| Biography |  Inventory Catalogue | Artists Represented | Seung Won Suh



Bio:

Born in Seoul, Korea 1941

Graduated, Painting Dep. of Hong-Ik University (B.F.A)

Graduated, Graduate School of Hong-Ik University (M.F.A)


Inventory Catalogue

Solo Exhibitions:

1970  Press Center Gallery, Seoul, Korea      

1972  Muramasu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan        

1976  Moon Wha Gallery, Seoul, Korea        

1977  Fine Art Center, Seoul, Korea           

1982  Fine Art Center, Seoul, Korea           

1983  Five Towers Micro Hall Center, Augustfehn, W. Germany

1983  Gallery Scope L.A (L.A. U.S.A)           

1984  Centro Documentazioni Artivisive / Archivio / Rosamilia, Italy

1984  Muramasu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan        

1985  Daido Gallery, Sapporo, Japan        

1990  Sun Gallery, Seoul, Korea               

1999  Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2000  Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea

2002  Gallery Roh, Seoul, Korea

2005  Art Beatus Gallery, Vancouver, Canada


Awards:

1962  Exhibition of The 1st to 3rd Shin Sang Group, Special Prize

       (Held by Shin Sang Group, National Museum of Modern Art, Seoul)

1962  nvited Exhibition of Korean Contemporary Artist, Special Prize

       (Held by Chosun Press Group,National Museum of Modern Art, eoul)

1963  Invited Exhibition of Korean Contemporary Artist, Grand Prix

       (Held by Chosun Press Group,National Museum of Modern Art, eoul)

1971  Grand Prix of Exhibition of Contemporary Print, Grand Prix

       (Held by Myong-Dong Gallery, Seoul)

1976  Grand Prix of the 1st Young Artist(Held by Moon Hwa Gallery, eoul)

1978  Grand Prix Exhibition of Korean Art, Most Excellent Prize

       (Grand Prix, held by Han-Guk Press Group National Museum of

       Modern Art, Seoul)

2001  Grand Prix of Misulsegae (Held by Misulsegae company, Seoul)


Selected Group & International Exhibitions:

1963-2005 Exhibition of ORIGIN Painting Association(Seoul)

1967  Exhibition of Korean Young Artist Combined

       (Korean Information Center, Seoul)

1968-2002  Exhibition of  Korean Contemporary Printmakers Association

       (Seoul Municipal Museum of Art, Seoul)

1968  The 6th International Biennale Exhibition of Prints in Tokyo

       (Held by Tokyo Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan)

1969  The 1st International Triennale Exhibition of

       Prints in Italy (Carpy, Italy)

       The 6th Paris Biennale (Paris, France)

       The 5th International Young Artist Exhibition

       (Held by Cultural Forum, Tokyo, Japan)

       Exhibition of 11 Korean Young Artist's (Solidaridad Gallery,

       Manila, Philippines)

1970  The 1st Korean Art GRAND-PRIX Exhibition

       (Held by Han-Guk Press Group, Seoul)

       A.G(Avant-Garde) Group Show "The Mechanics of

       Phenomenon and Restoration"(Korean Information Center, Seoul)

1971  The 11th Sao Paulo Biennale (Sao Paulo, Brazil)

      A.G Group Show "Realiser and Realite"

       (National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul)

1972-79 Exhibition of Independents (National Museum of

       Contemporary  Art, Seoul)

1972  Exhibition of Venice Graphic Art

       (Venice Capesaro Museum of Contemporary Art, Venice, Italy)

1973  Exhibition of Korean 5 Artist's "Exhibition of 5 Artist's White Color"

       (Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan)

1974  Exhibition of Seoul Biennale

       (Held by A. G Group, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul)

1975-99 Exhibition of Ecole de Seoul (Seoul)

1975  Exhibition of Seoul Contemporary Art Festival

       (National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul)

       International Exchange Exhibition of Pr

      ints (Pasadena California, U.S.A)

      Exhibition of Korean 5 Artist's "Exhibition of 5 Artist's White Color"

       (Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan)

       Exhibition of Korean Contemporary Prints

       (Buffalo Gallery, New York, U.S.A)

1976  The 8th Cagnes International Painting Festival (Cagnes, France)

       Exhibition of Invited Contemporary 8 Artist's

       (Projected by Seoul Gallery, Seoul)

1977  The 4th India Triennale(India)

       Korean Commissioner of 9th the Cagnes International Pa

       inting Festival (Cagnes, France)

       The Facet of  Korean Contemporary Art

       (Held by Tokyo Central Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan)

1978  KOREA?CHINA : Exchange Exhibition of Contemporary Art

       (National Museum of History, Taipei, China)

1979  Newzealand Wellton : Exhibition of Korean Contemporary Painting

       (Wellton, Newzealand)

       Korean Contemporary 10 Prints Exhibition

       (Held by ADI Gallery, San Francisco, U.S.A)

       The 11th International Biennale Exhibition of Prints in Tokyo

       (Held by Tokyo Museum of Modern Art,  Tokyo, Osaka, Japan)

1980 International Impact Art Festival '80

       (Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo, Japan)

       Festival; Contemporary Asian Art Show, 1980

       (Exhibition Making The Fukuoka Art Museum First

       Anniversary, Fukuoka, Japan)

1981  Korean Drawing Now (Brooklyn Museum, New York, U.S.A)

1982-83 Contemporary Paper Works "Korea & Japan" (Seoul, Tokyo)

1982  Invited Exhibition of Contemporary Artist

       (Projected by Moklim Gallery, Seoul)

1983  Exhibition of Korean Contemporary Art "The Latter Half of

       the 70's : An Aspect"

       (Tokyo, Utsunomiya, Osaka, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Japan)

1984  Sappro Triennale (Sappro, Japan)

       Exhibition of Human Documents '84/'85 (Tokyo Gallery, Japan)

       Korean Contemporary Arts "A Current of the 70's"

      (Taipei Metropolitan Museum, Taipei, China)

1985  Art with Paper by Contemporary Korean

       (Held by Central Washington University, U.S.A)

       Exhibition of Korean Painting 70 Years (Ho-Am Art Gallery, Seoul)

1986  The 6th Exhibition of Japan-Korea Contemporary Painting 1986

      (Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan)

      Contemporary Prints in Japan-Korea

       (Simonoseki Metropolitan Museum of Art, Japan)

       Today & Yesterday: Korean Traditional Art &

       Korean Contemporary Art

       "Exhibition of Paper Work" (Kyoto, Japan)

1987  The 7th Exhibition of Korea - Japan Contemporary Painting

       (Fine Art Center, Seoul)

1988 The 8th Exhibition of Japan-Korea Contemporary Painting

       (Fukuoka Metropolitan Museum, Fukuoka, Japan)

       Facet of Korean Contemporary Art (Held by Central Gallery,

       Tokyo, Japan)

1989  Sapporo - Seoul  Art  Show (Dokei-dai Gallery, Sapporo, Japan)

       The  USA-KOREA Prints  '89 Exchange  Exhibition

       (Losangeles, Seoul, Paris )

       Exhibition of Korean Contemporary Painting

       (Taipei Museum, Taipei, China)

1990 The 10th Exhibition of Japan-Korea Contemporary Art Exhibition 1990

       (Fukuoka Museum, Fukuoka, Japan)

       Print Adventure  '90 (Hokkaido Museun of Modern Art,

       Hokkaido, Japan)   

1991  Exhibition of Contemporary Prints NAGOYA-'91

       Member's Work Today (Izican Museum, Nagoya, Japan)

       Korean Graphic Art, Now (Gallery Tivoli, Ljubjana)

1992  Exhibition of Korean Contemporary Art (Simonoseki Museum, Japan )

1993  12 Artists Contemporary Exhibition of Korea

       (Miyakihyun Museum, Miyakihyun, Japan) 

       International Exchange Exhibition of Prints (Fine Art Center, Seoul)

1994  NICAF YOKOHAMA '94 The 3rd International Contemporary

       Art Fair JAPAN

       Contemporary Korean Arts (Jean Art Gallery)

       Print Works '94 Asahigawa (Hokkaido Asahigawa

       Museum, Hokkaido, Japan)

1995  Art Contemporain Coreen (Couvent des Cordeliers, Paris, France)

       FACT '95 Living Art Exhibition (National Museum of

       Contemporary Art, Kwacheon)

       Commemoratory Exhibition of the Opening of

       Seong-Gok Art Museum-An Encounter of Cement and Art

       (Seong-Gok Art Museum, Seoul)

1996  SIAF `96 (Seoul International Art Festival) (KOEX, Seoul)

       Exhibition of ?Cultural Pearl?(Seoul Municipal Museum of Art, Seoul)

       '96 Seoul Prints Art Fair (Seoul Arts Center, Seoul)

1997  Visual Point of `97 Korean Art And Groping (Gallery Sang, Seoul)  

       Commemoratory Exhibition of the Opening of Dong-Deuk Art Gallery

       -Entasis of Korean Art(Dong-Deuk Art Gallery, Seoul)

1997  '97 Exhibition of Invited Contemporary Art 12 Artist's

       (Yeil Gallery, Seoul)

       Special For the End of the Year ?The Exhibition of Relationship no.1 ?

       "Teacher and Me" (Hyundai Art Gallery, Seoul)

1998  ASIAN PRINT ADVENTURE-1998

       (Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Hokkaido, Japan)

1999  The 1st Korea Art Festival

       1999 KAF-Dream of City, Solo Exhibition of 27 Person

       (Seoul Municipal Museum of Art, Seoul)

2000 Y2K International Exhibition and Symposium of Prints

       (National Taiwan Arts Education Institute, Taiwan)

       The Exhibition of Plane Surface of the Spirit

       (Pusan Municipal Museum of Art, Pusan)

       Gwangju Biennale 2000 (Biennale Museum of Joongwe Park, Gwangju)

       Today's Printmaking 2000 Korean Contemporary

       Printmakers Association Pusan Culture Center Museum, Pusan)

       Les Gravures Contemporaines Co?eennes

       (Venue Centre Culturel Co?een, France)

       Seoul Exhibition of Korean Contemporary Printmaking

       (Tree Gallery, Seoul)

       Australia Exhibition of Korean Contemporary Printmaking

       (Rmit University Museum, Australia)

       The Macao International Exhibition of Prints

      (Museu de Arte de Macau, Macau)

2001  Exhibition of Foundations, Perspectives (Seoul Museum, Seoul)

       Korean Contemporary Art Festival "Korean Arts Towards

       the World in 21st Centuries" (Seoul Arts Center, Seoul)

       Exhibition of Korean Contemporary Art- Journey to Memory

       (Palais Palffy Gallery, Paris, France)

2002  Origin- San Francisco. ( The Korea Daily- Art Hall, S.F. U.S.A)

       Seoul Art Exhibition (Seoul Municipal Museum of Art, Seoul)

       Understanding of the Abstract Art (Sungkok Museum. Seoul)

       The Exhibition with Poetry (Insa Art Center. Seoul)

2003 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)

2004 KIAF 2004 (Coex Indian Hall, Seoul)

       Seoul Contemporary Art Exhibition in Roma

       (House of Association of Architects of Roma, Roma, Italy)

       Environment Art Expo Korea 2004 (Coex convention Hall, Seoul)

       Gongju International Art Festival (Lim Lim Museum, Gongju)

       Asia International Art Exhibition 2004

       (The Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan)

2005 Korea Art Festival 2005 (Hyundai Gallery, Seoul)

       Invited Exhibition by Insaartplaza Gallery (Insaartplaza Gallery)

       Osaka International Art Festival 2005

       (Asia and Pacific Trade Center, Osaka, Japan)

       Korea Art Festival 2005 (Sejong Center for Performing Art, Seoul)

       Painting Travel with poetry(Insa Art Center, Seoul)


Collection:

National Contemporary Art Museum, Kwacheon, Korea

British Museum, Great Britain

Walkerhill Art Museum, Seoul

Hoam Art Gallery, Seoul

Sapporo Contemporary Art Museum, Sapporo, Japan

Brooklyn Art Museum, New York, U.S.A

Simonoseki Metropolitan Museum of Art, Simonoseki, Japan

Seoul Municipal Museum of Art, Seoul

The 3rd Government Office Building, Daejeon, Korea

War Memorial, Seoul

Sunje Contemporary Art Museum, Kyungju, Korea

Intercontinental Hotel, Seoul

Construction Center, Seoul

Samsung Condominium

Museum of Hong-Ik University, Seoul

Construction Center, Seoul

Sam-Sung Condominium

Wooribank, Seoul

KT Corporation

Gwangju Art Museum

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs And Trade

Incheon District Public Prosecutors' Office


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