BIOGRAPHY
1968 Born, Korea
Lives and works in Los Angeles
EDUCATION
1998 MFA, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
1992 BS, Woodbury University, Burbank, CA
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
Won Ju Lim, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing (catalogue)
Won Ju Lim: New Works, Pilar Parra & Romero Galería de Arte, Madrid
2007
Broken Landscape, East Gallery, Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica, CA
Ruined Traces, West Gallery, Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica, CA
Reflection/Refraction, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA (brochure)
2006
Won Ju Lim: In Many Things to Come, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI (catalogue)
2005
New Sculptures, Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica, CA (catalogue)
Plastic in Transition, Pilar Parra Galería de Arte, Madrid
Won Ju Lim, DA2 Domus Artium, Center of Contemporary Art, Salamanca, Spain (catalogue)
2004
Won Ju Lim, Emily Tsingou Gallery, London
Won Ju Lim, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
2003
Memory Palace, Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica, CA
Art Unlimited 34, Basel, Switzerland
2002
Won Ju Lim: Elysian Field North, Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada (brochure)
California Dreamin', Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
2001
Won Ju Lim, Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica, CA
Won Ju Lim: Longing for Wilmington, Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen, Germany
2000
Longing for Wilmington, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (catalogue)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
CCF and Getty Foundation PresentsTwenty Years Ago Today: Supporting Individual Artists in LA, Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Gravity and Transformation, Kristi Engles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
All Inclusive – A Tourist World, Schirn Kunstalle, Frankfurt, Germany (catalogue)
2007
Found Out, International Incheon Women Artists' Biennale, Incheon, Korea (catalogue)
Ephemeral: Exploratins in Light, Claremont Museum of Art, Claremont, CA
Sublime: Experience and Perceptions in Contemporary Sculpture, Pilar Parra & Romero Galeria de Arte, Madrid, Spain
Idilio, DA2 Domus Artium, Center of Contemporary Art, Salamanca, Spain (catalogue)
Modelle- Allegorien Des Realen, Kunsthalle Goppingen, Goppingen, Germany
Franchise, VHDG Foundation, Den Haag, Netherlands (catalogue)
Franchise, VHDG Foundation, Heerlen, Netherlands (catalogue)
Expansiones Implosivas, Centro Cultural de la Villa de Madrid, Madrid, Spain (catalogue)
2006
Architecture, Art and Landscape Biennial of the Canaries, Fuerteventura, Spain
(catalogue)
Idylle; Traum und Trugschluss, Sammlung Falckenberg, Phoenix Hall, Hamburg, Germany (catalogue)
Carbon Anhydride, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin (catalogue)
Abstraction Now: Strictly Geometrical, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany (catalogue)
The Amber Room, LuggageStore Gallery, San Francisco, CA (brochure)
Technocraft, Wignall Art Museum, Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA (brochure)
2005
Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht, ZKM Museum fur Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany (catalogue)
Vanishing Point, Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (catalogue)
Barrocos Y Neobarrocos, DA2 Domus Artium, Center of Contemporary Art, Salamanca, Spain (curated by Javier Pandera Cuevas, catalogue)
20Scene05, The Korean American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2004
Ein-Leuchten, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Austria (catalogue)
CA Community Foundation: Eight Los Angeles Artist Awarded, Santa Monica Museum of Art, CA
Zwischenwelten, Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany (catalogue)
Group Project: Mail-In Show, London Street Project, Los Angeles, CA
Beyond Baroque, Los Angeles, CA
2003
Group Show No. 1: Bas Jan Ader, Joseph Cornell, Won Ju Lim, Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica, CA
Slab, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL (pamphlet)
2002
Art Basel Miami Beach 2002, Miami, FL
Gwangju Biennale 2002: Sites of Korean Diaspora, Gwangju, Korea (catalogue)
2001
Munster Sculpture Biennial, Münster, Germany (catalogue)
Snapshot: New Art From Los Angeles, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles,
CA (catalogue)
Snapshot: New Art From Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL
Under the Bridges, Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'Art Contemporain,
Luxembourg (catalogue)
2000
Cultural Sidewalk, Vienna, Austria
Scale, Galerie Hohenlohe & Kalb, Vienna, Austria (curated by Martin Prinzhorn)
Re: Moved, The Brewery, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2008
Ulrich, Mattias. All Inclusive: A Tourist World, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, 2008: 42-43, 220. (catalogue)
Melrod, George. "Projecting Paradise," art ltd West Coast Art and Design, January 2008: 40-45.
2007
Collins, Judith. Sculpture Today, Phaidon Press Inc., New York, 2007: 139.
Welchman, John. "Found Out," Found Out, Knocking on the Door, International
Incheon Women Artists' Biennale, Incheon, Korea, 2007: 38-53, 136-137 (catalogue)
O'Brien Pat. "Light Scrutiny," The Press-Enterprise, 17 September, 2007.
Shermer, Courtney. Artrabbit.com, October 16, 2007
"Ephemeral: Explorations in Light at Claremont Museum of Art," artdaily.org, 2007
Hübl, Michael. "Modelle – Allegorien des Realen," Kunstforum International, May-June
2007:368-370.
Zybok, Oliver. "Won Ju Lim," Idilio: Fatasia y Falacia, DA2 Domus Artium, Center of Contemporary Art, Salamanca, Spain (catalogue).
Gray, Emma. "LA Confidentiall," Artnet.com, February 15, 2007.
Nonnenmacher, Klaus. "Kamerafahrt mit Modellautos durch eine Märklim-Bahn," Stuttgarter Zeitung, 6 March, 2007.
Beuer, Weil. "Slaapkamers in een Vroegere Matrassenwinkel," Dagblad de Limburger, 4 June, 2007.
Roussel, Noellie. "Refraction/Reflection," Korean Cultural Center, Los Angles, CA (pamplet).
Thiel, Wolf Guenter. Interviewstream.com, 7 February, 2007.
Morse, Marcia. "Won Ju Lim at the Honolulu Academy of Arts," Artweek, Vol. 38, Issue 1, February 2007, p. 24
Kim, Chang Sup. "Won Ju Lim," Korea Times, 10 March, 2007: D9.
2006
Weibel, Peter and Jansen, Gregor. "Light as a Medium of Light," Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht, ZKM Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2006: 32, 354 - 355 (catalogue).
Zybok, Oliver. "Zur Aktualitat des Idyllischen," KunstforumInternational, vol.179, Feb.-April 2006.
Zybok, Oliver. "Won Ju Lim," Idylle; Traum und Trugschluss, Phoenix Kulturstiftung/Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg, Germany, 2006: 153-155 (catalogue).
Galerie Max Hetzler: Carbon Anhydride, Berlin 2006
Little, Stephen. In Many Things to Come, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu (catalogue).
Ng, Konrad. "The Poetics and Politics of Space, Time, and Memory in Won Ju Lim's In Many Things to Come," In Many Things to Come, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu (catalogue).
Castro, Ignacio. "Fenomenos de Borde," Centro y Periferia en Tiempos de Aceleracion, Architecture, Art and Landscape Biennial of the Canaries, Tenerife, Spain (catalogue).
Grosenick, Uta and Riemschneider, Burkhard. Art Now: Taschen's 25th Anniversary Special, Taschen, Cologne and Berlin.
Pschak, Evelyn. "Carbon Anhydride bei Max Hetzler," Artnet,de, 6 Oct., 2006.
Kurtz, Katie. "The Amber Room," San Francisco Bay Gardian, 4 Oct., 2006.
Le Duc, Amy. "A Room of One's Own," SF Station, 28 Sept., 2006.
White, Victoria Gail. "Installation piece visual, memorable," The Honolulu Advisor, 15 Oct., 2006.
Ohnuma, Keiko. "Atmosphere of Nostalgia," Star Bulletin, 15 Oct., 2006.
Schmid, Andrea. "Blinded by the Lights," artnet.de, 7 Oct., 2006
Won, Jinyoung. "Won Ju Lim," Korea Times Hawaii, 14 Oct., 2006.
Schuth, Dietmar. "Es lebe die Abstraktion," Scala, Sept., 2006.
Happersberger, Roland. "Aktuelle Winkelzüge," Leo, 10 Aug., 2006.
Niederbühl, Thomas. "Strictly Geometrical?" Stadtmagazin, Aug. 2006.
Meyers, Terry R. "Won Ju Lim," Modern Painters: International Arts and Culture, December2005/January 2006: 123.
Ha, Christine. "Won Ju Lim," The Korea Times, 26 August, 2006.
Roussel, Noellie. "Los Angeles Elsewhere is Everywhere," Artpress, No. 322, April 2006.
Park, Dong Joon. "Won Ju Lim," The Korea Times, 3 June, 2006.
2005
Kraus, Chris; Tumlir, Jan; McFadden, Jane. LA Artland, Black Dog Publishing, London.
Johnson, Ken. "Everywhere's the Same: Nowhere in Particular," New York Times, 3 June, 2005.
Plath, Nils. "No More than a Few Points of Suspension," Won Ju Lim, Patrick Painter, Inc., Santa Monica, California (catalogue).
Welchman, John. "Won Ju Lim's Shadow World," Won Ju Lim, DA2 Domus Artium, Center of Contemporary Art, Salamanca, Spain (catalogue).
Isé, Claudine. Vanishing Points, Vanishing Point, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio (catalogue).
Miller, Brian. "Vanishing Point @ Wexner," Angle, Issue #22, September/October, 2005.
Schmid, Andreas. "Blinded by the Lights," artnet.de, June 7, 2005.
Vozmediano, Elena. "Won Ju Lim, Cities of Plexiglas," El Cultural, November 17, 2005.
Castro Florez, Fernando. "Plastic in Transition," ABCD Las Artes y Las Letras, November 19, 2005.
Albarrán, Juan. "Beyond Minimalism," art.es, No 9, May-June 2005: 80.
Macu, Moran. "Basel Highlights 2005," Artnet, August.
Mania, Astrid. "Memory and Motion," Won Ju Lim, DA2 Domus Artium, Center of Contemporary Art, Salamanca, Spain (catalogue).
Sung, Min Jung. "Won Ju Lim," Korea Times, 20 August 2005: D3.
Gaines, Malik, "Scene '05", Korean American Museum, Los Angeles, California (exhibition pamphlet).
2004
Dyer, Richard. "Won Ju Lim," Contemporary: Special Issue: 212121 Sculpture, No. 64, 2004: 62 - 65.
Mania, Astrid. "Memory Palace at Galerie Max Hetzler," Neue Review, December 2004: 12-13.
"Won Ju Lim," Time Out, London, May.
Roussel, Noellie. Ein-Leuchten, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Austria, 2004: 66 - 67.
Ermacora, Beate. "Zwischenwelten (Worlds in Between)," Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany, 2004: 30 - 37 (catalogue).
Krümmel, Clemens. Berlin 1994 - 2003, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin: 10.
Clanten, Robert; Ehmann, Sven; Meyer, Birga. Wonderland, Die Gestalten Verlag, Berlin 2004: 78-81.
2003
Miles, Christopher. "Won Ju Lim," Artforum, XLI, No. 10, Summer 2003: 194 - 5.
Balvin, Sandra. "Fantasies in the Digital Age: Won Ju Lim," Belio, Issue 011:
Urban Issue, 2003: 23-27, 111 - 112.
"Bold," Vancouver Art Gallery, 2003: 11.
Zellen, Jody. "Won Ju Lim," Artpress, July - August 2003: 66 - 67.
Conger, Bill. "Slab," University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, 2003 (pamphlet).
Miller, Barbara. Art Papers, summer issue, 2003.
2002
Prince, Mark. "Won Ju Lim," Flash Art, Vol. 34, May - June 2002: 137 - 138.
Pagel, David. "Won Ju Lim," Los Angeles Times, 4 January 2002: F37.
Krümmel, Clemens. "Das Innere Los Angeles: Won Ju Lim in der Galerie Max
Hetzler, Berlin," Texte Zur Kunst, 12 jahrgang, heft 46, June 2002: 118 – 120.
Grosenick, Uta and Riemschneider, Burkhard. Art Now: 137 Artists at the Rise of the New
Millennium, Taschen, Cologne and Berlin, May 2002.
Allen, Jennifer. "Won Ju Lim," Artforum.com, 2 April 2002. Zoo Magazine, June 2002: 40 – 41.
There: Sites of Korean Diaspora, Gwangju Biennale 2002: Sites of Korean Diaspora, Gwangju, Korea, 2002: 31 (catalogue).
"Won Ju Lim," Canadian Art website, November 2002.
Grant, Paul. CBC Radio, October 2002.
O'Brian, Melanie. "Won Ju Lim: Elysian Field North," Next: A Series on Emerging Artists from the Pacific Rim, Vancouver Art Gallery, 2002 (exhibition pamphlet).
Robinson, Walter. "Maximum Miami," artnet.com, Artnet Magazine, 2002.
Newhouse, Kristina. "Won Ju Lim at Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica," Art + Text, number 77, Summer 2002.
Osswald, Anja. "Lost in Space: 'California Dreamin' of Won Ju Lim with Max Hetzler," Der Tagesspiegel, 11 May, 2002.
Wendland, Johannes. Zitty, April, 2002: 221.
2001
Elaine, James; Ferguson, Russell; Isé, Claudine and Philbin, Ann.
Snapshot: New Art from Los Angeles, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California (catalogue).
Tumlir, Jan. "Snapshot," Artforum, XL, No.2, October 2001: 155.
Von Schlegell, Mark. "Snapshot: New Art From Los Angeles," Art + Text, 2001: 76 -77.
Nys Dambrot, Shana. "Snapshot: New Art from Los Angeles, UCLA Armand Hammer Museum,"
Tema Celeste Contemporary Art, September - October 2001: 102.
"Gralsburg der Neuen Welt," Der Spiegel, No. 48, 26 October, 2001: 263.
Turner, Elisa. The Miami Herald, 28 October 2001.
Krümmel, Clemens. Sculpture Biennale Münsterland, Steinfurt, Germany (catalogue).
Herausgeber, Steinfurt, Kreis; Tannert, Christoph. Skulpture-Biennale Münsterland,
Munster, Germany (catalogue).
"Das Wilmington von heute wie Science Fiction," Westfalenpost, 10, October, 2001. "Sehnsucht nach Wilmington," Siegener Zeitung, 26, October, 2001.
Lunghi, Enrico. Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'Art Contemporain et Les Artistes, Sous Les Ponts, Le Long De La Rivière, Luxembourg (catalogue).
"Sous Les Ponts, Le Long De La Riviere...," Rendez-vous Lëtzebuerg, September 2001.
Schmit, Philippe Paul and Richard, Sophie. "Sous Les Ponts, Le Long De La Riviere...," Tageblatt, 14 September 2001.
Simenc, Christian. "L'art Au Fil De L'eau," Beaux Arts Magazine, July 2001: 57.
Yoo, Chris. "Artists' Trax: Urban Planner," KoreAm, July 2001.
2000
Roussel, Noellie. "Has Wilmington Replaced Rome as the Eternal City?"
Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany (catalogue).
Hofleitner, Johanna. "Austgestelit in Wien," Die Press, 26 June 2000.
Scheyerer, Nicole. "Scale, Galerie Hohenlohe & Kalb," Falter, 7 June 2000.
1998
Hultkrans, Andrew. "Surf and Turf," Artforum, Summer 1998: 108.
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2007
Rockefeller Foundation Media Arts Fellowship
2005
Korea Arts Foundation of America for Visual Arts
2004
Emerging Artist Fellowship, California Community Foundation
2000
Phiilip Morris Visual Artist Grant
1996-1998
Art Center College of Design Graduate Student Scholarship
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii
UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
El Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos, Spain
T-B A21 - Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
La Colección Jumex, Estado de México
Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada