minjue (b.1997, KR) (She/Her) is a Korean photographic artist based in Amsterdam.
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 is a recipient of the LensCulture Critics' Choice Awards 2026 and has exhibited her work internationally, including at PhotoVogue 2026 and Rotterdam Photo’26. 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).
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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 PhotoVogue Taipei: Fragments of Remembering, Bellavita Gallery, Taipei (TW)
2026 (Duo) Sometimes you win, Lorem Ipsum Empire, Amsterdam (NL)
2026 Rotterdam Photo, Deliplein, Rotterdam (NL)
2026 PhotoVogue Festival, Biblioteca Braidense, Milan (IT)
2025 Graduation Show, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (NL)
2023 연극이 끝나고 난 뒤, 64 Gallery, Seoul (KR)
2023 Die Welt ist Gesamtheit der Tatsachen, nicht der Dinge, Wandela’s Studio, Zaandam (NL)
2023 Uncut, refuge–fleeing, flowing, leaking, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
2022 Green Chaud!, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (NL)
2019 Graduation Show, Kaywon University of Art & Design (KR)
Awards & Recognitions
2026 Winner, LensCulture Critics' Choice Awards 2026
2026 Shortlist, Royal Photography Society (RPS) - IPE 167
2026
Shortlist, Athens Photo Festival
2025 Selected, PhotoVogue “East and Southeast Asian Panorama”
2025 Honourable Mention, Rietveld Review(ed)
2019 Grand Prize Winner, Kaywon University of Art & Design Graduation Show
Grants & Fellowships
2026 Gerbrandy Cultuurfonds
2025 Berlagefonds
2019 National Scholarship Internship Programme
Residency
2026 PhotoVogue x Vogue Taiwan Residency, Taipei (TW)
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 PHMuseum Women Photography Grant .... Curator’s Pick
2025 Same Faces Collective Issue 18 - Shape/Shift (US)
2025 PhotoVogue “East and Southeast Asian Panorama“ (GLOBAL)
2025 Immemory Magazine (GLOBAL)
2025 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)
2020 VOSTOK magazine vol.21 – After youth (KR)
Selected & Commissioned Projects and Programme