Born: 1959, Busan, South Korea

Based in Paris, France 1993-2000

Based in New Delhi, India 2000-2002

Based in New York, USA 2002-2006

Based in Paris, France 2006-2008

Based in New Delhi, India 2008- 2012

Based in Seoul, Korea 2012-2018

Based in Hong Kong 2018-

 

EDUCATION

 

1982: Graduated Fine Arts School of Busan National University, South Korea

1985: Masters degree from Fine Arts School, Hong-ik University, Seoul, South Korea

 

 

FACULTY

 

1986-1988: lecturer of Fine Arts, Hong-ik University, Seoul , South Korea

1990-1991: lecturer of Fine Arts, Su-won University, Suwon, South Korea

 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITION

 

1984: Arts and Crafts Center, Seoul

1985: Rotary Gallery, Busan

1985: Kwan-hoon Gallery, Seoul

1987: Sa-in Gallery, Busan

1987: Kwan-hoon Gallery, Seoul

1990: Saem-teo Gallery, Seoul

1992: French Cultural Center, Seoul

1994: Galerie Yves Fay, Paris

1994: Kunsthalle Pforzheim, Pforzheim, Germany

1995: Espace Bastille, Paris

1996: Galerie France Loisir, Paris

1998: MEBAC, Mezieres en Brenne, France

2002: India International Center, New Delhi, India

2003: Mulpa art center, Seoul

2003: Hwa-in Gallery, Busan

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION

1983: Korean Culture and Arts Foundation, Seoul

      Rotary Gallery, Busan

1984: Korean Culture and Arts Foundation, Seoul

      “Korean New Wave”, Kyoto, Japan

“New Generation Ink Painings,” Saem-teo Gallery, Seoul

      “Contemporary Korean Prints,” Tokyo, Japan

      “New Generation,” Kwan-hoon Gallery, Seoul

1985: Gallery 3, Seoul

      “New Expressions,” Seoul

      “Major Art Movement,” Seoul

      “Contemporary Art salon,” Seoul

1985: “Perspectives of Modern Art,” Kwan-hoon, Seoul

      “Tendencies in Ink Painting,” Sa-in Gallery, Busan

      “Expression and Conscience in the New Generation,” Korean Arts Foundation, Seoul

1986: “Variations in Contemporary Art,” Korean Arts Foundation, Seoul

      “Contemporary Ink and Colour Painting,” Seoul

      “Exhibition of 10 Painters,” Kwan-hoon Gallery, Seoul

      “Ink on Paper Composition,” Kwan-hoon Gallery, Seoul

      “Modern Ink Expressionism,” Kwan-hoon University, Seoul

      “Expressions in Ink,” Seoul

      “New Tendencies in Modern Ink Painting,” Who Gallery, Seoul

      “Modern Ink Exhibition,” Youth Gallery, Seoul

1987: “Expression and Discovery,” Korean Arts Foundation, Seoul

“Modern Brush Painting,” Woong-sa Museum, Taipei, Taiwan

      “International Ink Art,” Tokyo, Japan

      “Selected Ink Paintings,” Kwan-hoon Gallery, Seoul

1988: “Exhibition of Modern Brush Paintings,” Seoul

      “New Paths,” Kwan-hoon Gallery, Seoul

      “Modern Korean and Chinese Ink paintings ’88,” Korean Arts Foundation, Seoul

1989: “Ink Painting Today,” Dong-duk Gallery, Seoul

      “Seoul Today,” Kwan-hoon Gallery, Seoul

      “Modern Korean and Chinese Ink Paintings ’89,” Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan

1990: “Selected Ink Paintings,” Ho-am Gallery, Seoul

      “Seoul Today,” Kwan-hoon Gallery, Seoul

      “Young Painters, 1990,” National Modern Art Museum, Kwa-chun, Korea

1992: “Selected Ink Paintings,” Seoul

1997: “MEBAC,” Mezieres en Brenne, France

2000:  International Exhibition, Delhi, India

2002:  Puffin Room, Soho, New York

2004: “Modern and Contemporary Korean Ink Paintings,” Kang Gallery, New York

2005: Asian Art Fair, New York

2006:  Raab Gallery, Berlin

2007:  Asian Art Fair, New York

2012: Paris Art Fair, Grand Palais,Paris

2012: “Mulpaism” Mulpa Gallery, Seoul

2015: “The 1980s and Korean Art” Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Jeonju, Korea

2016: “The seoul art fair” Trading center. Seoul, Korea

2017: “The seoul art fair” Trading center, Seoul, Korea

 

AUCTIONS

 

2007: Christie’s Contemporary Asian Art

 

MUSEUM COLLECTION

 

Ringling Museum Of Art, Sarasota Florida

France Loisir, Paris

Kang Collection, New York

Hallogen company, Germany