Han Youngsoo, Myeongdong, Seoul, Korea 1956
1956 (printed in 2024)
Toned gelatin silver print, image size, 90 x 60 cm
1933-1999. Born in Kaesong, South Korea. Recent major exhibitions include “Han Youngsoo: Photographs of Korea 1956-1963” at Harvard University Asia Center (Cambridge, 2019）, “Han Youngsoo: Photographs of Seoul 1956-1963” at International Center of Photography (Jersey cisty, 2017), “Seoul, Where I Grew Up” at the Seoul Museum of History (Seoul 2017).
EXHIBITIONS
Unknown City
Han Youngsoo
Aug 24 – Sep 21, 2024
BIOGRAPHY
Born in 1933 in Gaeseong, Gyeonggi Province, Korea
Died in 1999 in Seoul, Korea
Education
1970 M.B.A. Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024 Unknown City, MISA SHIN GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
INNOCENCE at the RANEEI SEOUL,Seoul, Korea
When the Spring Wind Blows, Baik Art Gallery, Waave Foundation, New York, NY, USA
2023 Summer to Winter, Suyonmokseo,Yeoju, Korea
2022 When the wind blows, BAIK ART Seoul, Seoul, Korea
2019 Seoul, Modern Time, Gallery Loupe, Incheon, Korea
Han Youngsoo: Photographs of Korea 1956-1963, Harvard University Asia Center, Korea Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA
2018 Han Youngsoo: Photographs of Korea 1956-1963 at the BAIK ART LA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2017 Han Youngsoo: Photographs of Seoul 1956-1963 at the International Center of Photography, Jersey City, NJ, USA
Seoul, Where I Grew Up, Seoul Museum of History, Seoul, Korea
Time Flows in River, SPACE22 Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2016 Seoul, Modern Times,Trunk Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1999 MESTER, Mai Manó House (Hungarian House of Photography), Budapest, Hungary
1988 The Nature of Korea, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1986 The Nature of Korea, Korea Design & Packaging Center, Seoul, Korea
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 MMCA Photographs Collection: What’s the Time in Your World?, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
2023 KIAF, Seoul, Korea
2022 The Space Between: The Modern in Korean Art, LACMA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2021 The Times They Were. Inoue Koji X Han Youngsoo. Duo Exhibition, Ryugaheon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2019 New Acquisitions 2017-2018, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, Gwacheon, Korea
Open Your Storage’ Seoul Photo Festival 2019, Seoul Metropolitan Museum, Seoul, Korea
The Square: Art and Society in Korea 1900-2019. The Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
2018 LA ART SHOW, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2017 CIVILIZATION, 4th SUWON International Photo Festival, Suwon, Korea
WINTERING. Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, Special Exhibition, National Folk Museum of Korea, Seoul, Korea
2016 The Need for My Care, Waterfall Mansion & Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Hangang River 2016 at the Xishuangbanna Foto Festival, Jinhong, China
We are from somewhere, but where are we going? at the DAEGU PHOTO BIENNALE, Daegu, Korea
2015 LA NUIT DE LA PHOTO, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
2014 Discovery Award at the Arles Photo Festival, Arles, France
VIP 1950~60: Vintage Photo Exhibition at the Seoul Metropolitan Museum, Seoul, Korea
2012 Trace of Life at the Korea Society, New York, NY, USA
2009 Gwanghwamoon at the Seoul Museum of History, Seoul, Korea
2008 Collection Exhibition at the Dongang Museum of Photography, Yeongwol, Korea
Contemporary Korean Photographs 1948-2008 at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
4 Hidden Photographers at the Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu, Korea
2006 Korean New Days at the FOTOFO, Bratislava, Slovakia
Selected Public Collections
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
Seoul Metropolitan Museum, Korea
Seoul Museum of History, Korea
National Folk Museum of Korea, Korea
National Museum of Korean Contemporary History, Korea
LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art), USA
International Center of Photography, New York, USA
Hungarian House of Photography (Mai Manó House), Hungary
Photo-Museum of Dongang, Korea
SPACE22 Gallery, Korea