EDUCATION

 

2022                Freie Universität Berlin (Berlin, Germany)

                        M.A. Art History in a Global Context: Focus on East Asia

Grade (Note) in average: 1.0 / sehr gut

Thesis: “Merging the Demonic and the Divine: Screen Painting “Netherworld on the Sea” (Haesangmyeongbu-do) in the National Folk Museum of Korea”

 

2017                Seoul National University (Seoul, South Korea)

B.A. Art History, Department of Archaeology and Art History

Graduated with honors, summa cum laude

 

2016                Accord Ecole de Langues (Paris, France)

                        Language program, funded by Seoul National University

 

2014 – 2015    Georg-August Universität Göttingen (Göttingen, Germany)

Exchange Student. Art History (Kunstgeschichte)

 

 

RESEARCH AND WORK EXPERIENCE

 

2022 –present Lecturer (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin) of East Asian Art History,

                           Institute of Art History, Freie Universität Berlin

 

2020 – 2022    Kuratorische Mitarbeiterin

Samurai Art Museum GmbH, Berlin

 

2020 – 2021    Researcher

Research Project “Research Project on Current Status of Korean Cultural Heritage in Germany and Preparation for Further Project in Europe,” 2nd term. Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation (OKCHF), Freie Universität Berlin 

-          in collaboration with Ethnologisches Museum (Berlin)

 

2018 – 2020    Research Assistant

Research Project “Research Project on Current Status of Korean Cultural Heritage in Germany and Preparation for Further Project in Europe,” 1st term. Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation (OKCHF), Freie Universität Berlin 

-          in collaboration with Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum (Trondheim),

           Übersee-Museum (Bremen), Museum Fünf Kontinente (Munich),

Private Collector Mr. Bernhardt (Berlin)

 

2017 – 2020    Associated Researcher

Barakat Contemporary (Contemporary Art Gallery, Seoul) / Barakat Seoul, Barakat Institute

 

• Contributed exhibitions

Alex Verhaest, Cho Moon Ki: The Absence of Paterfamilias (June 1-Aug. 6, 2017)

El Anatsui: Topology of Generosity (Sept. 27 - Nov. 26, 2017)

Shezad Dawood: Leviathan - On Sunspots and Whales (Sept. 1 - Nov. 4, 2018)

Nicky Nodjoumi: Please Sit Down (Nov. 21 - Jan. 13, 2019)

Robert Motherwell: Elegy (Mar. 6 - May 12, 2019)

Gary Hume: Looking and Seeing (June 5 - Aug. 11, 2019)

Wael Shawky: Al Araba Al Madfuna (Nov. 29, 2019 - Jan. 31, 2020)

Peles Empire: Even Here, I exist (Mar. 12 - Apr. 26, 2020)

Hassan Hajjaj: A Taste of Things to Come (Aug. 5 - Sept. 27, 2020)

Michael Dean: Garden of Delete (Mar. 31 - May 30, 2021)

Fiona Banner aka The Vanity Press: Pranayama Typhoon (June 16 - Aug. 15, 2021)

 

 

2016 – 2017    Curatorial Researcher

Barakat Contemporary (Contemporary Art Gallery, Seoul) / Barakat Seoul, Barakat Institute

selected contribution to exhibitions

 

2018                Translator (English/German > Korean)

Exhibition Catalog “Liechtenstein, 900 Years of a ruling family in the heart of Europe.” National Palace Museum of Korea.

 

2018 – 2022    Interpreter (English <–> Korean)

 

• Contributed Conferences

“Modernity in Korean Art Reconsidered!”

International Conference at Freie Universität Berlin.

27-29. Jan. 2022.

“The Art of Diplomacy: Material Culture and the Practice of Gift Exchange from the Late Joseon Dynasty.”

International Workshop at the Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Berlin.

27-29. June 2019 

“Korean Art in Motion: Toward Discourses on Transculturalism and Transmediality.”

Joint Workshop of the Institute of Art History (Freie Universität Berlin, Dongguk University, Seoul National University and Sogang University)

28-30. June 2018

 

2019                Student Assistant

Department of East Asian Art History, Freie Universität Berlin

 

2014                Student Assistant

Department of Archeology and Art History, Seoul National University

 

2012–2014      Office Assistant

Documentation and Resource Center in Museum of Seoul National University

 

2011–2014      Museum Docent

Museum of Art, Seoul National University (MOA)

 

 

Sommersemester 2023:   Performativity, Transculturality and Narrative Modes of Korean Buddhist Painting

Wintersemester 2022/23: GK Methoden kunsthistorischen Arbeitens