EDUCATION
2007 M.F.A. in Painting, Sejong University, Seoul, Korea
2004 B.F.A. in Painting, Sejong University, Seoul, Korea
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Neo Icon Project-Katuri-A Story of a Mother Bird, 405 Premium Wonhee Castle Bongdam, Hwaseong, Korea
2021 Sacred Moments, 405 Premium Wonhee Castle Bongdam, Hwaseong, Korea
2021 Martyrs, Gallery Jinsun, Seoul, Korea
2020 Visual Study, 403 Premium Wonhee Castle Bongdam, Hwaseong, Korea
2018 Parenting Diary, Cheongju Art Studio, Cheongju, Korea
2018 Metamorphosis, PS333 Seoul Art Space Geumcheon, Seoul, Korea
2018 Family Photo, Ligak Museum of Art, Cheonan, Korea
2017 Duty of Faith Ⅱ, Space M, Seoul, Korea
2016 Duty of Faith Ⅰ, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea
2014 Private Temple or Holy Temple, Gallery Jinsun, Seoul, Korea
2013 The Temple of Light, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2011 Gathering Rays of Light into a Focus–Medusa’s Room, Zaha Museum, Seoul, Korea
2010 Light, Cut Myself, Ganainsa Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2007 FLASH Ⅲ, Jung Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2006 FLASH Ⅱ, Jung Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2005 FLASH Ⅰ, Gahjin Gallery, Seoul, Korea
SOLO PROJECTS
2011 Art Flash (Media&Installation Art): The Altar of Light, COEX, Seoul, Korea
2011 Gathering Rays of Light (Art Project: 86), Jinsun Book Café, Seoul, Korea
2011 Gathering Rays of Light (Window Gallery: 76), Gallery Jinsun, Seoul, Korea
2011 Midsummer Night’s Trio: Light, Cut Myself, Café In Gallery Er, Seoul, Korea
2 PERSON SHOW
2012 In a Moment, Daehaklo gallery, Seoul, Korea
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 All Drawings in the World, Artertain, Seoul, Korea
2023 Art Showcase(Hwaseong Art Creation Support Program)-New Born Artist, Dongtan Art Space, Hwaseong, Korea
2023 All Drawings in the World, Hongcheon Art Musum, Hongcheon / Artertain, Seoul, Korea
2022 The Wind Blows and The Sun Shines-Greenbelt Art Project, Gallery Moon, Changmoon Art Center, Hwaseong, Korea
2022 The 20th Faculty Exhibition for Celebrating 70th Anniversary of Chungnam National University, Baekma Art Hall, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea
2021 Human Understanding, The Ultimate Problem Pursued by Art, Gyeonggi New Millennium Gallery, Gyeonggi Provincial Government Northern Office, Uijeongbu, Korea
2021 Art Storage: Nature and Landscape, Osan Museum of Art, Osan, Korea
2021 Everyday is Beautiful, Daegu Arts Center, Daegu, Korea
2020 The H Art Project-Neo Nomadism, 29, Dongtanjangjicheon 6-gil, Hwaseong, Korea
2020 Hwaseong Art Platform Archive Exhibition-Hwaseong, Eureka!, Dongtan Art Space, Hwaseong, Korea
2020 Art Gyeonggi x Art Road 77, Nonbat Gallery, Nonbat Art School, Heyri Art village, Paju, Korea
2020 On-Tact Art Gyeonggi, Design 1978, Gyeonggi Sangsang Campus, Suwon, Korea
2020 Female New Song, Zaha Museum, Seoul, Korea
2020 A Memoir of a Family, Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju, Korea
2019 SIMA FARM, Suwon Ipark Museum of Art, Suwon, Korea
2019 The 17th Faculty Exhibition of Chungnam National University, Baekma Art Hall, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea
2019 Sender Inquiry, Cheongju Art Studio, Cheongju, Korea
2018 ON and OFF Christmas, Gallery Woong, Seoul, Korea
2018 World Korean Grand Art Festival–Where Is Our Home?, Seoul Arts Center Hangaram Design Museum, Seoul, Korea
2018 The Next Big Movement, KiMi Art, Seoul, Korea
2018 Stars beyond the Night, Cheongju Art Studio, Cheongju, Korea
2018 The 16th Faculty Exhibition of Chungnam National University, Baekma Art Hall, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea
2018 Osan Museum of Art Collection, Osan Museum of Art, Osan, Korea
2017 GCC Year End Exhibition: Bracketing, Gyeonggi Creation Center, Ansan, Korea
2017 GCC Preview Exhibition: Drifting Unconsciousness, Gyeonggi Creation Center, Ansan, Korea
2017 天涯若比隣, Song Zhuang Hua Jia Cun Gallery, Beijing, China
2017 Cre8tive Report, OCI Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2016 The Life and Change–In the Flàneur’s Eyes, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea
2016 天涯若比隣, Incheon Education Cultural for Student, Gaon Gallery, Incheon, Korea
2016 8 Portraits in Gangneung, Containing Sympathy, Myoungju Art Hall, Gangneung, Korea
2016 別★同行, OCI Museum of Art, Seoul / Gunsan Arts Center, Gunsan / Gwangyang Culture and Arts Center, Gwangyang / Pohang Art Hall, Pohang, Korea
2016 Cre8tive Report, OCI Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2015 Echo, Gallery Café Hugin, Seoul, Korea
2015 Korean Blue Waves, Zollverein, Essen, Germany
2015 Warning.or.kr, Hyobong Pocha, Seoul, Korea
2015 Cross–Line of Sight, Ligak Museum of Art, Cheonan, Korea
2014 A Wise Answer to a Silly Question, Gallery KunstDoc, Seoul, Korea
2014 Small Collections, Gallery Jinsun, Seoul, Korea
2013 BOOK ART Korea–Japan 2013-14, Gallery Jinsun, Seoul, Korea / Nakanoshima Design Museum, Osaka, Japan
2013 Neverending Story, Gallery Jinsun, Seoul, Korea
2012 Figuration, NAMU Artist's Space, Seoul, Korea
2012 Contemporary Art & Young Artists Festival, KINTEX, Goyang, Korea
2012 International Oil Painting Exhibition, Pullman Hotel, Zhangjiajie, China
2012 Autant de têtes, O's Gallery, Wanju, Korea
2012 Qultagh, ADAMAS253 Gallery, Paju, Korea
2012 Nanji Art Show Ⅵ: HERO, Nanji Gallery, SeMA Nanji Residency, Seoul, Korea
2012 The Road Not Taken, Gail Art Museum, Gapyeong, Korea
2012 Nanji Art Show Ⅳ: Bubida, Nanji Gallery, SeMA Nanji Residency, Seoul, Korea
2012 Korean Ride–Contemporary Korean Art, Artstation Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2012 From Hangang to Chaopraya, The National Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
2012 Nanji Art Show Ⅰ: Real?!_Moyen Garde, Nanji Gallery, SeMA Nanji Residency, Seoul, Korea
2012 NAS, NaMu Modern and Contemporary Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2012 The Blue Wind, Gallery Jinsun, Seoul, Korea
2012 Zergling Rush at 1 O'clock Direction, Insa Art Space of the Arts Council Korea, Seoul, Korea
2011 6th intro-, Nanji Gallery, SeMA Nanji Residency, Seoul, Korea
2011 21C Focus of Contemporary Art Exhibition, Incheon Culture & Arts Center, Incheon, Korea
2011 Art Flash (Media & Installation Art), COEX, Seoul, Korea
2011 Art Flash–Busan, Dosi Gallery, Busan, Korea
2011 Puzzle Project, Ouchi Gallery, NY, U.S. / Tachibana Gallery, Osaka, Japan
2011 Korean Contemporary Art: A Hundred Artists, a Hundred Colors, Gyeonghuigung Annex building of the Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2011 The Moon, KiMi Art, Seoul, Korea
2011 A Fresh Breeze!, Gallery Jinsun, Seoul, Korea
2011 Insa Art Festival: Art to Design, Ganainsa Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2010 Re;flection, Kyonggi University Museum, Suwon, Korea
2010 Tipping Point, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2010 Life is Life, Nam Song Art Museum, Gapyeong, Korea
2010 Neo-Liberal Era: The Artist's Creative Self-Realization, Nineteenhole Lakeside Art Gallery, Yongin, Korea
2010 Attention Please!, Gallery Jinsun, Seoul, Korea
2010 JAM, Jangheung Art Park, Jangheung, Korea
2009 POSCO Steel Art Award Winner Exhibition, POSCO Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2009 Homecoming YAP (Young Artist Project), Gallery Jung, Seoul, Korea
2007 Human and Nature, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea
2007 Unbounded Desire, Jung Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2007 Imagination, Jung Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2007 Future Sale, Gayang Gallery, Busan, Korea
2007 Contemporary Art Cutting Edge Exhibition, COEX, Seoul, Korea
2006 Korea Young Artists Biennale, Daegu Culture and Arts Center, Daegu, Korea
2006 Korea College Art Association Exhibition: Us, China?, Dongduk Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2006 Cat's Dress Hem, Chang Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2006 View Finder of Young Artist Project, Jung Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2006 Young Artists Exhibition, Ganainsa Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2006 WHITE SALE: Love for Children, Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2005 Contemporary Expressions of Korean Young Artists, Gallery Topohaus, Seoul, Korea
2005 Woof and Warp, Sejong Art Gallery, Sejong University, Seoul, Korea
2005 Kyung Hyang Art Festival, Gyeonghuigung Annex building of the Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2005 Danwon Art Festival, Danwon Art Museum, Ansan, Korea
2005 Samcheong Art Festival, Gahjin Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2004 THEREFORE–Placeness and Publicness: Woof and Warp Exhibition, Jin Gwan Hall, Sejong University, Seoul, Korea
2004 Seoul Fine Arts Competition, Gyeonghuigung Annex building of the Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2004 Danwon Art Festival, Danwon Art Museum, Ansan, Korea
2004 JoongAng Fine Arts Prize, Gyeonghuigung Annex building of the Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2004 Korea Grand Art Exhibition, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
2003 Seoul Fine Arts Competition, Gyeonghuigung Annex building of the Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2003 The World Peace Art Exhibition, Sejong Center for the Performing Arts Exhibition Hall, Seoul, Korea
AWARDS AND HONORS / GRANTS
2024 Selected Hwaseong Art Creation Support Program (Visual Art), Hwaseong, Korea
2023 Selected Hwaseong Art Creation Support Program (Visual Art-Project), Hwaseong, Korea
2022 Selected Hwaseong Artist Support Program (Visual Art), Hwaseong, Korea
2021 Selected Hwaseong Artist Support Program (Visual Art), Hwaseong, Korea
2020 Selected Art Gyeonggi (Artist), Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation, Suwon, Korea
2020 Selected Hwaseong Art Platform, Hwaseong City Cultural Foundation, Hwaseong, Korea
2020 Selected Local Arts Support Program (Visual-Art Project), Hwaseong City Cultural Foundation, Hwaseong, Korea
2020 Selected Creative Arts Support Programs (Visual Art–Promising Artist), Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Seoul, Korea
2019 Selected SIMA FARM, Suwon Ipark Museum of Art, Suwon, Korea
2018 Selected Creative Arts Support Programs–Art work Support (Visual Art), Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Seoul, Korea
2017 Selected Creative Arts Support Programs–Art work Support (Visual Art), Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Seoul, Korea
2016 Selected Arts & Culture Nurturing Support Program (Ⅱ)–Creative Arts Support (Visual Art), Incheon Foundation for Arts and Culture, Incheon, Korea
2016 Selected Arts & Culture Competition Promotion Support Project–Professional Creative Arts Support (Visual Art–Established Artists), Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation, Suwon, Korea
2014 Selected Arts Support Programs–Creative Arts Support (Visual Art), Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Seoul, Korea
2011 Selected Emerging Artist: Exhibition Assistance Program, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2011 Selected Professional Artists Nurturing Program, Arko Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2009 Final Artist Prize, The 4th POSCO Steel Art Award, POSCO TJ Park Foundation, Seoul, Korea
2005 Excellence Prize, The 1st Kyunghyang Art Festival, Kyunghyang Shinmun Corp., Seoul, Korea
2005 Grand Prize, The 1st Samcheong Art Festival, Samcheong Art Festival steering committee, Seoul, Korea
2004 Prize, The 26th JoongAng Fine Arts Prize, JoongAng Ilbo Co., Ltd., Seoul, Korea
2004 Prize, The 23th Korea Grand Art Exhibition, Korean Fine Arts Association, Gwacheon, Korea
2004 Prize, The 6th Danwon Art Festival, Danwon Art Festival Organizing Committee, Ansan, Korea
2003 Special Prize, The 1st Seoul Fine Arts Competition, Seoul Fine Arts Association, Seoul, Korea
2003 Special Prize, The 6th World Peace Art Exhibition, World Art Exhibition for Peace Organizing Committee, Seoul, Korea etc.
RESIDENCIES
2018.07-10 Cheongju Art Studio, Cheongju Museum of Art, Cheongju, Korea
2017-2018 GCC Creative Residency, Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation Gyeonggi Creation Center, Ansan, Korea
2015-2017 OCI Museum of Art Residency, OCI Museum of Art, Incheon, Korea
2012.11-11 International Oil Painting Creation–Camp, Pullman Hotel, Zhangjiajie, China
2011-2012 SeMA Nanji Residency, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
LECTURES / WORKSHOPS
2022~ Hwaseong City Cultural Autonomy Participating Citizens' Council - Art Support (Disabled Arts) Subcommittee, Hwaseong City Cultural Foundation, Hwaseong, Korea
2020 Hwaseong City Artist Social Club: Artist Presentation-Story about the Sustainable Environment of Art Activities, Hwaseong City Cultural Foundation, Hwaseong, Korea
2020 Hwaseong Art Platform, Hwaseong City Cultural Foundation, Hwaseong, Korea
2019 SIMA FARM, Artists Workshop, Suwon Museum of Art, Suwon, Korea
2019 2018-2019 Cheongju Art Studio 12th Artist Workshop, Cheongju Art Studio, Cheongju, Korea
2017 GCC Creation Festival–Open Studio, Gyeonggi Creation Center, Ansan, Korea
2017 Cre8tive Report Artist Talk, OCI Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2016 The Life and Change Artist Workshop, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea
2016 OCI Museum of Art Residency Open Studio, OCI Museum of Art residency, Incheon, Korea
2016 Cre8tive Report Artist Talk, OCI Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2015 OCI Museum of Art Residency Open Studio, OCI Museum of Art residency, Incheon, Korea
2012 SeMA Nanji Residency 6th Open Studio, SeMA Nanji Residency, Seoul, Korea
2012 SeMA Nanji Residency 6th Workshop, SeMA Nanji Residency, Seoul, Korea
2011 SeMA Young Artists Workshop, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2011 Professional Artists Nurturing Program, Arko Art Center, Seoul, Korea
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2015 Artists Dispatch Support Project (Dispatched Artist), Korean Artists Welfare Foundation, Seoul, Korea
2009 No Doubt, Film directed by Park Soo-young, Jack Film, Atelier / Arts Sponsorship, Seoul, Korea
2009 Jacket artwork for Embrace All, Musician Tearliner’s 2009 Single Album, Seoul, Korea
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation (Suwon, Korea), Osan Museum of Art (Osan, Korea), Seoul Museum of Art (Seoul, Korea), Pullman Hotel (Zhangjiajie, China), Zaha Museum (Seoul, Korea), DSE Logistics Co., Ltd. (Seoul, Korea), Parallel Media Group (PMG) (London, U.K.), Red Gate Gallery (Beijing, China), Flowers Gallery (London, U.K.), National Museum of Contemporary Art Bank (Gwacheon, Korea)
BIBLIOGRAPHY / PUBLICATIONS
2021 Cho Hyun Ik: Martyrs, Hermit Crab (ISBN 979-11-963217-2-7 03600)
2018 Cho Hyun Ik: Metamorphosis, Art Book
2018 Cho Hyun Ik: Duty of FaithⅡ, Art Book
2017 Cho Hyun Ik: Duty of Faith, Art Book (ISBN 978-89-965347-6-1 07650)
2014 Cho Hyun Ik: Private Temple or Holy Temple, Art Book
2013 Cho Hyun Ik: The Temple of Light, Art Book
2011 Cho Hyun Ik: Gathering Rays of Light into a Focus–Medusa’s Room, Art Book (ISBN 978-89-965347-3-0 97650)
2010 Cho Hyun Ik: Light, Cut Myself, Art Book (ISBN 978-89-965347-2-3 97650)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2024~ Department of Painting, College of Arts, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea
2018-2022 Department of Sculpture, College of Arts, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea
2018-2018 Painting, The College of Arts and Physical Education, Sejong University, Seoul, Korea
2013-2013 Department of Western Painting, Sungshin Women's University, Seoul, Korea
2009-2010 Painting, The College of Arts and Physical Education, Sejong University, Seoul, Korea
ART FAIRS
2020 Arthara Art Fair, Palais de Seoul Gallery, Seoul / 168 Art Square, Chungju, Korea
2019 Arthara Art Fair, Palais de Seoul Gallery, Seoul / Chungju Cultural Hall, Chungju, Korea
2018 Arthara Art Fair, Palais de Seoul Gallery, Seoul / Chungju Cultural Hall, Chungju, Korea
2016 Art Miami CONTEXT, Miami Pavilion, Miami, U.S.
2016 Bloomy Art Fair-The House of the Wind, Shinsegae Gallery, Incheon, Korea
2016 Korea International Art Fair / ART SEOUL, COEX, Seoul, Korea
2016 Union Art Fair-Welcome to Studio & Exit Through the Gift Shop, NEMO, Blue Square, Seoul, Korea
2015 Contemporary Art Ruhr (C.A.R.), Zollverein, Essen, Germany
2015 Korea International Art Fair / ART SEOUL, COEX, Seoul, Korea
2014 ART OSAKA, Hotel Granvia Osaka, Osaka, Japan
2013 Korea International Art Fair, COEX, Seoul, Korea
2013 ART OSAKA, Hotel Granvia Osaka, Osaka, Japan
2013 Contemporary Art Ruhr (C.A.R.), Zollverein, Essen, Germany
2013 Seoul Art Fair, COEX, Seoul, Korea
2013 AAF Brussels, Tour & Taxis, Brussels, Belgium
2013 LA Art Show, LA Convention Center, LA, U.S.
2012 Contemporary Art Ruhr (C.A.R.), Zollverein, Essen, Germany
2012 ART OSAKA, Hotel Granvia Osaka, Osaka, Japan
2012 Korea International Art Fair, COEX, Seoul, Korea
2012 Busan Alternative Maket of Art, Haeundae Centum Hotel, Busan, Korea
2012 SOAF Young Generation Artist Exhibition, COEX, Seoul, Korea
2012 Korean Contemporary Art Festival, Seoul Arts Center Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2012 Seoul Art Fair, COEX, Seoul, Korea
2011 Doors Art Fair, Imperial Palace Hotel, Seoul, Korea
2011 Korea International Art Fair, COEX, Seoul, Korea
2011 Art Taipei, Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2011 Korean Contemporary Art Festival, Seoul Arts Center Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2010 ART DAEGU, EXCO, Daegu, Korea
2008 Sh-Contemporary Art Fair, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China
2008 Seoul Open Art Fair, COEX, Seoul, Korea
2008 Art Cologne, Koelnmesse, Cologne, Germany
2007 New York–Asia Contemporary Art Fair, Pier 92, New York, U.S.
2007 Sh-Contemporary Art Fair, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China
2007 Seoul Open Art Fair, COEX, Seoul, Korea
2007 Seoul Art Fair, Seoul Arts Center Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2007 Art Cologne, Koelnmesse, Cologne, Germany
2007 Nam Song International Art Fair, Seongnam Art Center, Seongnam, Korea
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail: artisthi@hanmail.net
Website: www.chohyunik.com