KIM Kulim (B.1936-)
Solo Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions & Performance
2018
Renegades in resistance and challenge, Daegu art museum, Daegu, Korea
2016
Postwar: Art Between the Pacific and the Atlantic, 1945 - 1965, Haus der Kunst Munchen, Munich, Germany
Traces of Life and Death, ARARIO GALLERY, Seoul
As the Moon Waxes and Wanes, Museum of Moden and Contemporary Art,Gwacheon
Zen, Restaged the Performance, Museum of Moden and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
The Funeral of Mainstream Arts, Culture, and the Existing System, Restaged the
Performance, Marronnier Park, Seoul
Collection Displays in the Studio, Tate Moden, London, United Kingdom
From Phenomenon to Traces, 1970/2016, Museum of Modern and Contemporary
Art Korea, Restaged the Performance, Gwacheon
2015
From Creation to Dissolution, Performance, Asian Culture Complex, Gwangju
Great Crescent: Art and Agitation in the 1960’s - Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Mori Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Embeddedness: Artist Films and Videos from Korea 1960s, Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom
Lille 3000 Festival‘Renaissance’, Lille, France
From Phenomenon to Disappearance, Performance, Traphalgar Square, London, United Kingdom
2014
Solo Exhibition, Disappearance of Beauty, Performance & Installation, Place Mak, Seoul
Solo Exhibition, Part 1. He is an Avant-Garde, Work’s from the 50’s - 90’s, ARARIO GALLERY, Cheonan
Solo Exhibition, Part 2. Rose Noire, ARARIO GALLERY, Seoul
2013
Solo Exhibition, Like You Know It All, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
2012
RES(V)OLUTION 1960-2013, DNA Berlin Gallery, Berlin, Germany
A Bigger Splash: Painting after Performance, Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom
2010
EXIT 2010_Experimental Media Art Festival, Meaning of 1/24 Seconds, Taipei, Taiwan
Korean Historical Conceptual Art 1970-80s: Jack of All Trades, Gyeonggido Museum, Ansan
2009
Performing the City: Kunst Aktionismus Im Stadt Raum 60er und 70er Jaher, Munchen, Milano, Paris, etc.
2008
Korean Contemporary Printmaking 1958 - 2008, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
100 Years of Korean Drawing 1870 - 1970, Soma Museum, Seoul
NOW JUMP Nam June Paik Festival, Nam June Paik Art Center, Yongin
2007
Solo Exhibition, Lee In Sung Art Award, Daegu Cultural and Art Center, Daegu
Korean Performing Arts 1967 - 2007, National Museum of Modern and
Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
2006
100 Years of Korean Art: Traditions, People, Arts, Reality, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
2005
Seoul Arts University Exhibition, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
2004
Convulsions in Korean Art of the 1950’s, Seoul Arts Center, Hangaram Museum, Seoul
2003
A New Horizon of Drawing, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Deoksugung, Seoul
Art Book Art, National Museum of Modern & Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
2002
Solo Exhibition, Kulim Kim’s Small Painting, Arts Council Korea, Maronie Museum, Seoul
2001
Korean Contemporary Art and its Development Period of Transition and
Turbulence, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
2000
Solo Exhibition, Traces of Existence, The Korean Culture & Arts Foundation, Seoul
1999
Korean Contemporary Art Exhibition, Wyoming Museum, Wyoming, United States
Korean Contemporary Art Exhibition, The Edwin A Ulrich Museum of Art, Kansas, United States
1997
Cafe Graffiti, Total Outdoors Museum, Jangheung
1996
Development of Korean Modernism and Over-Come, Geumho Gallery, Seoul
1993
The 40 Years of Korean Contemporary Printmaking, The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
1992
Discontinuities: Nam June Paik and Kulim Kim, Charles Whitchurch Gallery, California, United States
1991
Solo Exhibition, The Modern Museum of Art, California, United States
The Three Suggestions: Kulim Kim, Nam June Paik and Choong Sup Lim, LACA Gallery, Califonia United States
1990
The Silent Dialogue, Still Life in the West and Japan, Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka, Japan
1989
KOREAN CONTEMPORARY OF ART, Bergen Museum of Art and Science, New Jersey, US
LA Art Fair, LA Convention Center, Califonia United States
1988
Modernism in Korean Contemporary Art Scene 1970-1979, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Deoksugung, Seoul
Korean Contemporary Art Festival, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Deoksugung, Seoul
Premiere Triennale Mondiale D’Estampes-petit Format, Chamalieres, France
1987
6 Artists of Today, Art Center, New Jersey, United States
1986
Solo Exhibition, Gallery New York, New York, United States
Group exhibition, Roots to Reality, Louis Abrons Arts for Living Center, New York, United States
Solo Exhibition, Dolores An Gallery, New York, United States
ARTISTIC LICENSE BRUCE NAUMAN & 7 Artists, Gallery New York, United States
1985
Selected as One of America’s Distinguished Artists, Lincoln Center, NY, United States
1984
Solo Exhibition, Amano Gallery, Osaka, Japan
The 8th British International Print Biennale, Newcastle, United Kingdom
Solo Exhibition, Riverdale Gallery, New York, United Kingdom
1983
Yugoslavia International Print Biennale, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Korean Contemporary Arts Exhibition, The Later Half of the Seventies: An Aspect, Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan
1982
Mal (Word) Illustration for O-Young Lee’s Essay Collection, Literature & Thaught
Performed Tongmaksal with Sejoong Moo, Arts Council Korea Theatre, Seoul
Choreography of Eunheui Choi, Appearance and stage art, Arts Council Korea, Grand Theatre, Seoul
Korea: Facet of Contemporary art, Kyoto National Museum, Kyoto, Japan
1981
Performed The Poet and Nail, SPACE Theatre, Seoul
Directed interpretative dance The Wings of Lee Sang, Choreography, Costumes,
Stage Art, Sejong Cultural Center for the performing Arts, Seoul
Korean Drawing Now, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, US
The 16th Biennale de Saoõ Paulo NUCLEUS 1 MAIL ART, invited as an artist Soõ Paulo, Brazil Opened Kulim Print workshop, Shinyeong-dong, Seoul
1980
Festival: Contemporary Asian Art Show, Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
1979
Wrote Visionary Sketches Over the City Planning of Seoul in SPACE magazine
Drawing, Print, Sculpture, Painting, SPACE Gallery, Busan
1978
Pantomime The Pigs Taking a Stroll,“E.jo.tto”Theatre group, SPACE Theatre, Seoul
The 4th India Triennale, New Dehli, India
Seoul International Exchange Exhibition of Prints, National Museum of Modern Art, Seoul
1977
Facet of Korean Contemporary Art, Tokyo Central Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Solo Exhibition, Ganeko Art Gallery, Tokyo, JapanParticipated the Korean Theatrical Festival Sparrow and
Locomotive, ‘E.jo.tto’Theatre Troupe, Stage Art, Cecil Theatre, Seoul
1976
The 5th OPEN COUNTER ON VIDEO, Belgium
Illustrated for Jeonghwan Lee’s, Kyeonghyang Newspaper
The 7th International Painting Festival, Cagnes-sur-Mer, France
Monte-Carlo International Painting Festival, Monte Carlo, Monacco
1975
The 4th International OPEN ENCOUNTER ON VIDEO, Buenos-Aires, Argentina
Rencontre International Ouverte de Video, with Nam June Paik, Paris, France
Ecole de Seoul, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Deoksugung, Seoul
1974
Signifying, Selected from International Exhibition, Kyoto National Museum, Kyoto, Japan
The 9th International Biennale Exhibition of Prints in Tokyo, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
The 2nd International Impact Art Video-74, Wiping Cloth, Lausanne, Switzerland
Solo Exhibition, Gallery 16, Kyoto, Japan
Solo Exhibition, Nirenoki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1973
The 12th Sao Paulo Biennale, Saoõ Paulo, Brazil
Solo Exhibition, Kim Ku lim Installation, Shiroda Gallery, Japan
1972
The 3rd AG Group Show: National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeongbokgung, Seoul
1971
The 7th Paris Biennale, Paris Civil Museum, Paris, France
The 2nd AG Group Show: Reality and Realization, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gyeongbokgung, Seoul
1970
Directed Sex on the Piano of Paik Nam June, Seoul International Contemporary Music Festival, National Theatre of Korea, Seoul
Founding member of‘The 4th Group’, Euljiro Sorim Cafe, Seoul
Elected as the representative of the art organization‘The 4th Group’, Seoul Art of the Unexplicable announcement, SPACE Magazine
Zen performance, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gyeongbokgung, Seoul
Total Direction of Gadu Street Performance with Chan-Seung Jeong and Goho, Seoul
Blocked the overpass with balloons performance, Shinsegae Department Store, Seoul
Condom & Cabamine performance, Seoul National University main gate, Seoul
Funeral Ceremony of the Anachronistic Established Art & Culture and NationꠓWide Formation Conference, The 4th Group performance, Sajik Park, Seoul
Announced dissolution of‘the 4th Group’, Public Information Officer, SeoulFrom Phenomenon to Traces Presentation, The 1st AG Group Show: Dynamicsof
Reduction and Extension, Public Information Officer, Seoul
From Phenomenon to Traces, Land art, Sal-Go-Shi Bridge Weir, Seoul
1969
Directed Wedding Dress by Taeseok Oh with the Situation Group, Daegu
Set design for Sanha’eokmanyeon at the National Theater of Korea, Seoul
Presented Korea’s first mail art Relics of Mass Media Performed Body Painting, TBC TV, Seoul
Presented Korea’s first electric art Space Construction Eleven Korean Young Artists Show, Solidaridad Gallery, Manila, Philippine
Directed Civilization, Woman, Money, 8mm film Performance
Untitled, Academy Music Hall, Seoul
Presented The Meaning of 1/24 Second, 16mm film
1968
Interior design for Jeweller’s at Joseon Hotel 68’Painting Show, Seoul
1965
New Artist Group Show, Press Center, Seoul
1964
Presented Death of Sun series
1958
First solo exhibition, Information Center Public Information Officer, Daegu
Selected Permanent Collection
Tate Modern Museum (UK), Modern Museum of Contemporary Art, Samsung Musuem
Leeum, Hoam Museum, Walker Hill Museum, Israel Museum (Jerusalem), Beken County
Museum (US), Frankfurt Civic Center (Germany), Hokkaido Modern Art Museum (Japan),
Hongik University Museum (Korea), New York City Bank (US), Fukuoka Asia Art Museum
(Japan), Daegu Cultural Arts Center, Busan Museum of Art, Seoul University Art Museum,
Daejeon Museum of Art, Gwangju Museum of Art, ARARIO MUSEUM in Space, Total
Museum, Gyeonggido Art Museum, Korean Arts & Culture Committee, Suwon University
Art Museum, Gyeongju Asadal Sculpture Park, Seoul Museum of Art, Osaka Arts Center
(Japan), Irhyeon Art Museum, Korean Films Information Centre, etc.
Awards
1983 Korean Choreography Stage Art Award, Theatrical Arts Award
2006 Lee In Sung Art Award
2014 Seoul Culture Today Award
Literatures
Prints Collections, Seomundang Publications.
Children’s Story Book, Byeolhana Na Hana (One Star and One Me), Donghwa Publications.
Western Arts 100 People and Print Viewing, Mijinsa Publications