Cho Yong-ik
1934 Born in Bukcheong, Hamgyeongnam-do
1958 Graduated Department of Painting, Seoul National University
Solo Exhibition
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
Selected Group Exhibition
1958 Exhibition by Three Artists of Le Pont, Jungang Information Hall, Seoul
1958~1960Contemporary Exhibition (Held by Artists Association), Seoul
1959~1969Exhibition of Korean Contemporary Artists (Held by Chosun Ilbo), Seoul
1961 The 2nd Biennale de Paris, Paris, France
Young Artists Coalition, Gyeongbokgung Art Museum, Seoul
1962 Contemporary Korean Arts Exhibition, Manilla, Philippines
1962~1965The Actuel Exhibition, Shinsegae Art Hall Seoul, Seoul
1964 Cultural Freedom Contemporary Art Exhibition (Held by the Congress for
Cultural Freedom), Seoul
1966 Contemporary Korean Painters Exhibition, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The Invitation Exhibition of Contemporary Artists from Six Countries of far East,
Macy’s, New York, USA
1967 Sao-Paulo International Biennial, Sao-Paulo, Brazil
I. S. P. A. A International Exhibition, Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul
Expo-67 Contemporary Korean Painters Exhibition, Montreal, Canada
1969 The 1st Festival International De La Peinture Cagnes Sur Mer, France
Young Artists of Korea, Solidaridad Gallery, Manila, Philippines
The 6th Biennale de Paris, Paris, France
1970 Korea Arts Exhibition (Sponsored by the Hankook Ilbo), Gyeongbokgung Art
Museum, Seoul
1971 Painting Today's Korea, Myung-Dong Gallery, Seoul
1973 Exhibition of Korean Contemporary Art, Myung-Dong Gallery, Seoul
Opening Exhibition on 100 Contemporary Artists, The National Museum of
Modern & Contemporary Art [MMCA], Seoul
1973 Exhibition of 100 Modern Painting (The National Museum of Contemporary Art,
Seoul, Korea)
1974~1979 The Exhibition of Seoul '70, Shinsegae Art Gallery, Seoul
1974 The 3rd Triennale-India, New Deli, India
1974-1978 An Recommended Artist by the National Art exhibition, Seoul
1976~1980 Seoul Contemporary Fine Art Festival, MMCA, Seoul
1976~1977 Contemporary Fine Art Festival in Gangwon, Gangwon
Contemporary Fine Art Festival in Gangwon, Gwangju
1977 5th Independents Exhibition, MMCA, Seoul
Korea Contemporary Western Painting National Exhibition MMCA, Seoul
Korean Contemporary Painting, National Museum of History, Taipei, Taïwan
1978 Korea : The Trend for the past 20 Years of Contemporary Arts, MMCA, Seoul
Jungang Fine Art Prize, MMCA, Seoul
1979 Korean Fine Arts Today's Method Exhibition, Arko Art Center, Seoul
1979~1981 An Invited Artist by the National Art Exhibition, MMCA, Seoul
1980 Asia Contemporary Art Exhibition, Fukuoka Museum of Art, Fukuoka, Japan
Korean Contemporary Art Exhibition, Myung Sung Group, Yongin, Korea
Korean Arts Exhibition by the Han-Kuk Ilbo, MMCA, Seoul
Korean and Arabic Art Exchange Fair, Arabic Culture Center, Seoul
Korea Print & Drawing Exhibition, MMCA, Seoul
1981 Jungang Fine Art Prize, MMCA, Seoul
Korea Contemporary Art Exhibition, Arko Art Center, Seoul
Fundrasing Exhibition for construction of National Arts Museum, Seoul
1983 Korea Contemporary Fine Art Exhibition, Viscontea Hall, Milano, Italy
1984 Korean Contemporary Art of the 60’s The Outskirts of Informel, Walker Hill
Art Center, Seoul
Korean Contemporary Art of the 60’s Paris Biennale, Duson Gallery, Seoul
1984~1985 Contemporary Korea Fine Art Invitational Exhibition, MMCA, Seoul
1984~1985 Seoul Art Exhibition, Seoul Museum of Art [SEMA], Seoul
1985 The Exhibition of Contemporary Art '40, MMCA, Seoul
1986 Korean Contemporary Art's Today and Yesterday, MMCA, Gwacheon
Modern Korean Art Festival, Seoul Asian Games Organizing Committee, Seoul
’86 Seoul Asia Contemporary Art Exhibition, MMCA, Gwacheon
1987 Contemporary Korean Fine Art Invitational Exhibition, MMCA, Gwacheon
1988 Contemporary Artists Exhibition, Chosun Ilbo Gallery, Seoul
1989 Figurative Exhibition by Abstract Painters, Ace Art, Seoul
1990 Contemporary Korean Fine Art Invitational Exhibition, MMCA, Gwacheon
Korea Fine Art - Present Stage, Seoul Art Center Hangaram Museum, Seoul
Korea Contemporary Art – Finding the Origin, Total Museum, Jangheung, Korea
1993 Opening Exhibition on Contemporary Arts, Seoul Art Center Hangaram Museum,
Seoul
1994 Seoul International Contemporary Art Festival, MMCA, Gwacheon
Abstraction Art of Korea, Seonam Art Center, Seoul
1995 The Exhibition of Contemporary Art ’50, MMCA, Seoul
1996 ’96 Letters and Images, Hallim Museum, Daejeon, Korea
2000 An Aspect of Korean Contemporary Art, MMCA, Gwacheon
Postwar Abstract Art in Korea and the West : Passion and Expression, Samsung
Museum of Modern Art, Seoul
Selected Works Division of Contemporary Art, Seoul National University Museum
2002 Age of Philosophy and Aesthetics, MMCA, Gwacheon
2004 Inaugural Exhibition on Leeum, Samsung Museum Leeum, Seoul
Abstraction from suffering, Arko Art Center/MIA, Seoul
2015 Re:Contemporary- Fermented Souls, Waterfall mansion, New York, USA
Art & Life, Art Space Ben, Seoul
2016 Art Basel Hong kong, Edouard Malingue Gallery, Hong kong
Incumbent
1960 Jury member of Chosun Ilbo Contemporary Artists Exhibition
1958~1961 The chief of Contemporary Artists Association
1962 The chief of the Actuel Committee
1965~1968 Jury member of Young Art Prize
1965~1981 Invited Professor at Seorabeol Art College (Present Chungang 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
1st Gwangju Biennale The Organizing Committee
Jury Member of National Art Exhibition of Korea
Collection
National Museum of Modern & Contemporary Art
Gwangju Museum of Art
Seoul Museum
Walkerhill Museum
Samsung Museum of Art, Leeum