Education:
Nana (Kimhwanhee)
2011-2014 MA in Fine-art Photography, Aalto University School of Arts and Design, Finland
2003-2004 MA in Fine-art, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London, UK
2000-2003 BA in Painting, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London, UK
Felix (Felix Nybergh)
2011-2014 MA in Fine-art Photography, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland
2007-2011 BA in Photography & Visual Communication, IDEP-Abat Oliba CEU, Barcelona, Spain
Solo Exhibitions:
2024
"Disjointed", Humor Garmgot x HOQICM, Seoul, South Korea
2023
"Viimeinen Sammuttaa Valot (Last One Out Shut Off The Lights)", Yangju Art Studio Resident Artists' Relay Solo Exhibition, Gallery 3rd Floor, Yangju Art Studio, Yangju, South Korea
2022
"Landscaping", Chamber 1965, Seoul, South Korea
"Nephopolis", Combine Works Art space, Seoul, South Korea
"Development Value" in collaboration with curator Sook Hyun Cho, Baeryeom's House Creative Lab, Seoul
"All Things Fall Apart", Posco Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea
2021
"84B", H Art Lab Open Studio x Exhibition, Hoban Housing Gallery, 2nd floor, Building 2, Hoban Park, Seoul, South Korea
"SEL2020HEL", Daecheongho Museum of Art, Cheongju Museum of Art, South Korea
"SEL2020HEL Diary", einBuch.haus, Berlin, Germany
2017
"WEAST", Gallery Doll, Seoul, South Korea
"Progress", Galería H2O, Barcelona, Spain
"107-1502", K2 Art Lounge x Gallery Jinsun, Seoul, South Korea
2016
"Progress", Space Opt., Seoul, South Korea
"House of Cards", Artist Residency TEMI, Daejeon, South Korea
2014
"The Zone System", Hippolyte Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2013
"Ways of Seeing", Photographic Centre Peri, Turku, Finland
Group Exhibitions, Festivals, Fairs and Showcases:
2023
"Curtain Call", Chang Ucchin Museum of Art, Yangju, South Korea
"Works, Words, Worlds", Combine Works Art space , Seoul, South Korea
"Sorry, Frankenstein" Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Wanju, South Korea
M_itä? Biennale of Contemporary Art, Joensuu Art Museum, Joensuu, Finland
2022
"Into the Void", ARS Pori 22, Pori Megastore, Pori, Finland
"Artists Villa", Yangju Artist Residency, Yangju, South Korea
"2022 NET FAIR - ART DMZ" with Push to Enter, Jijihyang, Paju, South Korea
"The Hyundai Seoul Art Fair" with Push to Enter, The Hyundai Seoul, Seoul, South Korea
2021
"Kamera, Savuke, Viski, ja Isä Meidän, Joka Olet Taivaissa (Camera, Cigarette, Whiskey, and Our Father, Who Art In Heaven)", H ART SPACE, H Art Lab, Seoul, South Korea
"ein Buch in Form einer Ausstellung", einBuch.haus, Berlin, Germany
"Evidencia, Latencia, Transparencia – Sobre la representación de la violencia," Institut de Cultura de Barcelona – Centro Cívico Guinardó, Barcelona, Spain
"The Great Artist, the 6th Emerging Artist Prize Shortlist", Posco Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea
2020
"Yesterday What I saw In My Dream", International Contemporary Art Project Ulsan 2020, Ulsan, South Korea
"Open Studios Exhibition_Virtual Edition" GlogauAIR, Berlin, Germany
2019
"291 Report Part 1", 291 photographs gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2018
"The Way Home", Suwon Manseok Gallery, Suwon Museum of Art, Suwon, South Korea
"Petites Anotacions Sobre El Retrat", Centre Cívic Ateneu Fort Pienc, Barcelona, Spain
2017
"291 Report Part. 1" Space 291, Seoul, South Korea
"Blind Date", Space Willing & Dealing, Seoul, South Korea
IHME Contemporary Art Festival, Helsinki, Finland
2016
"Sensible Reality" Art Space Festival, Seoul Citizens Hall, Seoul, South Korea
Art Edition Fair with Gallery Jinsun, Kintex, Ilsan, South Korea
"Blind Date x Open Studio", Space Willing & Dealing & SSAV, Seoul, South Korea
"2015 Platform Artists" Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, South Korea
"Preview 2016", Artist Residency TEMI, Daejeon, South Korea
2015
"IAP Video Anthology", Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, South Korea
"New Present", Mänttä Art Festival, Mänttä, Finland
"Paradise Reopening", Paradise Inn, Incheon, South Korea
"6th Resident Artists Preview: Non-Parallel Evolution of Unrelated Beings”, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, South Korea
"Relational Extravaganza & Arbitrary Dreams", Lacey Contemporary Gallery, London, UK
2014
"Masters of Arts Unseen", Helsinki Design Week, Helsinki, Finland
Artist Residencies & Studios:
2022 Yangju Artist Residency (former 777 Residence), Yangju, South Korea
2021 H Art Lab, Hoban Cultural Foundation, Seoul, South Korea
2020 GlogauAIR, Berlin, Germany
2016 TEMI Artist Residency, Daejon, South Korea
2015 Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, South Korea
2014 Koneen Säätiö Saari Residence, Hietamäki, Finalnd
2013 Warp Artist Village, C-Mine, Genk, Belgium (Felix Nybergh)
2012 Hangar residency, Barcelona, Spain (Felix Nybergh)
Awards:
2021 The Great Artist, 6th Emerging Artist Prize, Posco Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea
2020 8th Amado Photography Award, Shortlisted, Amado Art Space, Seoul, South Korea
2016 The 3rd Goam Art Prize, Shortlisted, South Korea
2015 Highly Commended, The Woollarha Small Sculpture Prize, Double Bay, Australia (Hwanhee Kim)
2015 Young Artist Grant, Finnish Art Society, Finland (Hwanhee Kim)
Grants:
2023
International Arts Exchange grant, Arts Council Korea, South Korea (Hwanhee Kim)
Artist work grant (12 months), Alfred Kordelinin Säätiö, Finland (Felix Nybergh)
2022
Espoo Art Grants, the City of Espoo, Finland (Nana Hwanhee Kim)
Artist work grant (12 months), Arts Promotion Center Finland(TAIKE), Finland (Felix Nybergh)
2021
Corona emergency subsidy for Seoul artists, Gwanak Distict Office, Seoul, South Korea
Corona grants, Arts Promotion Center Finland(TAIKE), Finland
Media Art Grant, AVEK, Finland
Exhibition transportation and travel grants, Frame-Finland, Finland
2020
Travel grant, Arts Promotion Center Finland(TAIKE), Finland
Production grant, Oskar Öflunds Stiftelse
2019
Mobility grant, Svenska Kulturfonden, Finland
2017
Artist work grant (6 months), Koneen Säätiö, Finland
2016
Exhibition grant, Daejeon Cultural Foundation, Daejeon, South Korea
2015
Travel grant, Svenska Kulturfonden, Finland
2014
Production grant, Oskar Öflunds Stiftelse, Finland
Exhibition grant, Svenska Kulturfonden, Finland
Residency grant, Koneen Säätiö, Finland
2013
Exhibition grant, Svenska Kulturfonden, Finland
Works in Collections:
Posco Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea
The Faber Birren Collection of Books on Color, Arts Library Special Collections, Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library, Yale University, USA
Government Art Bank, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, South Korea
Space 291 Photography Cooperative, Seoul, South Korea
Mänttä-Vilppula Art Collection, Mänttä, Finland
City of Turku, Turku, Finland (Felix Nybergh)
Published interviews, catalogues and Artist Book :
2022
"All Things Fall Apart", Exhibition Catalogue, Posco Museum of Art, Soul, South Korea
2021
"SEL2020HEL", 2021 CMOA Daecheongho Competition Exhibition "Collaborative : Effort", Cheongju Museum of Art, Cheongju, South Korea
"SEL2020HEL Diary", Edition of 30 + A.P. 2, einBuch.haus, Berlin, Germany
2018
"The Internet of Other People’s Things”, servus.at, Austria, ISBN 978-3-9504200-1-2
"291 Report Part.1", 291, Republic of Korea, ISBN 979-11-957936-8-6
2016
Catalogue "Artist Residency TEMI 2016",Daejeon Culture and Arts Foundation, South Korea
Exhibition catalogue "House of Cards", Daejeon Culture and Arts Foundation, South Korea
2015
Catalogue "2015 Platform Artists", Incheon Foundation for Arts & Culture-Incheon Art Platform