1945     Born in Seoul

Lives and works in Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi-do, Korea 

Education

1974     The Graduate School of Art, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 

1969     Department of Painting, Seorabol Art College, Seoul

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2021     Island of Metaphors, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2020     Ingenuous Genius, Vazieux, Paris, Franch

2018     Arts Center Kuh, Daejeon, Korea

2017     Trace of Memory, Ilwoo Space, Seoul, Korea

             Haeden Museum, Incheon, Korea

             The Innocent Eye, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul, Korea

             Semiotic Metaphors, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2016     The Layers of Memory, Hakgojae Shanghai, Shanghai

             Art Issue Projects, Taipei

             The Layers of Memory, Pontone Gallery, London; Korean Cultural Center, Brussels; Korean Cultural Center, Paris, Franch

2015     Recent Artworks, Baudoin Lebon Gallery, Paris, Franch

2008     Wellside Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2000     Wellside Gallery, Seoul, Korea 
1997     Gallery Yeh, Seoul, Korea
1991     Gallery Yeh, Seoul, Korea
1987     Garam Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1986     Jean Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1984     Jean Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1982     Shinsegae Museum, Seoul, Korea
1977     Munwha Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1975     Chosun Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Awards

1976     The Best Artist Prize, The 3rd Han-Kook IIbo Korean Prize, Korea

1972     Special Prize, Figurative Paintings Competition, Korea

1971     Gold Prize, Figurative Paintings Competition, Korea

1969     Silver Prize, Figurative Paintings Competition, Korea

1965-80 Specially Selected 5 times and Selected 9 times, National Arts Exhibition of Korea

Public Collections

National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

The National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, Seoul, Korea

Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea

Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

Han-Kook Ilbo, Seoul, Korea

Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles, U.S.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2020     The Moment of Gieok (Korean Alphabet ㄱ), Seoul Calligraphy Art Museum and Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea

2019     Blue, Choice Art Company, Seoul, Korea

2015     Conception & Perception, Art Issue Projects, Taipei

2014     A Form of Thinking – Rediscovery of Drawing, Museum SAN, Wonju, Korea

2007     Unconsciousness, Dubang Contemporary Space, Taipei

             Oh, Se-Yeol & Yoo, Jong-Ho, Wellside Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2003     The Landscapes within Me, Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea

1999     Autonomous Prospect of Korean Art, POSCO Art Museum, Seoul, Korea

1998     Daejeon-Diffusion of Space, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea

1994     Contemporary Painting: 3 Artists, Chung Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea

             Representation of Korean Intelligence, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

1992     Oh, Se-Yeol & Antoni Camarasa, Wellside Gallery, Seoul, Korea

1990     The Same Nature and the Different Nature of Modern art: Korea – Japan, The Fine Art Center, The Korean Culture and Art Foundation, Seoul, Korea

             The Opening Exhibition, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

1989     Seoul – Kyoto 37 Artists, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan

1988     Korean Contemporary Art, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

             The Opening Exhibition, Gallery Seomi, Seoul, Korea

1987     The Opening Exhibition: The Artists of the 80s, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea

             The Opening Exhibition: 3 Artists, Gallery Pyeong, Seoul, Korea

1986     Korean Art Today, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

1983     Korean Contemporary Fine Arts Exhibition, Visconti Hall, Milan, Italy

1981     10 Young Artists, Shinsegae Museum, Seoul, Korea

             The 3rd Formative Art, Kwanhoon Museum, Seoul, Korea

             The 2nd Art Production, Gallery Yeh, Seoul, Korea

             Figurative Artists: Size 200 Canvases, Shinsegae Museum, Seoul, Korea 

1980     The 2nd Galleries Association of Korea, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea

             The 1st, The Fine Art Center, The Korean Culture and Art Foundation, Seoul, Korea

1979     8 Painters in their 30s, Munwha Gallery, Seoul, Korea

             Today's Way of Korean Art, The Fine Art Center, The Korean Culture and Art Foundation, Seoul, Korea

1977     The 17th Figurative Art, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

1975     Gong-Gan Art Grand-Prix Invitational Exhibition, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea