The 10th Winner

The Daum Prize program was established by Geonhi Art Foundation in 2002 in an effort to support creative artists and chooses Korea’s emerging photo artists in the annual competition held in May. The winner receives financial sponsorship for one year and presents his works in an exhibition and an art book. Over the past 10 years, the Daum Prize has positioned itself as the gateway to a successful career of Korea’s emerging artists and it is not too much to say that their portfolios help us read the trend and direction of Korea’s photographs every year. Especially, the exhibition will be offered at the Artsonje Center from the 10th round onwards to broaden the sponsorship substantially and raise the status of the Prize.

Kim Sang Don has been using diverse mediums in a flexible way, such as photograph, sculpture, installation, performance, and video, in the context of modern art. His ability goes beyond sharp observation. Originality and imagination mingle together in his gaze, as demonstrated in the series of his works including (2009), (2010), (2010), and (2011), which guides us to a new perspective on a daily life in modern society. The images that he has captured always illustrate ordinary or alienated scenery and subtle tensions that are felt in objects, where we can discover fundamental energy and hidden friction of our society.

01 Totem Series [Works]
02 Rose island [Works]

Kim Sangdon

[Education]
2003 Freie Kunst, Universitaet der Kuenste Berlin, Berlin
2004 Meisterschueler, Freie Kunst, Universitaet der Kuenste Berlin, Berlin

[Solo Exhibitions]
2012 The 10th Daum Prize Artist Exhibition – Healing Water, Artsonje Center, Seoul
2011 A truly fine morning, gallery kunst doc+Art Research Lab, Seoul
2011 Sangdon Kim, Ccul & Ccul Pool, Seoul
2011 Subjective Projections: Sangdon Kim, Co-curators: Thomas Thiel & Heejin Kim, Bielefelder Kunstverein, Bielefeld, Germany
2004 Emerging Artist on Focus: Congratulations on moving into your new home, 2004 alternative space pool, Seoul

[Group Exhibitions]
2010 RETURNING SEOUL BACK TO SEOUL, Seoul Photo Festival 2010, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul(Curator : Lee Young-jun)
2010 A Monumental Tour, SPACE C_COREANA ART & CULTURE COMPLEX, Seoul(Curator : Seon Ryeong Cho)
2010 1 (Co-Curators : Choi Jeong-wha, Heejin Kim), Ccul & Ccul Pool, Seoul
2010 What Does the City of Gunsan Speak to Us? (Art Director: Shin Seok-ho, Gunsan Art Residency), Gunsan
2010 Day of Confidence, Art Space Pool, Seoul
2009 Unconquered : Critical Visions from South Korea, Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City(Curator : Heejin Kim)
2009 BAD BOYS HERE and NOW : New political art in Korea since the 1990s, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan(Curator : Kim Jong-gil)
2009 States of Distraction : EMPORIUM, Fabbrica Borroni- Bollate, Milano(Curator : Beatrice Leanza)
2009 Leisure, a disguised labor?, Kaufhof Sinn Leffers, Hannover(Curator : Manu Park)
2008 Dongducheon : A Walk to Remember, A Walk to Envision, New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY; Insa Art Space of the Arts Council Korea, Seoul (Co-Curators : Heejin Kim & Museum as Hub)
2007 Activating Korea: Tides of Collective Action, The Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, Plymouth(Co-Curators : Mercedes Vicente & Jee-sook Beck)
2007 Regional Study and Art>, alternative space pool, Seoul(Curator : Koh Seung Wook)
2006 Busan Biennale 2004 Power Ranger>, Gallerie Schillerpalais, Berlin
2003 Hotel>, Berlinische Gallerie, Berlin
2000 We Fix Your House, Kuenstler Werkstatt Westend Bahnhof , Berlin
1998 Seoul-Tokyo-Duesseldorf, Kunstraum Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf
1998 Peripheries in Art, Dukwon Gallery, Seoul

[Awards]
2011 The 10th Daum Prize Winner, Geonhi Art Foundation, Seoul, Korea

[Collections]
Daelim Co. Ltd.
Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan
Peace Museum and other Private Collections