Born in 1976
Lives and works in New York
Education
2006
Doctoral Program in Art and Art Education, Teachers Columbia University, New York
2005
MFA Program in Painting and Printmaking, School of Art, Yale University,
Connecticut (Fulbright Award for Graduate Study in the United States)
2001
BFA Program in Painting, College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University, Seoul
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011
"Neo-nomads: What Travels with You?," BRIC Rotunda Gallery, New York
2010
"Sangbin IM," Mary Ryan Gallery, New York
"Encounter: Sangbin IM,” PKM Trinity Gallery, Seoul
"Sangbin IM: Recent Works," Gallery Sun Contemporary, Seoul
"Recent Works," Walter Randel Gallery, New York
"Sangbin IM," Miki Wick Kim Contemporary Art, Zurich
"Dreamscape," Janet Oh Gallery, Seoul
"Sangbin IM Photographs," Cristinerose Gallery, New York
"Sangbin IM & Newscape," Gana Art Center, Seoul
"Body I City I History," Zone Chelsea Center for the Arts, New York
"Analogital," Gallery People, Seoul
2008
“Sangbin IM,” Gallery Sun Contemporary, Seoul
“Sangbin IM: Recent Work,” L2kontemporary Gallery, Los Angeles
“Recent Works, New York,” Walter Randel Gallery, New York
2007
“Sangbin Im,” Miki Wick Kim Contemporary Art, Zurich, Suisse
“Dreamscape,” Janet Oh Gallery, Seoul
2006
“Sangbin IM Photographs,” Cristinerose Gallery, New York
“Sangbin Im & Newscape,” Gana Art Center, Seoul
2005
“Body I City I History,” Zone Chelsea Center for the Arts, New York
2003
“Hybrid,” Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul *
2002
“Hybrid Scape,” Gallery Sun & Moon, Seoul *
“The Body Trace,” Indeco Cafe Gallery, Seoul *
“Scanned Land,” Gallery Boda, Seoul *
2001
“Analogital,” Gallery People, Seoul
*denotes two-person show
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011
"Cross-Scape," Kumho Museum, Seoul
"The Detour of the Real," Seoul Photo Festival, Seoul
2010
"1072 Society Exhibition," Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fin Art, Noel and Kathryn Dickinson Wadsworth Gallery, Auburn, Alabama
"Pulse Miami," The Ice Place, Miami
"Cross-cultural Visions 1950-2010," Gallery Korea, New York; travelled to Korus House, Washington D.C.; and Seoul Arts Center, Seoul
"tru(E)motion," Daegu Photo Biennale 2010, Daegu Culture and Art Center, Daegu
"Real Interface," Ganaart Busan, Busan, Korea
"Mexico Arte Contemproraneo," Centro Banamex, Mexico City
"Pulse New York 2010," 330 West Street, New York
Seoul International Photography Festival
“Daegu Photo Biennale 2010: tru(E)motion,” Daegu, Korea
“The London Original Print Fair,” Royal Academy of Arts, London
Dallas Art Fair, The Fashion Industry Gallery special event space, Dallas, Texas
"Art + Photography + Design," Art Palm Beach, Palm Beach County Convention Center, Miami
Miami International Art Fair, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami
2009
"Parallel States," Dean Project, New York
“5³: Multiplicity of Contemporary Art from South Korea,” Mary Ryan Gallery, New
York
“Parallel States,” Dean Project, New York (Three Persons Exhibitions)
“PULSE Miami,” Contemporary Art Fair, The Ice Palace Film Studios, Miami
Cross - intersection of the real and the virtual,Seoul International Photography
Festival, Garden 5, Seoul
2009
“Antipodes,” 2009 ICAM Special Exhibition, ICAM | IE-YOUNG Contemporary Art
Museum, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
IFPDA Print Fair, The Park Avenue Armory, New York
“Art Toronto 2009,” 10th Toronto International Art Fair, Metro Toronto Convention Center, Toronto
“2009: Summer Exhibition - Artists in Residence,” The Cooper Union School of Art, New York
“Art Hamptons,” The International Fine Art Fair, Bridge Hampton, The Bridge Hampton Historical Society, New York
“The Photograph as Contemporary Art,” Dusan Gallery, Seoul
“5 Cubed: Multiplicity of Contemporary Art from South Korea,” Mary Ryan Gallery,
New York
Art 40 Basel, Messe Basel, the Swiss Exhibition Center, Basel, Switzerland
“NEXT2009: The Invitational Exhibition of Emerging Art,” The Merchandise Mart,
Chicago
“Anamnesis and Extrapolation,” PKM Gallery Beijing, Beijing
“Social Soup,” EFA Project Space, New York
The Armory Show, International Fair of New Art, PIER 94, New York
“Another Masterpiece,” New Acquisitions, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan
City, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
“Structural Vision,” Carroll Square Gallery, Washington, D.C.
2008
Winter Collection, PKM Gallery, Seoul
“Scope Miami,” Wynwood Art District, Miami
Asian Contemporary Art Fair, Pier 92, New York
KIAF, Korean International Art Fair, COEX, World Trade Center, Seoul
ShContemporary 08, The Asia Pacific Contemporary Art Fair, Shanghai Exhibition
Center, Shanghai
“RED DUST,” The Current East Asian Photography,” Atting House, Hong Kong
“Garden of Delights,” 2008 Yeosu International Art Festival, Yeosu Cultural Center, Yeosu, Korea
“Contemporary Photography: Now & New,” Ganaart Busan, Busan
“Scope Hamptons,” International Contemporary Art Fair, East Hampton Studios, Wainscott, New York
Summer Show, PKM Gallery, Seoul
“Cantilever Left,” I-MYU Projects, London
Art 39 Basel, Messe Basel, the Swiss Exhibition Center, Basel
2008
“Bridge as Icon,” Tabla Rasa Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
“Treasure in My Mind: Art & Cultural Property,” Nam Seoul Annex Building of the Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
“Auction Byul: 1st Art Auction,” Shinsegae Department Store, Seoul
“China International Gallery Exposition,” The China World Trade Center Exhibition
Hall, Beijing
“Figurine,” Touchstone gallery, Washington, D.C.
“Woman: Sacred & Profane,” Walter Randel Gallery, New York
“Art Dubai,” Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai
Seoul Art Fair, Busan Bexco, Busan, Korea
“Photo...Photo?,” Gallery Sun Contemporary, Seoul
“Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom,” Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris
“Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom,” Ganaart Busan, Busan, Korea
“Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom,” Insa Art Center, Seoul
“Naturing,” Meat Market gallery, Washington D.C.
“The Big and Hip_Korean Photography Now,” Gallery Rho, Seoul
“Visions of Architecture in Contemporary Photography,” Cristionrose Gallery, New York
2007
“Sun Contemproray 0708,” Gallery Sun Contemporary, Seoul
Scope Miami, Roberto Clemente Park, Miami
Photo Miami, Wynwood Art District, Miami
“Aqua Art Miami,” Aqua Wynwood, Miami
Asian Contemporary Art Fair, Pier 92, New York
Seoul Art Fair, Seoul Arts Center, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul
“Contemporary Art: "Cutting Edge,"Artcurial, Paris
“Beyond language-China Japan Korea Multimedia Exhibition,” Soka art center Taipei, Taipei; and Soka art center Beijing, Beijing
“Cutting Edge,” Seoul Auction Center, Seoul
“Peach Flower, Apricot Flower,” Changwon Culture and Arts Center, Changwon,
Korea International Contemporary Art Fair, East Hampton Studios, Scope Hamptons, Wainscott, New York
“Cool Bits,” Gallery Sun Contemporary, Seoul
“Mystery,” Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York
“Asia Contemporary Art,” Christie's Honk Kong, Hong Kong
Art Taipei 2007, World Trade Center II, Taipei
“Short Stories,” Macy Gallery, New York
2007
Scope New York, International Contemporary Art Fair, Lincoln Center, New York
“Photo la 2007,” Santa Monica Civic Center, Santa Monica, California
2006
“Banquet: A Feast for the Senses,” Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California
Seongnam Living Design Festival 2006,Bundang Korea Design Center, Sungnam, Korea
“Media_City Seoul 2006,” Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
“Seoul International Print,” Photo & Edition Work Art Fair, Seoul Arts Center, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul
“Seoul Art Fair, Seoul Arts Center,” Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul
“Asia Contemporary Exhibition,” Bonhams, London
“Masterpieces of Botanical Illustration,” The Honolulu Academy of Art, Honolulu, hawaii
2005
“my mother, the nazi,” the:artist:network, New York
“Bermuda Triangle,” Ambrosino Gallery, Miami
Cinema-Scope, Scope Miami Art Fair, Miami Beach, Miami
“Mixed Bag,” Zone Chelsea Center for the Arts, New York
“Walking by Cheonggyechun,” Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
“ElectroScape,” Shanghai Zendai MoMA, Shanghai
“Video Pleasures of the East,” Worth Ruder Gallery, UC Berkeley, California
2005 Thesis Show, Yale Art Gallery, New Haven, Conneticut
“Seoul Exhibition of Young Artists,” Seoul Museum of Art, Gyeongheegung Palace Annex, Namseoul Annex, Seoul
“Drawing & Video Show,” Yale Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
2004
“Portrait-Scape,” Woo Jea-Gil Art Museum, Gwangju, Korea
“De-Sign,” Sadi Gallery, Seoul
“Norfolk Summer Exhibit,” Norfolk Art Gallery, Long Island University, Brooklyn Arts Council
International Film and Video Festival, New York
MFA Exhibition, Yale Art Gallery, New Haven, Conneticut
“Ism Gala,” Kimmel Center, New York
2003
“Power of the Color,” Seoul Arts Center, Seoul
“Trick,” Dongduk Art Gallery, Seoul
MFA Exhibition, Yale Art Gallery, New Haven, Conneticut
“People Who Walk on Water,”Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
“New illusion,” Hongik University Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
2003
“New Frontier,” Daegu Citizen Hall, Daegu, Korea
2002
“The Color of Korea,” Seoul Museum of Art, seoul; travelled to Aichi Prefectural
Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art, Osaka; and Iwate Prefectural Museum of
Art, Iwate, Japan
“Real',” Seocho Visual Art Institute, Seoul
“Open Code,” Ssamzie Space, Seoul
“Media_City Seoul 2002,” Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
“Retouch,”Galerie Koch und Kesslau, Berlin
“Prints in the Era of Digital Duplications,”Kim Nae Hyun Gallery, Goyang, Korea
1st CRASTO festival 2002, Chung-Ang University, Seoul
SangAmDong Worldcup Park, International Flag Art Festival, Seoul
“Real_Interface,” (online project)
“Bodies & Clothes,” Museum of Seoul National University, Seoul
“Crosstalk,” (online project)
“SEFORMA2002,” Science Center of Yonsei University, Seoul
2001
“Exchange Exhibition,”Museum of Beijing Central Art Institute, Beijing
“History & Consciousness, Dokdo,” Museum of Seoul National University, Seoul
MAAP Festival 2001, Sydney
“Ugigi,” Hello Art Gallery, Seoul
2000
1st Ssamzie Music Video Festival, Ssamzie Space, Seoul