Employing optical instruments to mediate his artistic vision, Noh Gi-hun captures the historical realities embedded in landscapes through documentary photography. By setting specific locations and geographic routes as his axes, he navigates the origins of contemporary society―rife with conflict and division―to uncover scenes where the past and present intersect.
In this digital era, marked by the rapid transformation and ubiquity of the medium, Noh contemplates the contemporary relevance of documentary photography and experiments with its possibilities as a visual art form. Extending this inquiry, he operates La Biblioteca De Foto (LBDF), a project that explores the transition of photography and the library from physical entities into the immaterial realm.
Recent exhibitions include his solo show VIEW POINT BLUE (GCS, 2023) and the group exhibition Young Korean Artists 2021 (MMCA, 2021).
Education
1985 Born in Gumi, KR
2012 M.F.A. in Photography, Chung-ang University, Seoul, KR
2010 B.F.A. in Photography, Chungang University, Seoul, KR
Selected Solo Exhibition
2023 View Point Blue, GCS, Seoul, KR
2020 Moon and Light, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, KR
2019 Eclipse, BMW Photo Space, Busan, KR
2018 Moon and Light, BankART NYK, Yokohama, JP
2016 Line 1, KT&G Sangsangmadang, Seoul, KR
2015 Mise en Scene, Space-nowhere, Seoul, KR
Selected Group Exhibition
2025 2025 Daejeon Photo, Daejeon Gallery, Daejeon, KR
2024 Agiter la Paix, Off Program of Dak'Art Biennale, Gore Island, SN
2023 What Time Is It in Your World?, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA), Gwacheon, KR
2023 Transparency, Sensation, and Mind, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, KR
2022 Observing the Human, Morrell House, London, UK
2021 Young Korean Artists 2021, MMCA, Gwacheon, KR
2020 Chiang Mai Photography Festival, CMU Art Centre, Chiang Mai, TH
2019 Image: Fascination Alchemy, Danwon Art Museum, Ansan, KR
2018 New-Bauhaus, Daegu Art Factory, Daegu, KR
2017 The Rite of Spring, Pohang Museum of Steel Art, Pohang, KR
2016 New Force of Photography 2016, GoEun Museum of Photography, Busan, KR
2015 Seoul Lunar Photo 2015: Anchoring Between Wander & Settlement, Artspace Boan, Seoul, KR
2014 Living in the Landscape, Incheon, Compact Smart City, Incheon, KR
2013 Off and Free International Expanded Cinema and Art Festival, Seoul Museum of Arts, Seoul, KR
2012 The Unbound Archive, Arko Art Center, Seoul, KR
2011 人spiration, Seoul Museum of Arts Nan-ji Gallery, Seoul, KR
Selected Residency
2018 Hyundai Card Gapado AIR, Jeju, KR
2018 Koganecho Residency, Koganecho Area Management Center, Yokohama, JP
2017 Yokohama BankART1929 Residency Artist, Yokohama, JP
2015 MMCA Goyang Residency, 11th Cohort Residency Artist, Goyang, KR
2013 Incheon Art Platform Residency, 4th & 5th Cohort Residency Artist, Incheon, KR
Selected Awards & Grants
2023 Awarded Artist of the Year, Korean Society of Photography and Visual Media, KR
2019 Selected as a Kumho Young Artist, Kumho Museum of Art, KR
2015 Finalist, 8th KT&G Sangsangmadang Korean Photographer's Fellowship (SKOPF), KR
2013 Selected for OFF-IN Focus Section, Off & Free International Film Festival, KR
Collection
Arko Media Archive Collection, KR
Arts Council Korea, KR
KT&G Sangsangmadang Collection, KR
Seoul Museum of Art Collection, KR
GoEun Museum of Photography Collection, KR
Seoul Metropolitan Government Museum & Art Division Collection, KR
Incheon Foundation for Arts & Culture Collection, KR
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) Collection, KR
Publication
2023 Koganecho Flip, Namsan Production
2018 Baengnyeongdo Project, Rye Field Publishing
2016 Line 1, Sangsangmadang
2015 Mise en Scene: Matter and Immateriality
2013 Red Nation, Grass Books
