Suah Im, KR
lives and works / lebt und arbeitet
in Berlin, Stuttgart
Suah Im (*1988, South Korea) studied media art at the Berlin University of the Arts and fine arts at the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design. She has received several scholarships and awards.
In her search for the origin of the self, Suah Im draws on her experience of intercultural exchange and her knowledge of traditional mythologies, in particular the concepts and principles of Daoism. Hereby she reflects and reconstructs her concept of identity, which is exposed to the constant process of confrontations with boundaries and constraining forces, transformations and adaptations as well as overcoming boundaries. The artist from South Korea sets her introspective investigation in motion through the use of multimedia strategies.
To illustrate her reflection on dynamic interactions between beings under the interplay of diverse forces, the resilience and transformations of beings, the resulting emergence of diversity and its acceptance, Suah Im merges traditional and modern approaches in her installations, drawings, performances and videos, integrating technology-driven elements, including coding.
Education
2022-2023 Meisterschülerin, Media Art at the Berlin University of the Arts, DE
2013-2019 Diploma in Fine Arts at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart, DE
Awards and Grants
2024 》Visual Artist Grant, Arts Foundation Baden-Württemberg《, DE
2023 》Project Funding《, Cultural Office State Capital Stuttgart, DE
2023 》Nominated, UdK Berlin Art Award《, Berlin University of the Arts, DE
2022 》50 Future Makers, Baden-Württemberg《, StZ, DE
2022 》First Exhibition of Solo Artists《, Stiftung Kunstfonds Bonn, DE
2022 》Project Funding《, LBBW Foundation, DE
2022 》Project Funding, Institute for Book Design and Media Development《, ABK Stuttgart, DE
2021 》Art Prize Winner of kunsthub 2021《, MHZ+Kulturamt+Kulturkreis Leinfelden-Echterdingen, DE
2021 》Publication Funding《, Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg, DE
2021 》Project Grant《, Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg, DE
2021 》NEUSTART KULTUR: Kickstarter-Zuschuss《, Stiftung Kunstfonds Bonn, DE
2020 》Art Prize Winner of Werner Pokorny Foundation《, DE
2020 》Research Grant《, Seoul Foundation of Arts and Culture, Seoul, DE
2020 》Studio Grant《, Cultural Office State Capital Stuttgart, DE
2019 》Selected Young Artist for Exhibition Funding《, Artforum Rhee, Bucheon, KOR
2018 》Nomination, 24th Federal Prize for Art Students《, Federal Ministry of Education and Research, DE
2018 》SOMA Drawing Center 13th Archive Artist《, Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul, DE
2017 》DAAD Art Prize《, DE
Solo Exhibitions
2024-2025 ‘Frischzelle_31: Suah Im’, Stuttgart Art Museum, Stuttgart, DE
2023 ‘Entropy’, EIGEN+ART Lab, Berlin, DE
2023 ‘Smooth Criminal’, SOMA Art Space, Berlin, DE
2022 ‘schwach-biegsam-stark’, Galerie Altes Rathaus Musberg, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, DE
2019 ‘JA Kraftwerk’, Artforum Rhee, Bucheon, DE
Group Exhibitions
2025 ‘The Drawing: Personal Definitions’, Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul, KR
2025 ‘The Illusionists: Sensor Deception’, EXO Gallery, Stuttgart, DE
2025 ‘Displaced Becoming’, Kunstpunkt Berlin, Berlin, DE
2025 ‘Ästhetische Wiederbewaffnung-30.ROHKUNSTBAU’, Schloss Altdöbern, Brandenburg, DE
2025 ‘Jott Hoch2’, Schaufenster, Berlin, DE
2025 ‘REVERIES OF A SOLITARY MUSE’, Haverkampf Leistenschneider Gallery, Berlin, DE
2024 ‘Höhe x Breite x Tiefe’, EIGEN+ART Leipzig, Leipzig, DE
2024 ‘1+1’, Gallery Met, Berlin, DE
2024 ‘Spotlight on South Korea, POSITIONS Berlin Art Fair’, Flughafen Tempelhof, Berlin, DE
2024 ‘Innocent Monster’, Hilbertraum, Berlin, DE
2024 ‘MORE STRANGE THINGS’, Silent Green Kulturquartier, Berlin, DE
2023 ‘AL DENTE’, Bötzow Berlin, Berlin, DE
2023 ‘Verträumt’, Kunstraum Potsdamer Straße, Berlin, DE
2023 ‘Nominee exhibition of the UdK Berlin Art Awards’, Berlin University of the Arts, Berlin, DE
2022 ‘Academy POSITIONS', Flughafen Tempelhof, Berlin, DE
2022 ‘GLÄNZT’- Preisträger*innen der Werner-Pokorny Stiftung, Q-Gallery, Schorndorf, DE
2022 ‘in relation to’ - Positionen junger Bildhauer*innen aus Deutschland, Burg Galerie Volkspark, Halle, DE
2022 ‘Preisträger*innen der Werner-Pokorny Stiftung’, Museum Ettlingen, DE
2022 ‘Bilderbank Biennale No. 40’, Walther-Schweizer Kulturform, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, DE
2021 ‘Kunstpreis kunsthub 2021’, Galerie Altes Rathaus Musberg, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, DE
2021 ‘Zwei Hörner’, Filderstraße 34 Atelier, Stuttgart, DE
2020 She is Dangerous’, Raumstation, Waggons Nordbahnhof, Stuttgart, DE
2019 ‘Diplom Bildende Kunst’, Kunstbezirk, Stuttgart, DE
2018 ‘CHEERS’, EIGEN+ART Lab, Berlin, DE
2018 ‘Do Not Disturb’, Kunstverein Hechingen, Hechingen, DE
2018 ‘Condition:Uncanny’, EIGEN+ART Lab, Berlin, DE
2017 ‘Good Will. Best Intentions. Terrible Misunderstanding’, Kunstbezirk, Stuttgart, DE (*catalog)
2016 ‘GENESIS/JUST IN TIME’, Künstlerbund Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, DE
2015 ‘There is no Drama’, Kunstraum34, Stuttgart, DE
2015 ‘Backup_ 24. Kurzfilmfestival Weimar’, Weimar, DE
Publication
2024 Frischzelle_31: Suah Im, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, DE
ISBN: 978-3-940366-39-9
2022 Springseil (Überwindung der Grenze), Suah Im, Stuttgart, DE
ISBN: 978-3-947198-48-1
Residency
2024/25 Résident at Cité internationale des arts, Paris, FRA
2020 Artist residency at Raumstation, Stuttgart, DE
Collections
Leinfelden-Echterdingen Cultural Office, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, DE
Art Museum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, DE