About the artist:

Born in Pusan in 1951, studied Vietnamese in college which led to 2 years of military service in Vietnam war. After the service went to USA and started to paint in New Orleans where he founded abstract expressionist group “ Idists” and moved to NYC and actively exhibited in the East Village during the 80’s. He participated in “the East village exhibit” at Bronfman center, Montreal, Saatch & Saatch in NYC, the long Island Museum of fine arts, NY, Everson museum of arts , Syracuse, NY and numerous exhibits in NYC. From 1993 started to study Tibetan buddist paintings which led to living and painting in Nepal, Sikkim, Ladakh and Tibet. In Korea, he exhibited in Indang Museum, Daegu, Sun gallery, Seoul, Yeh Gallery, Seoul, Philip kang Gallery, Seoul, Park Yeo sook Gallery, Seoul and his works are in the collection of the Korean national museum of contemporary arts, Samsung Leeum Museum, Hanlim museum, Daejun and Recycling museum., Daejun Selected Solo Exhibitions 2015 Gallery Art link, Seoul 2014 Gyeryongsan natural history museum, Gongju Sun gallery, Seoul Suseong Artpia, Daegu(Encaustic paintings) HanKyung Gallery, Seoul 2013 Sun gallery, Seoul 2012 Suseong Artpia. Daegu 2011 Kim Jaesun gallery, Busan CoCA, Seattle. 2010 Indang Museum, Daegu Yeh gallery, Seoul 2009 Busan Art Center, Busan Philip Kang Gallery, Seoul (Painted ceramics) 2008 Busan Art Center, Busan Philip Kang Gallery, Seoul (Encaustic paintings) 2007 Philip Kang Gallery, Seoul (Encaustic paintings) 2006 Kim Jaesun Gallery, Busan Sun Gallery/ Philip Kang Gallery, Seoul 2005 Philip Kang Collection, Seoul Musim Gallery, Cheongju 2004 Hyundai Art center, Ulsan Sun Gallery, Seoul 2000 Gallery Ihn, Seoul 1997 Gallery Samtuh, Seoul 1995 Gallery Untitled, Seoul 1994 Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Seoul 1991 Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Seoul 1990 Chosun Journal Art Museum, Seoul 1989 Devon Gallery, Hong Kong Virgina Miller Art Space, Miami 1988 Korean Cultural Center, New York 1987 Grorich Gallery, Seoul American Image Gallery, New York 1986 Bridgewater Gallery, New York 1985 St. Marks Gallery, New York 1984 Bienville Gallery, New Orleans 1979 University of New Orleans, New Orleans Theater of Performing Arts, New Orleans Selected Group Exhibitions 2014 Singapore affordable art fair. Singapore Daegu art fair. Daegu Korean Gallery art fair, Coex, Seoul Samrangsung history art festival. Jundeungsa, Kyunggi do. 2013 KIAF(Korean International Art Fair), Coex, Seoul Korean Galleries art fair, Seoul 2012 KIAF, Seoul, Art Gyeungju, Gyeungju, Korea 2011 Art Gwangju, HDJ convention center ,Kwangju KIAF, Seoul Cologne art fair. Cologne, Germany SOAF. Seoul. Hotel Art Fair, Hongkong. 2011 Art Asia Miami, Miami, USA Doors Art Fair, Imperial palace hotel, Seoul, Korea ART.FAIR 2011, Cologne, Germany Korea Internatinal Art Fair(KIAF), COEX, Seoul, Korea Art Gwangju, KDJ Convention Center, Gwangju, Korea Asia Top Gallery Hotel Art Fair (AHAF-Seoul), Grand Hyatt, Seoul, Korea Seoul Open Art Fair (SOAF), COEX, Seoul, Korea Asia Top Gallery Hotel Art Fair (AHAF-Hong Kong), Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Hongkong Korean Galleries Art Fair, COEX, Seoul, 2010 Daegu art fair, Daegu 2009 Korea Galleries Art fair, Busan SOFA, Seoul Art Daegu, Daegu KIAF, Seoul ARTO, Busan AHAF, Seoul 2007 Korean Galleries Art Fair, Busan ART DAEGU. Daegu SOAF, Seoul/ KIAF, Seoul Art Singapore. Singapore 2006 SIAC, Seoul/SPA @ COCA, Seattle ‘The Sex Show’ Odd Art Port Angeles, WA North winds Art Center Port Townsend, WA 2005 ‘30 leading artists of our time’ Seoul Auction Center, Seoul 2004 Shanghai Art Fair, Shanghai 2000 Korean Cultural Center, New York 1995 Seattle Art Fair, Seattle 1993 ’Recycling through Art’ Daejeon International Expo, Museum of recycling, Daejeon 1989 Virginia Miller Art Space, Miami De Laurenti Gallery, New York ‘Best of New York’ Saatchi and Saatchi, New York 1987 ’East Village’ Long Island Museum of Fine Art. Long Island, NY “Flint-New York” Gana Gallery, Seoul “Art of The 80s” American Image gallery, New York “East Village” Limelight Club, New York “K.I.D.A.” Mokotoff Gallery, New York 1986 “Art of the Future” Art et Industry, New York “Best of the East Village” ABC No Rio Gallery, New York “Whitney Museum Show” The Underground, New York “Livingston School” No Se No Gallery, New York “Liberty Show” Bridgewater Gallery, New York “Heads” Mokotoff Gallery, New York “Printmaking a Personal Approach” Swanston Foster and Hanchey, Atlanta “Korean Artists in NYC” Korean Cultural Center, New York 1985 Nolo Contendre Gallery, New York “Micro Show” Now Gallery, New York “Regeneration” Paula Allen Gallery, New York “Contemporary Primitive” ABC No Rio Gallery, New York “East Village at The Center” Saide Bronfman Center, Montreal “Now, Then and Later” St. Marks gallery, New York “New York-Magnetic Force” Korean Cultural Center, New York “Salon d’hiver” St. Marks Gallery, New York 1984 “Current Korean American sensibilities” Korean Cultural center, New York/ Emerson Museum, Syracuse 1978 “Idists-New Orleans Abstract Expressionists” Trio-Rue Royal, New Orleans Selected Museum Collections National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea Hanlim Museum, Daejeon, Korea Daejun International Expo, Museum of Recycling, Daejeun, Korea Gyeryongsan Natural History Museum, Gongju, Korea Indang Museum, Daegu, Korea