YOO Youngkuk

BORN 1916 (1916-2002)

ARTIST STATEMENT

The mountain lies within me, not outside of me.

BIOGRAPHY

Education

1999 Honorary Doctorate, Catholic Kwandong University, Gangneung, Korea
1940 Completion of Degree, Oriental Photography School, Tokyo, Japan
1938 BFA in Oil Painting, Bunka Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2022 Colors of Yoo Youngkuk, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2018 Yoo Youngkuk: Colors from Nature, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2017 The 100th Anniversary of Korean Modern Master: YOO YOUNGKUK (1916-2002), Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea (traveling exhibition)
2016 The 100th Anniversary of Korean Modern Master: YOO YOUNGKUK (1916-2002), National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Deoksugung, Korea
2012 Yoo Youngkuk 10th Anniversary: The Pioneer of Korean Abstract Art, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
2005 The 3rd Memorial Exhibition of Yoo Youngkuk: Yoo Youngkuk Drawings, Gana Art, Seoul, Korea
2003 The 1st Memorial Exhibition of Yoo Youngkuk, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
2002 Yoo Youngkuk: Beginning and Peak of Korean Abstract Art, Gana Art, Seoul, Korea
1998 Yoo Youngkuk, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
1996 Yoo Youngkuk: Spirit of Korean Abstract Painting, Ho-Am Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
1995 Yoo Youngkuk 1965-1990, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
1983 Yoo Youngkuk, Shinsegae Museum, Seoul, Korea
1982 Yoo Youngkuk, Gallery Space, Seoul, Korea
1980 Yoo Youngkuk, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
1979 Invitational Exhibition of YooYoungkuk, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea
1977 Yoo Yongkuk, Jean’s Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1976 Oil Painting Exhibition by Yoo Youngkuk, Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1975 Yoo Yongkuk, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
1970 Yoo Yongkuk, Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1968 Yoo Yongkuk, Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1966 Yoo Yongkuk, Central Public Information Center, Seoul, Korea
1964 Yoo Yongkuk, Korea Press Center, Seoul, Korea

Selected Awards

1984 Received the Bo-Gwan Order of Culture Merit, Korea
1976 Received a prize from the National Academy of Arts, Korea
1938 Awarded the Jiyu Bijutsuka Group of Japan (Association of Free Artists) Prize for Work R2, Work R3, and Work E1
1937 Received an honorable mention for Work B at the first exhibition of the Jiyu Bijutsuka Group of Japan, organized by the Art Association of Japan

Selected Public Collections

National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea
Jeonnam Museum of Art, Jeonnam, Korea
Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
Museum SAN, Wonju, Korea
Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea
Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea
HITE Collection, Seoul, Korea