Cho Hwan (Korea, b. 1958~)
1958     Born in Busan, Korea
1986     BFA, Painting, Department of Painting, Sejong
University, Seoul
1988     MFA, Painting, Department of Painting, Sejong
University, Seoul
1992-97 Sculpture Department, School of Visual Arts, The
Art Students League of New York, New York
Lives and
Works in Yangju, Korea
Currently
a Professor at the Department of Fine Arts, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul
Solo Exhibitions 
2015     Hanwon Museum of Fine Art, Seoul
2014     Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul
           SK Eco-Hub, Seongnam, Korea
2012     Dongsanbang Gallery, Seoul
2011     Arirang Gallery, Busan, Korea
2010     Dongsanbang Gallery, Seoul
2009     Dongsanbang Gallery, Seoul
2008     Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul
2001     Gallery Gajin, Seoul
1999     Gallery Agfa, Hong Kong
1995     Nassau County Office Cultural Development
Chelsea Center, New York
1992     Gallery Sangmoondang, Seoul
1991     Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul
1987     Gallery Dongduk, Seoul
Group Exhibitions
2015     Beyond the Borders, Culture Station Seoul 284,
Seoul
Stop and See, National Museum of Modern and
Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
2014     Colored in the Four Gracious Plants, Woljeon Museum of Art
Icheon, Icheon, Korea
Joy of Painting 2014: Ode to Art “In Praise
of Saeui”, Hanwon Museum of Fine Art, Seoul
A Form as thinking – Rediscovery of Drawing, Museum
SAN, Wonju, Korea
           Time
of Resonance, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea
2013     N-Dimension – The Spread of Imagination Space, Yangpyeong Art Museum, Yangpyeong,
Korea
2012     Steel Life, Pohang Museum of Steel Art,
Pohang, Korea 
Landscape Painting, Meets the Digital, Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon, Korea
International
Contemporary Ink Paintings, National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei
           Beyond
Landscape Paintings, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea
2010     21 & Their Times, Kumho
Museum of Art, Seoul 
2009     Spectrum Exhibition: Rhythm, Shape, Communion, Sejong
Center for the Performing Arts, Seoul
           Invitation
Exhibition for Woljeon Art Award Artists, Woljeon Museum of Art Icheon,   Icheon, Korea
           Opening Exhibition of Busan National University
Arts Center – The
Gaze of Modern Art, Busan                         National University
Arts Center, Busan, Korea
2008     Who Would Not Miss Warm Village in the South, Traveling Art Museum,
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Jangheung, Korea
2007     Korean Paintings 1953-2007, Seoul Museum of
Art, Seoul
2004     The 15th Anniversary Exhibition, Kumho
Museum of Art, Seoul
2003     Time of Nature Time of Human, Daejeon
Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea
2002     Asian Spirit, Busan Cultural Center, Busan,
Korea
           Portrait of Korean Paintings, Sejong Museum
of Art, Seoul
1999     The 20th Anniversary of the Dong-A Arts
Festival – Invitation
Exhibition of the Award-Winning
Artists,                 Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul
1998     Title, Un-title, No-title, Kumho Museum of
Art, Seoul
1996     Invitation Exhibition for Grand
Prize-Winning Artists, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art,            Gwacheon, Korea
1992     Trend of Korean Contemporary Art – Exhibition of Artists in
their 30’s, Korea Arts and 
           Culture Education Service Arts
Center, Seoul
           Today’s Life – Today’s Art, Kumho Museum
of Art, Seoul
1991     Contemporary Korean Painting Artists,
Arario Gallery, Cheonan, Korea
           Art in Age of Conversion, Kumho
Museum of Art, Seoul
Korean Painting of Today and Tomorrow, Art
Center Nabi, Seoul
1990     New Vision – Proposal for Tomorrow, Hangaram Design Museum, Seoul Arts Center, 
Seoul
Exhibition for Vanguards in Genre
Deconstruction, Contemporary Art Museum, Trade Center, Seoul
           Contemporary Ink Paintings of Korea
and China, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
New Visions New Voices 1990, National Museum
of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
Traveling Art Museum, National Museum of
Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
1989     Contemporary Korean Paintings in Seoul,
Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
           Figure Art of the 80’s, Kumho Museum
of Art, Seoul 
1987     33 Artists of Korean Painting, Korea Arts and
Culture Education Service Arts Center, Seoul
           Invitation Exhibition for Award-Winning
Artists of the National Art Exhibition, Korea   Arts
and Culture                 Education Service Arts Center, Seoul
1986     12 Artists of Korean Painting, Korea Arts
and Culture Education Service Arts Center, Seoul
Awards
1999     The 4th Woljeon Art Award, Woljeon Art
Foundation, Seoul
1986     Grand Prize, The 5th National Art Exhibition, National Museum of
Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
           Dong-A Art Award, The 5th Dong-A Art
Festival, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary
Art,                Gwacheon, Korea
1985     Grand Prize, The 2nd Hooso Foundation Art
Contest, Korea Arts and Culture Education Service
Arts                     Center, Seoul
Collections
National
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Art Bank, Gwacheon, Korea 
Gyeongnam
Art Museum, Changwon, Korea
Seoul
Museum of Art, Seoul
Busan
Museum of Art, Busan, Korea
Korea
Arts and Culture Education Service Center, Seoul
Leeum
Museum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul
Kumho
Museum of Art, Seoul
Woonbo
Museum of Art, Cheongwon, Korea
Woljeon
Museum of Art, Icheon, Korea
Hyundai
Engineering and Construction, Seoul
LG Corporation,
Seoul