A SINCE JOURNERY CAN CHANGE THCOUSE OF A LIFE
2010
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SONG Chang
1952 Born in Jangseong-gun, Jeollanam-do
1980 BFA Painting, College of Art and Design, Chosun University
1990 MFA Painting, College of Fine Arts, Kyungwon University
Lives and works in Gyeonggi-do, Korea
Solo Exhibitions
2018 66 Years – Lyricism of th Korean Peninsula’s Division, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea, 28 March ~
3 June
2017 Flower-Shade, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul, 16 August ~ 24 September
Contemporary Issue – Division, SONG Chang: Forgotten Scape, Seongnam Arts Center, Seongnam, Korea,
10 February ~ 9 April
2016 SONG Chang Wind.Sunshine, Gallery Nori, Jeju, Korea, 1 October ~ 18 October
2012 Drawing.Painting, Namu Artist’s Space, Seoul, 14 November ~ 27 November
2011 Landscape The Day After, Insa Art Center, Seoul; Namu Artist’s Space, Seoul, 15 November ~ 21 November
2010 Silence, Namu Artist’s Space, Seoul, 24 November ~ 7 December
2008 SONG Chang, Gallery Noon, Seoul, 9 October ~ 9 November
2005 Painting, Ask the Way, Gallery Skape, Seoul, 29 November ~ 6 December
Namhan River, K-Art Space, Kyungwon University, Seongnam, Korea, 18 November ~ 23 November
1997 The Forest of Memory – Pine Tree, Donga Gallery, Seoul, 10 October ~ 31 October
1995 The Story of Namhan Mountain Fortress Wall, Namu Artist’s Space, Seoul, 11 September ~ 19 September
1994 A Field Does Not Run Through, Yega Gallery, Seoul, 26 November ~ 7 December
1991 The Landscape of Division, Garam Art Gallery, Seoul, 2 September ~ 15 September
1988 The Exhibition of SONG Chang, Ondara Art Center, Jeonju, Korea, 7 July ~ 22 July
1986 The Exhibition of SONG Chang, Grimmadang Min, Seoul, 3 October ~ 9 October
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016 6th Imjingang Art Festival – Bloom, Flower!, Heyri Nonbat Gallery, Paju, Korea, 27 November ~ 1 December
9th Breath that Runs through Sutnae: The Bag of ‘□’, Book Theme Park, Seongnam, Korea, 15 November ~
29 November
ASIA and RICE, Visual Media Art Museum, Wanju, Korea, 21 October ~ 10 November
DMZ Landscape of People, Goyang Oulim Nuri Art Center, Goyang, Korea, 20 September ~ 30 September
Hanmaegol Artists’ Exhibition – Memory, Painting Seongnam, Book Theme Park, Seongnam, Korea, 5 July ~
29 July
2015 8th Breath that Runs through Sutnae: The Bag of ‘□’, Book Theme Park, Seongnam, Korea, 2 December ~ 13
December
Hanmaegol Artists’ Exhibition, Book Theme Park, Seongnam, Korea, 5 September ~ 22 September
ASIA and RICE, Jeollabuk-do Arts Center, Jeonju, Korea, 14 August ~ 20 August
DMZ in Daily Life, Seongnam Arts center, Seongnam, Korea, 2 July ~ 9 July
2014 Retro ’86~’88: The Origin of Korea Pluralism, Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul, 14 November ~ 11
January, 2015
DMZ within Myself, Ansan Arts Center, Ansan, Korea, 11 November ~ 20 November
Nature VS. Nature, Separate Nature of SONG Chang and YOO Keun Young, Art Center White Block, Paju,
Korea, 17 October ~ 14 December
Hanmaegol Artists’ Exhibition – Namhansanseong, A Different Story, Seongnam City Hall Lobby, Seongnam,
Korea, 27 September ~ 2 October
14th Samrangseong Festival: Hwa(和)-Harmony, Jeondeungsa, Incheon, Korea, 19 September ~ 5 October
5th Realism of Our Time, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, 20 August ~ 31 August
120th Anniversary of Donghak Peasant Revolution – Life, Jeollabuk-do Arts Center, Jeonju, Korea, 8 August ~
14 August
Hurt, Gallery the Space, Seoul, 22 April ~ 29 April
7th Breath that Runs through Sutnae: Drawing For You, Seongnam City Hall Lobby, Seongnam, Korea
2013 6th Breath that Runs through Sutnae, Seongnam City Hall Lobby, Seongnam, Korea, 16 December ~ 21
December
ASIA and RICE, Sori Arts Center of Jeollabuk-do, Jeonju, Korea, 9 December ~ 15 December
The Korean People’s Artists Association of Chungbuk Art Festival – The Spirit of the Times of Reality and Art,
Wumin Art Center, Cheongju, Korea, 17 August ~ 30 August
4th Realism of Our Time, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, 8 August ~ 18 August; Goyang Oulim Nuri Art Center,
Goyang, Korea, 25 September ~ 1 October; Tongyeong Citizen’s Center, Tongyeong, Korea, 14 November ~
18 November
DMZ Walk on the Peace Road, Gyoha Art Center, Paju, Korea, 1 July ~ 10 July; Suwon Art Center, Suwon,
Korea, 13 August ~ 19 August
Forbidden Garden, Gail Art Museum, Gapyeong, Korea, 23 April ~ 16 June
2012 DMZ Art + Book Project for Peace: Winter Winter Winter, Spring, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan,
Korea, 19 September ~ 25 November
The Face of Seongnam, Seongnam Arts Center, Seongnam, Korea, 11 September ~ 26 September
JALLA, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, 12 August ~ 19 August
Hanmaegol Artists’ Exhibition – Namhansanseong Doh-Hae-Doh (圖解圖, Painting-Enlightenment-Painting) –
Path, People, Namhansanseong Fortress Traditional Park Dol-Dahm, Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, 24 May
~ 24 June
5th Breath that Runs through Sutnae: SPACE 1000 Posters, Public Space in Seongnam, Seongnam, Korea
2011 Hanmaegol Artists’ Exhibition – Namhansanseong Doh-Hae-Doh (圖解圖, Painting-Enlightenment-Painting) –
Pine Tree, Wild Herb, Yuldong Park, Seongnam, Korea, 15 October; Namhansanseong Jisudang, Gwangju,
Gyeonggi-do, Korea, 16 October
DMZ Walk on the Peace Road, Goyang Oulim Nuri Art Center, Goyang, Korea, 28 September ~ 9 October
2nd Realism of Our Time – The Future Fading Away, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, 12 August ~ 21 August
4th Breath that Runs through Sutnae, Yuldong Park, Seongnam, Korea
2010 Hanmaegol Artists’ Exhibition – Namhansanseong Doh-Hae-Doh (圖解圖, Painting-Enlightenment-Painting) –
Namhansanseong Fortress Chimgwaejung, Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, 17 October ~ 18 October
Gyeonggi Minyechong: 1st Anniversary of the Cultural Exploration of Primorsky Krai – A Million Sul-Ru (雪淚,
Snow Tear), Nanam Gallery, Suwon, Korea, 15 October ~ 28 October
Unification – Unity Achieves Many More, National Assembly Members' Office Building, Seoul, 5 October ~ 8
October
Imaginary Space – Through the 600ri(235.6km) of DMZ, Suwon Art Center, Suwon, Korea, 14 September ~ 20
September
Water Deeper Than Water, Interalia Art Company, Seoul, 7 May ~ 27 May
Him of Gyeonggi-do, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea, 1 May ~ 22 August
2009 Gyeonggi Unification: DMZ – Island of Division, Alvaro Siza Hall, Anyang Art Park, Anyang, Korea, 20
December ~ 27 December
ASIA and RICE, Sori Arts Center of Jeollabuk-do, Jeonju, Korea, 12 December ~ 18 December
Hanmaegol Artists’ Exhibition: Mapping Mt. Geomdan at the Namhansanseong Fortress, Hanam Arts Center,
Hanam, Korea, 10 November ~ 21 November
DMZ, Yuldong Park, Seongnam, Korea, 24 October ~ 25 October; Handewoomul Art Village, Suwon, Korea, 1
17 November ~ 30 November
Hanmaegol Artists’ Exhibition: Namhansanseong Art Mapping Project, Yuldong Park, Seongnam, Korea, 17
October ~ 18 October
3rd Breath that Runs through Sutnae, Yuldong Park, Seongnam, Korea
2008 Gyeonggi Unification, Ansan Arts Center, Ansan, Korea, 8 October ~ 13 October
Hanmaegol Artists’ Exhibition: Relay On-site, Yuldong Park, Seongnam, Korea, 20 September ~ 21
September (participated in the 1st section)
Hanmaegol Artists’ Exhibition: Museum of Wheels for Teens, Seongnam Foreign Language High School,
Seongnam, Korea, 16 June ~ 5 July, 13 October ~ 25 October; Songlim High School, Seongnam, Korea, 7
July ~ 11 July
Building a Cultural Community in Our Neighbor, Taepyeong 4-dong, Seongnam, Korea
2nd Breath that Runs through Sutnae, Yuldong Park, Seongnam, Korea
2007 Building a Cultural Community in Our Neighbor, Taepyeong 4-dong, Seongnam, Korea, December ~ January,
2008
1st Breath that Runs through Sutnae, Seongnam Arts Center, Seongnam, Korea, 28 October ~ 4 November
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, 6 October ~ 24 August, 2008
Hanmaegol Artists’ Exhibition: Relay On-site – A Different Encounter, Yuldong Park, Seongnam, Korea,
8 September ~ 9 September (participated in the 1st section)
Us Within Ourselves, Ansan Arts Center, Ansan, Korea, 7 September ~ 9 September
Cheonggwanjae Collection, Gana Art Center, Seoul, 2 February ~ 19 February
2006 18th Mountains and Streams of Korea: Pyeongtaek, Space Peace, Seoul, 9 September ~ 16 September;
Gyeonggi Arts Center, Suwon, Korea, 20 September ~ 30 September
Memory of Earth, Gallery Noon, Seoul, 16 August ~ 22 August
The Face of Seongnam, Seongnam Arts Center, Seongnam, Korea, 10 July ~ 27 July
‘Northern Land – The Light of Peace’ Funding Exhibition: 100 Representative Korean Artists, Kukmin Ilbo
Lobby, Seoul, 4 July ~ 10 July; Gallery Noon, Seoul, 11 July ~ 24 July
Hanmaegol Artists’ Exhibition: Relay On-site, Yuldong Park, Seongnam, Korea, 22 April ~ 13 November;
Gallery Noon, Seoul, 11 July ~ 24 July
Building a Cultural Community in Our Neighbor, Taepyeong 4-dong, Seongnam, Korea
2005 30 Years of Sadari, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea, 25 October ~ 11 November
10th Hanmaegol Artists’ Exhibition: For Another Beginning, Namhansanseong Fortress, Gwangju, Gyeonggi-
do, Korea, 9 October; Yuldong Park, Seongnam, Korea, 16 October; Bundang Central Park, Seongnam,
Korea, 23 October; Seongnam City Women’s Cultural Center, Seongnam, Korea, 1 November ~ 5
November Memory of Earth, Suwon Art Center, Suwon, Korea, 7 June ~ 13 June
2004 9th Hanmoegol Artists’ Exhibition – Living in Seongnam, Samsung Plaza Gallery, Seongnam, Korea, 9
November ~ 15 November
Asia’s Arts – Asia Now, Gyeonggi Arts Center, Suwon, Korea
Bundang Art Festival, Samsung Plaza Gallery, Seongnam, Korea
2003 8th Hanmaegol Artists’ Exhibition – Small Paintings, Samsung Plaza Gallery, Seongnam, Korea
Bundang Art Festival, Samsung Plaza Gallery, Seongnam, Korea
2002 7th Hanmaegol Artists’ Exhibition – The Story of Soil, Samsung Plaza Gallery, Seongnam, Korea
Bundang Art Festival, Samsung Plaza Gallery, Seongnam, Korea
2001 6th Hanmaegol Artists’ Exhibition – Living in Seongnam, Samsung Plaza Gallery, Seongnam, Korea
Bundang Art Festival, Samsung Plaza Gallery, Seongnam, Korea
2000 The Ocean Art Festival 2000: Touch the Ocean, Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, Seoul, 7 July ~ 17 July
5th Hanmaegol Artists’ Exhibition – Living in Seongnam, Samsung Plaza Gallery, Seongnam, Korea
Bundang Art Festival, Samsung Plaza Gallery, Seongnam, Korea
1999 Seongnam, The Image of Today and the Past, Seongnam City Hall Lobby, Seongnam, Korea, 8 October ~ 12
October
4th Hanmaegol Artists’ Exhibition – From Bokjeong to Ori, Samsung Plaza Gallery, Seongnam, Korea;
Geumgwang-dong Red Clay Road, Seongnam, Korea
Bundang Art Festival, Samsung Plaza Gallery, Seongnam, Korea
1998 2nd Art of Gyeonggi, A New Beginning – The 10th Anniversary of Suwon Artists Association, Gyeonggi Arts
Center, Suwon, Korea, 12 September ~ 16 September
18 Years After 5.18 – In Front of a New Millennium, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea, 15 May ~ 14
June
3rd Hanmaegol Artists’ Exhibition – The Story of Sansung, In front of Pungsaeng High School, Seongnam,
Korea; Taepyeong Station, Seongnam, Korea; Yatap LG Building, Seongnam, Korea; Bundang Central Park,
Seongnam, Korea
1997 2nd Hanmaegol Artists’ Exhibition, NewCore Department Store Exhibit Hall, Seongnam, Korea
1996 Fundraising Hanmaegol Exhibition for True People Welfare Organization, Hanshin Core Department Store,
Seongnam, Korea, 24 November ~ 1 December; Bundang NewCore Department Store, Seongnam, Korea, 22
December ~ 31 December
The Inaugural Exhibition for Hanmaegol Artist Association, Highway Department Store Exhibit Hall,
Seongnam, Korea, 1 June ~ 10 June; Gallery Yochulyo, Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, 12 June ~ 21 June
1995 Korean Expressionism, Moran Museum of Art, Namyangju, Korea, 18 November ~ 20 December
The 50th Anniversary Liberation, Historical Paintings Exhibition: Where are We, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, 10
October ~ 25 October
1st Gwangju biennale Special Exhibition: The Spirit of Gwangju Resistance in May, Gwangju Museum of Art,
Gwangju, Korea, 20 September ~ 20 November
May, On the Way to Gwangju, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea, 3 August ~ 8 August
Front DMZ, Dukwon Gallery, Seoul, 1 August ~ 20 August
Reality-Sprit, Songwon Gallery, Gwangju, Korea, 23 May ~ 31 May
1994 Reality-Sprit, Seokyung Gallery, Seoul, 28 December ~ 10 January, 1995
2nd Unification Art Festival – The Reconviliation and Concurrence of the People, Galleria Art Hall, Seoul, 24
June ~ 3 July
The 100th Donghak Commemoration – Bird, Bird, Blue Bird, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, 30 March ~ 17 April
Minjung Art 15 Years: 1980-1994, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea, 5
February ~ 16 March
1993 Reconciliation and Consonance between People, Batangol Art Center, Seoul, 22 October ~ 28 October
DMZ Peace Project, Tokyo Central Art Museum, Tokyo, 5 October ~ 10 October; Osaka Contemporary Art
Center, Osaka, Japan, 18 October ~ 23 October
30 Artists: 2nd Anniversary of Gallery Time, Gallery Time, Seoul, 15 June ~ 30 June
Decade, 1983-1993, Namu Artist’s Space, Seoul, 10 February ~ 8 March
1992 Nature, the New Interpretation, Hyundai Department Store Gallery, Seoul, 5 May ~ 17 May
An Aspect of Korea Art from the ‘90s, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul; Hyun Gallery, Seoul; Gallery Sang Moon Dang,
Seoul; Garam Gallery, Seoul, 17 January ~ 25 January
1991 3rd Anniversary of Moin Gallery: The History and Sense of Reality of Five Artists, Moin Gallery, Seoul, 26
October ~ 4 November
5th Anniversary of Grimmadang Min: Face of Our Time – Human and Nature, Grimmadang Min, Seoul, 31
May ~ 13 June
6th Unification, Grimmadang Min, Seoul, 17 May ~ 23 May
Healthy Life Lively Painting, Grimmadang Min, Seoul, 21 February ~ 28 February
1990 The Site of Consciousness – Scenery as Reflection, Gallery Hong, Seoul, December ~ 12 January, 1991
Landscape of Fatherland Ⅱ, Grimmadang Min, Seoul, 7 December ~ 13 December
4th Anniversary of Grimmadang Min: Face of Our Time – Human and Nature, Grimmadang Min, Seoul, 29
June ~ 12 July
Jo-Mi-Hweh (朝美會), Seoul Gallery, Seoul, 20 February ~ 25 February
1989 40 Major Minjung Artists – For the Prestige of People’s Art, Grimmadang Min, Seoul, 1 June ~ 8 June
From Hwangtohyeon to Gomnaru: Homage to ‘Kumgang’ by Shin Dong-yup, Yesulmadang Kumgang, Seoul,
23 March ~ 11 April
1988 The Phase in Korean Art – 1980, Hangang Gallery, Seoul, 8 October ~ 28 October
Minjung Art and Cultural Movement, Ondara Art Center, Jeonju, Korea, 1 October ~ 28 October
Minjung Misul in Korea – Politic & Art, Artists Space, New York, 29 September ~ 5 November
JALLA, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, 8 July ~ 18 July
1987 Politic and Art, Grimmadang Min, Seoul, 20 November ~ 26 November
National Unification Art Show, Grimmadang Min, Seoul, 7 August ~ 28 August
The Focus on Artist 1986, Seoul Museum, Seoul, 17 January ~ 24 February
Work for Now, Injae Art Museum, Gwangju, Korea, 13 January ~ 27 January
1986 Young Gwangju Artists, Hwani Art Museum, Gwangju, Korea, 12 August ~ 18 August
Young Artists from Gwangju, Gallery That, Daegu, Korea, 14 July ~ 20 July
A Flagman of 30th generation, Grimmadang Min, Seoul, 9 April ~ 15 April
22 Artists in Their 40s, Grimmadang Min, Seoul, 21 February ~ 4 March
JALLA, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo
1983 3rd Young Power Consciousness, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, 1 December ~ 7 December
Minjung Art Exhibitions
2012 30 Years of Minjung Art, Pioneer of Realism – 30 Years of Imsulyeon, Suseong Artpia, Daegu, Korea, 3 July ~
15 July
1993 4 People Traveling Our Land, Garam Gallery, Seoul, 1 June ~ 10 June
1990 4 People Traveling Our Land, Hansun Gallery, Seoul, 21 February ~ 27 February
1989 4 People Traveling Our Land, Coal Industry Promotion Hall, Taebaek, Korea, 26 January ~ 2 February
1988 4 People Traveling Our Land, Grimmadang Min, Seoul, 10 June ~ 16 June
1987 Imsulyeon, From 98,992km2, Haein Gallery, Busan, Korea, 1 August ~ 7 August
Imsulyeon, From 98,992km2, Taebaek Gallery, Daegu, Korea, 24 January ~ 31 January
1986 5th Imsulyeon, From 98,992km2, Grimmadang Min, Seoul, 21 November ~ 27 November
1985 4th Imsulyeon, From 98,992km2, Hangang Museum, Seoul, 12 October ~25 October
1984 3rd Imsulyeon, From 98,992km2, Paeksang Memorial Hall, Seoul, 1 November ~ 7 November
Imsulyeon, From 98,992km2, Academy Museum, Gwangju, Korea, 18 January ~ 24 January
1983 2nd Imsulyeon, From 98,992km2, Arab Cultural Center, Seoul, 8 November ~ 13 November
Imsulyeon, From 98,992km2, Soo Gallery, Daegu, Seoul, 29 April ~ 5 May
1982 1st Imsulyeon, From 98,992km2, Deoksoo Museum, Seoul, 29 October ~ 3 November
Minjung Art Three Person Exhibitions
2016 Neighbor Artists: KIM Bojoong, SONG Chang, LEE Heungduk, Namu Artist’s Space, Seoul, 12 October ~ 25
October
2015 Neighbor Artists: KIM Bojoong, SONG Chang, LEE Heungduk, Namu Artist’s Space, Seoul, 1 October ~ 20
October
Three Minjung Artists: SONG Chang, LEE Myeongbok, LEE Inchul, Gallery Nori, Jeju, Korea, 20 June ~ 5 July
1988 Trip with Three Artists – SONG Chang, HWANG Jaihyoung, CHO Jinho, Garden Art Museum, Gwangju,
Korea, 21 February ~ 26 February
Public Collections
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea
Art Bank, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
Ho-Am Art Museum, Yongin, Korea
Samsung Engineering, Seoul