CHUNG Hyun

CV

Born in 1956Lives and works in SeoulFormer Associate Professor, Graduate School of Fine Art, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea

Education

1990: Diplôme de l'École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts de Paris, Paris, France
1986: M.F.A., Department of Plastics Art, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea
1982: B.F.A., Department of Plastics Art, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea

Solo Exhibitions

2025: "The Cumulative Burst," PKM Gallery, Seoul, Korea"Landing, no shore no sea," ARTSPACECARGO, Incheon, Korea"A Poem in Humble Materials," Cheongju Museum of Art, Cheongju, Korea"Sculptural Poetry," Lee Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2023: "Mass," Nam-Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2022: "The Portrait of Time: Chung Hyun," Seongbuk Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea"Chung Hyun Drawing Exhibition," Choi Jung Ah Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2018: "Chung Hyun," Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2017: "L’homme debout," Domaine National de Saint-Cloud, Paris, France
2016: "L’homme debout," IBU Gallery, Paris, France"L’homme debout," Jardin du Palais-Royal, Paris, France
2015: "Chung Hyun," Kwon Jin-kyu Atelier, Seoul, Korea
2014: "Chung Hyun," Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2010: "Chung Hyun," Gaon Gallery, Incheon Education and Cultural Center for Students, Incheon, Korea
2009: "Chung Hyun: From Material to Life," Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
2008: "Chung Hyun," Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2007: "Chung Hyun," Gallery Tokyo Humanité, Tokyo, Japan"Chung Hyun," Gallery 21 Yo-J, Tokyo, Japan
2006: "Artist of the Year 2006: Chung Hyun," National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea"Chung Hyun," Incheon Culture & Arts Center, Incheon, Korea
2005: "Chung Hyun," Artforum Newgate, Seoul, Korea
2004: "Artist Today 2004 Chung Hyun – Affirmation of Sculpture," Kim Chong Yung Museum, Seoul, Korea
2001: "Chung Hyun," Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
1998: "Dessins de Chung Hyun," French Institute, Seoul, Korea
1997: "Chung Hyun," Gallery Won, Seoul, Korea
1992: "Chung Hyun," Gallery Won, Seoul, Korea

Selected Group Exhibitions

2026: "What Flows What Remains," Gyeonggi Museum of Art, Ansan, Korea
2025: "The 5th Vision of Korea · Japan Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition: Seam," Gallery KKI, Paju, Korea"Pohang Steel Art Festival: Light and Iron/Steel," Dongbin Cultural Platform 1969, Pohang, Korea"Beyond Time and Space," Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea"2025 Jeonnam International SUMUK Biennale," Mokpo Culture and Arts Center, Mokpo, Korea"Tilting toward Ground," Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea"The 1st Palbong-ri Kim Bok-jin Sculpture Festa," Palbong-ri area, Cheongju, Korea"Thu Fri Sat: Three Materials, Three Languages," Choi Jung Ah Gallery, Seoul, Korea"Connect: Chung Hyun," Art Busan 2025 Special Exhibition, Domoheon, Busan, Korea"By Way of Things," Moran Museum of Art, Namyangju, Korea"Shifting Boundaries," Former Janghang Station, Seocheon, Korea"More than meets the eye," Gallery KKI, Paju, Korea"Spring Snow," PKM Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2024: "Changwon Sculpture Biennale," Changwon, Korea"Tara Tak Tak: Flower of Yeolsu, Jeong Yak Yong’s A-eon-gag-bi," Hangang Museum, Namyangju, Korea"Drawing and Painting, The Ambiguous Boundary," Fill Gallery, Seoul, Korea"END vs AND," Two-person exhibition, PS CENTER, Seoul, Korea
2023: "Invitation to Unfamiliar Pleasure," Icheon International Sculpture Symposium 1st Project Exhibition, Icheon Art Hall, Icheon, Korea"Empathy," The 3rd Vision of Korea-Japan Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition, CAGG Gallery, Seoul, Korea"SeMA-Project A," Art Archives, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea"Suwon Cultural Heritage Night," Hwaseong Fortress Temporary Palace, Hwaseong, Korea"The Flow of Korean Abstract Painting," House of Goam Yi Eung-no, Hongseong, Korea
2022: "A Long Breath: Drawings of Five Artists," TOPOHAUS, Seoul, Korea"Scenes of Memory," Doonamjae Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2021: "INTERBEING," Chang Ucchin Museum of Art, Yangju, Korea"DMZ Art Project - Peace, Again," Imjingak Pyeonghoa-Nuri Park, Paju, Korea"Good Morning," COEX K-Pop Space, Seoul, Korea"Yeo-Min-Rak," Sejong Art Center, Sejong, Korea"The 6th Writers Special Exhibition, Kim Hoon: Here I Live," Seongbuk Young Art Space, Seoul, Korea
2020: "Black Milk of Dawn," Kim Cheong Yung Museum, Seoul, Korea
2019: "The Way of Embracing the Horizontal World," Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea"100th Anniversary of Korean Modern & Contemporary Sculpture," Seosomun Shrine History Museum, Seoul, Korea"Simon's Friends," Gallery Simon, Seoul, Korea
2018: "Gyeonggi Archive - Now," Gyeonggi Sangsang Campus, Suwon, Korea"Other Languages – Special Exhibition of Korea, Dakar Biennale 2018," Musée Boribana, Dakar, Senegal"8th YEOSU International Art Festival," Yeosu Expo, Yeosu, Korea"Description of Absence," IAA Gallery, Jeju, Korea"Pohang Steel Art Festival," Yeongildae Beach, Pohang, Korea
2017: "Created Boundaries," Government Complex Seoul Gallery, Seoul, Korea"The Portrait of Youth," National Museum of Korean Contemporary History, Seoul, Korea"Encountering Tree – The Flow of Korean Wooden Sculpture Since the 1960s," Blume Museum of Contemporary Art, Paju, Korea"Origin," Gallery PARKYOUNG, Paju, Korea"CRACKS in the Concrete from the MMCA Collection," National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea"Truth, Reality," Choi Jung Ah Gallery, Seoul, Korea"Your Hand, My Heart," Gallery Simon, Seoul, Korea
2016: "Opening Exhibition – Lobbyist Show," K Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea"IN-spire: The Opening Exhibition of an Art Space IN," Art Space IN, Incheon, Korea"Breathing Art – Geumgang Nature Art Biennale 2016," Yeonmisan Nature Art Park, Gongju, Korea"As the Moon waxes and wanes – MMCA Gwacheon, 30 Years 1986~2016," National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea"The 30th anniversary of Kim Sechoong Sculpture Award," Kim Sechoong Museum, Seoul, Korea"KOREA NOW," Korean Cultural Centers Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
2015: "KOREA NOW," Korean Cultural Centers Budapest, Brussels, Belguim"The Space above the Road," JCC Art Center, Seoul, Korea"Cheori Cheolcheol – from the Four Devas to Robot Taekwon V," POSCO Art Museum, Seoul, Korea"The 100th Anniversary of Kim Chong Yung," Kim Chong Yung Museum, Seoul, Korea"Healing MOSAIC Part 1 Looking at Scars – Chung Hyun_Hong Sanghyun," LIG Artspace Hannam, Seoul, Korea"Manao Tupapau," Moran Museum of Art, Namyangju, Korea"Beyond the Borders," Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul, Korea
2014: "A Form of Thinking – Rediscovery of Drawing," Museum SAN, Wonju, Korea"Bridge to the Future – Taehwa River Eco Art Festival 2014," South riverside of the Taehwa River, Ulsan, Korea
2013: "KOREA TOMORROW 2013: Image Installation," Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea"1000 Years of Waiting, New Start," Jeondeungsa Temple, Incheon, Korea"Power, Where Does the Beauty Lie?," Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea"Sunkwang Art Museum Opening Exhibition," Sunkwang Art Museum, Incheon, Korea"In-Sight," Ilwoo Space, Seoul, Korea"Art 13 London," Olympia Grand Hall, London, UK"Korea China Sculpture Art Exhibition," Dongbang Nosan Seowon, Qingdao, China
2012: "2012 Hongik International Art Festival," Hongik Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea"Changwon Sculpture Biennale 2012: Dreaming Island," Dotseom Island, Changwon, Korea"Steel Life," Pohang Museum of Steel Art, Pohang, Korea"Sculpture of Incheon," Gaon Gallery, Incheon Educational and Cultural Center for Students, Incheon, Korea"Corea now – Korean Sculpture," Piazza Duomo, Sant’Agostino Complex, Pietrasanta, Italy
2011: "Art Chorus – 21C Focus of Contemporary Art," Incheon Culture & Arts Center, Incheon, Korea"2011 Korean Sculpture of Tomorrow – Memory and Remembrance," Moran Museum of Art, Namyangju, Korea"Study," Savina Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea"Artist of the Year 1995-2010," National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea"A Brushstroke," Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul, Korea"Korean Contemporary Art – 100 Artists, 100 Colors," Gyeonghuigung Annex of Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea"International Sculpture Festa," Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
2010: "The Seoul Art Exhibition – Contemporary Korean Sculpture 2010," Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea"Explore the Future of Korea," Andong Culture & Arts Center, Andong, Korea"Korean Avant-garde Drawing: 1970-2000," Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea"Spring and Autumn," Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul, Korea"International Sculpture Symposium Icheon 2010: Mapping the Cityscape," Seolbong Park, Icheon, Korea"Drawing Hope Again: Huh Baik, Bae Jinho, Chung Hyun," Gaon Gallery, Incheon Educational and Cultural Center for Students, Incheon, Korea"Gangjin Celadon Art Project 2010," Gangjin Celadon Museum, Gangjin, Korea"Sculpture 2010," Triennale Incheon, Incheon, Korea"Him of Gyeonggi-do," Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea"The 30th Anniversary of the Young Korean Artists," National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea"Chung Hyun - Mark Ashton," IBU Gallery, Paris, France"Study of Human Body," Gallery Art Sagan, Seoul, Korea ; Yeongcheon Art Studio, Yeongcheon, Korea"The 1st Korea-Russia International Art Exchange Exhibition," Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia
2009: "Antipodes," Leyoung Contemporary Art Museum, Yongin, Korea"Beginning of New Era," Future Site of the National Museum of Contemporary Art Seoul, Seoul, Korea"Korea-Japan Exhibition of Reconciliation & Harmony," Gallery Qualia, Seoul, Korea"The Passage and Aspect of Korean Contemporary Sculpture," Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon, Korea
2008: "Space*Peace The 2nd Anniversary Fund Raising Exhibition," Peace Museum, Seoul, Korea"Today's Korean Art – The World of Expression: Seoul Arts Center the 20th Anniversary Special Exhibition," Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea"The 10th Anniversary Exhibition," POSCO Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2007: "5 Spaces 5 Colors • I," Moran Museum of Art, Namyangju, Korea"Opening Memorial 100 Artists Invitational Exhibition," Bupyeong History Museum, Incheon, Korea"Lines in Space," Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea"Critical Perspective – Some 130 Artists: From Early Modern to Contemporary," Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea"Hommage 100," Korea Art Center, Busan, Korea
2006: "The New Gate East 1st Anniversary Exhibition," The New Gate East, Seoul, Korea"Selected Sculptors' Exhibition of Incheon-Shandong," Incheon Culture & Arts Center, Incheon, Korea"The Seoul Art Exhibition 2006 – Figurative Sculpture," Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea"Little Beauty," Gallery Chosun, Seoul, Korea"Invitational Exhibition of 12 Contemporary Sculptors," Chosun Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea"EHS Project," Sejong Museum of Art, Sejong Center, Seoul, Korea
2005: "Japan-Korea Interchange Exhibition," The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan"Africa Project: 2005 AGIO International Sculptors Symposium," Gallery Agio, Yangpyeong, Korea"Seeing with the Heart: Exhibition with Visually Handicapped," Kyunghyang Gallery, Seoul, Korea"Artists of the Day," Sejong Museum of Art, Sejong Center, Seoul, Korea"Korea-Japan Interchange Exhibition," Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea"Pocheon International Sculpture Symposium," Sanjung Lake, Pocheon, Korea"The 2nd AGIO International Sculptors Symposium," National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe"Lee Taeho, Lee Jongbin, Chung Hyun," Gallery 175, Seoul, Korea"The Past and Present of Contemporary Korean Art," Korea University Museum, Seoul, Korea"Korea-Japan Contemporary Art Exhibition," Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
2004: "The 15th Anniversary Exhibition – Korean Modernism Art," Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea"Contemporary Korean Scupture," Moran Museum of Art, Namyangju, Korea"Busan Biennale 2004 Sea Art Festival: Chasm-Crossing Over," Haeundae Beach, Busan, Korea"Stillness & Movement – Opening Exhibition," Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea"2004-Works," Sejong Center, Seoul, Korea"Declaration for Peace: 100 Artists from Korea and Overseas," National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea"2004 Busan Sculpture Festival," Busan Cultural Center, Busan, Korea"The 20th International Sarajevo Winter Festival," National Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina"Exhibition of Hongik Sculpture Association," Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2003: "Heyri Festival 2003: Art in Landscape," Heyri Art Valley, Paju, Korea"The 1st Beijing International Art Biennale," National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China"Contemporary Sculpture from Korea and China – The Burgeoning Asian Century PART Ⅲ," Contemporary Art Space Osaka, Osaka, Japan"Art Object for the Regenerating Street," Heungkuk Life Insurance Building, Seoul, Korea"City & Human – Exhibition of So Sculptor’s Association," Korea Design Center, Seongnam, Korea"Gathering and Vision," Jongno Gallery, Seoul, Korea"Awakening of Sculpture: Material & Space," Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea
2002: "Korean Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition – What is Sculpture?," Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea"Bodyscape," Rodin Gallery, Seoul, Korea"Formative Sculpture," Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea"Self-Portrait of Korean Art," Sejong Museum of Art, Sejong Center, Seoul, Korea"66 Artists for Contemporary Literature," Gallery La Mer, Seoul, Korea"Gwangju Biennale 2002 – Project 4 : Site-off-Sight," Namgwangju Station Disused Site, Gwangju, Korea"A Thousand Eyes, A Thousand Ways," Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea; Dukwon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2001: "Korean Art: 44 Puzzles," Gallery La Mer, Seoul, Korea"Traversing Image," Gallery Fish, Seoul, Korea"Sabulsan-Yunphilam," Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2000: "Korean Sculpture of Today 2000 – Finding New Dimension," Moran Museum of Art, Namyangju, Korea"Light – Exhibition of So Sculptor’s Association," Jongno Gallery, Seoul, Korea"Dream for New Millennium – The Flag," National Theater of Korea, Seoul, Korea"Potential and Proposal of Incheon Art: Sculpture," Haeban Gallery, Incheon, Korea
1999: "Sensitivity and Freedom," French Institute, Seoul, Korea"Trends of Contemporary Korean Art in the 90s," Ellen Kim Murphy Gallery, Seoul, Korea"Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Incheon Art," Incheon Culture & Arts Center, Incheon, Korea"Sindoh Art Space Opening Exhibition," Sindoh Art Space, Seoul, Korea"Welcome 2000 – Figurative Sculpture of Our Own," Tho Art Space, Seoul, Korea"Cross the Threshold," Hanwon Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea"Formative Sculpture: Four Persons," Sungbo Gallery, Seoul, Korea"Contemporary Korean Art: New Tradition," Hillwood Art Museum, Long Island University, New York, USA"’99 Gangwon International Travel Expo: Outdoor Environmental Sculpture Park Exhibition," Seorak Sunrise Park, Sokcho, Korea"Exhibition of Hongik Sculpture Association," Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
1998: "Time, Memory, and Existence," Gallery Fusion, Seoul, Korea"Theme Park – Meeting of Architecture and Sculpture," POSCO Art Museum, Seoul, Korea"Drawing-Crossing," Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea"Re-Discovery of Drawing," Whanki Museum, Seoul, Korea"Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Incheon Art," Incheon Culture & Arts Center, Incheon, Korea"About the Existence that will Continue from the Long Time Ago – Exhibition of So Sculptor’s Association," Jongno Gallery, Seoul, Korea"Exploring the Uncertainty – Exhibition of Hongik Sculpture Association," Art Center of Korea Arts & Culture Education Service, Seoul, Korea
1997: "5 Artists’ Small Sculpture," Gallery Seohwa, Seoul, Korea"Freedom that is Not Light," Gallery Gasan, Seoul, Korea"The Start of Sharing," Gallery S, Seoul, Korea"’97 Invitational Exhibition Modern Korea Sculpture," Chuncheon MBC, Chuncheon, Korea"1997 Gwangju Biennale – Special Exhibition: Gwangju Aperto," Jungoe Park Education Center, Gwangju, Korea"Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Incheon Art," Incheon Culture & Arts Center, Incheon, Korea"Dream of the Century – Exhibition of So Sculptor’s Association," Jongno Gallery, Seoul, Korea; Incheon Culture & Arts Center, Incheon, Korea; Arario Gallery, Cheonan, Korea
1996: "Star – Exhibition of So Sculptor’s Association," Jongno Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1985: "Young Artists Exhibition," National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea

Awards

2024: The 2nd Kim Bok-jin Art Award, Cheongju Museum of Art, Cheongju, Korea
2017: The 11th Woohyeon Art Award, Incheon Foundation For Arts & Culture, Incheon, Korea
2014: The 28th Kim Sechoong Sculpture Award, Kim Sechoong Memorial Association, Seoul, Korea
2009: The 1st KACA Artist Award Grand Prize in the Creative Section, Korean Art Critics Association, Seoul, Korea
2008: Selected as ‘10 Artists not to be forgotten over a century’, Chosunilbo, Seoul, Korea
2006: Selected as ‘Artist of the Year 2006’, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
2004: Selected as ‘Artist Today 2004’, Kim Chong Yung Museum, Seoul, KoreaSelected as ‘12 Artists this year paid attention to’, Monthly Misulsegye, Seoul, Korea
1997: Selected for Young Artists Support Program, Paradise Culture Foundation, Seoul, Korea

Public Collections

Andong Sculptures Park, Andong, Korea
Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea
Cheongju Museum of Art, Cheongju, Korea
Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea
E-ham Campus, Yangpyeong, Korea
Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea
Hongik University Museum, Seoul, Korea
Horim Museum, Seoul, Korea
Incheon Foundation for Arts & Culture, Incheon, Korea
Korea University Museum, Seoul, Korea
Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Mokam Museum, Goyang, Korea
Mokpo Outdoor Sculpture Park, Mokpo, Korea
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
Pohang Museum of Steel Art, Pohang, Korea
Savina Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Seoul National University Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Suwon World Cup Stadium Foundation Sculpture Park, Suwon, Korea
Yeongju Outdoor Sculpture Park, Yeongju, Korea