1943        Born in Gimcheon, Korea

1968        BFA Department of Painting, Hongik University, Seoul

Lives and works in Seoul

Selected Solo Exhibitions  

2014     Emerging Artist – Shin Hak-Chul, Gimhae Arts and Sports Center, Gimhae, Korea

2008     Shin Hak-Chul Solo Exhibition, Gallery Noon, Seoul

2003     The Great Statue We Have Created, ARKO Art Center, Seoul

1991     Shin Hak-Chul Solo Exhibition, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul

1987     Shin Hak-Chul: Invitational Exhibition, Ondara Art Center, Jeonju, Korea

1982     Shin Hak-Chul: Invitational Exhibition, Seoul Museum, Seoul

Selected Group Exhibitions 

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

             A Journey into Community, Facing the Far Side, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea

2016     Shin Hak-Chul - Fang Lijun: Monumental Body-Scapes, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul

             How to Sit, INDIPRESS, Seoul

             Mother's Earth, Ara Art Center, Seoul

             Public to Private: Photography in Korean Art Since 1989, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul

             Art in Society – Land of Happiness, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

2015     70th Anniversary of Liberation: Special Exhibition of Korean Modern and Contemporary Art, Daejeon 

             Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea

             The 1980s and Korean Art, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Wanju, Korea

2014     Shin Hak-Chul Park Buldong’s Montage, Guemnarae Art Hall, Seoul 

             Flow of Korean Contemporary Arts VII –Realism, Gimhae Arts and Sports Center, Gimhae, Korea

             Commemorative Exhibition on the Opening of Indipress Seoul, Indipress, Seoul

2013     Scenes vs Scenes, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

             Commemorative Exhibition on the Opening of National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, National 

             Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul

             Humans, Humans – The Pictorial History of Ordinary People by Shin Hak-Chul and Ahn Chang-Hong, 

             Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea

2012     Two Doors – Shin Hak-Chul · Kim Kira, Gallery175, Seoul

2011     Korean Rhapsody – Montage of the History and Memory, Leeum Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul

2010     Spring and Autumn, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul

             Art of National Division: The Flower on the Snow, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea

             Flow of Korean Contemporary Arts III – Pop Art, Gimhae Arts and Sports Center, Gimhae, Korea

             Realism in Asian Art, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Deoksugung, Seoul

2009     Art Cinema – The Cinematic Montage, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

2008     Seoul Art Competition – The Flow of Korean Modern Constructive Art, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

             The Brush of Yesterday, The Eyes of Today, Busan Democracy Park, Busan, Korea

2007     Art of Korean Reunification, Busan Democracy Park, Busan, Korea

2006     100 Years of Korean Art, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

2005     26th Anniversary of Buma Democratic Resistant – Memories of Violence, Busan Democracy Park, Busan, Korea

             60th Anniversary of Independence Day – Frustration and Moving Forward, National Assembly of Republic of 

             Korea, Seoul

             The Communion Between Arts and Mathematics, Savina Museum, Seoul

             Painting An Allusion of Reality, Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea

2004     You are My Sunshine, Total Museum, Seoul

             Literature of the Face – From Monochrome to Mask, Youngin Literature Museum, Seoul

             Peace Declaration 2004 – 100 Global Artists, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

             The People of the June Revolution, Korea Democracy Foundation, Seoul

2003     The Song of Hope The Song of Us, Jeonju Historical Museum, Jeonju, Korea

             Life – 1980s Realism Art, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

2002     21 Century and People in Asia, Gwanghwamun Gallery, Seoul

             Wandang and the Wind of Wandang – Chusa Kim Jeong hui and His Friends, Hakgojae Gallery; Donsanbang 

             Gallery, Seoul

             4th Gwangju Biennale – the 3rd Project, Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea

             20 Years of National Art, Cheongju Arts Center, Cheongju, Korea

2001     No Cut, Savina Museum, Seoul

             The Era of Dynamic Transition, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

             Rereading of Korean Contemporary Art, Hanwon Museum of Art, Seoul

             Foundations/Perspectives, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

             Fundraising Exhibition, Art Space Pool, Seoul

             Wind Wind Wind, Gwanghwamun Gallery, Seoul

2000     The Expression of the Era – Eyes and Hands, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

             3rd Gwangju Biennale – Art and Human Rights, Gwangju Biennale Exhibition Hall, Gwangju, Korea

             May – Life Sharing Coexistence, Injae Museum, Gwangju, Korea           

             Anti-Chosen, Alternative Art Space Pool, Seoul

1999     Viewfinder Canvas, Seonam Museum, Seoul

             Art in Northeast Asia and the Third World, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

             Under Our Homeland – Exchanging Life Stories, Moro Gallery, Seoul

             Against the Abolition of the Screen Quota, Alternative Art Space Pool, Seoul

1998     Division, 21 Century Gallery, Seoul

             50th Anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

1996     Korean Representative Poets, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul

1995     Korean Contemporary Art, The National Art Museum of China, Beijing

             35th Anniversary of April Revolution – Husk, Be Gone, 21 Century Gallery, Seoul

             1st Gwangju Biennale- the Spirit of May, Gwangju, Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea

             Gwangju – Life After 15 Years, 21 Century Gallery, Seoul

             Korean Art 95 – Quality Quantity Sensation, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

             50 Years of Independence History, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

1994     100th Anniversary of Donghak Peasant Revolution – Bird Bird Blue Bird, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

             15 Years of Minjung Art, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Museum, Gwacheon, Korea

             The Faces of 40 Years in Contemporary Art, Ho-Am Art Museum, Yongin, Korea

1993     DMZ, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

             Art of Korean Reunification, Tokyo Central Art Museum, Tokyo

1989     From Hwangtohyeon to Gomnaru, Art Plaza Geumgang, Seoul

             Paintings and Ceramics for the Revival of Foundation of Life, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

             5.5 Republic, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

             Nature and Human, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

             Reunification, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

             Gwangju! May!, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

             Commemorative Exhibition on the Opening of Seoul Arts Center, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

1988     Minjung Art Beautiful Images, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

             Reunification, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

             Fundraising Exhibition for the Construction of the Reunification Center, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

1987     22 Artists of Our Time, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

             Commemorative Exhibition on the 1st Anniversary, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

             Daedong Festival, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

             Anti-Torture, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

             Reunification, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

1986     22 Artists from the 40s, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

             32 Artists, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

1985     70 Years of Korean Western Painting, Ho-Am Art Museum, Yongin, Korea

             Representative Artworks of the 80s, Hanaro Museum, Seoul

1984     40 Years of Independence, Seoul, Masan, Busan, Gwangju and Daegu on tour

             Contemporary Arts Invitation Exhibition, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

             The Art of Life, Arab Culture Center, Seoul

         The Gigantic Root, Hangang Art Museum, Seoul

             The Spirit of the Times, Busan; Masan, Korea

             23 Artists of Today, Dongbang Plaza Museum, Seoul

             Course of Aesthetics in the 80s, Hangang Art Museum, Seoul

1983     Contemporary Arts Invitational Exhibition, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

             Korea-France Arts Association Exhibition, Dongduk Art Hall, Seoul

1982     Prospects for the 80s, ARKO Art Center, Seoul

1981-84  Critical Artists, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

1981     Sao Paulo Biennale, Sao Paulo, Brazil

1978     20 Years Evolution of Korean Contemporary Art, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary 

             Art, Gwacheon, Korea

1977-81  Way, ARKO Art Center, Seoul

1976     Commemorative Exhibition on the Opening of Mokyo Gallery, Mogyo Gallery, Seoul

1975     Today’s Manners, Baeknok Gallery, Seoul

1974     Seoul Biennale, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

             Daegu Contemporary Arts Festival, Daegu Culture and Information Center, Daegu, Korea

1972     Independant, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

1970-75  A.G. (Avant-garde), National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

1969     6 Young Korean Artists, Dokiwa Gallery, Tokyo

1967     WHAT, Chohung Bank Main Branch, Seoul

Awards 

1999     16th Kumho Art Prize

1991     1st Minjok Art Prize

1982     1st Art Journalist Award