In his work, Donghwan Kam has been tracing the variable form of the borders and boundaries that the concept of "we" creates as it moves through time and space, and finally approaching the ambiguity of them. The trajectory of this tracing is perhaps pointing towards the goal of finding and including the third agents (including inanimate and microorganisms) beyond the dichotomous worldview.
In 2024, he held a solo exhibition titled To the Beaver's House at the Buk-Seoul Museum of Art. His works have been presented at the 7th Changwon Sculpture Biennale, Singapore Biennale, Casco Art Institute in the Netherlands, Van Abbe Museum, Framer Framed, and the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Centre in Palestine. He participated in residency programs at Rijksakademie (NL), MMCA Goyang (KR), Gwangju Asia Culture Center (KR), Luma Foundation (FR), U-Jazdowski center for contemporary art (PL).
Education
2017 Design Academy Eindhoven, Social Design, Master of Art, Eindhoven, NL
2015 Hochschule Fur Gestaltung Offenbach, Vordiplom, Offenbach, DE
2012 Korean National University of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, KR
2006 Korean National University of Arts, Documentary Film making, KR
Residency
2024 MMCA Residency Goyang, Goyang, KR
2022 U-Jazdowski Castle, Center for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, PL
2021-19 Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, NL
2018 Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, KR
2016 Atelier Luma, LUMA Foundation, Arles, FR
Solo Exhibition
2024 To the Beaver’s House, Buk-Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, KR
2023 Cook or Hoop, BOOST Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL
2022 A Fig Tree From Ian, U-Jazdowski Castle, Center for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, PL
2021 Kitchen has escaped, kimchi’s earthing is done, I feel like making pancakes, Project space south RABK, Amsterdam, NL
2018 Boats on Trapani port, Anaesthesia Disco, Via Crespi, Milano, IT
Group Exhibition
2024 As It Always Ends Up Like This, MMCA Residency Goyang, Goyang, KR
2024 silent apple, Changwon Sculpture Biennale, Changwon, KR
2023 Manifestation, Buro Stedelijk, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL
2023 Nina bell F. House Museum, Casco Art Institute, Utrecht, NL
2022 NATASHA, 2022 Singapore Biennale, Singapore Art Museum, SG
2022 Seoul Slang Seendosi, Seendosi & Frieze Seoul 2022, Seoul
2022 A Lasting Truth Is Change, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL
2022 D.I.T. Do It Together, Framer Framed, Amsterdam, NL
2021 Open Studio, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, NL
2021 It Enters Into What We Become, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, NL
2021 But These Forms Need to Be Created, Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center, Ramallah, PS
2020 Good Game, 21-Yeonhui-ro, 11-ma gil, Seoul, KR
2019 Co-machines, Onomatopee, Eindhoven, NL
2019 Open studio, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, NL
2019 Post Ghost Bust, Jan van Eyck academy, Maastricht, NL
2019 Dissolving Views by Morph Collective, Alcova Sassetti, Milan, IT
2019 From Dusk to Dawn, K11 Foundation, Guangzhou, CN
2018 MOPRH, Micorlab, Eindhoven, NL
2018 The New Newsroom, MU, Eindhoven, NL
2018 Mixed Realities, Albert van Abbehuis, Eindhoven, NL
2018 Not For Sale, Via Crespi, Milano, IT
2018 Reloading technology, TAC, Eindhoven, NL
2017 Activating the City, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, KR
2016 Mapping le Pays d’Arles, Atelier Luma, Arles, FR
2016 Lotus Land, Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, KR
