Education
2022 Academy of Media Arts, Cologne, Germany (Diploma)
2014 Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
B.A. in Consumer Science
B.A. in Information and Culture Technology
Solo Exhibition
2024 tba, Soma Art, Berlin, Germany
2023 How to grow, Gemeinde, Cologne, Germany
Exhibitions & Performances
2024
– Klub Primi, Copenhagen, Denmark
– Look Into My Ice, Tartu, Tartu Art House, Estonia
– Festival der Zukunft, Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany
– q-02, Brussels, Belgium
– ya2 festival, Kunsthaus Essen, Essen, Germany
– multilogue verso, Moltkerei, Cologne, Germany
– Noise of Cologne3, 674FM, Cologne, Germany
– FRIM, Lyssningsrummet, Stockholm, Sweden
– Stromspiesser XIII, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
– In Touch, Temporary Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2023
– Souvenirs and Objects/A Cat and a Paper Box, musicspacegf, Seoul, South Korea
– LAB 30 media art festival, Kulturhaus Abraxas, Augsburg, Germany
– multilogue intro, GC De Rinck, Brussels, Belgium
– Camping58, Brussels, Belgium
– Order From Noise, St.Gerturd Kulturkirche, Cologne, Germany
– Sonic Journeys, Neumarkt Open-air Pavilion, Cologne, Germany
– Goodbye EXYNO, NeuLand e.V., Cologne, Germany
– NOIES | Geburtstagsparty, Funk Magazine, Cologne, Germany
– Cittipunkt Konzerte, Cittipunkt, Berlin, Germany
– Hye Young Sin&Sebastian von der Heide, Zakk, Bremen, Germany
– As you please, experimental music series curated by h&p, Gemeinde, Cologne, Germany
– Bruitkasten#13, concert series curated by IMPAKT, Gemeinde, Cologne, Germany
2022
– Schade Marmelade, NEUER KUNSTRAUM(NKR), Düsseldorf, Germany
– 13. Berliner Hörspielfestival, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
– HDCSHFT, Petershof, Cologne, Germany
– Düsseldorfer Nacht der Museen, Königsallee 106, Düsseldorf, Germany
– False Spring, Königsallee 106, Düsseldorf, Germany
– OPEN 2022, Viktoriabad, Bonn, Germany
– LTS4, Solingen, Germany
– heavy sun heavy moon, CITY OF GOLD, Essen, Germany
– INSONORA, Cruce Contemporáneo, Madrid, Spain
– WAVING, Pumpwerk Siegburg, Siegburg, Germany
– Photographic Utopia, curated by Alex Grein, Kunstwerk Deutz, Cologne, Germany
2021
– A WAREHOUSE, Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany
– Nothing is – everything just has been or will be, The Korean Cultural Centre UK, London, United Kingdom
– World Making One, curated by Sebastian Von der Heide, NeuLand Gartengelände, Cologne, Germany
– BoBiennale, Fußgängertunnel/Wießenstraße, Bochum, Germany
– A WAREHOUSE, STUDIO FOR ARTISTIC RESEARCH, Duesseldorf, Germany
– 21th Seoul International ALT Cinema & Media Festival, Seoul Art Space Seogyo, Seoul, South Korea
– Centre Court Festival, LTK4, Cologne, Germany
– KH門 Festival, Handwerkskammer zu Köln, Cologne, Germany
– Nothing is – everything just has been or will be, Gallery Damdam, The Korean Cultural Centre Germany, Berlin, Germany
– Felix Kubin&Hye Young Sin, curated by Volker Zander, Reihe M concert series, Heinz-Baum-Platz, Cologne, Germany
– Simul et Singulis, portal#11, CityLeaks festival, Cologne, Germany
– FUNKT sound art radio, Cologne, Germany
– Shifting Moments, Choi&Lager gallery, Cologne, Germany
– SOIRÉE SONIQUE #44, LTK4, Cologne, Germany
2020
– Zeitzeug Festival, Bochum, Germany
– DIFFUS ABER VERBINDLICH 2: Ang Ang Ang, curated by Heike Kandalowski, Oval Office Bar, Bochum, Germany
– LitFilms festival, Burg Hülshoff, Münster, Germany*
– 1000 Scores, Pieces for Here, Now & Later, www.1000scores.com (online)*
– FAVORITEN festival, Kulturort Depot, Dortmund, Germany*
– Dramenlabor festival, Kreuz am Tor, Münster, Germany*
– How to live together, Radio In Between Spaces, Cologne, Germany
– In 24 Hours, The Wall Space Gallery, Scotland, United Kingdom (online)
– Politics&Sentiment, Center for Literature, Münster, Germany (online)*
2019
– Ang Ang Ang, curated by Till Langschied, Pleasure Zone, Basel, Switzerland
– Goodbye cruel world, it’s over!, Weltkunstzimmer, Düsseldorf, Germany
– Sound/Image 19, University of Greenwich, London, United Kingdom
– Raummusik und so – Ambient Formula, curated by Georg Dietzler, Kunsthaus Rhenania, Cologne, Germany
– Tracing Matter_Mattering Traces, Philosophikum, Cologne, Germany
– Ruhrtriennale, Cabin Crew Night, Bochum, Germany*
– Equivocations, curated by Franziska Windisch, Moltkerei, Cologne, Germany
– MAXIMAL, Studiofoyer KHM, Cologne, Germany
– next generation 8.0, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
– EMAF(European Media Art Festival), Osnabrück, Germany
– Kölner Kongress 2019: Erzählen. Sound. Öffentlichkeit., Deutschlandfunk, Cologne, Germany
– Videonale.17, Künstlerforum, Bonn, Germany*
– soundings #014: arts birthday 1.000.056, Kulturkirche St.Gertrud, Cologne, Germany
2018
– OTIC RADIO: Protocols for Exchange : Cologne – Leuven, Cologne, Germany
– LTK4, Lutherturm, Cologne, Germany
– Schaustellen!, Burg Hülshoff, Münster, Germany*
– Art Cologne, Ghost Shopping(KHM), curated by Heike Ander, Cologne, Germany*
– Kölner Kongress 2018: Erzählen in den Medien, Deutchlandfunk, Cologne, Germany*(participated also as a solo)
– Film ohne Film, 31. Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Kunstbezirk, Stuttgart, Germany
2017
– LAB 30 media art festival, Kulturhaus Abraxas, Augsburg, Germany
– c/o pop festival: SE CURE – Die Heilung 2, Christuskirche, Cologne, Germany*
– Timeshare Vacation, Kulturbunker Mülheim, Cologne, Germany
Prizes & Scholarships
2023 LAB 30 Media Art Festival kids’ choice award, Augsburg, Germany
2023 Arbeits- und Recherchestipendien Musik, Stadt Köln, Cologne, Germany
2023 NEUSTARTplus-Stipendium für bildende Künstler:innen, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn, Germany
2022 2nd prize for the 13th Berliner Hörspielfestival Award(“Das zündende Mikro(The igniting micro)”), Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
2020-2022 Auf geht’s, Stipendium des Ministeriums für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein- Westfalen, Germany
2020 Annette von Droste zu Hülshoff-Stiftung, Münster, Germany*
2019 Advancement Award(Förderpreis), Freunde der Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln, Cologne, Germany
2019 Honorary mention for the sound installation ‘Time-piece’, Sonotopia, Beethoven Stiftung and Bonn hoeren, Bonn, Germany
2019 Kunststiftung NRW, Cologne, Germany*
Collaborative Projects
harahara(Nara Bak, Hye Young Sin), 2024-, Performance
Multilogue(Jiyun Park, Sybella Perry, Hye Young Sin, Franziska Windisch), 2023-, Sound art
Eaches (Jeo Kang, Sey Lee, Kyuwon Moon, Hye Young Sin), 2023-, Video
Sebastian von der Heide & Hye Young Sin, 2023-, Experimental music, sound performance
Pedro Ramírez & Hye Young Sin, 2023-, Experimental music, sound performance
Julia König & Hye Young Sin, 2019-, Performance
You Are Group (Sina Guntermann, Danila Lipatov, Andreas Niegl, Marios Pavlou, Hye Young Sin, Karen Zimmermann), 2017-2020, Performance
Publications
2022 Photographic Utopia, exhibition catalog
2022 False Spring, exhibition catalog
2022 WAVING, exhibition catalog
2020 Goodbye Cruel World, It’s Over!, edited by Janine Blöß und Hörner/Antlfinger
2019 You Are in Athens, published by ‘You Are Group’, supported by Kunststiftung NRW*
2019 EQUIVOCATIONS(a book and a CD), edited by Franziska Windisch
Residencies
2023 GC De Rinck, Brussels, Belgium
2020 Burg Hülshoff, Münster, Germany(supported by Center for Literature)*
2019 Circuits and Currents, Athens, Greece(supported by Kunststiftung NRW)*
Talk & Lecture
2022 ChezON, On Cologne, Cologne, Germany
2022 13th Berliner Hörspielfestival, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
Other participations
2023 Performer of Sophia Bauer’s Breathing Choir, Künstlerdorf Schöppingen, Schöppingen, Germany
2023 Performer of Sybella Perry’s outdoor performance, Eberswalde, Germany
2023-2024 Kunstmentorat NRW, Germany
2022 Participation for ONpodcast #77 introduced by Sophia Bauer, On Cologne, Cologne, Germany
2022 Center for Deep Listening’s year-long celebration of Pauline Oliveros and Deep Listening, New York, USA, online
2021 Performer of Franziska Windisch’s orientation/dance #06, Raummusik und so – Common Ground, NeuLand Gartengelände, Cologne, Germany
2021 Performer of Paula Pedraza’s TACTO, Alter Lennerper Weg 20, Wuppertal, Germany
2020 Performer of Karen Zimmermann’s The mother with one arm, Marres – Huis voor Hedendaagse Cultuur, Maastricht, Belgium
2020 Voice of Till Langschied’s TRANS-TECH-ASCENSIONS, Kunstraum Niederoesterreich, Wien, Austria
2020 Performer of Julia König’s Walter Palmer Shot A Lion: The Sequel, Gallery PRISKA PASQUER, Cologne, Germany
2019 Performance Workshop for students of the Athens School of Fine Arts with You are group, Circuits and Currents, Athens, Greece*
2018 Performer of Julia Scher’s I’ll Be Gentle, No Consent, DREI, Cologne, Germany
2018 Voice recording and a live reading of On Kawara’s One Million Years, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
(* participated as a performance collective ‘You Are Group’)