1952     Born in Jeju, Korea

1979     BFA, Department of Painting, College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University, Seoul

1982     MFA, Department of Painting, College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University, Seoul

Lives and works in Jeju, Korea 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2016     The Wind Blowing through Time, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju

2015     Sound – Lee Joong Seop Award Exhibition, Chosun Ilbo Gallery, Seoul

2014     “Boy Meets Girl” - The Original Painting of Kang Yo-bae , Zerazin, Citizens for Picture Book Art Museum, Jeju, Korea

             Kang Yo-bae Drawings: 1985-2014, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul

2013     Kang Yo-bae, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul

2011     Weathering, Obaek Jang-goon Gallery at Jeju Stone Park, Jeju, Korea

2009     Study Days, Jeju Education Museum, Jeju, Korea

2008     Grazing, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul

             April 3rd History Paintings - Camellias Fall, Jeju April 3rd Peace Memorial Hall, Jeju, Korea

2007     Island Colour, Cultural Promotion Institute of Jeju Special Autonomous Province, Jeju, Korea

2006     The Time Permeated into the Soil, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul

             Kang Yo-bae, Artspace·C, Jeju, Korea

2003     Kang Yo-bae, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul

1999     Mountain Geumgang, Art Space Seoul, Seoul

1998     Camellias Fall: Touring Exhibition in Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of April 3rd Jeju Uprising,

             Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul; Sejong Gallery, Jeju; Songwon Gallery, Gwangju; Catholic Center Exhibition Hall, 

             Busan; Wolsung Culture Hall, Daegu, Korea

1995     Landscape of the Island, Johyun Gallery, Seoul

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

1992     The History of April 3rd Jeju Uprising, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul; Sejong Gallery, Jeju; Dangong Gallery, 

             Daegu, Korea

1976     Angle, Daeho Coffee Shop, Jeju, Korea 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017     KOREA TOMORROW 2017: Narrative Landscape, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul

             SAMRAMASANG: 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, China

             The 22nd Sasam-Misoolje: Transparent Tears of Ice, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea

             Invitation, Reviewing April, The Memorial hall of Jeju April 3rd Peace Park, Jeju, Korea

             Modern and Contemporary Art Exhibition of 70th Korean Independence Day, The Company of Art and History, 

             Century Meeting of the Masters, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea

             Pyeong Chang Biennale – Élan Vital, Pyeongchang, Korea

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

             The 6th Jeju∙Japan Joint Exhibition ‘Sharing Memories of the Myth’, Jeju Culture and Art Center, Jeju, Korea

2014     The 10th Gwangju Biennale – Sweet Dew-After 1980, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea

             The 21th Sasam-Misoolje: Between Okinawa, Taiwan and Jeju – The Sea of Jeju is in Gabonyeon, Jeju 

             Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea

             What makes the Wind sway...: For personal or Socio-historic Paintings, Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea

             The Stream of Korea Contemporary Art Ⅶ - Realism, Gimhae Arts and Sports Center, Gimhae, Korea 

             Gongjae Yun Du-Seo – Encounter with a Great Master in the Late Joseon Dynasty, Gwangju National

             Museum, Gwangju, Korea

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

             The Camellia Flower Falls, Museums of Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, USA

             Sailing of New Spring, Exhibition Hall of 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; Tony Raka Art Gallery, Bali, Indonesia

             The 20th 4.3 Fine Arts Festival, Jeju April 3rd Peace Memorial Hall, Jeju, Korea

             The Korean People’s Artists Association of Chungbuk Art Festival – Reality Art and Art of Zeigest, Wumin Art 

             Center, Cheongju, Korea

             Landscape - The Reason of Painting, Shinsegae Gallery Centum city, Busan, Seoul

2012     The 4th Jeju Mythology Art Joint Exhibition of Jeju and Japan: Sharing Memory of Myths, Jeju Museum of 

             Contemporary Art, Jeju, Korea

             The 19th 4.3 Fine Arts Festival: Family, Jeju April 3rd Peace Memorial Hall, Jeju, Korea

             DMZ Art+Book Project for Peace: Winter Winter Winter, Spring, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, 

             Korea Maternal Instinct – Mothers in Korean Arts, Ewha Womans University Museum, Seoul

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

             The Dream of Land, Insa Art Center, Seoul

             The 7th Jeju Myths Exhibition: The Deeper and Deeper Gaze, Jeju Munhwa (Culture) Forum, Jeju, Korea

             The 4th Jeju Mythology Art Joint Exhibition of Jeju and Japan: Sharing Memory of Myths, Osaka Prefectural 

             Sayamaike Museum, Osaka, Japan

2011     Tamra Artists Association Project: Gureombi is Crying, Artspace·C, Jeju, Korea

             Coexistence and Epigyny, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea

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

2010     Reality of Society and Art: 30 Years of the Group - Reality and Utterance, Insa Art center, Seoul

             The 3rd Jeju Mythology Art Joint Exhibition of Jeju and Japan: Sharing Memory of Myths, Jeju Cultural 

             Center, Jeju, Korea

             Lives and Landscapes in Volcanic Island Jeju, Jeju Cultural Center, Jeju, Korea; Ueno-mori Museum, Tokyo

             Cross Over the Yellow Line, Kyunghyang Gallery, Seoul

             The Masters in Korean Modern and Contemporary Art, 63 Sky Art Museum, Seoul

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

2009     Myths of Nature, Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeju, Korea

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

             The Past and the Present of Jeju Art, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea

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

2008     Today’s Korean Art - The World of Expression, Seoul Arts Center Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul

             Commemorative Exhibition of the 10th Ramsar Convention, Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon, Korea

             The Pulsation of People: Realism in Korean Art 1945-2005, Bandaijima Art Museum, Niigata; Fukuoka Asian 

             Art Museum, Fukuoka; Miyakonojo Municipal Art Museum, Miyakonojo; Ootani Memorial Art Museum, 

             Nishinomiya; Fuchu Municipal Art Museum, Tokyo, 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; Geoje 

             Arts Center, Geoje, Korea

             The 14th 4.3 Fine Arts Festival: Standing There Again, Jeju Cultural Center, Jeju, Korea

             The Island Swallowed Myths - Jeju Scenery Exhibition, Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeju, Korea

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

             Bali–Jeju, Jeju Cultural Center, Jeju, Korea

             Meeting Again on the Road, Busan Democracy Park, Busan; The May 18th Memorial Park, Gwangju; 

             Taebaek Cultural Center, Taebaek; Gongpyeong Gallery, Seoul, Korea

             The 12th 4.3 Fine Arts Festival: Together, Jeju Cultural Center, Jeju, Korea

2004     The 13th Jeju Art Festival: Forms of Jeju and Colors of Tamra toward the Open Time and Space, International 

             Convention Center, Gidang Art Museum, Seogwipo, Korea

             Myths of Wind 2004 - Jeju Contemporary Art Exhibition, Jeju Cultural Center, Jeju, Korea

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

             The Declaration for Peace by 100 Artists from All around the World, National Museum of Modern and 

             Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

             Meditation about Road, Jeju Cultural Center, Jeju, Korea

             The 6th Jeju–Chungbuk Cultural Exchange: Life, Peace, Gidang Art Museum, Seogwipo, Korea

             The 11th 4.3 Fine Arts Festival: Meet another Road at the End of the Road, Jeju Cultural Center, Jeju, Korea

2003     The 10th 4.3 Fine Arts Festival, Jeju Cultural Center, Jeju, Korea

             Korean Art 2003: Real-Scape Revisited, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

             Deep – ‘Painting’, Art Space Pool, Seoul

             Commemorative Exhibition for the 10th Anniversary of Tamra Artists Association, Sinsan Gallery, Jeju, Korea

             History Paintings: The Exhibition Commemorating 1901 Jeju Resistance, Jeju National Museum, Jeju, Korea

2002     The 9th 4.3 Fine Arts Festival: Terror, Jeju Cultural Center, Jeju, Korea

             Wind and Earth, Cloud and Mountain, Chungbuk Arts and Culture Center, Cheongju, Korea

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

             The Person at Present, Sejong Gallery, Jeju, Korea

             Inaugural Exhibition of JeBiWool Museum, JeBiWool Museum, Gwacheon, Korea

2001     The 8th 4.3 Fine Arts Festival: Halla and Mudeung – the Legacy of History, Jeju Cultural Center, Jeju, Korea

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

             Invitation to Life, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul

             4.3 and Nogeun-ri, Cheongju Culture Institute, Cheongju, Korea

             Foundation/Prospect, Seoul Museum, Seoul

             Pool, Art Space Pool, Seoul

             The 13th Mountains and Streams of Our Homeland – Wind Wind Wind, Gwanghwamun Gallery, Seoul

             Beautiful Lives, Madang Sol, Daegu, Korea

2000     Gwangju Biennale: Art and Human Rights, Gwangju Biennale Exhibition Hall, Gwangju, Korea

             Art for Ocean 2000: Touch the Ocean, Sejong Museum of Art, Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, Seoul

             The 7th 4.3 Fine Arts Festival, Jeju Cultural Center, Jeju, Korea

             Water Path, Uphill Path, Foot Path, Jeju Cultural Center, Jeju, Korea

             2000 Genre Paintings of Jeju, Sejong Gallery, Jeju, Korea

1999     The 6th 4.3 Fine Arts Festival: Invisible Hands, Visible Eyes, Jeju Cultural Center, Jeju, Korea

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

1998     Wild Flowers, Savina Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul

             The 5th 4.3 Fine Art Festival, Jeju Cultural Center, Jeju, Korea

             A Wrong Encounter, Savina Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul

1997     The 4th 4.3 Fine Art Festival, Jeju Cultural Center, Jeju, Korea

             Searching for Korean Beauty, Savina Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul

             The 10th Anniversary Exhibition of Gidang Art Museum, Gidang Art Museum, Seogwipo, Korea

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

             The 3rd 4.3 Fine Arts 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

             The 8th Mountains and Streams in Our Homeland – Rivers, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

1995     Gwangju Biennale: the Spirit of May in Gwangju, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea

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

             The 50th Anniversary of Liberation, Historical Paintings Exhibition: Where are We, Seoul Arts Center 

             Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul

             The 2nd 4.3 Fine Arts Festival, Sejong Gallery, Jeju, Korea

             9 Artists, Jeju Art Gallery, Jeju, Korea

             A Stratum of History – Flowers in Reality, Sejong Gallery; Jeju Art Gallery, Jeju, Korea

1994     15 Years of Minjung Art, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul

             The 100th Anniversary of Donghak Uprising, Seoul Arts Center Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul

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

             The 1st 4.3 Fine Arts Festival, Sejong Gallery, Jeju, Korea

1993     Korea Unification Art Exhibition, Central Art Museum ANEX, Tokyo

             The 3rd Jeju Art Festival, Jeju Cultural Center, Jeju, Korea

             10 Years Later, Dukwon Gallery, Seoul

1992     The 2nd Jeju Art Festival, Jeju Cultural Center, Jeju, Korea

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

             One Side of Arts in 90s, Garam Gallery; Gallery Sang Moon Dang; Hakgojae Gallery; Hyun Gallery, Seoul

1991     Expressions of Our Era - Human and Nature, Geurimmadang Min, Seoul

             18 Artists, Seoul Museum, Seoul

1990     Young Vision – Proposal for Tomorrow, Seoul Arts Center Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul

             Education Field, Geurimmadang Min, Seoul

             Reality and Utterance, Kwanhoon Gallery; Geurimmadang Min, Seoul

             Expressions of Our Era – Human and Nature, Geurimmadang Min, Seoul

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

1989     People Art Positioning, Geurimmadang Min, Seoul

             Mountains and Streams of Our Homeland, Geurimmadang Min, Seoul

             The Life Living Together, Art Madang Geumgang, Seoul

             Paintings and Potteries Revive Living Foundation, Geurimmadang Min, Seoul

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

1988     The Korean Peninsula is watching America, Geurimmadang Min, Seoul

1987     Anti-Torture, Geurimmadang Min, Seoul

1986     JAALA, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo

             The Leaders in 30s of Our Generation, Geurimmadang Min, Seoul

1985     Art Festival in the 2nd Year of the Sexagenary Cycle, Arab Cultural Center, Seoul

1984     Art of Life, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul

             June 25(Korean War), Arab Cultural Center, Seoul

             History of 40 Years after the Liberation, Universities Circulating Exhibition

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

1982     Young Sense, Deoksu Museum, Seoul

             Images of Happiness, Deoksu Museum, Seoul

1981     City and Sight, Lotte Gallery, Seoul

             Contemporary Art Workshop Special Exhibition, Dongduk Art Gallery, Seoul

1981-90 Reality and Utterance, Minjung Art Group Exhibition 

1980     December, Deoksu Museum, Seoul 

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

 1977-80 The Viewpoint (from the 1st to 9th), Daeho Gallery, Jeju, Korea

AWARDS  

2015     The 23th Lee Joong Sub Award, Chosun Ilbo Culture Foundation, Seoul 

Art Bank, Gwacheon, Korea