Born in 1973
Lives and works in Seoul
Education
2005
M.F.A (Fine Art and Theory), Middlesex University, London, UK
2002
M.F.A. (Photography), ChungAng University, Seoul, Korea
2000
B.F.A. (Photography), ChungAng University, Seoul, Korea
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2016
“Korea Artist Prize 2016,” National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
2015
“Cross Vancouver, Cross Gaze," 2014-2016 Vancouver Biennale, Vancouver, Canada
“Walking on the Line," Centre A, Vancouver, Canada
“Photographs 2001-2015 by Seung Woo Back,” Goeun Museum of photography, Busan, Korea
2012
“Gaps, Unrealistic Generals,” Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
“Memento," Doosan Gallery New York, New York, U.S.A
2011
“Deferred Judgement,” Art sonje Center, Seoul, Korea
“Blow Up,” Misashin Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2010
“Ilwoo Photography Award Exhibiton,” Seoul, Korea
Dosan Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2009
“Revised Ideal,” Gana Art New York, New York, USA
2007
“Real World,” Insa Art Space, Seoul, Korea
“Real World,” Foil Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2006
“Blow up,” Gana Beaubourg Gallery, Paris, France
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016
“Photo -Five Rooms ,” DOOSAN Gallery Seoul, Seoul, Korea
“Far Games ,”Korean Pavilion Venice Architecture Biennale, Venice, Italy
“Public to Private: Photography in Korean Art Since 1989,” National Museum and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
“Capture Photography Festival ,” Vancouver, Canada
2015
“The Flaming of Seoul,” 63 Sky Art, Seoul, Korea
“Landmarks: A Glorious Dream,” 63 Art Museum, Seoul
“한국현대미술의 흐름Ⅷ- A Journey of Photograph,” Gimhae Arts Center, Gimhae, Korea
“Dislocation,” Smith college Museum of Art, MA, USA
“Seoul vite vite,” Lille 3000, Lille, France
“Lies of Lies,” Huis met de Hoofden, Amsterdam, Netherlands
“Lies of Lies,” Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
“Uproarious, Heated, Inundated,” National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
“North Korean Perspectives,” Drent Museum, Assen, Netherlands
“North Korean Perspectives,” Museum of Contemporary Chicago, USA
“Transparent Passage,” Nook gallery, Seoul, Korea
“Birth of a Scene,” Gallery Lux, Seoul, Korea
2014
“The Third Print," Total Museum of contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
“Well-constructed: contemporary photography from Korea," AAANDO FINE ART, Berlin, Germany
“Seoul Photo Festival 2014,” Seoul Museum of History, Seoul, Korea
“2014 Real DMZ Project," The border areas near DMZ in Cheorwon, Gwangju, Korea
“Art: gwangju: 14 Special Thematic Exhbition,” HDJ Convention Center, Gwangju, Korea
“Open Borders / Crossroads Vancouver,” Vancouver biennale, Vancouver, Canada
“SEMI CLOSE UP,” 149-11 Donggyo-dong, Seoul, Korea
“Photography and Media- 4:00 AM,” Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
“Art Plat Form,” Art Stage Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
“Five Views of the Korean Peninsula,” noorderlicht gallery, Groningen, Netherlands
2013
“Photography and Society- reflecting on the society ," Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea
“Realtivity in City,” Total Museum of contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
“Brith of a Museum: The MMCA Construction Archive Project,” National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
“AIR 3331×MIK: Made in Kanda,” Art Chiyoda 3331, Tokyo, Japen
“Real DMZ Project-From the North,” Art Seonje Center, Seoul, Korea
“In Search of Lost Time,” OCI Museum, Seoul, Korea
“WAR+MEMORY,” Jeonju Photo Festival, Jeonju, Korea
“Cities of Ancient Futures,” Changwon Asian Art Festival-SungSan Art Hall, Changwon, Korea
“Succeeding,” TOPOHAUS ART CENTER, Seoul, Korea
2012
Being Political Popular: Art at the Intersection of Popular Culture and Democracy “Movements in South Korea, 1980-2010,” UCI Museum, lrvine, CA, USA
“Garden of learning,” Busan Biennale, Busan, Korea
“The Magic of Photography,” Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu, Korea
“Re-Opening DOOSAN Gallery Seoul,” DOOSAN Gallery, Seoul, Korea
“Camera- Human beings,” IGONG Gallery, Deajeon, Korea
“More Real? Art in the Age of Truthiness,” SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, USA
“Camera- Human beings,” IGONG Gallery, Deajeon, Korea
“More Real? Art in the Age of Truthiness,” SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, USA
“More Real? Art in the Age of Truthiness,” Minneapolis Institute of Art Museum, Minneapolis, USA
“Real & Illusion,” Seoul Auction, Seoul, Korea
“The Power of Photography analog & digital,” Trunk Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2011
“2011 Seoul Photo Festival,” Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
“The 8th Juan Media Festival 2011,” Juan station Square, Incheon, Korea
2010
“Dreamland,” Pompidou Center, Paris, France
“Chaotic Harmony,” Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, USA
“archiTECHtonica,” CU Art Museum, Colorado, USA
"The View of Korean Contemporary Photography,” National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan
"On the line,” Daelim Contemporary Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
“On the line,” Korean Culture Center, London, UK
“On the line,” Korean Culture Center, Washington, USA
“PRESENT FROM THE PAST,” Koean Culture Center, London, UK
2009
“Chaotic Harmony,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
“Bad Boys, Here now,” Gyunggi Museum of Art, Gyunggi-do, Korea
"Maxico Biennale of Photography,” The Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City, Maxico
“Magic Moment(Korean Contemporary Art Exhibition),” Hanover, Germany
“What is Real?,” Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
“Double Fantasy,” Marugame Genichiro Inokuma of Contemporary Art, Marugame City, Japen
“Art of Your Valentine,” 915 industry Gallery, Seoul, Korea
“Platform 2009,” KIMUSA, Seoul, Korea
“Photography Now: China, Japan and Korea,” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA
2008
“39(2),” Art Sonje Center, Seoul, Korea
“The Bridge,” Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
“The Roots & Being now,” Soheon Contemporary, Daegu, Korea
“Landscape and Imagination,” Aram Museum, Goyang, Korea
“See it,” Bukchon Museum, Seoul, Korea
“Image in Contrast,” Trunk Gallery, Seoul, Korea
“Photo on Photography,” Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
“Young Korean Artist,” Gana Art New York, New York, USA
“Untitled,” Bauhaus, Berlin, German
“Memory of the Future,” Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu, Korea
“A Sweet Illusion,” HanGil Gallery, Heiri, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
“Landscapes,” Gallery Wa, Geonrggi-do, Korea
“LA art,” New York, USA
“Korean Contemporary Art,” Cite Internationale Arts, Paris, France
“Discovery Show,” Fotofest, Houston, USA
“Let a Thousand Flowers Blossom,” Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea
“The Battle of Taste,” Gallery SangSangnadang, Seoul, Korea
2007
“Paris Photo,” Rose Gallery, Paris, France
“Dream Walk,” Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
“Up and Comers,” Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Koera
“Aipad,” New York, USA
“Round Trip,” Forum Space, Seoul, Korea
“ Photo London,” London, UK
“Abadoned Protocol,” Ritter/Zamet Gallery, London, UK
“Faked Reality,” Pos Gallery, Seoul, Korea
“Complete Control,” Contemporary art Project, London, UK
“Landscape of Korean Contemporary Photography,,” Seoul Museum Of Art, Seoul, Korea
“A Solid Scene,” Artbit Gallery, Seoul, Korea
“2nd Dream of Winter,” Gallery Artside, Seoul, Korea
2006
“Documentary,” Contemporary Art Space, London, UK
"British Contemporary Art,” Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
“Wondering Stars,” Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
“Crossover,” Contrast Gallery, Shanghai, China
“Verislmiltude, A drawing Project,” Wimbledon school of Art, London, UK
“Blow up” One Small Step Gallery, London, UK
Art Brussels, 24th Contemporary Art Fail, Brussels, Belgium
“Arco 06,” Madrid, Spain
2005
“Transit,” Seoul Photo Triennale, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Art Fair 2005, International Messe Fur aktuelle Kunst, Koln, Germany
“Brastirava photography festival,” Bratislava, Slovak Republic
“Fast Forward: Photography Message from Korea,” Fotografie Forum International, Frankfurt, German
“Landscape,” Photo Festival, Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
“Untitled Nation,” Gana Beaubourg Gallery, Paris, France
“Photo London,” Royal Academy, London, UK
“Untitled,” Museum of Domestic Architecture, London, UK
2004
“The Six,” Vertigo Gallery, London, UK
“Ecology Center,” London, UK
2002
“Healing Society” Kwang hwa moon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
“Speed,” ChungAng Art Center, Seoul, Korea
“MBC Photo Essay Photo Director,” MBC Broadcast Center, Seoul, Korea
2001
“Photographic Critic,” PHAK Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2000
“In the Room,” Chung Ang Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Chung Ang Photo Festival, Chung Ang Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Collection
Museum of Contemporary Photography (Chicago, USA)
Natiounal Museum of Contemporary Art (Seoul, Korea)
Natiounal Museum of Contemporary Art (Gwacheon, Korea)
Seoul Museum of Art (Seoul, Korea)
Daegu Art Museum (Deagu, Korea)
Artsonje Center (Seoul, Korea)
PortFolio foundation (Edinburg, UK)
Houston Museum of Fine Art (Houston, USA)
Santa Barbara Museum of Art (Santa Barbara, USA)
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (San Francisco, USA)
Michael G. Wilson collection (London, UK)
Art Gallery of New South Wales (Sidney, Australia)