Goseong, a photographer from South Korea born in 1984, explores the transience of life and the complexity of consciousness through his work. His photographic language uses metaphor to convey a personal and profound sense of the world around him, blurring the lines between the presence and the absence.
Goseong's work has been showcased in prestigious museums, galleries, and festivals worldwide, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Blue Sky Gallery, and the Encuentros Abiertos-Festival de la Luz. His work can be found in several collections, such as the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the New Mexico Museum of Art, the Portland Art Museum, and the Haggarty Museum of Art. His work has also been featured in notable publications such as PDN, Der Greif Magazine, Photo Art, and Exposure, and in online platforms such as Lenscratch, Conscientious, L'Oeil de la Photographie, and Ain't Bad Magazine, among others.
Goseong holds a Master's degree in Fine Arts from the Pratt Institute. Through his art, he seeks to explore the mystery of existence, the richness of the experience, and the depth of the human soul.
고성은 사진적 언어로 연약하고 임시적인 삶, 실체와 기억에 대해 관찰하고 기록해왔다. 인식 구조의 이면과 가능성으로 존재하는 세계에 대해 줄곧 탐구하며 질문해가고 있다. 페리지 팀 프로젝트(2023)과 SKOPF 올해의 작가 3인(2018), 마젠타 재단 플래쉬 포워드 (2015)등에 선정되었고, 필라델피아 미술관 여성위원회 상을 수상하였다. 아르헨티나 국립미술관, 필라델피아 미술관 등에 작품이 영구 소장돼있고, 국내외 다양한 기관과 미술관 전시를 통해 작업을 나누고 있다.
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts, Photography, Pratt Institute, New York, USA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 "By the Sunshine, With the Land", Calsan, Yangpyeong, SOUTH KOREA
2022 "The Seven Weeks", Artspace Eonjoo Round, Seoul, SOUTH KOREA
2021 "There, The White Wind Wall", BMW Photospace, Busan, SOUTH KOREA
2019 "Counting Shadows Blackens My Fingertips", KT&G Sangsangmadang, Seoul, SOUTH KOREA
2016 "Walls and Wells", Encuentros Abiertos-Festival de la Luz, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
2014 "At the End of Winter", Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA
DUO EXHIBITION
2024
"Perigee Team Project", Perigee Gallery, Seoul, SOUTH KOREA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
"Shades of Light" Portland Art Museum, OR, USA
2021
"Human/Nature" Lishui Art Museum, CHINA
2019
"Photographers of the Year, KT&G SKOPF" Goeun Museum of Photography, Busan, SOUTH KOREA
Photo London, Somerset House, London, UK
2018
"In The Beginning: Of Species", The Center for Fine Art Photography, CO, USA
"Small Works Baruch 2018", Mishkin Gallery, NY, USA
2016
"DER GREIF A Process 2.0", Kraków Photomonth Festival, POLAND
"FOCUS photo l.a.", photo l.a., Los Angeles, CA, USA
2015
"Flash Forward 2015, Magenta Foundation", Division Gallery, Toronto, CANADA
“In the Mood: Photography and the Everyday”, Irene Carlson Gallery of Photography, University of La Verne, CA, USA
Photography Award, Photobook Melbourne Festival, AUSTRALIA
2014
"Hunting+Gathering", New Mexico Museum of Art, NM, USA
"PMA Photography Portfolio 2014", Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA, USA
"Self-Published Photobooks", Phoenix Art Museum, AZ, USA
"Scrutiny After The Glimpse", Haggerty Museum of Art, WI, USA
2013
"The Kids Are All Right", Addison Gallery of American Art, MA, USA
"Mapping: Borders, Bodies, Memories", David Weinberg Photography, Filter Photo Festival, Chicago, IL, USA
"Center Forward 2013", The Center for Fine Art Photography, CO, USA
"The Kids Are All Right", Weatherspoon Art Museum, NC, USA
"Lotus Photography Summer Group Show", hpgrp Gallery, Chelsea, NY, USA
Photo Annual Awards, Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC
Annual Contemporary Photography Exhibition, The Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, PA, USA
"Woods, Breath", Datz Museum of Art, SOUTH KOREA
2012
"The Kids Are All Right", John Michael Kohler Arts Center, WI, USA
"Looking at Ourselves: Portraits featured on Lenscratch", Juror: Aline Smithson Guate Photo Festival, Guatamala City, GUATAMALA
"DIY: Photographers & Books", Book Exhibition, The Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA
"Center Forward 2012", The Center for Fine Art Photography, CO, USA
"Arles Photography Open Salon", Galerie Huit, Arles, FRANCE
"Beyond 1 lens & Over 100 eyes", hpgrp Gallery, Chelsea, NY, USA
"Unbreakable", Korean Cultural Service New York, NY, USA
2011
"Chelsea International Fine Art Competition", Agora Gallery, Chelsea, NY, USA
"National Photography Competition", Camera Club of New York, NY, USA
"Pratt Harlem Project", Curated by Elissa Levy and Heather Darcy Bhandari, New York, NY, USA
"CAA NY MFA Exhibition", Hunter College/Time Square Gallery, New York, NY, USA
FELLOWSHIPS/AWARDS
2022 Team Project 2023, Perigee Gallery, Seoul, SOUTH KOREA
2020 Rauschenberg Emergeny Grant, New York Foundation of the Arts, USA
2020 Special Mentions, Urbanautica Institute Awards 2019, ITALY
2019 The Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Seoul, SOUTH KOREA
2018 KT&G Sangsangmadang Korean Photographer's Fellowship, SOUTH KOREA
2015 Flash Forward 2015, Magenta Foundation, CANADA
2014 The Women’s Committee of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA, USA
2011 Photography Book Now, Photo Book Competition, Blurb, USA
COLLECTIONS
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, USA
Haggarty Museum of Art, Wisconsin, USA
Datz Museum of Art, SOUTH KOREA
GoEun Museum of Photography, SOUTH KOREA
The Center for Fine Art Photography, Colorado, USA
KT&G Sangsangmadang, SOUTH KOREA
BIBLIOGRAPHY / PUBLICATIONS
Aint-Bad, "Goseong Choi", 2017
PHROOM, "Goseong Choi", 2017
LENSCRATCH, "Anchorless Land", 2017
Archive Collective Magazine, "After Ashes", 2017
Der Greif Magazine, Issue 9, Jul 2016
LANDSCAPE Stories, Dec 2014
Mutantspace, Dec 2014
Photo Art Magazine, Korea, Oct 2014
Exposure/SPE, Sep 2014
The New Republic, Aug 2014
pdn, Photo District News, Aug 2014
GUP Magazine, Jun 2014
Phases Magazine, Jun 2014
Prism Photo Magazine, Apr 2014
L’Oeil de la Photographie, Mar 2014
Darwin Magazine, Feb 2014
Ain't-Bad Magazine, Jan 2014
Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography, "New Directions", 2013
New Landscape Photography, "Goseong Choi", April 2013
Show.Me.Pictures, Goseong Choi, Dec 2012
Conscientious, Contemporary Photographers by Joerg Colberg, Dec, 2012
LENSCRATCH, "Goseong Choi", May 2012
Culturehall New Artist Feature, Summer 2012
THE NEW YORKER PHOTO BOOTH, Open House: Inside Brooklyn's Photo Studios, Aug 2012
Camera Club Los Angeles, "Goseong Choi", Dec 2011
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCY
Toji Artist Residency, Toji Foundation of Culture, Wonju, SOUTH KOREA, 2017
Toji Artist Residency, Toji Foundation of Culture, Wonju, SOUTH KOREA, 2012
ARTIST TALK/LECTURE
Artist talk, GoEun Museum of Photography, Busan, SOUTH KOREA, 2019
Lecture, Visual Communication Design Class, Seul National University, SOUTH KOREA, 2019
Artist talk, Encuentros Abiertos-Festival de la Luz, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA, 2016
Artist talk, Blue Sky, The Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts, USA 2014
Artist talk, General Studies Seminar (Spring), International Center of Photography, New York, USA 2011
Artist talk, General Studies Seminar (Fall), International Center of Photography, New York, USA 2011
고성
학력
프랫인스티튜트 순수예술 석사, 뉴욕, 미국
개인전
2023 <볕과, 흙과>, 칼산, 양평
2022 <일곱 번의 일주일>, 아트스페이스 언주라운드, 서울
2021 <흰 바람벽이 있어>, BMW 포토스페이스, 부산
2019 <그림자들 헤아리다 지문이 거멓다>, KT&G 상상마당 갤러리, 서울
2016 <Walls and Wells>, Encuentros Abiertos-Festival de la Luz, 부에노스아이레스,
아르헨티나
2014 <At the End of Winter>, Blue Sky Gallery, 포틀랜드, 미국
이인전
2024 <페리지 팀 프로젝트>, 페리지 갤러리, 서울
단체전
2022 <Shades of Light>, 포틀랜드 미술관, 미국
2021 <PIC>, KT&G 상상마당, 서울
2021 <Human/Nature>, 리스 미술관, 중국
2019 <고은사진미술관 + KT&G 상상마당 제 11회 KT&G SKOPF 올해의 작가 전>,
고은사진미술관, 부산
Reboot: 평창 아카이브 프로젝트, 평창, 강원도
Photo London, 런던, 영국
2018 <In The Beginning:Of Species>, 콜로라도 예술사진센터, 콜로라도, 미국
<Small Works Baruch 2018>, 미시킨 갤러리, 뉴욕, 미국
2016 <Der Greif A Process 2.0> 포토먼스 페스티벌, 폴란드
<FOCUS photo l.a>, 로스앤젤레스, 미국
2015 <Flash Forward 2015> 마젠타 파운데이션, 디비젼 갤러리, 토론토, 캐나다
<Photography Award> 포토북 멜번 페스티벌, 호주
2014 <Hunting+Gathering> 뉴멕시코 미술관, 뉴멕시코, 미국
<PMA Photography Portfolio 2014>, 필라델피아미술관, 필라델피아, 미국
<Self-Published Photobooks> 피닉스 미술관, 아리조나, 미국
<Scrutiny After The Glimpse> 해거티 미술관, 미국
2013 <The Kids Are All Right>, 에디슨 아메리칸 아트 갤러리, 미국
<The Kids Are All Right>, 위더스푼 아트 뮤지엄, 미국
<Mapping: Borders Bodies Memories> 필터 포토 페스티벌, 시카고, 미국
<Center Forward 2013>, 콜로라도예술사진센터, 콜로라도, 미국
<Lotus Photography Summer Group Show>, hpgrp 갤러리, 첼시, 뉴욕, 미국
<Photo Annual Awards>, 프라하, 체코
<Annual Contemporary Photography Exhibition>,필라델피아사진센터, 필라델피아,미국
<Woods, Breath>, 닻미술관, 경기도, 한국
수상 및 선정
2022 팀프로젝트 2023, 페리지 갤러리, 한국
2020 라우센버그 이멀전시 그랜트, 뉴욕 예술 재단, 미국
2020 Urbanautica Institue Awards 2019, 이탈리아
2019 서울문화재단 예술작품지원 선정, 한국
2018 KT&G 상상마당 한국사진가 지원 프로그램 올해의 작가, 한국
2015 Flash Forward 2015, 마젠타재단, 캐나다
2014 여성위원회 사진상, 필라델피아 미술관, 미국
2011 Photography Book Now, Photo Book Competition, Blurb, 미국
레지던시
2017 토지 문화관, 토지문화재단, 원주, 한국
2012 토지 문화관, 토지문화재단, 원주, 한국
소장
아르헨티나 국립미술관, 아르헨티나
필라델피아 미술관, 미국
포틀랜드 미술관, 미국
뉴멕시코 미술관, 미국
해거티 미술관, 미국
닻 미술관, 한국
고은 사진 미술관, 한국
콜로라도 예술사진센터, 미국
KT&G 상상마당, 한국
아티스트 토크/렉쳐
2023.1 0 기술연구, 한국예술종합학교, 한국
2023. 10 , 애틀랜틱 칼리지, Maine, 미국
2022. 11 사진과 영상, 한국예술종합학교, 한국
2022. 5 디자인과 사진기초실습, 서울대학교, 한국
2022. 5 예술사진연구, 중앙대학교 (CCP), 한국
2019. 12 고은 사진 미술관, 한국
2019. 10 디자인과 사진기초실습, 서울대학교, 한국
2016. 8 Encuentros Abiertos-Festival de la Luz, 부에노스 아이레스, 아르헨티나
2014. 8 오레곤 사진미술 센터, 미국
2011. 4 International Center of Photography, 뉴욕, 미국
2011. 10 International Center of Photography, 뉴욕, 미국