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 / Ausbildung
2023
Ernennung zur Meisterschülerin, Media Art at the Berlin University of the Arts
2019
Diploma, Fine Arts at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart
2014
Pre Diploma, Fine Arts at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart
Soloexhibiton / Einzelausstellung
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
2020 -‘She is Dangerous’, Raumstation, Stuttgart, DE
2019 -‘Ja-Ak Power Plant (자악발전소)’, Artforum Rhee, Bucheon, KR
Awards and Grants / Auszeichnungen und Förderungen
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, KR
2020 》Studio Grant《, Cultural Office State Capital Stuttgart, DE
2019 》Selected Young Artist for Exhibition Funding《, Artforum Rhee, Bucheon, KR
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, KR
2017 》DAAD Art Prize《, DE
Exhibitions / Ausstellungen (selection)
2024
-‘Innocent Monster’, Hilbertraum, Berlin, DE
-‘MORE STRANGE THINGS’, Silent Green Kulturquartier, Berlin, DE
2023
-‘AL DENTE’, Bötzow Berlin, Berlin, DE
-‘Verträumt’, Kunstraum Potsdamer Straße, Berlin, DE
-‘Nominee exhibition of the UdK Berlin Art Awards’, Berlin University of the Arts, Berlin, DE
2022
-‘Academy POSITIONS', Flughafen Tempelhof, Berlin, DE
-‘GLÄNZT’- Preisträger*innen der Werner-Pokorny Stiftung, Q-Galerie, Schorndorf, DE
-‘in relation to’ - Positionen junger Bildhauer*innen aus Deutschland, Burg Galerie Volkspark, Halle, DE
-‘Preisträger*innen der Werner-Pokorny Stiftung’, Museum Ettlingen, DE
-‘Bilderbank Biennale No. 40’, Walther-Schweizer Kulturform, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, DE
2021
-‘Kunstpreis kunsthub 2021’, Galerie Altes Rathaus Musberg, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, DE
- ‘Zwei Hörner’, Filderstraße 34 Atelier, Stuttgart, DE
2019
-‘Diplom Bildende Kunst’, Kunstbezirk, Stuttgart, DE
2018
-‘CHEERS’, EIGEN+ART Lab, Berlin, DE
-‘Do Not Disturb’, Kunstverein Hechingen, Hechingen, DE
-‘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
-‘Backup_ 24. Kurzfilmfestival Weimar’, Weimar, DE
Publication / Publikation
2022
Springseil (Überwindung der Grenze), Suah Im, Stuttgart, DE
ISBN: 978-3-947198-48-1
Residency / Residenz
2025 (Upcoming) Cité internationale des arts, Paris, FR
2020 Artist residency at Raumstation, Stuttgart, DE
Collections
Leinfelden-Echterdingen Cultural Office, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, DE