Born in 1929, Maengsan, Pyeongannamdo, Korea
Died in 2021, Seoul, Korea
Education
1966-68
Studied at The Art Students League of New York, NY, US
1948-50
Graduated from College of Fine Art, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2025
Almine Rech, Brussels, Belgium (upcoming)
2023
'Water', Boghossian Foundation, Villa Empain, Brussels, Belgium
'La goutte et le trait', Musée Cernuschi, Paris, France
'Disparitions', Almine Rech, Paris Matignon, France
2021
'Kim Tschang-Yeul, The Stillness of Water', Tina Kim Gallery, New York, NY, US
'Kim Tschang-Yeul – The Moment', Metaphysical Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
'Kim Tschang-Yeul, Waterdrops', Almine Rech, London, UK
2020
''Kim Tschang-Yeul: The Path', Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
2019
'Kim Tschang-Yeul: New York to Paris', Tina Kim Gallery, New York, NY, US
'Récurrence', Kim Tschang-Yeul Art Museum, Jeju, Korea
2018
Almine Rech, New York, NY, US
'Récurrence', Kim Tschang-Yeul Art Museum, Jeju, Korea
'Kim Tschang-Yeul, L'évènement de la nuit', Chapelle du Méjan, Arles, France
2017
'Drops: Kim Tschang-Yeul', Pearl Lam Galleries, Hong Kong
'Traces of Beads', Metaphysical Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2016
Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris, France
Galerie 75 Faubourg – Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris, France
2014
Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea
Kongkan Gallery, Busan, Korea
2013
Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Jeju, Korea
Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris, France
2012
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
2011
ART PARIS, Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Grand Palais, Paris, France
2010
Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
2009
Busan Museum of Art, Korea
PYO Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2008
PYO Gallery LA, Los Angeles, CA, US
Valerie Bach Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2007
Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
2006
PYO Gallery Beijing, Beijing, China
2005
Gallery BHAK, Seoul, Korea
National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
2004
Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France
Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
2002
Gallery BHAK, Seoul, Korea
2000
Gallery Hyundai, Galerie BHAK, Seoul, Korea
1999
Andrew Shire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, US
1998
Gallery MMG, Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Sakamoto Zenzo Museum of Art, Kumamoto, Japan
1997
Gallery Hyundai/Galerie BHAK, Seoul, Korea
Draguignan Museum, Draguignan, France
Aqua Museum 104° Inaugural Commemoration Exhibition, Shimane, Japan
1995
Mural Painting Installation, Fukuoka City Public Library, Japan
1994
Art Sonje Museum, Gyeongju, Korea
Kongkan Gallery, Busan, Korea
1993
SAGA Matsumura Graphics - Tokyo, Paris, France
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris, France
Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
1991
Sigma Gallery, New York, NY, US
Staempfli Gallery, New York, NY, US
Inkong Gallery, Daegu, Korea
Kongkan Gallery, Busan, Korea
1990
Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
1989
Kasahara Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Suzukawa Gallery, Hiroshima, Japan
Andrew-Shire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, US
1988
Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Seibu Contemporary Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1987
Naviglio Gallery, Milan, Italy
Gallery Moos, Toronto, Canada
Staempfli Gallery, New York, NY, US
Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
1985
Staempfli Gallery, New York, NY, US
1983
Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Staempfli Gallery, New York, NY, US
Kasahara Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Veranneman Foundation, Kruishoutem, Belgium
Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
Takagi Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
1981
Gallery Moos, Toronto, Canada
1979
Gallery Moos, Toronto, Canada
Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
Staempfli Gallery, New York, NY, US
1978
Staempfli Gallery, New York, NY, US
Naviglio Gallery, Milano, Italy
Gallery Takagi, Nagoya, Japan
Ankrum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, US
1977
Antwerp Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
1976
Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Kaneko Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
1975
West Germany-Kunst Hause, Hamburg, Germany
Abbaye Saint-Michael de Frigolet, France
Gallery November, Berlin, Germany
1974
Gallery Sprick, Bochum, Germany
Gallery Jasa, Munich, Germany
Gallery Valerie Engelberts, Geneva, Switzerland
1973
Knoll International, Paris, France
Gallery Thot, Avignon, France
1963
Press Center, Seoul, Korea
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
'Dual Perspectives : Humanity & Nature', UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France
'Summer', Almine Rech, Gstaad, Switzerland
2019
'Abstraction(s)', Song Art Museum, Beijing, China
2018
'Ways of Seeing', The New York University Abu Dhabi Art Gallery, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
2017
'Ways of Seeing', Fondation Boghossian | Villa Empain, Brussels, Belgium
2016
Artistes coréens en France, Musée Cernuschi, Paris, France
2015
MMCA Collection Highlights: Untitled, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
2013
'A Moment of Truth', Hansol Museum, Wonju, Korea
2012
'Thoughts in Korean Modern Art', Pohang Museum of Steel Art, Pohang, Korea
2011
'Qi is Full', Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea
2010
'Portrait of the Korean War', Museum of Art at Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
'Korean Avant-Garde Drawing', Soma Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
'OFF the WALL', Clayarch Gimhae Museum, Gimhae, Korea
2009
'Beginning the New Era', National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
'Art & Chinese Character', Gallery Yookgongsa, Busan, Korea
'The Colour of Nature—Monochrome Art in Korea', Wellside Gallery, Shanghai, China
2008
'Recomposition of the Works', Gyeonggi-do Museum of Art, Ansan, Korea
'Korean Contemporary Art Show', Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
'Contemporary Korean Artists in Paris', Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea
'In Memory of Moon Mi Aie', Whanki Museum, Seoul, Korea
2007
'Writing Paintings, Painting Words', Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
'Poetry in Motion', Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland
2006
'Kim Whan-Ki, Kim Tschang-Yeul, Lee U-Fan, 1970–1980: Where, in What Form, Shall We Meet Again', Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
2005
'Poem of Indian Ink', Guimet Museum of Asian Art, Paris, France
2004
'Painting in Korea—Yesterday and Today', Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2002
'Work on Paper by 4 Korean Artists', Gallery Bijutsu Sekai, Tokyo, Japan
2001
'Monochrome Painting in Korea', Korea Art Gallery, Busan, Korea
'Korean Contemporary Art Festival (KCAF)', Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
Fondation coréenne d'Art et de Culture, Seoul, Korea
2000
'Gwangju Biennale 2000 Special Exhibition, The Facet of Korean and Japanese Contemporary Art', Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea
1998
'Les peintres du silence', Museum of Art and History, Monbliéard, France
1997
'Made in France', Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
1996
'Letter and Images', Hanlim Museum, Daejeon, Korea
1992
'Working with Nature: Traditional Thought in Contemporary Art from Korea', Tate Liverpool, UK
'École de Seoul', Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
'Hangul', Seoulim Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1991
'École de Seoul', Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1990
'École de Seoul', Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1989
'École de Seoul', Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1988
'Olympiad of Art: The International Contemporary Painting Exhibition (sponsored by Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee)', National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
'Contemporary Art and the Olympics: Exhibition of Official Fine Art Posters & Lithographs of the 24th Olympiad Seoul 1988', Lloyd Shin Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1987
'École de Seoul', Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1986
'Seoul-Paris', Press Center, Seoul, South Korea and Center National des Arts Plastiques, Paris, France
'Korean Art Today', National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
1985
'Human Documents ’84/’85', Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1984
'Korean Contemporary Fine Arts Exhibition—The Stream of the ’70s', Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Art Today, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
1983
'Korean Contemporary Arts Exhibition—The Latter Half of the ’70s: An Aspect', Tokyo, Osaka, Sapporo, Utsunomiya, Fukuoka, Japan
1982
'Korean Contemporary Art Phase', Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan
'Works on Paper in Korea and Japan', National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea; travelled to Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto; The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama; and Kumamoto Traditional Crafts Center, Kumamoto, Japan
1981
'Dealers Eyes', Long Island Museum, New York, NY, US
'Korean Drawing Now', Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY, US
1980
'Asian Artists Exhibition Part 2', Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
'Festival: Contemporary Asian Art Show', Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
Faculty Choices, Albany Museum, New York, NY, US
'Salon des grands et jeunes d’aujourd’hui', Grand Palais, Paris, France
1979
'Reality of Illusion Traveling Exhibition', Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, US
1977
The 15th Biennale of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
'Korea: Facet of Contemporary Art', Tokyo Central Museum, Tokyo, Japan
'Korean Modern Painting', National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan
1976
'Aspect of Realism', Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba, Canada
Salon de Mai, Paris, France
1975
Salon de Mai, Paris, France
1974
Salon de Mai, Paris, France
1973
Salon de Mai, Paris, France
Salon des Réalitiés Nouvelles, Paris, France
The 12th Biennale of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
1972
Salon de Mai, Paris, France
50 Paintings of Salon de Mai de Paris, Yugoslavia
Festival International de la Peinture (International Painting Festival), Cagnes-sur-Mer, France
The 8th Prints Biennale of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
'4 Painters Exhibition', Museum of Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
1971
Korean Contemporary Painting Exhibition, Paris, France
1969
Avant-Garde Festival, New York, NY, US
1965
The 8th Biennale de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
1962–64
'The Actuel Exhibition', Shinsegae Art Hall, Seoul, Korea
1961
The 2nd Biennale de Paris, Paris, France
Awards
1996
Honored with l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France
2012
Honored with The National Order of Cultural Merits, Korea
Selected Public Collections
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, US
Aqua Museum 104°, Shimane, Japan
Art Center Nabi, Seoul, Korea
Bochum Museum Art Collection, Bochum, Germany
Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea
Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea
Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea
Daelim Museum, Seoul, South Korea
Veranneman Foundation, Kruishoutem, Belgium
Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
Fundació Stämpfli, Sitges, Barcelona, Spain
Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea
Hakodate Museum of Art, Hokkaido, Japan
Hansol Museum, Wonju, Korea
Hiroshima City Museum Contemporary of Art, Hiroshima, Japan
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C., US
Ho-Am Art Museum, Yongin, Korea
Iwaki City Art Museum, Iwaki, Japan
Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, US
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, US
Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu, Japan
Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan
Museum for East-Asian Arts, Cologne, Germany
Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, US
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Niigata, Japan
Ohara Museum of Art, Kurashiki, Japan
Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Seoul National University Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Shimonoseki City Art Museum, Japan
Sonjae Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeongju, Korea
Sunkyung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Japan
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba, Canada
