1941        Born in Kokum-myun, Wando-gun, Jeollanam-do

1961        Graduated Sorabol High School 

1961-63   BFA Painting, Hongik University

1978        Founding member of Dong-A Art Festival 

1979        Founding member of Reality and Utterance 

1985        1st Representative of The Korean People's Artist Association

2021        Died in Paju, Korea

Member of Korean Fine Arts Association, The Korean People Artist Federation, The Korean People's Artist Association

Solo Exhibitions

2017     SON Jang Sup: Painting as Tangible Vestige of History, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul

2013     Demi Art Gallery, Gwangju, Korea

2012     Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul

2009     Son Jang Sup’s Life and Hills and Fields, Gyeomjae Jeongseon Art Museum, Seoul

             A Big Tree, Wellside Gallery, Seoul

2005     Posco Gallery, Pohang, Korea

2003     Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul

1999     10th Lee Joong Sup Award Exhibition, Chosunilbo Art Museum, Seoul

1998     Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul

1995     A Big Tree, Ilmin Art Hall; Space Wellside, Seoul

1994     Wellside Gallery, Seoul

1991     Wellside Gallery, Seoul

1989     Wellside Gallery, Seoul

1987     Wellside Gallery, Seoul

1981     Grorich Gallery, Seoul; Namkyung Gallery, Gwangju, Korea

1979     Korea Press Center, Seoul

Selected Group Exhibitions

2019     DMZ, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul

             Seeing Hope 2019: March First Movement 100th anniversary Exhibition, Cheonan Arts Center Museum, Cheonan,

             Korea

2018     People’s Art, Soars Once Again, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul

             An Old Blacksmith’s Shop, Eunam Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea

2017     Korea Tomorrow, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul 

2016     Gyeonggi's 10 Masters: True Colors and Real Characters, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern  Art, Ansan, Korea

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

2015     I am a Flame, Seoul, 63Art, Seoul

             Mountains, Rivers, and People: Eight Views and Nine-bend Streams of Gyeonggi, 

             Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea

             Wind, Light, Jeju, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea

             Walking in the Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter, Seoul Museum, Seoul

2014     The Stream of Korean Contemporary Art VII – Realism, Gimhae Arts and Sports Center, Gimhae, Korea 

             Indonesian-Korean Contemporary Artists: Low Stream, Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeju, Korea 

             What Makes the Wind Sway: For Personal or Socio-Historic Paintings, Busan Museum of  Art, Busan, Korea 

             Nostalgia – 12 Artists from Namdo, Gallery GMA, Seoul

2013     12 Artists from Namdo, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea

             In Search of Lost Time, OCI Museum of Art, Seoul

             Today, The Sun Also Rises, ARA Art Center, Seoul

2012     Northern and Southern Landscapes, Aram Art Gallery, Ilsan, Korea

             Miral, Chohyung Gallery, Seoul

2011     Korean Rhapsody: A Montage of History and Memory, Samsung Museum of Art Leeum, Seoul

2010     The Flower on the Snow, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea

             30 Years of Reality and Utterance – Reality for the Society and Art, Insa Art Center, Seoul

             Cross Over the Yellow Line, Kyunghyang Gallery, Seoul

2009     The Island of Division – DMZ, Anyang Art Park, Anyang, Korea

             Son Jang Sup & Lee Won-Hee – Nature and Life, 93 Museum, Paju, Korea 

             Happiness: Leave it as it is and Sharing, Gallery Bow, Ulsan, Korea  

             2009 Peace Art Festival, Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeju, Korea

             Discovery of 9 Artists, 93 Museum, Paju, Korea

2008     20 Years of Lee Joong Sup Award – 20 Artists, Chosunilbo Art Museum, Seoul

             Print, In the Space, Cyan Museum of Art, Yeongcheon, Korea

             Landscape Prints of Dokdo, Eve gallery, Seoul

2007     Son Jang Sup & Joo Jaehwan, Gallery Noon, Seoul

2006     A Small Act of Sharing, Gallery Ssamzie, Seoul

             How Green Was My Valley, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul

2005     Love for Dokdo, Seoul Gallery, Seoul

             Pieta of Gwangju, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea

             Landscape Prints of Dokdo, Gyeongju National Museum, Gyeongju, Korea 

             Gyeonggi's Beauty, Gyeonggi Provincial Museum, Yongin, Korea; JeBiWool Museum, Gwacheon, Korea 

             Dialogue Between 5 Generations of Artists from Korea and Japan, Maruki Gallery For The Hiroshima Panels, 

             Saitama, Japan

2004     Korean Modern Art, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul 

             Declaration of Peace 2004 – 100 International Artists, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, 

             Gwacheon, Korea

2003     ...And to Coexist, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea 

             History and Consciousness, Real View of the Dokdo – Prints, Seoul National University Museum, Seoul; 

             Dokdo Museum, Ulleung, Korea

             Mountains and Streams of Korea, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul; Art Space Pool, Seoul

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

             SEMA Collection 2002, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

2001     22 Watercolor Painters in Korea, Donga Gallery, Seoul

             1980's and Its Realism, Gana Art Center, Seoul

2000     Seaside Fine Art Festival 2000 – Touch Of Ocean, Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, Seoul 

1999     10 Years of Lee Joong Sup Award – 10 Artists, Chosunilbo Art Museum, Seoul

             Korean Art 99 – Human, Nature, Object, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, 

             Gwacheon, Korea

             Northeast Asia and Arts from the 3rd World, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

1998     7 Artists, Gallery Dooin, Seoul

             The Collection, Wellside Gallery, Seoul

             Miral, Dongduk Art Gallery, Seoul

             Division, 21 Century Gallery, Seoul

1997     Mountains and Streams of Korea, Siheung City Hall, Siheung, Korea 

             Korean Watercolor Painting: 10 Artists, Seoul Gallery, Seoul

             100 Artists from Honam, Chohung Cultural Center, Gwangju, Korea

1996     Korean Representative Poets, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul

             96 People's Art, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

1995     Gwangju Biennale Special Exhibition: Spirit Of May, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea  

1994     2nd DMZ Peace Project, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

             Like-minded, Yookyung Gallery, Seoul

             Across the Pacific: Contemporary Korean and Korean-American Art, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul 

             100th Anniversary of Donghak Peasants Revolution, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul 

             15 years of Minjung Art: 1980-1994, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

             Aphorism – 27 Korean Contemporary Artists, Gallery World, Busan, Korea

             Senior Artists from The Korean People's Artist Association: Sketch, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

1993     Across the Pacific: Contemporary Korean and Korean-American Art, Queens Museum, New York

             DMZ Peace Project, Tokyo Central Art Museum, Tokyo; 

             Osaka Prefecture Contemporary Art Center, Osaka, Japan

             June Democracy Movement, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

             Minjung Arts Center's Construction Funding Exhibition, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

             Bloom of Korean Contemporary Art, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

1992     Art Journey on Silk Road, Donga Museum, Incheon, Korea

             South Korea and North Korea from Our Perspective, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

             3 Artists’ Recent Small Works, Demi Art Gallery, Gwangju, Korea

             Paintings and Ceramics for the Revival of Foundation of Life, Aju Gallery, Seoul

             Glimpse of Our Time, Moran Museum, Namyangju, Korea

             ‘80s People’s Art: 30 Artworks, Ondara Art Center, Jeonju, Korea

             An Aspect of Korean Art from the ‘90s, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul; Hyun Gallery, Seoul;

             Gallery Sang Moon  Dang, Seoul; Garam Gallery, Seoul

1991     Mountains and Streams of Korea, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

             Arts from the ‘80s, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

             Face of Our Time – '91 Human and Nature, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

             6th Unification, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

             Healthy Life Lively Painting, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

1990     Mountains and Streams of Korea, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

             Korean Arts Now, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

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

             Reality and Utterance Representative Works, Kwanhoon Museum, Seoul

             10 Years of Reality and Utterance, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

             Laborers, Gallery Moon Hwa Joong Sim, Seoul

             Korean Contemporary Painting: 30 Artists, Seoul Gallery, Seoul

             Unification, Yonsei University, Seoul

             Labor Human Right's Center Funding Exhibition, Indeco Gallery, Seoul

             Western Painting: 8 Artists, Gallery K, Seoul

1989     Gwangju! May!, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

             50 Years of Art in Gwangju, Jeollanam-do, Chosun University Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea

             The World We Live Together, Yesulmadang Kumgang, Seoul

             For the Prestige of People’s Art, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

             ‘80s Visual Art, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul 

             From Hwangtohyeon to Gomnaru: Homage to ‘Kumgang’ by Shin Dong-yup, Yesulmadang Kumgang, Seoul

1988     3rd Unification, Grimmadang Min, Seoul         

             Reality and Utterance: Eyes on America, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

             People’s Art Beautiful Images, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

1987     Korea Watercolor Association, Seoul Gallery, Seoul

             Cheon Sang-byeong: Poetry and Painting, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

             Anti-Torture, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

             1st Anniversary, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

1986     1st Unification, Grimmadang Min, Seoul 

             Arts from the 3rd World, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo

             22 Artists in Their 40s, Grimmadang Min, Seoul

1985     Le Salon – Korean Art, Grand Palais, Paris 

             ‘80s Representative Artworks – Recent Works of 8 Painters, Insadong Gallery, Seoul 

             ‘80s Representative Artworks – 11 Senior Painters, Ewha Gallery, Seoul

1984     Art of Life, Kwanhoon Museum, Seoul; Arab Cultural Center, Seoul

             16 Artists in Their Atelier, Chosun Art Gallery, Seoul 

             Korea Watercolor Association, Fine Arts Gallery, Seoul

1983     Contemporary Korean Art, Viscontea Hall, Milano, Italy

1981     Reality and Utterance – City and the Sight, Lotte Gallery, Seoul

             Reality and Utterance, Academy Museum, Gwangju; Debec Culture Center, Daegu, Korea

             Korea Watercolor Association, Shinsegae Museum, Seoul

1980     Reality and Utterance – Inaugural Exhibition, Dongsangbang Gallery, Seoul

             Remarkable Artists: Oriental and Western Painting, Korea Press Center, Seoul 

             Korea Watercolor Association, Midopa Gallery, Seoul; Public Information Office, Incheon, Korea

1978     2nd Contemporary Times, Gwangju Students' Union, Gwangju, Korea

1977     2nd Gwangju Contemporary Art Festival, Jeonil Museum, Gwangju, Korea

             1st Contemporary Times, Fine Arts Gallery, Seoul

1976     1st Gwangju Contemporary Art Festival, Jeonil Museum, Gwangju, Korea

1969     Korean Young Contemporary Artists, Korea Press Center, Seoul; Gwangju Students' Union, Gwangju, Korea

1960     Three Friends, Central Public Information Office, Seoul

             Miral, Miuman Gallery, Seoul

Awards

1998     15th Kumho Art Prize, Kumho Cutural Foundation, Seoul

             10th Lee Joong Sup Award, Chosunilbo Art Museum, Seoul

1991     2nd Korea People's Artists Award, The Korean People's Artists Association, Seoul

1976     Selected, 25th National Arts Exhibition of Korea, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul

1975     Selected, 24th National Arts Exhibition of Korea, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul

1974     Selected, 23rd National Arts Exhibition of Korea, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul

1963     Selected, 12th National Arts Exhibition of Korea, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul

1962     Selected, 11th National Arts Exhibition of Korea, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul

1960     Seoul Superintendent of Education’s Award, National Fine Art Competition for Students, Sorabol Art College, Seoul