Education
Currently, manager of Im Ok- sang Art Institute
1986, Graduated from École européenne supérieure de l’image, Angouleme, France
1974, Master of Painting, Seoul National University College of Fine Arts, Seoul
1972, Bachelor of Painting, Seoul National Uni
Career
Solo Exhibition
2017 The wind rises, Gana Art Center, Seoul
2015 Mureungmudeung, May Hall, Gwangju
2015 Lim Ok-Sang, Gallery Hana, Germany
2011 Total Art: Water, Fire, Iron, Skin, Soil, Gana Art Center, Seoul
2003 Han Baram and Im Oksang's Autumn Story, Gallery Pyundonamu, Seoul
2002 Think After the Iron Age, Insa Art Center, Seoul
2001 Song of Water and Fire, Korea Art Gallery, Busan
2000 Iron Age- Sound of Soil, Insa Art Center, Seoul
2000 D.M.Z Lim Ok-Sang, Orchard Gallery, Derry, England
1997 Sprit of the Resistance, Alternative Museum, New York
1997 Stepping-stone of History, Gana Art Gallery, Seoul
1995 Rising Earth, Gana Art Gallery, Seoul 1
1995 Rising Earth, Gallery Gana-Beaubourg, Paris
1991 Im Oksang Painting Exhibition, Hoam Gallery, Seoul
1990 Our time Landscape, Ondara Art Museum, Jeonju
1988 African Modern History, Gana Art Center, Seoul
1984 Seoul Museum, Seoul
1981 Art Institute, Seoul
Group Exhibition
2017 Korea Tomorrow 2017 Exhibition, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul
2017 When a paper is shaped, Paper Design Exhibition, Museum San, Wonju
2017 Jeju April Flower Memory Culture Festival, Arario Museum, Jeju
2016 Eyes and Spirit of Korean Contemporary Art II: Lottery of Realism, Insa Art Center, Seoul
2016 The 6th Imjingang River Culture & Arts Festival 'Come out, Flowers', Heiri Nonbat Gallery, Paju
2015 Record of Trauma, Goyang Aram Nuri Arts Center Aram Gallery, Goyang
2015 Myths of Plastics, Asia Culture Center(ACC), Gwangju
2014 Changwon Sculpture Biennale, Seongsan Art Hall, Gyeongnam
2014 Neosansu, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu
2014 Art Lounge: Collection Exhibition, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu
2013 Gana Art Opening 30th Anniversary Celebration Exhibition: Contemporary Age, Gana Art Center, Seoul
2013 Exhibition of Illustrated poems: You to me, Gana Contemporary, Seoul
2013 Haein Art Project ‘Heart’, Seongbo Art Museum, Hapcheon
2013 New & Now : Seoul Museum of Art
2012 New Collection, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
2012 SeMA Middle Waste 2012: Hidden Track, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
2012 Mapping the Realities, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
2012 Taehwa River Installation Arts Festival, Ulsan
2012 Here is a person, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon
2012 Buddhist Art Special Planned Exhibition, Gong Art Space, Seoul
2012 Maternal instinct, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju
2011 Abstract, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Deoksugung
2011 Seoul, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
2011 Hanppyeom Art Museum, Samguri Gallery, Cheonan
2011 May, Memory and Rebirth, ZOO Gallery, Gwangju
2010 Beijing Biennale, Beijing
2010 Life and Peace, Seoul Museum, Seoul
2010 Reality and Remark 30 years, Insa Art Center, Seoul
2009 Flare, Gimusa National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
2008 Busan Biennale Sea Art Festival, Busan
2008 Gana Art 25th Anniversary Opening Commemoration Exhibition: The Bridge, Gana Art Center, Seoul
2008 ASIA-Rice Exhibition, Sori Arts Center of Jeollabuk-do, Jeonbuk
2007 Route 1, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan
2007 2007 Korea Unification Art Festival, Busan Demo Park Special Exhibition Room, Busan
2005 D.M.Z 2005 International Contemporary Art Festival, Heiri, Paju
2005 Priest Accompany: Gang Taeseong, Im Oksang Exhibition, Jungdong Kyunghyang Gallery, Seoul
2004 Beijing Biennale, Beijing
2004 Atelier People, Gana Art Center, Seoul
2004 Eyes of Contemporary Art, Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, Seoul
2004 STEEL of STEEL, Posco Art Museum, Seoul
2004 Pro-democracy movement Commemoration Service Society ‘Fobidden Imagination’, Pro-democracy movement Commemoration Service Society Exhibition Center, Seoul
2004 Declaration of Peace 2004 World 100 Artists, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
2003 Helping Flood victims Special Exhibition, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul
2003 Joguksanha, Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, Seoul
2003 Pyeongchangdong People, Gana Art Center, Seoul
2003 World Ceramic Biennale, Icheon, Gyeonggi
2002 2002 Collection Exhibition, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
2002 Installation Arts Festival, World Cup Stadium South Park, Seoul
2001 1980s Realism and the Age, Gana Art Center, Seoul
2001 Korean Art 2001: Painting and Lottery, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
2001 Family, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
2001 May Spirit ‘Missing’, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju
2001 Kim Yoonsu Teacher Retirement Celebration Exhibition, Hakgojae, Seoul
2001 Sabulsan Yunpilam, Hakgojae, Seoul
2001 Korea International War Crimes Court, UN Church Center, New York
2001 Gana Art & Craft Fair, Insa Art Center, Seoul
2001 History and Consciousness ‘Dokdo’, Seoul National University Museum, Seoul
2001 Long-neck Green Frog Animation, Gallery Jejuart, Jeju, Seoho Museum of Modern Art, Namyangju
2001 Buyeo People Art, Dukwon Gallery, Seoul
2001 Seoul National University History and Conciousness History and Vomit Dokdo, Seoul National University, Seoul
2000 Heiri Art Vallery Performance ‘Gaia’, Paju
2000 Korea Vietnam Peace Fund-raising Auction, Seoul Auction, Seoul
2000 History and Conciousness, Seoul National University Museum, Seoul
2000 Opening Commemoration Exhibition: Seoul' topic is Pyeongyang, Gwanghwamun Gallery, Seoul
1999 Donggangbyeolgok, Gana Art Center, Seoul
1999 Northeast Asia and the Third World Art, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
1999 Seodaemun Prison History Hall Prison Installation 'Big Prison, Small Prison', Seodaemun Prison History Hall, Seoul
1998 Rebellious Imagination, 21st Century Gallery, Seoul
1998 Kim Bokjin Art Festival, Cheongju Arts Center, Cheongju
1998 Gana Art Center Opening Commemoration Exhibition, Gana Art Center, Seoul
1998 Pusan International Contemporary Art Festival PICAF, Busan
1998 World Human Rights Commission 50th Anniversary Commemoration Human Rights Exhibition, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul
1997 Korea Contemporary Art Festival, Noshin Gallery, Shèngjīng, China
1997 The 2nd Gwangju Biennale Special Exhibition: Unification of Gwangju is not finished, Gwangju
1997 Patrial Sanha, Seoul Museum of Art, Seuol
1997 In the Spirit of Resistance, Alternative Museum, New York
1996 Printmaking Art Festival, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul
1996 Liberation 50 years, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul
1996 Rho Gallery Opening Invitation Exhibition: 20 Historical Figures seen by Art, Rho Gallery, Seoul
1995 Korean Colors and Light, Hoam Gallery, Seoul
1995 Korean Contemporary Art Exhibition, Beijing Art Museum, Beijing
1995 Korean Contemporary Art Exhibition, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
1995 Venice Biennale Special Exhibition: A Tiger's Tail, Venice
1995 Liberation 50th Anniversary Exhibition: National Art, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul
1995 Information and Reality, Fruits Market Exhibition Center, Edinburgh, England
1995 The 1st Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju
1994 Donghak Revolution Centenary Celebration Exhibition: Bird, Bird Bluebird, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul
1994 Minjung Art 15 years, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
1994 Korean Contemporary Art 40 years' Face, Hoam Gallery, Seoul
1994 Transition of Seoul Landscape, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul
1993 Queensland Triennale, Gueensland, Austrailia
1993 Korea Unification Art, Central Art Museum Annex, Tokyo
1993 Total Art Awards, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
1993 Daejeon EXPO Recycling Design, Daejeon
1992-93 Silk Road Travel, Donga Gallery, Seoul
1992 December Exhibition Ten years since then
1991 Against Apartheid, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul
1989 FORUM, Hamburg, Germany
1988 Minjung Art, Artist Space, New York
1988 Milano Triennale, Milano
1983-34 Controversial Artist Works Exhibition, Seoul Museum, Seoul
1980-90 Reality and Utterance
1977-82 The Third Group
1972-82 December
Awards career
2004 Dong-A Theater Vessel Art Prize
1995 Gakwon Art Prize 1993 Total Art Prize
1992 Gana Art Prize
Born in Chungcheongnam-do in 1950 Activities in Seoul 2010 Hankyoreh Newspaper '