Cho Hyun Taek

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Cho Hyun Taek was born in Naju, Jeollanam-do, Korea in 1982 and earned his bachelor’s degree in Photography in 2008. His work primarily explores various facets of events occurring at the boundaries between cities and non-cities, as well as fragments of scenes that have disappeared during Korea's modernization. Although he predominantly uses photography, Cho also creates videos and installations.

Cho held his inaugural solo exhibition at Space VAVA in 2008, presenting the Boys! Be Ambitious series. This collection incorporated autobiographical elements and examined the relationship between youth and masculinity. He further showcased this series in another solo show at Art Space Pool in 2009. In 2012, he contributed to the 9th Gwangju Biennale's main exhibition, Roundtable, with his photography series Young People’s Place In The Sun and the video series A Man With 101 Jobs. These works narrated stories of Cho and other young members of the "880,000 Won Generation."

In 2015, Cho debuted his Vacant Room series at Space22. This exhibition featured photographs, taken using the camera obscura method, of rooms in empty houses on the brink of demolition due to redevelopment. The following year, he participated in the portfolio review program for the Gwangju Biennale. In 2021, Cho contributed to the 13th Gwangju Biennale with his Stone Market series, a collection of photographs capturing the nocturnal landscapes of stone dealerships across the country, a project he embarked on in 2019. Since 2022, he has been focusing on photographing and filming town murals.

Submitted by KAMS - Korean Arts Management Service