Education
2000, Honorary doctor of Fine Arts, Hongik University 1959, Bachelor of Painting, Hongik University
Career
Solo Exhibition 2017 (upcoming) Almine Rech Gallery, London, UK 2017 Almine Rech Gallery, Paris, France 2016 Blum & Poe, LA, USA 2015 Tina Kim Gallery, New York, USA 2015 Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2014 Herald Gallery, Seoul 2014 Blum & Poe Gallery, New York 2014 Wooson Gallery, Daegu 2013 Pyo Gallery, Seoul 2012 National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon 2012 Gallery Binteo, Wiesbaden, Germany 2010 Return to the elemental state of nature, Severance Art Space, Seoul 2009 Seok Gallery, Daegu 2009 Bluedot M Gallery Opening Exhibition, Bluedot M Gallery, Changwon 2009 Gallery Binteo, Wiesbaden, Germany 2008 Gana Art Center, Seoul 2006 Pyo Gallery, Seoul 2004 MisulSegye Gallery, Tokyo 2004 ‘One-color Painting and Polychrome’ Exhibition, Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon 2003 Mudima Museum of Contemporary Art, Milano, Italy 2002 Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo 2002 Busan Museum of Art, Busan 2002 MisulSegye Gallery, Tokyo 2001 Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo 2001 Ha Jonghyeon Remembrance Exhibition, Chosun Ilbo Gallery, Seoul 2001 Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Seoul 2000 Hongik University Museum Donation Exhibition, Hongik University Museum, Seoul 1999 Espace Paul Ricard, Paris 1998 Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo 1997 Samtoh Gallery, Seoul 1996 Beever-Rish Gallery, Luxembourg 1995 Hanrim Gallery, Daecheon 1994 Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo 1994 Baseman Gallery, Munich, Germany 1992 Nabis Gallery, Seoul 1990 Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo 1985 Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo 1984 Gallery Hyundai, Seoul 1979 Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo 1977 Space Gallery, Seoul 1975 Munhun Gallery, Seoul 1974 Myeongdong Gallery, Seoul 1972 Gin Gallery, Tokyo Group Exhibition 2017 Rediscovery of Color Exhibition, Museum San, Wonju 2016 New Beginnings: Between Gesture and Geometry, Athens, Greece 2016 Hybridizing Earth/Discussing Multitude, Busan Biennale, Busan, Korea 2016 Dansaekhwa and Minimalism, Blum & Poe, NY, USA 2016 KM 9346: Korea-Morbihan 9,346km, Domaine de Kerguehennec, Bignan, France 2016 When Process Becomes Form: Dansaekhwa and Korean Abstraction, Villa Empain - Boghossian Foundation, Brussels, Belgium 2016 Dansaekhwa and Minimalism, Blum & Poe, LA, USA 2015 Dansaekhwa, Palazzo Contarini-Polignac, Venice, Italy 2015 Avant Garde Asia: Lines of Korean Masters, Sotheby’s Hong Kong Gallery, Hong Kong 2014 Freedom of Creation, Hakgojae Shanghai, Shanghai, China 2014 One-color Painting and Abstraction, Blum & Poe Gallery, Los Angeles, USA 2012 One-color Painting: Korean One-color Painting, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon 2012 Gwangju Museum of Art Opening 20th Anniversary Special Exhibition I : Two Modernisms, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju 2011 Be disagreeably surprised, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu 2011 Spectrum of Korean Contemporary Art, Kaohsiung Museum of Art, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 2011 Korean Art Master Exhibition, Ulsan Culture & Arts Center, Ulsan 2010 Korea Drawing 30 years 1970-2000, SOMA, Seoul 2010 Power of Gyeonggi-do, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan 2010 Sun Gallery Opening 33th Anniversary Memorial Exhibition, Sun Gallery, Seoul 2010 in the center of Korean Contemporary Art, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul 2009 Bong Whang 137, Sunshine International Art Museum, Beijing 2009 Korean Monochrom, Samtoh Gallery, Shanghai 2008 5th Busan Biennale, Busan 2008 Korea Abstract Painting 1958-2008, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul 2008 Color of Nature: Korean One-color Painting, Pyo Gallery, Seoul 2007 Contemplation of Blank, Gana Art Center, Busan 2007 Abstract Painting Amusement at the boundary, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul 2004 Yesterday and Today of Korean Flat Painting, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul 2003 Seoul Art Contest, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul 2002 The Age of Reason and Sensitivity, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon 2001 Deployment of Korean Contemporary Art: The Age of Change and Dynamics(the mid 1960s-the mid 1879s), National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon 2000 Course of a New Millennium, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon 2000 Post-war Abstract Art of Korea and the West: Passion and Expression, Hoam Art Museum, Seoul 2000 Korea, Japan Aspect of Contemporary Art, Gwangju Biennale Special Exhibition, Gwangju 2000 Flat Surface as Spirit, Busan Museum of Art, Busan 2000 Criticism of New Millennium, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul 2000 oneself Ja, like that Yeon, Posco Art Museum, Seoul 1998 Silent Painters, Museum Chateau des Ducs de Württemberg, Montbeliard, France 1998 The 29th Basel International Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland 1998 Busan International Contemporary Art Festival, Busan Museum of Art, Busan 1996 1970s Korean Monochrom, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul 1995 Seoul International Painting Exhibition, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon 1995 95 Korea 15 People Contemporary Art: A tiger's tail, Venice Biennale Invitation Exhibition, Venice, Italy 1995 Korean Contemporary Painting 50 years Deployment, Hanrim Gallery, Daejeon 1995 Today's East.West Artist 85 People, Posco Art Museum, Seoul 1995 Korean Contemporary Art Exhibition, Paris Museum of Art, Paris 1997 NICAF, International Contemporary Art Festival, Tokyo, Japan 1996 1970's Korean Monochrom, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul 1996 96 Cologne International Art Fair, Cologne, Germany 1996 The 27th Basel International Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland 1995 Seoul International Painting Exhibition, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon 1995 95 Korea 15 People Contemporary Art: Venice Biennale Invitation Exhibition, A tiger's tail, Venice, Italy 1994 NICAF, International Contemporary Art Festival, Yokohama, Japan 1994 The 25th Basel International Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland 1994 94 Cologne International Art Fair, Cologne, Germany 1993 NICAF, International Contemporary Art Festival, Yokohama, Japan 1993 The 45th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy 1992 A Section of Korean Contemporary Art: Waves from the Far East, Barbican Center Concourse Gallery, London, England 1989 Hiroshima Museum of Contemporary Art, HIroshiam, Japan 1988 4 Koreans Exhibition, Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 1988 The 24th Seoul Olympiad: International Contemporary Art Exhibition, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon 1987 The 31th Toyama International Contemporary Art Exhibition, The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, Toyama, Japan 1986 National Museum of Contemporary Art Opening Memorial Exhibition, Yesterday and Tomorrow of Korean Contemporary Art, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon 1985 The 3rd Human Document 1984-1985, Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 1984 Korean Contemporary Art Exhibition, Taipei Museum of Art, Taipei, Taiwan 1983 Korean Contemporary Art Exhibition: An Aspect of the late 70s, Tokyo Museum of Contemporary Art; The National Museum of Art, Osaka 1982 Status of Korean Contemporary Art Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan 1981 Korean Contemporary Artist Drawing Exhibition, Dongsanbang Gallery, Seoul; Artcore Gallery, Los Angeles, USA 1981 Korean Contemporary Drawing Exhibition, Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA 1980 Asia Art Festival Part 2: Asia Contemporary Art Exhibition, Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan 1978 The 2nd Paris International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Grand Palais, Paris, France 1977 The 13th Sao Paulo Biennale, Brazil 1975-79 Contemporary Art Festival, Daegu; Busan; Gwangju; Gangwon; Jeonbuk 1975 The 3rd India Triennale, New Delhi, India 1974 The 6th Cagnes International Painting Festival, Cagnes, France 1973 Korean Contemporary Art 1957-1972: Sculpture and Semisculpture, Myeongdong Gallery, Seoul 1971 The 7th Paris Biennale, Paris, France 1970 The 7th Tokyo International Print Biennale, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan 1969 Korean Young Artist 11 People Exhibition, Solidaridad Gallery, Manila, the Philippines 1967 The 9th Sao Paulo Biennale, Brazil 1965 The 4th Paris Biennale, Paris, France
Awards career
Korea Fine Arts Award, Korea Art Association Silver Medal, Korean Government Medal of French Culture, Korean Chamber of Commerce, Chief of the Government of the Republic of Korea Ok Jung Geun Chung Hoon, The Republic of Korea Government Culture Award, Seoul Metropolitan Government 9th Art Culture Grand Prize, Republic of Korea Government 11th Central Culture Award, JoongAng Ilbo 1st Prize, 7th Korean Art Prize, Korea Daily Reporter 1st Space Art Grand Prize, Spatial History 2nd Grand Prize Grand Prize Grand Prize Grand Prize,
Born in 1935 in Sancheong, Kyungnam Province. Currently active in Seoul. Professor Emeritus at Hongik University