Education
Present Professor, College of Fine Arts, HongIk University (Seoul, Korea)
2009-11 Director, Hongik Museum of Art (Seoul, Korea)
2008-10 Dean, College of Fine Arts, HongIk University
2007-08 Specialist of the Cultural Heritage Committee, Korea
2006-07 Director, Hongik University Muse
2005-07 President, Korea Furniture Society
2002-04 Dean, Office of Student Affairs – Hongik University
2000-02 Director, Institute of Art & Design – Hongik University
1989 Visiting Professor, Rhode Island School of Design (U.S.A)
1988 Research Professor, University of Art and Design Helsinki (Finland)
1986-89 Professor, Kyunggi University (Suwon, Korea)
1979 M.F.A Hong ik University. (Seoul, Korea)
1974 B.F.A Hong ik University. (Seoul, Korea)
Solo Exhibitions(SELECTED)
2021
A silent Message, Gana Art center,Seoul,Korea
Seat of Silence, Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea
2017
Gana art center, Seoul, Korea
2016
Friedman Benda, New York, NY
Galerie DOWNTOWN, Paris, France
2015
Design Miami/Basel, Friedman Benda, New York, NY
2014
Friedman Benda, New York, NY
2012
Yido gallery, Seoul, Korea
2011
Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea
2010
Galerie DOWNTOWN, Paris, France
2008
Gallery HANGIL, Paju, Korea
Galerie DOWNTOWN, Paris, France
2007
Seoul Living Design Fair 2007 Coex, Seoul, Korea
2006
Galerie DOWNTOWN, Paris, France
2002
Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea
2001
Galerie DOWNTOWN, Paris, France
2000
Johyun Gallery, Busan, Korea
1999
Ellen Kim Murphy Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1997
Galerie DOWNTOWN, Paris, France
1996
Galerie DOWNTOWN, Paris, France
1995
Gallery Busan, Busan, Korea
1994
Sun Gallery, Seoul Art Fair, Seoul, Korea
1993
Sun Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Group Exhibitions (SELECTED)
1999-2010
Korea Furniture Society Exhibition
1984-1988
The Korean Fine Art Association Exhibition
1982-2010
Hong Rim Association Exhibition
1980-2010
Korean Craft Council Exhibition
1978-2010
The Society of Contemporary Crafts Artist Exhibition
Invited Exhibitions
2013
The History of the Dressing Table (Metropolitan Museum of Art, US)
2010
Seoul Design Fair 2010 (Seoul, Korea)
ART GWANGJU 2010 (Gwangju, Korea)
Design Miami/Basel 2010 (Basel, Swiss)
Contemporary Korean Design (R20th Century gallery, New York)
Moments in Between (Museum of Vancouver, Canada)
2009
Design Miami (Miami, U.S.A)
FIAC(Paris. France)
The Seoul Art Exhibition 2009 (Seoul Museum of Art, Korea)
OUTDOOR FURNITURE(Lio Gallery, Heyri Artvalley, Korea)
Art and Furniture Collection (GaNa Art Center, Seoul)
Le Salon du Collectionneur (Grand Palais, Paris)
DESIGN high at Gallery SEOMI (Gallery Seomi, Seoul)
Design Miami/Basel (Basel, Swiss)
Pavillon des arts et du Design (Grand Palais, Paris)
TEFAF Maastricht 2009 (Maastricht, Nederland)
2008
Seoul Design Olympiad 2008 (Seoul, Korea)
Design Miami/Basel (Basel, Swiss)
GyeongGi Int’l Ceramic Fair 2008 ( KINTEX, Ilsan)
Wood Scent of Daily Life (Gallery Wooduk, Seoul)
New Acquisitions 2007 (Busan Museum of Art, Busan)
2007
Korea Best Design Culture Selection (Seoul Art Center-Design Museum)
Korea Int’l Art Fair (COEX, Seoul)
Living Objet-Lio Gallery (Heyri Artvalley, Korea)
New Acquisitions 2006 (Busan Museum of Art, Busan)
2006
SOFA New York 2006 (New York, U.S.A)
Re-birth of Artist’s hand (Sun Gallery)
2005
Cheongju Int’l Craft Biennale (Cheongju, Korea)
Modern and Classic (Seoul Aution)
2004
Korean Art College Professor’s Works (Ansan, Korea)
2003
Korea Int’l Art Fair (COEX, Seoul)
Exhibition of DURU Art Space (DURU Art Space, Seoul)
Art Bench Marking (A Korean-Swiss Cultural Project. Namsan Park, Seoul)
Suggestions for a Sense of Summer life (Mokkumto Gallery, Seoul)
2002
Seoul Design Festival 2002 (Seoul Arts Center)
3th The Korean Society of Furniture Technology Exhibition (COEX, Seoul)
Living and Furniture Exhibition (Stone and Water)
PIERRE CORNETTE DE SAINT CYR Auction Exhibition (Drouot Montaigne / Paris)
2001
Art Chicago 2001 (Chicago, U.S.A)
2001
Good Design Festival (COEX, Seoul)
Inter-Genre Meeting Exhibition (Korean Craft Promotion Foundation, Seoul)
2000
Melbourne Art Fair 2000 (Melbourne, Australia)
San Francisco Int’l Art Exposition (San Francisco, U.S.A)
Art London 2000 (Buschlen Mowatt, London, U.K)
Art Palmbeach 2000 (Buschlen Mowatt, Palmpeach, U.S.A)
Art Miami 2000 (Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Miami, U.S.A)
Seoul Craft Exhibition 2000 (Seoul Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Craft+Furniture Exhibition (Gallery Doll, Seoul)
New Millennium Exhibition (Gallery Mok Kum To, Seoul)
1999
Koln Int’l Art Fair (Koln, Germany)
Int’l Exhibition Decoration and Design (Verona, Italy)
Chongju Int’l Craft Biennale 1999 (Chongju, Korea)
Korean Contemporary Art-Trends in the 90’s (EllenKim Murphy Gallery, Seoul)
Nature and Dialog Exhibition (Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Seoul)
21th – Pre Vision Furniture Design Best 13 (Seoul, Korea)
Art Furniture and Woodworking Exhibition (Gallery Mok Kum To, Seoul)
Contemporary Craft Exhibition (Gong Pyung Art Center, Seoul)
Seoul Craft Exhibition 1999 (Seoul Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Koeean Contemporary Art Exhibition (Museum of HongIk University)
Eco – Crafts (Mok Kum To Gallery, Seoul)
Good Design Exhibition (Gallery Mok Kum To, Seoul)
Seoul Living Design Fair (Coex, Seoul)
1998
Basel International Art fair (Basel, Swiss)
Australian Contemporary Art Fair (Melbouren, Australia)
Int’l Exhibition Decoration and Design (Verona, Italy)
Seoul Crafts Exhibition 1998 (Seoul Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Contemporary Woodworking Exhibition (Seoho Gallery, Seoul)
Int’l Furniture Fair Seoul 1998 (Coex, Seoul)
1997
Int’l Exhibition Decoration and Design (Verona, Italy)
Seoul Crafts Exhibition 1997 (Seoul Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Korea – Japanese Art Furniture Exihibition (BaTangGol Museum, Seoul)
Objects for Commemorative Days (Craft House, Seoul)
Today’s Korean Fine Art Exhibition (’97 Winter Universiade,Chonju)
1996
Int’l Exhibition Decoration and Design (Verona, Italy)
Korean – Japanese Contemporary Artist Exhibition (Itami, Japan)
The Exhibition of The Present and future of Contemporay Korean Art
The 1st Asian Exhibition of Arts and Cafts (Fukuoka, Japan)
Seoul Crafts Exhibition 1996 (Seoul Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Objects for Commemrative Days (Craft House, Seoul)
1995
Seoul Crafts Exhibition 1995 (Seoul Metropolitan Museum of Art)
1994
Seoul Crafts Exhibition 1995 (Seoul Metropolitan Museum of Art)
1993
Seoul Craft Exhibition 1993 (Seoul Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Korean Contemporary Art Exhibition (Museum of Seoul Art Center)
1992
Seoul Cafts Exhibition 1992 (Seoul Metropolitan Museum of Art)
1991
The Contemporary Arts Exhibition (Nat’l Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul)
Seoul Cafts Exhibitidn 1991 (Seoul Metropolitan Museum of Art)
1990
Contemporary Korean Arts-An Exhibitipn of Artists in the 1990
The 3rd Int’l Asian-European Art Biennale (Ankara, Turkey)
Museum of Seoul Art Center Opening Exhibition
1989
The Contemporary Arts Exhibition (Nat’l Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul)
1984
Hong ik Contemporary Arts Exhibition (Museum of Hong ik University)
1983
Korean Wood Crafts Exhibition (Korean Cultural Center, Tokyo Japan)
Awards
2016 The Okgwan Order of Cultural Merit, Republic of Korea
2017 Grand Prize, Seoul Living Design Fair Award
1996 Korea Design Award
1996 Korean Society of Furniture Technology Award
1989 Korean Craft Council Award
1987 Grand Prize, The 2nd Korean Craft Competition 1
1973-81 Special Prize and Accepted, The 22nd-30th National Art Exhibition
Collections
-Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea
-Collection Thierry Barbier-Mueller, Genève, Swiss
-Centropolis, Seoul, Korea
-Chung Wa Dae, Office of the President. Republic of Korea
-CHA Medical Center, ILsan, Korea
-Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, U.S.A
-Daegu University Museum, Daegu, Korea
-Deoksugung Palace Path, Seoul, Korea
-Design House, Seoul, Korea
-Four Seasons Hotel, Seoul, Korea
-Haesley Nine Bridge, Yangju, Korea
-Hongik Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
-Hongik University Museum, Seoul, Korea
-Hannam THE HILL, Seoul, Korea
-Korean Culture and Art Foundation, Seoul, Korea
-Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
-Lotte Castle Klaees, Seoul, Korea
-M+ Museum, Hong Kong
-Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, U.S.A
-Museum of Decorative Arts, Paris, France
-Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, U.S.A
-National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
-NH Play Museum, Pankyo, Korea
-Pukwan Ferry, Seong Hee
-Design Museum, Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea
-Seoul Metropolitan Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
-Seoul Museum of Craft Art, Seoul, Korea
-Shinbanpo XI, Seoul, Korea
-Shinesegae Art & Science, Daejeon, Korea
-Shinesegae, Seoul, Korea Total Museum, Seoul, Korea
-UN Secretariat Int'| Organization, Geneva, Swiss
-Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany
-Wooyang Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyungju,Korea