Hong-joo Kim
Born in Hoin, Chung-buk, Korea

EDUCATION
1981
MFA in Painting, Hong-Ik University, Seoul

1969
BFA in Painting, Hong-Ik University, Seoul


SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
Kukje Gallery, Seoul

2009
Arko Museum of Art, Seoul

2008
Gana Art Gallery, Seoul

2006
Daegu Culture & Art Center, Daegu

2005
Inside and Outside if Image, Rodin Gallery, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul

2002
Kukje Gallery, Seoul

2001
Hyundai Art Center, Ulsan
Godo Gallery, Seoul

1999
Kukje Gallery, Seoul

1997
Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul

1996
Soo Gallery, Seoul

1993
Soo Gallery, Seoul

1991
Soo Gallery, Seoul

1989
Soo Gallery, Seoul

1987
Yoon Gallery, Seoul

1983
Growrich Gallery, Seoul

1978
Seoul Gallery, Seoul


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
On every border flower blooms, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon
From Yeonhui dong, Yeonhui dong Project Opening Exhibition, Yeonhui dong Project

2008
Transcendence : Modernity and beyond in Korean Art, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Nutra, Gana Art Gallery, Seoul
Negative Image, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
Mirror Image: About a Self Portrait, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

2007
Void in Korean Art, Leeum Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul
Korean Paintings From the 1970’, Seoul Art Center Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul
Writing Paintings, Painting Words, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

2006
Illusion / Disillusion, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
100 years of Korean Art, The notional Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon

2004
Offisina Asia, Galleria d’arte Moderna, Bologna, Galleria Comunale d’Arte, Cesena, Pallazzo dell’Arengo, Rimini, Italy
Alchemy of Daily Life, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea Plastic, Art Park, Seoul

2003
Leaning Forward, Looking Back: Eight Contemporary Korean Artists, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, USA
Flower Power, Lille contemporary Art Museum, Lille, France

2002
Babel 2002, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon

2001
Illusion and Reality: Hyper realism Painting in Korea and America,
Ho-Am Art Gallery, Seoul
A Decade of Transition and Dynamics, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
Another Phase, Hanwon Museum, Seoul

2000
Design or Art, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul
Kang kyung Art, History, Images, Hanlim Museum, Daejeon

1999
Contemporary Art from Korea, Unesco Palace, Lebanon
Beyond Landscape, Art sonje Center, Seoul / Sonje Museum of Art, Gyeonhju, korea

1998
Spiritual Scapes, Generous Miracles Gallery, New York
The body in paintings, Hanlim Museum, Daejeon

1997
Gwangju Biennle Special Exhibition - Nomadic Passages, Gwangju City Museum, Gwangju
Contemporary Art from Korea - Ancient Traditions, New Forms, Joseloff Gallery, Hartford, USA
MANIF Seoul international Art Fair, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

1996
An Aspect of Korean Art in the 1990\'s, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo / The National Museum of Art, Taipei, Taiwan
Asia-Pacific Triennial, Queensland Art Gallery, Queensland, Australia
Development of Korean Modernism, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul

1995
Korean Art 95’ Quality, Quantity, Sensation, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
Korean Contemporary Art, China Art Museum, Beijing, China

1994
Youn Hyung-Jae & Kim Hong-Joo, Gallery Bamberger, Manheim, Germany
Bird! Bird! Blue Bird!, Seoul Art Center, Seoul

1993
Across the Pacific-Contemporary Korean and Korean American Art,
Queens Museum, New York / Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul

1992
Art and Photography, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

1991
Contemporary Korean Painting, Muzesko Galerijski Center, Zagreb, Croatia

1987
10 Artists of the Year 1986, Galerie de Seoul, Seoul

1985
Asia Art, Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan

1984
Korean Contemporary Fine Art Exhibition – The Stream of 70’s, Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan

1983
Korean Contemporary Artist’s Exhibition-The Letter Half of the 70’th: An Aspect, Japan Tour, Tokyo, Osaka, Utsunomiya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Japan

1982-85
Asian Art, Fukuoka Municipal Art Museum, Fukuoka

1980
Cagne International Painting Festival, Cagne-sur Mer, France

1978
Tendencies of Korean Contemporary Art for 20 years, National Museum of contemporary Art, Seoul
Grand Prix Exhibition of Korean Art, sponsored by HanKuk Ilbo, Seoul

1975-81
Seoul contemporary Art Festival, National Museum of Modern Art, Seoul

1974-77
Independents Exhibition, National Museum of Modern Art, Seoul

1973-77
S.T. Group Show, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon


AWORDS
2006
Paradise Award, Art in Culture

2005
The 6th Lee in-sung Art Award

1980
Cagne International Painting Festival, Special Award , Cagne-sur Mer, France

1978
Grand Prix Exhibition of Korean Art, The Grand Prize Award, sponsored by HanKuk Ilbo, Seoul


SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTION
Fukuoka City Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Daejeon
Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul
Seoul Museum of Art
Art Sonje Center, Seoul
Seong Gang Foundation
Total Museum, Seoul

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