1952 Born in Jeju, Korea

Solo Exhibitions

2022 At First Sight, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul

2021 Carnation – When Mind Becomes Body, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, 

Korea

2020 The Profundity of Landscape, Hakgojae OROOM (Online Exhibition)

Geumgangsan and DMZ, International Peace Center Jeju, Seogwipo, 

Korea

2018 Memento, Camellia, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul

Just, Image, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul

2016        Window of Time, Lee Jung Seop Art Museum, Seogwipo, Korea

                The Wind Blowing through Time, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea

2015 27^th Lee Jung-seob Award: Sound, Chosun Ilbo Art Museum, Seoul

2014 Boy Meets Girl, Gerazine, Citizens for Picture Book Art Museum, Jeju, 

Korea

Drawings: 1985-2014, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul

2013 Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul

2011 Weathering, The Obaek Jang-goon Gallery, Jeju Stone Park, Jeju, 

Korea

2009 KANG Yo Bae’s Days of Study, Jeju Education Museum, Jeju, Korea

2008 Brushing, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul

The Camellia Has Fallen, Jeju 4·3 Peace Memorial Hall, Jeju, Korea

2007 Island Color, Jeju Culture and Art Center, Jeju, Korea

2006 Time When It Soaks Into the Ground, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul

Artspace·C, Jeju, Korea

2003 Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul

1999 Geumgangsan, Art Space Seoul, Seoul; Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul

1998        Commemoration of the 50^th Anniversary of Jeju April 3^rd Uprising: The

                Camellia Has Fallen, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul; Sejong Gallery, Jeju, 

                Korea; Songwon Gallery, Gwangju, Korea; Catholic Center Exhibition 

                Hall, Busan, Korea; Wolsung Culture Hall, Daegu, Korea

1995 Landscape of the Island, Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea

1994 Nature of Jeju, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul; Demi Gallery, Seoul; Sejong 

Gallery, Jeju, Korea

1992 The History of Jeju Uprising, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul; Dangong 

                Gallery, Daegu, Korea

1976 Angle, Daeho Coffee Shop, Jeju, Korea

Awards

2020 21^st Lee In Sung Art Prize, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea

2018 Okgwan Medal, Order of Cultural Merit, Ministry of Culture, Sports and

                Tourism, Sejong, Korea

2015 27^th Lee Jung-seob Award, Chosun Ilbo Art Museum, Seoul

1998 The Korean People Art Award, The Korean People Artist Federation, 

                Seoul

Public Collections

National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea

Jeonnam Museum of Art, Gwangyang, Korea

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

Government Art Bank, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea

Gidang Art Museum, Seogwipo, Korea

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022 Prayer for Life, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, 

                Gwacheon, Korea

A Collector’s Invitation, National Museum of Korea, Seoul

Earth and Body – Thinly Connected, Thickly Related, Jeonnam 

                Museum of Art, Gwangyang, Korea

2021 38˚C, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul

At the Same Time, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea

Before the Wind, Suwon Ipark Museum of Art, Suwon, Korea

Reasons for the Weather, Gidang Art Museum, Seogwipo, Korea

New Acquisitions 2017-2020: Connected Worlds, Gyeongnam Art 

                Museum, Changwon, Korea

2020        MMCA Collection Highlights 2020+, National Museum of Modern and

                Contemporary Art, Seoul

                Art and Words 2020, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul

2019        2010-2019 Decade: Until Now, and Pursuit, Gidang Art Museum, 

                Seogwipo, Korea

                99+1, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea

                The Square: Art and Society in Korea 1990-2019, National Museum 

                of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

                Drawing – Korean Modern and Contemporary Drawings, Seoul 

                Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul

                One Shiny Day, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea; National Gallery 

                of Modern Art, New Delhi

                Portrait, Figure and People – Modern and Contemporary Figure 

                Paintings of Korea, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul

                40^th Anniversary of Jeong Taechun Park Eunok: Cross Again, Sejong

                Center, Seoul

2018        Stories & Dreams, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea

                Special Exhibition of the 70^th Anniversary of Jeju April 3^rd Massacre: 

                Post Trauma, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea

                Exhibition on Peace and Human Rights in East Asia for 70^th 

                Anniversary of 4·3 – From Silence to Shouting, Jeju 4·3 Peace

                Memorial Hall, Jeju, Korea

2017        Korea Tomorrow 2017: Narrative Landscape, Sungkok Art Museum, 

                Seoul

                The Spirit of Jeju, Seogwipo Arts Center, Seogwipo, Korea

                Jeju Biennale 2017: Tourism, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea

                HawdangSsak, Art Space Jeju Art Gallery, Jeju, Korea

                4·3 Art Archive: 30 Years of Struggles for Recollection, Jeju Museum

                of Art, Jeju, Korea

                Samramansang: From Kim Whanki to Yang Fudong, National 

                Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul

2016        Arirang Rhapsody, Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeju, Korea

                Jeju·Rabnitz Contemporary Art Exhibition, Jeju Museum of 

                Contemporary Art, Jeju, Korea

                Story Blossoms in Art, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, 

                Korea

                GanaArt Collection Anthology, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

2015        Social Realism in Asia Chapter 1. Isles of Sincerity, Hakgojae Shanghai,

                Shanghai

                22^nd 4·3 Art Festival: Transparent Tears of Ice, Jeju Museum of Art, 

                Jeju, Korea

                70^th Anniversary of Liberation – Special Exhibition of Korea Modern and

                Contemporary Art, Daejeon Museum of Arts, Daejeon, Korea

                PyeongChang Biennale: Élan Vital, Alpensia, Pyeongchang, Korea

                Now, Here, Pohang Museum of Steel Art, Pohang, Korea

                6^th Jeju∙Japan Joint Exhibition: Sharing Memories of the Myth, Jeju 

                Culture and Art Center, Jeju, Korea

2014        The Special Project for the 20^th Anniversary of the Gwangju Biennale: 

                Sweet Dew – Since 1980, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea

                21^st 4·3 Art Festival: Between Okinawa, Taiwan, and Jeju – The Sea of

                Jeju Is in Gabonyeon (1894 & 2014), Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea

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

                The Stream of Korean Contemporary Art VII – Realism, Yunseul Art 

                Gallery Gimhae Arts and Sports Center, Gimhae, Korea

                Gongjae Yun Du-Seo – Encounter with a Great Master, Gwangju 

                National Museum, Gwangju, Korea

                The Breath of Life, The Room of Myth, Jeju World Natural Heritage 

                Center, Jeju, Korea

                Camellia Has Fallen: Contemporary Korean Artists Reflect on the Jeju 

                Uprising, Sonoma County Museum, Santa Rosa, U.S.

                Sailing of New Spring, KBS Jeju Broadcasting Station, Jeju, Korea

                Indonesia-Korea Contemporary Art Exhibition: Low Stream, Jeju 

                Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeju, Korea

2013        Island, Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeju, Korea

                Determination of Two Islands, National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta; 

                Tonyraka Art Gallery, Bali, Indonesia

                20^th 4·3 Art Festival: Jeju 4·3 Peace Memorial Hall, Jeju, Korea

                The Korean People’s Artist Association of Chungbuk Art Festival, 

                Wumin Art Center, Cheongju, Korea

                Landscape - The Reason of Painting, Shinsegae Gallery Centum City, 

                Busan, Korea

2012        4^th Jeju∙Japan Joint Exhibition, Sharing Memories of the Myth, Jeju 

                Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeju, Korea

                19^th 4·3 Art Festival: Family, Jeju 4·3 Peace Memorial Hall, Jeju, Korea

                DMZ Peace Picture Book Project: Winter Winter Winter, Spring, 

                Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea

                Motherhood – Mother Images in Korean Art, Ehwa Womans University 

                Museum, Seoul

2011        Korean Rhapsody: A Montage of History and Memory, Leeum Museum 

                of Art, Seoul

                The Dream of Land, Insa Art Center, Seoul

                Deep, deep sight, Jeju Munhwa Forum, Jeju, Korea

                3^rd Jeju∙Japan Joint Exhibition: Sharing Memories of the Myth, Osaka 

                Prefectural Sayamaike Museum, Osaka, Japan

                Tamra Artists Association Project: Gureombi Is Crying, Artspace·C, Jeju,

                Korea

                Co-Existence & Co-Prosperity, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea

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

2010        30 Years of Reality and Utterance: Reality for the Society and Art, Insa 

                Art Center, Seoul

                2^nd Jeju∙Japan Joint Exhibition, Sharing Memories of the Myth, Jeju 

                Culture and Art Center, Jeju, Korea

                Lives and Landscapes in Volcanic Island Jeju, Jeju Culture and Art 

                Center, Jeju, Korea

                Cross Over the Yellow Line, Kyunghyang Gallery, Seoul

                The Masters of Korean Modern and Contemporary Art, 63 SKY ART 

                GALLERY, Seoul

                Korean Avant-Garde Drawing 1970-2000, Seoul Olympic Museum of 

                Art, Seoul

2009        The Deification of Nature: Jeju, Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeju,

                Korea

                Peace Arts Festival 2009, Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeju, 

                Korea

                Jeju Art: Yesterday and Today, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea

                Asia and Rice, Sori Art Center of Jeollabuk-do, Jeonju, Korea

2008        Korean Art Today_The World of Expression, Hangaram Art Museum, 

                Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

                Celebrating Exhibition of RAMSAR Conference 2008, Gyeongnam Art 

                Museum, Changwon, Korea

                The Pulsation of People: Realism in Korean Art 1945-2005, The Niigata 

                Bandaijima Art Museum, Niigata, Japan; Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, 

                Fukuoka, Japan; Miyakonojo City Museum of Art, Miyazaki, Japan; 

                Otani Memorial Art Museum, Nishinomiya, Japan; Fuchu Art Museum, 

                Fuchu, Japan

2007        Korea Unification Art Exhibition, Busan Democracy Park, Busan, Korea

                The Best 100 Wonderful Places of the Southern Coast of Korea, 

                Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon, Korea; Geoje Arts Center, Geoje, 

                Korea

                14^th 4·3 Art Festival: Standing There, Again, Jeju Culture and Art 

                Center, Jeju, Korea

                Jeju Island, Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeju, Korea

2005        Jeju-Bali, Tony Raka Art Gallery, Bali, Indonesia

                Bali-Jeju, Jeju Culture and Art Center, Jeju, Korea

                Meeting Again on the Road, Busan Democracy Park, Busan, Korea; 

                May 18^th Memorial Park, Gwangju, Korea; Taebaek Cultural Center, 

                Taebaek, Korea; Gongpyeong Gallery, Seoul

                12^th 4·3 Art Festival: Together, Jeju Culture and Art Center, Jeju, Korea

2004        13^th Jeju Art Festival: Forms of Jeju and Colors of Tamra toward the 

                Open Time and Space, International Convention Center, Jeju, Korea; 

                Gidang Art Museum, Seogwipo, Korea

                Myths of Wind 2004, Jeju Culture and Art Center, Jeju, Korea

                A Praise for Still Life, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul

                Declaration for Peace: 100 Artists Korea and Overseas, National 

                Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

                Meditation about Road, Jeju Culture and Art Center, Jeju, Korea

                6^th Jeju-Chungbuk Cultural Exchange, Life, Peace, Gidang Art 

                Museum, Seogwipo, Korea

                11^th 4·3 Art Festival: Meet another Road at the End of the Road, Jeju 

                Culture and Art Center, Jeju, Korea

2003        10^th 4·3 Art Festival: Jeju Culture and Art Center, Jeju, Korea

                Deep-‘Painting’, Art Space Pool, Seoul

                Commemorative Exhibition for the 10^th Anniversary of Tamra Artists 

                Association, Sinsan   Gallery, Jeju, Korea

                History Paintings: The Exhibition Commemorating 1901 Jeju 

                Resistance, Jeju National Museum, Jeju, Korea

2002        9^th 4·3 Art Festival: Terror, Jeju Culture and Art Center, Jeju, Korea

                Wind and Earth, Cloud and Mountain, Chungbuk Arts and Culture 

                Center, Cheongju, Korea

                People Art for 20 years, Cheongju Arts Center, Cheongju, Korea

                The Person at Present, Sejong Gallery, Jeju, Korea

                Inaugural Exhibition of JeBiWool Museum, JeBiWool Museum, 

                Gwacheon, Korea

2001        8^th 4·3 Art Festival: Halla and Mudeung - the Legacy of History, Jeju 

                Culture and Art Center, Jeju, Korea

                Long Necked Tree Frog, Sejong Gallery, Jeju, Korea; Gallery Jeju Art, 

                Jeju, Korea

                Invitation to Life, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul

                4·3 and Nogeun-ri, Cheongju Culture Institute, Cheongju, Korea

                Foundation/Prospect, Seoul Art Gallery, Seoul

                13^th Mountains and Streams of Our Homeland, Wind Wind Wind, 

                Gwanghwamun Gallery, Seoul

                Beautiful Lives, Madang Sol, Daegu, Korea

2000        3^rd Gwangju Biennale: MAN+SPACE, Gwangju Biennale Exhibition 

                Hall, Gwangju, Korea

                Art for Ocean Art Festival 2000: Touch the Ocean, Sejong Center for the

                Performing Arts, Seoul

                7^th 4·3 Art Festival: Jeju Culture and Art Center, Jeju, Korea

                Water Path, Uphill Path, Foot Path, Jeju Culture and Art Center, Jeju, 

                Korea

                Genre Paintings of Jeju, Sejong Gallery, Jeju, Korea

1999        6^th 4·3 Art Festival: Jeju Culture and Art Center, Jeju, Korea

                Arts of Jeju – Fair Winds, Sejong Gallery, Jeju, Korea

1998        Wild Flowers, Savina Gallery, Seoul

                5^th 4·3 Art Festival: Jeju Culture and Art Center, Jeju, Korea

                A Wrong Encounter, Savina Gallery, Seoul

1997        4^th 4·3 Art Festival: Jeju Culture and Art Center, Jeju, Korea

                Searching for Korean Beauty, Savina Gallery, Seoul

                10^th Anniversary Exhibition of Gidang Art Museum, Gidang Art Museum,

                Seogwipo, Korea

1996        17 Artists of Tradition and Reality, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul

                3^rd 4·3 Art Festival: Sejong Gallery, Jeju, Korea

                Artistic Journeys on the Silk Road: Searching for the Breath of Missing 

                Empire, Donga Gallery, Seoul

                Contemporary Artists, Arario Gallery, Cheonan, Korea

                8^th Mountains and Streams in Our Homeland, Rivers, Seoul Museum 

                of  Art, Seoul

1995        1^st Gwangju Biennale: The Spirit of Gwangju Resistance in May, 

                Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea

                Gwangju Unification Art Exhibition, Mangwol-dong Cemetery, Gwangju, 

                Korea

                50^th Anniversary of Liberation, Historical Paintings Exhibition: Where 

                Are We, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

                2^nd 4·3 Art Festival: Sejong Gallery, Jeju, Korea

                9 Artists, Jeju Art Gallery, Jeju, Korea

                50^th Liberation of Korea Tamra Artist Consultation Exhibition, Sejong

                Gallery, Jeju, Korea; Jeju Art Gallery, Jeju, Korea

1994        Korean Minjoong Arts, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary 

                Art, Gwacheon, Korea

                100^th Donghak Commemoration-Bird, Bird, Blue Bird, Seoul Arts 

                Center, Seoul

                Jeju Arts-Fair Winds, Sejong Gallery, Jeju, Korea

                1^st 4·3 Art Festival: Jeju Culture and Art Center, Jeju, Korea; Sejong 

                Gallery, Jeju, Korea

1993        DMZ Peace Project, Tokyo Central Art Museum, Tokyo

                3^rd Jeju Art Festival, Jeju Culture and Art Center, Jeju, Korea

                10 Years Later, Dukwon Gallery, Seoul

1992        2^nd Jeju Art Festival, Jeju Culture and Art Center, Jeju, Korea

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

                An Aspect of Korea Art from the ‘90s, Garam Gallery, Seoul; Gallery 

                Sang Moon Dang, Seoul; Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul; Hyun Gallery, Seoul

1991        5^th Anniversary of Grimmadang Min: Face of Our Time-Human and 

                Nature, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

                18 Artists, Seoul Art Museum, Seoul

1990        Young Vision - Proposal for Tomorrow, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul 

                Arts Center, Seoul

                Education Field, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

                10 Years of Reality and Utterance, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul; 

                Grimmadang Min, Seoul

                4^th Anniversary of Grimmadang Min: Face of Our Time - Human and 

                Nature, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

                Breath of Dawn - Trends and Prospects, Seoul Art Museum, Seoul

1989        People Art Positioning, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

                Mountains and Streams of Our Homeland, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

                The Life Living Together, Art Madang Geumgang, Seoul

                Paintings and Potteries Revive Living Foundation, Grimmadang Min, 

                Seoul

                Contemporary Art-New Visions, Sejong Gallery, Jeju, Korea

1988        The Korean Peninsula Is Watching America, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

1987        Anti-Torture, Grimmadang Min, Seoul; Gwangju Catholic Museum; 

                Gwangju, Korea

1986        JAALA, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo

                A Flagman of 30^th Generation, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

1985        Art Festival of the 2^nd Year of the Time-Honored Zodiac Order, Arab 

                Cultural Center, Seoul

1984        Art of Life, Arab Cultural Center, Seoul; Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul; The

                3^rd Art Museum, Seoul

                Reality and Utterance, June 25^th, Arab Cultural Center, Seoul

                History of 40 Years after the Liberation, Gwangju Academy Museum, 

                Gwangju, Korea; Cheonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea; 

                Catholic Center Exhibition Hall, Busan, Korea; Masan Jin Gallery, 

                Masan, Korea; Yonsei University, Seoul; 

                Korea University, Seoul

1983        The Spirit of the Times, The 3^rd Art Museum, Seoul

1982        The Power of Consciousness, Deoksu Museum, Seoul

                Images of Happiness, Deoksu Museum, Seoul

1981        Reality and Utterance, City and Sight, Lotte Gallery, Seoul

                Contemporary Art Workshop Special Exhibition, Dongduk Art Gallery, 

                Seoul

1981-90   Reality and Utterance

1980        December, Deoksu Museum, Seoul

                The Viewpoint Art Members Exhibition, Young Artists Art Center, Seoul

1977-80   1^st-9^th The Viewpoint, Daeho Gallery, Jeju, Korea