Born in Sancheong, KR, 1935
Education
BFA, Hong-ik University, Seoul, 1959
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2025
'Light Into Color', Le Château La Coste, Pavillon Renzo Piano, Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade, France
'Ha Chong-Hyun 5975', Art Sonje Center, Seoul, South Korea
2024
'Ha Chong-Hyun for Lady art #8', House of Dior, Seoul, South Korea
Ha Chong-Hyun, Almine Rech, Gstaad, Switzerland
2023
'Ha Chong-Hyun', Almine Rech, Paris Matignon
2022
'Ha Chong-Hyun', Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, US
'Ha Chong-Hyun', Collateral Event of the 59th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, Palazzetto Tito, Venice, Italy
'Ha Chong-Hyun', Kukje Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2021
'One by One', Almine Rech, OVR
'Return to Color', Tina Kim Gallery, New York, US
2020
'Ha Chong-Hyun', Almine Rech, London, UK
'Ha Chong-Hyun', Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, South Korea
2019
Kukje Gallery, Busan, Korea
'Ha Chong- Hyun', Cardi Gallery, Milan, Italy
'Ha Chong- Hyun', Blum & Poe, Tokyo, Japan
2018
Powerlong Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Tina Kim Gallery, New York, US
2017
Almine Rech Gallery, London, UK
Almine Rech Gallery, Paris, France
2016
Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, US
2015
‘Conjunction’, Tina Kim Gallery, New York, US
Kukje Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2014
Blum & Poe, New York, US
Wooson Gallery, Daegu, South Korea
2013
Pyo Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2012
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, Gwacheon, South Korea
Gallery Winter, Weisbaden, Germany
2010
Severance Art Space, Seoul, South Korea
2009
Seok Gallery, Daegu, South Korea
Bluedot M Gallery, Changwon, South Korea
Galerie Winter, Wiesbaden, Germany
2008
Gana Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
2006
Pyo Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2004
Gallery Bijutsu Sekai, Tokyo, Japan
Gyeongnam Province Art Museum, Changwon, South Korea
2003
Fondazione Mudima, Milan, Italy
2002
Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Busan Museum of Art, Busan, South Korea
Gallery Bijutsu Sekai, Tokyo, Japan
2001
Chosunilbo Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2000
Contemporary Art Museum, Hong-ik University Museum, Seoul, South Korea
1999
Espace Paul Ricard, Paris, France
1998
Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1997
Saemtuh Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1996
Biever-Risch Gallery, Luxembourg
1995
Hanlim Gallery, Daejeon, South Korea
1994
Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Wassermann Gallery, Munich, Germany
1992
Nabis Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
1990
Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1985
Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1984
Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, South Korea
1979
Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1977
Space Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
1975
Munheon Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
1974
Myoungdong Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
1972
Gin Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
'Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s–1970s', Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, US
2021
'Beyond the Light of East and West', Korean Cultural Center Los Angeles, CA, US
'Un Hiver à Paris', Almine Rech, Paris, France, France
'Jamunbak Museum Project Part 1', Gana Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
'Resonance', Horim Museum, Seoul, South Korea
2019
'War Within, War Without, Collection 1940s-1970s', Museum of Modern Art, New York, US
'2019 Goyang Senior Artist Exhibition', Goyang Aram Nuri Arts Center, Goyang, South Korea
'Abstraction(s)', Song Art Museum, Beijing, China
'Landlord Colors: On Art, Economy, and Materiality', Cranbrook Art Museum, Blooomfield Hills, US
'Awakenings: Art in Society in Asia 1960s-1990s', National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, South Korea
2018
'Renegades in Resistance and Challenge', Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, South Korea
'Korean Abstract Art : Kim Whanki and Dandaekhwa', Powerlong Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2017
'Arts of Korea', Brooklyn Museum, New York, US
'The Ascetic Path: Korean Dansaekhwa', Erarta Contemporary Art Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
'Rhythm in Monochrome | Korean Abstract Painting', Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
'Dansaekhwa', Museum SAN, Wonju, South Korea
'Thinking Out Loud: Notes for an Evolving Collection', The Warehouse, Rachofsky Collection, Dallas, US
'Dansaekhwa', Yuz Museum, Shanghai, China
2016
'Dansaekhwa and Minimalism', Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA; travels to Blum & Poe, New York, US
'When Process Becomes Form: Dansaekhwa and Korean Abstraction', Boghossian Foundation – Villa Empain, Brussels, Belgium
'Korean Abstract Art: Early Works', Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, US
'Masterworks on Loan', Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, US
Busan Biennale, Busan Museum of Art, South Korea
'New Beginnings: Between Gesture and Geometry', curated by Frances Morris, The George Economou Collection, Athens, Greece
2015
'Bold Abstractions: Selections from the DMA Collection 1966-1976', Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, US
'PROPORTIO', Palazzo Fortuny, Venice, Italy
'Dansaekhwa', Palazzo Contarini-Polignac, Venice, Italy
'45th Anniversary of Gallery Hyundai: Korean Abstract Painting', Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, South Korea
2014
'From All Sides: Tansaekhwa on Abstraction', Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, US
'The Art of Dansaekhwa', Kukje Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
'Overcoming the Modern: Dansaekhwa, The Korean Monochrome Movement', Alexander Gray Associates, New York, US
'Empty Fullness: Materiality and Spiruality in Contemporary Korean Art', Korean Cultural Center, Beijing. Traveled to SPSI Art Museum, Shanghai, China; Koreanisches Kulturzentrum, Berlin; National Museum of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
'Unconstraint Creation', Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2012
'Dansaekhwa: Korean Monochrome Painting', National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, South Korea
2011
'Qi is Full', Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, South Korea
'The Spectrum of Contemporary Korean Art', Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
'The Great Artists of Korean Art', Ulsan Culture & Art Center, Ulsan, South Korea
2010
'Korean Avant-garde Drawing: 1970–2000', Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
'Him of Gyeonggi-do', Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, South Korea
'The 33rd Anniversary Special Exhibition', Sun Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
'In the Midst of the Korean Contemporary Art', Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, South Korea
2009
'Bong Whang 137', Sunshine International Art Museum, Beijing, China
'The Three', Imazoo Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
'8 Artists of the Korean Contemporary Art', Gallery Pakyoung, Paju, South Korea
'Monochrome Art in Korea', Wellside Gallery, Shanghai, China
4th Prague Biennale, Prague, Czech Republic
2008
'9 Korean Contemporary Artists', Rho Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
5th Busan Biennale, Busan, South Korea
'Korean Abstract Art 1958–2008', Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
'The Color of Nature: Monochrome Art in Korea', Pyo Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2007
'Contemplation on a Space', Gana Art Gallery, Busan, South Korea
'Korean Contemporary Art', Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, Seoul, South Korea
'Abstract Art: Amusement on the Border', Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
'Homage100', Korea Art Gallery, Busan, South Korea
2004
'Korean Contemporary Paintings: Past and Now', Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
2003
'The Seoul Art Exhibition', Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
'D.I.Y.', Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
2002
'Age of Philosophy & Aesthetics', National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, South Korea
'Understanding of Abstract Art', Sungkok Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
Korean Contemporary Art from the Mid-1970s to the Mid 1980s: Age of Philosophy and Aesthetics, National Museum of Contemporary Art, South Korea
2001
'Development of the Korean Contemporary Art', National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, South Korea
'Buncheong Ware Exhibition II', Hoam Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
'Journey of Contemporary Korean Art of the 21st Century', Sejong Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2000
'A Passage to New Millennium', National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, South Korea
'Postwar Abstract Art in Korea and the West: Passion and Expression', Hoam Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
'12 Contemporary Artists', Sun Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
'The Facets of Korean & Japanese Contemporary Art', 3rd Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, South Korea
'The Horizontal for a New Millennium', Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, South Korea
'Plane as Spirits', Busan Museum of Art, Busan, South Korea
'Nature', Posco Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea
1999
'Corée: Pays du Matin Calme', Musée des Arts Asiatiques de Nice, Nice, France
1998
'Les Peintures du Silence', Musées du Château des ducs de Würtemberg, Montbéliard, France
Busan International Contemporary Art Festival, Busan Museum of Art, Busan, South Korea
1996
'Korean Monochromes in the 1970s', Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, South Korea
96 Joongang Biennale, Seoul, South Korea
1995
'Korean Contemporary Paintings', Hanlim Gallery, Daejeon, South Korea
'East, West Today', Posco Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
'Contemporary Korean Paintings', Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
'The Tiger’s Tail: 15 Contemporary Korean Artists for Venice 95', Palazzo Vendramin, Venice, Italy
'Nature of Korea', Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
'École de Seoul: The 20th Anniversary Special Exhibition', Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
'Seoul International Painting Exhibition', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, South Korea
1994
'Seoul in Venezia', Gallery May, Seoul, South Korea
1993
'12 Contemporary Artists from Korea', Miyagi Museum of Art, Sendai, Japan
45th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
'Korean Contemporary Art', Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
1992
'Flows from the Far East: Recent Korean Art Scene', Barbican Centre, Concourse Gallery, London, UK
'Seoul Art Competition', Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
1991
'Korean Contemporary Paintings', National Museum Zagreb, Zagreb, Yugoslavia. Traveled to Cankarjev Hall, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia; Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia; Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
'5 Contemporary Artists', Hankuk Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea
'Korean Contemporary Art', Hanwon Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
'Seoul Art Competition', Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
1990
'Korean Art Today', Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea
'The 15th École de Seoul', Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
'Seoul Art Competition', Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
1989
'Hiroshima', Hiroshima City Museum of Modern Art, Hiroshima, Japan
'The 14th École de Seoul', Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
'Seoul Art Competition', Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
1988
'4 Korean Painters', Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
'24th Seoul Olympiad: International Contemporary Art Exhibition', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, South Korea
Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, South Korea
'Flows of 70s Contemporary Art', Walker Hill Museum, Seoul, South Korea
'Korean Modernism 1970–79', Coex Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
'The 13th École de Seoul', Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
'Seoul Art Competition', Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
1987
'The 31st Toyama International Art Exhibition', Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, Japan
'4 Korean Contemporary Artists', Laboratory Gallery, Sapporo, Japan
'The 12th École de Seoul', Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
'Contemporary Art Festival', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
'Seoul Art Competition', Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
1986
'Korean Arts Yesterday and Today', National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, South Korea
'Asia Contemporary Arts', National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, South Korea
'The 11th École de Seoul', Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
'Seoul Art Competition', Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
1985
'Human Documents ‘84/’85-8', Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
'70 years of Korean Western Painting', Hoam Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
'Modern Art from the Past 40 Years', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
'The 10th École de Seoul', Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
'Contemporary Art Festival', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
1984
'Works on Paper '84', Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
'Korea Contemporary Art Exhibition: The Late 1970s: A Situation', Korean Culture and Arts Foundation Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
'Korean Contemporary Art '84', Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
'Korean Arts of the 1960s: Art Informel', Walker Hill Museum, Seoul, South Korea
'Korean Contemporary Art in the 60s: Works from the Paris Biennale', Duson Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
'The 9th École de Seoul', Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
1983
'Korean Contemporary Art Exhibition of the 1970s', Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tokyo; Traveled to Tochigi Municipal Museum of Art, Tochigi, Japan; National Museum of Contemporary Art, Osaka, Japan; Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan; Fukuoka City Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
'Exchange Exhibition of Print and Drawing between Seoul and San Francisco', USIS, Seoul, South Korea; World Print Council, San Francisco, US; and Korean Cultural Service, Los Angeles, US
'Korea: New Paper Works', Spring Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
'Seoul Contemporary Art Festival', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
1982
'The Art of Contemporary Paper: Korea & Japan', Deoksugung Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea; Traveled to Kyoto Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan; Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan; Kumamoto Folk Museum, Kumamoto, Japan; National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
'Seoul Contemporary Art Festival', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
'The Phases of Korean Contemporary Art', Myungdong Gallery, Seoul & Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
'Korean Contemporary Art Exhibition: The Latter Half of the ’70s—An Aspect', Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum and National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; traveled to National Museum of International Art, Osaka, Japan; Museum of Modern Art Hokkaido, Sapporo, Japan; Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
'The 7th École de Seoul', Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
1981
'Korean Art '81', Deoksu Palace Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea
'Drawing '81', Deoksu Palace Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea
'Works on Paper: Korean Contemporary Drawings', Dongsanbang Gallery, Seoul, South Korea; traveled to LA Artcore, Los Angeles, US
'Drawings by Korean Artists', Brooklyn Museum, New York, US
'The 30th Korea National Art Exhibition', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
'The 6th École de Seoul', Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
'Seoul Contemporary Art Festival', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
1980
'Contemporary Asian Arts', Fukuoka Museum of Art, Fukuoka, Japan
'37 Artists of 1980’s', Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
'Korean Prints and Drawings', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
'The 29th Korea National Art Exhibition', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
'Grand Prize Exhibition of Korean Art', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
'Seoul Contemporary Art Festival', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
1979
'Korean Contemporary Arts: Today’s Methods', Korean Culture and Arts Foundation Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
'Attitudes of 6 Korean Contemporary Artists', Gallery Lee, Daegu, South Korea
'The 5th École de Seoul Exhibition', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
'Independant', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
'Seoul Contemporary Art Festival', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
'Contemporary Art Festival', Daejeon, Busan, Gwangju, Gangwon, and Jeonbuk, South Korea
1978
'The 2nd Paris International Contemporary Art Exhibition', Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, France
'Works on Paper', Gallery Gyunji, Seoul, South Korea
'Trends in Contemporary Korean Art of the Last 20 Years', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
'Grand Prize Exhibition of Korean Art', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
'The 4th École de Seoul Exhibition', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
'Independant', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
'Contemporary Art Festival', Daejeon, Busan, Gwangju, Gangwon, and Jeonbuk, South Korea
1977
'13th Bienal de São Paulo', São Paulo, Brazil
'Korean Contemporary Art', National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan
'Korean Contemporary Painters', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
'The 3rd École de Seoul Exhibition', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
'56 Korean Painters', Korea Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
'Independant', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
'Contemporary Art Festival', Daejeon, Busan, Gwangju, Gangwon, and Jeonbuk, South Korea
1976
'Seoul Contemporary Art Festival', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
'The 2nd École de Seoul Exhibition', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
'Contemporary Art Festival', Daejeon, Busan, Gwangju, Gangwon, and Jeonbuk, South Korea
1975
The 3rd India Triennale, New Delhi, India
'Figure Drawings and Abstract Artists', Arum Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
'The 4th Avant Garde Exhibition', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
1974
'The 6th Cagnes International Painting Exhibition', Cagnes-sure-Mer, France
The 1st Seoul Biennale, National Museum of Modern Art, Seoul, South Korea
'The 23rd Korean National Art Exhibition', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
1973
'Korean Contemporary Art 1957–1972: Formative and Informative', Myungdong Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
'13 Contemporary Artists', Signum Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
'Exhibition of 100 Modern Korean Painters', Deoksugung Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea
1972
'The 3rd Avant Garde Exhibition', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
1971
'Today’s Korean Painting', Myungdong Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
7th Biennale de Paris, Paris, France
'The Grand Prize Exhibition of Korean Art', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
'ISPAA', Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
'The 2nd Avant Garde Exhibition: Reality & Realization', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
1970
'The 7th Tokyo Print Biennale', National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
'The 1st Avant Garde Exhibition', Korean Information Center Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
'6 Korean Contemporary Artists', Tokiwa Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
'Grand Prize Exhibition of Korean Art', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
1969
'11 Young Artists from Korea', Solidaridad Gallery, Manila, Philippine
'The Contemporary Art Exhibition', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
'Korean Contemporary Painting Exhibition', traveled to venues in Japan, India, Pakistan, and Nepal
1968
'Contemporary Korean Painting Exhibition', Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
'The Contemporary Art Exhibition', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
1967
The 9th Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
'ISPAA', Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
'The Contemporary Art Exhibition', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
1966
'The 10th Contemporary Art Exhibition', Gyeongbokgung Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea
'The Contemporary Art Exhibition', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
1965
4th Paris Biennale, Paris, France
'The 4th Cultural Freedom Invitational Exhibition', Yechong Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
'The Contemporary Art Exhibition', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
1963
'The 2nd Exhibition of Sinsanghoe Association Competition', Gyeongbokgung Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea
'The Contemporary Art Exhibition', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
1961
2nd Paris Youth Biennale, Paris, France
'The Contemporary Art Exhibition', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
1960
'The Contemporary Art Exhibition', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
Awards and Grants
2020
Winner of the Lee Dong Hoon Art Prize Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, South Korea
2010
Korean Artist Award, Korea Artist Association, South Korea
2009
The National Honor of Merit in Culture (Silver Award), South Korea
2007
French Cultural Merit, France
2000
Medal Okjo Geunjeong, South Korea
1999
Seoul Culture Awards, Seoul, South Korea
1995
9th Art & Culture Awards
1987
Korean Art & Culture Grand Awards, Government of Republic of Korea
1985
Artistic Awards, 11th Joongang Art Awards, Joongang Ilbo, Seoul, South Korea
1980
Grand Prize, 7th Korean Arts Awards, Hankook Ilbo, Seoul, South Korea
1975
Grand Prize, Space Group Art Awards, Space Group, Seoul, South Korea
1962
First Prize, Shinsang Association Competition, Shinsang Association, Seoul, South Korea
Professional Affiliations
2006
Co-president, Korean Museum Association
2001–2006
Director, Seoul Museum of Art
2000
Honorary PhD, Hongik University
1995–1996
Honorary Commissioner, Korean Art Award
1995
Commissioner & Adviser, 1st Gwangju Biennale
1992
Commissioner, 24th Cagnes International Painting Festival
1990–1994
Dean, Fine Arts College, Hongik University
1988
Commissioner, 43rd Venice Biennale
1987–1988
Honorary Member, International Art Exhibition for the 24th Seoul Olympiad
1986–1989
Chairman, Korean Arts Association
Vice-Chairman, Federation Artistic and Culture of Organization
1984
Advisor, Korean Arts & Culture Center
1980
Commissioner, 12th Cagnes International Painting Festival
1969–1974
Chairman, Korean Avant-Garde Association
Museum and Public Collections
Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Art and Culture Foundation of Ilshin, Seoul, South Korea
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, US
Ewha Womans University Museum, Seoul, South Korea
Fukuoka Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, US
Gyeongi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, South Korea
Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, South Korea
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
Hongik University Contemporary Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea
M+, Hong Kong
Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Mie, Japan
Miyagi Art Museum, Miyagi, Japan
Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, US
Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, Japan
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, South Korea
Posco Art Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
Seoul Museum of Art, South Korea
Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
Shimonoseki City Art Museum, Shimonoseki, Japan
South Ho-am Art Museum, Yongin, South Korea
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
