookmin Art 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  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
  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
2003  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
  No War Peace, Incheon Multi Culture Art Center, Incheon, South Korea
2002  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
  Incheon- Today's art, Incheon Multi Culture Art Center, Incheon, South Korea
  The Dream of Public Jong-Ro, Alternative Space Pool, Seoul, South Korea
2001  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
  5th Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival- Myeong Rang Time, COEX, Seoul, South Korea
  Chorus, Incheon Multi Culture Art Center, Incheon, South Korea
2000  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
  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
1999  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
  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
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
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