BYUN Soonchoel
To BYUN Soonchoel (b.1969), who is deeply engaged with portrait photography, the people in front of his camera are always more than the subject itself. Since the characters he has observed and dealt with, such as multiracial couples, families of displaced people, the participants of National Song Contest, and immigrants living in the West, are representing the period and society at that time, and his gaze and attitude are based on sociological methodology. Generally a typological portrait deals with people belonging to a specific group of the period, which are naturally contains the cultural backgrounds and history of the period. His works are looked into the human psychology which is not easily revealed on the surface, through a sociological methodology that finds the principle of social relations by typological presentation of repeated similar language and the common denominator of represented images. The collections of character that his camera silently capture reveals an attitude towards the society and a unique sense of problem that is far beyond the reality.
BYUN Soonchoel received B.F.A. in Photography from the School of Visual Arts in New York, and awarded the FGI Year of the Photographer, Korea (2000), John Kobal Photographic Portrait Award, UK (1999), and Piea International Photo Competitions, USA (1998). BYUN held solo exhibitions at Sungkok Art Museum (Seoul, Korea), The Korea Society (New York, US) in 2020, GoEun Museum of Photography (Busan, Korea) in 2018, Asia Culture Center (Gwagju, Korea), Kumho Museum of Art (Seoul, Korea) in 2016, Insa Art Center (Seoul, Korea) in 2015, Seoul Museum of Art (Seoul, Korea) in 2014, Space DA (Beijing, China) in 2008, and SSamzie Gallery (Seoul, Korea) in 2005. BYUN participated in numerous group exhibitions and festivals, which including Asia Publication Culture & Information Center (Paju, Korea) in 2018, Korean Cultural Center (Brussels, Belgium) in 2017, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Seoul, Korea) in 2016, Seoul Museum of Art (Seoul, Korea) in 2015, Somerest House (London, UK), National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (Taiwan) in 2010, Dali International Photo Festival (Dali, China), Risweyi International Photo Festival (Risweyi, China) Lianzhou International Photo Festival (Lianzhou, China) in 2009, and Art Sonje Center (Seoul, Korea) in 2007.
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나의 가족. 권영균 형제 | Eternal Family. Kwon Yeonggyun and His Brother, 2015
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색을 지배하다 | Rules the Color, 2015
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색을 지배하다 | Rules the Color, 2015
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색을 지배하다 | Rules the Color, 2015
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색을 지배하다 | Rules the Color, 2015
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색을 지배하다 | Rules the Color, 2015
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색을 지배하다 | Rules the Color, 2015
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색을 지배하다 | Rules the Color, 2015
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색을 지배하다 | Rules the Color, 2015
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색을 지배하다 | Rules the Color, 2015
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색을 지배하다 | Rules the Color, 2015
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색을 지배하다 | Rules the Color, 2015
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색을 지배하다 | Rules the Color, 2015
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색을 지배하다 | Rules the Color, 2015
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색을 지배하다 | Rules the Color, 2015
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색을 지배하다 | Rules the Color, 2015
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색을 지배하다 | Rules the Color, 2015
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색을 지배하다 | Rules the Color, 2015
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색을 지배하다 | Rules the Color, 2015
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Desire, 2003
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짝-패 | Interracial Couple, 2002
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짝-패 | Interracial Couple, 2002
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짝-패 | Interracial Couple, 2002
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짝-패 | Interracial Couple, 2002
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짝-패 | Interracial Couple, 2002
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짝-패 | Interracial Couple, 2001
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짝-패 | Interracial Couple, 2001
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짝-패 | Interracial Couple, 2001
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짝-패 | Interracial Couple, 2001
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짝-패 | Interracial Couple, 2001
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짝-패 | Interracial Couple, 2001
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짝-패 | Interracial Couple, 2001
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짝-패 | Interracial Couple, 2001
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짝-패 | Interracial Couple, 2001
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짝-패 | Interracial Couple, 2001
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짝-패 | Interracial Couple, 2001
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짝-패 | Interracial Couple, 2001
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짝-패 | Interracial Couple, 2001
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짝-패 | Interracial Couple, 2001
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짝-패 | Interracial Couple, 2001
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짝-패 | Interracial Couple, 2001
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짝-패 | Interracial Couple, 2001
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짝-패 | Interracial Couple, 2001
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짝-패 | Interracial Couple, 2001
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짝-패 | Interracial Couple, 2001
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짝-패 | Interracial Couple, 2001
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짝-패 | Interracial Couple, 2001
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짝-패 | Interracial Couple, 2001
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짝-패 | Interracial Couple, 2001
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짝-패 | Interracial Couple, 2001
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짝-패 | Interracial Couple, 2001
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짝-패 | Interracial Couple, 2000
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짝-패 | Interracial Couple, 2000
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짝-패 | Interracial Couple, 2000
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짝-패 | Interracial Couple, 2000
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짝-패 | Interracial Couple, 2000
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짝-패 | Interracial Couple, 2000
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[Exhibition] BYUN Soonchoel: Liberation of Coastline Landscape
29 December 2020BYUN Soonchoel’s “Eternal Family” series features in “Liberation of Coastline Landscape”. The artist visually recreates an imagined reunion between family members who have been separated...Read more -
[Exhibition] BYUN Soonchoel: Let the Wind Blow
15 October 2020Arario artist BYUN Soonchoel is currently having his solo exhibition 'Let the Wind Blow' at the Sungkok Art Museum. Following Korea's longest running national tv...Read more -
[Exhibition] BYUN Soonchoel: Eternal Family
8 September 2020BYUN Soonchoel's solo exhibition 'Eternal Family' at The Korea Society has been extended through 26 February 2021. The exhibition features a series of the same...Read more