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minjue (b.1997, KR) (She/Her) is a Seoul-born, Amsterdam-based photographic artist. 

She creates fictional narratives from historical facts, constructing images as one might write a novel. By following individuals within their social contexts, her work explores what enables a society to become safe and stable, and how personal and collective histories shape the worlds we inhabit.

Her practice is grounded in close observation and a belief in each person’s capacity to shape their surroundings. Through photography, she examines social structures and their contradictions, tracing historical narratives and the relationships within them. Rather than simply raising questions, her work engages critically with the complexities embedded in social systems.

She holds a BA in Photography from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie (NL) and an AD in Photographic Art from Kaywon University of Art and Design (KR).

kgcokoco@gmail.com




Education

2022-2025

BA Photography,
Gerrit Rietveld Academie (NL)

2018-2020

AD Photographic Art,
Kaywon University of Art and Design (KR)




Professional Experience

2020–2022

Photographic Researcher, Seoul History Museum, Seoul (KR)

2019

Curatorial Assistant (Intern), Amado Art Space/Lab, Seoul (KR)




Selected Group Exhibition

2026

Rotterdam Photo, Deliplein, Rotterdam (NL)

PhotoVogue Festival, Biblioteca Braidense, Milan (IT)

2025

Graduation Show, Gerrit Rietveld AcademieAmsterdam (NL)

2023

연극이 끝나고 난 뒤, 64 Gallery, Seoul (KR)

Die Welt ist Gesamtheit der Tatsachen, nicht der Dinge, Wandela’s StudioZaandam (NL)
Uncut, refuge–fleeing, flowing, leaking, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL)

2022 

Green Chaud!, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (NL)




Awards, Grants and Honours

2026

Royal Photography Society (RPS) - IPE 167 - Shortlisted

Athens Photo Festival 2026 - Shortlisted

2025

PhotoVogue “East and Southeast Asian Panorama” - Selected

PHMuseum Women Photography Grant - Curator’s Pick

PhotoVogue Portfolio Review - Selected 

Rietveld Review(ed) - Mentioned

Berlagefonds - Funded

2019

Kaywon University of Art & Design Graduation Show - Grand Prize Winner

National Scholarship Internship Programme - Selected 




Interviews, Artist Talks

2026

Rotterdam Photo, Deliplein, Rotterdam (NL) - Artist Talk

2025

Dummy Dumpy Image (KR) - Interview

2021

VOSTOK magazine, <사진은 무엇이 될 수 있는가? - 사진으로 가능한 표현들> (KR) - Panel Talk




Publications, Features

2026

No-Type Magazine, Issue No. 02: A Tender Distance (US)

2025 

Same Faces Collective Issue 18 - Shape/Shift (US)

PhotoVogue “East and Southeast Asian Panorama“ (GLOBAL)

Immemory Magazine (GLOBAL)

i See You, Self-publication 

2024

Blink a Glimpse, Self-publication

2023

Toki O, Self-publication

2021

VOSTOK magazine vol.26 – 순간들, 장면들 (KR)

2020 

VOSTOK magazine vol.23 – 100 Photographers 100 Photos (KR)

VOSTOK magazine vol.21 – After youth (KR)




Selected Projects and Events

2023

Polycopies Photography Book Fair, Paris (FR)

2022

UNSEEN Amsterdam, Photography / Book fair, Amsterdam (NL)

2021

사진은 무엇이 될 수 있는가?, VOSTOK magazine (KR)

2020

보스토크의 눈, VOSTOK magazine, SFAC (KR)