Installations

* click images to view larger
  Lotus: Zone of Zero

Lotus: Zone of Zero

Installation at Galerie Ravenstein, Brussels

2008

view more images

Photo by Mikåel Falke

Mumbai: A Laundry Field

Mumbai: A Laundry Field

Installation at Continua Gallery, Beijing

2008

view more images

Photo by Oak Taylor Smith

The House Project

The House Project

Laukvik, Lofoten Islands, Norway

Installation at Lofoten International Art Festival

2008

view more images

Photo by Kjell Ove Storvik

The Sun & The Moon

A Mirror Woman - The Sun & The Moon

Video installation at Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo

2008

view more images

Photo by Tadahisa Sakurai

Bottari Truck - Migrateur

Bottari Truck - Migrateurs

"Je Reviendrai"

Musée d'art contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Paris

2008

view more images

Courtesy of Kimsooja Studio

TO BREATHE / RESPIRAR

To Breathe / Respirar

Palacio de Cristal, Parque del Retiro, Madrid

2006

project details

Photo by José Luis Municio and Jaeho Chong

TO BREATHE / RESPIRAR

To Breathe / Respirar

Teatro La Fenice, Venice

2006

Photo by Luca Campigotto

Bottari

Bottari

Installation at Kewenig Galerie

2005

Photo by Simon Vogel

Venice 51

Always a Little Further

51st Venice Biennale in Arsenale, Venice

2005

Photo by Giorgio Zucchiatti

Bottari

Bottari

Installation at Raffaella Cortese Gallery

2004

Photo by Antonio Maniscalco

A Mirror Woman: The Ground of Nowhere

A Mirror Woman: The Ground of Nowhere

Installation in Honolulu City Hall

2003

Photos by Kimsooja and Hal Lum

Lotus: Zone of Zero

Lotus: Zone of Zero

307 lotus lanterns, 6 speakers, sound from Tibetan, Gregorian, and Islamic Chant

Palais Rameau, Lille

2003

Photo courtesy Le Consortium, Dijion and Kimsooja Studio

Mandala: Zone of Zero

A Mirror Woman

Korean bedcovers, parallel mirror structure walls, 4 fans, cable, Tibetan Monk Chant

Installation at Peter Blum Gallery, NYC

2002

Photo by Bill Orcutt, Collection of MUDAM, Luxembourg

Mandala: Zone of Zero

Mandala: Zone of Zero

2003

detail view & soundtrack

Photo by Blaise Adilon

Solarescope

Solarescope

9 different lighting sequences, 18:00 loop

Solares - The 2nd Valencia Biennale

2002

installation views

Photo by Kimsooja, Courtesy of Kimsooja Studio

A Lighthouse Woman

A Lighthouse Woman

9 different lighting sequences, 30:00 loop

Memory of the Water - Spoleto Festival USA
Morris Island, Charleston

2002

installation views

Photo by Ryan King
Courtesy of Spoleto Festival and Kimsooja Studio

Planted Names

Planted Names

set of 4 woven carpets, unique

Installation at Drayton Hall Plantation House,
Charleston, South Carolina
Spoleto Festival

2002

view more images

Photo by Ryan King, Courtesy of the Spoleto Festival and Kimsooja Studio

Deductive Object

Deductive Object

Central Park, Whitney Biennale

2002

Photo by Malisa Simond
Courtesy of the Public Art Fund

A Laundry Woman

A Laundry Woman

used korean bed covers, tibetan monk chant, fans

Kunsthalle Wien, Karlsplatz

2002

Photo by Christian Wachter

A Laundry Woman

A Laundry Woman

used korean bed covers, tibetan monk chant, fans

Kunsthalle Wien, Karlsplatz

2002

Photo by Christian Wachter

Laundry Woman

A Laundry Woman

Central Post Office, Trieste

2001

view more images

Courtesy of Kimsooja Studio

PS1

Kim Sooja: A Needle Woman

P.S.1, New York

2001

view more images

Photo by Marty Heitner

Bottari Truck

Bottari Truck

used clothes and bed covers

Rodin Gallery, Seoul

2000

Photo by Kim Hyun Soo
Courtesy Samsung Museum, Seoul

Bottari Truck

d'Apertutto, or Bottari Truck in Exile

2.5 ton truck stacked with Bottaris,
20m x 6.5m mirror structure

49th Venice Biennale, Arsenale, Venice

1999

Photo by Luca Campigotto, Courtesy of Kimsooja Studio

Artist with Bottari

Encounter Installation

Performative Installation at Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel

1998

Courtesy of Kimsooja Studio

Bottari Installation

Bottari Installation

Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel

1998

Courtesy of Kimsooja Studio

Laundry Field

A Laundry Field

used bedcovers

Installation at Oakville Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1997

Courtesy of Oakville Gallery and Kimsooja Studio

Deductive Object

Deductive Object - Dedicated to My Marriage

Installation at the 5th Istanbul Biennale

1997

view more images

Courtesy of Kimsooja Studio

Deductive Object

Deductive Object

used bedcovers and used clothes

Installation at Akira Ikeda Gallery, Taura

1997

Courtesy of Kimsooja Studio

Deductive Object

Deductive Object

used bedcovers and used clothing

Installation at Arken Museum, Copenhagen

1996

Courtesy of Kimsooja Studio

Deductive Object

Deductive Object

used bedcovers and used clothes

Installation at Akira Ikeda Gallery, Nagoya

1996

Courtesy of Kimsooja Studio

Bottari

Deductive Object - dedicated to my neighbors

City Art Museum, Nagoya

1996

view more images

Photo by Fukuoka Sakae

Deductive Object

Deductive Object

Setagaya Museum of Art, Tokyo

1995

Photo by Kimsooja

Bottari

Bottari

Yongyou Island, Corée

1995

Photo by Ju Myung Duk

Sewing Into Walking

Sewing Into Walking - dedicated to the victims of Kwangju

1st Kwangju Biennale

1995

Photo by Fukuoka Sakae

Artist with Bottari

Artist with Bottari

Yangdong Village, Korea

1994

Courtesy of Kimsooja Studio

Bottari

Bottari

Yangdong Village, Kyungju

1994

Photo by Ju Myung Duk

Deductive Object

Lie on the Nature

used bed covers

Oksanseowon Valley, Korea

1994

Photo by Ju Myung Duk

Sewing into Walking

Sewing into Walking - Multi Channel Video Installation

Seomi Gallery, Seoul

3 channel video, multiple monitors, fabric installation

1994

Courtesy of Kimsooja Studio

Deductive Object

Deductive Object

installation details, dimensions variable

PS1 Contemporary Art Center / MOMA

1993

installation views

Photos by Andrew Kearney
Courtesy of PS1 and Kimsooja Studio

Deductive Object

Untitled

Installation of 7 iron rings

1991

Photo by Lee Dong Kun