About the artist
born Seoul, Republic of Korea
Education
1993 Master of Arts (Sculpture), Faculty of Arts, Jungang University, Seoul
1991 Bachelor of Arts, Faculty of Arts, Jungang University, Seoul
Professional Experience and Current Activities
Current: Representative Zeeno Space; Member of the Korean Artist Association; Member of the Seoul Sculptors Forum; Member of the Jungang Sculpture Association; Founder, Zeeno Research Institute
2005 Artist-in-Residence, Australian National University, Canberra
2002-04 Lecturer (stone carving), Jungang University, Seoul
1997-01 Lecturer, Gangreung National University, Daegu Gyongil University
Awards and Public Commissions
2020 Seoul Culture Today Culture Award for Excellent in Art (Sculpture)
2018 Hwaseong City, Gyeonggi Province
2018 YangYang Gymnasium, Gangwondo Province
2017 Coffee Aesthetic, Dongdaegu, Seoul
2017 Smiling Face of Daegu
2016 Incheon City commission for a sculpture gift to Philadelphia City Hall, USA
2015 Heart to Heart, Jeju Island, Korea
2015 - 100th Anniversary Haechi - Chosun Hotel, Seoul
2014 Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs sculpture commission Heichi as a gift for the entrance of the International Court of Justice, The Hague, The Netherlands
2014 Picasso 2, Ahyeon-dong, Seoul, Korea
2014 Peacock 1 & 2, Paju, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
2013 Turtle and Kangaroo, Samsung Apartments, Suwon City, Korea
2012 Pine Tree, Hanbyeok-won Art Gallery Entrance, Samcheong-dong, Seoul, Korea
2012 Looking for a Pagoda, temporary outdoor exhibition, Samcheong-dong Park, Seoul, Korea
2011 Kangaroo Playground, An-lak LH Apartments, Busan, Korea
2011 LH Corporation Busan Comfort District Art Decoration Competition
2010 Encouragement Prize, Sculpture Division, Seoul Art Awards Exhibition
2010 Two Haeteis, rear entrance, Chosun Hotel, Seoul, Korea
2010 Plaza sculpture, KTX Cheon-an Asan Station, Korea
2009 Flowering Haechi, Seoul City Hall, Seoul, Korea
2009 Eunpyeong-gu District Haechi, Seoul, Korea
2009 Monument for Poet Chon Sang-byung, Nowon-gu, Seoul
2009 Picasso's Walk, Osan City, Gyeonggi Province
2009 Tomato, Hwachun City, Gangwon Province
2009 Seoul City Hall Haechi Sculpture commission
2009 Korea Housing Corporation Osan Segyo District Art Decoration Competition
2008 Haechi, Dubi Building, Jung-gu, Seoul
2008 I Am Walking, Asan Baebang Chugong Apartment, Asan, Chungchung-buk-do Province
2008 Seoul City Training Centre, Chungju, Chungchong-buk-do Province
2008 Korea National Housing Corporation Chungnam Asan Baebanggu Art Decoration Competition
2007 Daelim Apartment, Pyeongtaek City
2006 Purume Apartment, Incheon City
2006 In And In Apartment, Daegu City
2006 Kwangju Jugong Apartment, Kwangju City
2006 Shall We Dance, Leaders Tower, Incheon City
2005 Korea Housing Corporation Jeonnam Gwangju Donglim District Art Decoration Competition
2005 Korean Space, Faculty of Arts, Australian National University
2005 Australian Blackhead beach Sculpture prize selection
2005 Australian Canberra Institute Technology Art Bank Collection
2004 Unid Apartment, Majang-dong, Seoul; and Jugong Gimhae Apartment, Busan
2003 Seocho Lotte Castle Jupiter Apartment, Seoul; and World Meridian Apartment, Mok-dong, Seoul
2003 Korea National Housing Corporation Gyeongnam Gimhae Jangyu District Art Decoration Competition
2002 Korea Housing Corporation Gangwon Musil District Art Decoration Competition
2002 Hwaguk-dong World Apartment, Seoul
2001 Mushil Jugong Apartment, Wonju City, Gangwon-do
2000 Chungmuro Jeonghan Paper Company, Seoul; and Apartment Building, Indeokwon City, Seoul (joint commission with Chang Hyong-Taek)
1997 Citibank Gold Centre, Seoul
1995 Seolim Souvenir Shop, Seoul
1993 Daesong Photoworks Studio, Seoul
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Twelfth Solo Exhibition, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul
2016 Eleventh Solo Exhibition, Gallery Songadang, Seoul - Guardians
2013 Tenth Solo Exhibition, Rose Gallery Seoul - Laughing Face
2012 Ninth Solo Exhibition, Hanbyeok-won Art Gallery, Samcheong-dong, Seoul
2010 Eighth Solo Exhibition, Zeeno Space, Seoul
2009 Haechi Plaza, Gwanghwa-mun, Seoul
2007 Seventh Solo Exhibition, TUV Rheland Korea, Seoul
2004 Sixth Solo Exhibition, Insa Art Centre / Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul
2003 Fifth Solo Exhibition, Kyungin Gallery, Seoul
1999 Fourth Solo Exhibition, Gallery Doll Gallery, Seoul
1996 Third Solo Exhibition, Midopa Gallery, Seoul
1994 Second Solo Exhibition, French Cultural Centre, Seoul
1993 First Solo Exhibition, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 Kimchi Meets Vegemite V, Zeeno Space Studio & Gallery, Paju, Korea
2010 Seoul Sculptors' Forum, Hilton Hotel, Seoul
2009 Seoul City Haechi Plaza, Gwanghwa-mun, Seoul
2009 Seoul Sculptors' Forum, Hilton Hotel, Seoul
2009 Kimchi Meets Vegemite IV, Samtoh Gallery, Hyehwa, Seoul
2008 Water Works exhibition of five Korean stone scuptors, Zeeno Space, Seoul
2008 Kimchi Meets Vegemite III, Sonamou Gallery, Seoul
2008 Architects and Artists, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul
2008 Seoul Scuptors' Forum, Hilton Hotel, Seoul
2007 Kimchi Meets Vegemite II, Kyungin Gallery, Seoul
2006 Kimchi Meets Vegemite I exhibition with Australain artist Robert Liddicoat, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul
2003 Inaugural exhibition, Sunam Gallery, Busan
2002 Interchange Hiroshima Korea-Japan Exhibition, Old Japan Bank Bldg, Hiroshima, Japan
2002 Jungang Sculpture Association, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul
2001-2002 Wishes to the Sky Kyungin Gallery, Seoul
2001 Gangneung University Lecturers' Exhibition, Gangneung University Cultural Centre, Gangwon-do
2001 Paju Cultural Centre, Gyeonggi-do
2001 Today’s Leading Artists Ichon Ceramic World Expo, Gyeonggi-do
2000 Understanding Nature, Mokam Gallery, Gyeonggi-do
1999-2000 Work and Works, Gallery Doll and Gallery Daim, Seoul
1999 Spirit of Korean Arts, Korea Gallery, Seoul
1998 Inaugural exhibition, Hyundai Gallery and Seoul Unhyeongung Gallery, Seoul
1998 Invitation exhibition of 30 Contemporary Sculptors, Yeongwol Cultural Centre, Gangwon-do
1998 Jungang Sculpture Association, Jangheung Total Gallery, Gyeonggi-do
1995 Jungang Sculpture Association, Jungro Gallery, Seoul
1992 New Transformation four person show, Helen Gallery, Seoul
1992 Sculpture Central Jungang Unversity
1991 New Form, Yoon Gallery, Seoul
1991 Jungang Sculpture Association, Johyeong Gallery, Seoul
Education
1993 Master of Arts (Sculpture), Faculty of Arts, Jungang University, Seoul
1991 Bachelor of Arts, Faculty of Arts, Jungang University, Seoul
Professional Experience and Current Activities
Current: Representative Zeeno Space; Member of the Korean Artist Association; Member of the Seoul Sculptors Forum; Member of the Jungang Sculpture Association; Founder, Zeeno Research Institute
2005 Artist-in-Residence, Australian National University, Canberra
2002-04 Lecturer (stone carving), Jungang University, Seoul
1997-01 Lecturer, Gangreung National University, Daegu Gyongil University
Awards and Public Commissions
2020 Seoul Culture Today Culture Award for Excellent in Art (Sculpture)
2018 Hwaseong City, Gyeonggi Province
2018 YangYang Gymnasium, Gangwondo Province
2017 Coffee Aesthetic, Dongdaegu, Seoul
2017 Smiling Face of Daegu
2016 Incheon City commission for a sculpture gift to Philadelphia City Hall, USA
2015 Heart to Heart, Jeju Island, Korea
2015 - 100th Anniversary Haechi - Chosun Hotel, Seoul
2014 Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs sculpture commission Heichi as a gift for the entrance of the International Court of Justice, The Hague, The Netherlands
2014 Picasso 2, Ahyeon-dong, Seoul, Korea
2014 Peacock 1 & 2, Paju, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
2013 Turtle and Kangaroo, Samsung Apartments, Suwon City, Korea
2012 Pine Tree, Hanbyeok-won Art Gallery Entrance, Samcheong-dong, Seoul, Korea
2012 Looking for a Pagoda, temporary outdoor exhibition, Samcheong-dong Park, Seoul, Korea
2011 Kangaroo Playground, An-lak LH Apartments, Busan, Korea
2011 LH Corporation Busan Comfort District Art Decoration Competition
2010 Encouragement Prize, Sculpture Division, Seoul Art Awards Exhibition
2010 Two Haeteis, rear entrance, Chosun Hotel, Seoul, Korea
2010 Plaza sculpture, KTX Cheon-an Asan Station, Korea
2009 Flowering Haechi, Seoul City Hall, Seoul, Korea
2009 Eunpyeong-gu District Haechi, Seoul, Korea
2009 Monument for Poet Chon Sang-byung, Nowon-gu, Seoul
2009 Picasso's Walk, Osan City, Gyeonggi Province
2009 Tomato, Hwachun City, Gangwon Province
2009 Seoul City Hall Haechi Sculpture commission
2009 Korea Housing Corporation Osan Segyo District Art Decoration Competition
2008 Haechi, Dubi Building, Jung-gu, Seoul
2008 I Am Walking, Asan Baebang Chugong Apartment, Asan, Chungchung-buk-do Province
2008 Seoul City Training Centre, Chungju, Chungchong-buk-do Province
2008 Korea National Housing Corporation Chungnam Asan Baebanggu Art Decoration Competition
2007 Daelim Apartment, Pyeongtaek City
2006 Purume Apartment, Incheon City
2006 In And In Apartment, Daegu City
2006 Kwangju Jugong Apartment, Kwangju City
2006 Shall We Dance, Leaders Tower, Incheon City
2005 Korea Housing Corporation Jeonnam Gwangju Donglim District Art Decoration Competition
2005 Korean Space, Faculty of Arts, Australian National University
2005 Australian Blackhead beach Sculpture prize selection
2005 Australian Canberra Institute Technology Art Bank Collection
2004 Unid Apartment, Majang-dong, Seoul; and Jugong Gimhae Apartment, Busan
2003 Seocho Lotte Castle Jupiter Apartment, Seoul; and World Meridian Apartment, Mok-dong, Seoul
2003 Korea National Housing Corporation Gyeongnam Gimhae Jangyu District Art Decoration Competition
2002 Korea Housing Corporation Gangwon Musil District Art Decoration Competition
2002 Hwaguk-dong World Apartment, Seoul
2001 Mushil Jugong Apartment, Wonju City, Gangwon-do
2000 Chungmuro Jeonghan Paper Company, Seoul; and Apartment Building, Indeokwon City, Seoul (joint commission with Chang Hyong-Taek)
1997 Citibank Gold Centre, Seoul
1995 Seolim Souvenir Shop, Seoul
1993 Daesong Photoworks Studio, Seoul
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Twelfth Solo Exhibition, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul
2016 Eleventh Solo Exhibition, Gallery Songadang, Seoul - Guardians
2013 Tenth Solo Exhibition, Rose Gallery Seoul - Laughing Face
2012 Ninth Solo Exhibition, Hanbyeok-won Art Gallery, Samcheong-dong, Seoul
2010 Eighth Solo Exhibition, Zeeno Space, Seoul
2009 Haechi Plaza, Gwanghwa-mun, Seoul
2007 Seventh Solo Exhibition, TUV Rheland Korea, Seoul
2004 Sixth Solo Exhibition, Insa Art Centre / Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul
2003 Fifth Solo Exhibition, Kyungin Gallery, Seoul
1999 Fourth Solo Exhibition, Gallery Doll Gallery, Seoul
1996 Third Solo Exhibition, Midopa Gallery, Seoul
1994 Second Solo Exhibition, French Cultural Centre, Seoul
1993 First Solo Exhibition, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 Kimchi Meets Vegemite V, Zeeno Space Studio & Gallery, Paju, Korea
2010 Seoul Sculptors' Forum, Hilton Hotel, Seoul
2009 Seoul City Haechi Plaza, Gwanghwa-mun, Seoul
2009 Seoul Sculptors' Forum, Hilton Hotel, Seoul
2009 Kimchi Meets Vegemite IV, Samtoh Gallery, Hyehwa, Seoul
2008 Water Works exhibition of five Korean stone scuptors, Zeeno Space, Seoul
2008 Kimchi Meets Vegemite III, Sonamou Gallery, Seoul
2008 Architects and Artists, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul
2008 Seoul Scuptors' Forum, Hilton Hotel, Seoul
2007 Kimchi Meets Vegemite II, Kyungin Gallery, Seoul
2006 Kimchi Meets Vegemite I exhibition with Australain artist Robert Liddicoat, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul
2003 Inaugural exhibition, Sunam Gallery, Busan
2002 Interchange Hiroshima Korea-Japan Exhibition, Old Japan Bank Bldg, Hiroshima, Japan
2002 Jungang Sculpture Association, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul
2001-2002 Wishes to the Sky Kyungin Gallery, Seoul
2001 Gangneung University Lecturers' Exhibition, Gangneung University Cultural Centre, Gangwon-do
2001 Paju Cultural Centre, Gyeonggi-do
2001 Today’s Leading Artists Ichon Ceramic World Expo, Gyeonggi-do
2000 Understanding Nature, Mokam Gallery, Gyeonggi-do
1999-2000 Work and Works, Gallery Doll and Gallery Daim, Seoul
1999 Spirit of Korean Arts, Korea Gallery, Seoul
1998 Inaugural exhibition, Hyundai Gallery and Seoul Unhyeongung Gallery, Seoul
1998 Invitation exhibition of 30 Contemporary Sculptors, Yeongwol Cultural Centre, Gangwon-do
1998 Jungang Sculpture Association, Jangheung Total Gallery, Gyeonggi-do
1995 Jungang Sculpture Association, Jungro Gallery, Seoul
1992 New Transformation four person show, Helen Gallery, Seoul
1992 Sculpture Central Jungang Unversity
1991 New Form, Yoon Gallery, Seoul
1991 Jungang Sculpture Association, Johyeong Gallery, Seoul