I deal with the question of what it means to be an Asian woman under the conditions of a patriarchal system as well as a diasporic person in Western societies. I explore the theme of womanhood alongside the stages of the life cycle such as belonging, emancipation, lust, and work.
The use of varied artistic approaches is a way to find the right distance as a mediator of others’ histories, as well as my own, in order to elicit individual memories. I make art to archive the experiences of women and our ambivalence towards defamiliarization and self-identification.
Miji Ih (b. 1990 in Seoul) earned her Associate Degree in Art in Photography, New Document at Kaywon School of Art & Design, South Korea (2013) and has been a master’s student at Berlin University of the Arts - Fine Arts, Pryde class, since 2021. Her work has been featured in numerous group exhibitions. She is interested in socio-political issues and has joined various networks in South Korea and Germany to work together with other cultural workers. Currently, the artist lives and works in Berlin.
Miji Ih(*1990 in Seoul, South Korea) lives and works in Berlin, Germany
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Academic Background
2014 - 2021 Meisterschlüerin, Universität der Künste Berlin - Fine Arts in the class of Pryde
2019 Exchange Semester, the Cooper Union - School of Art, New york
2009 - 2013 Associate Degree, Kaywon School of Art & Design, South Korea - Photography, New Document
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Scholarship
2022 NEUSTART KULTUR-Special Grant Kick-Starter
2022 Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt
2021 INITIAL Special Grant, Young Akademie, Akademie der Künste Berlin
2020 Hope Scholarship, Kowinner Korean Women‘s International Foundation
2020 DAAD Study Completion Grants for International Students
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Co-work & Network
2021 Organizational & curatorial team, Symposium Korean Nomad, Universität der Künste Berlin, DE
2021- Member of the network for female artists ‘Louise the Women’, KR
2009 - 2013 Member of the student club photojournalist ‘Mirror’, KR
- publication
2012 Photo Calendar Project „owing on the light”, KR
2011 Photobook „Look at the People- CT85”, KR
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Group Exhibitions
2022 WOMAN-Solidarity, Gallery Dongduk, Seoul, KR
2021 Serials, Rainbowcube space, Seoul, KR 2021 it‘s only the end, Kühlhaus, Berlin
2021 Seen by. 15 - nothing ever happend (yet), Museum für Fotografie, Berlin
2021 Parkverbot - PARKEN IST BEWEGUNG, Kunstraum Potsdamer Straße, Berlin
2020 Ich bin., KUNSTRAUM Potsdamer Straße, Berlin
2020 until further notice, Villa Heike, Berlin
2019 Seen by. 13 - Modus Operandi, Museum für Fotografie, Berlin
2018 The Uncanny Value, der unheinmliche Wert, Ecke Galerie, Augsburg, DE
2018 vis-à-vis, Universität der Künste Berlin, Berlin
2017 Seoul Photo Festival Special Exhibition, SeMA storage, Seoul, KR
2017 Seen by. 8, Museum für Fotografie, Berlin
2017 It‘s a good day to have a good day, Frankfurt, DE
2016 The Scrap, Seoul, KR
2016 open-end(ed), gallery Seohakdong, Jeonju, KR
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Publication / Participation
2021 Photomagazine Camera Austria, AT - featured in the article as a photographer in Camera Austria 154
2020 Photomagazine Vostok, KR - featured in the article as a photographer in Vostok Vol.23 Special Edition Postcards
2020 The Scrap:Happy Together, «Booked: Hong Kong Art Book Fair», Hongkong - participated as photographer collective Bonnie and Miji in <Burning IXXUES: Zines of Social Movements Worldwide>
2018 contribution an article, Season Five, Berlin, DE - an assortment of contributions on themes of Land, Art and Commons
2016 participated as an artist, The Scrap, Seoul, KR
2016 Magazine WORKERS, KR - featured in the article „Seen from a Third Person”
2016 Magazine WORKERS, KR - featured in the article „Home Sweet Home”
2016 Photomagazine PHOTODOT, KR - featured in the article „Seen from a Third Person”
◊ Short Bio
Miji Ih (b. 1990 in Seoul) earned her Associate Degree in Art in Photography, New Document at Kaywon School of Art & Design, South Korea (2013) and has been a master’s student at Berlin University of the Arts - Fine Arts, Pryde class, since 2021. Her work has been featured in numerous group exhibitions. She is interested in socio-political issues and has joined various networks in South Korea and Germany to work together with other cultural workers. Currently, the artist lives and works in Berlin.
◊ Artist Statement
I deal with the question of what it means to be an Asian woman under the conditions of a patriarchal system as well as a diasporic person in Western societies. I explore the theme of Womanhood alongside the stages of the life cycle such as Belonging, Emancipation, Lust, and Work.
The use of varied artistic approaches is a way to find the right distance as a mediator of others’ histories, as well as my own, in order to elicit individual memories. I make art to archive the experiences of women and our ambivalence towards defamiliarization and self-identification.
◊ CV
Miji Ih(*1990 in Seoul, South Korea) lives and works in Berlin, Germany
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Academic Background
2014 - 2021 Meisterschlüerin, Universität der Künste Berlin - Fine Arts in the class of Pryde
2019 Exchange Semester, the Cooper Union - School of Art, New york
2009 - 2013 Associate Degree, Kaywon School of Art & Design, South Korea - Photography, New Document
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Scholarship
2022 NEUSTART KULTUR-Special Grant Kick-Starter
2022 Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt
2021 INITIAL Special Grant, Young Akademie, Akademie der Künste Berlin
2020 Hope Scholarship, Kowinner Korean Women‘s International Foundation
2020 DAAD Study Completion Grants for International Students
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Co-work & Network
2021 Organizational & curatorial team, Symposium Korean Nomad, Universität der Künste Berlin, DE
2021- Member of the network for female artists ‘Louise the Women’, KR
2009 - 2013 Member of the student club photojournalist ‘Mirror’, KR
-publication
2012 Photo Calendar Project „owing on the light”, KR
2011 Photobook „Look at the People- CT85”, KR
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Group Exhibitions
2022 WOMAN-Solidarity, Gallery Dongduk, Seoul, KR
2021 Serials, Rainbowcube space, Seoul, KR 2021 it‘s only the end, Kühlhaus, Berlin
2021 Seen by. 15 - nothing ever happend (yet), Museum für Fotografie, Berlin
2021 Parkverbot - PARKEN IST BEWEGUNG, Kunstraum Potsdamer Straße, Berlin
2020 Ich bin., KUNSTRAUM Potsdamer Straße, Berlin
2020 until further notice, Villa Heike, Berlin
2019 Seen by. 13 - Modus Operandi, Museum für Fotografie, Berlin
2018 The Uncanny Value, der unheinmliche Wert, Ecke Galerie, Augsburg, DE
2018 vis-à-vis, Universität der Künste Berlin, Berlin
2017 Seoul Photo Festival Special Exhibition, SeMA storage, Seoul, KR
2017 Seen by. 8, Museum für Fotografie, Berlin
2017 It‘s a good day to have a good day, Frankfurt, DE
2016 The Scrap, Seoul, KR
2016 open-end(ed), gallery Seohakdong, Jeonju, KR
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Publication / Participation
2021 Photomagazine Camera Austria, AT - featured in the article as a photographer in Camera Austria 154
2020 Photomagazine Vostok, KR - featured in the article as a photographer in Vostok Vol.23 Special Edition Postcards
2020 The Scrap:Happy Together, «Booked: Hong Kong Art Book Fair», Hongkong - participated as photographer collective Bonnie and Miji in <Burning IXXUES: Zines of Social Movements Worldwide>
2018 contribution an article, Season Five, Berlin, DE - an assortment of contributions on themes of Land, Art and Commons
2016 participated as an artist, The Scrap, Seoul, KR
2016 Magazine WORKERS, KR - featured in the article „Seen from a Third Person”
2016 Magazine WORKERS, KR - featured in the article „Home Sweet Home”
2016 Photomagazine PHOTODOT, KR - featured in the article „Seen from a Third Person”