Ha Chong-Hyun Biography
1935 Born in Kyeong-Nam, Korea
1959 Graduated Painting Department of Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea
One Man Exhibitions
1972 Gin Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
1974 Myung-Dong Gallery, Seoul, Korea.
1975 Moon-Heum Gallery, Seoul, Korea.
1977 Space Gallery, Seoul, Korea.
1979 Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
1984 Hyun-Dai Gallery, Seoul, Korea.
1985 Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
1990 Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
1992 NICAF Yokohama '92 International Contemporary Art Fair, Nabis Gallery,
Japan.
Nabis Gallery, Seoul, Korea.
WaBermann Galerie. Munchen, Germany.
1994 Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
WaBermann Galerie. Munchen, Germany.
1995 Han Lim Gallery, Taejeon, Korea.
1996 Biever-Risch Gallery, Luxembourg, Belgium.
1997 Samtuh Gallery, Seoul, Korea.
Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
Selected Group Exhibitions
1960-69 Korean Contemporary Artists Exhibition (Held by Cho-Sun Press Group),
Seoul, Korea.
1965 The 4th Biennale de Paris, France.
Cultural Freedom Contemporary Art Exhibition (Held by Congress for
Cultural Freedom, Korea), Seoul, Korea.
1967 The 9th Biennale de Sao Paulo, Brazil.
1968 Korean Contemporary Painting Exhibition, (Held by Tokyo National
Museum of Modern Art), Tokyo, Japan.
1969 Exhibition of 11 Korean Young Artists, Solidaridad Gallery, Manila,
Philippines.
1969-72 Korean Contemporary Painting Exhibition, India, Afghanistan and Nepal.
1970 Exhibition of selected 6 Korean Young Artists, Tokiwa Gallery,
Tokyo, Japan.
1970,78,80 The 1st, 5th, 7th, Korean Art Grand-Prix Exhibition (Held by
Hankook Press Group), Seoul, Korea.
1970-72 A.G. Group Show (Held by Korean Avant-garde).
1971 Painting Today's Korea Invited Exhibition (Projection by Myung-Dong
Gallery, Seoul).
The 7th Biennale de Paris, France.
A.G. Group Show "Realiser et la Realite" (National Museum of Modern
Art), Seoul, Korea.
1973 Exhibition of Korean Contemporary Art 1957-1972, Abstraction-
Situation (Projected by Myong-Dong Gallery), Seoul, Korea.
Exhibition of Seoul-13 Artists of Contemporary Art (Project by
Gallery Signum), Kyoto, Japan.
Exhibition of 100 Modern Painting (Projected by National Museum
Modern Art), Seoul, Korea.
1974 The 6th Cagnes International Painting Festival, Cagnes-Sur-Mer,
France.
The 1st Seoul Biennale (National Museum Modern Art), Seoul, Korea.
1975 The 3rd India Triennial, India.
1975-79 Dae-Gu, Busan, Kwang-Ju, Kang-Won, Chun-Buk, Contemporary Art
Festival, Korea.
1976-92 Ecole de Seoul National Museum of Modern Art, Seoul, Korea.
1977 The 13th Biennale de Sao Paulo, Brazil.
The Exhibition of Korea Contemporary Arts (Held by National Museum
of Modern Art), Seoul, Korea.
Korean Contemporary Paintings (Held by National Museum of History),
Taipei, China.
1977-79 Independents, National Museum of Modern Art, Seoul, Korea.
1977-83 Seoul Contemporary Art Festival, National Museum of Modern Art,
Seoul, Korea.
1978 Secondes Rencontres Internationales d'Art Contemporain, Galleries
Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, France.
Work on Paper, Kyeon-Ji Gallery, Seoul, Korea.
Korea: The Trend for the Past 20 Years of Contemporary Arts
(Projected by National Museum of Modern Art ), Seoul, Korea.
1979 Korean Arts: Methods of Today (Projected by Fine Art Center Gallery),
Seoul, Korea.
Korean Contemporary Arts: Unique Methods of Exhibition By 6 Artists
(Projected by LEE Gallery), Dae-Gu, Korea.
1980 Grand Exhibition of Korean Print and Drawing (Projected by National
Museum of Modern Art), Seoul, Korea.
37 Contemporary Artists '80 (Projected by Kwan Hoon Gallery),
Seoul, Korea.
Exhibition Marking the Fukuoka Art Museum's Anniversary, Asian
Artists Exhibition Part II, "Festival: Contemporary Asian Art Show,
1980", Fukuoka, Japan.
1981 Exhibition of '81, Korean Arts (Held by National Museum of Modern
Art), Seoul, Korea.
Exhibition of '81, Drawing (Projected by National Museum of Modern
Art), Seoul, Korea.
Drawing Exhibition of Contemporary Korean Artists (Dong-San-Bang
Gallery), Seoul and (Artcore Gallery), Los Angels, U.S.A.
Korean Drawing Now (The Brooklyn Museum), New York, U.S.A.
1982-83 Contemporary Paper Works (Korea and Japan), Seoul, Korea and
Kyoto, Japan.
1983 Korean Contemporary Arts Exhibition (The latter half of the 70's:
An Aspect ), Tokyo, Utsunomiya, Osaka, Sapporo and Fukuoka, Japan.
Exchange Exhibition of Print and Drawing Between Seoul and San
Francisco (World Print Council, San Francisco and Korean Cultural
Service, Los Angels), U.S.A.
Korea: New Paper Works (Projected by Spring Gallery), Taipei, China.
1984 The Returning Exhibition of Korean Contemporary Arts. The latter
half of the 70's: An Aspect (Held by Fine Art Center Gallery),
Seoul, Korea.
Seoul: Paper Works '84 (Projected by Kwan-Hoon Gallery),
Seoul, Korea.
'84 Korean Contemporary Arts Exhibition, Taipei, China.
1984 Korean Contemporary Art of the 60's - The Outskirts of Informel,
Waker Hill Art Center, Seoul, Korea.
Korean Contemporary Art of the 60's - Paris Biennial, Duson Gallery,
Seoul, Korea.
1985 3rd Human Document '84/'85, Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
70's of Korean Painting, Hoam Gallery, Seoul, Korea.
1986 '86 Seoul Contemporary Asian Art Shows, National Museum of Modern
Art, Seoul, Korea.
1986-92 Seoul Grand Art Exhibition, Seoul City Museum, Seoul, Korea.
Korea Contemporary Arts: Past and Present, National Museum of Modern
Art, Seoul, Korea.
1987 The 3rd TOYAMA NOW '87 - New Art Around the Pacific (The Museum of
Modern Art. Toyama), Toyama, Japan.
4 Korean Contemporary Artists, Laboratory Gallery, Sapporo, Japan.
1988 4 Korean Painter (Tokyo Gallery), Tokyo, Japan.
Olympiad of Art: The International Contemporary Painting Exhibition
(National Museum of Modern Art), Seoul, Korea.
1989 "Hiroshima" (Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art),
Hiroshima, Japan.
1991 Korean Contemporary Paintings, Yugoslavia Contemporary Art of 5
Artists Korea Gallery Seoul, Korea.
1992 Flow from the Far East (Recent Korean Arts Scene), (Projected by
Nabis Gallery), London, United Kingdom.
1993 NICAF Yokohama '93 International Contemporary Art Fair,
Yokohama, Japan.
12 Contemporary Artists from Korea, The Miyagi Museum of Art,
Sendai, Japan.
The 45th Biennale de Venice, Italy.
1994 NICAF Yokohama '94 International Contemporary Art Fair,
Yokohama, Japan.
Art 25!94 The International Art Fair (Kamakura Gallery and
WaBermann Galerie), Basel, Switzerland.
Art Cologne, Koln Messe, Koln, Germany.
Seoul in Venice, Gallery May, Seoul, Korea.
1995 Art 26'95 The International Art Fair (Kamakura Gallery),
Basel, Switzerland.
The Tiger's Tail, Venice, Italy.
Korean Contemporary Paintings, Han Lim Gallery, Taejeon, Korea.
Art Cologne, Koln Messe, Koln, Germany.
East. West Today, Posco Gallery, Seould, Korea.
Contemporary Korean Paintings in Paris, Paris City Museum,
Paris, France.
1996 Art 27'96 The International Art Fair (Kamakura Gallery),
Basel, Switzerland.
Monochromes in 70s, Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, Korea.
96 Joong Ang Biennale, Seoul, Korea.
FIAC 96 Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain (Samtuh Gallery
and Gin Gallery), Paris, France.
Korean Art Fair (Samtuh Gallery), Seoul, Korea.
Art Cologne, Koln Messe, Koln, Germany.
1997 NICAF Tokyo '97 International Contemporary Art Festival
(Sun Gallery), Tokyo, Japan.
Grands et Jeunes d'aujourd'hui, Paris, France.
Awards
1962 Grand-Prix, the Public Subscription Exhibition of New-Shape Group
(Held by New-Shape Group), National Museum of Contemporary Art,
Seoul, Korea.
1975 Grand-Prix, the 1st Space Grand-Prize Exhibition (Held by Space
Group), National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea.
1980 Grand-Prix, the 7th Korean Art Grand-Prize Exhibition (Held by Han-
Kook Daily News), National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea.
Professional Organizations
1969-74 President of Korean A.G. Organization.
1980 General Commissioner of the 12th Cagnes International
Painting Festival.
1986-89 President of the Federation of Artistic Organization of Korea,
Seoul, Korea.
1987-88 The Korean Steering Committee of the Olympiad of Art (Seoul Olympic
Organizing Committee), Seoul, Korea.
1988 General Commissioner of the 43rd Venice Biennale.
1992 Commissioner of Cagnes International Painting Festival.
Museum Collections
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan.
The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea.
Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan.
The Ho-Am Art Museum, Yong-In, Korea.
Seoul City Art Museum, Seoul, Korea.
The Museum of Modern Art. Toyama, Toyama, Japan.
Shimonoseki City Art Museum, Shimonoseki, Japan.
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan.
The Museum of Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea.
Kwangju City Art Museum, Kwangju, Korea.
The Museum of E-Wha Woman's University, Seoul, Korea.
Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Mie, Japan.
Present
The Professor of Hong-Ik University, Art Department.