BIOGRAPHY
EDUCATION
1958 Graduated Department of Painting, Seoul National University
INCUMBENT
1960 Jury member of Chosun Ilbo Contemporary Artists Exhibition
1958-1961 The chief of the Contemporary Artists Association
1962 The chief of the Actuel Committee
1965-1968 Jury member of Young Art Prize
1965-1981 Invited Professor at Serabeol 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 Chyugye 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
1991 1st Gwangju Biennale - The Organizing Committee
1991 Jury member of National Art Art Exhibition of Korea
MAJOR SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 "Cho Yong-Ik: Late Works", Kiang Malingue, Hong Kong / Brown Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2022 HK Art and Antiques, New York, NY, USA
2021 Paik Hae Young Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2017 Olivier Malingue Gallery, London, UK
2016 Edouard Malingue Gallery, Hong Kong
2016 Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2016 Jaedong Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2008 Geohong Gallery, Guri, Korea
2008 Han Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2001 Jongno Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1990 Arko Art Center, Seoul, Korea
1984 Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1974 Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul, Korea
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 "Figures and Flowers", HK Art Gallery, New York, USA
2023 "Two Friends", HK Art Gallery, New York, USA
2023 "Remembrance", Brown Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2023 "Absence leads to Presence", Brown Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2023 *Geometric Abstract Art in Korea", MMCA, Gwacheon, Korea
2022 Gana Art Busan, Busan, Korea
2020-21 "Challenge to the Unknown", Kim Tschang-Yeul Art Museum, Jeju, Korea
2019 Taipei Dangdai, Taipei, Taiwan
2018 Art Basel Hong Kong, Edouard Malingue Gallery, Hong Kong
2017 Art Basel Hong Kong, Edouard Malingue Gallery, Hong Kong
2017 Korean Art Now, Lee Hwalk Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2016 "Art & Life", Art Space Ben, Seoul, Korea
2016 Art Basel Hong Kong, Edouard Malingue Gallery, Hong Kong
2015 "Re: Contemporary- Fermented Souls", Kate Shin Gallery, New York, USA
2004 Inaugural Exhibition, Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2004 "Abstraction from suffering", Arko Art Center/MIA, Seoul, Korea
2002 "Age of Philosophy and Aesthetics", MMCA, Gwacheon, Korea
2000 "An Aspect of Korean Contemporary Art", MMCA, Gwacheon, Korea
2000 "Postwar Abstract Art in Korea and the West: Passion and Expression", Samsung Museum of Modern Art, Seoul, Korea
2000 "Selected Works Division of Contemporary Art', Seoul National University Museum, Korea
1996 "Letters and Images", Hallim Museum, Daejeon, Korea
1995 "The Exhibition of Contemporary Art '50", MMCA, Seoul, Korea
1994 "Seoul International Contemporary Art Festival", MMCA, Gwacheon, Korea
1994 "Abstraction Art of Korea", Seonam Art Center, Seoul, Korea
1993 "Opening Exhibition on Contemporary Arts", Seoul Art Center Hangaram Museum, Seoul, Korea
1990 "Contemporary Korean Fine Art Invitational Exhibition", MMCA, Gwacheon, Korea
1990 "Seoul Art Exhibition", Seoul Museum of Art(SEMA), Seoul, Korea
1990 "Korea Fine Art - Present Stage", Seoul Art Center Hangaram Museum, Seoul, Korea
1990 "Korea Contemporary Art - Finding the Origin", Total Museum, Jangheung, Korea
1989 "Figurative Exhibition by Abstract Painters", Ace Art, Seoul, Korea
1988 "Contemporary Artists Exhibition", Chosun Ilbo Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1988 "Seoul Art Exhibition", Seoul Museum of Art(SEMA), Seoul, Korea
1987 "Contemporary Korean Fine Art Invitational Exhibition", MMCA, Gwacheon, Korea
1986 "Korean Contemporary Art's Today and Yesterday", MMCA, Gwacheon, Korea
1986 "Modern Korean Art Festival", Seoul Asian Games Organizing Committee, Seoul, Korea
1986 "86 Seoul Asia Contemporary Art Exhibition", MMCA, Gwacheon, Korea
1985 "Seoul Art Exhibition", Seoul Museum of Art(SEMA), Seoul, Korea
1985 "Korea Contemporary Art Exhibition", Olympic Park Museum, Seoul, Korea
1984-85 "Contemporary Korea Fine Art Invitational Exhibition", MMCA, Seoul, Korea
1984 "Korea Invited Contemporary Art Exhibition", MMCA, Seoul, Korea
1984 Korean Contemporary Art of the '60s The Outskirts of Informel", Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, Korea
1984 "Korean Contemporary Art of the 60's Paris Biennale", Duson Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1983 *Korea Contemporary Fine Art Exhibition", Viscontea Hall, Milano, Italy
1981 "Jungang Fine Art Prize", MMCA, Seoul, Korea
1981 "Korea Contemporary Art Exhibition", Arko Art Center, Seoul, Korea
1981 "Fundraising Exhibition for construction of National Arts Museum", Seoul, Korea
1980 "Asia Contemporary Art Exhibition", Fukuoka Museum of Art, Fukuoka, Japan
1980 "Asia Contemporary Art Exhibition", Tokyo Museum, Tokyo, Japan
1980 "Korean Contemporary Art Exhibition", Myung Sung CC, Yongin, Korea
1980 "Korean Arts Exhibition by the Han-Kuk Ilbo", MMCA, Seoul, Korea
1980 "Korean and Arabic Art Exchange Fair", Arabic Culture Center, Seoul, Korea
1980 "Korea Print & Drawing Exhibition", MMCA, Seoul, Korea
1979-81 "An Invited Artist by the National Art Exhibition", MMCA, Seoul, Korea
1979 "Korean Fine Arts Today's Method Exhibition", Arko Art Center, Seoul, Korea
1978 "Korea: The Trend for the past 20 Years of Contemporary Arts", MMCA, Seoul, Korea
1978 "Jungang Fine Art Prize", MMCA, Seoul, Korea
1977 5th Independents Exhibition", MMCA, Seoul, Korea
1977 "Korea Contemporary Western Painting National Exhibition", MMCA, Seoul, Korea
1977 "Korean Contemporary Painting", National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan
1976~1980 Seoul Contemporary Fine Art Festival. MMCA. Seoul
1976-77 "Contemporary Fine Art Festival in Gangwon", Gangwon, Korea
1976-77 "Contemporary Fine Art Festival in Gangwon", Gwangju, Korea
1974-78 "A Recommended Artist by the National Art Exhibition", Seoul, Korea
1974-79 "The Exhibition of Seoul 70", Shinsegae Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1974 "The 3rd Triennale-India", New Deli, India
1973 "Exhibition of Korean Contemporary Art", Myung-Dong Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1973 "Opening Exhibition on 100 Contemporary Artists", The National Museum of "Modern & Contemporary Art [MMCA]", Seoul, Korea
1971 "Painting Today's Korea", Myung-Dong Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1970 "Korea Arts Exhibition (Sponsored by the Hankook Ilbo) ", Gyeongbokgung Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
1969 "Young Artists of Korea", Solidaridad Gallery, Manila, Philippines
1969 "The 6th Biennale de Paris", Paris, France
1968 "The 1st Festival International De La Peinture Cagnes Sur Mer" France
1967 "Sao-Paulo International Biennial", Sao-Paulo, Brazil
1967 "I. S. P. A. A International Exhibition", Shinsegae Gallery Seoul
1967 "Expo-67 Contemporary Korean Painters Exhibition", Montreal, Canada
1966 "Contemporary Korean Painters Exhibition", Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1966 "The Invitation Exhibition of Contemporary Artists from Six Countries of far East", Macy's, New York, USA
1964 "Cultural Freedom Contemporary Art Exhibition (Held by the Congress for Cultural Freedom) " Seoul, Korea
1962-65 "The Actuel Exhibition", Shinsegae Art Hall Seoul, Seoul, Korea
1962 "Contemporary Korean Arts Exhibition", Manilla, Philippines
1961 "The 2nd Biennale de Paris", Paris, France
1961 "Young Artists Coalition", Gyeongbokgung Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
1959-61 "Exhibition of Korean Contemporary Artists (Held by Chosun Ilbo)", Seoul, Korea
1958-61 "Contemporary Exhibition (Held by Artists Association)", Seoul, Korea
1958 "Exhibition by Three Artists of Le Pont, Jungang Information Hall', Seoul, Korea
COLLECTIONS
M+ Museum, Hong Kong
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, South Korea
Seoul Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea
Leeum Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, South Korea
Walker Hill Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea
Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
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