Joo Myung Duck was born in 1940 in Hwanghae Province, now part of North Korea. His family moved south shortly after the end of the Japanese occupation in 1945. While studying history at Kyung-Hee University in Seoul, he engaged in a great deal of mountain climbing and taking photographs. His first one-person show, Mr. Holt's Orphanage in Seoul in 1966, caused a sensation. For several years from 1969 he worked for Monthly Joong-Ang as a photojournalist, contributing numerous photo essays.
Education
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1961 |
Kyung-Hee University (History of Korea) |
Selected Solo Exhibitions
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2024 |
Sensory Space in Photography, Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery, New York City |
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2023 |
Beyond Landscape, The Datz Museum of Art, Seoul |
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2016 |
Waterlilies: Padma Padma, The Museum of Photography, Seoul |
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2015 |
Motherland, Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery, New York City |
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2012 |
The Abstract in Photography, Gallery IHN, Seoul |
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2011 |
My Motherland-Although there is nothing left, Daelim Museum, Seoul |
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2011 |
Lost Landscapes, Trunk Gallery, Seoul |
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2009 |
Joo Myung Duck Photography II-Landscape, Daelim Museum, Seoul |
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2008 |
Joo Myung Duck Photography I-Cityscape, Daelim Museum, Seoul |
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2007 |
Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul |
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2007 |
Portrait of Memory, Circulo De Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain |
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2006 |
Joo Myung Duck-Retrospective, Art Sonje Museum, Gyeongju |
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2005 |
Landscapes, Gallery IHN, Seoul |
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2004 |
Cityscape, Gallery Zandari, Seoul |
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2002 |
Incheon Chinatown 1986, The Museum of Photography, Seoul |
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1999 |
An Die Photographie, Kumho Museum, Seoul |
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1995 |
The Space of Korea, AICHI Arts Center, Nagoya, Japan |
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1995 |
Status of Today’s Photography, Art Sonje Museum, Gyeongju |
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1989 |
Landscape, Seoul Museum, Seoul |
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1987 |
The Artist of the Month, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon |
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1981 |
Lyric of Korea, Lotte Museum, Seoul |
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1972 |
Dedicate My Photography to the Nation, Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul |
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1966 |
Holt’s Orphanage, Joong-Ang Public Information Office, Seoul |
Selected Group Exhibitions
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2011 |
The Record of Life, Lotte Gallery, Seoul |
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2010 |
21 & Their Times, Kumho Museum, Seoul |
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2007 |
Geon Hi’s Village, Park Geon Hi Foundation, Seoul |
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2003 |
Six Photographers-Reading the Six Languages, Sung-Kok Museum, Seoul |
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2002 |
Koo Bon Chang, Min Byung Hun, Joo Myung Duck, Kumho Museum, Seoul |
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1998 |
History of Korean Photography, Seoul Arts Center Museum, Seoul |
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1998 |
Alienation and Assimilation-Contemporary Image and Installation from the Republic of Korea, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, USA |
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1998 |
Asiatiska Fotografer, Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, Sweden |
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1998 |
98 City and Video, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul |
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1997 |
MONOCHROME, Nature & Soul, Artbim Gallery, Seoul |
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1996 |
Photography, New Perspective, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon |
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1996 |
Photography is Photography, Samsung Photo Gallery, Seoul |
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1995 |
Current Photography, Art Sonje Museum, Gyeongju |
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1994 |
Seoul: Portraits in Legend and Place, Seoul Arts Center Museum, Seoul |
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1986 |
86 Asian Game Celebration Photography Exhibition, Tranquil light of Korea, Seoul |