Bae bien-u

BAE BIEN-U

Biography
Born in Yosu, South Korea in 1950, Bae Bien-U is a self-taught photographer. In 1974 he graduated with a degree in Fine Arts from Hong-ik University in Seoul and in 1978 obtained a Masters in Fine Arts from the same institution, specialising in graphic design. In 1998 he was awarded a research grant to work at the University of Bielefeld in Germany. He currently teaches photography at the Arts Institute in Seoul. Since 1982 he has taken part in numerous solo and collective exhibitions and his work has been exhibited world-wide.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2005

Insa Art Center, Seúl, Corea

Galerie Poller, Frankfurt, Alemania

Rollo Contemporary Art, Londres

2004

Wind of Tahiti, Galerie Gana-Beaubourg, París
2003

Maison de la Culture, Salle Mariaval, Tahití. Festival de Fotografía. Tahití

2002

Artsonje Center, Seúl, Corea

Galerie Gana-Beaubourg, París
2001

ISE Gallery, Nueva York

1998

OZ Galerie, París

1993

Seoul Arts Center, Seúl, Corea

1992

Kwanhoon Gallery, Seúl, Corea

COLLECTIVE EXIBITIONS
2005

A-Paris Carrousel, Louvre, París

Foto London, Royal Academy of Arts, Londres

Milano Art Fair, Milán, Italia

Bae Bien-U, Kim Atta, Galerie Gana-Beaubourg, París

Frankfurt Book Fair, Frankfurt, Alemania

Anger Art Fair, París
2004

Real Reality, Kukje Gallery, Seúl, Corea
2003

Time of Nature Time of Human, Daejeon Municipal Museun of Art, Daejeon, Corea

People walking on the water – Cheonggyecheon Project, Seoul Museum of Art, Seúl

Korea International Art Fair 2003, COEX, Seúl, Corea

Korean Art 2003 REAL-SCAPE revisited, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seúl, Corea
2002

15 photographes Coréen, La galerie Photo, Montpellier, Francia

Festival de la photographie, Tahití

Now, GAT is Photo, Gana Art Center, Seúl, Corea
2001

Looking East Dialogue Selection from the Lewitt Collection, Central Connecticut State University, Connecticut, USA
2000

Fotofest, Contemporary Photographers from Korea, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, USA

Slowness, Artsonje Center, Seúl, Corea

Odense Photo Triennale, Dinamarca
1999

Figure and Landscape in Korea, Hanlim Museum, Daejeon, Corea

Lewitt Collection, Montserrat College of Art gallery, USA
1998

Slowness of Speed, National Gallery of Victory, Melbourne, Australia

Defrost, Artsonje Museum, Gyeongju, Corea

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

Contemporary Art from Korea, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlín
1997

FastForward, The Power Plant, Toronto, Canadá

Inside Out, JCA, Pensilvania, USA
1996

Photography-New Vision, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Corea

An aspect of Korean Art in 1990’s, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
1995

Photography Today, Artsonje Museum, Gyeongji, Corea

Territory of Mind, Mito Art Tower, Japón
1994

Contemporary Photography of Korea, Seoul Arts Center, Seúl, Corea

Vision from the Land of Morning Calm, PIMA Community College Art Gallery, Arizona, USA
1993

Photography Today in Seoul, Walker Hill Art Center, Seúl, Corea

BAE BIEN-U

Technical Information

The exhibition contains a group of 14 large-scale photographs which belongs to the following series:
Pine Tree Series: 8 black and white and colour photographs, in the following sizes:
3 photographs of 170 x 210 cm.

1 photograph of 128 x 128 cm.

3 photographs of 135 x 260 cm.

1 photograph, consist of four images of 180 x 90 cm. each one.

Wind of Tahiti Series: 6 colour photographs of 100 x 200 cm.