1958     Born in Jangheung, Korea

1982     BFA, Korean Painting, College of Arts, Chung-Ang University, Seoul

1984     MFA, Korean Painting, College of Arts, Chung-Ang University, Seoul

 

Currently a Professor at the College of Arts, Chung-Ang University, Seoul

Lives and Works in Seoul

 

 

Solo Exhibitions

2013     Slow Landscape, White Hall Gallery, Seoul

             Seopyonje – Song of the Road, The Korean Cultural Center Washington D.C., Embassy of the Republic of 

             Korea in the USA, Washington D.C.

             Slow Landscape, Gallery Hee, Ulsan, Korea

             Slow Landscape, Korean Cultural Center, Berlin      

2012     Dreams and Song of Slow Lines, Galerie Uhn, Frankfurt, Germany

2011     The Eyes of Painter, Space Emu, Seoul

2010     Chihwasun – Flowing Dreams and Paintings, The Korean Cultural Center Washington D.C., Embassy of the 

             Republic of Korea in the USA, Washington D.C.

             Hang a U Turn to You, Lee C Gallery, Seoul

2007     Song were Presented on the Every Road, Galerie Gaia, Seoul

2005     Exhibition for the 3rd Bu-il Art Prize, Bu-il Gallery, Busan, Korea

2004     Hometown inside the reading which will live, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul

2000     Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul

1998     Missing Weeds, Dongsanbang Gallery, Seoul

1993     Exhibition for the 12th Seok-nam Art Prize, Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Seoul

1992     Namdo, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul

 

 

Group Exhibitions

2015     Beyond the Borders, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul

             SOME LOVE, Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul

             Korean Spirit, Gangneung Museum of Art, Gangneung, Korea

2014     Reading My Home, Lotte Gallery, Seoul

             Draw, LIG Art Space, Seoul

             The 6th Exhibition to depict the spirit of the Ahn Gyeon Painting, Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, Seoul

2013     Gangjin, Breath, Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju, Korea

             Walking on Bamboo Grove, Lotte Gallery, Gwangju, Korea

             Auto Fiction – Korean Painting's Temptation and Resistance, Gallery Is, Seoul

2012     The Essence of Korean Paintings, Gong Art Space, Seoul

             The Beatles – Enthusiasts in South Korea, Lotte Gallery, Seoul; Gwangju, Korea

             Manner in Korean Paintings, Hite Collection, Seoul

             Drawing Diary, Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul; Gwangju; Incheon, Korea

             Animal Farm, space k, Gwangju, Korea

2011     The Painting of Beauty, The Korean Cultural Center Washington D.C., Embassy of the Republic of Korea in 

             the USA, Washington D.C.

             Reinterpretation of Tradition, Gaga Gallery, Seoul

             Slow Landscape, Small Fable, Gallery Ik, Seoul

2010     21 & Their Times, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul

             Autumn Sea, Gallery Seorim, Seoul

             Slow Landscape in October, N Gallery, Seoul

             Celadon Art Project 2010, GangJin Celadon Museum, Gangjin, Korea

2009     70’s 80’s Ode to Youth: The History of Korean Contemporary Art, Chosun Ilbo Gallery, Seoul

             Contemporary Transformation in Korean Painting, Hangaram Design Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

2007     Between Tradition and Contemporary – Special Exhibition for the Museum’s Collection,

             National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

2003     Chihwaseon – A Meeting thru Paintings, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul

             Landscape Prints of Dokdo, Museums of Art, Seoul National University, Seoul

2002     History and Consciousness, Real View of the Dokdo, Museums of Art, Seoul National University, Seoul

2000     Mountain and River – Out of their Richness, Hyundai Arts Center, Ulsan, Korea

             Poem, Music, and Painting, Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju, Korea

             Four Artists, Suka Gallery, Busan, Korea

1999     Diamond Mountain – Art of Kumgang from 18th Century to 20th Century, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul

             Situation of Korean Painting, Daejeon Mueseum of Art, Daejeon, Korea

             The Roads of Korea, Hangaram Design Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

             Invitational Exhibition of Joongang Fine Arts Prize, Ho-Am Art Gallery, Seoul

             Searching for Today and Tomorrow, Korea Arts and Culture Education Service, Seoul

1998     Crossing Drawing, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul

1997     ’97 Today and Tomorrow in Korean Painting, Art Center Nabi, Seoul

             Searching for the Beauty of Korea, Savina Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul

             Visual Point of ‘97 Korean Art and Grouping, Gallery Sang, Seoul

             Korean Art Entasis, Dongduk Art Gallery, Seoul

             Special Exhibition – Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea

1996     The Silk Road, Donga Gallery, Seoul

             Exhibition for Man, Human-Being, Gallery Moksi, Seoul

             Development of Korean Modernism – Conquest of Modern Age, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul

             Exhibition with Poem, Hangaram Design Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

             Inauguration Exhibition for Gallery Cho, Gallery Cho, Seoul

1995     ‘95 Situation of Contemporary Korean Art, Chongro Gallery, Seoul

             Today’s Korean Art – Phenomena and Debatable Ground, Gongpyeong Art, Seoul

             Exhibition for the View on the Mirror of our Age, Donga Gallery, Seoul

1994     Exhibition for the Centennial Commemoration of DongHak Farmer’s Revolution, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

1993     The Face of 40 Years of Modern Fine Arts, Ho-Am Art Gallery, Seoul

             Contemporary Korean Painting – Descriptive Exhibition of the Nature and Life, Donga Gallery, Seoul

1992     The Phase of Korean Contemporary Art, Pyo Gallery, Seoul

1991     Korean Painting – Perspective on Nature, Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul

             Contemporary Korean Painting, Arario Gallery, Cheonan, Korea

1990     Young Search ‘90 Exhibitions for New Korean Water Color Painting, National Museum of Modern and 

             Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

             Inauguration Exhibition for the Seoul Arts Center – Korean Art, Exposition of Today's Situation, Hangaram 

             Design Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

             Korean Contemporary Art in the 1990s, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

1989     ’89 Contemporary Korean Painting, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

             The Shape in the ‘80s, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul

1988     Contemporary Korean Fine Art Exhibition, Ho-Am Art Museum, Seoul

1986     Point of Korean Painting’s Chaemook Ⅱ, Dongsanbang Gallery, Seoul

             Figuration Critique, Grand Palais, Paris

 

 

Awards

2009     The 2nd Kim Heungsou Art Prize, Korean Fine Arts Association, Seoul

2004     The 3rd Bu-il National Art Exhibition Prize, Busan Ilbo, Busan, Korea

1993     The 12th Annual Seok-nam Art Foundation Prize, Seok-nam Art and Culture Foundation, Seoul

1984     The 7th Joongang Fine Arts Prize, Joongang Ilbo, Seoul

 

 

Collections 

National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul

Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

Constitutional Court of Korea, Seoul

Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul

Ho-Am Art Museum, Seoul

Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul