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Chung Chang-Sup

Korean, 1927-2011

Biography

Chung Chang-Sup

  • (1927 - 2011)

    Born in 1927, Cheongju, Korea

Education

  • 1951     Fine Art in Painting, College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University, Korea
    1946     Entered College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University, Korea
                Graduated from Cheongju School of Education, Cheongju, Korea

Selected Solo Exhibitions

  • 2022
    Mind in Matter, PKM Gallery, Seoul, Korea

    2021
    Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Hong Kong

    2020                
    Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
     
    2018                
    Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium          
               
    2016                
    Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium          
    Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
    Meditation, Galerie Perrotin, Hong Kong

    2015                
    Meditation, Galerie Perrotin, New York, US
    Meditation, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France  
    Meditation, Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea

    2010                   
    Chang-Sup Chung Retrospective, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

    2007                
    PYO Gallery, Beijing, China
    PYO Gallery, Seoul, Korea

    2004                
    Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea

    2003                
    Gallery Euro, Seoul, Korea

    2001                
    PYO Gallery, Seoul, Korea

    2000                
    Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea

    1999                
    Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Seoul, Korea
    Sigong Gallery, Daegu, Korea
    Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

    1996                
    Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea

    1995                
    Mark Moore Gallery, Los Angeles, US

    1994                
    Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Space World, Busan, Korea

    1993                
    Ho-Am Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea

    1985                
    Ueda Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Cheong tap Gallery, Cheongju, Korea

    1984                
    Art Core Center, Los Angeles, US
    Duson Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • 2024
    MMCA Collection: Social Life of Artworks,  National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea
    45cm, CHAPTERⅡ, Seoul, Korea
    Contemplation, Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul, Korea

    2023
    With Paper, Horim Museum Sinsa, Seoul, Korea
    PRELUDE to Arts in Chungbuk - The Eternal Resonance, Chungbuk Gallery, Seoul, Korea
    Happy New Year, Happy Art Issue Projects!, Art Issue Projects, Jeonju, Korea

    2021
    Resonance, Horim Museum, Seoul, Korea
    Afterglow Spirit, Museum SAN, Wonju, Korea
    Lunar Sonata: Hanji Works and Contemporary Art, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Wanju-gun, Korea

    2020
    Physic Wounds: On Art & Trauma, The Warehouse, Dallas, Texas, US

    2019                
    Johyun 30 years, Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea
     
    2018                
    Chung Chang-Sup / Kwon Dae-Sup, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
    SeMA Collection: The Lost World, Buk-Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

    2017                
    Unpacked: Contemporary Works from Private Collections of Northern California, Museums of Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, US
    Arts of Korea, a Celebration of Its Historic Collection, Brooklyn Museum, New York, US
    Korean Dansaekhwa, Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art, St.Peterburg, Russia
    Rhythm in Monochrome: Korean Abstract Painting, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Intuition, Axel & May Vervoordt Foundation, Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia, Palazzo Fortuny, Venice, Italy
    Looking into Korean Art II: Dansaekhwa, Museum San, Wonju, Korea

    2016                   
    The Myth of Emptiness, Cheongju Museum of Art, Cheongju, Korea
    When Process Becomes Form: Dansaekhwa and Korean Abstraction, Villa Empain, Boghossian Foundation, Brussels, Belgium
    Dansaekhwa: The Adventure of Korean Monochrome from the 1970s to Today, Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Bignan, France

    2015                   
    Dansaekhwa, Palazzo Contarini-Polignac, Venice, Italy
    Avant Garde Asia: Lines of Korean Masters, Sotheby’s Hong Kong Gallery, Hong Kong
    The past, the present, the possible, Sharjah Biennial 12, Sharjah
    WORKING WITH NATURE: Contemporary Art from Korea, Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea

    2014
    The Art of Dansaekhwa, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea

    2012                
    Korean Abstract Painting_10 Perspectives, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

    2011                            
    Tell Me Tell Me: Australian and Korean Art 1976-2011, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea / Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
    Qi is Full, The Opening Exhibition of Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea

    2010                            
    2010 In the Midst of Korean Contemporary Art, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
     
    2009                            
    The Color of Nature, Monochrome Art in Korea, Wellside Gallery, Shanghai, China

    2008                
    Korean Abstract Paintings: 1958-2008, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
    Drawing from Korea: 1870-1970, Soma Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
    Joseon Wood Furniture and Korean Contemporary Abstract Art, Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul, Korea

    2007                            
    Abstract Art, Nam Seoul Annex Building of Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
    New Acquisitions, Gyeonggi Museum of Art, Ansan, Korea

    2006                
    Masters of Korean Contemporary Art, Leehwaik Gallery, Seoul, Korea

    2005                
    The Seoul Art Exhibition 2005, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

    2004                
    Monochrome Painting of Korea, Past and Present, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
    Permeating, Leehyun Gallery, Daegu, Korea

    2003                
    White Spectrum-Joseon White Porcelain and Korean Contemporary Art, World Ceramic Exposition, Joseon Royal Kiln Museum, Gwangju, Korea

    2002                
    Understanding Abstract Arts, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, outh Korea
    Korean Contemporary Art from the mid-1970s to mid-1980s: Age of Philosophy and Aesthetics, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
    Aesthetic of 70s Plane Hidden by Monotone, Hanwon Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
    Japan-Korea Contemporary Art Exhibition, Gana Insa Art Center, Seoul; Yokohama Takashimaya Department Store Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
    100 Korean Modern Arts, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea
    4 Korean Contemporary Artists (Chang-Sup Chung, Se-Ok Suh, Tschang-Yeul Kim, Seo-Bo Park), Gallery Misulsegye, Tokyo, Japan

    2001                
    Shadow of Comprehension, Sagan Gallery, Seoul, Korea

    2000                            
    An Aspect of Korean Contemporary Art, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
    NATURE, Posco Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
    The Facet of Korean and Japanese Contemporary Art, Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea
    Plane as Spirits, Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea
    Seoul National University & Korean Art, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea, Korea
    New Millennium, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea

    1999                
    Korean Art 50 Years: 1950-1999, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
    Les Peintres du Silence, Musee des Arts Asiatiques, Nice, France

    1999-1983        
    Ecole de Seoul, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea

    1998                
    Les Peintres du Silence, Musee du Chateau des ducs de Wurtemberg, Montbeliard, France

    1996                
    Invitational Exhibition for the 50th Anniversary of Seoul National University, Seoul University and Korean Art, Seoul National University Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
    Black and White, Gallery Seomi, Seoul, Korea
    Korean Monochrome of 1970s, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
    Spirit of Korean Abstract Painting, Ho-Am Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea

    1995                
    52 International and National Artists, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
    Korean Nature: Meditaion-Expression, Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Seoul, Korea
    Art Contemporain Coreen, Couvent des Cordeliers, Paris, France
    '95 Seoul Art Competition, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
    The Korean Modern Painting for Fifty Years, Hanlim Museum, Daejeon, Korea
    Posco Center Opening Exhibition, Posco Art Museum, Seoul, Korea

    1994                
    Seoul International Art Festival, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
    Korean Contemporary Art: Light and Color in Korean Art, Ho-Am Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea

    1993                
    12 Contemporary Artists from Korea, Miyagi Museum of Art, Sendai, Japan
    '93 Seoul Art Competition, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
    Korean Art, Yesterday and Today, Hanlim Gallery, Daejeon, Korea
    4 Korean Contemporary Artists, Sigong Gallery, Daegu, Korea

    1992                
    Working with Nature, Traditional Thought in Contemporary Art from Korea, Tate Gallery, Liverpool, UK
    Contemporary Art Festival '92, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
    Korean Contemporary Art, Art Sonje Museum, Gyeongju, Korea; Shimonoseki City Art Museum, Shimonoseki; Niigata City Art Museum, Niigata; Kasama Nichido Museum of Art Foundation, Ibaraki; Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Mie, Japan
    Line and Expression, Ho-Am Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea

    1991                
    A Grouping for the Identity of Korean Contemporary Art I, III, Hanwon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
    The 2nd Tokyo Art EXPO, Tokyo, Japan
    25 Korean Contemporary Artists, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
    5 Contemporary Artists, Hankuk Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
    91 Seoul Art Competition, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
    Inaugural Exhibition of Korean Contemporary Art, Art Sonje Museum, Gyeongju, Korea

    1990                
    Contemporary Art Festival '90, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
    Korean Art-Today's Situation, Seoul Arts Center, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
    Korean Contemporary Art, Total Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
    '90 Seoul Art Competition, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

    1989                            
    Contemporary Chinese Art, Sponsored by UNESCO, Palace Museum, Beijing, China
    '89 Seoul Art Competition, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
    Commissioned Work "Theme Hiroshima," Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan

    1988                  
    The 9th Today's Artists Exhibition, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
    4 Korean Painters, Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Modern Korean Paintings in the'70s, Walkerhill Art Center, Seoul, Korea
    Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Inaugural Exhibition of Chosun Daily Newspaper Museum, Seoul, Korea
    '88 Seoul Art Competition, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
    Olympiad of Art: International Contemporary Art Festival, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
    Modernism in Korean Contemporary Art Scene: 1970-1979, Hyundai Department Store Gallery, Seoul, Korea
    '88 Contemporary Korean Paintings, National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan

    1988-1975          
    Seoul Contemporary Art Festival, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea

    1987                  
    '87 Contemporary Art Exhibit, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
    The 8th Today's Artists Exhibition, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
    4 Korean Contemporary Artists, Laboratory Gallery, Sapporo, Japan
    39 Contemporary Artists, Commemorate for The Late Professor Su-geun Kim, Space Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
    '87 Seoul Art Competition, by Seoul Metropolitan Government, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
    Chang-Sup Chung, Seo-Bo Park Exhibition, Gonggan Art Museum, Seoul, Korea

    1986                  
    Seoul Art '86, Organized by Seoul Metropolitan Government, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
    Salon des Artistes Francaises, Grand Palais, Paris, France
    Past & Present: Traditional and Contemporary Korean 'Paper Work’, Muromachi Ogura, Kyoto, Japan
    Korean Art Today, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
    The 10th '86 Seoul Contemporary Asian Art Shows, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary
    Art, Gwacheon & Deoksugung, Korean Culture and Arts Foundation Art Center, Seoul, Korea
    '86 Contemporary Art Invitational, Duson Gallery, Seoul, Korea

    1985                  
    Minimal and Maximal, Hu Gallery, Jeon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
    70 Years of Korean Western Painting, Ho-Am Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
    Modern Art from the Past 40 Years, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
    ASPACAE (Asian Pacific Conference on Arts Education) '85, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    Paper Works by Contemporary Korean Artists, Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, US
    The 12th Catholic Art Exhibition, Korean Culture and Arts Foundation Art Center, Seoul, Korea
    Contemporary Art Festival '85, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
    The 1st Asian International Art Exhibition, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary of Art, Seoul, Korea

    1984                  
    The 5th Today's Artists Exhibition, Korean Culture and Arts Foundation Art Center, Seoul, Korea
    Contemporary Art of the 1960s: the Works of the Biennale de Paris, Duson Gallery, Seoul, Korea
    Contemporary Korean Art: the Late '70s-A Situation, Korean Culture and Arts Foundation Art Center, Seoul, Korea
    Paper Work '84, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
    Contemporary Korean Art: Currents in the '70s, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
    Contemporary Art Festival '84, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
    60s Korean Contemporary Art: Informal and Its Surroundings, Walkerhill Art Center, Seoul, Korea
    Exposition de la Peinture Blanche, French Cultural Center, Seoul, Korea
    Today's Art: Selected from The Collection of Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

    1984-1983          
    Exchange Exhibition of Print and Drawing Between Seoul and San Francisco, U.S.I.S, Seoul,
    Korea; World Print Council, San Francisco; Korean Cultural Service, Los Angeles, US

    1983                  
    Contemporary Korean Art, Viscontea Hall, Milan, Italy
    Contemporary Art Festival '83, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
    Korean Contemporary Arts Exhibition of the 70s Exhibition, Tokyo Museum of Art, Tokyo; Tochigi
    Municipal Museum of Art, Tochigi; Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo; Fukuoka City Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
    Korea: New Paper Works, Spring Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
    7 Korean Artists, Yil Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

    1983-1982          
    The Art of Contemporary Paper: Korea and Japan, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary
     Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea; Kyoto Municipal Museum, Kyoto; Saitama Museum of Modern Art, Uraw; Kumamoto Folk Museum, Kumamoto, Japan

    1982                  
    The 3rd Today's Artists Exhibition, Korean Culture and Arts Foundation Art Center, Seoul, Korea
    The Phase of Contemporary Korean Art, Myungdong Gallery, Seoul; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

    1981                
    The 2nd Today's Artists Exhibition, Korean Culture and Arts Foundation Art Center, Seoul, Korea
    Korean Art '81, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea
    Works on Paper-Drawings Exhibition of Contemporary Korean Artists, Dongsanbang Gallery, Seoul, Korea; Art Core Center, Los Angeles, US
    Drawing '81, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea

    1981-1972           
    Korean National Art Exhibition, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea

    1980                   
    The 1st International Art Exchange, Sejong Center Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
    The Grand Exhibition of Contemporary Korean Print Drawing, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Deoksugung Seoul, Korea
    Korean Contemporary Artists, Dongbang Gallery, Busan, Korea
    37 Contemporary Artists, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea

    1979                   
    Korean Contemporary Arts: Part II-Informal, Korean Culture and Arts Foundation Art Center, Seoul, Korea

    1978                   
    The 4th Ecole de Seoul, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea  
    The 1st Joongang Fine Arts, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
    Korea: The Trend for the Past 20 Years in Contemporary Art, National Museum of Modern and
    Contemporary Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea

    1977                            
    Contemporary Korean Western Painting, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea
    Korean Contemporary Art, Central Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
    The 4th Seoul 1970, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
    Korean Contemporary Paintings, National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan
    Works on Paper, Jean Art Gallery, Kyunji Gallery, Seoul & Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

    1976                
    The 3rd Grand Prize Exhibition of Korean Art, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
    Western Painting of 100 Artists Exhibition, Moonhwa Gallery, Seoul, Korea
    The 3rd Seoul 1970, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea

    1974                   
    Seoul '70 Founding Member's Exhibition, Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul, Korea
    The 4th India Triennale, New Delhi, India
    The 10th Contemporary Asian Art Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan

    1973                   
    Korean Contemporary Art 1957-1972: Abstraction-Situation, Myungdong Gallery, Seoul, Korea
    Exhibition of 100 Modern Korean Painters, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
    Korean Contemporary Art '73, Downtown Gallery, Honolulu, US

    1972                
    Korean Contemporary Art, Gallery Harugu, Tokyo, Japan
    The Exhibition of 60 Years of Modern Korean Painting, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea

    1972-1969           
    Korean Contemporary Paintings Exhibition, Traveling India, Nepal and Afghanistan

    1970                   
    The 19th Korean National Art Exhibition, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
    The 1st Grand Prize Exhibition of Korea Art, Gyeongbokgung Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
    Space Gallery Invitational, Space Gallery, Seoul, Korea
    Professors' Art Exhibition by College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University, College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

    1969                   
    The 18th National Art Exhibition of Korea, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
    The 1st Cannes International Paintings Festival, Cannes, France
    The 1st Pistoia International Paintings Biennale, Pistoia, Italy
    Invitational Exhibition of 10 Korean Contemporary Painters, Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul, Korea

    1968                   
    Korean Contemporary Paintings, Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan

    1967                   
    ISPAA (International Society of Plastic and Audio-Visual Art) Exhibition, Traveled to Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Malaysia

    1966                   
    The 10th Contemporary Art Exhibit, National Museum of Art, Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, South Korea
    The 5th Cultural Freedom Invitational, Yechong Gallery, Seoul, Korea
    The 2nd Korean Contemporary Painting Exhibition by 10 Artists, Organized by Joongang Daily Newspaper, Seoul, Korea
    Korean Contemporary Artists Exhibition, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
     
    1965            
    The 9th Contemporary Art Exhibit, National Museum of Art, Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, Korea
    The 8th Biennial de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    The 1st Citizen’s Grand Art Exhibition of Korea, Busan, Korea
    Contemporary Art Exhibition of Far East 6 Countries, Macy's, New York, US
    The 2nd Cultural Freedom Invitational, Korea Information Center Gallery, Seoul, Korea
        
    1964                
    The 2nd Actual, National Museum of Art, Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, Korea

    1963            
    The 7th Contemporary Art Exhibit, National Museum of Art, Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, Korea
    The 2nd Cultural Freedom Invitational, Korean Information Center Gallery, Seoul, Korea

    1962            
    The 6th Contemporary Art Exhibit, National Museum of Art, Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, Korea
    The 1st Saigon International Biennale, Saigon, Vietnam
    Exhibition of International Freedom, National Museum of Art, Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, Korea
    33 Korean Contemporary Artists, Ministry of the Cultural Information, Seoul, Korea
    Korean Contemporary Artists, Manila, Philippines

    1961                   
    The 10th National Art Exhibition of Korea, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
    The 2nd Paris Youth Biennale, Paris, France
    Exhibition of International Freedom, Tokyo National Stadium Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

    1960                
    The 4th Contemporary Art Exhibit, National Museum of Art, Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, Korea

    1959                
    The 3rd Contemporary Art Exhibit, National Museum of Art, Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, Korea

    1958                            
    The 2nd Contemporary Art Exhibit, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea

    1957                            
    The 1st Contemporary Art Exhibit, Organized by Chosun Daily Newspaper, National Museum of
    Modern and Contemporary Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea
    Invited Exhibition of Cultural Freedom, Asia Foundation, Seoul, Korea
    Korean Contemporary Artists, World House Gallery, New York, US

    1956                            
    The 5th National Art Exhibition of Korea, National Museum of Art, Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, Korea

    1955                
    The 4th Korean National Art Exhibition of Korea, National Museum of Art, Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, Korea

    1954                            
    The 3rd Korean National Art Exhibition of Korea, National Museum of Art, Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, Korea
    Holy Artist Association Exhibition, Midopa Gallery, Seoul, Korea

    1953                            
    The 2nd Korean National Art Exhibition of Korea, National Museum of Art, Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, Korea

    1950                
    Graduate Exhibition by College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Selected Awards

  • 1993  
    The Order of Korean National Art Merit, Seoul, Korea

    1987 
    Grand Prize, The 13th Joong Ang Cultural Grand Prize, Seoul, Korea

    1980
    Invited Artist Award, The 29th Korean National Art Exhibition, Seoul, Korea

    1962  
    Bronze Prize and Esso Prize, The 1st Saigon International Biennale, Saigon, Vietnam  

    1955 
    Special Prize, The 4th Korean National Art Exhibition, Seoul, Korea

    1953 
    Special Prize, The 2nd Korean National Art Exhibition, Seoul, Korea

    1950 
    President Prize, Graduate Exhibition by College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University, Korea

Selected Public and Private Collections

  • National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
    Seoul Museum of Art, Korea
    Busan Museum of Art, Korea
    Daejeon Museum of Art, Korea
    Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
    Art Center Nabi, Seoul, Korea
    Wooyang Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeongju, Korea
    Hanlim Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea
    Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwangju, Korea
    Museum of Art, Seoul National University, Korea
    Korea University Museum, Seoul, Korea
    Ewha Womans University Museum, Seoul, Korea
    63 Art, Seoul, Korea
    Nepal Academy of Fine Arts, Nepal
    Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
    Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Mie, Japan
    Shimonoseki City Art Museum, Shimonoseki, Japan
    Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
    M+ Museum for Visual Culture, Hong Kong
    Abu Dhabi Guggenheim, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Works

Publications

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Selected Press

2016-04-21 The Korea Herald
2016-04-00 INTERIORS
2016-04-00 美述世界
2016-04-00 artasiapacific
2016-03-15 문화일보
2016-03-10 KOREA.net
2016-03-08 Collezione da Tiffany
2016-03-05 YTN
2016-03-04 The Korea Times
2016-03-03 조선일보
2016-01-00 ArtReview Asia
2015-10-00 Art price
2015-09-00 artforum
2015-08-09 The Korea Times
2015-08-00 Art in Asia
2015-08-00 Noblesse
2015-08-00 Asian Art News
2015-07-00 Bazaar
2015-07-00 HEREN
2015-07-00 조선일보 Style
2015-06-26 Hana Bank Membership Magazine
2015-06-21 il mattino di Padova
2015-06-09 Class LIFE TV
2015-06-02 Equilibriarte
2015-06-01 GDA Press
2015-06-01 equilibriarte
2015-06-00 Magazine S
2015-06-00 Noblesse
2015-06-00 the galleria
2015-06-00 서울아트가이드
2015-06-00 Public Art
2015-06-00 아트 인 컬쳐
2015-06-00 Arte
2015-05-27 La Nouva Venezia
2015-05-23 MODERN WEEKLY IN CHINA
2015-05-18 Financial Times
2015-05-16 Artupdate
2015-05-15 The Collecter Tribune
2015-05-15 iPOST
2015-05-09 SBS뉴스
2015-05-08 FN genii
2015-05-08 My Art Guides
2015-05-08 LE FIGARO
2015-05-07 INSIDEART
2015-05-04 la tribuna di treviso
2015-05-04 la Nuova di Venezia e mestre
2015-05-04 il mattino di Padova
2015-05-04 Corriere delle Alpi
2015-05-04 ART NOISE
2015-05-01 Il Pensiero Artistico
2015-05-00 ArtAsiaPacific
2015-05-00 월간미술
2015-05-00 OK ARTE
2015-05-00 Agenda Venezia
2015-05-00 Artribune
2015-05-00 My Art Guide
2015-05-00 ARTFORUM
2015-05-00 Architectural Digest
2015-05-00 art in ASIA
2015-05-00 Champ Magazine
2015-05-00 Architectural Digest
2015-04-16 The Korea Herald
2015-04-15 Korea Joongang Daily
2015-04-11 The Korea Times
2015-04-10 서울경제
2015-04-00 BAZAAR ART
2015-04-00 월간미술
2015-04-00 Art Agenda
2015-03-00 Universes in Universe
2015-02-26 DODOOBA
2015-02-25 frieze
2015-02-25 frieze
2015-02-03 경향신문
2015-02-00 HEREN
2015-02-00 월간미술
2015-02-00 frieze
2015-01-05 한국경제
2015-01-00 artasiapacific
2015-01-00 artasiapacific
2014-12-24 세계일보
2014-12-00 Art In Culture
2014-12-00 ARTNEWS
2014-10-28 TK-21
2014-10-00 월간미술
2014-10-00 월간미술
2014-10-00 미술신문
2014-09-19 코리아타임즈
2014-09-18 코리아해럴드
2014-09-17 코리아해럴드
2014-09-12 파이낸셜뉴스
2014-09-12 헤럴드경제
2014-09-03 코리아중앙데일리
2014-09-00 PUBLIC ART
2014-09-00 PUBLIC ART
2014-09-00 HEREN
2014-09-00 ArtWIDE
2014-08-27 세계일보
2014-08-26 서울신문
2014-08-26 Blouin Artinfo
2014-08-25 서울경제
2014-07-23 ArtAsiaPacific
0204-10-00 Art in Culture
0000-00-00 artnow
Dansaekhwa in limelight at overseas art hubs   pdf The Korea Herald
닥지를 이용한 단색화   pdf INTERIORS
정창섭 구도의 길을 찾아서    pdf 美述世界
국제 갤러리 <과정이 형태가 될 때: 단색화와 한국 추상미술>   pdf CEO&
Chung Chang-Sup   pdf artasiapacific
김환기, 박서보, 이우환 등 한국의 단색화 브뤼셀을 물들이다   pdf Focusnews
WHEN PROCESS BECOMES FORM: DANSAEKHWA AND KOREAN ABSTRACTION [KOREAN]   pdf DODOOBA
WHEN PROCESS BECOMES FORM: DANSAEKHWA AND KOREAN ABSTRACTION [ENGLISH]   pdf DODOOBA
한국 미술 눈으로 보러왔어요!   pdf YTN
‘닥의 화가’ 정창섭   pdf 문화일보
호흡하며 숨을 쉬는 듯한 작업…'지움의 비움'   pdf SBS 뉴스
Hanji exhibit opens in Seoul   pdf KOREA.net
DANSAEKHWA: DALLA COREA CON FURORE   pdf Collezione da Tiffany
벨기에 브뤼셀 보고시안재단 `단색화와 한국 추상미술` 展   pdf 매일경제
단색화 전개 과정과 의미 살펴보다…'과정이 형태가 될 때: 단색화와 한국 추상미술'전   pdf 아주경제
벨기에 브뤼셀서 '단색화와 한국 추상미술' 전시   pdf 연합뉴스
벨기에 브뤼셀서 '단색화와 한국 추상미술' 전시 개최   pdf 여성경제신문
'색의 힘'을 느껴요   pdf YTN
Exploring materiality of paper   pdf The Korea Times
단색화 열풍은 계속될까   pdf 조선일보
La beauté du minimal à la villa Empain   pdf La Libre
닥종이로 만든 단색화…정창섭 화백 유작전   pdf 한국경제
물아합일(物我合一) 예술과 만나다   pdf Luxmen
닥종이로 만든 '그리지 않은 그림'…정창섭 개인전   pdf 연합뉴스
Chung Chang-Sup Brings Dansaekhwa Back to Its Home in Korea   pdf Blouinartinfo
다시 단색화?…국제갤러리 '닥'화가 故 정창섭 개인전   pdf Newsis
Dansaekhwa and Korean Abstraction at Boghossian Foundation in Brussels   pdf Blouinartinfo
Chung Chang-Sup   pdf ArtReview Asia
지금, 여기, 단색화가 의미하는 것   pdf BAZAAR ART
Half-truths about 'Dansaekhwa'   pdf Art price
Sharjah Biannial 12   pdf artforum
Dansaekhwa on the rise   pdf The Korea Times
Venice, a Passage to the World   pdf Art in Asia
단색화를 말한다   pdf Noblesse
Venetian Cool   pdf Asian Art News
Venice is the new art   pdf Bazaar
Art in Venice   pdf HEREN
Biennale di Venezia 2015   pdf 조선일보 Style
“DANSAEKHWA” SHOWS CONTEXT IS EVERYTHING IN VENICE COLLATERAL EVENT   pdf BLOUINARTINFO
명상을 부르는 그림들   pdf Hana Bank Membership Magazine
Dansaekhwa, emozioni coreane   pdf il mattino di Padova
Seven experts provide thorough look at dansaekhwa   pdf The Korea Herald
Lee Ufan’s interview   pdf Class LIFE TV
Il vuoto e il pieno, le due meta che si sposano a Oriente   pdf Avvenire
Parallelli Biennale   pdf Equilibriarte
<Dansaekhwa>, sette artisti contemporanei e la nuova Corea   pdf Corriere del Veneto
DANSAEKHWA   pdf GDA Press
Parallelli Biennale   pdf equilibriarte
단색화, 세계를 누빌까?   pdf Magazine S
이용우의 窓    pdf Noblesse
2015 베니스 비엔날레를 보다   pdf HEREN
제 56회 단색화 비엔날레 특별전, <단색화>   pdf LUXURY
베니스의 단색화   pdf the galleria
베니스 비엔날레 특별전 <단색화>   pdf beyond
[NEWS] 베니스 비엔날레 특별전 [단색화]   pdf NEIGHBOR
단색화의 세계화와 포스트 단색화 준비   pdf 서울아트가이드
미래의 목소리를 들어라, 베니스의 단색화   pdf W Korea
베니스에서 만난 단색화의 현재적 의미   pdf 월간미술
장 보고시앙(Jean Boghossian) 예술을 소명으로, 현대미술을 후원하다   pdf Public Art
이토록 매력적인, 미술들   pdf Public Art
세계로의 플랫폼   pdf 아트 인 컬쳐
글로벌 호황 속 국내 미술도 상승세    pdf LUXMEN
Minimal-poetico coreano   pdf Arte
Dansaekhwa. Monochromatisme coréen à Venise   pdf lagora des arts
Scopri gli antichi palazzi veneziani con Venezia   pdf Venezia Da Vivere
L'art della Corea sul filo della storia   pdf La Nouva Venezia
All The World's Futures   pdf MODERN WEEKLY IN CHINA
DANSAEKHWA_VENICE BIENNALE COLLATERAL EXHIBITION   pdf DODOOBA
Paralēlā biennāle. Ceļvedis satelītizstāžu programmā   pdf Arterritory
DANSAEKHWA – LA FORZA DEL MONOCROMO NELL’ARTE COREANA   pdf 1F mediaproject
[문화내시경]기이한 ‘단색화’ 열풍   pdf 주간경향
The best of the Venice Biennale 2015   pdf Financial Times
56. BIJENALE U VENECIJI – SVE (UGLAVNOM TMURNE) BUDUĆNOSTI SVIJETA   pdf Kultur istra
작품 하나하나에 무한 에너지 관객 향해 소리없는 아우성   pdf S Magazine
Biënnale 2015, een wandeling    pdf Artupdate
FIELD TRIP: VENICE BIENNALE PART 3—COLLATERAL EXHIBITIONS   pdf ArtAsiaPacific
Photo Gallery: Dansaekhwa with Lee Ufan   pdf The Collecter Tribune
LO SPAZIO, LA FORMA, IL COLORE. DANSAEKHWA   pdf arskey
DANSAEKHWA BIENNALE ARTE VENEZIA 2015   pdf RIBELLA
I futuri del mondo a Venezia   pdf iPOST
Pavilion party: the best 20 artistic offerings from the Venice Biennale 2015   pdf Wallpaper
'미술 마라톤' 반환점 도는 선수 위해… 나도 같이 달릴 겁니다   pdf 조선일보
The Collateral Event of the 56th International Art Exhibition - la Biennale di Venezia   pdf OCULA
Three Not-To-Miss Painting Shows in Venice During the Biennale   pdf artnet
Venice Gave Me a Superpower: My 2015 Biennale Experience   pdf Sabina Andron
'세계의 미래' 여러대 TV로 동시에 보듯   pdf 경향신문
베니스로 간 한국의 단색화… 국제무대 첫 시험대 오르다   pdf 서울신문
La 56. Biennale di Venezia secondo ziguline   pdf Ziguline
La Venezia della Biennale tra profumi della finanza e “cadute” di potere   pdf ArtsLife
‘암중모색’ 골목 지나…‘물오른’ 한국미술 고동치다   pdf 한겨레
單色·파격… 한국이 만들어낸 스펙트럼   pdf 조선일보
Biennale di Venezia, 10/05/2015 La moschea delle polemiche   pdf Art Directory
Tutti i miei appunti sulla Biennale di Venezia che visiterò a Maggio   pdf Biennale di Venezia
베니스 비엔날레   pdf SBS뉴스
베니스 비엔날레서 한국 단색화 알린다   pdf 연합뉴스
[Post It] 단색화   pdf FN genii
전시장으로 95분짜리 장편영화가 들어왔다   pdf 조선일보
SF영화 같은 한국관...백남준도 기뻐하겠네    pdf 중앙일보
'축지법과 비행술' 물의 도시를 관통하다   pdf 세계일보
Dansaekhwa a Palazzo Contarini Polignac, Biennale 56   pdf RadioCapod’Istria
Newsletter   pdf My Art Guides
Biennale de Venise, l'Asie en force   pdf LE FIGARO
Venice Biennale, Asia strength   pdf LE FIGARO
56th Venice Biennale - Dansaekhwa (Collateral Event)   pdf Asiart Archive
Ed è già Biennale   pdf INSIDEART
‘베니스 비엔날레’ 9일 개막 한국관 문경원, 전준호 전시   pdf 아주경제
베니스 비엔날레 특별전 단색화 개최   pdf CA
Venezia, da Biennale a Prada Le dieci cose da non perdere   pdf Veneto
"DANSAEKHWA". LA SCUOLA DEL BIANCO   pdf exibart
미술 한류의 미래 '물의 도시' 서 묻다   pdf 서울신문
현대미술축제 '베니스 비엔날레' 6일 시작   pdf 연합뉴스
Venezia capitale dell'arte contemporanea   pdf la tribuna di treviso
Venezia capitale dell'arte contemporanea   pdf la Nuova di Venezia e mestre
Venezia capitale dell'arte contemporanea   pdf il mattino di Padova
Venezia capitale dell'arte contemporanea   pdf Corriere delle Alpi
DANSAEKHWA   pdf ART NOISE
제 56회 베니스비엔날레 9일 개막…`세계의 미래`와 미술한류가 만난다   pdf 매일경제
한국 현대미술, ‘물의 도시’에 핀다   pdf 국민일보
Dansaekhwa – a Biennale collateral event in Venice, 7 May – 15 Aug   pdf London Korean Links
Dansaekhwa   pdf Il Pensiero Artistico
The Art Newspaper's guide to the Venice Biennale's collateral events   pdf The Art Newspaper
 '레트로', 시간의 유혹술   pdf Noblesse
물감으로 그린 詩, 단색화의 힘   pdf Luxury
Sharjah Biennial 12   pdf ArtAsiaPacific
 [PREVIEW] KOREAN ARTISTS IN VENICE   pdf 월간미술
Dansaekhwa   pdf OK ARTE
"Dansaekhwa", l'arte nella Corea del dopoguerra   pdf Virgilio Italy
"Dansaekhwa", l'arte nella Corea del dopoguerra   pdf Virgilio
Dansaekhwa   pdf Agenda Venezia
"Dansaekhwa", l'arte nella Corea del dopoguerra   pdf Tuttocitta
DANSAEKHWA   pdf Artribune
Dansaekhwa   pdf My Art Guide
opening   pdf ARTFORUM
VENEZIA CONTEMPORANEA - DANSAEKHWA   pdf Architectural Digest
Venice Biennale 2015: Our Favorite Under-the-Radar Art Exhibits   pdf Condé Nast Traveler
Dansaekhwa, Korean Abstract Painting   pdf art in ASIA
DANSAEKHWA   pdf Champ Magazine
DANSAEKHWA WITH LEE UFAN - LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA   pdf Aujourd hui
The Art Newspaper's guide to the Venice Biennale's collateral events   pdf The Art Newspaper
Best of Venice Biennale   pdf Architectural Digest
제 56회 베니스 비엔날레 특별전   pdf 미술시대
The pick of the 2015 Biennale - by 15 top art-world insiders   pdf Ocula
Venice features emerging Korean artists   pdf The Korea Herald
종말 맞은 가상의 미래서 예술의 역할을 묻다   pdf 세계일보
Abstract paintings make splash at auctions   pdf Korea Joongang Daily
신세미의 미술산책 40년만에 단색화 열풍   pdf 문화일보
Modern art to dominate Venice Biennale   pdf The Korea Times
베니스 비엔날레 한국관 20주년 … '물에 잠긴 가상 미래' 미술로 묻다   pdf 중앙일보
종말이 와도 예술 이어질까   pdf 서울경제
축지법으로 세상 잇고, 인류의 염원 묻는다   pdf 경향신문
한국 예술 전사들 베니스 출격…”K아트 참맛 보여주마”   pdf 한국경제
Sharjah is the possible   pdf BAZAAR ART
미술본색 in 홍콩   pdf 월간미술
Dansaekhwa   pdf Art Agenda
'블루칩' 단색화 홍콩에서 세계로   pdf Art In Culture
‘아트바젤 홍콩’ 동서양 아우르는 지상 최대 아트페어로 뜬다   pdf 세계일보
Art Basel Hong Kong 2015: New York gallery preview images   pdf randian
"From All Sides: Tansaekhwa on Abstraction"   pdf ARTFORUM
Sharjah Biennial 12   pdf Universes in Universe
匯集超過50件精品 白髮一雄 田中敦子 李禹換 朴栖甫   pdf Chinese Contemporary Art News
단색화   pdf DODOOBA
Skin & Surface   pdf frieze
Skin & Surface   pdf frieze
한국의 단색화, 국제무대 선보인다   pdf 서울신문
한국의 단색화, 베니스 물들인다   pdf 서울경제
‘절제의 미학’ 한국 단색화 베니스로…   pdf 세계일보
5월 베니스, 한국의 단색화를 실험하다   pdf 헤럴드경제
한국 단색화 '베니스 비엔날레'서 대규모 전시   pdf 연합뉴스
올해도 대세는 단색화   pdf 경향신문
단색화의 정상 등극   pdf HEREN
뿌리 깊은 단색화 미술시장을 위한 전략   pdf 서울아트가이드
단색화 열풍의 무한질주   pdf 월간미술
Skin & Surface   pdf frieze
미술시장 침체, 단색화로 극복   pdf 제민일보
騷亂中的沉默之聲韓國單色繪畫探究 Silent Voice Amidst ChaosOn Korea’s Dansaekhwa   pdf ARTCO
학고재의 大知無碍   pdf 한국경제
"From All Sides"   pdf artasiapacific
KOREA, SOUTH   pdf artasiapacific
[2014 미술계 결산] ‘교감’으로 힐링하고 ‘미디어’로 세상읽다   pdf 조선일보
한국 미술 ‘과거 재해석’   pdf 세계일보
제2의 르네상스를 향하여   pdf artnow
단색화 촉각적 '보기'   pdf Art In Culture
"TANSAEKHWA ON ABSTRACTION"   pdf ARTNEWS
'한국의 단색화' … 美·英 이어 中도 물들인다   pdf 문화일보
올드보이의 귀환 응답하라! 7080 미술계 원로들이여   pdf Citylife
Touching the substrate   pdf TK-21
Kukje Gallery and Tina Kim Gallery at Frieze London and Frieze Masters   pdf art agenda
한국 모더니즘의 단색화를 재조명하다 <단색화의 예술>   pdf PWM
단색화의 귀환, '이제 회화의 시대다'   pdf Art in Culture
EXHIBITION THEME: The Art of Dansaekhwa   pdf 월간미술
The Art of 'DANSAEKHWA'   pdf 월간미술
Beyon Influence: The Legacy of Korean Monochrome Painting, Tansaekhwa   pdf OCULA
'나는 큐레이터입니다' 中   pdf MUINE
단색화의 예술   pdf 미술신문
한때는 저항의 상징 지금 모노크롬 열풍   pdf CNB저널
The Art of Dansaekhwa   pdf 코리아타임즈
70년대 물들인 단색조...굴절의 현대미술 되새김질   pdf 한겨레
'Dansaekhwa' under global spotlight   pdf 코리아해럴드
‘Dansaekhwa’ under global spotlight   pdf 코리아해럴드
세계가 주목하는 한국의 미술사조, 단·색·화   pdf 동아일보
세계가 주목한 '한국 단색화' 들여다보기   pdf KTV
경계를 알 수 없는 修身의 결정체   pdf 파이낸셜뉴스
가을, 삼청동을 거닐 시간   pdf 헤럴드경제
Escalade artistique en Corée du Sud   pdf Le Monde
김기린.정상화.하종현.이우환.박서보.정창섭.윤형근 '단색화의 예술'   pdf 뉴시스
“반복·비움·저항의 결과물…그게 단색화”   pdf 서울신문
Kukje brings monochrome paintings to light   pdf 코리아중앙데일리
“캔버스 위에 피어난 아시아적 가치”   pdf 매일경제
“단색화는 침묵 아닌 저항수단”   pdf 한국경제
한국 현대미술의 핵심 ‘단색화’의 유혹   pdf 경향신문
한국의 독특한 추상회화 양식 ‘모노크롬’ 진면목 보여준다   pdf 국민일보
이우환 "단색화는 현실 외면 아니라 저항 자세"   pdf 연합뉴스
DANSAEKHWA   pdf PUBLIC ART
단색화의 발견   pdf PUBLIC ART
단색화의 귀환   pdf HEREN
[PREView] 단색화의 예술   pdf ArtWIDE
한국 단색화 들여다보기   pdf 세계일보
대형 기획전 넘치는 화랑가   pdf 서울신문
"The Art of Dansaekhwa" at Kukje Gallery   pdf Blouin Artinfo
화랑가 기획전 빅매치   pdf 서울경제
21세기 미술 걸작선 하종현, 정상화   pdf PUBLIC ART
Beyond White   pdf ArtAsiaPacific
단색화의 예술   pdf Art in Culture
Boghossian Foundation   pdf artnow