Profile
Interview 2022
Interview and recording: Gabriela Gietl, Janice Herder, Angela Karnoll, 2022
Photo: Mariann Menke
She com-poses: puts together what is there right now – sound, space, situation, things, words. Discarded materials, the place itself, her own history. Some works whisper, some roar; they hold something rather than dramatise it. Her subject: ((üb)er)leben – living, practising, experiencing, surviving. Her method, for now: care and rest.
Born 1978 in Seoul, lives in Frankfurt am Main. Studied composition at Seoul National University (BA) and multimedia composition at HfMT Hamburg (MA); Diploma in Media Arts from the Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM). Further training in contemplative psychology (Karuna Training).
Education
- 2011–2019
- Diploma, Media Arts, Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM) — diploma work 100 Tage – Was möglich ist
- 2013–2014
- DAAD Scholarship Abroad, Facultad de Artes, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá
- 2003–2007
- Master of Arts, Multimedia Composition, Hamburg University of Music and Drama (HfMT)
- 1996–2001
- Bachelor of Music, Composition, Seoul National University · teaching qualification in music (secondary school)
Further Training
- 2022
- Masterclasses with Marc Brew (choreography) and Max Greyson (poetry/theatre), Un-Label Cologne
- 2009–2013
- Karuna Basic and Advanced Training in Contemplative Psychology, Upaya gGmbH, Cologne
Grants & Residencies (selection)
- 2023
- Artist Residency with Child (Kümki), Haus des Wandels, Brandenburg
- 2022
- NEUSTART KULTUR grant, Stiftung Kunstfonds
- 2022
- NEUSTART KULTUR #TakeHeart residency grant, Fonds Darstellende Künste / Mousonturm Frankfurt
- 2013–2014
- DAAD Scholarship Abroad, Bogotá
- 2005–2007
- Scholarships: City of Hamburg · Oscar und Vera Ritter Foundation
- 2003
- Commissioned composition, Reemtsma Foundation
Selected Exhibitions, Performances & Installations
- 2026
- Rest in Strömung — group performance, opening of the Maritime Week Bremen, MS D.O.C.H. residency
- 2026
- Open Atelier, basis Frankfurt (anniversary)
- 2023
- Noisy Silence with Trost and Trust — group exhibition „AN UND AB WESENHEIT", AtelierFrankfurt
- 2023
- „OPEN WHIRLIGIG PERFORMANCE" with Nelly Boyd, blurred edges festival, Westwerk Hamburg
- 2023
- „Giration 4.2" by Jan Feddersen — interpretation, voice, Kunstraum Tosterglope
- 2022
- Erforschung des Da-Seins No. 1–8 — performative research in public space, Frankfurt
- 2022
- Trost & Trust — room installation & performance, Open Studios, AtelierFrankfurt
- 2021
- Performances for Corona-Blues — participatory performances, commune 6×3, Frankfurt
- 2021
- „PERSEVERANCE" by Sopo Kashakashvili — interpretation, Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden
- 2020
- Performance for Depression #Nowandthen — performance concert (premiere), blurred edges festival, Hamburg
- 2019
- 100 Tage – Was möglich ist : sich um sich zu kümmern — room installation & performance, KHM Rundgang, Cologne
- 2017
- musique autiste II — participatory sound installation, KHM Rundgang, Cologne
- 2013
- démonstration simultanée – vibration II — composition & performance, Simultanhalle Cologne
- 2012
- vibration I — composition for grand piano and 4 mobile phones, klub katarakt, Kampnagel Hamburg
- Earlier performances incl. ZKM Karlsruhe · Ernst Barlach Haus Hamburg · Budapest · Tallinn · Los Angeles · Seoul · Bogotá
Publication
- 2019
- Leporello Performances for Depression, 52 instructions, edition of 100 — one copy at the Zentrum für Künstlerpublikationen, Weserburg Bremen
Press, Juries & Roles
- 2023, 2025
- Jury, hochkantfilmfest, Bremen
- 2023
- „Künstlerin wandelt zwischen den Gattungen" (artist moving between genres), Angela Karnoll, Frankfurter Rundschau
- 2022
- Film portrait „Kunst vs. Corona"
Memberships & Studio
- since 2026
- BBK Frankfurt (Professional Association of Visual Artists)
- since 11/2025
- Workspace (sublet), basis Frankfurt
- 2020–2023
- AtelierFrankfurt e.V. (membership and studio)
- 2011–2014
- Studio, Quartier am Hafen, Cologne
- since 2003
- Verband für Aktuelle Musik Hamburg