Bae Bien-U (b. 1950 in Yeosu, Korea)
| 1981 – 2012 | Professor in Photography, Seoul Institute of the Arts, Seoul |
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| 1988 – 1989 | Research Faculty, Photography & Design Department (invited by Prof. G. Jaeger) University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld, Germany |
| 1978 | MFA, Hong-ik University, Seoul |
| 1974 | BFA, Hong-ik University, Seoul |
Awards
| 2023 | Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Ministry of Culture, France |
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| 2016 | The 28th Lee Jung-seop Art Award, The Chosun Ilbo, Seoul, Korea |
| 2009 | Order of Cultural Merit (Okgwan), Government of the Republic of Korea |
Selected Solo Exhibitions
| 2026 | Yeosu Jingyeong: Of Sky and Earth, GS Caltex Yeulmaru Jangdo Exhibition Hall, Yeosu, Korea |
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| 2025 | Des forêts, des esprits et des hommes, Palais Fesch – musée des Beaux-Arts, Ajaccio, Corsica, France |
| 2024 | Spiritual Black Pine, The Ahn Museum, Gyeongju, Korea |
| 2023 | The Grain of Time, Galerie RX, Paris, France |
| 2023 | Sacred Forest of Gyeongju, OBSCURA, Seoul, Korea |
| 2022 | Light of Grey, Wilmotte Foundation, Venice, Italy |
| 2021 | Works 1995-2015, Slag Gallery, New York |
| 2020 | Orum, Galerie RX, Paris, France |
| 2020 | Bae Bien-U, Memories of Wandering – Small-format works from the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Hong Kong |
| 2018 | Cycle, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Belgium |
| 2016 | Part:Meet, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Hong Kong |
| 2015 | D’une forêt l’autre , Domain National de Chambord, France |
| 2015 | Dans le paysage, Saint-Etienne Metropole, France |
| 2015 | Bae Bien-U, Between Island and Forest, Gwangju Museum of Art, Korea |
| 2014 | Counterbalance, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium |
| 2012 | Towards the Ocean, Yeulmaru Museum, Yeosu, Korea |
| 2011 | Art Sonje Museum, Gyeongju, Korea Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium |
| 2010 | Where God and Man Collide, The House for Mozart, Salzburg Festival, Salzburg |
| 2009 | Soul Garden, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Deoksugung, Seoul Soul Garden, Museo de Bellas Artes de Granada, Palacio de Carlos V. La Alhambra, Granada Sacred Wood: Bae Bien-U, Aando Fine Art, Berlin; Galerie Zur Stockeregg, Zurich |
| 2008 | Bae Bien U, Phillips de Pury & Company, LondonTimeless Photography, Bozar Center for Fine Arts, Brussels |
| 2006 | Thyssen Museum, Madrid |
| 2002 | Bae Bien-U, Art Sonje Center, Seoul |
| 2001 | Bae Bien-U, ISE Cultural Foundation, New York |
| 1998 | Photographies du Kyungju, Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard, Paris |
| 1993 | Meeting and Departure, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2026 | Summer Show, RX&SLAG, Arles, France |
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| 2026 | Gana Art Collection: Artists 1, Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea |
| 2026 | FotoFest Biennial 2026, Sawyer Yards Galleries, Houston, USA |
| 2024 | East Meets East, Hangzhou, China |
| 2024 | Move-Sound-Image, Ground Seoul, Seoul, Korea |
| 2023 | Chaumont-Photo-sur-Loire 2023–2024, Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, France |
| 2023 | Au milieu des terres, un carnet de voyage en Méditerranée, Les Rencontres d’Arles 2023, Espace culturel départemental 21 bis Mirabeau, Aix-en-Provence, France |
| 2022 | L’Asie maintenant : l’œil des photographes, Musée national des arts asiatiques – Guimet, Paris, France |
| 2022 | Carte Blanche, Park Hyatt, Paris, France |
| 2021 | Rethinking Collectivity: Guangzhou Image Triennial 2021, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China |
| 2021 | Photographies Contemporaines, Galerie Richard, Paris, France |
| 2021 | Traversée, Galerie RX, Paris, France |
| 2020 | Un monde infini : Artistes chamanes, autour d’une collection de l’Himalaya, Fondation Fernet-Branca, Saint-Louis, France |
| 2019 | CHAUMONT-PHOTO-SUR-LOIRE: ORUMS, France |
| 2018 | Time Frames: Contemporary East Asian Photography, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore |
| 2017 | Photo London Public Commission Project, Somerset House, London |
| 2017 | Into the Woods: Trees in Photography, Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
| 2016 | Public to Private: Korean Contemporary Photography since 1989, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul |
| 2015 | Proportio, Palazzo Fortuny, Venice |
| 2012 | The Aged Future, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul |
| 2011 | TRA: Edge of Becoming, Palazzo Fortuny, Venice |
| 2009 | INFINITUM, Palazzo Fortuny, The 53rd Venice Biennale, Venice |
| 2008 | Bozar Festival: Made in Korea, Bozar Center for Fine Arts, Brussel |
| 2006 | Simply Beautiful, Centre PasquArt, Biel, Switzerland; Le Grand Jardin, Joinville, France |
| 1998 | Alienation and Assimilation, The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago Contemporary Art from Korea, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin |
| 1997 | Fast Forward, The Power Plant, Toronto Inside Out, ICA, Philadelphia |
| 1996 | An Aspect of Korean Art in 1990’s, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo |
Public Collections
| Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, USA |
| Calder Foundation, New York, USA |
| Collection d’Art Contemporain Société Générale, Paris, France |
| Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, USA |
| Domaine de Chaumont sur Loire, France |
| Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea |
| Museum of Contemporary Photography Chicago, Chicago, USA |
| National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia |
| National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea |
| National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan |
| Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea |
| Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK |
| 21C Museum, Kentucky, Kentucky, USA |