Bae Bien-U

Bae Bien-U studied at Hongik University. The recorded working language is Korean. Employment is recorded with Seoul National University. Work by Bae Bien-U is recorded in the collections of National Gallery of Victoria. Distinctions recorded are Order of Cultural Merit and Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

• Born — 22 May 1950 • Birthplace — Yeosu, Jeollanam-do • Occupation — Photographer • Education — Hongik University • Employer — Seoul Institute of the Arts Bae Bien-u (born May 22, 1950) is a South Korean photographer. He is a professor in Seoul Institute of the Arts.

Bae was born in Suncheon and grew up in Yeosu, Jeollanam-do in 1950, and graduated from Hongik University's College of Arts in 1974 and the graduate school of the same university in 1976. He was a professional photographer whose focused primarily on pine trees. He became better-known outside of South Korea after selling one of his pine tree photographs to English singer Elton John in 2005. Former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak later gave a collection of Bae's pine tree photographs to U.S. president Barack Obama during a summit held in Washington. He served as professor of the Department of Photography at Seoul Institute of the Arts.

Some of his solo exhibitions are listed below: • 2008: Sacred Wood, BOZAR - Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, Brussels • 2009: Sacred Wood, Aando Fine Art, Berlin • 2009: Sacred Wood, Galerie zur Stockeregg, Zurich • 2009: Soul Garden, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Korea - Deoksugung, Seoul • 2011: ConvexConcave, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Antwerpen • 2012: Windscape, Aando Fine Art, Berlin • 2012: Windscape, Christophe Guye Galerie, Zurich • 2014: Counterbalance, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Antwerp • 2015: Dans un forêt l’autre, Château de Chambord, Domain national de Chambord • 2016: Bae Bien-U -分合 Part:Meet, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Hong Kong • 2016: Bae Bien-U - L'Esprit du Lieu, Musée de la Mer, Cannes