Education
1951, Graduated from Painting, Seoul National University
Career
Solo Exhibition Solo exhibition 13 times (Seoul, Busan, Cheongju, Japan, Switzerland, USA) Group Exhibition 1961 2nd Paris Youth Biennale (Paris) 1965 The 8th Sao Paulo Biennale (Sao Paulo, Brazil) 1966 Invitation Exhibition of Modern Art in 6 Far Eastern Countries (Macy's Department Store / New York, USA) 1969 The 1st International Conference on Canoeing (Canyu, France) 1969-72 Contemporary Korean Paintings (India, Afghanistan, Nepal) 1974 The 3rd India Triennial (India) 1983-99 Ecole de Seoul (Kwanhoon Museum of Art, Seoul) 1983 Korean Contemporary Art Exhibition in the late 70's - one aspect (Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art, Shigi Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, etc.) 1983 Korean Contemporary Art Exhibition (Milan, Italy) 1986 Opening Exhibition of Korean Contemporary Art Yesterday and Today (National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul) 1986 Salon de Zustist france (Grand Palais Art Museum, Paris) 1987 Four Contemporary Korean Art Artists (Levoratori Gallery, Sapporo) 1988 Four Korean Artists (Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo) 1989 Opening memorial exhibition, Hiroshima The heart of Hiroshima by 78 consecutive writers and producers in and around the country,        (Hiroshima Museum of Modern Art, Hiroshima) 1989 Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition by UNESCO (Palace Museum, Beijing) 1992 With Nature - Traditional spirit of Korean contemporary art (Tate Gallery, Liverpool, UK) 1992 Korean Contemporary Art Exhibition (Shimonoseki City Museum, Niigata Art Museum, Nagasaki Nitro Art Museum, Mie Prefectural Museum of Art) 1995 Contemporary Art Exhibition of Paris, Korea (Kordelye Art Museum, Paris) 1998 The 6th Australian Art Fair (Park Ryu Sook Gallery / Melbourne, Australia) 1998 Silent Painters - Today's Korean War (Vermont Museum of Art, Montbeliard, France) 2000-99 Painters of Silence (Asian Art Museum, Nice, France) and others 2000 Gwangju Biennale 2000 (Gwangju Museum of Art)
Awards career
1962 1st Saigon International Biennale, Bronze Medal and ESSO Awards 1980 National Invitational Artist Prize 1987 3rd Central Cultural Award (Arts Division) 1993 National Medal of Pomegranate