Cho Yong-ik
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Cho Yong-ik (20 February 1934 – 2 July 2023) was a South Korean artist. He was a leading figure in Korean abstract painting along with Kim Tschang Yeul, Park Seo-bo, and Chung Sang-Hwa.
Cho was born in Pukchong County, South Hamgyong Province on 20 February 1934.[1] He majored in art from Seoul National University and attended the Paris Biennale in 1961 and 1969 as one of Korea's delegates.[2] His works are on exhibition in multiple museums, including the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, the Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, and the Ho-Am Art Museum.[3]
Cho died on 2 July 2023, at the age of 89.[4]
Personal history[edit]
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1960 Jury member of Chosun Ilbo Contemporary Artists Exhibition
1958–1961 The chief of Contemporary Artists Association
1962 The chief of the Actuell Committee
1965–1968 Jury member of Young Art Prize
1965–1981 Invited Professor at Seorabeol Art College (Presently Chung-Ang University)
1967 The Chief of I.S.P.A.A. (International Society of Plastic and Audio – Visual Art)
1967–1969 5-6th Paris Biennale Korea Representative
1973–1979 Representative of Seoul ’70
1974–1992 Professor at Chugye University for the Arts
1974–1981 23-30th National Art Exhibition of Korea, The Recommended & Invited Artist
1977–1983 Korean Fine Arts Association Vice Executive Director
Solo exhibitions[edit]
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1974 Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul
1984 Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul
1990 Arko Art Center, Seoul
2001 Jongno Gallery, Seoul
2008 Han Gallery, Seoul
2008 Geohong Gallery, Guri, Korea
2016 Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul[5]
2016 Edouard Malingue Gallery, Hong Kong[6]
Selected group exhibitions[edit]
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1961 The 2nd Biennale de Paris, Paris, France
1966 Contemporary Korean Painters Exhibition, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1967 São Paulo Art Biennial, Sao-Paulo, Brazil
1980 Asia Contemporary Art Exhibition, Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
1983 Korea Contemporary Fine Art Exhibition, Viscontea Hall, Milano, Italy
2015 Re:Contemporary- Fermented Souls, Waterfall mansion, New York, USA
2016 Art Basel Hong Kong, Edouard Malingue Gallery, Hong kong
Selected museum collections[edit]
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National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art
Walkerhill Museum[7]
Samsung Museum of Art, Leeum
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Korean Modern Art in the World – :: KOREA FOCUS ::". www.koreafocus.or.kr. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ^ "Modern Art Collection from Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art | Asia Art Archive". www.aaa.org.hk. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ^ 단색화 1세대 조용익 화백 별세...향년 89세 (in Korean)
- ^ "Cho Yong-ik". Time Out Seoul. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ^ "Cho Yong-Ik's Iconoclastic Dansaekhwa at Edouard Malingue Gallery" (PDF). Blouin Artinfo. 15 May 2016.
- ^ Kim, Yŏng-na (1 January 2005). 20th Century Korean Art. Laurence King Publishing. ISBN 9781856694858.
External links[edit]
- Edouard Malingue Gallery Archived 2 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Hong Kong gallery representing Cho Yong-Ik
- Cho Yong-ik official website