Ha Chong-Hyun

• Born in 1935, Sancheong, Korea

Education

• 1959    B.A. in Painting, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea

Selected Solo Exhibitions

• 2021
  Tina Kim Gallery, New York, US
  
  2020               
  Almine Rech Gallery, London, UK
  Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea
  
  2019               
  Kukje Gallery, Busan, Korea
  Cardi Gallery, Milan, Italy
  Blum & Poe, Tokyo, Japan
  
  2018               
  Tina Kim Gallery, New York, US
  
  2017               
  Almine Rech Gallery, London, UK
  Almine Rech Gallery, Paris, France
  
  2016               
  Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, US
  
  2015               
  Tina Kim Gallery, New York, US
  Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  
  2014    
  Blum & Poe, New York, US
  Wooson Gallery, Daegu, Korea
  
  2013               
  Pyo Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  
  2012               
  National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
  Galerie Winter, Wiesbaden, Germany
  
  2010               
  Severance Art Space, Seoul, Korea
  
  2009               
  Seok Gallery, Daegu, Korea
  Bluedot M Gallery, Changwon, Korea
  Galerie Winter, Wiesbaden, Germany
  
  2008               
  Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
  
  2006               
  Pyo Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  
  2004               
  Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon, Korea
  Gallery Bizutsu Sekai, Tokyo, Japan
  
  2003               
  Fondazione Mudima, Milan, Italy
  
  2002               
  Gallery Bizutsu Sekai, Tokyo, Japan
  
  2001               
  Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan,
  Chosunilbo Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
  Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  
  2000               
  Hongik Museum of Art, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea
  
  1999               
  Espace Paul Ricard, Paris, France
  
  1997               
  Wellside Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan,
  
  1996               
  Biever-Risch Gallery, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
  
  1995               
  Hanlim Gallery, Daejeon, Korea
  
  1994              
  Waserman Galerie, Munich, Germany
  Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  
  1992               
  Nabis Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  
  1990               
  Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  
  1985              
  Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  
  1984              
  Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
  
  1979              
  Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  
  1977              
  Space Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  
  1975               
  Munheon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  
  1974              
  Myongdong Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  
  1972              
  Gin Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Selected Group Exhibitions

• 2021
  Rho Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  Jamunbak Museum Project: Part I, Gana Art Centre, Seoul, Korea
  Resonance, Horim Museum, Seoul, Korea
  
  2019               
  War Within, War Without, Collection 1940s-1970s, Museum of Modern Art, New York, US
  Awakenings: Art in Society in Asia 1960s-1990s, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
  Abstraction, Song Art Museum, Beijing, China
  Landloard Colors: On Art, Economy, and Materiality, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, US
  
  2018               
  Korean Abstract Art: Kim Whanki and Dansaekhwa, Powerlong Art Museum, Shanghai, China
  Renegades in Resistance and Challenge, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea
  Topologies, curated by Mika Yoshitake, The Warehouse, Dallas, US
  
  2017               
  Arts of Korea, Brooklyn Museum, New York, US
  The Ascetic Path: Korean Dansaekhwa, Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg, Russia
  Rhythm in Monochrome | Korean Abstract Painting, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  Dansaekhwa, Museum SAN, Wonju, Korea
  Asian Diva: The Muse and The Monster, SeMA, Buk-Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
  Thinking Out Loud: Notes for an Evolving Collection, The Warehouse, Rachofsky Collection, Dallas, US
  Who Can Be Strangers/ The Art of Mono-ha and Dansaekhwa, Adrian Rosenfeld Gallery, San Francisco, US
  Unpacked: Contemporary Works from Private Collections of Northern California, Museum of Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, US
  Seeking Stillness, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, US
  
  2016               
  Dansaekhwa and Minimalism, Blum & Poe, New York, US
  Korean Abstract Art: Early Works, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, US
  KM 9346: Korea-Morbihan 9,346km, Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Bignan, France
  Dansaekhwa, l'adventure du monochrome en Corée, des années 70 à nos jours, Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Bignan, France
  Masterworks on Loan, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, US
  Hybridizing Earth, Discussing Multitude, Busan Biennale, Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea
  30 Years 1986-2016: As the Moon Waxes and Wanes, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
  When Process Becomes Form: Dansaekhwa and Korean Abstraction, Boghossian Foundation – Villa Empain, Brussels, Belgium
  Dansaekhwa and Minimalism, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, US
  New Beginnings: Between Gesture and Geometry, The George Economou Collection, Athens, Greece
  
  2015               
  Dansaekhwa, Palazzo Contarini-Polignac, Venice, Italy
  PROPORTIO, Palazzo Fortuny, Venice, Italy
  Bold Abstractions: Selections from the DMA Collection 1966-1976, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, US
  Avant Garde Asia: Lines of Korean Masters, Sotheby’s Hong Kong Gallery, Hong Kong
  45th Anniversary of Gallery Hyundai: Korean Abstract Painting, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
  
  2014               
  The Art of Dansaekhwa, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  Overcoming the Modern: Dansaekhwa, The Korean Monochrome Movement, Alexander Gray Associates, New York, US
  Empty Fullness: Materiality and Spirituality in Contemporary Korean Art, Korean Cultural Center, Beijing, China; traveled to SPSI Art Museum, Shanghai, China; Koreanisches Kulturzentrum, Berlin, Germany; National Museum of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
  Unconstraint Creation, Hakgojae Gallery, Shanghai, China
  From All Sides: Dansaekhwa on Abstraction, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, US
  
  2012               
  Dansaekhwa: Korean Monochrome Painting, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
  
  2011              
  Qi is Full, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea
  The Spectrum of Contemporary Korean Art, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
  The Great Artists of Korean Art, Ulsan Culture Art Center, Ulsan, Korea
  
  2010              
  Korean Avant-garde Drawing: 1970-2000, Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
  Him of Gyeonggi-do, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea
  The 33rd Anniversary Special Exhibition, Sun Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  In the Midst of the Korean Contemporary Art, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
  
  2009              
  Bong Whang 137, Sunshine International Art Museum, Beijing, China
  The Three, Imazoo Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  8 Artists of the Korean Contemporary Art, Gallery Pakyoung, Paju, Korea
  Monochrome Art in Korea, Wellside Gallery, Shanghai, China
  4th Prague Biennale, Prague, Czech Republic
  
  2008              
  The 5th Busan Biennale, Busan, Korea
  9 Korean Contemporary Artists, Rho Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  Korean Abstract Art 1958-2008, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
  The Color of Nature: Monochrome Art in Korea, Pyo Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  Contemporary Art for 30 years Part 1, Kamakura Gallery, Kanagawa, Japan
  
  2007               
  Contemplation on a Space, Gana Art Busan, Busan, Korea
  Korean Contemporary Art, Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, Seoul, Korea
  Homage100, Korea Art Gallery, Busan, Korea
  Abstract Art: Amusement on the Border, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
  
  2004              
  Korean Contemporary Paintings: Past and Now, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
  
  2003              
  The Seoul Art Exhibition, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
  D.I.Y., Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
  
  2002              
  Age of Philosophy & Aesthetics, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
  Understanding of Abstract Art, Sungkok Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
  Korean Contemporary Art from the Mid-1970s to the Mid 1980s: Age of Philosophy and
  Aesthetics, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
  
  2001              
  Development of the Korean Contemporary Art, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
  Buncheong Ware Exhibition II, Hoam Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  Journey of Contemporary Korean Art of the 21st Century, Sejong Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  Which ART Do You Like Best?, Kamakura Gallery, Kanagawa, Japan
  
  2000              
  Postwar Abstract Art in Korea and West: Passion and Expression, Hoam Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  The Facets of Korean & Japanese Contemporary Art, Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea
  A Passage to New Millennium, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
  12 Contemporary Artists, Sun Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  Nature, POSCO Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
  Plane as Spirits, Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea
  The Horizontal for a New Millenium, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
  
  1998              
  Les peintres du silence - Huit maitres contemporains, Musees Montbéliard, Montbéliard, France
  PICAF, Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea
  
  1996              
  Korean Monochrome Paintings in 70’s, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
  96 Joongang Biennale, Joongang Ilbo, Seoul, Korea
  
  1995              
  The Tiger’s Tail: 15 Korean Contemporary Artists for Venice 95, Palazzo Vendramin, Venice, Italy
  Seoul International Painting Exhibition, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
  École de Séoul: The 20th Anniversary Special Exhibition, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  Korean Contemporary Paintings, Hanlim Gallery, Daejeon, Korea
  Contemporary Korean Paintings, Paris City Museum, Paris, France
  Nature of Korea, Park RyuSook Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  
  1993              
  12 Contemporary Artists from Korea, Miyagi Museum, Sendai, Japan
  The 45th Biennale de Venice, Venice, Italy
  Korean Contemporary Art, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
  
  1992              
  Flows from the Far East: Recent Korean Art Scene, Concourse Gallery, Barbican Center, London, UK
  
  1991              
  Korea Contemporary Paintings, Zagreb, National Museum Zagreb, Ljubljana, Cankarjevdom,
  Sarajevo, Collegium Artisticum, Belgrade, Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
  
  1990               
  Korean Art Today, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
  
  1989    
  Hiroshima, Hiroshima City Museum of Modern Art, Hiroshima, Japan
  
  1988               
  The 4 Korean Artists, Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  The 24 Olympiad Arts, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
  
  1987               
  The 31st Toyama International Arts Exhibition, Toyama, Japan
  4 Korean Contemporary Artists, Laboratory Gallery, Sapporo, Japan
  
  1986               
  Korean Arts Yesterday and Today, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
  Asia Contemporary Arts, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
  
  1985              
  The 3rd Human Documents 1984-1985, Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  70 Years of Korean Western Painting, Hoam Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  Modern Art from the Past 40 Years, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Deoksugung, Korea
  
  1984               
  Contemporary Korean Art: The Late ‘70s - A Situation, Korean Culture and Arts Foundation Art Center, Seoul, Korea
  Korean Contemporary Art 84’, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
  Korean Arts of 60’s, Walker Hill Museum, Seoul, Korea
  Korean Contemporary Art in 60’s, Duson Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  
  1983
  Korean Contemporary Arts Exhibition of the 70s Exhibition, Tokyo Museum of Art, Tokyo & Tochigi Municipal Museum of Art, Tochigi & Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo Fukuoka City Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
  Exchange Exhibition of Print and Drawing Between Seoul and San Francisco, U.S.I.S., USIS,
  Seoul, Korea; World Print Council, San Francisco, CA, USA; Korean Cultural Service, Los Angeles, US
  Korea: New Paper Works, Spring Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
  
  1983-1982    
  The Art of Contemporary Paper: Korea and Japan, Deoksugung Art Museum, Seoul, Korea & Kyoto, Japan
  Municipal Museum, Kyoto & Saitama Museum of Modern Art, Urawa & Kumamoto Folk Museum, Kumamoto, Japan
  
  1981          
  Drawing ‘81, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Deoksugung, Korea
  Work on Paper: Korean Contemporary Drawings, Dongsanbang Gallery, Seoul, Korea, Art Core Gallery, Los Angeles, US
  Drawings by Korean Artists, Brooklyn Museum, New York, US
  Contemporary Asian Arts, Fukuoka Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
  
  1978               
  The 2nd Rencontres International d’art Contemporain, Gallerie National de Grand Palais, Paris, France
  The Trend for the Past 20 Years in Korean Contemporary Art, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Deoksugung, Korea
  
  1977               
  The 13th Biennale de Sao Paolo, Sao Paolo, Brazil
  Korean Contemporary Art, National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan
  
  1975               
  The 3rd India Triennale, New Delhi, India
  The 4th Avant Garde Exhibition, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Deoksugung, Korea
  
  1974               
  The 6th Cagnes International Painting Festival, Cagnes, France
  The 1st Seoul Biennale, Korean Avant Garde Association, Seoul, Korea
  
  1973    
  Korean Contemporary Art 1957-1972: Formative and Informative, Myungdong Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  13 Contemporary Artists, Signum Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  Exhibition for 100 Modern Korean Painters, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Deoksugung, Korea
  
  1972               
  The 3rd Avant Garde Exhibition, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Deoksugung, Korea
  
  1972-1969       
  Korean Contemporary Painting Exhibition, touring Japan, India, Pakistan, and Nepal
  
  1971               
  The 2nd Avant Garde Exhibition, Reality and Realization, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea
  The 7th Biennale de Paris, Paris, France
  
  1970               
  The 1st Avant Garde Exhibition, Korean Information Center Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  The 7th Tokyo Print Biennale, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
  6 Korean Contemporary Artists, Tokiwa Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  
  1969               
  11 Young Artists from Korea, Solidaridad Gallery, Manila, Philippines
  The Contemporary Art Exhibition, Organized by Chosun Daily Newspaper, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Deoksugung, Seoul, Korea
  Korean Contemporary Painting Exibition, traveled to Japan, India, Pakistan, and Nepal
  
  1968               
  Korean Contemporary Painting Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
  
  1967               
  The 9th Biennale de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  
  1965               
  The 4th Biennale de Paris, Paris, France
  The 4th Cultural Freedom Invitational Exhibition, Yechong Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  
  1961               
  The 2nd Paris Youth Biennale, Paris, France

Selected Public and Private Collections

• M+, Hong Kong
  Museum of Modern Art, New York, US
  Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, US
  Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, US
  The Rachofsky Collection, Dallas, US
  The Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
  Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, The Netherlands
  National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
  Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
  Seoul City Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
  Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
  Hoam Museum, Seoul, Korea
  Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea
  Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea
  Hong Ik University Museum, Seoul, Korea
  Ewha Womens University Museum, Seoul, Korea
  Art and Culture Foundation of Ilshin, Seoul, Korea
  Posco Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
  Hwajeong Museum, Seoul, Korea
  Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
  Fukuoka Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
  The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, Japan
  Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
  Simonoseki Art Museum, Simonoseki, Japan
  Miyagi Art Museum, Miyagi, Japan
  OCT Boxes Art Museum, Guang Dong Province, China