Biography

Kwang-Ju Son is an artist and filmmaker whose work embraces a wide range of filmmaking modes such as fiction, documentary, experimental film and installation. She works on film and video projects to unlearn the stubbornly persistent illusion of linear progression, attempting to conceptualize discontinuity and investigate how space and time are inextricably linked. Since The Third Tongue(2003), she has presented her varied projects of film and video at diverse venues and international film festivals: Seoul Museum of Art(SeMA) Bunker(2022, 2018), Atelier Hermès(2020), National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art(MMCA), JCC Art Center (2018), Arko Art Center(2016), Swatch Faces 2015 (2015), International Film Festival Rotterdam(2011, 2007, 2005), International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam(2007), International Short Film Festival Oberhausen(2005), Busan International Film Festival(2008, 2004, 2003) and Jeonju International Film Festival(2011, 2008, 2007). She's awarded Best Korean Short Film Awards in BIFF 2003 and 2004, consecutively.