徐承元
SUH Seung-Won
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徐承元
SUH SEUNG-WON
1941 Born in Seoul, Korea
1974 – 2007 Professor in Painting at Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea
1970 MFA in Painting, Graduate School of Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea
1964 BFA in Painting, Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 「瞑想空間」TomuraLee, Tokyo
2021 Simultaneity-No Limit, PKM Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2019 Suh Seung-Won | Early Works: 1960s to 1980s, Tina Kim Gallery, New York, USA
Suh Seung Won: Simultaneity, The Korea Society, New York, USA
2018 Suh Seung-Won | A Half Century of Endeavor and Serenity: Works from 1967 to 2018, Arario Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2017 Rho Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Gallery Tomura, Tokyo, Japan
2016 Gallery Shilla, Daegu, Korea
Art Beatus Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2007 GANA Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2005 Art Beatus Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2002 Gallery Rho, Seoul, Korea
2000 Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
1999 Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1990 Sun Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1985 Daido Gallery, Sapporo, Japan
1984 Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Centro Documentazioni Arti Visive / Archivio / Rosamilia, Italy
1983 Gallery Scope L.A., Los Angeles, USA
Five Towers Micro Hall Center, Augustfehn, Germany
1982 Fine Art Center, Seoul, Korea
1977 Fine Art Center, Seoul, Korea
1976 Moon Wha Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1972 Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1970 Press Center Gallery, Seoul, Korea
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 淡DAAM: The Korean Contemporary Art Exhibition, Whitestone Gallery, Hong Kong
2018 Korea – Five Artists Five Hinsek <White>, Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2017 Looking into Korean Art, Part 2: Dansaekhwa, Museum SAN, Wonju, Korea
Rhyme in Monochrome: Korean Abstract Painting, Tokyo Opera City Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2016 Origin, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France
DANSAEKHWA, PIASA, Paris, France
2015 KIAF 2015, Coex Hall, Seoul, Korea
LA Art Show, LA Convention Center, LA, USA
CONTEXT Art Miami, Art Miami Pavilion, Miami, USA
La Plenitud de la Nada / Empty Fullness, Traveling Korean Arts, Centro Cultural Colectiva, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2014 SAN Museum Invitation Exhibition, SAN Museum, Wonju, Korea
Busan Biennale 2014, Special Exhibition, Busan Art Hall, Busan, Korea
2013 70’s Renaissance Painting, Eve Gallery, Seoul, Korea
SMAF-Seoul Contemporary Festival, Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2012 Dansaekhwa: Korean Monochrome Painting, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
Seongnam International Art Fair, Seongnam Arts Center, Seongnam, Korea
2011 Diversity in Form and Thought – Recent Works of Korean Artists, Beijing Art Gallery of Imperial City, Beijing, China
Monochrome Art, Gongan Purple, Paju, Korea
Qingdao Contemporary Art Fair, Qingdao International Convention Center, Qingdao, China
Daegu Art Museum – Opening Invitation Exhibition, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea
2010 Korean Avant-Garde Drawing: 30 Years Exhibition, Seoul Olympic Museum of Art (SOMA), Seoul, Korea
Korea-Hong Kong Modern Art Fair, Hong Kong Art Center, Hong Kong
2009 UAE-KAF Korea Art Festival, Dubai World Trade Center / Abu Dhabi National Theater Museum, UAE
The Color of Nature: Monochrome Art in Korea, Wellside Gallery, Shanghai, China
2008 China Beijing 798 Art Festival (In Commemoration of Beijing Olympics 2008), Beijing 798 Art Zone, China
2007 Korea-Japan Exhibition of Modern Art, Fukuoka Asia Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
Korea-China Exhibition of International Modern Art, Beijing 798 Art Zone, Beijing, China
2006 Reduction and Expansion of Contemporary Art: Origin Painting Association, Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Art Interchange – The Exchange Exhibition of Korea and Australia Art College, Museum of Contemporary Art, Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea
Diversity in Form and Thought – Recent Works of Korean Artists, Beijing Art Gallery of Imperial City, Beijing, China
2005 Osaka International Art Festival 2005, Asia and Pacific Trade Center, Osaka, Japan
2004 KIAF 2004, COEX Hall, Seoul, Korea
Seoul Contemporary Art Exhibition in Roma, House of Association of Architects of Rome, Roma, Italy
Gongju International Art Festival, Lim Lim Museum, Gonju, Korea
Asia International Art Exhibition 2004, The Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan
2003 Drawing, Its New Horizons, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
Art Today JAPAN “The 8th Nippon International Contemporary Art Festival 2003,” Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan
Asia Print Adventure, The Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan
The International Art Exhibition 2003, Hokkaido Asai Gakuen University, Sapporo, Japan
2002 Korean Contemporary Art from the Mid-1970s to the Mid-1980s: Age of Philosophy and Aesthetics Understanding of Abstract Art, Sungkok Museum, Seoul, Korea
2001 Korean Contemporary Art Festival: “Korean Arts Towards the World in 21st Centuries,” Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
The Critical Rediscovery for the 60-70s Art Movement: Another Perspective for Korean Contemporary Art’s Contemporaneity, Hanwon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Exhibition of Korean Contemporary Art – Journey to Memory, Palais Palffy Gallery, Paris, France
Exhibition of Foundation, Perspectives, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2000 The 3rd Gwangju Biennale, Biennale Museum of Gwangju, Gwangju, Korea
Plane as Spirits, Busan Municipal Museum of Art, Busan, Korea
The Evolution and Transformation of Korean Prints, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea
Y2K International Exhibition and Symposium of Prints, National Taiwan Arts Education Institute, Taiwan
1999 The 1st Korea Art Festival – Dream of City, Solo Exhibition of 27 Person, Seoul Municipal Museum, Seoul, Korea
1998 ASIAN PRINT ADVENTURE, The Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Hokkaido, Japan
1997 Visual Point and Groping of ‘97 Korean Art, Sang Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Entasis of Korean Art (Commemoratory Exhibition of the Opening of Dong-Deuk Art Gallery), Dong-Deuk Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1996 Korean Monochrome in the 1970s, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
Exhibition of Cultural Pearl, Seoul Municipal Museum, Seoul, Korea
1995 Art Contemporain Coreen, Couvent des Cordeliers, Paris, France
FACT ’95 Living Art Exhibition, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
An Encounter of Cement and Art (Commemoratory Exhibition of the Opening of Seong-Gok Art Museum), Seong-Gok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
1994 NICAF YOKOHAMA ’94 (The 3rd International Contemporary Art Fair, Japan), Tokyo & Jean Art Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
Print Works ’94 Asahigawa, Hokkaido Asahigawa Museum, Hokkaido, Japan
1993 Korean Contemporary Art: Passion and Challenge of the Period, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
The Forty Years of Korean Contemporary Prints, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Kwacheon, Korea
12 Contemporary Artists from Korea, The Miyagi Museum of Art, Sendai, Japan
1992 Exhibition of Korean Contemporary Art, Simonoseki Museum, Japan
1991 Exhibition of Contemporary Prints NAGOYA-’91 Member’s Work Today, Izican Museum, Nagoya, Japan
Korean Graphic Art, Now, Gallery Tivoli, Ljubjana
1990 Korean Contemporary Paintings, Ho-Am Museum, Yongin, Korea
The 10th Exhibition of Japan-Korea Contemporary Art Exhibition 1990, Fukuoka Museum, Fukuoaka, Japan
Print Adventure ‘90, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Hokkaido, Japan
1989 Sapporo – Seoul Art Show, Dokei-dai Gallery, Sapporo, Japan
The USA-KOREA Prints ‘89 Exchange Exhibition, Los Angeles, Seoul, Paris
Exhibition of Korean Contemporary Painting, Taipei Museum, Taipei, China
Korean Modern Painting in the 1970s, Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, Korea
1988 The 8th Exhibition of Japan-Korea Contemporary Painting, Fukuoka Metropolitan Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
Aspect of Korean Contemporary Art, Central Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1987 The 7th Exhibition of Korea – Japan Contemporary Painting, Fine Art Center, Seoul, Korea
1986 Inaugural Exhibition of National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art – The Past and Present of Korean Contemporary Art Today, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
The 6th Exhibition of Japan-Korea Contemporary Painting, Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
Contemporary Prints in Japan-Korea, Simonoeski Metropolitan Museum of Art, Simonoeski, Japan
Today & Yesterday: Korean Traditional Art & Korean Contemporary Art “Exhibition of Paper Work,” Kyoto, Japan
1985 Paper Works by Contemporary Korean Artists, Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Central Washington University, Washington D.C., USA
Exhibition of Korean Painting 70 Years, Ho-Am Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1984 Sapporo Triennale, Sapporo, Japan
Human Documents ‘84/’85, Tokyo Gallery, Japan
Korean Contemporary Art in the 1970s, Taipei Metropolitan Museum, Taipei, China
1983 Korean Contemporary Art: Unique Artistic Movement in the late 70s, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, National Museum of Art, Osaka, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Utsunomiya Museum of Art, Utsunomiya, Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
1982-83 Contemporary Paper Works “Korea & Japan,” Seoul, Korea, and Tokyo, Japan
1982 Invited Exhibition of Contemporary Artists, Moklim Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1981 Korea Drawing Now, The Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA
1980 International Impact of Art Festival ‘80, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Exhibition Marking the Fukuoka Art Museum’s First Anniversary, Asian Artists Exhibition Part II, Festival: Contemporary Asian Art Show, Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
1979 Contemporary Korean Art, Museum of New Zealand, Walton, New Zealand
Korean Contemporary 10 Prints Exhibition, ADI Gallery, San Francisco, USA
The 11th International Biennale Exhibition of Prints in Tokyo, Tokyo Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Osaka, Japan
1978 Seoul International Prints Exchange Exhibition, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
20 Years of Contemporary Korean Art, Seoul, Korea
Korea-China: Exchange Contemporary Art, National Museum of History, Taipei, China
1977 The 4th India Triennale, India
Korean Commissioner of the 9th Cagnes International Painting Festival, Cagnes, France
The Contemporary Korean Art, Tokyo Central Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
1976 The 8th Cagnes International Painting Festival, Cagnes, France
Exhibition of Invited Contemporary 8 Artists, Seoul Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1975-99 Ecole de Seoul, Seoul, Korea
1975 Korea: Five Artists Five Hinsek ‘Whites,’ Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Contemporary Art Festival in Seoul, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
International Exchange Exhibition of Prints, Pasadena, California, USA
Exhibition of Korean Contemporary Prints, Buffalo Gallery, New York, USA
1974 Seoul Biennale, Hosted by A.G., National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
1973 Seoul Biennale, Hosted by A.G., National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Korean Contemporary Art 1957-1972: Plastic and Anti-Plastic, Myungdong Gallery, Seoul, Korea
I.S.P.A.A. Kobe Exhibition, Kobe, Japan
Exhibition of Seoul – 13 Artists’ Contemporary Art, Gallery Signum, Kyoto, Japan
1972-79 Independents, National Museum of Modern Art, Seoul, Korea
1972 The 2nd International Biennale of Prints in Seoul, Dong-A Press Group, Seoul, Korea
Venice Graphic Art, Venice Ca’Pesaro International Gallery of Modern Art, Venice, Italy
1971 The 11th São Paulo Biennale, São Paulo, Brazil
A.G.: Reality and Realization, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
1970 The 1st Korean Art GRAND-PRIX Exhibition, Han-Guk Press Group, Seoul, Korea
A.G: The Mechanics of Phenomenon and Restoration, Korean Information Center, Seoul, Korea
1969 The 1st International Triennale Exhibition of Prints in Italy, Carpi, Italy
The 6th Paris Biennale, Paris, France
The 5th International Young Artist Festivals in Japan, Japan Cultural Forum, Tokyo, Japan
Exhibition of 11 Korean Young Artists, Solidaridad Gallery, Manila, Philippines
1968 The 6th International Biennale Exhibition of Prints, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
Invited Exhibition of Korean Contemporary Artist, Hosted by Chosun Ilbo Group, Seoul, Korea
1968-2015 Contemporary Korean Prints Association, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
1967 The Korean Young Artists Association Exhibition, Korean Information Center, Seoul, Korea
1963-2005 Paintings by the ORIGIN Association, Arts Council Korea, Seoul, Korea
AWARDS
2013 Grand Prix of Oh Jiho Artist, Gwangju City Hall, Gwangju, Korea
2001 Grand Prix of Misulsegae, Misulsegae Company, Seoul, Korea
1978 Grand Prix Exhibition of Korean Art, Most Excellent Prize, Han-Guk Press Group National Museum of Modern Art, Seoul, Korea
1976 Grand Prix of the 1st Young Artist, Moon Hwa Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1971 Grand Prix of Exhibition of Contemporary Print, Grand Prix, Myong-Dong Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1963 Invited Exhibition of Korean Contemporary Artists, Grand Prix, Chosun Press Group, National Museum of Modern Art, Seoul, Korea
1962 Invited Exhibition of Korean Contemporary Artists, Special Prize, Chosun Press Group, National Museum of Modern Art, Seoul, Korea
Exhibition of The 1st to 3rd Shin Sang Group, Special Prize, Shin Sang Group, National Museum of Modern Art, Seoul, Korea
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
National Contemporary Art Museum, Kwacheon, Korea
The British Museum, London, England
The Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA
Sapporo Contemporary Art Museum, Sapporo, Japan
Simoneski Metropolitan Museum of Art, Simoneski, Japan
Mie Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan
Saendayi Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Seoul Municipal Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Gwangju Art Museum, Gwangju, Korea
Daegu Museum, Daigu, Korea
Hongik University Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Sunje Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyungju, Korea
Walkerhill Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
Hoam Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
War Memorial of Korea, Seoul, Korea
Museum SAN, Wonju, Korea
Alive Jincheon Print Making Museum, Jincheon, Kores
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The 3rd Government Office Building, Daejeon, Korea
Government Office Building, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Seoul, Korea
Courthouse in Incheon, Incheon, Korea
Ansan City Hall, Ansan, Korea
Construction Center, Seoul, Korea
Samsung Condominium, Yangpyeong, Korea
Incheon District Public Prosecutors’ Office, Incheon,Korea
Woori Bank, Seoul, Korea
KT Corporation, Seoul, Korea
The Intercontinental Hotel, Seoul, Korea