Bae Bien-U

Bae Bien-U received his BFA (1974) and MFA (1978) from Hong-ik University, Seoul. Previously on the research faculty in the Photography & Design Department at the University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld, Germany, Bae was a Professor in Photography at the Seoul Institute of the Arts from 1981-2012. Solo exhibitions have been held across Korea and around the world, including the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Deoksugung, Seoul; Thyssen Museum, Madrid; Gwangju Museum of Art, South Korea; and Galerie RX, Paris. His work is in the public collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; and National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, among others.