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 S O L O     E X H I B I T I O N S

2023     Journey from Clouds to the Mind: The 1st Hoban Artist Awards, War Memorial of Korea (WMoK), 
             Seoul, Korea
             Blue, GS Caltex Yeulmaru, Jangdo Exhibition Hall, Yeosu, Korea

2022     From Looking up to the Sky to Looking into My Mind, Jeonnam Museum of Art, Gwangyang, 
             Korea

2020     A Walk Through the Mind, Cultural Park of Kimnetgwa, Gwangju, Korea

2019     A Walk Through the Mind and the Sky, Shinsegae Art Wall Gallery, Seoul, Korea
             Wounds and Healing, Shinsegae Gallery, Busan, Korea
             Sound of Wind and Traces, Art Space 3, Korea

2017     Sky, Touch the Air, Francoise Livinec, Paris, France

2016     Play: Pray, Savina Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea

2015     Trace of Wind, May Hall, Gwangju, Korea

2012     Water, Air and Dream, POSCO Art Museum, Seoul, Korea / Nonbat Art School, Heyri, Korea

2005     Pure Form: Soman, Gwangju Museum of Art-Gumnamro Gallery, Gwangju, Korea

2003     Metaphor of Hope, LEEHWAIK Gallery, Seoul, Korea

1998     Artist of Tomorrow, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea

1997     Reality of Vacant Space, Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju, Korea

1995     From the Night, Geurimsi Gallery, Suwon, Korea
            Landscape of Pine Trees and the Sky, Cambridge Gallery, Gwangju, Korea

              And 17 times More

G R O U P     E X H I B I T I O N S

2022     A Landscape of Invisible Words, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea
            Our Lives, Our Moments, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
            The Moment We Encounter: 2022 Special Exhibition of Collection, Suwon Museum of Art, Suwon, 
            Korea

2021     Lunar Sonata: Hanji Works and Contemporary Art, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Wanju, Korea
            May to Day: Between the Seeing and the Spoken (The Commemorative Exhibition for the 40th 
            Anniversary of May 18th Gwangju Democratization Movement in the 13th Gwangju Biennale), 
            The Former Gwangju Hospital of Korean Army, Gwangju, Korea

2020     One Inspiration, Palace on the Isle, Warsaw, The Republic of Poland

2019     DMZ, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul, Korea
             Into the Light: Google(HTC) Taipei Exhibition, HTC corporation, Taipei, Taiwan

2018     One Inspiration, Korean Cultural Center in Japan, Shirota Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
             Mysterious Landscape of Steel, POSCO Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
             Enlightened Mind: Artists' Way to Meditation, Savina Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea

2017     Time + Time: Korea Contemporary Art Now, Da xiang Art Space, Taichung, Taiwan
             Slow Bus, Ha Jungwoong Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea
             Art Paris Art Fair (APAF), Paris, France
             Ailleurs est ici, École des filles, Bretagne, France

2016     2016 Exhibition for 20 Contemporary Artists of China and Korea, Ucity Art Museum of GAFA, 
             Guangzhou, China
             Being In Nature, Museum SAN, Wonju, Korea
             Light, Life and Material: The Special Exhibition of the 11th Gwangju Biennale, Asia Culture Center 
             (ACC) Creation Space

2015     Cloud and Flight, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea
             Now, Here, Pohang Museum of Art, Pohang, Korea
             Infinity: 2015, Space K, Gwacheon, Korea
             A Landscape of words: Bibimbap Team's Convergence Exhibition, Eunam Museum of Art, 
             Gwangju, Korea
             200 Years of the Namdo Art, Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea

2014     Heritage, Legacy and Light, UNESO Headquarters, Paris, France
             Korean Beauty: Two Kinds of Nature, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art                            (MMCA), Seoul, Korea
             Neo Sansu, Daegu Museum of Art, Daegu, Korea
             Sweet Dew: Since 1980, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea
             Art of Healing: Emptying and Filling, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea

2013     All About Korea, Kultfabrik White Box, Munich, Germany / Michael Schultz Gallery,  Berlin, 
             Germany
             Wind as a Motif in Art, Ewha Womans University Museum, Seoul, Korea
             New Scenes #2, Buk-Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA), Seoul, Korea
             Gwangju Art-vision: Garden of Imagination (The 4th Intrnational Contemporary Art Festival), 
             Gwangju Biennale Exhibition Hall, Gwangju, Korea 

2012     Round Table: The 9th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju Biennale Hall, Gwangju, Korea
             Goam and Spirit of the Times: The Exhibition for Recommended Artists of Goam Art Award, Lee 
             Ungno’s House, Hongseong, Korea
             Jin (to Advance), Tong (to Communicate): The Special Exhibition for the 20th Anniversary of 
             Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea

2011     Gwangju Art-vision: Creation from the Fingertips (The 3rd International Compemporary Art 
             Festival), Gwangju Biennale Exhibition Hall, Gwangju, Korea
             Presenting Kang Un’s Sky & Park Jahyun’s Ordinary People, Geumnyeonsan Gallery, Busan, 
             Korea
             Rest, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea
             New Movement, U-Square Cultural Center, Gwangju, Korea

2010     Dessert: The Special Exhibition of the 8th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, 
             Korea

2009     Expanded Paintings: The 4th Prague Biennale, Karlin Hall, Prague, the Czech Republic 
             Terrain of the Spirit: Cross-sections of 2009 South Korea, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, 
             Taichung, Taiwan
             Asia Panic: Anti-International, Gwangju Binnale Hall, Gwangju, Korea

2008     Sungkok Awardees, Sunggok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea

2007     Recovery of Imagination, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea
             Suspended Time, Avenuel Hall, Seoul, Korea

2006     Art beyond Life, POSCO Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
             History and Consciouness: Real Landscape of Dokdo, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Wanju, Korea
             Between the Past and the Present, Gwangju Museum of Art-Gumnamro Gallery, Gwangju, Korea

2005     Elegance of Silence: Contemporary Art From East Asia, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
             Record of Nature, Nam-Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA), Seoul, Korea
             My Private Gallery, Gana Art, Seoul, Korea
             Palgakjeong Story, Gwangju Museum of Art-Gumnamro Gallery, Gwangju, Korea
             Toward Ecotopia: The 1st Environmental Art Festival, Lotte Art Gallery, Gwangju, Korea

2004     Viewing Ego, Gwangju Museum of Art-Gumnamro Gallery, Gwangju, Korea
             Self-Portrait & Landscape, Woo Jaeghil Art Museum, Gwangju, Korea

2003     Real Landscape: Its New Proposal, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA), 
             Gwacheon, Korea
             Whispering of Nature, Jebiul Museum, Gwacheon, Korea
             Spring Story: Song of Life, Gana Art, Seoul, Korea

2002     To Become One with Nature, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwangju, Korea
             A Cow Lost in the Deep Mountains, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea

2000     Man+Space: The 3rd Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju Biennale Hall, Gwangju, Korea
             Invisible Border: Changing Asian Art, Niigata City Art Museum, Niigata, Japan / Utsunomiya 
             Museum of Art, Tochigi, Japan

1999     Mythology in Daily Life, Art Sonje Center, Gyeongju, Korea

1998     Media and Plane, Sunggok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea

1997     Space of Creation, POSCO Art Museum, Seoul, Korea

1990     Busan Youth Biennale, Busan Cultural Center, Busan, Korea

             And 100 times More

R E S I D E N C Y     P R O G R A M 

2022     GS Caltex Yeulmaru Studio, Yeosu, Korea (2022-2023) 
2004     The 1st Gwangju Museum of Art - Yangsandong Studio, Gwangju, Korea
             (2004-2005) 
2001     The 2nd Gwangju Museum of Art - Palgakjeong Studio, Gwangju, Korea (2001-2003) 
1999     The 2nd Ssamzie Studio, Seoul, Korea (1999-2000) 

‌A W A R D S

1990      New Artist Prize of Gwangju Art & Culture by Gwangju Art Association, Gwangju

 S E L E C T E D     C O L L E C T I O N S 

Jeonnam Museum of Art, Gwangyang, Korea
Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea
POSCO Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
Pohang Museum of Steel Art, Pohang, Korea
Suwon Museum of Art, Suwon, Korea
Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA), Seoul, Korea
Savina Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea
Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea
Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeju, Korea
Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea
Roppongi T–Cube: Headquarters of Samsung Japan, Tokyo, Japan
Ha Jeongwoong Collection, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA), Gwacheon, Korea
Ssamzi Co., Ltd. Seoul, Korea
Art Sonje Center, Seoul, Korea
Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea

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