Park Chan-kyong

SeMA Biennale Mediacity Seoul 2014 Ghosts, Spies, and Grandmothers Artistic Director Park Chan-kyong

Park Chan-kyong is an artist, writer and a filmmaker based in Seoul. His subjects have extended from the Cold War to traditional Korean religious culture. He has produced media based works such as Sets (2000), Power Passage (2004), Sindoan (2008), Night Fishing (2011), Manshin (2013), Citizen’s Forest (2016), and Belated Bosal (2019). His works have been exhibited in international venues, such as Smithsonian Museum of Asian Art in Washington., D.C, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul, Haus der Kunst der Welt in Berlin, Taipei Biennale, Yokohama Triennale, RedCat Gallery in Los Angeles, Tina Kim Gallery in New York and many others. He has won various prizes including Hermès Korea Misulsang(2004), Golden Bear Prize for short films of the Berlin International Film Festival (2011). He worked as an artistic director of SeMA Biennale Mediacity Seoul 2014 Ghosts, Spies and Grandmothers. His works are in the collection of Tate Modern, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, M+ Museum of Visual Culture, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Kardis Foundation, Korean National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) and many others.

SMB13 (2025), SMB06 (2010), SMB01 (2000) Artist
SMB11 (2021) Advisory Committee Member
SMB09 (2016) Member of Artistic Director Selection Committee and Evaluation Committee
SMB08 (2014) Artistic Director
SMB08 Ghosts, Spies, and Grandmothers - Modernities against modernity (2014) and more Contributor, Chief Editor
SMB07 (2012) Exhibition Evaluation Committee Member

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