Education
1985 Master of Painting, Pratt Institute 1981 Bachelor of Painting, Hongik University
Career
Solo Exhibition 2006 Comedy In Mask, Rodin Gallery, Seoul 2005 Paleya Sea Memorial Exhibition, Irvine University Art Gallery, California (the USA) 2002 Solo Exhibition, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul 2001 Solo Exhibition, Alternative Space Pool, Seoul 2000 Solo Exhibition, Artpace, Texas (the USA)Art Painting and Drawing Exhibition, 1995 Solo Exhibition, kumho Museum of Art, Seoul 1990 Talk About The USA, Bronx Museum of Art, NewYork (the USA) 1985 Graduation Exhibition, Pratt Institute, New York (the USA) 1984 Painting and Drawing Exhibition, Pratt Institute, New York (the USA) Group Exhibition 2011 Tell Me Tell Me: Australian and Korean Art 1976 - 2011, Contemporary Art Museum, Sydney (Australia) 2010 30 Years of Korean Drawing, Soma Art Museum, Seoul 2009 Your Bright Future: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles 2008 Now Jump, Nam June Paik Art Center, Yongin 2007 Elastic Taboo: Korea Contemporary Art Exhibition, Kunsthalle Museum, Vienna (Austria)
Awards career
2006 Art Prize of the Year, Korean Culture and Arts Committee 2002 Hermes Korea Art Prize, Korea Hermes 2000 International Artist Program and Exhibition, Art Face, San Antonio 1991 Screenplay, US Federal Art Fund (NEA) 1990 McDowell Art Colori Movement Program, Peterborough, New Hampshire 1989 Yado Art Colori Movement Program, Saratoga Springs, New York 1989 Painting Division Award, New York State Art Foundation 1983 Washington DC Korean Embassy Scholarship
Born in Busan in 1957 . Activities in Seoul. 2000 Lecturer at Korea National University of Arts.