2020 Changwon
Sculpture
Biennale

Artistic
Director Kim,
Sung-Ho

Kim Sung-Ho graduated from the Department of Western Art and Culture as well as the Department of Culture and Fine Arts at Chung-Ang University. Upon completing his studies in Korea, Kim studied at (and graduated from) the Department of Philosophy and DEA at the Paris X Nanterre (Paris Nanterre University), then received a Doctorate Degree in Esthetics and Science at Paris I (University of Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne). Kim previously worked as a Curator at the Moran Museum of Art, Chief Editor at Misul Segye, Director of the Kunst Doc Art Gallery and Institute, Associate Professor at Chung-Ang University (Department of Western Painting), a post-doctoral research fellow at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technolog, and the Director of the Yeoju Art Museum. Kim also served the following positions over his career:

• 2008 - Exhibition Director, Changwon Asian Art Festival
• 2014 - Executive Exhibition Director, Geumgang Nature Art Biennale
• 2015 - Exhibition Director, Sea Art Festival
• 2016 - Executive Director, Suncheon Bay International Eco-Environmental Art Festival
• 2018 - Artistic Director, Special Exhibition of Korea at the Dakar Biennale

Kim is a member of the International Association of Art Critics, the Korean Association of Art Critics, and the Korea Curators’ Association. He is the author of five books, including “A Critical Bibliography of the Curator Won-il Lee (2015),” and the co-author of multiple other publications. Kim is an active art critic in various fine arts disciplines.

• Senior Curator Kim Sook-Kyeong

  Kim Sook-kyeong previously served as the Executive Director of the “Hongjecheon Project,” a public art project led by Kunst Doc Art Gallery and Institute, and the “Jara Island International Baggat Art Exhibition” (Harmony, and the Forest of Metaphor). Kim also served as the General Coordinator of “What do you think about Nature?,” an international exchange exhibition between the cities of Paris and Seoul, and the Director of the Kunst Doc Art Gallery and Institute.

• Curator Cha Sang-Min

  Cha Sang-min previously worked as a Curator for the “Project Zebra vol. 2” hosted by “alternative space” Noon, and at the Suncheon Bay International Eco-Environmental Art Festival. Cha also served as a Project Designer at Cheil London, and a Curator at the Park Ryu Sook Gallery.

• Coordinator Sung Ki-Min
• Coordinator Park Hye-Yoon
• Associate Curator Park So-Hee

  Park So-Hee was Head of Exhibition at Yeongeun Museum and worked as Director of Noblesse Collection. She curated the exhibition <Davinci Codex> as Head Director at the Culture Station Seoul 284. Currently, Park is Director of The 14th Taehwa River Eco Art Festival.

• Associate Curator Cho Susan

  Cho Susan previously worked as Associate Curator of Noblesse Collection and was International Commissioner of Jeju International Art Festival 2018.

• Associate Curator Koh Eun-Bin

  Koh Eun-Bin has been playing a role as Curator of Changwon Asia Art Festival 2019 and 2020.

• Commissioner Wang Jie (王皆)

  Wang Jie graduated from the Department of Fine Art at Qinghai Normal University. In 2013, he founded the Beijing Youth International Culture and Arts Association registered in the Beijing Civil Affairs Bureau. Now he is serving as Chairman of Beijing Youth International Culture and Arts Association.

• Commissioner Idrissa Diallo

  Idrissa Diallo is very present in this world of visual arts where he is involved for most of the time in almost a lot of projects. He has been administrator of the Léopold Sédar SENGHOR gallery of the Dakar arts village for more than ten years and has worked on more than sixty exhibitions in Senegal.