Education
1982, Master of Painting, Seoul National University 1979, Bachelor of Painting, Seoul National University
Career
Solo Exhibitions 2022 At First Sight, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul 2021 Carnation – When Mind Becomes Body, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea 2020 The Profundity of Landscape, Hakgojae OROOM (Online Exhibition) Geumgangsan and DMZ, International Peace Center Jeju, Seogwipo, Korea 2018 Memento, Camellia, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul Just, Image, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul 2016 Window of Time, Lee Jung Seop Art Museum, Seogwipo, Korea The Wind Blowing through Time, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea 2015 27th Lee Jung-seob Award: Sound, Chosun Ilbo Art Museum, Seoul 2014 Boy Meets Girl, Gerazine, Citizens for Picture Book Art Museum, Jeju, Korea Drawings: 1985-2014, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul 2013 Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul 2011 Weathering, The Obaek Jang-goon Gallery, Jeju Stone Park, Jeju, Korea 2009 KANG Yo Bae’s Days of Study, Jeju Education Museum, Jeju, Korea 2008 Brushing, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul The Camellia Has Fallen, Jeju 4·3 Peace Memorial Hall, Jeju, Korea 2007 Island Color, Jeju Culture and Art Center, Jeju, Korea 2006 Time When It Soaks Into the Ground, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul Artspace·C, Jeju, Korea 2003 Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul 1999 Geumgangsan, Art Space Seoul, Seoul; Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul 1998 Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of Jeju April 3rd Uprising: The Camellia Has Fallen, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul; Sejong Gallery, Jeju, Korea; Songwon Gallery, Gwangju, Korea; Catholic Center Exhibition Hall, Busan, Korea; Wolsung Culture Hall, Daegu, Korea 1995 Landscape of the Island, Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea 1994 Nature of Jeju, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul; Demi Gallery, Seoul; Sejong Gallery, Jeju, Korea 1992 The History of Jeju Uprising, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul; Dangong Gallery, Daegu, Korea 1976 Angle, Daeho Coffee Shop, Jeju, Korea Selected Group Exhibitions 2022 Prayer for Life, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea A Collector’s Invitation, National Museum of Korea, Seoul Earth and Body – Thinly Connected, Thickly Related, Jeonnam Museum of Art, Gwangyang, Korea 2021 38˚C, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul At the Same Time, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea Before the Wind, Suwon Ipark Museum of Art, Suwon, Korea Reasons for the Weather, Gidang Art Museum, Seogwipo, Korea New Acquisitions 2017-2020: Connected Worlds, Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon, Korea 2020 MMCA Collection Highlights 2020+, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul Art and Words 2020, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul 2019 2010-2019 Decade: Until Now, and Pursuit, Gidang Art Museum, Seogwipo, Korea 99+1, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea The Square: Art and Society in Korea 1990-2019, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea Drawing – Korean Modern and Contemporary Drawings, Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul One Shiny Day, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea; National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi Portrait, Figure and People – Modern and Contemporary Figure Paintings of Korea, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul 40th Anniversary of Jeong Taechun Park Eunok: Cross Again, Sejong Center, Seoul 2018 Stories & Dreams, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea Special Exhibition of the 70th Anniversary of Jeju April 3rd Massacre: Post Trauma, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea Exhibition on Peace and Human Rights in East Asia for 70th Anniversary of 4·3 – From Silence to Shouting, Jeju 4·3 Peace Memorial Hall, Jeju, Korea 2017 Korea Tomorrow 2017: Narrative Landscape, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul The Spirit of Jeju, Seogwipo Arts Center, Seogwipo, Korea Jeju Biennale 2017: Tourism, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea HawdangSsak, Art Space Jeju Art Gallery, Jeju, Korea 4·3 Art Archive: 30 Years of Struggles for Recollection, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea Samramansang: From Kim Whanki to Yang Fudong, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul 2016 Arirang Rhapsody, Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeju, Korea Jeju·Rabnitz Contemporary Art Exhibition, Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeju, Korea Story Blossoms in Art, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea GanaArt Collection Anthology, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul 2015 Social Realism in Asia Chapter 1. Isles of Sincerity, Hakgojae Shanghai, Shanghai 22nd 4·3 Art Festival: Transparent Tears of Ice, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea 70th Anniversary of Liberation – Special Exhibition of Korea Modern and Contemporary Art, Daejeon Museum of Arts, Daejeon, Korea PyeongChang Biennale: Élan Vital, Alpensia, Pyeongchang, Korea Now, Here, Pohang Museum of Steel Art, Pohang, Korea 6th Jeju∙Japan Joint Exhibition: Sharing Memories of the Myth, Jeju Culture and Art Center, Jeju, Korea 2014 The Special Project for the 20th Anniversary of the Gwangju Biennale: Sweet Dew – Since 1980, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea 21st 4·3 Art Festival: Between Okinawa, Taiwan, and Jeju – The Sea of Jeju Is in Gabonyeon (1894 & 2014), Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea What Makes the Wind Sway..., Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea The Stream of Korean Contemporary Art VII – Realism, Yunseul Art Gallery Gimhae Arts and Sports Center, Gimhae, Korea Gongjae Yun Du-Seo – Encounter with a Great Master, Gwangju National Museum, Gwangju, Korea The Breath of Life, The Room of Myth, Jeju World Natural Heritage Center, Jeju, Korea Camellia Has Fallen: Contemporary Korean Artists Reflect on the Jeju Uprising, Sonoma County Museum, Santa Rosa, U.S. Sailing of New Spring, KBS Jeju Broadcasting Station, Jeju, Korea Indonesia-Korea Contemporary Art Exhibition: Low Stream, Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeju, Korea 2013 Island, Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeju, Korea Determination of Two Islands, National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta; Tonyraka Art Gallery, Bali, Indonesia 20th 4·3 Art Festival: Jeju 4·3 Peace Memorial Hall, Jeju, Korea The Korean People’s Artist Association of Chungbuk Art Festival, Wumin Art Center, Cheongju, Korea Landscape - The Reason of Painting, Shinsegae Gallery Centum City, Busan, Korea 2012 4th Jeju∙Japan Joint Exhibition, Sharing Memories of the Myth, Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeju, Korea 19th 4·3 Art Festival: Family, Jeju 4·3 Peace Memorial Hall, Jeju, Korea DMZ Peace Picture Book Project: Winter Winter Winter, Spring, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea Motherhood – Mother Images in Korean Art, Ehwa Womans University Museum, Seoul 2011 Korean Rhapsody: A Montage of History and Memory, Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul The Dream of Land, Insa Art Center, Seoul Deep, deep sight, Jeju Munhwa Forum, Jeju, Korea 3rd Jeju∙Japan Joint Exhibition: Sharing Memories of the Myth, Osaka Prefectural Sayamaike Museum, Osaka, Japan Tamra Artists Association Project: Gureombi Is Crying, Artspace·C, Jeju, Korea Co-Existence & Co-Prosperity, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea Nature, Life Human, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea 2010 30 Years of Reality and Utterance: Reality for the Society and Art, Insa Art Center, Seoul 2nd Jeju∙Japan Joint Exhibition, Sharing Memories of the Myth, Jeju Culture and Art Center, Jeju, Korea Lives and Landscapes in Volcanic Island Jeju, Jeju Culture and Art Center, Jeju, Korea Cross Over the Yellow Line, Kyunghyang Gallery, Seoul The Masters of Korean Modern and Contemporary Art, 63 SKY ART GALLERY, Seoul Korean Avant-Garde Drawing 1970-2000, Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul 2009 The Deification of Nature: Jeju, Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeju, Korea Peace Arts Festival 2009, Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeju, Korea Jeju Art: Yesterday and Today, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea Asia and Rice, Sori Art Center of Jeollabuk-do, Jeonju, Korea 2008 Korean Art Today_The World of Expression, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul Celebrating Exhibition of RAMSAR Conference 2008, Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon, Korea The Pulsation of People: Realism in Korean Art 1945-2005, The Niigata Bandaijima Art Museum, Niigata, Japan; Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan; Miyakonojo City Museum of Art, Miyazaki, Japan; Otani Memorial Art Museum, Nishinomiya, Japan; Fuchu Art Museum, Fuchu, Japan 2007 Korea Unification Art Exhibition, Busan Democracy Park, Busan, Korea The Best 100 Wonderful Places of the Southern Coast of Korea, Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon, Korea; Geoje Arts Center, Geoje, Korea 14th 4·3 Art Festival: Standing There, Again, Jeju Culture and Art Center, Jeju, Korea Jeju Island, Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeju, Korea 2005 Jeju-Bali, Tony Raka Art Gallery, Bali, Indonesia Bali-Jeju, Jeju Culture and Art Center, Jeju, Korea Meeting Again on the Road, Busan Democracy Park, Busan, Korea; May 18th Memorial Park, Gwangju, Korea; Taebaek Cultural Center, Taebaek, Korea; Gongpyeong Gallery, Seoul 12th 4·3 Art Festival: Together, Jeju Culture and Art Center, Jeju, Korea 2004 13th Jeju Art Festival: Forms of Jeju and Colors of Tamra toward the Open Time and Space, International Convention Center, Jeju, Korea; Gidang Art Museum, Seogwipo, Korea Myths of Wind 2004, Jeju Culture and Art Center, Jeju, Korea A Praise for Still Life, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul Declaration for Peace: 100 Artists Korea and Overseas, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea Meditation about Road, Jeju Culture and Art Center, Jeju, Korea 6th Jeju-Chungbuk Cultural Exchange, Life, Peace, Gidang Art Museum, Seogwipo, Korea 11th 4·3 Art Festival: Meet another Road at the End of the Road, Jeju Culture and Art Center, Jeju, Korea 2003 10th 4·3 Art Festival: Jeju Culture and Art Center, Jeju, Korea Deep-‘Painting’, Art Space Pool, Seoul Commemorative Exhibition for the 10th Anniversary of Tamra Artists Association, Sinsan Gallery, Jeju, Korea History Paintings: The Exhibition Commemorating 1901 Jeju Resistance, Jeju National Museum, Jeju, Korea 2002 9th 4·3 Art Festival: Terror, Jeju Culture and Art Center, Jeju, Korea Wind and Earth, Cloud and Mountain, Chungbuk Arts and Culture Center, Cheongju, Korea People Art for 20 years, Cheongju Arts Center, Cheongju, Korea The Person at Present, Sejong Gallery, Jeju, Korea Inaugural Exhibition of JeBiWool Museum, JeBiWool Museum, Gwacheon, Korea 2001 8th 4·3 Art Festival: Halla and Mudeung - the Legacy of History, Jeju Culture and Art Center, Jeju, Korea Long Necked Tree Frog, Sejong Gallery, Jeju, Korea; Gallery Jeju Art, Jeju, Korea Invitation to Life, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul 4·3 and Nogeun-ri, Cheongju Culture Institute, Cheongju, Korea Foundation/Prospect, Seoul Art Gallery, Seoul 13th Mountains and Streams of Our Homeland, Wind Wind Wind, Gwanghwamun Gallery, Seoul Beautiful Lives, Madang Sol, Daegu, Korea 2000 3rd Gwangju Biennale: MAN+SPACE, Gwangju Biennale Exhibition Hall, Gwangju, Korea Art for Ocean Art Festival 2000: Touch the Ocean, Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, Seoul 7th 4·3 Art Festival: Jeju Culture and Art Center, Jeju, Korea Water Path, Uphill Path, Foot Path, Jeju Culture and Art Center, Jeju, Korea Genre Paintings of Jeju, Sejong Gallery, Jeju, Korea 1999 6th 4·3 Art Festival: Jeju Culture and Art Center, Jeju, Korea Arts of Jeju – Fair Winds, Sejong Gallery, Jeju, Korea 1998 Wild Flowers, Savina Gallery, Seoul 5th 4·3 Art Festival: Jeju Culture and Art Center, Jeju, Korea A Wrong Encounter, Savina Gallery, Seoul 1997 4th 4·3 Art Festival: Jeju Culture and Art Center, Jeju, Korea Searching for Korean Beauty, Savina Gallery, Seoul 10th Anniversary Exhibition of Gidang Art Museum, Gidang Art Museum, Seogwipo, Korea 1996 17 Artists of Tradition and Reality, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul 3rd 4·3 Art Festival: Sejong Gallery, Jeju, Korea Artistic Journeys on the Silk Road: Searching for the Breath of Missing Empire, Donga Gallery, Seoul Contemporary Artists, Arario Gallery, Cheonan, Korea 8th Mountains and Streams in Our Homeland, Rivers, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul 1995 1st Gwangju Biennale: The Spirit of Gwangju Resistance in May, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea Gwangju Unification Art Exhibition, Mangwol-dong Cemetery, Gwangju, Korea 50th Anniversary of Liberation, Historical Paintings Exhibition: Where Are We, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul 2nd 4·3 Art Festival: Sejong Gallery, Jeju, Korea 9 Artists, Jeju Art Gallery, Jeju, Korea 50th Liberation of Korea Tamra Artist Consultation Exhibition, Sejong Gallery, Jeju, Korea; Jeju Art Gallery, Jeju, Korea 1994 Korean Minjoong Arts, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea 100th Donghak Commemoration-Bird, Bird, Blue Bird, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul Jeju Arts-Fair Winds, Sejong Gallery, Jeju, Korea 1st 4·3 Art Festival: Jeju Culture and Art Center, Jeju, Korea; Sejong Gallery, Jeju, Korea 1993 DMZ Peace Project, Tokyo Central Art Museum, Tokyo 3rd Jeju Art Festival, Jeju Culture and Art Center, Jeju, Korea 10 Years Later, Dukwon Gallery, Seoul 1992 2nd Jeju Art Festival, Jeju Culture and Art Center, Jeju, Korea Today’s Life, Today’s Art, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul An Aspect of Korea Art from the ‘90s, Garam Gallery, Seoul; Gallery Sang Moon Dang, Seoul; Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul; Hyun Gallery, Seoul 1991 5th Anniversary of Grimmadang Min: Face of Our Time-Human and Nature, Grimmadang Min, Seoul 18 Artists, Seoul Art Museum, Seoul 1990 Young Vision - Proposal for Tomorrow, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul Education Field, Grimmadang Min, Seoul 10 Years of Reality and Utterance, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul; Grimmadang Min, Seoul 4th Anniversary of Grimmadang Min: Face of Our Time - Human and Nature, Grimmadang Min, Seoul Breath of Dawn - Trends and Prospects, Seoul Art Museum, Seoul 1989 People Art Positioning, Grimmadang Min, Seoul Mountains and Streams of Our Homeland, Grimmadang Min, Seoul The Life Living Together, Art Madang Geumgang, Seoul Paintings and Potteries Revive Living Foundation, Grimmadang Min, Seoul Contemporary Art-New Visions, Sejong Gallery, Jeju, Korea 1988 The Korean Peninsula Is Watching America, Grimmadang Min, Seoul 1987 Anti-Torture, Grimmadang Min, Seoul; Gwangju Catholic Museum; Gwangju, Korea 1986 JAALA, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo A Flagman of 30th Generation, Grimmadang Min, Seoul 1985 Art Festival of the 2nd Year of the Time-Honored Zodiac Order, Arab Cultural Center, Seoul 1984 Art of Life, Arab Cultural Center, Seoul; Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul; The 3rd Art Museum, Seoul Reality and Utterance, June 25th, Arab Cultural Center, Seoul History of 40 Years after the Liberation, Gwangju Academy Museum, Gwangju, Korea; Cheonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea; Catholic Center Exhibition Hall, Busan, Korea; Masan Jin Gallery, Masan, Korea; Yonsei University, Seoul; Korea University, Seoul 1983 The Spirit of the Times, The 3rd Art Museum, Seoul 1982 The Power of Consciousness, Deoksu Museum, Seoul Images of Happiness, Deoksu Museum, Seoul 1981 Reality and Utterance, City and Sight, Lotte Gallery, Seoul Contemporary Art Workshop Special Exhibition, Dongduk Art Gallery, Seoul 1981-90 Reality and Utterance 1980 December, Deoksu Museum, Seoul The Viewpoint Art Members Exhibition, Young Artists Art Center, Seoul 1977-80 1st-9th The Viewpoint, Daeho Gallery, Jeju, Korea
Awards career
Awards 2020 21st Lee In Sung Art Prize, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea 2018 Okgwan Medal, Order of Cultural Merit, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Sejong, Korea 2015 27th Lee Jung-seob Award, Chosun Ilbo Art Museum, Seoul 1998 The Korean People Art Award, The Korean People Artist Federation, Seoul
Born in 1952, Jeju Island President of the 12th National Artists Association, 2007