Oan Kim (born April 2, 1974) is a French photographer, video artist, and musician.

Life and work

Oan Kim was born in Paris. Over the years, Kim's photographic work has developed an approach to the medium that is neither strictly documentary, nor purely conceptual, re-questioning the balance of these elements with each new series he produces. Kim has had more than a dozen gallery and museum solo exhibitions since 2000 in Paris, New York, Los Angeles, Seoul, and Macao, and has taken part in many group shows around the world. In 2009, he published ''Je suis le chien Pitié'' by Actes Sud in collaboration with Laurent Gaudé. In 2018, he released ''Digital After Love'' with Actes Sud. Kim has received several grants or commissions from CNAP, FIACRE, SCAM, and Macao Museum of Art. In 2018 he won the Prix Swiss Life from the Fondation Swiss Life for his work on the project Digital After-Love, que restera-t-il de nos amours ?. He is the son of French-Korean painter Kim Tschang Yeul. His photographic work is currently represented by Agence Myop. He studied photography at the

École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts École or Ecole may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine The Seine ( , ) is a river in nor ...

followed by musical composition at the

Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), or the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (; CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue Jean Ja ...

(CNSMDP). His musical projects are represented by ARTWORK RECORDS/PIAS.

Publications

* ''Digital After Love'',

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, Actes Sud, a collaboration with musician Ruppert Pupkin, 2019 * ''Je suis le chien Pitié'', Editions Actes Sud, livre de photographie, avec un texte de Laurent Gaudé, 2009

Music

*''Rebirth of Innocence'' (Artwork/PIAS, 2024) *''Oan Kim and the Dirty Jazz'' (Artwork/PIAS, 2023)

Films

*''The Man Who Paints Waterdrops'' (2021) – Official Selection, Doc NYC; Official Selection, Hot Docs International Documentary Festival; Official Selection, DMZ Film Festival, South Korea; Official Selection, Doclisboa; Official Selection, DocsBarcelona; Official Selection, Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival; Silver Prize, 61st Krakow Documentary Film Festival

Photo exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

* Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, 2002 * Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, 2003 *

Macau Museum of Art The Macau Museum of Art (MAM; ; ) is an art museum in Sé, Macau Macau or Macao is a special administrative regions of China, special administrative region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). With a population of about people and a ...

, (with Frank Lei), Macao, 2006 *

Rencontres d'Arles The Rencontres d'Arles (formerly called ''Rencontres internationales de la photographie d'Arles'') is an annual summer photography festival founded in 1970 by the Arles photographer Lucien Clergue, the writer Michel Tournier and the historian ...

, programme du Méjan, Le Capitole, Arles, 2009 * Whanki Museum, Seoul, 2011 * WhiteBox, New York, 2011 *Nuits Photographiques, ''Bain de Foule'', Prix du Festival, during Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, 2013 *Digital After Love,

Cité de la Musique The Cité de la Musique (, "City of Music"), also known as Philharmonie 2, is a group of institutions dedicated to music and situated in the Parc de la Villette, 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was designed with the nearby Conservatoi ...

, Paris, 2018

Group exhibitions

*''SAM'', Peter Kim, Myung-Ok Han, Oan Kim: Art-cade, Galerie des Grands Bains Douches de la Plaine, Marseille, 2016. Commissariat: Michel Enrici *Festival OVNi, Nice, 2019 *''SINE DIE'', Agence Myop, Chronique en images de la vie au temps du coronavirus, L'Obs, 2020

References

{{Authority control (arts) Living people 1974 births Photographers from Paris French video artists Musicians from Paris École des Beaux-Arts alumni Conservatoire de Paris alumni French people of South Korean descent