Education
1997Hochschule der Künste in Berlin, Meisterschüler (Prof. K. H. Biederbick)
1996Hochschule der Künste in Berlin, Bildhauerei
1989M.F.A, Department of Sculpture, Graduate School of Seoul National University
1982B.F.A, Department of Sculpture, College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University
Awards
2016The 15th Prize of Moonshin Fine-Art Award
2011The 25th Prize of Kimseajoong
1987The 6th Korean Fine Art Grand Prize Exhibition - Grand Prize
1986The 5th Korean Fine Art Grand Prize Exhibition - Superior Prize
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2025Form in Absence, Gallery AP Space, New York, U.S.A
Portrait of Seeing, Art Chosun Space, Seoul, Korea
2024The Moment not a Moment, Total Museum of contemporary Art, seoul Korea
2018Indivisibility, Arario Gallery Cheonan, Cheonan, Korea
2017Prize of Moonshin Fine-Art Award, Moonshin Museum, Masan, Korea
2011[It Was Just There], 7S Art Gallery, Belgium
2010On the Threshold, PYO Gallery Beijing, Beijing, China
2009On the Threshold, PYO Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Depth of Shadow, PYO Gallery LA, Los Angeles, U.S.A
2006Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Depth of Shadow, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
Depth of Shadow, Macao Cultural Centre, Macao Museum of Art, Macao, China
Without Boundary, PYO Gallery Beijing, Beijing, China
2005Depth of Shadow, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
2004METRIX A - Transfer-Still, The 3rd Seoul International Media Art Biennale, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Transfer-Still, PYO Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Transfer, Art Chicago/PYO Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, U.S.A.
2003Transfer-Backward, PYO Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Transfer-the Both Sides of Existence, KIAF/PYO Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2000The Both Sides of Existence, Moran Museum of Art, Namyangju, Korea
1997Kl. k. 7d. 24. 10. 1920. BERLIN, Schulmuseum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
1991Reception of Contradiction, Choi Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1988Lee Yong Deok The 1st Sculpture Solo Exhibition, Fine Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025By way of things, Moran Museum, Namyangju, Korea
2024Strange and Funny( ), Daejeon Shinsegae Gallery, Daejeon, Korea
2022Representation and Reccurence, Lotte Gallery, Incheon, Korea
2021[The breath of earth after the DMZ], Yangpyeong Museum of Art, Korea
ONOOOFF, Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea
2020Human Art Festival, Chung Museum, Ansan, Korea
#Sequence, Gallery We, Yongin, Korea
2018Anniversary 100, University of Seoul, Seoul Korea
2017Postmodern Real, Seoul National University Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Pohang Steel Art Festival, Pohang Museum of Art, Pohang, Korea
2016Exposed Concrete, JCC Museum, Seoul, Korea
The Wizard of Art, Severance Art Space, Seoul, Korea
Kim SeaJoong Sculpture Award 30 Anniversary Exhibition, Cultural Art Space Joy of Art, Seoul, Korea
2015The Wolf and The Tiger-Italian Sculpture and Korea, Museo del la Permanete via Filippo Turati, Milano, Itaiy
The Treasure Island, Yangpyeong Art Museum, Yangpyeong, Korea
Unfold A Dream Art Angeli Art Museum, Yongin, Korea
2014[Wall] Collection Highlights, MMCA, Seoul, Korea
East Bridge 2014, Beijing 798 Creative Industry Investment Co.,LTD. Beijing, China
Seoul Sculptors Society Exhibition, Artspace H, Seoul, Korea
Nakwoo Sculpture Society, Chosunilbo Museum, Seoul, Korea
2013Sphere-Body-Landscape: Healing Ground, SOMA, Seoul, Korea
Sculpture, from Liberation to Today, Independence Hall of Korea, Cheonan, Korea
Trace of Korean Art, Seoul National University Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
The Lights from a Black Stream, Art Center Luvina, Sungnam, Korea
Nakwoo Sculpture Society, Chosunilbo Museum, Seoul, Korea
2012<the Magic Land, Yangpyung>, Yangpyung Art Museum, Korea
Jingyeong, Interalia, Seoul, Korea
SCULPTURA LUX MEA, Kim Chong Yung Sculpture Museum, Seoul, Korea
<Chaeyongsin and Portrait Paintings in Korea>, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Wanju, Korea
After Inganjeon 1980, JMG Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea
Now Dance, MoA Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Seoul Sculptors Society Exhibition, Moran Museum of Art, Namyangju, Korea
ILLUMINATION-Light in Today's Art, Hangaram Art Museum of Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
New Scape I~A Study on Landscape, Art Season Gallery, Singapore
2011Exhibition of Seoul Catholic Artists' Association, Seoul art Center, Korea
Kinetic Art, Hangaram Art Museum of Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
Unfamiliarity, Kwangju Shinseagea, Korea
An Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture, Korea & China, Korean Culture House, Beijing, China
Villa de'art and Artists, Topo House, Seoul. Korea
7S Group exhibition, 7S Art Gallery, Belgium
Reviewing Korean Sculpture-amplitude and vibration, SOMA, Seoul, Korea
2010The Analog Forest, Seoul Modern Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
Nakwoo Sculpture Society, 315 Art Center, Masan, Korea
Seoul Sculptors Society Exhibition, Seoul Art Center Gongpyeong, Seoul, Korea
The Seoul Art Exhibition 2010, Seoul Modern Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
LA Art Show, LA Convention Center, U.S.A.
Korean Art Show, 4F 521 West 25th Street, New York, U.S.A
ART HK 2010, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, Hong Kong, China
Depth of Shadow Ⅱ, PYO Gallery LA, U.S.A.
Opening Commemoration Exhibition, Leeyoonsoo Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2009Korean Eye-Moon Generation, Saatchi Gallery, London, U.K.
Body Language, Gallery Touch Art, Paju, Korea
Current of Korean Modern Sculpture, Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon, Korea
[ANTIPODES], ICAM Museum, Suwon, Korea
Art Dubai, Madinat Arena and FortIsland, UAE
Hong Kong International Art Fair, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, Hong Kong, China
ALTO ART FAIR BUSAN 2009, BEXCO / Asian Art Works, Inc., Busan, Korea
KIAF(Korea International Art Fair), COEX, Seoul, Korea
Exhibition of Seoul Catholic Artists' Association, Seoul art Center, Korea
wizard of Oz, Shinseagea, Seoul, Korea
2008Singapore Biennale 2008, Singapore, Singapore
Seville Biennale 2008, Seville, Spain
Transcendence: Modernity and beyond in Korean Art, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Your Mind's Eye Digital Spectrum, Seoul Modern Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
Negative Image, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea
Expression of Art, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
Asian Contemporary Art Fair New York, New York, U.S.A
Hong Kong International Antique & Art Fair, Hong Kong COEX, Hong Kong, China
Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China
Singapore Art Fair, Singapore, Singapore
Taipei Art Fair, Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei, Taiwan
Art Hong Kong, Hong Kong COEX, Hong Kong, China
2007Hommage 100, Korea Art Center, Busan, Korea
Have You Eaten Yet? 2007 Asian Art Biennial, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan
Art Cologne, Koelnmesse Platz, Koeln, Germany
Art Chicago, The Merchandise Mart, Chicago, U.S.A.
Asian Contemporary Art Fair, Pier 92, New York, U.S.A.
KIAF, Coex, Seoul, Korea
Shanghai Contemporary, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China
Art Taipei, Taipei Show, Taipei, Taiwan
Art Hong Kong, Hong Kong COEX, Hong Kong, China
CIGE, China World Trade Center, Beijing, China
Art Beijing, National Agricultural Exhibition Center, Beijing, China
Art Cologne Mallorca, Terminal A of Palma de Mallorca Airport, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2006Without Boundary Opening Exhibition, PYO Gallery Beijing, Beijing, China
Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
China International Gallery Exposition, China World Trade Center, Beijing, China
2005Korean Modernism, Kumho Museum, Seoul, Korea
Beijing Art Fair, Beijing, China
A New Summit of Asian Innovation - Shanghai COOL, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
China International Gallery Exposition, China World Trade Center, Beijing, China
The Harmony of 9 Voice Colors, Mitsukoshi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2004San Francisco Art Exposition, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, U.S.A.
Shanghai Art Fair, Shanghai, China
China International Gallery Exposition, China International Science and Technology Center, Beijing, China
Art and Playing, Hangaram Art Museum of Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
Self-Portrait Landscape, Woojegil Art Museum, Gwangju, Korea
The 1st Autumn Art Salon in Beijing, National Museum of China, Beijing, China
Sculpture Now- Looking Back: The Contemporary Korean Sculpture, Moran Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2003Shanghai Art Fair, Shanghai, China
Figurative Sculptures, Mokgeumto Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Contemporary Sculpture from Korea and China, Caso Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Light of the East 2 - Special Exhibition, KIAF, Coex_PYO Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Art in Landscape, Heiri Art Valley, Paju, Korea
Life and Humour in these Days, Sejong Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2002Art Festival in Bundang, Gallery Samsung Plaza, Seongnam, Korea
Exhibition of invited Artists in Suwon, Open Air Sculpture Park in Suwon Soccer Stadium, Suwon, Korea
Exhibition of 9 Prime Artists, Catholic Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Newspaper-Sculpture, The Korean Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2001Exhibition of Catholic Artists' Association, Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Art Festival in Bundang, Gallery Samsung Plaza, Seongnam, Korea
Exhibition of Exchange Interuniversity 2001, Gallery Beronanos, Paris, France
Exhibition of Prime Artists, Kyunggi Culture Foundation, Suwon, Korea
Prospect of Korean Sculpture in the 20th Century, Arts Council Korea, Seoul
2000Media City Seoul 2000, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Exhibition of Catholic Artists' Association, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
Sculpture Now 2000, Moran Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
1999Symbol of Korean Modern Sculpture, Gallery Woodeok, Seoul, Korea
Art Festival in Naju, Art Hall of Dongshin University, Naju, Korea
Millennium 2000, Wellside Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1998Modern Korean Sculpture, Invitational Exhibition, MBC, Seoul, Korea
1997Master's Degree Show, Galerie Quer, Berlin, Germany
Artists' Camp in ASO, Vol. 5', Oguni Open Place, Oguni, Japan
Re-Flex Two Person Show, Choi Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1996International Symposium: Korean Earth and Fire, Seongnam Ceramic, Iksan, Korea
New Works, Galerie Franz Richter, Berlin, Germany
Small Sculpture Triennale, Walkerhill Museum, Seoul, Korea
1994Mord im Museum, Heimat Museum, Berlin, Germany
1991The 1st Opening Exhibition Commemorating of Icon Gallery, Icon Gallery, Seoul
1990Tiger to Pig, Sonamoo Gallery, Seoul, Korea
'90 Modern Sculpture, Choheung Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1989Language of Space, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Human: A Way of Looking of 7 Artists, Gallery Now, Seoul, Korea
Small Sculpture, Gallery Seomi, Seoul, Korea
The Figurative Arts of 1980's, Kumho Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Present·Image, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
198822 Sculptors, Dong Soong Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition in the Open Air, MBC, Seoul, Korea
Today's 25 Figure Sculptor, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
1987Prize Winners Exhibition, Fine Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
B35-'87, Fine Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
Korean Sculpture Today, Total Outdoor Museum, Seoul, Korea
10 Sculptors, Il Gallery, Seoul, Korea
198679 Artists in Seoul, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
198352 Artists, Young Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Drawing of Sculptor, The 3rd Gallery, Seoul, Korea
83-21, Growrich Gallery, Seoul, Korea