Chong Hak KIM

BORN 1937

1962 Graduated with a BFA from the National University of Seoul
1968 Studied print in Tokyo Art University (Ueno)
1977 Studied in Pratt University Graphic Center

ARTIST STATEMENT

I paint nature but I do not paint just what I see but what I experience of nature.

BIOGRAPHY

Solo Exhibitions

2020 Kim Chong Hak-Highlighting Contemporary Artist lll, Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea
2019 Perrotin Gallery, Paris, France
        Art Basel Hongkong solo show, Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea
2018 Pandemonium, Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea 
        Carte blanche à Kim Chong Hak, Musée Guimet, Paris, France
        Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tyoko, Japan
2016 Vital Resonance, Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea
2015 Winter Solitude, Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea
        A Key to Creation Exhibition, SeMA Nam Seoul Living Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2013 Gallery Hyundai, Seoul 2012 Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
        Gallery Yeh, Seoul, Korea
2011 Retrospective Exhibition, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
2008 Gallery Yeh, Seoul, Korea
2007 Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea
2006 Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2004 Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
2003 Gallery Yeh, Seoul, Korea
2002 Exhibition for Lee In Sung Art Prize Winner, Daegu Culture & Arts Center, Daegu, Korea
2001 Parkryusook Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1999 Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea
1998 Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
1994 Sampoong Financial Plaza Gallery, Seoul, Korea
        Sampoong Gallery, Seoul, Korea
        Parkryusook Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1992 Parkryusook Gallery, Seoul, Korea
        Gallery Yeh, Seoul, Korea
        Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea
1990 Sun Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1988 Parkryusook Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1987 Sun Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1985 Won Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1977 Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
1976 Shino Gallery(M.M. Shino), Los Angeles, USA
1974 Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
        Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
        Shino Gallery(M.M. Shino), Los Angeles, USA
1970 Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo, Korea
1964 Gallery of Press Center, Seoul, Korea

Group Exhibitions

2016 Whanki Museum, Seoul, Korea
        Ehwa Museum, Seoul, Korea
2014 Kumho Museum, Seoul, Korea
        Flower, Flower, Flower Exhibition, Gallery LeeBae, Busan, Korea
2013 Korean Contemporary Art exhibition, Ulsan Culture and Arts Center, Ulsan, Korea
        Colorful Korea Exhibition, Parkryusook Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2012 Korean Archetyp, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea
2011 Ulsan Culture and Arts Center, Ulsan, Korea
2010 2010 At the Centre of Korean Contemporary Art, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
        Kim Chong Hak, Yun Kwang Jo, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
2009 Gyeonghuigung Annex building of the Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2008 Good Morning, Mr. Nam June PAIK, The Korean Cultural Service of London, London, UK
2005 Flowers and Birds, Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
        Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
        Modern & Contemporary Masters, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
2003 Lighting of Korean Contemporary Art: Gallery Yeh 25th Anniversary, Gallery Yeh, Seoul, Korea
2002 Two Artists : Kim Chong Hak, Itami Jun, Fukuoka, Japan
1999 Three Artists : Kim Chong Hak, Kwak hun, Kim Woong, Gallery Yeh, Seoul, Korea
        FIAC, Gallery Hyundai, Paris, France
1993 NICAF, Parkryusook Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
         Vision in Between, New York, Tokyo, Taiwan, Seoul, Korea
1990 Four Artists : Kim Chong Hak, Oh Sufan, Shim Moon-sup, Lee Young-Hak, Parkruysook Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1989 Exhibition organized by the City of Seoul, Seoul, Korea
1988 Korean Contemporary Art in Olympic Park, Seoul Exhibition organized by the City of Seoul, Seoul, Korea
1986 Kim Chong Hak and Kim Woong, Gallery Yeh, Seoul, Korea
1984 National Museum of Contemporary Art Invitational Exhibition, Seoul, Korea
1983 National Museum of Contemporary Art Invitational Exhibition, Seoul, Korea
1982 Hugo Print Biennial, Yugoslavia
1981 Korean Culture and Arts Foundation Print Invitational Exhibition, Fine Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
        Artists Today, Fine Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
        Korean Art 81, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul The 30th National Art Contest, Guest of Honor, Seoul, Korea
1980 Korean Contemporary Prints Association Exhibition, Seoul, Korea
1979 Korean Contemporary Print, ADI Gallery, San Francisco, USA
        New York Art Expo, New York, USA
1978 East Coast Korean Artists, Asia Cultural Center, New York, USA
1977 The 26th National Art Contest, Guest of Honor, Seoul Important Korean Artists, Chinese Historical Museum, Taiwan
1976 Los Angeles Exhibition of Print, Los Angeles, USA
        The 25th National Exhibition of Recommended Artists, Seoul, Korea
        Modern International Print Exhibition, Korea Publishing Cultural Center Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1975 The 24th National Exhibition Recommended Artists, Seoul, Korea
        13th Sao Paulo Biennale, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1974 Seoul Exhibition 74, Han Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1973 The 12thSao Paulo Biennale, Brazil
        Contemporary Art 73 years ago, Myeongdong Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
        Seoul Invitational Exhibition of 13, SignumArt Gallery, Japan
1972 The 2nd Seoul International Print Biennale, the Dong-A Daily News, Seoul, Korea
1970 An Open Air Exhibition of Japanese Contemporary Artists, Godomokuni Garden, Japan
        Contemporary Korean Art, India, Afghanistan, Nepal
1969 The First International Biennial Copperplate Print, Buenos Aires
1968 Korea Contemporary Painting, National Museum of Modern Art of Tokyo, Japan
        Contemporary Printmakers Association, Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul, Korea
         The 9th International Biennial of Tokyo, Tokyo 1966 Tokyo International Print Biennial, Tokyo, Japan
1965 Ten Important Artists, Tokyo Modern Art Museum, Tokyo The 4th Paris Biennale, Seoul, Korea
        Modern Western Painting South Korea, the Joong-ang Newpaper Co., Seoul, Korea
1964 5th Paris Biennale, Paris, France
        Korea Youth Artists, Lambert Gallery, Paris, France
        The 2nd Actuel, Gyeongbok Palace Museum, Seoul, Korea
1963 Prints Exhibition, Seoul, Korea
1962 Exhibition of Actuel Foundation, Gallery of Gyeong-Bok Palace, Seoul, Korea
1960 The 1th Exhibition of 60’s Artists Association, Deoksu Palace Stonewall, Seoul, Korea

Collections

Musée National des Arts Asiatiques – Guimet, Paris, France
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
National Museum of Korea, Korea
National Folk Museum of Korea, Korea
Seoul Museum of Art, Korea
Busan Museum of Art, Korea
Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Korea
Museum of Art Seoul National University, Korea
Ehwa Museum, Korea
Museum San, Korea