Born in 1931 in Yé-Cheon, Gyeongsangbuk-Do, South Korea
Lives and works in Seoul, South Korea
Park Seo-Bo is a seminal figure in Korean contemporary art and one of the founding members of the Dansaekhwa monochrome movement, a synthesis between traditional Korean spirit and Western abstraction, which emerged in the early 1970s in postwar Korea and has gained international recognition since. Although the Korean monochrome movement has never been defined with a manifesto, the artists affiliated with Dansaekhwa, including Chung Chang-Sup and Lee Ufan, are commonly known for their use of a neutral palette (namely white, beige, and black), their material emphasis on pictorial components and fabrics, and their gestural and systematic process.
In Park Seo-Bo’s paintings, process and discipline prevail—a departure from the artist’s early aesthetics, which were inspired by art informel, a French movement that arose parallel to American abstract expressionism during World War II and became prevalent in Europe throughout the 1950s. As early as 1957, he helped establish the Hyun-Dae Artists Association around the principles of art informel, the gestural and abstract techniques of which, like those of action painting and color-field in the United States, would enable young Korean artists to express their anguish in the immediate aftermath of the Korean War. In 1961, Park Seo-Bo earned a UNESCO scholarship and ended up spending a year in Paris, where he furthered his knowledge of art informel. The influence of art informel in his early works can be seen in his series Primordialis, made in the early 1960s, which is characterized by aggressive brushstrokes, dark hues, and amorphous forms. However, by the mid-1960s, the artist had rejected the occidental approach and started devoting his time to learning about oriental philosophy.
Park Seobo has exhibited internationally at The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, the Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul; Busan Museum of Art, Busan; Langen Foundation, Neuss; Tate Liverpool, UK and the Brooklyn Museum, New York, among other leading institutions. His works are in several important collections, including the DIA Art Foundation in the United States; the Guggenheim Museums in New York and Abu Dhabi; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Art Institute of Chicago; and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC.
education
Present
- Advisor of GIZI Foundation, Seoul
- Standing Advisor of The Seo-Bo Arts and Cultural Foundation
- Emeritus Professor, College of Fine Arts Hong-Ik University, Seoul
2000
- Honorary Doctoral Degree, Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea
1994
- Founded Seo-Bo Art and Cultural Foundation, Seoul, Korea
1950-54
- B.A in Painting, College of Fine Arts, Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea.
solo shows
2021
- Park Seo-Bo: Ecriture, Château La Coste, Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade, France
- Park Seo-Bo, Kukje Gallery, Seoul
- Park Seo-Bo, White Cube, Bermondsey, London
2020
- Mindfulness - Park Seo-Bo, 1OF0, Piknic, Namsan, Seoul
2019
- Ecriture, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France
- Park Seo-Bo, Langen Foundation, Neuss, Germany
- Park Seo Bo: The Untiring Endeavorer, The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
- Park Seo-Bo, Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea
2018
- Ecriture, Galerie Perrotin, New York, USA
- ECRITURE 1967-1976, White Cube, Hong Kong
- Pursuit of Inner Self, Art Issue Projects, Taipei, Taiwan
2017
- ZIGZAG: Ecriture 1983-1992, White Cube, London
2016
- Ecriture, Black and White, Tina Kim Gallery, New York, USA
- Empty the Mind: The Art of Park Seo-Bo, Tokyo Gallery + BTAP, Tokyo, Japan
- Ecriture, Galerie Perrotin, Hong Kong
- Ecriture (描法) 1967-1981: Curated by Katharine Kostyál, White Cube, London, UK
2015
- Park Seo-Bo:Ecriture, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea
- Ecriture, Galerie Perrotin, New York, USA
- Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea
2014
- Ecriture, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France
2012
- Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea
2011
- Park, Seo-Bo, a Forerunner of Korean Avant-garde: Record His 60 Years, Busan Metropolitan Art Museum, Busan, Korea
- Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea
- Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2008
- Empty the mind, Arario Gallery, New York, USA
- Empty the mind, Wellside Gallery, Shanghai, China
2007
- Arario Gallery, Beijing, China
- PARK, Seo-Bo Today Playing with Color, Gyeonggido Museum of Art, Ansan, Korea
2006
- Cabinet des Dessins, Musée d’art Moderne, Saint-Etienne Métropole, Saint-Etienne, France
- Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea
2002
- Ci-Gong Gallery, Daegu, Korea
- Ace Gallery Los Angeles, LA, USA
- Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea
- MELBOURNE ART FAIR 2002, Samtuh Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
- Sejul Gallery, Seoul, Korea
- Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, Korea
- Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Seoul, Korea
- Remba Gallery, LA, USA
2000
- Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1999
- Shilla Gallery, Daegu, Korea
- Ci-Gong Gallery, Daegu, Korea
- Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea
1998
- Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1997
- Ace Gallery Los Angeles, LA, USA
- Remba Gallery, LA, USA
- Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Seoul, Korea
- Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, Korea
- Ci-Gong Gallery, Daegu, Korea
1996
- BASEL ART FAIR, Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Musée Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- FIAC ‘96, Johyun Gallery, Espace Eiffel Branly, Paris, France
- Jo Hyun Gallery, Busan, Korea
- Ci-Gong Gallery, Daegu, Korea
1994
- Bhak Gallery, Seoul, Korea
- Remba Gallery, LA, USA
- Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1993
- ART LA 93, The 8th International Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles Convention Center, Gallery, World, LA, USA
- NICAF YOKOHAMA ‘93, Sun Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
1991
- Park Seo-Bo’s Painting: Its Forty Years, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
- Duson Gallery, Seoul, Korea
- Gallery World, Busan, Korea
- Gallery Kongkan, Busan, Korea
1989
- ART LA 89: The 4th International Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles Convention Center (Jean Art Gallery), LA, USA
1988
- Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1987
- Inkong, Gallery, Daegu, Korea
1986
- Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1985
- Ina Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1983
- Space Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1981
- Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1978
- Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- Tong-In Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1973
- Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- Myungdong Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1970
- Seoul Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1962
- National Central Library Gallery, Seoul, Korea
group shows
2021
- Resonance, Horim Museum, Seoul
- Jamunbak Museum Project, Gana Art Center, Seoul
2020
- Challenge to the Unknown, Hyundae Fine Artists Association, Kim Tschang-Yeul Art Museum Jeju, Jeju, Korea
- Hare Way Object, Art Plant Asia, Seoul, Korea
- HYUNDAI 50 part 1, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
- Empty Fullness, Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Seoul, Korea
- The Eastern Gesture, Dep Art Gallery, Milano, Italy
2019
- Marking Time: Process in Minimal Abstraction, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
2018
- Korea : Five Artists, Five Hinsek 'White'<white>, Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2016
- New Beginnings: Between Gesture and Geometry, The George Economou Collection, Athens, Greece
- KM 9346 La Creation Artistique Coreennes S'invite En Morbihan, Domaine De Kerguehennec, Morbihan, France
- Dansaekhwa et l’abstraction coréenne, Fondation Boghossian,Villa Empain, Brussels, Belgium
2015
- Dansaekhwa, 56th Biennale di Venezia - Palazzo Contarini-Polignac, Venice, Italy
- From Lee Ungno to Lee Ufan: Korean Artists in France, Musée Cernuschi, Paris, France
- Avant Garde Asia: Lines of Korean Masters, Sotheby's Hong Kong Gallery, Hong Kong
2014
- From all Sides : Tansaekhwa on Abstraction, Blum and Poe, LA, USA
- Busan Biennale 2014 : Special Exhibition Biennale archive Exhibition, Busan Cultural Center, Busan, Korea
- SH Contemporary 2014, The Columns Gallery, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China
- The Art of Dansaekhwa, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
- ART BASEL’14, Kukje Gallery, Messe Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Overcoming the Modern Dansaekhwa: The Korean Monochrome Movement,
Alexander Gray Associates, New York, USA
- TEFAF (The European Fine Art Fair), Kukje Gallery, Maastricht, Netherlands
- The Artistic Sipirts of Modern Artists on Paper, Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, Korea
- From All Sides: Tansaekhwa on Abstraction, Blum and Poe, LA, USA
2013
- ART TORONTO 2013, Willside Gallery, Toronto, Canada
- FIAC 2013 (Foire International d’Art Contemporain), Kukje Gallery, Grand Palais, Paris, France
- FRIEZE MASTERS, Kukje Gallery, Gloucester Green, Regents Park, London, UK
- 12th KIAF’13 (Korea International Art Fair), Pyo Gallery, Wellside Gallery, Johyun Gallery, UM Gallery, COEX, Seoul, Korea
- G-SEOUL13 (International Art Fair), Wellside Gallery, Grand Hilton Seoul, Seoul, Korea
- ART BASEL 2013, Kukje Gallery, Messe Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- White & White – Dialogue between Korea and Italy, Museo Carlo Bilotti, Roma, Italy
- TEFAF 2013, Maastricht, Kukje Gallery, Maastricht, Netherlands
- The Armory Show, Kukje Gallery, New York, USA
2012
- Dansaekhwa: Korean Monochrome Painting, Jeonbok Museum of Art, Wanju, Korea
- ART BASEL 2012, Kukje Gallery, Messe Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- KIAF’12, Pyo Gallery, Wellside Gallery, Johyun Gallery, SongArt Gallery, COEX, Seoul, Korea
- Korean Dansaekpa, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea
- The Armory Show, Kukje Gallery, New York, USA
- TEFAF Maastricht, Kukje Gallery, Netherlands
2011-2012
- Dansaekjo Paintings.1, GongGan Purple, Heiri Paju, Korea
2011
- The 10th ART BASEL MIAMI, Kukje Gallery, Miami Beach Convention Center, Florida, USA
- The 38th FIAC (Foire International d’Art Contemporain), Kukje Gallery, Grand Palais, Paris, France
- KIAF 11(Korea International Art Fair), VIP Room, Wellside Gallery, Johyun Gallery, Song Art Gallery, COEX, Seoul, Korea
- Beyond the Blue, Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, Korea
- ART BASEL 2011, Kukje Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
- Qi is full-section 1: Drawing Yi, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea
- Art HK11 (Hongkong international Art fair), Kukje Gallery, Hongkong
- TEFAF Maastricht, Kukje Gallery, Netherlands
- Korean Rhapsody – A Montage at History and Memory, Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
- The Armory Show, Kukje Gallery, New York, USA
- Soul of Line, Ungno Lee Museum, Daejeon, Korea
2010
- FIAC 2010, Kukje Gallery, Grand Palais & Louvre, Paris, France
- Off The Wall, Special Planned Exhibition, Clayarch Gimhae Museum, Gimhae, Korea
- The Presence, The Opening Exhibition of Seongbuk Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
- ART HK 10 (Hong Kong International Art Fair), Keumsan Gallery (Booth No.04), Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, Hong Kong
- Cloud - Power of Asian Contemporary Art, Soka Art Center, Beijing, China
- 2010 In the Midst of Korean Contemporary Art, Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2009
- Beginning of New Era, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
- Mixografia – Innovation and Collaboration –, the Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Center For Graphic Arts, Portland Museum, Oregon, USA
- The Color of Nature – Monochrome Art in Korea – , Well Side Gallery, Shanghai, China
- Kim Tschang-Yeul + Park Seo-Bo + Lee Ufan, Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea
2008-2009
- Transcendence : Modernity and Beyond in Korean Art, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
2008
- SIPA 2008 (Seoul International Print Photo Art Fair 2008), Well Side Gallery, Hangaram Art Museum of Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea
- Busan Biennale 2008 – Leaders of Asia’s Contemporary Art, Busan, Korea
- Korean Abstract Art: 1958-2008, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2007
- Urban Crossroads – New York, Paris, Seoul – , Belgrade Cultural Centre, Belgrade, Serbia
- Poetry in Motion, Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland
- A Table of Korean Contemporary Art, Leeahn Gallery, Daegu, Korea
- Elastic Taboos – Within the Korean World of Contemporary Art, Kunsthalle, Vienna, Austria
2006
- Park Seo-Bo & Lee Kang So; Working With Nature (Tate Gallery Liverpool) –14 years later, Samtuh Gallery, Seoul, Korea
- SIPA 2006 (2006 Seoul International Print, Photo & Edition Works Art Fair) Korea Print Art Promotion Committee, Hangaram Art Museum of Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
- ART SINGAPORE 2006, Lee Hwaik Gallery, Suntec Singapore Level 6 Hall, Singapore
- Established Statues, Gallery SP, Seoul, Korea
- MELBOURNE ART FAIR 2006, Samtuh Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
- ART CHICAGO 2006 at Navy Pier, UM Gallery, Chicago, USA
- ART FAIR BOLOGNA, Gallery Dorothea Van Der Koelen Mainz, Bologna Exhibition Center, Bologna, Italy
2005
- Tradition Und Zeitgeist – Koreanische Gegenwarts Kunst –, Gallery Hellhof & Gallery Hana, Kronberg, Germany
- SHANGHAI ART FAIR 2005, Korean Special Exhibition – Park, Seo-Bo/ Chung, Chang-Sup/ Yun, Hyong-Keun – , Shanghai Mart, Shanghai, China
- Art Cologne Now, Gallery Dorothea Van der Koelen Mainz, Cologne, Germany
- Das Koreanische Monochrom – Park, Seo-Bo/ Lee Ufan/ Kim, Guirin/ Yun, Hyong-Keun-, Gallery Dorothea Van der Koelen Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- Art & Issue – China-Korea Art Exchange Exhibition –, Soka Contemporary Space, Beijing, China
- SEOUL ART FAIR 2005, Gallery Samtuh & Jean Art Gallery & Sejul Gallery, Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea
- Contemporary Art of Korea, Busan Museum of Modern Art, Busan, Korea
- Exhibition of Park, Seo-Bo & Kim, Tschang-Yeul, Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, Korea
- The 30th Anniversary Exhibition – from Modern to Contemporary , Kongkan Gallery, Busan, Korea
- KIAF 2005 (Korea International Art Fair), Samtuh Gallery, Coex/Indian Hall, Seoul, Korea
- The 35th Anniversary Exhibition Part Ⅱ – Modern & Contemporary Masters –, Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, Korea
- ART TAIPEI 2005, Soka Art Center, Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition Hall3, Taipei, Taïwan
- ON Line + OFF Line, UM Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2004
- The Art Festival for World Peace 2004, Liu Hai Su Art Museum, Shanghai, China
- SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR 2004, Jean Art Gallery, Shanghai Mart Hall, Shanghai, China
- MELBOURNE ART FAIR 2004, Samtuh Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
- ART CHICAGO 2004 at Navy Pier, Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Chicago, USA
- Monochrome Paintings of Korea, Past and Present, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
- KIAF 2004 (Korea International Art Fair), Samtuh Gallery & Korea Art Gallery, Coex/Indian Hall, Seoul, Korea
- The Special Show of the Most Distinguished Contemporary Artists in Korea, China International Gallery Expositions, Beijing, China
- China International Gallery Exposition, Um Gallery, China International Science and Technology Exposition Center, Beijing, China
2003
- Traditional & Innovation, Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, Korea
- SEOUL ART FAIR 2003, Samtuh Gallery, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
- ART COLOGNE 2003, Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Cologne, Germany
- SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR 2003, Johyun Gallery, Shanghai Mart Hall, Shanghai, China
- 6th Triennale Mondiale D’Estampes Petit Format 2002, Chamalières, France
- FIAC 2003, Ci-Gong Gallery, Paris, France
- KIAF 2003 (Korea International Art Fair), Gallery Samtuh & Johyun Gallery, Coex/Indian Hall, Seoul, Korea
- ART CHICAGO 2003 at Navy Pier, Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Chicago, USA
- ART 2003 (Daegu Art Expo 2003), Johyun Gallery & Gallery Shilla, EXCO, Daegu, Korea
- Tradition & Innovation Ⅲ Koreanische Gegenwartskunst, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Berlin, Germany
- White Spectrum – Joseon White Porcelain and Korean Contemporary Art, Joseon Royal Kiln Museum, Gwangju, Korea
2002-2003
- Appreciation of Abstract Paintings, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
- Korean Contemporary Art from the 1970’s to mid-1980’s, Age of Philosophy and Aesthetic, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
2002
- KIAF 2002 (Korea International Art Fair), Johyun Gallery & Canji Gallery, Busan Convention Center, Busan, Korea
- 30th Anniversary of Jean Art Gallery – Korea –Japan Contemporary Art 2002, Jean Art Gallery, Jean Art Center, Seoul, Korea
- ART COLOGNE 2002, Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Cologne, Germany
- ART CHICAGO 2002 at Navy Pier, Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Chicago, USA
- BASEL ART FAIR, Hyundai Gallery, Musée Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- San Francisco International Art Exposition, Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, USA
- The Unfinished Century: Legacies 20th Century Art, Organizers The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, The Yomiuri Shimbun, Tokyo, Japan
- Visiting Artist-Maestro of Korean contemporary Art, Promoting Kumho Museum & Art Magazine Wolganmisool, Seoul, Korea
- ART PALMBEACHPark Ryu Sook Gallery, Palmbeach, Florida, USA
- POST ART FAIR, Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2001
- ART COLOGNE 2001, Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Cologne, Germany
- Korean Contemporary Art 1970-90, Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, Korea
- A Shadow of Myo-Oh, Sagan Gallery, Seoul, Korea
- 8th International WORK ON PAPER FAIR 2001, Samtuh Gallery, Sydney, Australia
- Super PHAT, Cypress College Fine Art Gallery, Cypress, California, USA
- Korean Contemporary Art from mid – 1960s to mid – 1970: A Decade of Transition and Dynamics, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
- ART CHICAGO 2001 at Navy Pier, Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Chicago, USA
- ART MIAMI 2001, Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Miami, USA
- ART PALMBEACH 2001, Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Palmbeach, Florida, USA
2000
- ART COLOGNE 2000, Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Cologne, Germany
- 12 Contemporary Artists’2000, Sun Gallery, Seoul, Korea
- San Francisco International Art Exposition, Park Ryu Sook Gallery, San Francisco, USA
- Postwar Abstract Art in Korea and the West: Passion and Expression, Ho-Am Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
- MELBOURNE ART FAIR 2000, Jean Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
- Figurative Non-Figurative, Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
- What is so of itself, POSCO Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
- An Aspect of Korean Contemporary Art in the 1950s to the 1960s, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
- The Special Exhibition of the Facet of Korean and Japan Contemporary Art at Man + Space, Gwang Ju Biennale 2000, Gwang Ju, Korea
1999
- Korean Art of 50 Years: 1950-1999, Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, Korea
- NICAF TOKYO’99, Jean Art Gallery & Galerie Bhak, Tokyo, Japan
- Les Peintres Du Silence, Musée des Arts Asiatiques, Nice, France
- Between the Unknown Straits-Art Now in Korea and Japan, Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo and The Museum of Art, Osaka, and Art Center, Seoul, Korea
- Ecole de Seoul, National Museum of contemporary Art & Kwan-Hoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1998
- Les Peintres du Silence – La Corée d’Aujourd’hui –, Musée Château des ducs de Wurtemberg, Montbèliard, France
- Korean Monochromism: Methods, Ideas and Spirits, Busan Metropolitan Art Museum, Busan, Korea
1997
- FIAC ‘97, Galerie Denise René, Espace Eiffel Branly, Paris
- Seoul Print Art Fair, Galerie Bhak, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
1996
- Tokyo International Forum Art Collection: A Boat of Diversity, Tokyo, Japan
- SIAF’96 (Seoul International Art Fair), Gallery Hyundai, Jean Art Gallery, Sun Gallery, COEX, Seoul, Korea
- Clay Work of Korean Contemporary Artists – Chung Chang-Sup, Kim Tschang-Yeul, Park Seo-Bo, Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- ‘96 Joong-Ang Biennale (Held by Joong-Ang Il-Bo), Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
- Spirit of Korea Abstract Painting, Ho-Am Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
- BLACK & WHITE, Gallery Seomi, Seoul, Korea
- Korean Monochrome Painting in the 1970s, Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1995
- 52 Artists among Home and Abroad, Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, Korea
- ART CHICAGO 1995 at Navy Pier, Hyundai Gallery, Chicago, USA
1994
- The Faces of Contemporary Art 40 years, Ho-Am Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
- NICAF YOKOHAMA ’94 (International Contemporary Art Fair, Japan), Tokyo, Gallery & Jean Art Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
1993
- Korean Art: Yesterday and Now, Hanlim Gallery, Daejeon, Korea
- In the Occasion of Daejeon EXPO ‘93, Future lies Ahead (Selected by Pontus Hulten), Daejeon, Korea
- 12 Contemporary Artists from Korea, The Miyagi Museum of Art, Sendai, Japan
- 4 Korean Contemporary Artists, Ci-Gong Gallery, Daegu, Korea
1992
- Working With Nature – Traditional Thought in Contemporary Art from Korea – , Tate Gallery Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
- Korean Contemporary Painting – The Brush Stroke and Its Expressions, Ho-Am Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
- Korean Contemporary Art, Shimonoseki City Art Museum & Niigata City Art Museum & Kasama Nichido Museum of Art Foundation & Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Japan
1991
- Exhibition of 25 Korean Contemporary Artists, Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, Korea
- The 2nd TOKYO ART EXPO 1991, Duson Gallery, Tokyo International Trade Center, Harumi Tokyo, Japan
- Inaugural Exhibition of Korean Contemporary Art, Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeongju, Korea
- Contemporary Art in Monochrome, from the Museum Collection, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
- Contemporary Korean Painting, Zagreb, Ljublijana, Sarajevo, Beograd, Serbia
- Line & Expression, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan
1990
- 1990 Autumn Muramatsu, Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- Contemporary Art of 80’s 100 Forms : Inax Gallery + Nakahara Yusuke, Tokyo, Japan
1989
- Revolution: Flash-Back, Paris Art Center, Paris, France
- Commissioned Work Theme Hiroshima Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
1988
- The 43rd La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
- Contemporary Art & Olympics: Exhibition of Official Fine Art Posters & Lithographs of the 24th Olympiad Seoul 1988, Lloyd Shin Gallery, Seoul, Korea
- Olympiad of Art: The International Contemporary Painting Exhibition Sponsored by Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee, Organized by The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
- Modernism in the Korean Contemporary Art: 1970-1979, Hyundai Department Store Gallery, Seoul, Korea
- The Exhibition of Korean Modern Painting in the 70’s, Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, Korea
- 4 Korean Painter, Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1987
- ART LA’87: (The 2nd International Contemporary Art Fair), Jean Art Gallery, Los Angeles Convention Center, LA, USA
- Black & White in Korea Art Today, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
- The 3rd TOYAMA NOW ’87 – New Art Around the Pacific –, The Museum of Modern Art Toyama, Toyama, Japan
1986
- Black & White in Art Today, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan
- Korean Art Today, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
- Modern Korean Art Festival ’86 (Seoul Asian Games Organizing Committee), Seoul, Korea
- 86 Seoul Contemporary Asian Art Show (Sponsored by Seoul Asian Games Organizing Committee, Organized by the National Museum of Contemporary Art), Seoul, Korea
- Seoul-Paris, Seoul Press Center Gallery & Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Seoul & Paris
1985
- Human Documents ‘84/’85, Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- Contemporary Korean Paper Art, Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Central Washington University, USA
- Minimal & Maximal, Hu Gallery, Jeon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
- 70 Years of Korean Western Painting, Ho-Am Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
- Modern Art from the Past, 40 Years for Commemoration of Korean Independence Day of Korea, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
1984
- Korea Contemporary Fine Art Exhibition The Stream of the ‘70s, Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taipei, Taïwan
- Korean Contemporary Art of the 60’s The Outskirts of Informel, Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, Korea
- The Exhibition of White Painting, Cultural Center of France in Seoul, Seoul, Korea
- Art Today – The Collection of Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
- FIAC ‘84, Jean Art Gallery, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, France
- Korean Contemporary Art of the 60’s Paris Biennale, Duson Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1983
- Korean Contemporary Arts Exhibition The Latter half of the 70’s: An Aspect, Tokyo, Tojiki, Osaka, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Japan
- Korea: New Paper Work, Spring Gallery, Taipei, Taïwan
- New Paper Works: Korea & Japan, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul & Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art & Museum of Modern Art, Saitama & Kumamoto Museum, Seoul & Japan
1981
- Korean Drawing Now, The Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA
1980
- Exhibition Marking the Fukuoka Art Museum’s First Anniversary, Asian Artists Exhibition Part Ⅱ, Festival: Contemporary Asian Art Show, Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
1979
- Korean Contemporary Art: Unique Methods of Exhibit by Four Artists, Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, Korea
- Korean Arts: Methods of Today, Fine Art Center Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1978
- Korea: The Trend for the past 20 Years of Contemporary Arts, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
- Secondes Rencontres Internationales d’Art Contemporain, Galeries Nationales du Grand Paris, Paris, France
1977
- The 1st & 8th Cagnes International Painting Festival, Cagnes-Sur-Mer, France
- Exhibition of 6 Korean Contemporary Artists, Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- Korea: Facet of Contemporary Art, Tokyo Central Museum of Art, Tokyo, Korea
- Korean Contemporary Painting, National Museum of History, Taipei, Taïwan
- Korea: 6 Contemporary Artists Exhibition, Galerie Beaux-Art, Nagoya, Japan
1975
- Korea: Five Artists Five Hinsek, White, Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1975, 65
- The 8th & 13rd Biennale de São Paulo, Brazil
1973
- Exhibition of Korean Contemporary Art 1957-1972, Abstraction = Situation, Myong-Dong Gallery, Seoul, Korea
- Exhibition of 100 Modern Painting, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
1972-71
- Korean Contemporary Painting Exhibition, Paris, France & West Germany
1972-69
- Korean Contemporary Painting Exhibition, India, Afghanistan, Nepal
1970
- Special Exhibition of EXPO ‘70 Korean Pavilion, Osaka, Japan
1969-58
- Invitational Exhibition of Korean Contemporary Artists Held by Cho-Sun Daily News, Seoul, Korea
1968
- Korean Contemporary Painting Exhibition, Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
1967
- Special Exhibition of EXPO ‘67 Korean Pavilion, Canada
1966
- The Invitation Exhibition of Contemporary Artists from Six Countries of far East, Messiah Department Store, New York, USA
1965-62
- Cultural Freedom Contemporary Art Exhibition, Held by the Congress for Cultural Freedom, Korea, Seoul, Korea
1963
- The 3rd Biennale de Paris, Paris, France
- 4 Young Korean Artists Exhibition, Galerie Lambert, Paris, France
1964-62
- The Actual Exhibition, Seoul, Korea
1962
- The First Saigon International Biennale Exhibition, Saigon, Vietnam
1961
- Jeunes Peintres du Monde à Paris (Held by National Committee of I.A.A France), Paris, France
1960-57
- The Hyun-Dae (Contemporary) Exhibition, Held by Hyun-Dae Artists Association, Seoul, Korea
1957
- The Korean Contemporary Artists Exhibition, World House Gallery, New York, USA</white>
public collections
- Le Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
- Steven Cohen Collection, Stanford, USA
- Rachofsky Collection, Dallas, USA
- SIGG Collection, Switzerland
- The George Economou Collection, Athens, Greece
- K20, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf, Germany
- Benesse Art Site, Naoshima, Japan
- The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
- Leeum Samsung Art Museum, Seoul
- Jeju Museum Of Art, Jeju
- Musée Cernuschi, Musée des Arts de l'Asie de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
- Pola Museum of Art, Hakone, Japan
- The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
- The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), NY, USA
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C, USA
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY, USA
- Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- M+ Museum, Hong Kong
- Yuz Foundation, Shanghai, China
- Daegu Art Museum, Daegu
- FNAC (Fonds National d’Art Contemporain Collection), Paris, France
- Gyeonggido Museum of Modern Art, Ansan
- Museum San, Wonju
- Posco Art Museum, Seoul
- Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
- Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Mie, Japan
- Busan Metropolitan Art Museum, Busan
- Gallery 63, Seoul
- Gwangju City Art Museum, Gwangju
- Han-Lim Art Museum, Daejeon
- The Museum of Ewha Women’s University, Seoul
- Art Sonje Museum, Gyeongju
- Gidang Art Museum, JeJu
- Shimonoseki City Art Museum, Shimonoseki, Japan
- The Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
- The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, Japan
- Ohara Museum, Kurashiki, Japan
- Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
- Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
- The Contemporary Museum of Hong-lk University, Seoul
awards
2019
- The 64th National Academy of Arts of the Republic of Korea Award (Fine Art Sector), The National Academy of Arts, Republic of Korea(NAA), Seoul
2018
- Asia Society: ASIA ARTS GAME CHANGER AWARDS HONG KONG, Hong Kong
2015
- The Hirshhorn Museum, Washington D.C, USA
2014
- The 12th Lee Donghoon Art Award (Main Prize), Daejeon City & Joongboo Daily News, Daejeon, Korea
2011
- The Silver Crawn Curtural Medal Korea, Culture Day, Gangneung, Korea
2009
- The 4th Special Art Award, Seok Ju Art Foundation, Seoul, Korea.
2008
- 2008 Korea Art Award, 2008 Korean Artist’s Day, held by Korean Fine Art Association, Sejong Culture Center, Seoul, Korea
- The 28th Suk-Nam Art Prize, Suk-Nam Art Foundation, New York, USA
2004
- The 9th MANIF Grand Prize (manifestation D’Art Nouveau international et forum), Seoul, Korea
1999
- The 1st Exceptional Art Award (Creation Sector), Korean Fine Arts Association, Seoul, Korea
1996
- The Proud Hoingik Alumna Award, Hoingik University Alumni Association, Seoul, Korea
1995
- Seoul Metropolitan Cultural Prize, Seoul, Korea
1994
- The Jade Crown of Cultural Medal, Korea, Seoul, Korea
- The Proud Hoingik Alumna Award, Hoingik University Alumni Association, Seoul, Korea
1993
- The Distinguished Service Medal, Seoul Federation of Teachers’ Association, Seoul, Korea
1990
- The Kowoon Cultural Award, Kowoon Cultural Foundation, Seoul, Korea
1987
- The 1st Art & Culture Grand-Prize (The Federation of Artistic & Cultural Organizations of Korea), Seoul, Korea
- The Distinguished Educational Service Medal, Korea Youth Worker Association, Seoul, Korea
1984
- National Medal (The Medal of Seokryu), Korea
1979
- The 11th Culture and Art Prize the Republic of Korea (Sponsored by Ministry of Public Information), Seoul, Korea
1976
- The 2nd Joong-Ang Cultural Grand-Prize (Joong-Ang Daily News), Seoul, Korea
1972
- President's Commendation, Ministry of Home Affairs, Seoul, Korea.
1961
- The 1st Prize at the Jeunes Peintres du Monde à Paris (National Committee of I.A.A.), Paris, France
