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Sso-Rha Kang

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Exhibitions Director at The Carnegie, KY 🌾

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🪨 Natural Fictions curated by Lindsay Albert (@lindsayaa) and Sso-Rha Kang (@kangssorha) for the 2026 FotoFocus Biennial: The Long View. Congratulations to all of the artists for this beautiful exhibition!

Artists:
Joshua Berg (@joshuaj.berg)
Heesoo Kwon (@leymusoom)
Phillip Maisel (@phillipmaisel)
Sean McFarland (@seanmcfarland_)
Mareiwa Miller (@maredoesthings)
Ruby Que (@rubyq.ue)
Lydia Smith (@lydsroses)

#FotoFocus2026 #TheLongView #FotoFocus

Support for this 2026 FotoFocus Biennial exhibition was provided by FotoFocus (@FotoFocusCincinnati)

📷: Documentation by Jesse Ly (@jessely) by @kangssorha

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What an incredible group of individuals! ⚡️ Honored to have curated this show, ‘Natural Fictions’, alongside my pal @kangssorha for @fotofocuscincinnati. Thank you to everyone who came out last night and who supported opening this show. It takes a village!

@lydsroses (Lydia Smith)
@leymusoom (Heesoo Kwon)
@joshuaj.berg (Joshua Berg)
@seanmcfarland_ (Sean McFarland)
@rubyq.ue (Ruby Que)
@maredoesthings (Mareiwa)
@phillipmaisel (Phillip Maisel) taken in The Carnegie by @kangssorha

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SF summer of studio visits, fog, dinner with friends, and walking uphill. I appreciate all the artist recs, conversations, and everyone who took me to their favorite spots.

I feel very lucky to have received the Margaret F. Williams Fellowship in Asian Art from @theasiafoundation and @asianartmuseum

📸 by my friend @beingmoli at headlands by @kangssorha

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The Carnegie is thrilled to announce its 2026 FotoFocus exhibition: Natural Fictions, opening September 30, 2026.

Curated by: Lindsay Albert (Program Manager, KADIST) and Sso-Rha Kang (Curator, The Carnegie).

Artists: Sean McFarland, Heesoo Kwon, Mareiwa Miller, Phillip Maisel, Joshua Berg, Ruby Que, Lydia Smith

Natural Fictions gathers artists who harness photography’s potential to imagine new relationships with the natural world—ones that are not bound by documentary fidelity but instead embrace transformation, fiction, and play. Natural Fictions is part of the 2026 FotoFocus Biennial: The Long View.

Support for this 2026 FotoFocus Biennial exhibition was provided by FotoFocus. @FotoFocusCincinnati

#FotoFocus2026
#TheLongView
#FotoFocus

📷: Mareiwa Miller by @kangssorha

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Emergence, NM (4195)
Archival pigment prints on mulberry paper, silver gelatin prints, ink, watercolor, museum board, steel pins
2023-2026
60 X 80”

New work going to @fotofocuscincinnati to be part of Natural Fictions, curated by @lindsayaa & @kangssorha at the @thecarnegie taken in The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center by @kangssorha

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The Uncanny In-Between at The Blaffer Art Museum (Houston, TX) @blafferartmuseum

The exhibition features work by Audrey An (@audrey.an), Wansoo Kim (@wansoo_kim), Hoon LEE, Hayun Surl (@hayunsurl) and Hae Won Sohn (@haewsohn)

Curated by Sso-Rha Kang

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The Uncanny In-Between is an exhibition and archival project that explores a diverse range of works from five Korean ceramic artists that negotiate the complexities of bicultural identities and perspectives.

In addition to the physical works in this exhibition are digital extensions of the objects that were created in collaboration with the University of Cincinnati’s NFT Media Lab. The resulting digital assets aim to highlight works that were limited by the physical constraints of viewing in a gallery and to allow for alternative ways to observe, interact, and study.

Oscillating between the material and immaterial, the exhibition pays homage to the traditions of Korean ceramics but with a contemporary twist—from a split moon jar, a hybrid monster table, a guardian figurine, to a linguistic and figurative play on “pears”. by @kangssorha

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🌀Thank you to everyone who contributed to and attended "Portals, Pathways, and the Space Between Us." The exhibition reached its conclusion last week.

Curated by Sso-Rha Kang, the collaboration with KADIST (@kadistkadist) explored placemaking, shapeshifting, and the temporalities of Kentucky through the Ohio River.

The exhibition traveled to six collaborating venues: Institute 193, KMAC Contemporary Art Museum, Josephine Sculpture Park, Bernheim Forest and Arboretum, The Carnegie, and the Eastern Kentucky University Giles Gallery.

At each stop, the three traveling artworks took different forms—projections on the foliage of trees to a performance along the river to a screening on an abandoned millhouse. The addition of local artist(s) per venue further expanded the exhibition, highlighting the nuances of place and identity through each environmental activation.

Traveling Artists: Katinka Bock, Sora Kim, Britni Bicknaver and Brianna Kelly

Local Artists: Zach Jett, Nick Keeling, Nora Barton, Belle Townsend, Trish J. Gibson, Jeri Katherine Howell, Bayley Amburgey, Grace Rogers, Willie Carver, dreaMachine transmissions, Flanger Magazine, Lina Tharsing

A special thank you to Lindsay Albert (@lindsayaa) and Jo-ey Tang (@thenotarypublic). by @kangssorha

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Thank you so much to everyone who came to the Open House at @headlandsarts last Sunday! Feeling so grateful for our site specific pop-up exhibition, made possible only with the incredible collaborators ❤️

𝙻𝚎𝚢𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚘𝚘𝚖 𝙵𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚕𝚢, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟻, 𝙸𝚛𝚠𝚘𝚗-𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚐, 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚜, 𝟷𝟿𝟿𝟷–𝟷𝟿𝟿𝟺

𝙲𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚂𝚜𝚘-𝚁𝚑𝚊 𝙺𝚊𝚗𝚐 (@kangssorha )
𝟺 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚕 𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚖 𝚋𝚢 𝙰𝚗𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚠 𝚂𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚝𝚊𝚎𝚔 (@a.sungtaek )
𝙸𝚗𝚔𝚓𝚎𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚒𝚎𝚌𝚎 𝚋𝚢 𝙷𝚎𝚎𝚜𝚘𝚘 𝙺𝚠𝚘𝚗 (@leymusoom )
𝙻𝚎𝚢𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚘𝚘𝚖 𝙶𝚒𝚏𝚝𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚙 𝚋𝚢 𝚂𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚂𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙱𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜 (@smingsmingbooks )

With heartfelt thanks to @front_era___ for installation support and @rborsdorf for documentation. Deep gratitude to the Headlands team and all who brought this project to life.

It was short but so full…! so much to unpack, reflect, and grow from. Documentation coming soon 👀 taken in Headlands Center for the Arts by @kangssorha

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🌒 Fifth stop Covington, KY for Portals, Pathways, and the Space Between Us!

This iteration of the project will activate the underground walkway of the Covington Plaza. A sound installation by Nick Keeling using four modified 8-track cartridge machines will be interwoven by a single decaying audio tape loop traversing the space. The source audio material, composed by Britni Bicknaver and Brianna Kelly, will travel from machine to machine slowly decaying, overlapping, and warping with each passing playback. This sound installation will play in tandem with ghostly projections from Sora Kim and Katinka Bock.

📆 Saturday, October 18, 2025, 6-9pm
📍 Covington Plaza (Underground Walkway)
144 Madison Ave. Covington, KY 41011
🎟️ Free and open to the public

Artists:
Sora Kim
Katinka Bock
Britni Bicknaver and Brianna Kelly
Nick Keeling

‘Portals, Pathways, and the Space Between Us’ is curated by Sso-Rha Kang, Curator at The Carnegie, and is part of KADIST’s ongoing international program Double Takes, which activates film and video works through physical and online presentations at partner institutions and on KADIST.tv.

The Carnegie would like to thank its sponsors BLINK, Taft Research Center, and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts for their support.

A special thank you to the City of Covington.

📷 (1) Katinka Bock, Couler un tas de pierres, (2007), video still projected on plaza | Courtesy the Carnegie (2) Sora Kim, Turtle Walk (2010), video still projected on plaza | Courtesy the Carnegie by @kangssorha

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🌿 Fourth stop Clermont, KY for Portals, Pathways, and the Space Between Us!

In collaboration with Bernheim Forest and Arboretum (Clermont, KY)

Bernheim Forest and Arboretum is 16,000+ acres of pristine, wild forest in Clermont, Kentucky. This iteration of the traveling exhibit will activate L+A+N+D (Landscape + Art + Nature + Design), an arts initiative that annually celebrates immersive outdoor installations on a grand scale that spark conversations and a deeper appreciation of the natural world.

Ghostly projections will illuminate works such as Within the Forest: Without the Forest a piece by Raffy Mardirossian and Paul Matevosyan of DOMM Architecture Studio that uses rolls of orange geotextile fabric wrapped around three existing trees to delineate a tall triangular enclosure open to the sky.

Lastly, experimental cellist Nora Barton will respond to multiple sites with ethereal scores. Join us in the forest to experience these videos and sound interventions!

📆  Thursday, September 4th, from 7:30-10pm

📍  Bernheim Arboretum and Forest
       L+A+N+D
       2075 Clermont Rd. Clermont, KY 40110

🎟️  Free and Open to the Public

Artists:
Sora Kim
Katinka Bock
Britni Bicknaver and Brianna Kelly
Nora Barton

‘Portals, Pathways, and the Space Between Us’ is curated by Sso-Rha Kang, Curator at The Carnegie, and is part of KADIST’s ongoing international program Double Takes, which activates film and video works through physical and online presentations at partner institutions and on KADIST.tv.

The Carnegie would like to thank its sponsors BLINK, Taft Research Center, and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts for their support.

📷 (1) Sora Kim, Turtle Walk (2010), projected onto Within the Forest: Without the Forest a piece by Raffy Mardirossian and Paul Matevosyan | Courtesy the Carnegie (2) Portrait of Nora Barton | photographer Nikita Gross, Courtesy the artist, (3) Katinka Bock, Couler un tas de pierres, (2007), video still | Courtesy the artist, KADIST collection taken in Bernheim Forest and Arboretum by @kangssorha

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🌀 Second stop Louisville, KY for Portals, Pathways, and the Space Between Us! In collaboration with KMAC Contemporary Art Museum (Louisville, KY)

📆 Saturday, July 19, 2025, 9pm-10:30pm. 📍 1001 River Rd, Louisville, KY (Big Four Bridge, “under the disc”)

The Louisville exhibition includes a site-specific, water themed projection from Stivan Widick & David Jester as dreaMachine transmissions, along with a performance by the Louisville based sound and music project Flanger Magazine.

The exhibition will be presented within Waterfront Park at the base of the Big Four Bridge, under the “disc” of the pedestrian walkway. Crossing the Ohio River, connecting Waterfront Park in Downtown Louisville to Southern Indiana, the Big Four Bridge was constructed in 1895, providing rail access for freight and passengers. The bridge operated until 1969 when it was decommissioned with the ramps removed several years later. For decades it was known as the Bridge That Goes Nowhere. Since 2014, pedestrians have been able to walk and access the bridge from both sides in Louisville and Jeffersonville, Indiana.

🎟️ Free and open to the public

Artists:
Sora Kim
Katinka Bock
Britni Bicknaver and Brianna Kelly
dreaMachine transmissions
Flanger Magazine

‘Portals, Pathways, and the Space Between Us’ is curated by Sso-Rha Kang, Curator at The Carnegie, and is part of KADIST’s ongoing international program Double Takes, which activates film and video works through physical and online presentations at partner institutions and on KADIST.tv.

The Carnegie would like to thank its sponsors BLINK, Taft Research Center, and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts for their support.

📷 (1) Sora Kim, Turtle Walk (2010), projected onto Big Four Bridge | Courtesy the Carnegie (2) Flanger Magazine “After the Bend,” Album Cover (2025), Courtesy the artist (3) Sora Kim, Turtle Walk (2010), video still | Courtesy the artist, KADIST collection (4) Katinka Bock, Couler un tas de pierres, (2007), video still | Courtesy the artist, KADIST collection (5) dreaMachine transmissions, Liminal Water (2025), video projected onto Big Four Bridge by @kangssorha

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A very magical evening in Lexington 🌕🌖🌗

Thank you to everyone who came out to Portals, Pathways, and the Space Between Us! This collaboration with Institute 193 activated an abandoned millhouse that was illuminated with candles, paintings, video projections, and a soundscape. We got to enjoy roving clouds, a sunset, and a field of fireflies together as we eagerly watched the ghostly projections come to life.

A special thank you to Keelan O’Sullivan, Lina Tharsing, and Institute 193 on this special collaboration.

Artists:
Sora Kim
Katinka Bock
Britni Bicknaver and Brianna Kelly
Lina Tharsing

‘Portals, Pathways, and the Space Between Us’ is curated by Sso-Rha Kang, Curator at The Carnegie, and is part of KADIST’s ongoing international program Double Takes, which activates film and video works through physical and online presentations at partner institutions and on KADIST.tv. by @kangssorha

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