SUH Yongsun

 

1951       Born in Seoul

1979       BFA Seoul National University, Seoul

1982       MFA Seoul National University, Seoul

 

Currently Lives and works in Seoul

 

 

Solo Exhibitions

 

2017       SUH Yongsun: Crossing Worlds, Art Mora, New York, US

               A Spot of Recollections, Bongsan Cultural Center, Daegu, Korea

2016       SUH Yongsun, Ryumijae Gallery, Yangpyeong, Korea

               Color and Hollowness, Kim Chong Yung Museum, Seoul

               SUH Yongsun’s Inwangsan, Nook Gallery, Seoul

               Expanding Lines: Suh Yongsun Drawing, Arko Art Museum, Seoul

               SUH Yongsun’s Masan, Masan Fruit and Vegetable Market Gallery, Changwon, Korea

2015       SUH Yongsun – Self Portrait, Gallery Imazoo, Seoul

               Utopia’s Delay: the Painter and the Metropolis, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul; Kumho Museum, Seoul

2014       Wounded Colors, Gallery Koo, Daejeon, Korea

               Lee Eugean Gallery, Seoul

               The Myth of Suh Yongsun - Another Place: Lee Jung Seop Art Award Exhibition, Chosun Ilbo Gallery, Seoul

               Embodied and Embedded Things - Self Portraits and Scenes, Fukuzumi Gallery, Osaka, Japan

               Historical Imagination: The King Danjong Stories by Suh Yong-Sun, White Block, Paju, Korea

               DAAD(German Academic Exchange Service), Bonn, Germany

2013       Kips Gallery, New York, US

               Koreanisches Kulturzentrum, Berlin

               Memory⋅Representation: Suh Yong Sun and 6.25, Korea University Museum, Seoul

               Moving-Unmoving, Gallery Imazoo, Seoul

2012       Landscape, Lee C Gallery, Seoul; Dongsanbang Gallery, Seoul

               Territory, Kips Gallery, New York, US

2011       Jirisan Landscape, Lee C Gallery, Seoul

               RMIT University Museum, Melbourne, Australia

               Galerie Son, Berlin

               The Man Who Paints, Shin Hwa Gallery, Hong Kong

               TOUCH, Fukuzumi Gallery, Osaka, Japan

               Politics of Gaze, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul

2010       Landscapes of Suh Yongsun, Lee C Gallery, Seoul

               Men in the History, 604 J / 604H Gallery, Busan, Korea

               Space Hongjee, Seoul

               6 Down Town, Kips Gallery, New York, US

               Gallery Imazoo, Seoul

2009       Artist of the Year 2009, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

               Face, Fukuzumi Gallery, Osaka, Japan

               Memory of the Future, Park Soo Keun Art Museum, Yanggu, Korea

               Tong-in Auction Gallery, Seoul

               Mountain and Water, Lee C Gallery, Seoul

2008       Gallery A Story, Seoul; Gallery A Story, Busan, Korea

               Self-Portrait, Godo Gallery, Seoul; Busan Art Center, Busan, Korea

               Kim Jaesun Gallery, Busan, Korea

2007       Kim Si-seup (Maewoldang), Godo Gallery, Seoul

               Nosan-Gun Diary, Fukuzumi Gallery, Osaka, Japan

               Nosan-Gun Diary-3, O’s Gallery, Soyang, Korea; Lotte Department Store, Jeonju, Korea

2006       Ideology and Places, Gallery Godo, Seoul

               New Works - Suh Yongsun, Crecloo Art Gallery, New York, US

               Cheol-Am Station Gallery, Taebaek, Korea

2004       The Memories of the Future, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul

               Rho Gallery, Seoul

               Cheol-Am · Taebaek, Suka Gallery, Busan, Korea

2002       ‘Making’ and ‘Drawing’: Three-Dimensional Drawings of Suh Yongsun, Rho Gallery, Seoul

1999       Suh Yongsun 1993-1999: Nosan-Gun Diary, Yeongwol Culture and Art Center, Yeongwol, Korea

1998       Rho Gallery, Seoul

1997       Icon Gallery, Seoul

1996       Self Portrait Drawing, Icon Gallery, Seoul

               Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea 

1995       Self Portrait Drawing, Swan Gallery, New York. US

               Seomi Gallery, Seoul

1994       Icon Gallery, Seoul

1993       Nosan-Gun Diary, Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul

1992       Icon Gallery, Seoul

1991       Seomi Gallery, Seoul

               Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul

1990       Space Gallery, Seoul

1989       Korean Culture and Art Foundation, Seoul

1988       P&P Gallery, Seoul

 

 

Group Exhibitions

 

2016       Dong Hak, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Wanju, Korea

               Korea-Japan Contemporary Art, 2016-CONNECT, JARFO Kyoto Gallery, Kyoto, Japan

               Six Perspectives Looking at the Landscape, Muan Seungwoo Oh Museum of Art, Muan, Korea

               How to Sit, INDIPRESS, Seoul

               Another Korean Contemporary Art History: 70 Years of Seoul National University College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University Museum of Art, Seoul

0-Sang Republic, Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea

As the Moon Waxes and Wanes, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

South Korean Art: Examining Life through Social Realities, American University Museum, Washington

Tongil!, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

Cultural Conversations, Gallery LVS, Seoul; The Australian Centre for Oral History, Sydney, Australia

2015     Rediscovery of Baekje Dynasty – Restored by Contemporary Art, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Jeonbuk, Korea

             Symphony of Life, Goya Mountain Temple, Goya, Japan; Kaiso 1200 Years Gallery, Wakayama, Japan

             Searching for the Origin of Namdo Culture, Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju, Korea

             World Heritage in Andong, Andong Cultural Center of Arts, Andong, Korea; Ulsan Cultural Center of Arts, Ulsan, Korea

             Poong-Ryu-Nam-Do Art Project, Haengchon Museum, Haenam, Korea

             Landscapes in Spring, Muan Seungwoo Oh Museum of Art, Muan, Korea

2014     Jirisan Project: Universe Art Zip, Sungsimwon, Sancheong, Korea

A Form as Thinking – Rediscovery of Drawing, Museum San, Wonju, Korea

               Figure, Gallery Sobab, Yangpyeong, Korea

               We are Sorry, We Won’t Forget, Mite-Ugro, Gwangju, Korea

               Choe Chiwon: Pungyu, Calligraphy Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

Gyeomjae Jeongseon and the Beautiful Bihaedang Garden, Gyeomjae Jeongseon Museum, Seoul

               ARS ACTIVA 2014 Arts & Their Communities, Gangneung Museum of Art, Gangneung, Korea

               What Makes the Wind Sway…, Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea

               Bom Framers, Garden Gallery, Yangpyeong, Korea

               Re-drawing, Gallery 3, Seoul

               Museum Image, Dongduk Women’s University Museum, Seoul; Dongduk Art Gallery, Seoul

2013       33 Korean Contemporary Painters, Gangdong Art Center, Seoul

               Myth and Legend, The Goyang Cultural Foundation, Goyang, Korea

               Reason of Healing, Gallery in Deco, Seoul

               2013 Today's Beautiful Nature, Museum of Jungsun, Seoul

               Gallery b'One, Seoul

               Alternative Art Space IPO, Seoul

               Art Project For Peace: The 3rd IPAP, Sea of Peace ‘Baekryungdo - Interviewing 525,600 Hours, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea

               The 60th Anniversary of Korean War: Looking For Lost Time, OCI Museum, Seoul

               Dongduk Art Gallery, Seoul

               Figures, Panorama, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Wanju, Korea

               Weak Force III, Zero-gallery, Sang Myung University, Seoul

               History of Korean Art, Seoul National University Museum of Art, Seoul

2012       DMZ Art + Book Project for Peace, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Gyeonggi, Korea

               Paintings of Literature: The 100th Anniversary of Bakseok's Birth, Tong-in Gallery, Seoul

               The Power of Art - People, Tumen River Art Center, Tumen, China

               Landscape of South and North, Goyang Aram Nuri Arts Center, Goyang, Korea

               Through your Eyes, Korean Cultural Center, Sydney, Australia

               Korean Archetype, Minsung (民性), Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea

               Art and Environment, Taebaek Paleozoic Museum, Taebaek, Korea

               Contemporary Art of Korea, Taiwan National Museum of Fine Art, Taizhong, Taiwan

               2012 The Artist of Today, Dongduk Art Gallery, Seoul; Dongduk Women’s University Museum, Seoul

2011       Nature, Life, Human, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea

               Drawing Mokpo, Mokpo Culture and Arts Center, Mokpo, Korea

               Inter-being – Triangle Project, Heyri Art Factory, Heyri, Paju, Korea

               The Story of 23 Artists of the Year: 1995-2010, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

               The Sea of Dispute, the Sea of Reconciliation, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea

               The Rhetoric of Image, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul        

               A Brushstroke, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul        

               Seoul Exploration into City, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul        

               Korea Rhapsody, Leeum Museum, Seoul        

               Korean Art Show 2011, Gallery Godo, New York, US 

2010       The Flower on the Snow - Art of National Division, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon

               Korean Art Festival - In and With: Contemporary Korean Art, Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College, Philadelphia, US

               We went to Geoje Island, Geoje Art Center, Geoje, Korea

               Korean Drawing 30 Years: 1970~2000, Soma Museum of Art, Seoul        

               OFF the Wall: Architectural Ceramic, Clayarch Gimhae Museum, Gimhae, Korea

               Gangjin Celadon Art Project 2010, Gangjin Celadon Museum, Gangjin

               GyumJae Hwa-Hon(畵魂) - the Painter’s Spirit of Gyumjae, Jeongseon Memorial Museum, Seoul

               People and Nature in Tottori - Iwami International Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Iwami Studio 652, Iwami Station, Iwami, Japan

               Olle: Jeju Olle Exhibition, Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeju, Korea        

               Eternal Blinking: Contemporary Art of Korea, Gallery of University of Hawaii, Hawaii

               Korean Art Show, GeumSan Gallery, Seoul; La Venue, New York, US        

               Cross Over the Yellow Line, Kyeonghyang Gallery, Seoul

               The 100th Anniversary of ‘Cheol-Am Grigi’, Taebaek Art Center, Taebaek, Korea

               Encounter: Yongsun Suh & Yahon Chang, Gallery Godo, Seoul 

2009       Hwarang Art Fair – Lee C Gallery, BEXCO, Busan, Korea

               Beginning of a New Era, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea       

               The 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall in Berlin, Brandenburg Gate, Potsdamer Platz, Reichstag, Berlin

               70’s - 80’s Ode for the Youth: The History of Korean Contemporary Art, Chosun Ilbo Art Museum, Seoul

               The Inaugural Exhibition of Gallery Imazoo, Gallery Imazoo, Seoul

               The Inaugural Exhibition of Gallery Sobab, Gallery Sobab, Yangpyeong, Korea

               Jiri Mountain, Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju, Korea

               Cheongju International Craft Biennale – Outside the Box, Cheongju International

               Craft Biennale, Cheongju, Korea

               Triangle Project, Park Soo Keun Art Museum, Yanggu, Korea; Sangmyung University, Seoul; Space Zero, Cheongju, Korea

               Samrangseng Festival, Jeondeungsa, Incheon, Korea

2008       Lee C Collection, Lee C Gallery, Seoul

               Soyoyoo (逍遙游), Yangpyeong Eco Art Festival, Mana Art Center, Sejong Gallery, Yangpyeong, Korea

               Traveling Art Museum, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

               Samrangseng Festival, Jeondeungsa, Incheon, Korea

               Triangle Project, Gallery Hal, Taebaek, Korea

               Korea International Art Fair, Lee C Gallery, A-Story Gallery, Godo Gallery, COEX, Seoul

               New Collections: Seoul National University Museum of Art, Seoul National University, Seoul

               Mokpo HALATEC 2008 Drawing Mokpo, Mokpo Culture and Arts Center, Mokpo, Korea

               Innovative Hana – Collection Exhibition, Hana Bank Exhibition, Seoul

               Painting: Illustrating Literature, National Museum of Cheongju, Cheongju, Korea; Bukchon Art Museum, Seoul; Munhwa Ilbo Gallery, Seoul; Pyeongtaek Culture & Arts Center, Pyeongtaek, Korea

               1970’s Korean Art, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

               A Room of One’s Own, Space HaaM, Seoul

               Self-Portrait, Gallery Godo, Seoul

2007       Drawing Cheol-Am: The Undeniable Fate, Ansangkyou Studio, Heyri, Korea

               Painting: Illustrating Literature, National Museum of Cheongju, Cheongju, Korea

               The Yellow Sea, Gallery A Story, Seoul

               3 Artists, Gallery Hal, Taebaek, Korea

               As a Gesture of Culture, Naechon Art Studio, Hongcheon, Korea

               Shinsaimdang International Art Exhibition, Gangneung, Korea

               Drawing Donation Exhibition, Cheol-Am Public Art Project, Cheol-Am Station Gallery, Taebaek, Korea

               Lee Kyu Il Donation Exhibition, Lee C Gallery, Seoul

               Cologne Art Fair, Gallery Godo, Cologne, Germany

               1970’s Korean Art – International Art Exhibition, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

               Drawing Mokpo, Youdal Art Museum, Mokpo, Korea

               The Collection of Seoul National University Museum of Art, Seoul National University Art Museum, Seoul

2006       Dokdo, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Jeonbuk, Korea

               A Portrait of Our Generation, Gimhae Art Center, Yunseul Art Gallery, Gimhae, Korea

               Artist of Bukhan Riverside, Bukhan River Gallery, Yangpyeong, Korea

               Lee Kyeong Hee, Ryu Jang Bok, Suh Yongsun’s Drawing Cheol-Am, Gallery Han, Seoul

               Art & Education, Museum of Seoul National University, Seoul 

2005       Berlin to DMZ - The 60th Anniversary of Independence, Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul

               Traveling Art Museum, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

               Human · House · Family, Jebiwool Museum, Gwacheon, Korea

               Seoul Art Awards, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

               Remembering Dongseok Lee, Suka Gallery, Busan, Korea

               2005 Seoul International Art Fair, COEX, Seoul

               Hwarang Art Fair, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

               The 50th Anniversary of Drawing Cheol-Am, Gallery Ihn, Seoul

               Towards DMZ, Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul

               Bloom – Taebaek, Life, Highlands Botanic Garden, Taebaek, Korea

               Yangpyeong Environment Art, Yangpyeong - Clean-water Love Art Museum, Yangpyeong, Korea

               Traveling Art Museum, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

               2004 New Collection, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

               Korean Art 100 Years, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

               The Inaugural Exhibition of Seoul National University Woosuk Hall, Woosuk Hall Gallery, Seoul

2004       2004 Sight of Contemporary Art, Sejong Arts Center, Seoul

               The Traveling Art Museum, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

               Korea Contemporary Artist Invitation Exhibition, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

               Landscape of Taebaek, Coal Museum, Taebaek, Korea

               Re-reading Mona Lisa, Sejong Gallery, Seoul

               Nature & History, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul

               Umbra, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul; Kookmin University, Seoul; Yoo Art Space, Seoul

               REMESIS, Space BEAM, Seoul

               2004 Seoul National University Online Exhibition

               The Story of Namhan River's people in pictures, Clear Water Love Gallery, Yangpyeong, Korea

               For the Miner, Gangwon Taebaek Cheol-Am Event, Taebaek, Korea

               Declaration for Peace: 100 Artists from Korea and Overseas, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea 

2003       Ecology·Village·Art "Myeongdalli", In the Gallery; Bukhan River Gallery, Yangpyeong, Korea

               History and Consciousness: Landscape Prints of Dokdo, Seoul National University Museum of Art, Seoul

               Crossing 2003 Korea · Hawaii, Gallery 'Iolani, Hawaii, US

               2 Artists- Drawing & Painting, Presse und Kulturabteilung Botschaft der Republik Korea, Berlin

               Exploration for Light & Color, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

               An Elegy for the Abandoned Mine Village ‘Cheol-Am’, Sadi Space Gallery, Seoul

               2003 Seoul Art Exhibition, Seoul Museum of Art

               Deep Paintings, Alternative Space Pool, Seoul

               The Story of Namhan River's People in Pictures, Clear Water Love Gallery, Yangpyeong, Korea

               I, You, Us, Sung-gok Museum, Seoul

Mother's Room, Woo-duk Gallery, Seoul

Cheol-Am Station, People Show, Cheol-Am Railroad Station Gallery, Cheol-Am, Korea

               Gail Art Museum Inaugural Exhibition, Gail Art Museum, Seoul

2002       Drawing Cheol-Am, Cheol-Am Railroad Station Gallery, Taebaek coal Museum, Taebaek, Korea

               Visa Project, Young-eun Museum, Gwangju, Korea

               An Artist Paints - Inaugural Exhibition of Jeon Gallery, Jeon Gallery, Sho Gallery, Namyangju, Korea

               Artists of Bukhan Riverside, picturing of our village, Memorial show of Bukhan River Gallery, Bukhan River Gallery, Yangpyeong, Korea

               By the Name of Painting - Inaugural Exhibition, Kanzi Gallery, Busan, Korea

               Gwangju Biennale Project 3 - Suspended Sentence, 5.18 Memorial Park, Military Police Jail, Gwangju, Korea

               Uplift of the Medium, Icheon Art Center, Icheon, Korea

               Our Faces, Jebiwool Gallery, Gwacheon, Korea

               Self Portrait of Korean Art, Sejong Arts Center, Seoul

               KIAF: Korea International Art Fair 2002, Bexco, Busan, Korea

               Yangpyeong Art Society Show, Clear Water Love Art Museum, Yangpyeong, Korea

               The Story of Namhan River's People in Pictures, Clear Water Love Gallery, Yangpyeong, Korea

               Landscape Prints of Dokdo, Seoul National University Museum of Art, Independence Hall, Seoul

               Self Portrait Show, Woo-duk Gallery, Seoul

               Politics & I, Munhwa Daily Gallery, Seoul

               Portrait of Korean Art, Sejong Arts Center, Seoul

2001       Basis · Prospect, Seoul Museum, Seoul

               The Traveling Art Museum, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

               Seoul Art Exhibition, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

               Water, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

               Korean Art 2001: Reinstatement of Painting, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

               Korean Contemporary Art: The Reinstatement of Painting, Kwang-dong Museum, Kwang-dong, China

               Exposition de echanges interuniverstaires 2001, Seoul National University, Seoul; Pantheon-Sorbonne University, Paris

               Riverside Art Fair, Gallery Seojong, Yangpyeong, Korea

               Fund Raising Exhibition, Art Space Pool, Seoul

               Sabulsan Yoonpilam, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul

               Inter-media Art: Book & Web, Gana Art Gallery, Seoul

               20 Korean Painters, Gallery Mack, Seoul

               The Arts of Korea: the Aesthetics of Jeong(精) and Dong(動), Gallery La Mer, Seoul; Gallery H&S, Seoul

               Drawing Cheol-Am, Taebaek Coal Museum, Taebaek, Korea

               Drawing Cheol-Am, Taebaek Coal Museum, Taebaek, Korea

               The Path Towards Cultural Society, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul

               Korean Arts Award Exhibition, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

2000       The Traveling Art Museum, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

               200 Artists - Small Work Festival, Sun Gallery, Seoul

               Yangpyeong and the Past 2000 Years, Yangpyeong Art Museum, Yangpyeong, Korea 

               Contemporary Art of Korea, UNESCO Palace, Beirut, Lebanon

               33 Korean Painters, Gallery Mack, Seoul

               The Factory Art Festival, Sampyo Factory, Seoul

               80’s Small Group Art Movement, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

               Expression of an Era: Eyes and Hands, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

               Drawings, Kumho Museum, Seoul

               The Story of Namhan River's People in Pictures, Clear Water Love Gallery, Yangpyeong, Korea

1999       Korean Contemporary Art - The Sound of Nature, Triangle Gallery, Alberta, Canada

               Yangpyeong Art Association Exhibition, Yangpyeong Art Museum, Yangpyeong, Korea

               ‘99 Seoul Art Award Exhibition, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

               Hanseo Gallery Inaugural Exhibition, Hanseo Gallery, Seoul

               Phobia - Unconscious Desire, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul

               The Traveling Art Museum, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

               The Second Yellow Sea Art Fair – Meal and Art, Incheon Art Center, Incheon, Korea

               Korean Art Through Figures, Ho Am Art Museum, Seoul

1998       Figures in Painting, Hanlim Art Museum, Daejeon, Korea

               The Traveling Art Museum, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

               Collection of National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea; Jeollabuk-do Art Center, Jeonju, Korea

               Drawing - Crossing, Kumho Museum, Seoul

               Middle Age Artist Invitation Exhibition, Seojong Gallery, Seojong, Korea

               RMIT – Seoul National University Interchange Exhibition, RMIT Gallery Story Hall, Melbourne, Australia

               In Front of a New Millennium, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea 

1997       Korean Art ‘97, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

               Western Painting 100 Artists Invitation Exhibition, Seoul Shinmun Gallery, Seoul

               Mankind Standing in Front of Death, SAVINA Art Museum, Seoul

               Korean Contemporary Art – Traveling Exhibition, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

               ‘97 Today’s Korean Art, Jeonbuk University Samsung Culture Center, Jeonbuk, Korea

               MANIF Seoul 97’, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

               ‘97 Seoul Museum of Art - New Collections, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

1996       ‘96 Seoul Art Award Exhibition, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

               50th Anniversary of Seoul National University Exhibition, Seoul National University Contemporary Museum, Seoul

               Interpretation of Mankind, SAVINA Art Museum, Seoul

               City and Art, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

               Civilization of the Survivor, Gallery Art Beam, Seoul

               Contemporary Artists, Arario Gallery, Cheonan, Korea

               Politics and Art, Boda Gallery, Gwangju, Korea

               The Prospect and Future of Korea Contemporary Art, Gowun Art Museum, Suwon, Korea

               The Traveling Art Museum, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

               Humane Attitude of Art, Johyun Gallery, Seoul

               Self-portrait Drawings, Icon Gallery, Seoul

1995       World Contemporary Art Exhibition, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

               Prospect of 50 years of Korean Contemporary Art, Seoul Shinmun Gallery, Seoul

               ‘95 Seoul Art Award Exhibition, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

1994       2nd Unification Art Festival, Gallery Art Hall, Seoul

               Korean Contemporary Art - SEMI Gallery Inaugural Exhibition, SEMI Gallery, Seoul

               Reading Seoul’s Culture, Hanwon Gallery, Seoul

               Aphorism of 27 Artists, Busan World Gallery, Busan, Korea

               ‘94 Seoul Art Award Exhibition, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

               21C Gallery Inaugural Exhibition, 21C Gallery, Seoul

               The Traveling Art Museum, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

               International Seoul Contemporary Art Fair, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

1993       An Epigraph for Korean Concreteness, Lotte Gallery, Seoul

               Portrait – The Face of Life, Hyundai Art Gallery, Seoul

               Tradition and Innovation: Seoul National University Half a Century of Modern Art, Seoul National University Museum of Art, Seoul

               The Traveling Art Museum, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

1992       The Traveling Art Museum, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

               92’ Korea Contemporary Art Exhibition, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

               Today’s Life, Today’s Art, Kumho Museum, Seoul 

               92’ Korea Contemporary Art, Dong Bang Art Museum, Seoul; Artcore Annex Gallery, LA, US

               The Expression of Korean Contemporary Art 1992, Sae Gallery, Seoul

               Hwarang Art Fair, Seoul Arts Center, Songwon Gallery, Seoul

               Korean Contemporary Art: Korean-Chinese Art Association Exhibition, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

               2nd Kyungbok Alumnus Exhibition, Youkyung Art Museum, Seoul

               Virtual Reality and Reality, Jung Gallery, Seoul

1991       The Traveling Art Museum, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art,   Gwacheon, Korea

               The End of a Century, Shinsegae Art Museum, Seoul

               Korean Contemporary Art, Hanwon Gallery, Seoul

               Kyungbok Alumnus Exhibition, Gana Gallery, Seoul

               Korean Contemporary Art Exhibition, Vasarely Gallery, Aix en Provence, France; Migun Gallery, Seoul

               People – In this Earth(土), Kumho Museum, Seoul

               2nd Contemporary Art Work Shop, Dongduk Women’s University Museum, Seoul

               Prints & Drawings of Contemporary Artists, Songwon Gallery, Seoul

               Today’s Artist, Art Center, Seoul

               4 Artists, Arab Museum, Seoul

               Expression of Korean Contemporary Art - Figure, Dong Bang Art Museum, Seoul; Artcore Annex Gallery, LA, US

               ‘90 New Collections, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

               ‘91 Reality Seoul, Seomi Gallery, Seoul

1990       ‘90 Art Association, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

               Prints: 18 Artists, Seomi Gallery, Seoul

               Korean Contemporary Artists Invitation Exhibition, Lotte Art Museum, Seoul

               New Figurative Arts of 6 Artists, Moran Museum of Art, Gyeonggi, Korea

               5 Artists - Moon Gallery Invitation Exhibition, Moon Gallery, Seoul

               ‘90 Contemporary Art, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

               ‘90, Toh Art Space, Seoul

               Inaugural Exhibition, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

1989       Human – The Perspectives of 7 Artists, Gallery Now, Seoul

               The 3rd Reality Seoul, Seomi Gallery, Seoul

               Human, Thoughts, Today, Ondara Museum, Jeonju, Korea

               Korean Contemporary Art – 80’s, Dongsoong Art Center, Seoul

1988       The 2nd Reality Seoul, Grorichi Gallery, Seoul

               4th Art Association, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

               Korean Contemporary Art - New Generation 16, Shinsegae Museum, Seoul        

               Korean Contemporary Art, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

               Korean, Typicality, Expressivity: Seomi Gallery Inaugural Exhibition, Seomi Gallery, Seoul

               Figurative Works of 7 Artists, Batanggol Museum, Seoul

               Phenomenon: the Transformation and Probabilities - Noksaek Gallery Inaugural Exhibition, Noksaek Gallery, Seoul

1987       New Figurative Art, Shinsegae Museum, Seoul

               19th Cagnue International Painting Exhibition, Cagnue, France

               21st Korea Art Association Exhibition, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary art, Gwacheon, Korea

               Vision of 14 Artists - Today’s Art, Hankook Gallery, Seoul

1986       Art Association Exhibition, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

               Current (現) · Figure (象), Gwanhoon Art Museum, Seoul

               Seoul in Seoul, Osaka Prefectural Museum, Osaka, Japan

               Contemporary Figurative Arts, Dooson Gallery, Seoul

               Sang(象) by 8 Artists, Batanggol Museum, Seoul

               New Expression, Samcheong Gallery, Seoul; Hwan Gallery, Chuncheon, Korea

               Seoul by 79 Artists, Gwanhoon Art Museum, Seoul

1985       Young Artists of ‘85, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

               New Generation- 5 Artists, Gallery Yeh, Seoul

               3 Korea Artists, Surugadai Gallery, Tokyo

               Expression: 6 Artists, Grorichi Gallery, Seoul

               The 2nd Anniversary of 3rd Art Museum, 3rd Art Museum, Seoul

               ’85 Hyangbang, Yoon Gallery, Seoul

               Hansori, Kyung-In Museum of Fine Art, Seoul

               The 3rd Contemporary Art Exhibition, Jeonra-bukdo Art Center, Jeonju, Korea

1984       ’82 Contemporary Art, Kyung-In Museum of Fine Art, Seoul

               The 6th JoongAng Art Award Exhibition, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

1983       The 3rd Art Museum Inaugural Exhibition, 3rd Art Museum, Seoul

               ’82 Controversial Artists Selected by 12 Curators, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

               ‘82 Contemporary Art Exhibition, Soo Gallery, Daegu, Korea

               Expression · Eastern & Western Fine Art by 6 Artists, The 3rd Art Museum, Seoul

               2nd Art Association Exhibition: Dong-a Ilbo and Art Association Collaborated, Sejong Arts Center, Seoul

               Seoul Newspaper Press Artists Invitation Exhibition, Lotte Art Museum, Seoul

               Today’s Artist Drawing ’83 SEOUL, Scope Gallery, LA, US

               ‘82 Contemporary Art – Expression Drawing, 3rd Art Museum, Seoul

1982       ‘82 Contemporary Art Foundation Exhibition, Art Center, Seoul

               Prints & Drawings of Contemporary Artist, Songwon Gallery, Seoul

               Dong-a Art Fair, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

               Today’s Artist, Art Center, Seoul

               4 Artists, Arab Museum, Seoul

               ‘82 Contemporary Art – The Neoteric Person, Lotte Gallery, Seoul

1981       2nd Contemporary Art Work Shop, Dongduk Women’s University Museum, Seoul

1980       Seoul ’80: Works in Photo, Gonggan Museum Inaugural Exhibition, Seoul 

1979       45-51, Dongduk Women’s University Museum, Seoul

1978       JoongAng Ilbo 1st JoongAng Art Award Exhibition, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

               Hankook Ilbo Art Award Exhibition, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

               Kyungbok Alumnus Exhibition, Publication & Culture Center, Seoul

 

 

Awards

 

2014       Lee Jung Seop Art Award, Chosun Ilbo Gallery, Seoul

2009       National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art – Artist of the Year, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon

1984       The 6th JoongAng Art Award, JoongAng Ilbo, Seoul

1982       Dong-a Art Fair - Dong-a Art Award, Dong-a Ilbo, Seoul

1978       The 1st JoongAng Art Award, JoongAng Ilbo, Seoul

 

 

Residencies

 

2012       Sydney University, Sydney, Australia

2011       RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

2010       RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

1995       Vermont Studio Center, Vermont, US

 

 

Collections

 

National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art

Seoul Museum of Art

Busan Museum of Art

Daegu Art Museum

Seoul National University Museum of Art

Seoul National University

College of Engineering, Seoul National University

Korea University Museum

Incheon Art Platform

OCI Museum

Yangpyeong Art Museum

Republic of Korea Naval Academy Museum

Moran Museum

Monash University Museum, Melbourne, Australia

Woogwanjoong Museum annexed Gallery, Singapore