Gisoo Kim

Harmonie Aupetit
Born 1971 in Seoul – South-Korea
Works and Lives in Essen
GERMANY
E-mail
gisookim@web.de
Website
https://gisookim.de/
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Tree branches
Year? 100 x 70 cm
Stitching on photo collage
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Lines and space
2021
26,7 x 30 cm
Stitching on photo collage
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Tree branches
2020
35 x 34 cm
Stitching on photo collage
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Dirary
2022
15 x 15 cm
Stitching on photo collage
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Tree branches and lines
2021
35 x 31 cm
Stitching on photo collage
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Jars
2018
53 x 49 x 35 cm
Stitching on photo collage
Kim, Gisoo
Work and lives in Essen – Germany
Born 1971 in Seoul – South-Korea
Member of German Photographic Academy
Member of VG Bild-Kunst
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2019
Galerie Clara Maria Sels – Germany
Schloss Mitsuko – Germany
Kunstverein Rastatt – Germany
2018
Raum für Kunst – Düsseldorf – Germany
Kunstverein Bühl – Germany
Kunstverein Regensburg – Germany
2017
Kunstverein Würzburg – Germany
Kunst & Co – Flensburg – Germany
2016
Kunstverein Paderborn – Germany
Kunstraum no.10 – Mönchengladbach – Germany
2015
Artist house – Göttingen – Germany
2014
Kunstverein Bayreuth – Germany
Korean Cultural Center – Paris
2012
Kunstverein Heinsberg – Germany
Korean Cultural Center – Berlin – Germany
Galerie S – Festival across the borders – Aachen – Germany
Kunstverein – Trier – Germany
2011
Stadtgalerie Kaarst – Kunstverein Landshut – Germany
2010
Stadtgalerie Haus Köster Emden – Altena – Germany
2009
Kunstverein – Biberach – Germany
2008
Galerie Heimeshoff – Essen – Germany
2007
V.I.A.P. Galerie – Heerlen – The Netherlands
Baustelle Schaustelle/ temporary space for young art – Essen – Germany
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2021
Einschnitte – With Marc Dittrich – Mianki Gallery – Berlin – Germany
2020
With Stitch and Thread, Expressionist and Contemporary Art Juxtaposed – Museum August Macke Haus – Bonn – Germany
2019
Cubes & boxes – Raum für Kunst – Düsseldorf – Germany
2018
Connections – Coelner Zimmer – Düsseldorf – Germany
2017
Eyes on nature – Haus Metternich – Koblenz – Germany
German Textile Museum – Krefeld – Germany
Orinoco – Photo weekend Düssledorf, plan.d. – Düsseldorf – Germany
2016
Fibrish – Miami Beach Urban Studiuos – USA
Artis discover Europe – Forum – Leverkusen – Germany
2015
Forum Kunst – Architektur – Essen – Germany
2014
Re-con-nect – Gallery Korea – New York – USA
2013
Juozasart Gallery – Vilnius – Lithuania
Museum Kunstpalast – Düesseledorf – Germany
Bcs Gallery – New York – USA
2011
Los Angeles Art association – Wilhelm Fabry Museum – Hilden – Germany
2010
Museum Kunstpalast – Dusseldorf – Germany
Project Space 333 – Seoul Art Space – Geumcheon Seoul – Korea
AWARDS
2021 Scholarship, Ministery for culture and science of North Rhein – Westphalia
2015 Artists program – Alfred Cläre Pott Foundation – Essen – Germany
2013 Young Talent Promotion of Arts Foundation of North Rhein – Westphalia – Germany
2011 2th Prize – Wilhelm Fabry Museum – Germany
2009 Young Talent Promotion of Arts Foundation of North Rhein – Westphalia – Germany
EDUCATION AND RESIDENCE
2010: Artist in Residence – Seoul Art Space – Geumcheon(SASG) Seoul – Korea
2004: Master student of Prof. Irmin Kamp, Master degree at Kunstakademie Dusseldorf/Germany
Kunstakademie Dusseldorf by Prof. Magdalena Jetelová and Prof. Irmin Kamp
1997 – 2001 : Hochschule für bildende Künste in Hamburg/Germany by Prof. Franz Ehrhard Walter and Prof. Wiebke Siem
1995 : Bachelor of fine arts in Seoul City University – Seoul – South-Korea
1991 / 1994: Study of sculpturing in the Seoul City University
In my works I have developed a new technique where I make a collage of photos, but instead of using glue or cutting the photos on the computer, I stitch the photos together with yarn. This way I bring together different places and situations that may be connected in a real or surreal manner. The stitches with yarn not only serve to join different photos together, but they also are stitchery drawings. The use of stitchery on photos gives depth, balances, different levels and structures to the works.
The individual photos are stitched together to make clothes or objects. On the photos can be found nature and pictures of the city. Some of the dresses only show the back of the photos. With my work I would like to focus on nature, sustainability and the coexistence of people. I give the clothes an identity that arises from several points of view and connects them together. By connecting places that obviously do not belong together, new realities emerge.