Education
1987, Master's certificate for Fine Arts, Seoul National University 1984, Bachelor of Painting, Seoul National University
Career
Solo Exhibition 2015 Sir's Garden : Jo Deokhyeon Archive, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea 2015 Dream, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea 2014 Sound's Garden, Art Club 1564, Seoul, Korea 2011 Homage, Park Sookeun and Jo Deokhyeon, Park Soo Keun Museum, Yanggu, Korea 2010 Flashback, Kyoto University of Art & Design Gallery, Kyoto, Japan 2009 Flashback, Tohoku University of Art Engineering Gallery, Yamagata, Japan 2009 Dark water, Starkwhite Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand 2008 re-collection, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2003 ONTMOETING, Gorcums Museum, Gorinchem, Netherland 2002 Enter Iseoguk, Wooyang Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeongju, Baekgok-ri Site, Gyeongbuk, Korea 2000-2001 Ashkelon's Dog-Journey to Strange God, Galerie du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France 2000 History Lesson, RHA Gallegher Gallery, Dublin, Ireland 2000 Layers, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea 1999 Conversation, Ewha Womans University Museum, Seoul, Korea 1998 21st Century Recollection, Virginia Art Museum, Richmond, USA 1997 L.A International, Sotheby's, Los Angeles, USA 1997 Recent works, Andre Emerick Gallery, New York, USA 1996 Life's Genealogy- About Father, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea 1995 Jo Deokhyeon, ICA, Philadelphia, USA 1995 Boxes, Dorothy Goldin Gallery, Los Angeles, USA 1994 Asian New Wind, Sogecheu Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan 1993 L.A International, Dorothy Goldin Gallery, Los Angeles, USA Group Exhibition 2018 Not To Allowed To Ban, Suwon IPARK Museum of Art, Suwon 2012 Korean Eye, Saatchi Gallery, London, England 2011 Korean Rhapsody, Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul,Korea 2011 Image's Rhetoric Exhibition, SeoulMuseum of Art, Seoul 2010 The 6th Seoul International Media Art Biennale , Seoul, Korea 2006 Through the Looking Glass, Asia House, London, England 2005 The Elegance of Silence, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan Seoul, Until Now, Charlottenburg, Copenhagen, Denmark 2003 Leaning Forward Looking Back, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, USA 2002 The 4th Gwangju Biennale-Project 3, Gwangju, Korea 2000 Gurim Village Project, Yeongam-gun, Korea 2000 WATERFRONT, International Art Exhibition, Kulturhuset Toldkammeret, Elsinore, Denmark; 2000 Helsingborg Museum, Hälsingborg, Sweden 1999 Dream 1900-2000: Science, Art and the Unconscious Mind, Equitable Gallery, New York, USA 1999 The time of Our Lives, New Museum, New York, USA 1998 Five Continents Excessive Cities, Mexico City Art Museum, Mexico City, Mexico 1997 The 2nd Johannesburg Biennale, Johannesburg, South Africa 1996 Tradition/Tension, Grey Art Gallery, Queens Museum of Art; Asia Society Art Museum, New York, USA 1996 Theme Hiroshima, Hiroshima Museum of Art, Hiroshima, Japan 1995 The 4th Istanbul Biennale, Istanbul, Turkey 1995 Information and Existence, Fruit Market Gallery, Edinburgh, England 1995 Tiger's Tail, Palazzo Vendramin, Venice, Italy 1995 Reflux, Nagoya Museum of Art, Nagoya, Japan 1994 The 22th São Paulo Biennale, São Paulo, Brazil 1994 The 4th Asia Art Festival, Fukuoka Art Museum; Akita Art Museum; Hakone Art Museum; Setagaya Art Museum, Japan 1994 Korea Contemporary Art 40 years' Face, Hoam Gallery, Seoul, Korea 1993 The 1st Asia-Pacific Triennale, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Austrailia
Awards career
2001 2nd Hanbul Culture Award, Korean Embassy in France 1996 Art of the Month, MBC / Samsung Cultural Foundation 1995 Young Artist of the Year, Ministry of Culture and Sports 1990 Donga Art Festival Grand Prize, Donga Ilbo
Born in 1957 Activities in Seoul 2007 ~ Visiting professor at Tohoku Art University