(1957- )
1957 Born in Korea
1981 B.F.A., College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University
1984 M.F.A., Graduate School of Seoul National University
1985 M.F.A., Graduate School of California State University, Los Angeles
1986-87 Studied at New York University Graduate School, New York
1991 Participated in the 10th Triangle Artists Workshop, Pine Plains, New York
1993 Received the Total Grand Prix, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
1996 Participated in the 23rd International Sao Paulo Biennial, Sao Paulo
2003 Researched at Universidad de Alcala, Alcala de Henares, Spain
2006 Recognized A Superior Artists, The National Academy of Arts, Seoul
2015 Participated in the Residency Program of Berlin, Galerie Son, Berlin
1996- Professor of Seoul National University
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1985
Fine Arts Gallery, CSULA, Los Angeles
1986
LA Artcore Gallery, Los Angeles
1988
Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul
1991
LA Artcore Gallery, Los Angeles
Fine Arts Center, Seoul
Gallery Soo, Seoul
Seoul Arts Center, Seoul Art Fair/ Gallery Soo, Seoul
1992
Gallery Meegun, Seoul
1993
Gallery Shilla, Daegu
Gallery Nine, Seoul
Seoul Arts Center, Seoul Art Fair/ Gallery Songhyun, Seoul
1994
Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
Gallery Shilla, Daegu
1996
23rd International Sao Paulo Biennial, Sao Paulo
Gallery Seomi, Seoul
Gallery Shilla, Daegu
1999
Gallery Rho, Seoul
2002
Gallery Sejul, Seoul
Gallery Shilla, Daegu
2004
Artforum Newgate, Seoul
Gasan Gallery, Seoul
2005
Sunghyun Vina, Hochimin City
Johyun Gallery, Busan
Gallery Shilla, Daegu
O's Gallery, Jeonju
2006
Coex, 2006 KIAF/ O's Gallery, Seoul
Gaain Gallery, Seoul
2008
Sun Gallery, Seoul
2009
Artforum Newgate, Seoul
Galerie Son, Berlin
2010
Gallery Lee&Bae, Busan
2011
Gallery Nuovo, Daegu
2015
Gallery Date, Busan
Galerie Son, Berlin
2016
THE PAGE GALLERY, Seoul
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1980
Salon des Independents, National Museum of Modern Art, Seoul
36-3 Art Studio Display II, 36-3 Art Studio, Seoul
1980-82
Seoul 80, Space Gallery, Seoul
1981
32e Salon de Jeune Peinture/Expression, Grand Palais, Paris
1981-82
Ecole de Seoul, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul
1981-82, 87-89
Seoul Contemporary Art Festival, Fine Arts Center, Seoul
1982
Commonsense, Sensitivity or Symptom, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul
82 Contemporary Painting Group Show, Lotte Gallery, Seoul
Todays Printmaker-30 Exhibition, Total Gallery, Seoul
1983
Three Korean Artists on L.A., LA Artcore Gallery, Los Angeles
1984
OPPRESSION-Artists View, Exploratorium, Los Angeles
1985
LA Artcore Invitational Exhibition, Brand Library, Glendale
Exhibition of Asian Pacific American Artists, Gallery Scope, Los Angeles
1986
LA Artcore Invitational Group Show, Art Store Gallery, Los Angeles
1987-96, 99
Logos &Pathos, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul
1988
B35-88 Invitational Exhibition, Fine Arts Center, Seoul
1988-91
Realite Seoul, Fine Arts Center, Seoul
1989
The Contemporary Korean Art II, Total Art Museum, Jangheung
The Contemporary Korean Art-80s, Dongsoong Art Center, Seoul
The Exhibition of Miniature Works, Gallery Soo, Seoul
1989-91
Pureun Haneul, Shinsegae Art Gallery, Seoul
1990
Seoul Arts Center Inaugural Exhibition, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul
1990-91
Korean Contemporary Painting Exhibition, Hoam Art Museum, Seoul
1991
Painting Exhibition by Four Artists, Gallery Sagak, Seoul
Triangle Artists Workshop, Usdan Gallery, Vermont
Informel apres Informel, Chosun Ilbo Art Gallery, Seoul
Peinture Coreenne Moderne, Gallery Meegun, Seoul and Fondation Vasarely, Aix-en Provence
Groping of Contemporary Art II, Gallery Time, Seoul
1992
Korean Contemporary Paintings: Expression-Figuration, Shinsegae Art Gallery, Seoul and
LA Artcore Annex, Los Angeles
From Concept to Essence, Kumho Art Gallery, Seoul
Cross Section of Contemporary Korean Art, Pyo Gallery, Seoul
Korean Contemporary Art- Condition &Diagnosis, Kongpyung Art Center, Seoul
Korean Contemporary Painting- The Brush strock and Its Expression, Hoam Art Museum, Seoul
92 Korean Contemporary Art 21, Gallery 21, Seoul
1992
94 Consciousness Sound Echo, Gallery Four Season, Seoul
94-96 Ecole de Seoul, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul
1993
Seoul 80- TEN YEARS AFTER, Gallery Seohwa, Seoul
Works of Peace 111 Artists, Gallery Bhak, Seoul
Total Grand Prix Exhibition, Total Art Museum, Jangheung
After the Abstract- Four Artists, Gallery 63, Seoul
1994
Monochromes after the Monochromes, Whanki Museum, Seoul
The Blue- Another Spirit, Whanki Museum, Seoul
Gallery 2000 Inaugural Exhibition, Gallery 2000, Seoul
Seoul 80- ABOUT WATER, Gallery Shilla, Taegu
1995
Circulating Currents, Japanese and Korean Contemporary Art in Nagoya, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya
1991-94 Total Grand Prix Exhibition, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
Sungkok Art Museum Inaugural Exhibition, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul
Posco Art Gallery Inaugural Exhibition, Posco Art Gallery, Seoul
Art Space Seoul Pre-opening Show, Art Space Seoul, Seoul
Seoul 80- TEXTUALITY, SPEED, Gaain Gallery, Seoul
1996
Korean Contemporary Art- Paintings, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul
Art Festival 96, Gallery 63, Seoul
the Eros, Dongsanbang Gallery, Seoul
Seoul National Univ. 50th Anniversary Exhibition, SNU, Seoul
Art at Home, Gallery Seomi, Seoul
For the Vision of the 21st Century, 96 SIAF, Koex Pacific Hall, Seoul
Eunha Gallery Inaugural Exhibition, Eunha Gallery, Seoul
1997
Korean Art 97, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
Touch &Flow, Kukje Gallery, Seoul
NICAF Tokyo97, Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo
MANIF Seoul97, Seoul Art Center, Seoul
Basel Art Fair, Basel
Realite Seoul - 10 Years, Kongpyong Art Center, Seoul
Korean Art- ENTARSIS, Dongdeok Art Gallery, Seoul
5th Exhibition of Faculties, Dongdeok Art Gallery, Seoul
1997, 99
DASIMANNAM, Woongjun Gallery, Seoul
1998
SPIRITUALSCAPES, Generous Miracles Gallery, New York
Brushed:Non-brushed, Sai Gallery, Seoul
Version I, C.A.I.S. Gallery, Seoul
Works on Paper, RMIT Gallery Storey, Melbourne
Body in Painting, Hanlim Museum, Daejeon
Exhibition for the 3rd Anniversary of Gallery Kang, Busan
The Repetition, Art Seonjae Center, Seoul
1999
Seoul 80- SWEET LIPS, C.A.I.S. Gallery, Seoul
99 Bundang Art Festival, Samsung Plaza Gallery, Bundang
Exhibition of New Collections 92-98, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
Korean Contemporary Artists, Gallery Daea, Seoul
Abstract after Abstract- 6 Artists, Gallery Euro, Seoul
Exhibition for the Sarubia, C.A.I.S. Gallery, Seoul
Five Meter Exhibition, Chongro Gallery, Seoul
14th Asian International Art Exhibition, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka
Nature and Dialog, Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Seoul
For the End of Paintings, Gallery Euro, Seoul
1999-04
Art Festival of Bundang, Gallery Samsung Plaza, Bundang
2000
Seoul National University in the New Millennium, Seoul Metro Museum of Art, Seoul
A Passage in the New Millennium, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
No or Bad Signals, Fine Arts Center, Seoul
Special Exhibition 'Forest of Human, Forest of Painting', Gwangju Biennial, Gwangju
Exchange Exhibition 2000, Seoul National University Museum of Art, Seoul
Artists with Passion, Hanwon Art Museum, Seoul/ Fine Arts Center, Seoul
15th Asian International Art Exhibition, Tainan Art &Culture Center, Taiwan
Artists from the Group of 80's, Fine Arts Center, Seoul
2001
Artists of the New Millennium, Gallery Chang, Seoul
Exchange Exhibition 2001, Bernanos Gallery, Paris
Gallery La Mer Inaugural Exhibition, Gallery La Mer, Seoul
Gallery Pfo Inaugural Exhibition, Gallery Pfo, Busan
Traversing Image, Gallery Fish, Seoul
16th Asian International Art Exhibition, Gwangdong Art Museum, Gwangdong
2002
Painters Paint, Chun Gallery, Seoul
2002 Contemporary Art Exhibition, Daegu Art &Culture Center, Daegu
Abstract and Secret, Hyunndai Art Gallery, Gwangju
The Blue, Gallery La Mer, Seoul
17th Asian International Art Exhibition, Daejeon Municipal Museum of Art, Daejeon
Gongpyung art Center Anniversary Exhibition, Gongpyung Art Center, Seoul
Gallery Pfo Anniversary Exhibition, Gallery Pfo, Busan
Understanding of Abstract Paintings, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul
2003
Exhibition of Contemporary Paintings, Gallery MKT, Seoul
2004
Korean Contemporary Art 2004, Gallery Sun, Seoul
Monochrome Paintings of Korea Past &Present, Seoul Municipal Museum of Art, Seoul
19th Asian International Art Exhibition, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka
MAPP 2004 Media Workshop, HJS, Seoul
from NORTH, Han Ki Sook Gallery, Daegu
2005
The Seoul Art Exhibition 2005, Seoul Municipal Museum of Art, Seoul
Kim Hyun Joo Gallery Inaugural Exhibition, KHJ Gallery, Seoul
Echo Beyond Time, Ewha Womans University Museum, Seoul
Korean Contemporary Art, Melina Culture Center, Athene
2nd Gongju International Art Festival, Imlip Art Museum, Gongju
2006
Freedom vs Control, New Gate East, Seoul
Healing, Wholeness and Empowerment, Severance Hospital, Seoul
21st Asian International Art Exhibition, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
New Prospectives on Landscape Painting, Ewha Womans University Museum, Seoul
Art at University-60 Years, Museum of Art Seoul National University, Seoul
Contemporary Art Now-Here, Gallery Tablo, Seoul
Exhibition of Alumni, Seoul National University Museum, Seoul
Dialogue-Berlin Paintings, Kommunale Galerie, Berlin
2007
Friends of Cinematheque, Gallery Artside, Seoul
Red &Blue-View on the Surface, Insa Artside, Seoul
Critical Viewpoint, Insa Artside, Seoul
Exhibition of 60th Anniversary CNU, Samsung Culture Center, Chonju
China-Korea Paintings, Ninbo Museum, Ninbo
Friends, Gallery Mano, Seoul
The Blue, Johyun Gallery, Seoul
2007-08 Asia Open Art Fair, Busan Culture Center, Busan
2008
NAAF 2008, West Japan Convention Center, Kitakyushu
Pure Harmony, The Space Gallery, Seoul
6th East-North Asia Exhibition, Saga Prefectural Museum of Art, Saga
Art Autumn Quartet, Artforum Newgate, Seoul
Brushed, non-brushed After 10 Years, Gallery Bundo, Daegu
2008-11
Busan International Art fair, Bexco, Busan
2009
Contemporary Art Now, Gallery Tablo, Seoul
7080 Glorification of Youth, Chosun Ilbo Art Gallery, Seoul
Seoul Open Art Fair, Coex, Seoul
Abstract Paintings, Artforum Newgate, Seoul
The Beauty of Mountain and River, Sejong Culture Center, Seoul
Aesthetic Figure, Gallery Root, Seoul
World of Drawing-Drawing of World, MoA, Seoul
2009-12
Saegye Ilbo Anniversary Exhibition, Hanwon Art Gallery, Seoul
2010
Gallery Face Inaugural Exhibition, Gallery Face, Seoul
Korean Art Show, Gallery Arario/ Culture Center, New York
Magnetic Islands, Project Space RMIT, Melbourne
OFF the WALL, Clayarch Gimhae Museum, Gimhae
Artists Now, Busan Cultural Center, Busan
2010 Exhibition of Sharing, Arko Museum, Seoul
Drawing through Process, Atelier 705, Seoul
dup. the meme, BIBI Space, Daejeon
2010-16
Korean Art Fair, Bexco/Coex, Busan/Seoul
2010-15
KIAF, Coex, Seoul
2011
Exhibition with Poem, Gana Art Center, Seoul/Busan
Dialogue with San Francis & Tschoon, Gallery Son, Berlin
Inagural Exhibition of Gallery Cola, Gallery Cola, Seoul
Korean Contemporary Spectrum, Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai
26th Asian International Art Exhibition, Hangaram Museum, Seoul
2012
I'm the Artist, Artforum Newgate, Seoul
50 Years of Korean Drawing, Hangaram Museum, Seoul
Dansaekhwa, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
Tiwan-Korea Contemporary Paintings, Art Center, Taipei
Korean Dansaekhwa, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Jeonju
2013
Three Rooms, Clayarch Gimhae Museum, Gimhae
Contemporary Paintings, SNU Bundang Hospital, Bundang
Track of Korean Contemporary Art, SNU Museum of Art, Seoul
Time Regained, OCI Museum, Seoul
Color-Play a trick on emotion, Ilwoo Space, Seoul
Daamhwa, Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, Singapore
Dialogue with Sam Francis, Galerie Son, Berlin
2014
Hommage to Whanki, Whanki Museum, Seoul
Blue & D major, Iljoo & Sunhwa Gallery, Seoul
Spirit of Contemporary Korean Art, Veritas Hall, Seoul
A Form as Thinking, Museum San, Wonju
Seoro Seoro, Seoul Calligraphy Museum, Seoul
Track of Korean Contemporary Art II, SNU Culture Hall, Seoul
2015
Unconscious and Trace, Gidang Art Museum, Seogwipo
Gyeonn-Three Artists, Gallery Sejul, Seoul
Korean Dansaekhwa, Bexco, Busan
Vision of Korean Contemporary Art, Ocean Earth Art, Busan
Break Open, Gallery Wooseok, Seoul
Water dream Dreams, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju
120th Anniversary of SNU Exhibition, Veritas Hall, Seoul
China International Gallery Exposition, China WTC, Beijing
Pyung+An, The Page Gallery, Seoul
La Plenitude de la Nada, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires
2015-16
Art Busan, Bexco, Busan
2016
Dansaekjo, Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon
Grand Blue, The Page Gallery, Seoul
Empty Fullness, Melia Public Art Gallery, Teheran
Exhibition of 70th Anniversary SNU, Gallery Wooseok, Seoul
SOAF 2016, Coex, Seoul
Teum_under the SKIN, Gallery Sejul, Seoul
Questioning Sustainability, SNU Museum of Art, Seoul
COLLECTIONS
Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul
LA Artcore Center, Los Angeles
Samsung Art Museum, Seoul
Sonjae Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyungju
Hansol Cultural Foundation, Seoul
Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
Seoul Municipal Museum of Art, Seoul
POSCO Center, Seoul
Eagon Window System LTD., Seoul
Daehan Investment &Securities, Seoul
Hanhwa Building, Seoul
ASEM Tower Building, Seoul
Daejeon Municipal Museum of Art, Daejeon
Ewha Womans University Museum, Seoul
College of Law Seoul National University, Seoul
Embassy of Korea, Berlin
Clayarch Gimhae Museum, Gimhae
Seoul National University Dental Hospital, Seoul
SNU Bundang Hospital, Bundang
Gidang Art Museum, Seogwipo