Education
1982, Graduated from Korean Painting, Jungang University College of Arts 1984, Graduated from Korean Painting, Jungang University Graduate School of Arts
Career
Solo Exhibition 2017 Slow Landscape, Gallery Hee, Gyeongnam Yangan 2013 Slow Landscape, White Wave Gallery, Seoul 2013 Sopyonje, The Korean Cultural Center Washington D.C., Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the USA, Washington D.C. 2013 Slow Landscape, Hee Gallery, Ulsan 2013 Slow Landscape, Koreanisches Kulturzentrum, Berlin 2012 Dreams and Song of Slow Lines, Galerie Uhn, Frankfurt, Germany 2011 The Eyes of Painter, Space Emu, Seoul 2010 Chihwasun – Flowing Dreams and Paintings, The Korean Cultural Center Washington D.C., Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the USA, Washington D.C. 2010 U Turn to You, Lee C Gallery, Seoul 2007 Song were Presented on the Everything, Galerie Gaia, Seou 2005 Exhibition for the 3rd Bu-il Art Prize, Bu-il Gallery, Busan, Korea 2004 Hometown inside the reading which will live, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul 2000 Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul 1998 Missing Weeds, Dongsanbang Gallery, Seoul 1993 Exhibition for the 12th Seok-nam Art Prize, Park Ryusook Gallery, Seoul 1992 Namdo, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul Group Exhibition 2015 Beyond the Borders, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul 2015 SOME LOVE, Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul 2015 Korean Spirit, Gangneung Museum of Art, Gangneung 2014 Reading My Home, Lotte Gallery, Seoul 2014 Draw, LIG Art Space, Seoul 2014 The 6th Exhibition to depict the spirit of the Ahn Gyeon Painting, Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, Seoul 2013 Gangjin, Breath, Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju 2013 Walking on Bamboo Grove, Lotte Gallery, Gwangju 2013 Auto Fiction – Korean Painting's Temptation and Resistance, Gallery Is, Seou 2012 The Essence of Korean Paintings, Gong Art Space, Seoul 2012 The Beatles – Enthusiasts in South Korea, Lotte Gallery, Seoul; Gwangju 2012 Manner in Korean Paintings, Hite Collection, Seoul 2012 Drawing Diary, Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul; Gwangju; Incheon 2012 Animal Farm, Space K, Gwangju 2011 The Painting of Beauty, The Korean Cultural Center Washington D.C., Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the USA, Washington D.C. 2011 Reinterpretation of Tradition, Gaga Gallery, Seoul 2011 Slow Landscape, Small Fable, Gallery Ik, Seoul 2010 21 & Their Times, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul 2010 Autumn Sea, Gallery Seorim, Seoul 2010 Slow Landscape in October, N Gallery, Seoul 2010 Celadon Art Project 2010, GangJin Celadon Museum, Gangjin, Korea 2009 70’s 80’s Ode to Youth: The History of Korean Contemporary Art, Chosun Ilbo Gallery, Seoul 2009 Contemporary Transformation in Korean Painting, Seoul Arts Center - Hangaram Museum, Seoul 2007 Between Tradition and Contemporary – Special Exhibition for the Museum’s Collection, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon 2003 Chihwaseon – A Meeting through Paintings, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul 2003 Landscape Prints of Dokdo, Museums of Art, Seoul National University, Seoul 2002 History and Consciousness, Real View of the Dokdo, Museums of Art, Seoul National University, Seoul 2000 Mountain and River – Out of their Richness, Hyundai Arts Center, Ulsan 2000 Poem, Music, and Painting, Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju 2000 4 Artists Exhibition, Suka Art Space, Busan 1999 Diamond Mountain – Art of Kumgang from 18th Century to 20th Century, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul 1999 Situation of Korean Painting, Daejeon Mueseum of Art, Daejeon 1999 The Roads of Korea, Seoul Arts Center - Hangaram Museum, Seoul 1999 Invitational Exhibition of Joongang Fine Arts Prize, Hoam Art Gallery, Seoul 1999 Searching for Today and Tomorrow, Korea Arts and Culture Education Service, Seoul 1998 Crossing Drawing, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul 1997 Today and Tomorrow in Korean Painting, Art Center Nabi, Seoul 1997 Searching for the Beauty of Korea, Savina Museum, Seoul 1997 Group Exhibition, Gallery Sang, Seoul 1997 Korean Art Entasis, Dongduk Art Gallery, Seoul 1997 Special Exhibition – Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju 1996 The Silk Road, Donga Gallery, Seoul 1996 Exhibition for Man, Human-Being, Gallery Moksi, Seoul 1996 Development of Korean Modernism – Conquest of Modern Age, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul 1996 Exhibition with Poem, Seoul Arts Center - Hangaram Museum, Seoul 1996 Opening Exhibition for Gallery Cho, Gallery Cho, Seoul 1995 ‘95 Situation of Contemporary Korean Art, Jongro Gallery, Seoul 1995 Today’s Korean Art – Phenomena and Debatable Ground, Gongpyeong Art, Seoul 1995 Exhibition for the View on the Mirror of our Age, Donga Gallery, Seoul 1994 Exhibition for the Centennial Commemoration of DongHak Farmer’s Revolution, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul 1993 The Face of 40 Years of Modern Fine Arts, Hoam Art Gallery, Seoul 1993 Contemporary Korean Painting – Descriptive Exhibition of the Nature and Life, Donga Gallery, Seoul 1992 The Phase of Korean Contemporary Art, Pyo Gallery, Seoul 1991 Korean Painting – Perspective on Nature, Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul 1991 Group Exhibition, Arario Gallery, Cheonan 1990 Young Search - `90 New Direction of Korean Painting, ational Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon 1990 Opening Exhibition for the Seoul Arts Center – Korean Art, Exposition of Today's Situation, Seoul Arts Center - Hangaram Museum, Seoul 1990 Korean Contemporary Art in the 1990s, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul 1989 ’89 Contemporary Korean Painting, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul 1989 The Shape in the ‘80s, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul 1988 ‘88 Contemporary Korean Fine Art Exhibition, Ho-Am Art Museum, Seoul 1986 Point of Korean Painting’s Chaemook Ⅱ, Dongsanbang Gallery, Seoul 1986 Figuration Critique, Grand Palais, Paris
Awards career
2009 2nd Prize of Kim, Heung Soo Korean Art Award, Korea Art Association, Seoul 2004 3rd Prize at Boil Art, Busan Ilbo, Busan 1993 12th Suknam Art Prize, Suknam Art Foundation, Seoul 1984 7th Grand Art Grand Prize , Joongang Ilbo, Seoul
Born in Jangheung, Jeollanam-do in 1958. Currently, he is a professor of Korean Painting at Chung-Ang University.