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