Born in 1978
Lives and works in Seoul
Education
2000
BFA in Sculpture, Kyungwon University, Sungnam, Korea
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011
"Ham Jin," PKM Gallery | Bartleby Bickle & Meursault, Seoul
2008
“Ham Jin,” Miki Wick Kim Contemporary Art, Zurich, Switzerland
2007
“The Others,” Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, Aomori, Japan
2004
“Aewan,” PKM Gallery, Seoul
1999
“Imagination Diary,” Project Space SARUBIA, Seoul
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
“Plastic Garden,” Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai
2009
“Cold Cell,” Union Gallery, London
2008
“Metamorphoses, Korean Trajectories,” Espace Louis Vuitton, Paris
“Invisible Art Exhibition,” Korean Cultural Center, Beijing
“Lustwarande 08 – Wanderland,” De Oude Warande, Tilburg, the Netherlands
“Today's Korean Art 'The World of Expression,” Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul
“One Fine Day,” Rodin Gallery, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul
“Venice Biennale Korean Artists Drawing Exhibition,” Sejong Center, Seoul
2007
“FAST BREAK,” PKM Gallery, Beijing
“Am Schlimmsten: Nicht im Sommer sterben,” Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Germany
2006
“Three Stories,” PKM Gallery, Seoul
“Bêtes de style,” MUDAC (Musée de Design et d’arts Appliqués Contemporains), Lausanne, Switzerland
2005
“Parallel Realities: Asian Art Now,” Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale, Fukuoka, Japan
“J`en Reve / Dream on,” La Foundation Cartier pour l`art Contemporain, Paris
Secret Beyond the Door, 51st Venice Biennale, Korean Pavilion, Venice
“Elegance of Silence,” Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
2003
“Comic Release,” Carnegie Mellon University Art Gallery, Pittsburgh
“Museum at a Playground 2,” Artsonje Center, Seoul
“Facing Korea,” de Appel arts centre, Amsterdam
2002
“Fantasia,” East Modern Art Centre, Beijing
“Under Construction: New Dimensions of Asian Art,” Japan Foundation Forum, Tokyo
2001
“Next Generation Art : Contemporain d`Asie,” Passage de Retz, Paris
“Fantasia,” Space iMA, Seoul
“P_A _U_S_E,” Gwangju Biennale Project 1, 4th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea
2000
“波(Pa)‐Together in Life,” 2000 Pusan International Contemporary Art Festival (2000 PICAF),
Busan City Art Museum, Busan, Korea
1999
“Mixer & Juicer,” Marronnier Museum, The Korean Culture & Arts Foundation, Seoul
1998
“Blasphem,” Total Art Museum, Seoul
Selected Bibliography
Matutschovsky Natalie. "Ephemera by Ham Jin" The Walrus Magazine, September pp 82, 2005
Pfluger Stephanie. "Focus: Emerging Artists" Artinvestor, (Nr. 3) pp 60, 2005
Robinson Walter. "Festive Venice" Artnet Magazine (www.artnet.com), June 10, 2005
Yoon-young Shin. "Mini, Mini, Mini, Your Micro Universe" Elle Magazine October pp140, 2004
Bridget O'Brien. "Where Is The Art Work?" Joonang Ilbo (Seoul) 3 September, 2004
Jae-youn Jung. "World In 0.7cm: 'Micro Mini' Ham Jin Solo Exhibition" Chosun Ilbo (Seoul) 26 August, 2004
Iris Moon. "The Look Of Love At PKM Gallery" The Korea Herald (Seoul) 26 August, 2004
Kwang-hyung Lee. "Ham Jin Solo Exhibition 'Aewan'" Kukmin Ilbo (Seoul) 25 August, 2004
Joan Kee. "Ham Jin: Pretty Little Things" Art Asia Pacific 40 Spring pp66-69, 2004
Fumio Nanjo. "Ham Jin's Art Now" Art Asia Pacific No.37, 2003
Hyunjin Shin. "Ssamzie Space and Alternative Art Scene in Korea" NY Arts: New York, 2003
Soo-mi Kang. "Ham Jin" Art Monthly October pp171, 2003
Mami Kataoka. "Ham Jin" under construction, 2002
Ham Jin. "The Strange Dream of a Pill-boy (animation book)" Stone Pillow Kid: Seoul, 2001
Hyung Joon Won. "Review" Art Monthly, December pp166, 1999
Sung-hee Kim. "Ham Jin's Art World" Seoul: Project Space Sarubia, 1999