C u r r i c u l u m V i t a e

Geun-jun Lim (penname: Chung-woo Lee)


_ Basic Information

Art·Design Critic/Lecturer
Doctoral Candidate (Ph. D. program in Art Education, SNU)
287-49, Emoon-dong, Dongdaemoon-gu, SEOUL 130-082, south KOREA
T_ +82 2 965 6544, 6545
F_ +82 2 964 5678
E_ designhistory@crazyseoul.com
W_ www.crazyseoul.com


_ Short C.V.

1999- Co-Founder, DESIGN | TEXT
(Non-Periodical Journal of Design Studies)
2002-2003 Editor in Chief, SIGONGART
(Art Publishing Company / Center for Art Studies)
2001-2002 Editor in Chief, Craft & Culture
(Korean / English Quarterly for Post-Traditional Crafts Culture)
2001 Curator, Special Exhibition of ICSID 2001 SEOUL
- The Vernacular Mirror
2000 Assistant Curator, Artsonje Center (contemporary museum)
1999 Founding Researcher / Curator, Pressium (Newspaper Museum)
1995-2000 Gay Rights Activist
*Founder of The Korean LGBT Coalition for Human Rights,
LGBT Students Network and SNU LGBT Group - Mind 001


_ Full C.V.

E d u c a t i o n

2000 M.A. in Art Theory, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
1996 B.F.A in Industrial Design, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Supervisor: Hyung-min Chung, Ph. D. (Columbia University),
Professor of Art History, College of Fine Arts, SNU

W o r k E x p e r i e n c e

2002-2003 Editor in Chief, SIGONGART
(Art Publishing Company / Center for Art Studies)
2001-2002 Editor in Chief, Craft & Culture
(Korean / English Quarterly for Post-Traditional Crafts Culture)
2000 Assistant Curator, Artsonje Center (Contemporary Art Museum)
1999 Founding Researcher / Curator, Pressium (Newspaper Museum)

S y m p o s i u m

2003 The 4th Academic Symposium of KAHOMA
(Korean Association for History of Modern Art)
"Homosexuality in Art History"
(Keynote Speech and Thesis Presentation)
2003 The 2nd International Symposium of Cheong-ju Crafts Biennale
"Uses of the Crafted"
2001 The 9th Korean Academy of Modern Art History
"The Modernization of Korean Women's Body"

P a n e l D i s c u s s i o n

2004 Monthly Roundtable for Art in Culture
(With Jung-moo Yang(Prof., KNUA), Jun-kee Kim(Curator))
2002 The International Symposium of AIAS
(Association of Independent Art School) Conference
2001 The Jeosun University's International Symposium of Design Studies
1997 Cine21's Special Roundtable for Pusan Film Festival
(With Chris Berry(Prof. UC Berkeley), Tony Raynes(Film Critic),
Dong-jin Suh)
1996 Tokyo Queer Film Festival's Special Roundtable
- "Seoul Queer Now"
(With Onizuka Tetsuro(Prof., Kyoto University) and others)
And etc.

P a r t T i m e L e c t u r i n g

2004 Art Theory, Dept. of Plastic Art, KNUA,
Design Studies, Dept. of Design, Kun-kook University
2003 Craft Studies, Dept. of Ceramics, Kook-min University
2001-2003 Design Studies, Dept. of Design, Samsung Design Institute
2001 Art Theory, Dept. of Photography, Kay-won Art College,
Design History, Dept. of Art Education, Se-jong University
2000-2001 Art Theory, Dept. of New Media Art, Kay-won Art College
And etc.

S p e c i a l L e c t u r e

2002 "Understanding of New Media Interfaces," Total Museum
2000 "Blind Love of Modernity," Plant Art Show
1999 "Sexuality Troubles in Film Studies," Dept. of Film Studies,
Joong-ang University
1997 "LGBT matters now," Dept. of Film Studies, KNUA
"Understanding of LGBT Rights," Women Links
1996 "The Visibility of Sexual Minorities in Korea," KPAF Seoul
And etc.

C u r a t i n g

2002 Meena Park's Solo Show - 5=1
2001 Special Exhibition of ICSID 2001 SEOUL - The Vernacular Mirror
2000 Kim Sun-gui's Solo Show - Stock Exchanges
1999 Pressium's Opening Exhibition
- The gallery of Newspaper Designing and Printing
And etc.

E x h i b i t i o n a n d P e r f o r m a n c e

2004 Changmoo Dance Festival, Ahn Eun-me Company
Maronnier Museum's A City Story,
Opening Performance with Ahn Eun-me
2002 2002 Gwang-ju Biennale's Special Exhibition for Alternative Groups
- P3
1999 Independent Art Festival, Ho-boo-ho-hyung
1996 Duo Show - Dongi Lee/Chung-woo Lee, Museum-bar SAL
1995 Illustration Group Bo-ta-ree's Group Show
- Must Come!
1994 Illustration Group Bo-ta-ree's Group Show
- Sexy Star in Bo-ta-ree Town
And etc.

W r i t i n g

2004 "LEEUM's Beauty and Its Fragments," December issue of HEAUTE,
Seoul: HEAUTE
2003 "21st Century's Flying Dutch Man - NANZO,"
The Cartoon Quarterly - EEK,
Seoul: The Seoul Animation Center
2002 "Whanghakdong Story," The 2nd issue of Craft & Culture,
Seoul: Craft & Culture
2001 "Into Labyrinth of The Vernacular,"
The Catalogue of Vernacular Mirror, Seoul: SCID Seoul 2001
2001 "Metropolitan Love-scape," The 2nd issue of Design|Text,
Seoul: Hong Design
1999 "The Old Future in Japanese Pseudo-Western Houses in Korea,"
The 1st issue of Design|Text, Seoul: Hong Design
1997 "Queer Future in 2002," The 3rd issue of IDA,
Seoul: Munhak-gwa-jisung sa
And etc.

A w a r d

1999 The Winner of Young Critic's Award,
The Research Center of Architectures in Seoul
(Juries: Kil-hyup Jeong, Bo-gwang Suh, Min-su Kim, Pil-hoon Lee,
Si-hyung Jeon)

E p h e m e r a l E x p e r i e n c e

2005 Evaluating Board Member of Design Museum,
Ministry of Culture and Tourism
1999 Cover Model for the fall issue of Feminist Journal - IF
1995-200 Speaker of Korean Gaymen's Coaltion - Chingusai
(The Felipa Awardee of 1999, IGLHRC)
1995 Co-founder of Korean LGBT Association for Equal Rights
Founder of Seoul National University's LGBT Student Group
- Mind 001