ALEX JAICHANG SIM

hello@alexsimphotography.com / www.alexsimphotography.com /@alexsimphoto 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2021 - Founder, Look-in-side Photo Studio, Seoul, Korea 

2019 - 2021   Studio Director, Look-in-side Photo Studio, New York, NY 

2019 - 2022   Photographer, Korean Association of New York Artists, New York, NY 

2019 - 2021   Freelance Photographer, Waterfall Gallery, New York, NY

2016 - 2021     Photographer, Alex Sim Studio, New York, NY  

2015 - 2016      Photographer, Beak Seung Hyu Studio, Seoul, South Korea

2014                   Craftsman Photographer, Human Resources Development Service of Korea, Seoul, South Korea

2010 - 2013      Lieutenant, Republic of Korea Army, South Korea

2006 - 2010      Photographer, English Camp, Seoul Theological University, Bucheon, South Korea

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Software: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign

Hardware: DSLR systems, Studio lighting, large-format pigment printing

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2019 - 2021  Instructor, Photo Workshop, Korean Association of New York Artists, New York, NY

2016                  Instructor, “Beginning Photography”, All Love School, Seoul, South Korea

2013 - 2016      Instructor & Photographer, Youth Department, Kang Nam Church, Seoul, South Korea

2015 - 2016      Instructor, “Photo-Therapy”,  Gangnam-Gu Women’s Development Center, Seoul, South Korea        

EXHIBITIONS (selected)

2019            SVA Gramercy Gallery, “mesmeric,”  New York, NY          

2019            KENEKTID Gallery, “Recycling is Culture,”  New York, NY 

2016            Dongduk Art Gallery, Certification Exhibition, Portrait Photography, Seoul, South Korea

2015            Gangnam-Gu Learning Club, “In Search of Existence,” Seoul, South Korea

2014            Hanseong Baekje Culture Festival, “Illusion,” Seoul, South Korea

2014            Gangnam-gu Learning Club, “Art Pair,” Seoul, South Korea

2014            Kang Nam Church, “Domestic Mission, Civilian Control Area & Sorok Island,”  Seoul, South Korea

EDUCATION

2019           Master’s in Digital Photography, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

2016           Certificate in Portrait Photography, Photo Academy, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea

2015           Bachelor’s in Business Administration, The Cyber University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea

2010           Bachelor’s in English, Seoul Theological University, Bucheon, South Korea
             

AWARDS, HONORS

2019           MPS Digital Photography Thesis Scholarship, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY